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>> bob: it is a sunday in florida, board walk or baseball. and nats have won 1 game out of 8 here this year. wasn't it fun to watch the rookies last night. and some good fire power. >> rob: all the games have meaning. marlins are expressing against them. desmond was on fire. 4 for 4. one of 3 to go 4-4 on the same night. he was on fire all over the field. right center and back. he got that one in there for the 4th hit later in the game in front of carroll. 6 for 8 with a homer, three doubles to start the career.

the first homerun of two homeruns. letting it hang out. he will get a lot of opportunities. you will see more quality pitches here. he was selective. knocked a couple over the fence. we have good talented guys that will get a lot of reps. and a lot of meaningful games. >> bob: we're talking hitting why not go to dukes who is in the lineup. on base 16 games in a row. over that time hitting .404 when we bring you back rob and to the batting cage at nationals park. how does he get through? - hey coaches! - what?! - what happened?

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 >> bob: nationals baseball  brought to you by: >> bob: nationals and marlins the rubber game of the weekend series. now at our park a few days ago. rob dibble made a visit to elijah dukes in the batting cage. >> rob: we're here with elijah and we want to go through one of his at bats. he has been swinging the bat very well lately. i want to ask you where does it start for you, does it start, you know before the game looking over film of a pitcher in the on deck successle or the batter's box. take us through the set-up and what you are thinking about.

and on the pitch and power hitter. you win look at him pitching against like morgan or any -- you want to match yourself up against somebody of your standards when you are hitting. i look at zimmerman at bat or willingham at bat, guys with power from the right tide because that -- normally that's how they pitch me. and you know, over the -- over the last couple of games, i have been noticing they pitch me and willingham the same. almost the same. and the breaking ball then i get the first pitch a breaking ball. i have been learning hitting behind another power hitter that is learning this is what he is going to do i try to prepare myselfment you are mike

mike piazza. within you get your stand. you have always been that quiet it is like a you like seeing them doing a lot of stuff. you look confident up there and it started in the minors. i loved a lot i'm jumping i try to settle in and get my so i can be ready for the breaking ball. and shoring up. and santana do you look forward to those at bats. and that's all it is.

and to be and and god is going to rise up. i faced a lot of good pitches out and. and that's who you are facing. and now a lot of guys and it is real competitive now. and it is fun to gout out. >> rob: and the question is. row ber tore clementy day. are you working on your defense and throwing people out. you get a lot of help in the out field. i don't like the guys and when

it comes my way. that's what i'm working on i notice that you can they will stop because they got understanding that there are not many times that you move the ball and make a bad throw. that's what they get from the other coaches so we can, you know minimize the guys going from second home on the routine ground ball or hard hit. that's what i work on. >> rob: thank you for your time. continued success. back to you. >> rob: well done. a big man who is a great athlete and some of the talent he has come into focus within we watch him on the camera. that captures the strength and the ability of dukes. now here is the nats lineup.

maxwell, 5 for 13. 3 of the 4 career homers. 6 r.b.i.s against the marlinsch he is in the number 6 spot. desmond plays along tide. guzman and batting along side each other. that's interesting to watch. we'll tell you about a rich history. there is not a lot to it but what there is interesting. for the marlins here is kid only 22. he will have a birthday in 10 days and mainly out of the bullpen early a starter lately. >> rob: he has been a starter lately and he has had trouble, he gives up a lot of homeruns. he was pretty much home schooled by jim palmer. he will repeat it and do a lot right. he does not keep it down into the zone. that's the same problem some of the younger guys have. it is up in the hitting zone it will leave the park. >> bob: defensively 13th in the league. it may not be the best outfield

defense from what we have seen. they may be at their best when ross is in center and carroll in right. and the infield defense the same every day. and paulino, left-hander gets the start behind the plate. harris is o-5 but walked four times. we're one minute late. clouds up there. and windy. 96. a it is a sizzler. on base percentage is 364.

