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>> the east is interesting. everybody's playing pretty well except for the braves who have now lost nine in a row. so they were 8-5. they just got swept four in a row at st. louis. they're hosting atlanta tonight and a 1-2 delivery begin. morgan is going to make ricky nolasco work hard for this last out. the astros come into town to play the braves. >> here's a 1-2. got him. ball down in the dirt. well done by paulino. the marlins are struggle

defensively in, tied with the dodgers and braves, most errors in the league at 21. ramirez has four. uggla has three. and at the corners hero cantu and sanches have a couple. the number three hitter after leading off in the first few years. here's adam kennedy. here's dan uggla waiting for his fellow second baseman to take ball one. >> bob, nolasco five starts 4- 2. 32 innings pitches. three walks and 32k's. fabulous numbers. >> target in. he missed it by a bunch. 2-0. ricky nolasco 27 years of age, 6'2", 228. part of a mega deal with the cubs years ago that brought

reynel pinto and sergio meetre here with juan in december of 2005. here's mr. pinto, hard throwing lefty out of the bullpen. they're having a hard time facing lefties because pinto is better with righties in whiz change-up. the marlins are struggling to get the ball to him. >> i'm sure he's tough on lefties. he probably faces more and stuff is more conducive to getting the left field hitters ahead. >> 3-1 to adam kennedy. he'll hook it be right to the glove of gaby sanches. well it will be good to see ryan zimmerman back in here. this is a ballpark where he's experienced a lot of offensively success. those are good numbers considering he's played in only 14 games and not all of them are starts.

>> only , 227 career against nolasco. five out of the 22 with a homer. last time ryan started a week ago wednesday against the rockies he pulled into second base with that late inning double. hasn't started since. no changes in this ballpark except for the name it's now called sun life stadium, dimensions still cozy for right- handed batters and rob, you have to pitch inside here.

breaking ball is up. >> that was a hanging breaking ball but first pitch change-up and then a strike. another pitch inside and then that fast ball missed. that breaking ball looks pretty good. >> see what ryan is sitting on here, 3-1. he was sitting dead red, foul tipped. the count goes 3-2. you want to go middle of the plate out in righty so if they do hit it they hit it in the deepest part of the ballpark. you saw paulino a little bit out and zimmerman deep left field. see you later!

yeah, he likes this ballpark. the nats are on top. welcome back, sir. >> welcome back, he's happy to be playing. nobody and i've seen a lot of guys sit out, nobody was more agitated and just all over the place while he was sitting out with a bad hamstring. this pitch is up and in. he's been crushing the ball in batting practice. waiting to get to the live pitching and bon, he sent that for a nice little ride down here. >> here's adam dunn who's power has been turned on. three of his seven home runs, seven of his nine rbis in the last eight games. so hitting .313 over that stretch gets him up to .227. and dunn goes to deep center. maybin watching this one and it is off the top of the wall. adam dunn will have at least

three here. it hit the top of the wall, ricocheted to right center where cody ross pulled it up. that was adam dunn's ninth

career triple. >> at one time i think he stole a career high 19 in cincinnati. and a big spot for josh willingham. it's 0-2. josh, only two for his last 14. a couple of walks over that time. still second in the league in walks and in on base percentage. bunting rbi number 13 here. >> wow. well, i don't know where it was but it was ball one and pitch number 24. willingham takes the breaking ball, well done 2-2. >> well nyjer morgan did his job. he did a great job. i don't know how many pitches were in that at-bat about eight

or nine. he worked hem very well. eight pitches for nyjer morgan. ryan zimmerman hit a home run. adam dunn crushed the ball. willingham up the middle. that ball will get through for a base hit. the big man breaks his bat. strong enough to get the rbi and washington puts a crooked number on the board here. he crushed his bat. strong enough to put this up the middle. and the hammer from alabama drives in a huge two-out run right there. so nolasco's fast ball doesn't have a lot of movement on. breaking ball and change-up decent but that fast ball 92 miles an hour in there. >> another former marlin who

led them to a championship here. pudge at .297 here in 2003 drove in 85 runs in 144 games. listen to these numbers. then for the marlins, he hits .353 in the division series. .321 in the lcs and .273 in the world series. how about that year? so when the marlins fans see a couple of guys our bull club, willingham, olsen, livan hernandez. part that 97 people post season m.v.p. they're going to take a little trip down memory lane here. here's rodriquez at the age of 38 still getting it done. willingham is running. that's a basis hit to left field. high hanging breaking ball. now the ball is dropped by coghlan and josh willingham

