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retransmitted in any form without the consent of the nationals. >> bob: pitcher in the number 8 spot and that is clippard. 13 appearances a win a loss. 14 hits in 22 innings with 27 strikeouts. gave up a run on two hits in two innings of the 11-6 loss. in that game he was in. infield in. young the hitter. got frisky. he is in the hole.

>> rob: and after the 7th streakout. you have to make a decision if you are going to use him. >> bob: up the middle. parcher has it. bard to had to check his foot. josh was not sure if he was standing on home plate. nats turn the 1, 2, 3 double play. , he jammed him. got bard. he was on it. he was checking it. a nice one. 1, 2, 2 and a half, 3. better to be safe an sorry. >> bob: 2nd and 3rd.

2 outs. laroche the hitter. clippard a strike to him. i can sigh that happening to a catcher because home plate is supposed to be flush with the dirt. it's not sticking up. that's a big double play for the nats. that's the thing that could turn the game around eventually, i like the choice he made there. >> bob: i was a little christianed when he lobbed that home. he got it there in plenty of time. >> rob: that was a good throw. one of the hardest things to do. you are out there pumping it throwing it hard. now make like an infielder

throw. >> bob: 2-1. mock 4 plus innings. lannan, the only nats starter in the inning to pitch beyond 5 2/3. balester had the best outing of the 4 yesterday. off the top of the bat that's strike 2. laroche 1 for 2. 5 for 13 in the series. two r.b.i.s.

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everyone kept it until the end. >> bob: he was exhausted. >> rob: kind of old. >> bob: hernandez, morgan, and guzman top of the 6th. see if they can respond. 3 key outs. hernandez, he is hitting .246.

skips back and the left side and he has been disappointing. left side 233. >> rob: and 277 years old. >> bob: that's the question they asked ted williams. what do you think you would be hitting 250. >> rob: i'm he 72 years old. rocked into right field. and the single back in the 4th. top of the order coming up. >> bob: the mar rins in town.

and given out. and be one of the first 10,000 take home another tee shirt tuesday souvenir. morgan to do some damage. laroche on the move. in the series 3 for 13.   1-1. a stretch where they  playing three and a half weeks of games without a day off. you have to pick where you give the guy a day off. you don't want to hurt your

offense. every play on the bases, he is not a big kid his body takes a beating. >> rob: some point before the streak ends after this coming sunday's game. may get a day off before they go to atlanta and cincinnati. >> rob: i agree. he is great defensively it is hard to take him out of the lineup he does so many things so well. >> bob: slow roller. handled by young. that was close. reel close for the first out. >> rob: a huge mistake here a cost roll. young. he just back hands it. watch this. >> bob: run ares in scoring

position. guzman. zimmerman the next two hitters. here in the sixth and morton has not given up a run. scuffled early. a couple of double play balls. bailed out by defense on one of them. he has kept the nats on 3 hits scoreless. may change that 3rd and coming home. no contest. nats are on the board. guzman's 11th r.b.i. in the last 10 games. >> rob: get as base hit and hernandez and jones will throw a big rainbow he to the plate.

gets by i do do you i don't know why he doesn't go to second base. >> bob: if it is beyond the cut off you are supposed to be at 2nd. here is zimmerman. >> rob: this is interesting, they were probably counting on a 4 or 5-0 lead when they have the bases loaded and nobody out. a 2-run game. the tying run is in the batter's box. change it out of that. bases loaded. no out situation. great job. >> bob: unson on that breaking ball swing. >> rob: you can try.

>> bob: that's harsh. >> rob: cold but true. >> bob: he has taken a couple of bad routes to balls in this series. >> rob: keep it away from cedeno. >> bob: yes. farth in. well inside. 1 ball, 1 strike. mets are battling back a 6-4 game. here in pittsburgh, 3-1, pirates. top of the 6th. nats are threatening. that hit zimmerman. they are pitching them in, in, in. dunn is coming up. >> rob: right off the shoulder.

>> bob: more than a glancing blow for sure, they were not pitching them inside enough. now they are. >> bob: it's the second time he has been hit this year. >> rob: the big boy hit as lot. >> bob: 11 to lead the club. >> rob: adam is going to make them pay here. >> bob: adam dunn right now starting this game at .275, a .276 stepping in. so his third highest average at this point of the season, his

career batting average in 8 years is owned 247. >> rob: bring it down. >> bob: talking about him over achieving. >> rob: this is what he should be doing, .300, .400. man. >> bob: if i was an owner i would hire you as my gm. >> rob: i'm a positive person. >> bob: off speed. 1-1. zimmerman at 1st. giveman an r.b.i. hit. now tying run on base. ham ser next as dunn steps up. >> rob: alabama hammer! [ laughter ] >> rob: come on. let's go.

>> bob: hard breaking ball. 2-1. and the karstens is up and throwing. nats saw him for two innings on saturday night. dunn is deep. left field. can it stay fair. homerun. adam dunn around the ashley fowle. a 3-1 shot puts the nationals on top 4-3. >> rob: how do you like me now? i told you we would get to the sky. >> bob: big breaking ball for a

strike, anotherment breaking. throws a looks like a fastball. >> bob: plenty fair. 27th of the year. his r.b.i. totals 78. there is the plus side of adam dunn. his glove cost them a run. 3 for his teammates there. great play laroche to willingham another double, you got to be kidding me. >> bob: they look like they he have a gold glover in every position. >> rob: unconscious defense here. laroche diving. gets up. >> bob: think what the score would be had they he not made all the plays. nats are hitting it well now. >> rob: absolutely. nothing to show for it until this inning.