and the plate. the crew chief. and a double header they are underway. >> rob: and five and a half. and and fronts. and harris and the fifth time he walked in the series. and. it adds to the confidence. they don't know what he hit. and fastballs in. and hitting everything. he is a good contact guy. make contact and put it in play

good things will happen. >> rob: someone mentioned every time he get as single his slugging percentage is down. because he has the homer and the doublings 6 out of 8. >> rob: he quick and right to the ball. >> bob: up the middle. another base hit for desmond. he is 7 for 9. it in his 4th major league game. marlins didn't play it up the middle. they will make a note of that next time there is a man the at first. they may put him up to the left. if you are smart. he is a smart young man you know the kid walked the first lead off guy. he will try to get in and get into the game and throwing a fastball. he takes it up the middle. if you tried to kill that you would have hit a ground ball double play. made contact. used the velocity against him. he is in a slump.

two straight singles. here is guzman. he is in a funk o-5 on friday. he is only 4 for the last 32. this number three spot is interesting for him by the way. hardly ever bats there. >> it is a chance to give zimmerman the day off. pete orr at 3rd base. moving a few guys around. he has the pop in the bat. >> rob: a breather. and with volstad walking harris. that was his 12th walk over the previous 15 and a 3rd innings. he has been giving the clubs too many base runners. a big gap in right center. i mean big. off speed pitch guzman ahead of it. and counts 1-2. nationals are hitting 263 tied with houston and atlanta. >> rob: ad north run gum mond a break a change up and you see

how far out in front he was on the pitch. >> bob: he pull as slow grounder, uggla, they got one. >> rob: then getting into second base is desmond. played it well, it is around. >> bob: they missed the play at first. bases loaded knob out. uggla. >> rob: a bad throw here. he was confused. desmond stopped. tonight let them tag you. when he stopped. getting a run down there. now he goes he is not forced at 2nd. safe all around. >> bob: fielder's choice. knob out for dunn. >> there are two schools of thought, knock the ball out of

his hands, don't let him tag you. that's what he did. he said you are not going to tag me. then he probably would have been safe at 2nd if guz span was out at first. it worked perfectly for the marbles. >> bob: breaking ball for a strike at dunn. misses. >> rob: think it was bell when he smoked him right in the face. trying to knock the ball out of his glove. >> bob: that bounces. a wild pitch. here is harris. nationals lead 1-0. hair ris ever alert at 3rd. he got a break. all the other runners moved up. washington is on the board. >> rob: volstad is afraid of

dunn. he introduces the ball down in the dirt. a curve ball. run scores. a 2-1 count on dunn. ramirez stays on the left field side of 2nd base. to the left will roll through the infield. you have no outs. a run is in, hoe then to get outs. >> bob: dunn takes it low and inside, ball 3.

rolling, breaking ball. loaded again on the second walk. a big spot. for dukes it take what he talked about with put it to work here on the diamond wrigley field. he went out and got this baby. a salute from belliard. dukes jammed. that's a base hit. desmond scores. buzzman home. dunn to 3rd. a crooked numb on the board 67893. dukes r.b.i. number 53 and 54.

>> rob: fighting off a fastball here. nowhere to put him. he has to throw strikes. he recognizes. he gets jammed, he is strong enough to put that into the outfield. 1 run away from getting the bullpen. they cannot go down 8-0 in the first inning. >> bob: yes. elijah on base now 17 straight games, hitting close to .410 over that time. the big thing about him now he is not swinging. he is just spitting on sliders away that used to strike him out. he is walking a lot lately. >> rob: now base percentage means he is being victoritive. that's the big of the thing about hitting. we get on dunn because he is overvictoryive. he takes too many.

he was swinging at a lot of first pitches. letting them come to him. we talked about this i said now that you are hitting they're pitching away. that's what you are killing. now he can look for the pitch because he is on fire. >> bob: maxwell, he hits one high in the air. short center. don't think that's deep enough with dunn running. that's the first out. maxwell went up and swung against a struggling pitcher. sometimes rookies get overeager and forget about the situation. nats tooic to win the first series. dunn he likes the day time. the next r.b.i. will be number 100. >> rob: look at the last bat, that's huge. >> bob: somebody needs to hit one out of here and it is a sinch. >> rob: 7-12 if he gives it up.