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well so is the guy hitting in front of him, number 11. here's the lineup scott olsen faces featuring hanley ramirez who were our ball club out. in fact he's made a career of it. he's off to a .284 start. won the national batting championship last year. not a lot of changes really to the marlins. they're they're a ball club that's kept themselves intact with a lot of talent over the years. one of them was scott olsen. >> he's got over 100 starts in the major league and he continues to progress, gain for confidence. i love his attitude. mound presence. he's very aggressive. >> cameron maybin hitting .259. it has been a strikeout fest for this young hitter. maybin has been to the plate so far this year 85 times.

he has struckout 29 of those and walked seven. that's an on base percentage for a leadoff pan of only .315. olsen goes soft and this is 2- 1. maybin came over as part of the dontrelle willis from detroit. >> a lot of people think he may go to atlanta after this year to replace bobby cox. >> he was on bobby's staff. came here from there. and he's 46 years of age. ninth marlin manager in their history. born in havana. don't walk the leadoff guy, scott, after your teammates gave you two run and he gets a ground ball to short. charging florida's own ian desmond for the first out. >> scottie olsen, a former

marlin himself has never beaten his old team so he needs to hook the fish. great scott, that start we told you about against the dodgers. eight ks, one walk over seven innings and 16 start for a 26- year-old. so he's very wise for his age. >> i guess in chicago when it was freezing john lannan went almost sleeveless. here in florida where it's quite warm, scott olsen has the long sleeves on. >> the condition for a baseball game couldn't be more beautiful than now. 80, very humid, probably took them about 15 to 20 pitches to get loose and he still has sleeves. >> that's a swing. for last year's rookie of the year, chris coghlan who hit .321 and became the marlins' third ever rookie of the year

behind dontrelle willis in 2003. >> you want to talk about sophomore slump. hitting .211. 21ks and 78 at-bats she's struggling too. >> and last year, rob, he only struck out 77 times in 504 at- bats. he made great contact. he's starting to show signs of life. 5 for his last 17 with a modest four game hitting streak. we just saw giovanni soto and he went through this last year when coghlan was getting off and becoming rookie of the year, soto was having a hung your struggling because all of the pitchers recognize your talent. they know the kill skills and basically saying we're going to throw you a ton of breaking ball and expand your own. >> one of the things we talked about with ian desmond in an interview tomorrow coming up last october and hitting very well and suddenly everybody has the book on you. >> you're heavily scouted, even

more so then ever before every team has advanced scouts. ebb team has a scout in the building. we're a good pitch right there. olsen had him 0-2. lost him with the marlins' most dangerous pitcher coming up hanley ramirez. the nationals are top six in the national league in defense. desmond and kennedy up in the middle. willingham and bernardino and then pudge rodriquez, of course, behind the plate. hanley ramirez, a couple of home runs, seven rbis so far. he hit .342 to win the batting championship last year. and i bet you folks have no idea how long it's been since

the shortstop did that in this league. think of the great hitting shortstops ashley's had and you still may not get this one because it goes far back. back to when i was a kid i know remember this guy. >> ernie bank. >> he won a home run championship but not a batting championship. good guess, though, because ernie won quite a bit. this was a right-handed batter who made his living hitting the ball to right field almost his entire career and he played up the middle with a hall of fame second baseman. >> is it in pittsburgh? >> yes, it was. mr.mazarowski's partner. >> i have no idea. >> dick gross who is also a

great basketball player. 2-0 to ramirez. 1960 when dick row did that and ramirez to right. soft right ball. bern deanas coming in. >> nyjer morgan. roger bernardino. >> have a look at our game notes. four or fewer ones allowed eight games in a row. that's some pitchinged. when you consider the rockies, the dodgers and the cubs. oh my. marlins have lost four of five. they're losing close games. as i mentioned they're having a hard time getting the ball to their closure and olsen rock hill has not faired well against the marlins but only three starts. he's got time to figure this out. here's jorge cantu. number one rbi man in the league. tied for second in all of

