no, you have to pick zim up. it all comes back, the excitement. >> bob: and reaching, maybe the pitch of the night for craig stammen. the rays have stranded three runners. stammen holding the best offense in baseball in terms of runs scored to two runs in five. at the beach. you salt-wash everything and let it breeze dry. knit, delicate, permanent press... the ocean doesn't care. so grab your bag. . >> bob: the curly w road, decked out in blue. since we are talking about draft pick, the two number 1 overall picks turnedly on the rays' roster. >> rob: david price and last year's first round pick was beckham? >> bob: we are talking about overall number 1 picks. >> rob: yes, overall number 1 pickses. that's why it ways number 1 overall picks. >> bob: 98th pitch of the game by matt garza, fouled away by josh willingham. inning number 6 underway. well, the rays, as i mentioned, never had a winning season until they won 100 games last year, never had more than 71. i think nats fans can take a lot of hope from

you can't say enough about what zim did. that's a great job to catch it, set your feet and make the throw. we were hoping that blajs doesn't run real well. we talked about it. we were glad we got the out in the inning. you can't say enough about hanrahanment he hasn't pitched for six games and he comes in with bases loaded, one out and gets out of it. you know, there's a lot of unsung heroes tonight. oivelg, dunner dwirves a lost credit for get that go hit. i think our bullpen deserves the win and you look at willie harris making that catch in center field. we're a pretty good team when we catch the baseball. we have to keep work on our defense, do the little things and get where we want to go. >> i'm going to let you go. one final comment how. is that new baby doing? >> i'm doing great. i'm a blessed man. my family is finally back. i feel like i won the lottery. >> congratulations. terrific win. see you at the ballpark tomorrow. josh bard next to the nationals clubhouse. you can imagine that place is having a good time toni

great play by zim. great throw. >> bob: ryan knew that ball was hit too softly to turn a double play the conventional way. >> rob: yes, so he took the sure out at home to at least cut off the go-ahead run and try to double up the slower running rod barajas. well, joel hanrahan, you got that big second out. now you need to gut get yourself and your team out of this jam. >> bob: against a very experienced man who knows about baseball in these parts. former red sox are and oriole, kevin millar. >> rob: a very clutch performer right here. you're joel, you want more work, you've got to get some outs. that a boy. pump it in there. get ahead. >> bob: kevin millar this year is 0-7 as a pinch-hitter, .428, four homers, 28 rbi's. rios at third, overbay at second and barajas, first. 0-2! he's been great in situations like this. i'd say most of those numbers did not come when the count was 0-2. fastball fly ball. got to be caught. willie harris and joel hanrahan might have just saved the game in the eighth inning.

when this ball is hit hard up the middle, a great play by gonzalez turned into a double play, zim comesight back with a single and then dunn's walk, zim's walk, two bases loaded, he gets lenny harris striking out on a good pitch, a flyer that bit down instead of sideways like it normally does. watch elijah, one handed stronger than a bull, out there into the bullpen, not too many people hit the ball one handed out of the ball park but that man is stronger than anything. guzman jumps on a fastball down and in. they brought in the left-hander rose to try to get guzman, he hits a bomb. then zimmerman hits a double. we got a runner on second base as he hustles and makes this a double or the ball hit into the gap and then right there that ball, i don't know, i'm not gonna say anything. that one was a strike. but i know one thing, that one to austin kearns wasn't. it left his hand low. it left that pitcher's hands low. >> you wouldn't want to think he had dinner reservations but there was a rain delay, this late at night for the home plate umpire. you get that fir inning, johnny cueto, you wa