6-2 if he doesn't. >> bob: and orr. his career record is 15 and 13. >> rob: you don't want to do that give up four or five early. >> bob: big spot for orr. tough get the runner home from 3rd. and give them four runs here. 1-5. a pinch hit last night. hops in front of the catcher. >> rob: and e.r.a. and it jumped 9-6 in august. >> bob: that a fastball away. 3-0. >> it was the command field 13

walks, 12 strikeouts. 384 batting average. in res than 20. he struggled last night. >> bob: he is hurting himself. no doubt about that. another walk. 3 in the inning. the bases are loaded for the third time. nieves will be the hitter. 8th man to bat here in the first. nieves had 204 at bats, 42 strikeouts. he puts it in play 80% of the time. johnson plays way off the line at 1st. and he is a right field shooter.

at 3rd is dunn who walked. dukes drove in two with a single. orr. he walked. will in the series played 1-3. base on balls. looking for his 26th r.b.i. andrew miller up early. they have eight right handers. three lefties. >> rob: managing the game like is a playoff game. he cannot leave them especially to a sub 500 team. i can see him getting up early. >> bob: a double play. ramirez and they still turn the

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r.b.i.s against washington pitching. he is on a 17-game hitting streak. the regulars in there today, it is a tough right-handed lineup for lannan, 1-1 career with a high e.r.a. over 5.25 in three career starts against the fish. coghlan 2 for 9. a walk and 2 runs in the series. lannan and required of him a first pitch strike after getting the lead. 306 batting average. qcly o-2. rookie of the year candidate. he is in the hole.

through six innings it as a nightmare the first six were fantastic. hopefully he comes with the plan he started the phillies game. going a little bit of a change of mentality and attitude feared. i like it. >> bob: he and desmond by the way played 2nd base in high school. he didn't get to start until he was a senior because there is an older guy on the team playing 2nd base. maxwell. zimmerman, willingham. harris can play anywhere. desmond played professionallally a couple of years ago they had a league in hawaii an alternative league. that was the winter before last he did play 2nd base there. but he said this morning that

he will be a big rage shortstop. maybe not right away. >> rob: it should not matterment you can play short, 2nd. 3rd and 1st. they are similar positions. it is the doable play. he has to watch himself on double plays with guys coming in. right to dunn. that's why he was playing 30 feet off the line. scouting by the nats. good execution by lannan. you face ramirez the way you want. bases are empty. when we come to florida we get to work with paul newman our stage manager. he passes along great stats. he is a ed if ramirez is o-40 he would be hitting .332 and within the batting title. i don't think he will do that. [ laughter ] he is at .358, 31 points ahead of albert pujols.

the count is even 1-1. strikes. moving on that number one to the outside corner. the leading hit getter in the league. that's 183. and 198. daring jeter, that's a tough out. >> rob: pitches up a bit. it jams him.

ramirez he is a special hitter. like dukes you can fight that off with arm strength and get that out there. 20 feet in front of maxwell. >> bob: umprise' surprised that nieve. stole that base on lannan. >> rob: cannot forget the plan. and a 3 run lead. >> bob: that's the 25th of the year. and off to the races. >> bob: in scoring position for cantu who drove in five runs last night. he is hitting one of the heaviest with 85 runs batted in. can due in the series 2 for 8.