baseball with 22. miguel cabrera, the former marlin has 25 for the tigers. >> well this team wasn't going to bring cantu back for this season. >> not for a good career on base percentage. .345. they had thoughts of letting this guy go. 16 homers, 100 rbi after he had hit .2995 and they figured he's not getting on base. he's not hitting as many home runs. come back in a flurry. >> that's a lot of rbis for a guy with 16 home runs but here's the other thing he does. he hits lots of doubles. 83 of them in '08 and '09 combined. so he's a gap shooter who occasionally leaves the yard if you make a mistake. olsen with a count of 1-1. it's going to be a long first

inning for both pitchers in terms of their numbers of pitches. willingham's base-running mistake failed out from nolasco who had already thrown 28 pitches and now for olsen 17 already. 1-1 pitch on the pitch track. looks pretty good but you didn't give it to ricky nolasco so we shouldn't ask for that pitch either. still good pitches. >> jorge cantu only 2-13 career against olsen. >> he's still dangerous though. he's one of their better home run threats. >> they've got him! ooh, a high throw or else olsen would have had coghlan picked off. he took a couple of steps towards second. >> pudge rodriquez before that throwover was pointing, making sure scott olsen -- watch this right here -- look at first,

look at first, look at first. so pudge rodriquez and cookie rojas, one of the most respected baseball people and here with the marlins said the best part about your team is pudge rodriquez. cockie rojas knows him well and that's one of the first things he said when i walked into the building. the. >> next pitch took his mask right off his face. >> he doesn't care. he's a gamer, he's a warrior, he loves playing the game. bouncing around on the plane like a little kid. couldn't wait to get here. i think off days are tough, especially on guys like pudge. i know nyjer morgan just sat in his room. they all wanted to play. >> there's cookie. >> he's one of the smartest baseball people around very knowledgeable. he was here my last year in baseball in 96 with the marlins. >> here's a man who knows this game just about better than anybody. >> his son is the play-by-play guy for the angels. >> victor rojas.

>> great job. >> 2-2 to cantu. scott olsen getting up and around 20 pitches in. this next pitch will be 20. both nolasco and olsen working hard in the first inning. and that guy we don't want to face him this inning. better have him up -- >> 3-2. runner will be moving. adam dunn in front of coghlan and it's another walk. >> and i think pudge wants him to keep it down especially to the hammering right-handed guys in this lineup. you saw what zimm did. he saw what dunn did maryland he knows he got a nice hit. ball is carrying. good breaking ball, below the

knee. want to try to be as economical as possible and this happened in scott's last outing where he threw a bunch of pitches in the first inning. >> former teammates square off here with the tying runs on base. nats got a couple in the top of the first inning. uggla pulls it over to ryan zimmerman. a one-pitch out badly needed. nationals leave two [ laughs ]

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i heard that 99 times in 1990 and it was worth it everytime, now when i hear it, i kind of cringe a little bit. it brings back memories. at least i didn't have to wear that goofy hat. >> jim riddleman has done something tonight with the lineup we haven't seen before. he has bernardino seventh. >> it's like starting off with another leadoff man with desmond in the middle. and when i asked jim about that this afternoon he said yeah, he was intriqued by it. it's the first opportunity he's had to do it and he expects roger berna dina will get quite a few bats because the marlins will be throwing lot of right-

handed pitching. >> we have pudge rodriquez. bern dina willingham nailed it third on the rodriquez single. 3-2 and bernardino walks. adam dunn of all people had the most doubles inment you can call today for the luna double. get your second flooring free. bernardino will be a running threat. he stole two bases before the nats called him up.

most guys would have had an inside the park homer on that ball. but the guys are making some things happen offensively tonight. desmond hitting .246. >> i think it took all of yesterday to thaw out after chicago. it was cold. >> yeah, seems like the bats have warmed up a little bit. i wonder if mike wahleas left them out in the sun? >> mike wallace the team equipment manager. it was like coming home for mike. the guy has fresh shoes to.