>> bob: morton taking teammates out to mortons after the game. >> rob: uh-huh. >> bob: some night the way they played behind him. duke... he gets jammed. fouls it right side. >> rob: get out of here. come on. >> bob: nationals now hit 98 homeruns this year. dunn has 27 of them. >> our differential is bet are than the royals. >> bob: dukes, rams one into left field. he is on for the second time tonight. >> rob: by the way he hit it and it happened to go too far. that was at and so...

>> bob: give the kid a break. i like the kid. i talk to williams had to trade four or life of his prospects. he said i hope every one of those guys produces for them and they become stars. they had to go and do what they had to do. >> bob: i like the nats end of that deal. the thing is that milledge has time to figure it out. he is in the same boat or ship with a bunch of other pirates so. they're going to be patient with some of them. >> rob: and 22-year-old mccutchen. >> bob: he gets it already i think. dukes. better off hanging near first base. he is 2 out of 9 in stolen base attempts 3 of those have been

pickoffs. don't run yourself out of an inning the way the nats are hitting. >> rob: you don't want -- the way he is running. >> bob: i would rather see bard take a shot at that cozy right field score board. down is pearce. he will do it. a great inning for the nats. base hit and dunne has a 3 run whom are around the opposite pole to put the nats on top 4- 3. 

 >> bob: night falls in pittsburgh. so does the pirates 3-run lead. thanks to an r.b.i. by guzman. a 3 run blast by dunn. let's see if clippard can keep it going the nats way. he set it up getting out of the jam. cedeno leads0 of here in the 6th. moss will hit next for carlie morton. his night will be over.

the pirates now trail. cedeno o-2. >> rob: you would say we're ahead adam made an error. a ball was by him. >> bob: that was the minus plus thing i talked about. he made up for it. >> rob: the plus -- [ laughter ] -- [ laughter ] >> bob: he is like a hockey player who may have a goal on the ice. he fos out and get as hat- trick. he is probably a plus 2 tonight. thought of him on skates is frightening. just misses low and away. >> rob: maybe we can talk him into. >> rob: we'll make morgan. -- we'll take morgan.

wet good. >> bob: got him looking. cedeno thought he walked and good pitching is continuing. since the all-star break. and closing hitters held and pitching coach likes what he is seeing. i want the guys to come out and attack. that's what they are doing. making good pitches that's what we have stressed. when we were beat up we didn't make quality pitches. yesterday we went out and they hit their spots. they threw it well. they are coming out and going after the guys. that's what you've got to have. >> bob: the bullpen is 4-1. >> bob: clippard may be saving the night right here. and jeff sal azar with a pie lates -- pirates signed 28-year- old out fielder out of oklahoma

city. sal azar foul tips it into the mit of bard 67891 ball. one strike. sal azar is a 1-12. was with colorado. arizona part time. 07-08. change up just missed. dang rouse hitter on deck. clippard throwing it by people now. morton 90 pitches. 50 strikes. 4 runs on 6 hits in 6 innings. walked a couple. struck out a couple. nats go the to them.

as rob predidn'ted they would. 2-2, clippard is pumping strikes. >> rob: and the bullpen is 5.31. still some guys that work needs to be done. >> bob: 2-2 to sal azar. up and in.    >> bob: that is out center. dukes is over. right in front of morgan.

that appeared to be good communication between the two. there is one coming up against the d-backs, our party nights in nats town. $20, 22 for a premium game in the patch ill lon area. a drink at the bar. music, post game fireworks. nationals.com. friday night place to be. down the middle to mccutchen. homered, walked and lined out to short. >> bob: down and away. buried the breaking ball. this is ideal to getting the 3rd out. a nice season this series.

three homeruns on saturday. >> rob: a strike call right on the corner. >> bob: the way he has been pulling the ball, why not stay out there. see what bard does with the pitcher. sitting outside again. 2-2. see how many homeruns he hit in mccutchen. 39 in four years. reaching. -american to dunn. there has been a momentum shift. nats coming up in the 7th leading 4-3. 3w4r5 1?owo j

 >> bob: nats taking the lea >> rob: that's what a bullpen does. bases loaded, you don't give up one or two of the unares, gets the double play out. there and dunn the rest of the offense. and that's the way the game can

change. once you get it you cannot allow any more. clippard is doing a great job. he has two great pitches. maybe a third one. i would like to see if he can go through the lineup. i don't think it is beyond reason to give him a job here. >> bob: i thought he was done. he loves the way that -- riggleman loves the way he is throwing. o-2 with the bat. >> rob: let him go, give him a couple of days off to recover, the last time he came back on three days, he was not as sharp. >> bob: nats are facing jeff karstens out of the pirate

bullpen. >> bob: took the rip... he has a couple of big league hits to his credit. a good whack there. >> rob: when you are hitting .400... took me five years to get my first hit. >> bob: foul tips it. we have some highlights for you. some of it will revolve around great defense as cedeno had a great night in the field.

