next up, carlos peqa. to show for the in-game box score for the hard hitting rays. >> rob: if he can get through the next two guys, it's huge. you won't see them again until the 8th or 9th inning, probably the 9th if craig can get them 1-2-3. you always think about that, where you turn the roster and where it's going to come back to haunt you. >> bob: stammen's first major league start, he pitched one out into the 7th inning against the pirates. since then, he has not gone longer than 6. so this on that last out became his second longest big league outing. 1-1 to carlos peqa, ground ball and a strikeout. nats have a big shift on here. and just because you are having the shift does not mean you're not going to throw a guy a fastball away. >> rob: no. you have to pitch to your strength, even though you might change the defense because this guy is a dead pull hitter. you feel comfortable trying to blow fastball away on this guy and you don't think he can beat you to left field, go for it. >> bob: that ball dr

willie pulled the ball, first time up and grounded out to carlos peqa at first. this would be a wonderful time for two-out rbi action right after the rays were begin a gift run by the home plate umpire. >> rob: he starts him off with a 75 breaking ball and i was hoping that might be cut down and willie harris can speed up the bat and hit a double down the left field line. >> reporter: willie has six doubles, six triples and a homerun on the year. >> rob: this is the kind of guy who gave me trouble. when you throw hard fastballs like that, you don't want a guy like willie harris to slap the down into left field. that is sometimes harder to get a willie harris out than maybe an adam dunn or an elijah dukes. >> bob: usually, the holes in the swing are a lot smaller. that was a good approach but that was strike 22. >> rob: and i had to see guys like clark, mike schmidt, dale murphy. and they are swinging as hard as they can, you know. and so, okay, occasionally, you will drop the slide another there but you will throw mostly fastball. a willie harris is like an ozzy

they're going to walk longoria and pitch to peqa. the fans are going crazy, moo. >> bob: that's about the only way that ron villone ever walks anybody. >> rob: 19 homeruns by carlos peqa this year. >> bob: he has been pretty much all or nothing this year, came in batting .229 with 78 strikeouts, the second most in the american league. manny acta runs out and he is going to call his infield in and will go over this. that's a big out. coming up, how the nats were able to get to matt garza early, 3 runs on four hits, 1st inning. craig stammen did well against the bats, not so well against the speed. tomorrow, jordan zimmerman back in the line-up. the game starts at 6:05 but we cannot join you live until 7:05. >> rob: 13 against righties, 6 against lefty for peqa this year. >> bob: shift is on. zimmerman is the only defender on the third base side. anderson hernandez is in a very interesting position. if you threw a line to home plate to him, 2 wouldn't miss nick johnson by much. there is still a wide gap between hernandez and cristian g

then he gets longoria and peqa, the 3, 4, hitters, striking them both out.s what i like about the kid. he is not bothered by adversity. he gets a pop-up -- actual lit sequence is a fastball, sinker away, sinker away, good morning, good afternoon, good night as he strikes out crawford. then longoria, out, line drive to right field. ground ball, first base, peqa, zobrist singles. and he takes him out of the ballgame. actually longoria made the last out with 6th. that was in the 7th into that's a pretty good line when you look at what he did. 5 1/3, only two hits and two of the runs unearned. >> ray: very good line for this young kid that's just his fifth major league start. the impressive thing about him, he has something that, you know, it's tough to find. it's his aability to respond to pressure and when you are in trouble, when bad things happen behind you, a lot of people lose their concentration and that's when you see the double, single, homerun. i have seen him every time this year that he has been in situations where there wasn't a play made behind him

respecting his speed, evan longoria plays even with the bag at third as does carlos peqa, 120 feet across >> rob: any way you can right here, get on base. that will push the bunt by the pitcher, lefty falling towards first and righty towards first. >> bob: this will be an interesting pitch. that will be a two-hopper right after the shortstop brignac. ,

number 1 in the american league with 47 along with carlos peqa.why he has a .400 onbase average. that's in there. bucknor, brian gorman mike everitt and james hoye. detwiler throws one. he jacks it into right center, in the sun, elijah dukes, one out. >> rob: a little bit, too, rob, it's going to be tricky. a lot of shadow here, especially late in the afternoon. the sun is shining in the back of the field. you saw elijah dukes go from the shade into the sun and made the catch. >> bob: somewhere, george harrison is smiling because here comes the sun, shining. >> rob: very nice beatle reference. my favorite beatle song is "while my guitar gently weeps". >> bob: george did that one, too. right off the end of the bat. of course, as a high school boy, your favorite song was hey jude. it was slow dance that lasted 7 minutes. [ laughter ]. >> bob: can you play that again? >> rob: that's awesome that you know that was a slow song that they played for 7 minutes. >> bob: just a little bit off the plate. 2-1. detwiler in 33 innings, 20 runs, 19 earned, 36 hi

. >> rob: only one guy has been able to hit the roof, and that's carlos peqa. you keep on running. they catch it, they catch it. some of them have lights mounted on them and they on have their own foul pole which is very unusual. ballpark seats 44,000 here on the edge of downtown st. petersburg. and a look at the nag nationals' starting line-up. with cristian guzman. he really likes interleague play. he is 6th in the league hitting at .327. and, can, the nationals employing the dh, adam dunn. first time the nationals have ever seen matt garza. the former twin is big, strong. he is going to be attacking these guys early and often. giving you the pnc scouting report. he loves to attack strike zones. he will throw 75 to 80% fastballs, has a great hook. .206, that's the batting average against garza. he and dion navarro got into an altercation in texas last year and that's when he said he started to mature as a pitcher and as a person. he is still only 25-year-old, great kid. we have our lights cut out for us to beat this young man. >> rob: tampa bay, defensively are in the bottom five

you know, our team lost peqa, carlos.ou know, this is a good team, good demeanor in the clubhouse. that's huge. >> you see what david price did. in 2008, he worked in the minor league and then now he is here in 2009. talking to mike griswold, he said he had a great relationship with scott boras. five of the nats are boras clients. that should help in the relationship. >> i think we all anticipate the negotiations over the next couple of months, until august 15th. >> yes, for sure. i feel good about it getting done. there is no way that it's not going to get done, johnny. you take a guy no who is going to fit for somewhere in the slot. he will probably get $8 million. you can ask for the $50 million if you are scott boras. it's going to be $10 million or less to signing him. >> doesn't the silver fox still wish he was still playing, for the kind of money they are getting. >> rob: for a lot of reasons, not just -- >>not just for the money. >> bob: the game against the ray's first pitch tomorrow night. we're going to join th