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wil nieves has come close twice in this series. nats get two runs on the willingham base hit. 7th inning stretch time. washington leads 3-2. woman over p.a.: this is your final boarding call. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour. almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th, fly southwest airlines from bwi airport to boston logan for just $49 one-way. bags fly free on southwest so our low fares stay low. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com.  .  >> debbi: welcome back to miami as the nats have a new pitcher against the marlins. sean burnett's debut for the nats. he was asked what his emotions were like. >> you know, i wish i knew the emotions. i was drafted by the pirates. that's all i know is them. aisle keep my emotions in check here. baseball is baseball no matter what jersey you are wearing. >> bob: sean told me that he throws strikes, keeps the ball on the ground and is very effective against left handers. >> bob: i would say so. th

david eckstein, wil nieves. >> bob: looking at what's left on the bench. ie harris, the only lefty, gonzalez and kearns the right- handers, hernandez and josh bard the switch hitters.   >> bob: wil is 0 for 2 tonight, striking out swinging twice. and a breaking ball well outside gets him for the third time. two on, two out. now willie harris has gone back into the dugout. were they just showing him and might jim riggleman be staying with tyler clippard here? >> rob: yes, they are. >> bob: and the nats fans are applauding. they like the way the pitchers are going after things tonight. the two out bases empty walk by j.d. martin back in the second inning, that led to a five run explosion. >> rob: and jim riggleman's also saying i don't maybe want to burn willie harris right here with two outs in the bottom of the fifth, he may get another chance to use him later on in the game if need be, if it became a tight game. that's what managers and coaches do. always thinking.   >> bob: a red-hot nyjer morgan on deck. 3 for 3 tonight. fas

fastball outside to wil nieves who bounced to third first time. slil hitting .262 in his starts since he was hurt. he's hanging in there. usually gets at least a hit per game and a gentleman with a glove down below us makes a very fine play. wil has been good with runners in scoring position. look at that. all 12 of his ribs have come with runners at second base and/or third. he doesn't get cheated and debbi taylor, manny acta was asked today why wil nieves has been starting when josh bard swung the bat well lately. >> debbi: that's right. apparently, josh tweaked his groin over the weekend saturday against the orioles, so he will not be in the lineup until friday back home in dc. >> johnny: so -- >> bob, nieves will play a night game after a day game thursday. it was a shame because bard was really swing the bat well. 1-2 to wil. he'll pull it. it's in a good spot. it's under ramirez! ramirez will -- wimg willingham will stop. bases are roaded with craig stammen coming up. so, nats use the hard infield here to get a couple of top spin ground ball

   >> bob: that's the drive of te game, a drive to right field by wil nieves in the second nat's run of the night and gave them a 2-0 lead, one of wil's 14 rbi's this year but along with that, rob, he's done a masterful job of handling john lannan tonight. >> rob: yes, he has and he's made all the right calls and put lannan in the position and the nationals to win this ball game and lannan could get another complete game. >> bob: that's a good start here in the 9th. luis castillo 1 for 3. and another. 16 ground ball outs in 8 innings. he's retired 14 of the last 15 mets.   he was hoping to get castillo reaching.   and a drive to center and morgan turns one way and the other and yes! you can outrun the ball. >> rob: how do you like me now? >> bob: that kid is something else in center field. he's saved at least two doubles and who knows how many runs tonight. the play he made on david wright earlier there were two men on. >> rob: speed cannot be taught and he is just off on swinging the

. >> rob: and he got a piece of wil nieves. everybody got a piece of that one. >> bob: rapuano behind wil nieves on a hot, muggy day. you see the cloud cover is providing some relief. and the 1-2 target away. bonifacio running and there is the base hit to right field. bonifacio is going to try to score. he will. i don't care if he went out and got a good pitch. you cannot let hanley ramirez continue to drive in these runs. now, ross gload walks in and you are behind. >> rob: this is a slider and the slider has been up in the zone today. coghlan hit one for a base hit and there you see him going the other way. he did not try to pull that ball or try to hit a homerun with it. he may have been thinking, i'm going to try to get him to hit a ground ball out right here. you need a strikeout with ramirez or nothing. >> bob: you are not going to strike him out with that pitch. >> rob: no. >> bob: you will strike him out with fastballs up and in. >> rob: and i'm sure that's what steve mccatty said. you don't throw strikes with that pitc

wil nieves 1-2. the nats have nieves on board once and tonight. stammen on twice. there's the box score rolling by. so, the middle of the order and the bottom of the order very productive tonight. a little ground ball to the right side for uggla. royalty a little damage by leroux on nieves. >> bob: why not show highlights with the hitting start of -- star of the night along with adam dunn, craig stammen. look at that swing. >> rob: he really helps himself. it was a 1-0 heat fastball down broadway. he crushed it. first two major league rbi's. >> bob: marquis grissom says nice to see you. he's now 3-9 this year, by the way. stets sets up like a regulation hitter. takes one low and away. we don't see craig swinging wildly or losing his composure up there. did he walk his first time up tonight. sean west finished the night in 4 1/3 innings. 83 pitches, 53 strikes. >> rob: choked up a little bit on it. >> bob: that's refreshing. i didn't know anybody did that anymore. a nasty pitch with a slider. >> rob: he held up on that. >> bob: that's a pitch you throw to a hitter y