ryan zimmerman has new ones. >> the things you notice. >> i'm quite jealous. >> everyday guys got all of the gear. >> there's the kicks. you've got underarmor, some adidas. and then you see nyjer morgan down at the end of the benny. he's got red and black and so he's got fast guy shoes. >> 1-1 here. >> and desmond unable to waive and make contact with the breaking ball and the count is 1-2. ian told me he's very excited because his high school team over in sarasota is in the district now. they're playing today, the sailors they're called from his high school and he said his high school coach will be over here tomorrow watching him play. runner going, desmond takes the

strike. the ball gets into centerfield, bernan dina will make it. it will be a steel for bernadina, and an error as desmond took a strike. the lead is huge more roger. nobody is going to get him on this. the throw goes right above his arm. great jump. pitch is down low. tough to step out and make the throw and roger creep and takes off. it looks like if hanley areas residence would have picked that ball up, he would have stayed at second but strangely enough hanley stopped running and maybin had to come in and get the ball. >> here's scott olsen who's not only a good hitter but a very good bunter. the infield's way in and if bernadina comes down the line on a safety squeeze, jorge cantu would come right down the

line with him but if olsen gets any kind of bunt in play, bernadina who gets a which is would be able to score because he can fly. infield way in for the marlins. some teams don't do that early in the game but against the opposing pitcher it's a good call. >> and nolasco going slow soft against scott. he knows his old teammate can hit a little bit and if he does square around for a squeeze, for a pitcher you're talk to throw right at the hitter's chest so that he may pop it up. that would be interesting. all right, that's a fast ball. >> a good bunt or try to swing it. >> you probably wouldn't call the bunt with two strikes because you want him to hit the ball somewhere and maybe get it

past those infielders. >> nolasco pushing 40 pitches now. >> olsen has 15 career rbis. and the 1-2. he waives a nasty breaking ball. that's what happens when you take a fast ball down the middle. you're not going to see another one those. two outs it will be up to nyjer morgan with the infield backing up but they can't back up too far to see if the nats can take a 3-0 lead here. >> cantu will stay on the grass at third. gaby sanches even with the bag but well off the first-base line. >> nyjer was hitting the heck out of the ball in chicago. what's his bunt ratio, bob? >> it's still only two out of

ten successfully runners in scoring position 3-10 with three of his five rbis. he just has to find a way to make contact and put his head down and run hard breaking ball misses and i think that's why desmond took the low fast ball. he didn't think that was going to a strike but it was. >> marlins have made their league-leading 22nd error already and that's way outside, 3-0. >> better them than us. we watched that stuff last year. i know you watched it for the last two years. >> freddy gonzalez will tell you what any manager will. i can wait for offense. i can't wait for good defense. morgan taking all of the way on 3-0.

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fredi gonzalez the nats lead 2- 0. it's time in second for our sideline report with debbie taylor. visit asci.org, the associate for its pros. >> steve mccatty is certainly an old-style type of pitching coach and scott olsen appreciates his frackness. >> i like cat because of his straight forward approach. he doesn't beat around the bush. if things need to be said, he says them and i think i respond well to that. in terms of everything on the field, it's just little things here and there, but the side work and all of the extra four days that people don't see there's a lot of conversation that goes on. it's interesting to see something he has to say and the

philosophy on, he's been outstanding for us. >> steve told me too he gets that straight forwardness from both his parents in. he said his dad was one of 13 and there was no sugar coating in his that family or his. bob? >> he tells it like it is. he has a lot of fun with us in the clubhouse. they came out from their coach's manager/pitcher/catcher meeting today and the media was waiting for its session with jim riggleman. he said if i had known you were out here, we would have stayed in there a lot longer. here's cody ross after ronnie paulino. >> this ison mclaren. that's a great bench coach. >> guys have been together. canning tricky finding the ball. >> bernadina does. and has it with gaby sanchez coming up. there's a day off on monday so don't come to the ballpark on monday but come on by tuesday and be one of the first 10,000

at the 7:05 game of the braves. that's gray, get your tickets at nationals.com. and we'll look forward to seeing you back at the ballpark and starting next friday, these florida marlins. >> gaby sanchez is the number eight hitter, the first baseman, off to a .286 start. marlins have been very high on this young man for the last year or two. he was their fourth rounder in '05. had only three at-bats and online 21 at-bats last year. he was recruited to the university of miami in his hometown as a catcher.