>> rob: trial and error. do not hit it near ronny cedeno. did not hit it anywhere near cedeno. >> bob: there is hernandez,s who base hit, after the double switch, got the nats going on the number 9 spot last inning. he has a chance to be a significance contributor to this club with his defensive versatility, switch hitting ability. burnettit whatting. the winner in the game in relief yesterday by retiring one batter. works out that way for you sometimes in the bullpen. >> rob: ca ul that being a

vulture. i did it ten times. >> bob: the original pitcher called the vulture was phil roguian of the dodge ares. he got 15 wins one year. >> rob: that's good to swoop in and get them. >> hernandez strikes out on a breaking ball. >> rob: this is 2 outs. >> bob: byron kerr and ray knight with nats extra many coming up later. dunn to the rescue tonight. clippard a big effort. still in the game. johnson. martin when the marlins come to town. good to get home and see you guys. this road trip has gone on

white a while. 2 four-day visits to milwaukee and pittsburgh. nats have been in pittsburgh since thursday night. after the day game at milwaukee. and nobody is going to reach that one. this is a good situation guzman coming in. against the right-handed batter. batting from the left side. he will be in doumit's way a bit. you math as well get within you have the lead. 2 outs and best base runner aboard. >> rob: see if he can throw morgan out. this is the time with 2 outs trying to make something happen. you need insurance here. >> bob: they may pitch out on the first one. people don't mind following guzman he seldom walks, even though he has one tonight.

not a pitch out a step up. morgan has not stolen a base in the series. 32 on the year. as a nat 14. he is holding. ball 1. >> bob: some guys get on base it causes people to have conversations. since july 23rd, look at that, 40 hits, over .450 best 1-2 punch at the moment. gusman was hot after morgan put

up. put back maintain number 2 shot. he did not like number 6. he said as much batting .143. jim riggleman put him back at number 2. it has been good since. short lead. right hander. picked him off on friday night. he was caught stealing on a pickoff yesterday with buzzman batting. guzman into the corner. jones has a long way to go to get it. morgan is going to score. guzman to 3rd. he is safe! nats lead 5-3.

>> rob: nice. >> rob: they were playing guzman way off the line. you knew that was three right off the bat. >> bob: speed makes the switcher not get as much behind the pitch. great one for guzman. a double down the line. it is off to the races for morgan. he scored easily over to third. guzman he is right up there. guzman with the fifth ininterestle of the year. 83rd career and zimmerman a chance to tack on another run. breaking ball he takes it. >> bob: 40th multihit game. 2nd in the league to that's 44.

ichiro leads the majors. fastball to zimmerman. guz man now has 8 multihit games in the last 9. zimmerman down the middle. 1-2. hit by a pitch. scoring 76th run. this started with two outs when morgan bounced it off the middle. in. zimmerman turns on it. it has some carry. it is into the seats. nationals lead 7-3. they tried

to pitch him in. 21st of the year. ryan has 70 r.b.i.s. what an explosion here in the 7th. dunn is coming in. they may not be done. >> rob: , rghh giving up the booty. zimmerman drops the head, goes into that short porch. >> bob: a 3 run homer. nats, three more here. o-1 to adam. he shrinks through a breaking pitch. now the nationals with 99 homeruns on the year.

>> rob: a little pay back for getting drilled. >> bob: for zimmerman he is within three of his career high. 24 two years ago. 1, 2 to dunn. he rocks it to right center. that's going to take a couple of hops to the wall. another extra base hit for him. last time up. let's have a look at the coors light breeze camera. the most freshing rushing beer, we talked about that. wanted to stop pitching away. got it away. out and hits that, looks like a fast cut ball. went to the plate. you said that before, bob, he

is strong enough to hit it out. doesn't need his lower half. needs to make contact. contact. >> bob: i don't know if there is something amiss with dunn. he is moving to grissom. mab they tack him out for defense. ronny belliard who is serving as the backup first baseman. >> rob: a job well done. he nut a good night's work. >> bob: he is much more liable to score than adam is. that gets away. belliard stays. willingham 1-3 with the devil. another one by laroche last time

up. a lot of things a manage kerr do when you have the lead at this stage of the game. off the chang up. 2-0. dukes could be the 8th nat to bat. an inning where the first two struck out. highball 3. rough inning for jeff karstens. they have got him here in the 7th. that's a four pitch walk.

it hurts doumit and belliard goes to 3rd base. >> rob: that caught him in between the shin pad. there is that yellow area. he started to bend over. it looked like a fastball. hit him right there where the yellow is on that pad. that stings. giving him some extra time. >> bob: willingham on for the second time. dukes, singled his last time up. a breaking ball. doumit to reach back hand to get that one. , you can see him turning on

that breaking ball here. >> bob: on a fastball. gets a base hit. 8-3 washington. everything in the inning happening with two outs. >> you notice where they're hitting it to? past ball. bang. >> bob: 5 hits and a walk after 2 outs. nats have knocked out karstens at the lead the pirates by 5 in the top of the 7th. ♪

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 >> bob: nationals have shocke the pirates. leading it 8-3. and bard. and jackson called up yesterday from indianapolis will make his appearance. a 3.344 e.r.a. wash now with eight runs on 11

hits. within you consider how well the pirates played. no telling what the score would be. 7th inning was magical. highlighted by willingham. zim stem has one here -- zimmerman has one here. 2 on, 2 out. bard a notorious fastball hit are. took that for a strike. willingham ahead of dukes. 

 a wise man told me if you h to have a catcher or a short shop who are good hitters, you don't have a very good team. josh is in there to handle pitchers and play defense. offense you get from him is a bounce. ball 1. there are guys who are exceptional in both things like barry larkin. ozzie smith was a good hitter. >> rob: terek jeter. not sure how it missed bard and the move up on a bullpen a wild

pitch. >> rob: i didn't know any better i would say it is intentional. it's not that big of a blow out. pitch is so far behind him. >> bob: behind his legs basically. >> rob: achilles heels. >> bob: 2-2 now. bard into right field. pulled in by jones. nats after a guzman r.b.i. triple. 2 run whommer by zimmerman. now time to stretch 8-3, washington. bag $15 dollars to ride in the bottom of the plane in the dark. no peanuts or nothin'. and then if your bag wants to bring one of its little bag friends for company, they charge another $25.