. >> rob: come on, zim, get mad.  >> bob: winning run nobody out. ryan looking to protect on 1-2. >> rob: that was one of those -- >> bob: [ indiscernible ] >> rob: smack that guy. >> bob: have umpires ever been thrown out of a game? this might be the time. the ones in the seats. 2-2 now. zimmerman on a breaking ball low and away. that one pitch changed the entire at-bat because that would have been a 3-1 pitch and ryan zimmerman is 0-5 tonight. >> rob: accardo makes a good breaking ball pitch down and away and tried to if you will. that pitch, if he makes a mistake with dunn could leave the building. >> bob: adam dunn, 1-3, a single and an intentional walk. first pitch changeup outside.  >> bob: pitcher spo then, alberto gonzalez would hit nor joel hanrahan -- for joel hanrahan. absolutely perfect as a pinch- hitter and those five hits have resulted in four rbi's which is really impressive.  a 1-2 to adam dunn. he went off-speed again missing away 2-2. 

. >>> we're in the bottom of the third in national's park as ryan zim every man steps in against johnny cueto in this 1- 0 cincinnati ball game. both ball clubs with two hits, the reds have a run on theirs. zimmerman takes a pitch hand- tight for one ball an one strike. >> rob: now how many years were you a d.j.? >> johnny: almost 20 i guess. Ároll? rock >> johnny: yup. yup. >> rob: meta lot of the old- timers, eh. >> johnny: give me a name. >> rob: i don't want to date you. >> johnny: that's all right. i think you already have. i was -- i started -- >> rob: ever meet elvis. >> johnny: beatles, rolling stones. >> rob: and if somebody don't remember radio like you and i do, the groups had to sell their albums and when they were touring they would come by the radio station and you would play their album. >> johnny: you would play it and they would sit there and visit with you. >> rob: did you ever meet deep purple? >> johnny: yes. yes. janis joplin. jimi hendrix. there was the era of the 60s and the 70s, the '70s about interesting when the music kind of changed a bit. >> rob: did you have

great job by zim on the throw. >> bob: sean west, the pitcher up thee. left-handed pitcher, right- handed hitter. he's 0-10 with eight strikeouts. >> rob: a rare combination. >> bob: thanks to that quick out, stammen could be facing the top of the order here very quickly in the third. and the pitcher helps out on ball two by neighboring strike @two. chris coghlan next.   >> bob: he managed to g piece of it. phillies opening a series in atlanta tonight leadig 1-0  the third. blanton c commie throwing there anthere's two outs. craig stammen, first k of the night to the opposing pitcher. get your red on and check out that grand slam flex plan. four games, you get a fifth one for nothing. your plan, your games games, pick them all. you can even pick your seats. it's that easy. 202-675-nats or nationals.com/grandslam. the red sox game no longer available on that package. we hope you joined us last week. that was a lot of fun. record crowds three consecutive nights. sheer coghlan with bases empty, two outs. strugg

for  dunn at first and zim down at second, one away.  and the 0-1 to duke. 92 on the gun. >> rob: got some good stuff and got a change-up to go with it. here the swing. 92 miles per hour heater inside after goin' outside.  tough to lay off that looks good coming in. >> johnny: to short, steps on second, on to first and the inning is over. so toques grounds into a double play. we go to the top of the seventh and cincinnati with a 3-1 lead over washington. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. . >> johnny: 3-1 cincinnati a go to the seventh inning. elijah dukes accounting for the only nati

zim here in the 12th. gonzalez, harris and bard coming up. ÷pñ)y . >> bob: on to the bottom o the 12th inning. scott red mopped, the starter. nationals have harris gonzalez, harris and bard. aaronharris' batting average is now at .325. he keeps producing whenever manny acta calls on him. that's going to drop into left center. 3-for-5, alberto gonzalez. let's see if willie harris can do anything on top of the amazing defense he gave us earlier. get catch by willie harris, then a double, stole third and then a sac fly by the number 8 hitter, wil nieves. that lasted five minute and then wells hit a homerun. and then the nationals came roaring back. if willie hit it down the first baseline, you have a left handed throwing first baseman in lyle overbay who can flip that thing to the shortstop. so this will not be an easy bunt if willie has that in mind. he pulls the bat back. can't bunt a pitch that up and away. that's ball 1. the switch hitter follows in josh bard. then you have the pitcher's spot and the only player available