lines one. marlins on the board. stolen base. forgetting about the base runner. may have cost them a run here. florida is on the board after washington failed to score more runs at the bottom of the battingrd0er. that should have been a 4 or five run top of the first. >> rob: you have to forget that and get back to the plan what you were going to do against the team. act like the three run has never happened. tough have a 1-0 attitude especially against a team like the marlins. that hurts giving it back there. and gets momentum back to the marlins, you want to put up zeros after you score. >> bob: dan uggla low and inside. uggla 2 for 8 with a solo homer

in the series. tough play. bare ball. dunn misses the ball. cantu will go to 3rd. dunn did not catch the throw that was right at his eyes. uggla had the play beat the. >> rob: that looked like a foul ball. then the aror to pete orr. >> bob: jim riggleman was discussing whether that was fair. it was foul bond the bag. that's a tough error on pete orr. >> rob: looks like he is saying it went over the bag it is clearly in foul territory.

if it years in the air but the throw he probably to 3rd. >> bob: i'm surprised they dependent give dunn the error. the throw was right there. lannan needs to get ross and kep it a 1-run inning. keep it a 1-run unking. there is something about pitching to the nats it is tough to get three outs. >> rob: not in this park you must pitch inside and our pitchers refuse to pitch inside not the knock the other team off the plate and make them uncomfortable. until you learn the art of pitching inside effectively you will have an e.r.a. as a stat over 5. >> bob: guzman to desmond. nats are out with 1 run. 3 hits an error. 3-1, washington. some airlines charge your bag $20 dollars

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then the final home stand. i cannot believe it. 8 for 50. 11 career hits. don't let volstad get his day turned around. 10 of them strikes. they had a infielder with the watcher. gonzales. keeping that loose for flores for next year. the dugouts here are close to home plate. i don't blame anyone for having

a glove in there. if you are on the opposite side you are not more than 70 feet from the batter's box. outside and volstad is 3-2 on lannan. he has walked three batters. broken bat left side cantu. 1 out. if you are scoring two of the nats runs in the first inning earned because of the uggla error. top of the order. willie is hitless in the series. and will remain so unless he gets that doughnut off the bat; he may not need that off the bat. he scored three in the series.

dodgers have allowed 1721 total. washington nationals have allowed 2231. >> bob: 500 more? >> rob: and a save percentage, 23 for 50 which is the lowest in the league. >> bob: it has been better lately. >> rob: and things need to be changed for next year. as i said earlier you are wasting the offense. it scores a lot of runs. 5 in the game. an e.r.a. in the and you would be over 500 team. >> bob: 5.14. >> rob: a lot of that is pitching inside alet of that is getting through the line glum a better manner. >> bob: harris walks again.

two highest e.r.a.s reside 40 miles from each other. 5.04, 5.14 in dc. >> rob: they are young. at this level even the rangers have a very young staff other than millwood. you can be effective at this level and be young, you have to do certain things. you know about desmond he is 7 for 9. the only outs would have been homeruns had the wind not been blowing in on thursday. he had 9 great at bats and a walk. it cannot be this easy. when they get a book on him that will be interesting. one of the few times we have seen him take ta big looping swing and miss. >> rob: when he get as few more bats under his belt and they start throwing more breaking

stuff. and pitching him hard in and soft away, that's when you will see how talented he is. will he expand or wait. strike three and streak out for the first time his career. >> rob: volstad gets ahead. a running fastball. in the lefty's batter box. and. >> bob: here is guzman who hit it to 2nd. and uggla on an attempted doable play. getting no one. leading to a three run inning. he will call for one. coghlan, who got turned around. makes the catch. bottom three coming up for the marlins, 3-1, nashs. whether that's building more

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>> bob: when i asked jim riggleman about the play he said i thought he was going to second base. then he went to 3rd. and the manager was impressed with that. 1-1 to maybin. a. john went off speed. and they are playing two, including the sunday night

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 >> bob: a beautiful sight h and in south florida. we go to the top of the 3rd inning now with nobody on base. first two innings. up the middle. ramirez at short. and a defense they say ready they move to another side.