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of some many gentlemans. a good double play. clippard gets the 1, 2, 3. then the nats score 8 runs after chip clip. lead it 8-3. teat tat the fastest 3 g network. 27 homers. 78 r.b.i.s. zimmerman 21 homers. 70 r.b.i.s. clippard is out there for a third inning of work. he is the pitcher of record. and leads off in the 7th.

pirates o-3. jones, doumit to follow. take the rest of the night off, big man. small crowd here for 11,630. and beautiful western opinion opinion evening in august. home after this one face the marlins and johnson.

2-2 pitch to milledge. >> rob: and doing a good job, a big lead. challenging him. >> bob: tuesday tomorrow night game wednesday. nationals.com. in position come home with a 4- 4 road trip. work to do. change up milledge. gone before it got there. streakout number 2 for tyler. >> rob: great change up there. with the change up to right but if he throws like that, that's not a bad pitch. >> rob: he had been throwing heater after heater. don't want to back up a couple. >> bob: jones. and clippard has taken over the

game. ground ball. that's zimmerman. it gets away. it went into the camera well. you would have seen the throw. didn't have much on that at all.

really go. and for zimmerman. 14 of the year. 3rd of the night. they're going to give the air your to ronny belliard. >> rob: get his glove in the air. he should have had it. >> bob: shut it here. i think he misses this. >> bob: you're right. it was a low throw. it did not skip. it skipped under his glove. he played all over the place. third error of the year. line drive. doable play. bad base running within are you

down by 5 runs. 7th insomething over on a hernandez to guzman lost line are. well done by the middle infield. 

 >> bob: nats have been outstanding in the second half of this game. this one goes into the top of the 8th. kearns will bat for clippard. does not give up a hit. didn't walk anybody. a couple of strikeouts. two double play balls. kearns gets an at bat here. hernandez and morgan to follow. 8-3 washington outhitting pirates 11-7. jackson still pitching. k-rpbgs pinch hitting.

sosa paid his tay bu. gave up a run and two hits in the 7th. two run lead. when he left the nats were still ahead. kearns is out on 3. >> rob: and got that double. >> bob: that's when the insurance man shows up. >> rob: right. hammer from alabama. good time and get them in the game. get them some reps. few at bats. adam dunn out. >> rob: able to rest yesterday. >> bob: i hope he does not think he can take a couple of innings off every night. hernandez off the bench.

2 for 3 he pulled one hard to right field in the 6th after striking out in the 7th. here is morgan again. when morgan scored it was his second in the series. driving to left. milledge is there. one way then the other. 2 outs. follow the nats on your ipod touch. mlb at bat 2009, you can visit nationals.com on your iphone or ipod touch. get highlights and live audio

broadcasts. the 6th and 7th innings on there. it may test your capacity. the way the nats scored. guz span right side for young. into the bottom of the 8th. pearce, young, laroche coming up. nats lead 8-3 pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares stay low. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com.

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of the 8th against a new nats pitcher. mr. sosa. how about mr. johnson. he is 10-2. in his they're a 343 e.r.a. against the nats. martin got the loss. last start at milwaukee. jd is looking for his first win. nats extra with byron kerr and ray knight. >> rob: keep throwing strikes. >> bob: mar lips have the night off tonight. that he will come to the town with a 55-50 record. five games behind the phillies and two up on atlanta as former braves. the second nats appearance. came into a two run game in the

7th. gave up a homerun leading off to young. then after a base hit. there was a vikeout. a foul out. that controversial play at first base when will nieves through out laroche who wondered too far off the bag. pearce, young, laroche here in the 8th. by no means will they be considered a good start by mock tonight but it was important when he shot down the pirates for three innings. they had to take him out in the 5th but he managed to put some zeros on the board after the bucks scored 3 in the first.

>> rob: and sos. a needs to throw some strikes. and do not fool around. up 5 runs. 6 outs to go. 2-1. ruled high. ball 3. that's fair. zimmerman could not get it. pearce into second base. a lead off.

>> bob: nats don't do a lot of guarding the line. >> rob: it means your corner infielder tug the line. >> bob: is that even with a five run lead. >> rob: even with the 5-run lead. if you have the lead don't give up doubles because you run the risk of letting the other people back in. >> bob: and young whommerred off sosa -- sosa yesterday. o-3. the bat of the evening. 1, 2, 3 double play in the come back with the bases loaded. back in the 5th. pirates led 3-0. you figure they are going to get a run or two there. they get nothing and back in the 6th. 4 in the 7th.

breaking ball. stays outside. 2-1 count. sosa gone 2 here in the 8th. jammed him well with a fastball there. laroche is next here in the 8th.

got him on a pitch low. young does not bother to run. first out here in the 8th. >> rob: back up with the fastball. even. then you can throw your out pitch. breaking ball in the 3rd. >> bob: laroche is next. 1-3 on the night.