and of course jorge cantu after the departure of miguel cabrera was playing some first base. they knew sanchez was on the way and they knew that would move cantu over to the other side of the infield. >> they also put wes helms at third sometimes and will put jorge cantu back over at first base. >> wes, one of the best bench guys as a veteran you can have in this game and the '02 now back last year when they had wes helms and ross gload, the marlins had the best pinch- hitting tandem in major league baseball since the 1930s. we'll tell you about that when we see wes, and i'm sure we will at some point in this series.

ricky nolasco, pretty good hitting pitcher is deck, sporting .141 career average. and a 1-2 to sanchez. scott just cannot get the plate with any of those pitches down and in. he's been close. he's tried to bury these hitters at two-strike counts. hasn't been able to get that corner yet. >> and he hasn't broke out the big breaking ball he possesses be may be trying to go through the order before he show it's. >> that's refreshing. >> would be in. >> we like that. >> tried it again 3-2. now the pitcher's on deck. we'll see if fredi gonzalez does something with the runner ohio. big catcher ronnie paulino who's not worked much at all by

adam dunn standing on first base. adam will stand right in front of him. now move over a bit. wow, a change-up, i would like to buy a vowell, please, bob. nolasco is up to 42 pitches, olsen's up to 36, 3-2 pitch. it is low and neither team swinging. >> here's nolasco who has one sacrifice this year and 27 in his career. and he'll be trying to move the iteming run up to second base right behind paulino with gaby sanchez. three ball counts half of the hitters scott olsen has faced so far. and a foul tip.

adam dunn charging hard. remember that play he made in philadelphia. he's going to try to come in and snuff out a runner at third base. and that make it's a tricky play for ryan zimmerman because he has to charge a bid and retreat to the bag if the ball does not come his way. >> same scenario too. one out and the catcher is on second base and so adam knowing that if he were to pick the ball up, may be he does go to third. >> great bunt, zimmerman scoops it and adam kennedy does a great job of getting back to the bag. he went and got the ball and then came back. 5-4 on the sacrifice with a star next to the -- ryan zimmerman charges hard right here. nolasco was getting low right there. ryan decides i'm going to take the ball. take a chance and throw out the

pitcher and get a sure out. adam kennedy making a great play. ted barrett there to make the call, two outs, runners on second and third. >> cameron maybin now, who bounced out to desmond at short his first time up. these next two hitters and you really want go hard after them like you said. strikeout possibilities. they don't make a lot of contact. >> you see his head pull out on that one. cameron maybin was reading the watch in left field.

>> that was a wild swing to say the least. we saw alfonso soriano. >> this is the centerfielder the marlins have been waiting on for the last couple of years. considered their hot prospect after coming over from that deal in detroit in december of '07. >> and pudge is probably going to go out and remind him. this is the last day of games our pitching staff has done a wonderful job. era. the bullpen e.r.a. forget about it. and perfect on the season. i think we do have one or two saves but it wasn't capps. >> you can get a blown save in the sixth or seventh inning. >> here's livan hernandez. i think he has a house down here too. i know pudge does. they probably slept in their own beds but you don't want to throw a fast ball here and hit maybin's back. you want to throw something

hard and in and throw a change- up away from them. >> those numbers we showed you. it's all about throwing big pitches at the right times. he's late for that one. and far reaches of the marlin bullpen. >> didn't get the ball where you wanted it. maybin got a piece of it and almost hit an opposite side home run. a guy who swings like this you want to make a great pitch here down in the dirt. down and in on him. this doesn't even look like cameron's really on him. you hit his bat, it's going to go. look at that. >> bouncer to zimmerman, charges and fires, right on time and on target. and again olsen makes a big pitch, gets out of the inning and the frustrated marlins have left four base runners already. rrect. [ audience groans ]

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