they came up big. >> rob: he is quite something. >> rob: the race may be over. >> rob: about 70-yards. >> bob: homerun leaders. adams on the list with gonzales. poised to win the homerun derby. cobe at over 50. adam dunn lines it to the left of ramirez. he is aboard for the 2nd time. it was interesting i read the article on him in the times. he has been on base more than suzuki. that boggled my mind. coming into the weekend he had been on base 20 times more than

the great of the singles hitter that the game knows right now. >> rob: every year he is in the top 3 or 5. and adam is the opposite of him in that category. >> bob: yes. >> rob: adam up there in the top 3 most pitches seen for a bat. >> bob: dukes the big hit of a game a 2-run sing fool short right field. high chopper to uggla. easy 4-6-3. second double play by the marlins. nats have hit the into 136 double plays this year. only 4 more than they have turned. that is not too bad.

justin maxwell very impatient, the first and that was a big out for volstad. bases loaded. three runs in. nobody out. maxwell popped up to short center. they would not score again in the inning. >> rob: that in the category of helping volstad out. make that guy struggle, throw as many pitches as possible and cash in as many runs as you can. >> bob: and soft breaking ball. , we saw the marlins come back. got a 2 out base runner in ramirez. steals 2nd. he cuts the lead already. >> bob: and just misses. >> rob: pretty good pitch. 25. desmond turning 24.

there is number 24. pete orr. way outside ball 3. impressive homerun display pushing one and pulling the other. >> rob: the first one using the whole field, what they talk about the best hitters. guys like mike pizza. and he has the power to reach the seats like adam dunn. that gives time to be selective and drive the ball. if you loo like gonzales you have to be a line drive hitter of harris. you will run into a homerun but you want to drive down on the ball. five walks. matching a career high. april 19th at nationals park.

he had 40 in two frames coming in, you can repeat the delivery and have the best stuff. if you are doing what our pitcher does. pitch away. you will walk people then you have to pitch to them eventually. they will make you play. so many guys on base they score. >> bob: maxwell is a running threat. 4-4 in stealing. a good situation for orr all that hitting room there. >> rob: volstad's case in the top 5 of most homeruns given up by a starting pitcher, 27 coming in. >> bob: in 152 innings, you don't want 2 or 3 guys on base when you are giving them up. >> bob: and pete orr high and deep to right. how often is this going?

and he homers. nationals lead 5-1. on pete orr's third career homer. a 2-out walk. that really stings the marlins. >> rob: and this would not have been that bad if was a solo homerun. it is painful. and volstad. >> bob: and ask and you will receive. we need our expert amist and there goes down. ing if else on your mind. >> rob: he is allowed six homeruns in the last 22 innings. 22 and third innings. >> bob: nieves into a 6-4-3. that makes up for the runs the nats didn't get the first inning. >> rob: i would was going to

say. hit into a double play but should have started talking about him in that inning. >> bob: pete orr had not hit a homerun since 2006. by the pitcher. and nieves is safe. >> rob: and he will get an infield hit.   , when it rapes it pours. this should have been catchable. and now with two outs, instead of lannan leading off next inning for the nationals he comes up with two outs. >> bob: five runs on five hits. >> rob: his pitch count less than three innings 57 already.

29 balls, 29 strikes. john an old school hitter. no batting gloves. >> bob: breaking ball. a good inning for the nats thanks to pete orr. after a two out walk to max yell on the 3-2 pitch. deep first of the year. third homerun and the nashs lead 5-1.  [ dramatic football-style music playing ] [ whistle blowing ] [ crowd noise in background ] [ music booming, crowd cheering ]

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 >> bob: nats lead. a long way to go here but a good start and trivia for your sunday. the last time rookie had six hits and four r.b.i.s in the first two major league games. i can tell you one thing, it has been a long, long time and a club that does not exist any more. >> rob: i'm saying 1927. >> bob: we did receive an e- mail on this one.