>> bob: gets a strike call. a fastball. >> rob: slow tempo. [ laughter ] >> bob: you were thinking that, too. >> rob: you know, it took him forever to get in here. he slowed the tembo down but don't start throwing balls at that point. >> bob: to the left of zimmerman. 1st and 3rd. 1 out. cedeno coming up. he is o-3. he has homered. and burnett is warming up with

more urgency. pirates sent moss to the on deck circle again. he was there two innings ago. after the first out, jeff salazar hit for him. they want moss with run ares on base. he has homerun potential. and visiting sosa now. >> rob: i'm sure he is going to say you had a 5-run lead you are starting to get behind you got yourself in this. you need to roll or double play ball here. you have a big lead. no reason to get trying to nip the edges.

>> rob: there is no reason he banged around. >> bob: cedeno hitless tonight. chopper in front of the plate. the out at 1st. run are stayed. 2 outs. moss is the hit are. we could see burnett. waiting for him to be announced possibly. play the music first. now they make the announcement.

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 >> bob: a beautiful shot. this is next to the bridge. some of the spectacular sites if you go up to that and look over downtown it is amazing. here is burnett who pitched for the pirates. got the win when he retired one batter doumit on a pop up right before the nats scored 3 in the 7th. and he faces moss here. lefty-lefty match up. right fielder who started would games in the series.

slide by bard. moss a pinch hitter. 4 batted in. second base laroche. 3rd pearce. 1 ball two strikes.   >> bob: strikes him out

sean burnett 2-2 against hitters in the series in his former home. well done against the left- hander. @x@0@p@0@6p)@)@)p,

 >> bob: top of the 9th. hopefully the final inning. they tried to jam him.

>> rob: good hitting by ryan. we'll pound him in. kept coming. >> bob: so in this series zimmerman is 7 for 13. he has been on base 10 times. 2 homers. 4 rib libs -- r.b.i.s and the struggling -- gave up two walk. donny veal. >> rob: keep him up. one of the reasons they traded sean burnett. >> bob: he was picked up off the iowa roster. they went to chicago. , they don't have a good lefty.

>> rob: pirates. that's it. >> bob: belliard is on deck. willingham in the hole. >> rob: belliard cannot wait. >> bob: josh does that when he has been in the hole he does not stay in the dugout. he gets up on the top step he wants to see that upcoming pitcher as much as he can. >> rob: he loves veal. >> bob: 3-0. zimmerman.

3-1. the count is full. >> bob: zimmerman on base for the third time tonight. 11th time in the series. let's go back to this spot in the lineup. dunn. >> rob: you need someone to pick you up. three run jack. that turned a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3 advantage for the nationals.

they have never looked back. >> bob: belliard heighting an even 200. he had a down that throat a run in that 3-run 7. the decisive inning. in the 5-3 rin. inside 2-0. >> bob: veal may be about to walk two guys in a row for the second time in the series. he did it the other night and they took him right out.

ball 12. >> rob: okay harry doyle. >> rob: the only thing when they get to the point they overthrow. >> bob: dunn retired 3 for 4 tonight. single. three run homer and a double. belliard ran for him. took over 1st base. 3-2, nobody out. belliard for jones.

willingham up next. 1-3. hitting .305. when the nats arrived in milwaukee for a historic night one week ago this evening, josh was hitting taunt 291. he doubled and hit two grand slams against the brewers. averaging 2 r.b.i.s every game since. i think the night turned around when the mascot visited our booth.

>> rob: i do, too. >> bob: then clippard came in. >> rob: there was going to be a mutiny. >> bob: 2 balls and a strike. dukes had a good night. willingham ducks back. ball 3. 24 years of age from arizona. a couple of years at the u of v in tucson.

walks another batter. pirates may need to do something here before this slips out of reach. a quick trot to the mount with dukes coming out. >> bob: and trying to reach throwing a strike. all about muscle memory. trying to do the same thing twice in a row because it is throwing a ball and a strike. a couple of balls. not able to repeat the delivery, that's what you have to do at this level. >> bob: dukes a walk. 32nd. shopping in t is foul.

>> throwing some breaking balls. back with the proper me chan ecs that lets you throw strikes. >> bob: arizona lowed out a 6-5 win at the mets. haren won his 11th of the year. >> rob: you said haren was getting beat up. >> bob: they scored 4, 5 runs off him. he was ahead 6-0. then 6-4. they won 6-5. >> rob: he held on. >> bob: some help from calls with his 20th save. consequencing, the 9th inning guy for the nats in a five-run game unless washington scores more here. a

possibility. foul tip it for the second out. bard o-4 tonight. a food job of handling mock. sean burnett. >> rob: a horizon break was 7 inches. a vertical was minus 1. meaning ball 1. [ laughter ] the intriguing thing they measure the velocity when it leaves his hand then when it classes it is about a five miles per hour difference.

does it slow down? >> rob: i hope not. you found out your the 5 -- 95s with only 90 too much information. we're wondering and how they come up with the data. there is a camera in the nashs dugout pointing at the pitcher's mound. >> rob: hoard won break. meanous 3. negative 13. nieves is next to that camera covered by unbreakable glass. >> rob: about out it left his hand at 75 and crossed at 67. >> bob: >> bob: you thought you threw

so hard. 10:00 on a monday night. glad you're with us on masn 2. nats 4 in the 7th. 4 in the 8. trying to salvage game 4 of this series. 4-4 road trip. nats hold on to win they will be 8-11 under jim riggleman. >> bob: battles back. 2 outs, 2 strikeouts. bottom of the 9th. time to wrap it up.