and then he comes in here 2, 2, right down broadway, at the knees and zim can't pull the trigger on that> bob: here is adam dunn. this weekend, and, of course, in new york in a role that many feel suits him the best of any and that's dh. because of the base runner, the rays, we'll see how they play it later if adam bats with nobody on but they are not employing anything even nearly resembling a shift here. the shortstop is not within 20 feet of playing up the middle. he is behind guzman. longoria has to stay home at third. and the 0-1 to dunn. adam had a good rip and it's off to the left, 1 ball, 1 strike. adam dunn will be one of the entries on our game note as we get the weekend underway. the rays have been playing very well. they are 16-7 the last 23 interleague games and adam -- the nats are not giving up the long ball. they have given up 54 on the year but they hit 63. tampa bay has given up 70 but they hit 80. adam dunn, right centerfield, base hit. guzman around third. b. j. upton with it, no throw and the nationals are on the board. adam dunn's in the top 6 in the league in rbis,

have to admit. 3-1 to zim. he's pumping. that ball is well hit left center. vernon wells runs it down. >> rob: yeah, they have a vern orrin out -- vernon out there. he can run them down. >> bob: he's really good. >> rob: yes, he is. >> bob: vernon wells won three straight gold gloves 2004, 2005, 2006. >> rob: here it is real speedsmack off the bat. watch vernon wells get a great jump and easily neighboring sure doubleoff. you my man. thanks, vernon. >> bob: he caught that ball before he got there because of the jump. >> rob: yeah, right off the crack of the bat. if it's off the end of the bat, you have no chance. he timed that perfect. >> bob: here is adam dunn. rolen playing up the middle in case they get a ground ball up the bag. that's not a ground ball, but it's way foul. all right. look who ends up with it. it's beach bash night. she could have worn that outfit to the beach and got a baseball. nice. adam dunn, 1-2 with a base hit up the middle. cubs, by the way, won that game against cleveland 8-7, so another one for the national league today. cubs score

zim. >> rob: bob, what we have talked about also with jordan is he throws so hard and so well, let'se if these guys can hit it. you know, throw to them. see if they can hit it. if you hit my best fastball,i'll make adjustments. there's no reason to go to your second and third best pitch when you have a great number one. >> bob: don't trick them with your number one? >> rob: no, don't show them your whole arsenal and rep pawr twawr the first time through. i like what brian tallet does. go fastball, changeup maybe the first time through. maybe fastball, slider the second time. maybe all breaking balls your third time. always leave the hitters thinking. >> bob: that one's away. 2-1. >> rob: wow, tight zone tonight. --@@streak ios has him up to .277. sixth year with the blue jays a.288 hitter. a breaking ball. that's a good one away from the right-hander. i think everybody is more comfortable when the second baseman makes that call. he's got a bit. 37 wonó./minnesota has fewer er -- machine machine has fewer -- minnesota has fewer errors. they play in a skydome now called the rogers

zim, his 11th start. hit five unhit innings. 50 k's. gets lots of ground ball outs.will be a real test for him tonight just a good-hitting club he's facing. >> he pitched extremely well against tampa bay last outing. did not get the decision. i had a chance to sit down earlier today and visit with a guy that won his first major league game last night at yankee stadium and you could see the numbers interest. -- there. tallet, 4-4. zimmermann, 2-3. look at the e.r.a. brian a little better than jordan's. the strikeout comparison goes to zimmermann there, phil. >> absolutely. again, 4-1 strikeout to walk ratio. zimmermann doesn't have a win since the 26th of eighteen 6789 -- april. >> craig stammen and i sat down and talked a little about last night's game and what a thrill it was for himself to get his first major league victory. >> craig, got to congratulate you on a fabulous performance against the yankees yesterday in what had to be one of the longest days of your life just waiting for the game. >> yeah, it was fun. waiting for the game, unfortunately, we've had a co