but, folks if you can figure it out. you have outdone us for a season. 1927. some guy. >> rob: that narrows it down. >> bob: coghlan. and overrunning the ball. giving coghlan a base hit i'm sure. they are showing a few of the after effects of a 10-hour day at the park yesterday. things are moving in slow motion a bit. it is very hot out there. we mentioned at the start of the game it has gotten warmer. the heat index was 96.

lined out to dunn the first time. coghlan doesn't run a lot considering how much he has been on base. they don't want to run out of innings with ramirez coming up. he healthed 9 steals. caught twice. just ahead of the nats. nashs have 67. and variety aislely nothing since morgan got here. lannan a nice breaking tpwhaul there to nick. and in the series. 1 for 5. he's been on base six times. walked four times.

>> rob: too quick to the plate because of the runner on 1st. sure you make a good pitch. play it out. of whatting the replay on the homerun by sanchez. >> bob: with a man on. >> rob: and not a big fan of slide stepping if you are a power pitcher. you can give up velocity to be quick to home plate. then giving up maybe velocity. it came back in.

it was crushed. >> bob: jones gets jammed. many maxwell gets there. good pitch there by john lannan on his ex-teammate. 1 on, 1 out bottom of the 3rd. 5-1 here. beyond the 2:00 hour at land shark stadium. open were you around for our segment after the top of the hour when rob went to the batting cage and visited on an extended business with elijah dukes. >> rob: he is a good man. he reminds me of kevin mitchell they prepared themselves against anybody they are going to face. i love how comfortable he is. he is so young to be that patient at the plate. that will help him down the road. >> bob: the fact that killer is throwing will indicate that he is done after 60 pitches. marlins can not afford to fall

any further behind. the man at the plate could do ising about that. >> rob: this the he has to shut the guys down. especially harris and cantu. better if you can do a double play. >> bob: doesn't hit into many double plays. >> rob: hits it low. >> bob: from what i have seen he deserves it. and ramirez has been a strike zone of a hitter leading the league. he is getting report. like i said nothing wrong with that. he is in 360. >> rob: if you are hitting 360 you are up there with joe mower

and... >> bob: you are up there with the greats, leading at major. that pujols. >> bob: that's a swing on a breaking ball. the interesting season was 1971. joe torre hit 363. >> rob: wow. how many base hits did very. >> bob: he dependent have any infield hitss. he whats not a big power hitter. a line drive hitter. swing and a miss on a pitch. lannan his second strikeout. >> rob: you got him to expand his zone. that's when you are in his head. that's nice. check out the sequence here. dangerous batters, does at them hard with a strike. now back door. outside low a good spot.

he checks the swing. the strike call. beautiful. >> bob: ramirez is 11 strikeouts short of 100. he is making contact. breaking ball by john. o-2 to cantu. that will be easy for dess month to the back for guzman. marlins are gone in the bottom of the 3rd 

 they are into the bull been. volstad is gone. great job by the offense and john lannan getting big outs. >> rob: after you put another 2 spot up there didn't get it done after the three runs. that's a big momentum boost to your team you got through ramirez and cantu. now you go to the bottom of the order you will roll them over. a good job by john there. didn't look great coming out.

you don't have a great warm up. and watch him throw a half inning that's not that easy to come back from. he is doing a good job. keep them at bay then get into the 6th inning. >> bob: when you are resting zimmerman and willingham, you hope to get help. pete orr has done that. >> rob: he has done that. and the run in the last half. now you are in the bullpen in the top of the 4th. nationals are doing a great job playing the spoiler now. >> bob: top of the order. harris has walked twice today. throws it back. walking five times in the series and scoring three runs. not hitting this way but being a very efficient leadoff man. can you imagine this offense

with a healthy morgan? wow! , another walk. >> bob: they do not want to pitch to him. >> rob: the boots are made for woubging. >> bob: the guy from george fa has them scared to death in florida. sixth walk of the day issued by marlins pitching. there is no dell -- telling what the score would be if if were not for the doable plays. desmond up ripping. called on on strikes the last time. >> rob: you don't want him to worry about his defense with