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we're getting close to nats extra. coming back three outs away. tep again. great job. lots of offense see how they finish it out. the fine wall three outs hopefully and a 4-4 road trip. >> rob: and the some disappointed. clippard and young. >> rob: a big moment bard. a to be play and get out of the

inning. unscathed 67893-0 in the nationals a chance to come back and but 4 on. >> bob: consequencing nailing it down. nailing down left field. for the pirates top of the order. mccutchen. nats have retired him twice since his game leading off homerun. consequencing the assignment to get the game and series over. that's a good breaking ball. 

 >> bob: nats offense in gear. 8 more runs on 12 hits. mccutchen beyond the reach of guzman for a single in the 9th. >> rob: the problem is that it was a strike curve ball. talk about a lot of pitchers tried to. want to say overdo it. make two good of a pitch. don't have to be perfect. , you want the extend the zone.

>> bob: milledge. that got him near the trademark. checking to see if his bat was intact. clip lip is the pitcher of record. three scoreless. no hits. no walks. two strikeouts. two double plays. it doesn't get better than that. >> rob: he is smart. o-2. three pitches. this guy definitely is swinging at one of them. >> bob: no breaking balls for strikes here. >> rob: struck holy name out. >> bob: there is up and in. a bouncer. belliard to short.

on a risky play. ronny plays it perfectly to get the lead runner. not easy for a right-handed throwing first baseman. >> rob: remember talking about nick not coming in and getting away watch this he charges it. gets in the infield and a perfect line from the runner so he does not hit him. >> bob: a little infielder doing it perfectly. he got an out. here is jones. belliard may be looking that way again. return throw by zimmerman. trying to turn a 3-5-1 double play 67892 outs not often seen. >> rob: they had theist on. >> rob: he does a nice job. nice pair of hands.

perfect throw over to zimmerman. too much time there. nice job by logan. national. >> bob: nashs one out away from a satisfyingnd to the trip. they won 2 in milwaukee then lost two here in pittsburgh these lost two. now about to win. ... take one on the road any time. off the score board. goes to get it. jones will score on a double. now it is 8-4. doumit has a 3-5 night after going o-12 against

the nats. o-15 overall. now it will be pearce. going to walk with consequencing. if they get one more run ser a save situation. a 1 walk night with macdougal.

>> bob: swing by pearce. 2 for 3 with an r.b.i. single. a walk and a double. fast ball. low. 1-1. conditioning and pearce a

count of 1-2. run are at 2nd. 2 outs. bottom of the 9th. breaking ball low. 2-2. another count. 

 >> bob: tough to get th strike. isn't it? ball 3. young o-4 tonight on

deck.   3-2. popped many. straight back and out of play.  at least an 8 pitch at bat here. he walked him. same situation now pirates have

two on, two out. it will be mike doug doing for the save. leading by 5.   2 hits and a walk. here is macdougal to put it away. in the dark. no peanuts or nothin'. and then if your bag wants to bring one of its little bag friends for company, they charge another $25. that's just plain mean. why do they hate your bags? at southwest airlines, bags fly free. grab your bag. it's on! ( ding )

 >> bob: doug doug for the n 8-4 game. 27th appearance. e.r.a. under 3. 17 walks, 1 10 ks. that's alarming. in this situation, the nats are up by 5. 2 runners aboard. that's a maximum effort delivery. >> rob: if he can repeat it. he throws a 97.

>> bob: down off hig leg. >> rob: the break is negative 8. vortcal was negative 5. whatever that means. >> bob: [ laughter ] >> rob: it hurt. it fouled off his foot. >> bob: it says 94 on the gun. ankle could not support his weight. , another couple and burn a couple of layers of skin off. suck it up for another couple of

pitches. >> bob: it was down low. nats are one strike away again. >> rob: horizontal break. vortcal break negative 6. >> bob: i cannot wait until this is over. [ laughter ] >> bob: target away. o-2. >> rob: i'm not going to give them to you, i tonight think you appreciate it. >> bob: 2 outs, 2 on. four run game. bottom of the 9th. macdougal. you cannot walk the tying run

in. bouncing ball to the right side. hernandez. the game is over. three hours, 15 minutes but the nats win it 8-4. we're coming home some night. >> reporter: from the booth a 4-4 road trip.

>> ing with to nats extra. nationals do it again come back and defeat the pirates 8-4. and down 3-0. things aring whoing hairy there. >> looking to go up. and comes in. bases loaded. makes the pitch. 1, 2, 3. many ting up laroche. to the shortstop. and how about adam dunn. we were talking about it. and away and 65 homeruns. he has so much pop.

>> clippard getting the picture. save number 58 doug doug. and looking 27 homers. zimmerman smacked 21. and guzman 2 hits. two r.b.i.s. another effort for dukes. 4-4 on the road trip. 2-0-2. series six of the last nine wins. >> everyone wants to play 500. now we're going to play good:s. johnson tomorrow night we'll see how it is stacking up. we did not play sharp. we overcame that. was not sharp at all. and could not find the strike

zone. too many breaking balls. >> and offense here. four run inning. showing the power of the offense. we can come in and do damage. through the right side. zimmerman almost in the neck. this scared me. 3 run homerun. then in the 7th. 2 outs. morgan bounces it up the middle. and guzman rips one down into the corner. this was scoring. going down and getting it.

zimmerman low ball hitter. showing a lot of doesn't come back up. behind him. willingham walks after that. enjoy the double. then dukes. a base hit. putting up 8 runs. so many different facets. mentioned ryan zim areman. and. 27 hrs and 3 r.b.i. and a three hit performance. double and two walks. dukes with the two hits. bard did not get a base hit. but it was the hit that got things started.

they were pinch hitting after clippard did a great job. , i'm a he not sure happened to hernandez. i think he is a talented of the second baseman. he is the best range wise and hitting. if you looked to the lineup. it is strong. you have guzman he is hope he is there. 3, 4, 5, and he with ill provide it. 1 through 6 bard is not swinging well. we're getting tep in the rhineup. talking about flores. the latest from bob 5áed what a way to finish off the road trip. what an effort tonight by tyler clippard coming if to help out

garrett mock. >> a real team win. bullpen fantastic. >> talk about finishing it off. he fishes it. -- finishes it off. throws strikes. he had a double play. no outs we haven't had too many chances with this and been effective with it. he says that's the most important thing. save the runs. getting the team off the field. then another strikeout. cedeno. another strikeout. ta was another big double play there. and made a great, i see a change up and bracing ball. over 14 he has done a

tremendous job, getting way less. that was a 4-6 run and 1 or 2 for the nets. u they did a great job and the biggest one you come in you are down 3-0. what is your mind set. get a strike out a ground ball. came in and that was my mind set. that was the workout. that was the momentum changer. >> we needed that. we were rushing the road trip. morton was showing that he was doing well. we needed to keep it three runs. and keep us in the game and get a win.

i'm glad we did. >> how much confidence does this give you? >> i've he had some success so far. i want to keep the ball rolling get some wins. >> it was a good trip you punished .500 that's important, too? >> yes, it is good for confidence. we can win a lot at home, too. when we go tonight but, yeah. any wins keep it rolling here. >> you have the mar lips coming in and you are facing nick johnson. >> we're all looking forward to it. we're looking forward to seeing him and it will be weird seeing him in the uniformment we like him and we can get him out. >> thank you, back to the studio. >> tyler clippard. what i liked we have see the situational pitching. and he decided to stay with

tyler for the full 3. he is throwing great. you manage by your gut. you stkropbt a preset deal. and some manage ares requestet get in that rut. he goes by what he sees. he has been on. >> a rough start for mock. he showed patience and did. so when you said you bring fiber optic

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>> glad you are with us. if you left to watch the comedy a great come back winning it 8- 4. garrett mock had a rough

start but then settled down. >> he did. i'm not satisfied with him. if i look at his pitching he is not throwing enough strikes. throwing too many breaking balls. 26 of those. of those 13 were breaking balls. he led off on the homerun there. then he ground ball through the after rolls over. and on a bloop. scored on that error there. and and on third. grounded to a fielder's choice. stores. up 3-0. doesn't get hammered but he is behind every count. they were breaking balls. through the right side.

wild pitch. 3-2 breaking ball. on a pitch up. then base hit through the shift on the right side to put them up there. retires the inning. a single. each one through the right side again. pearce and he is in love with the breaking ball. dunn. comes out and gets him. all that not bad. did keep the club in the game. 46 strikes and balls, that's not good. you know, garrett, throw more fastballs. it's that simple. >> don't like the walks. >> he loved the fastball. >> well... >> tough establish it.

>> he is throwing 93, 94. you should get by. 65 to 75 fast pauls in a starting pitcher you know he is throwing it right. >> we have sat here thinking if a guy could hit the three run homer. we have, you know. not taking anything away but adam dunn. he delivers. >> you're talking about a legitimate homerun guy. he has three hits. up the middle. swinging at that. if he did. 55 homeruns. that's what he takes. a lot out there for the third strike. and over a fastball. to are a double. he is having his best year. he will hit 280 or better if he

staying on the page. 120. and custom marry homeruns. 130 r.b.i.s if he keeps rolling. that was his 78. and it takes something to take a breather. as you say. >> he is averaged 156 game as year over his career. he didn't take many days off. >> it was quiet here charlie morton was doing a great job. >> it didn't have a lost sink to it. we hit ground ball after ground fall. it was almost a four seamer t didn't do a lot of running. that is on the ground on top of it. and that's going down. the top of bat a fastball. first and another fastball. and that was smothered to right

side. he was solid. and kind of running out of gas. i thought he was mowing us down easily. he said he will not last. giving up one hit through four innings. they have it points on the board. 8 runs for the nationals. jim riggleman coming up next. after the whip over the pirates. across the country every day. jd martin against josh johnson after this. call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares stay low. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com.

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syracuse putting up some numbers. down in the carolina league. potomac taking out frederick. and no earned runs.

we're with you 8-4. another shot; and knows and you hear me all the time. and great tough. good curve ball. in and out. up and down. better feel for pitching. johnson. what do you think. >> 2929 victories. wins. >> 141. and it is only 1.12. and nats are doing a good job. >> we have. he has almost a four unearned run average but i like a fastball. he is proud of it.

>> 8-4 is the win a come back victory. jim riggleman talks about the inning when clippard got the double play. >> what did you think? >> that was it. he got it. he wanted. he felded position and a nice through. that was a big point are to us. that's -- that is one we felt from the other sit. where you are a chance. you know. hit it pet sharp. , things are turning a bit for us. >> how big were you and you have the runs as well. >> that esit right there. you are adding on a little bit so ever i at bat is not at critical. within we take the lead, you know went held it.

and again you don't have to watch up left and right. let's some face and get extended out a bit. with the bullpen. sosa he is a nice addition. and a couple of outs. >> what did you think of mate let. we made things tough for him. but you know he's teasing us a bit. showing us there is a you know something will happen and get the base run ares on there. he will be out there. with his stuff we're going to see the results and get ws for time. >> not everyone believe as

great defensive player, double play can spling a team you saw the offense and getting out of the jam. >> i guess nobody can say it, now. definitively. put it makes the wind out of your higs it pumps the other people up a little bit. you know, if if it happens and it may not make a difference. most pitchers it will make a difference. and -- you know we were able to do it at that point. >> they brought in moss to hit a hem run. how dig was that. there was a difference that's a huge at pad. he a good job.

he has pitched well. he was going to continue if moss had got on. he was going to face them. we're just pleased at have him. it will be one of those treats that is good forboth clubs. i know they will be happy with last things and joel as it turns out as it goes on. >> they had nobody to come in until it was done. they're lefty. you saw that morton was wearing out. did he have a feeling he may do something? >> you never know and you know. he is. you can pretty much mark it down before the season starts he will hit 45 and you know. you tonight know when they're going to come but tonight was one of them. 0 he can get you om 'point.

but they could have happened own when a game. >> nationals winning two in a row. facing off against the marlins. johnson back to nats park. tuesday, wednesday and thursday. then the that is in hd. nationals looking for another win against the marlins. mock will talk about the minute next. hey mom i need some minutes.

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pnc. leading the way. 8-4 is the win over the pirates. how did things go for him. >> i made a mistake. trying to put a ball into

place. it was down the middle. and he put a great swing on it. that's what happened. but the ground balls. you know i felt good about the rest of the pitches i made. i'm a die hard optimist. if there is a play that's not made but i know there have been some motion out the worse of the game f are is a pitch i'm making i get a ground ball. ta esnot made. that's a chance for me to pick up the teammate and get a ground daul. i made a lot of pitches that were ground balls. i felt okay about it.

>> and 2 issues run as nationals win. didn't get a decision it was not a loss for him. 8-4 over the pirates. 6-3 in the last nine. 4-4 as they get ready for florida. >> garrett has a point. he is throwing too many of them. >> martin get a chance for a victory. 6 innings. he feels more comfortable now for florida. >> when i say he knows how to pitch. he has a comfortable level out there. >> should be good. nats mark marlins and nashs a after 2 in filibuster possible. they finish up the road trip. 2-2 against milwaukee, 2-2 gasp pittsburgh. tomorrow night back home at nats mark as marlins arrive. see you for the free game show

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>> it's pretty creative. we watched it on the news last night right before we watched entourage and hung. that's our new show. i guess i can say that, right? but, yeah, it's pretty creative, i think. that's kind of what you expect out of reggie. i can't say we were surprised. we were surprised if he would have just shown up in shorts and a t-shirt. so it was -- got a pretty good response from the audience. >> we we now know how peyton manning is spending his spare time. >> the colts are a work in progress. tony dungy retired. defensive coordinator ron meeks went to carolina. and marvin harrison was released as a salary cap casualty. but thanks to reggie wayne and peyton manning, the colts have a strong foundation. >> it's certainly difference. it's certainly an adjustment when you lose two guys that have that big of an impact on our team, and certainly on me, you

know. it will take a lot of getting used to, up to the right. everybody's adjusting, even the coaches to not having coach dungy around. but that's part of what training camp is for. and i think that the more prices we have, the more everybody will settle in. but like coach said last night, we have no room to work up until now, but with who is here. it felt good to be back out there. i felt like a rookie again. i was excited to be driving up here again. and i was glad to be back out here today, and hopefully staying on the field throughout the entire training camp. >> in addition to the changes we talked about, offensive coordinator howard moore, and howard mudd retired. and then unretired. and they're back on the staff with senior in their job titles. doing the same job. >> phils running back marshaun

lynch will have to serb his three-game suspension. the nfl key denied his appeal today. lynch pleaded guilty to a gun charge in march. can't play until week four. but he can take part in preseason practices and games. >> the browns head coach eric mangini has yet to say if approximate derek anderson or brady quinn will be the team's starting quarterback. mangini says regardless of who wins the job, he envisions keeping both quarterbacks on the roster. >> espn radio 950 in philadelphia reports eagles middle linebacker stewart bradley is likely out for the season with a torn acl. according to sources, bradley suffered the injury in practice last night. he was entering his third pro season. >> he's got two national titles. now you are urban meyer just earned more bragging rights. we'll tell you what tha (announcer) don't go unnoticed

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it's a yearly raise of $# 50,000. so when you stack that up against the highest paid coaches in all the land, well, he's the highest paid sec coach in any sport. passing john calipari of kentucky. meyer's new deal runs through the 2014 season. right now it's just him, charlie weis and pete carroll in the $4 million club. >> >> the four-game series with the mets. mark ren olds 25th birthday. he celebrated in style. first inning off figueroa, gone. second inning, it's reynold's again. >> look where this one ends up. >> how about 420 feet away for a two-run home run. 32 home rupps, second to albert pujols who has 34. d'backs once up 6-0.

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