wil nieves will make the turn and head to second base.s fourth extra-base hit of the the year. he needed that. >> rob: he get as piece on the inner half here, up and in. we all know he loes to go the right. he takes it right down the line. the lead-off double. ronnie belliard is the hitter with nieves at second base. belliard is oh-fer four. and he has the double play ball here in the seventh inning on monday night. >> rob: come on. >> bob: belliard does have a pitch this year. he is 4-21 with a homer and four rbi's. a big pinch hit on saturday at home got the nats going against the braves. >> they just close oud out the sweat the pirates. they're only four games behind st. louis in the central. think ear in the wildcard game race themselves. he popped it up to the right side. and coming back, and he lost it in the sun. it came back further than he thought. >> rob: that doesn't happen too often, so you have to take vac advantage of that. and the gold glove first baseman here looking for the wall, and then he loses the ball. >> bob: they w

i'm sure the roster could change in the next couple of weeks. >> bob: here's wil nieves who's 6 for hisit game in houston a a couple more against the cubs over the weekend and a breaking ball in there from the left hander.   ten days until the trading deadline. a week from friday. and the latest report i just saw online says that toronto's jp says a trade of roy halladay is "unlikely". nieves gone and so are the nats in the bottom of the 2nd, no score after two.    >> bob: ryan zimmerman had the day off last night when they lost 6-2 but in sunday's game in a loz to the cubs he put on one of the best clinics at third base all year starting with the tag throw double play. >> rob: he was a busy man and he needed a day off yesterday and made a lot of great plays in the field and taking a lot of heat for some throws he's made and made a few errors but made more great plays and very young and he's an excellent defensive third baseman. >> bob: if he was a hockey player, the plus minus rating would be way up on the plus s

nice somebody to right -- nice stop right there by wil nieves. >> bob: probably his sixth or seventh tonight. >> bob: one ball, one strike to maybe the most dangerous hitter in the league at this moment. rbi's in nine consecutive games. >> bob: hit into right field. cody ross scores. ross gload coming home. cut off. marlins lead 6-5. a power hitter shortening up and driving in two runs. by the way, that's the only hit of this inning. >> rob: well, fastball away. up and he doesn't try to kill t slices it through the holement two runs come in. >> bob: i'm not sure we want to know what the nats bullpen e.r.a. is in this stadium this year.   >> bob: they did give j willingham an error on that drop by the ball by bonifacio. that one did not hurt as he would then strikeout. the nationals have made four errors tonight. three by ryan zimmerman at third. >> bob: two on, one play back in the first inning. man, i can't wait until they move into their new stadium. i wonder if we could donate and have it done before 2012. and the nats have shot themselves

this is wil nieves who was walked intention fullly ahead of jordan zimmerman. then zimmerman who got the big hit and then willie harris walks. first ballgame underway today. next one will be tampa bay at toronto, in about 25 minutes. in the national league east, the mets are in walk against pelfrey who is 5-3. they are back of the phillies now. and atlanta faces cole hamels after that extra inning walkoff inning against the phillies by church for braves. cristian guzman likes hitting in the daytime, batting .384. >> rob: with the lights on? that's nice. although the nats. >> -- i have not seen the sun here >> it's been cloudy and overcast. look at this, ichiro and adam jones from the american league, liking the day games. >> rob: magglio ordonez with the big average. >> bob: cristian guzman 0-2. he has to make contact somehow. 0-for-9 in this soaris and 0- for-his last 13. no contact. the nationals get three walks and settle for one run. fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we'

trying to keep that hit closed, shoulder closed as long as possible, bring your momentum forward, wil nieves trying to locate his fastball. well, mcdoug will now have to reverse trend of the nationals bullpen finding ways to lose ways to the marlins. in this case, a hallses pitch, a hit and a walk to uggla. and now here is wes helms, their most reliable guy. up the middle, one out and the marlins have the lead t was a good play by gonzalez but hanley ramirez scores and florida has the lead. >> rob: just knocking the dowel pawn by gonzalez saved a second run. check this out right here. mac doug gal knocks this ball down. look at that. this saves a second run and we'll -- will still give the chance for the nationals to get out of this. this is an outstanding play by alberto gonzalez just inserted into the game on the double switch. for wes helms, his 16th pitch rbi. all he does is get a ground ball or flyball and get a run home. that's the way he has made his living the last couple of years. here is codey ross who homered off sean burnett last time up to tie the game notice 7th. if the nationa

it took wil nieves a while to find that ball, but it is well behind the screen. they have quite a game in chicago. 2-1, braves over the cubs, and they're in the ninth inning. cow cammie and zambrano the starters. -- kawakami and zambrano the starters. the cubs just haven't been able to build any kind of win streak this year. they're still the best team on paper in the league. them and the dodgers? >> rob: yeah, i have to give the nod to the dodgers. they played so well on manny ramirez, while he was on suspension. they built a very nice lead in the national league west. >> bob: 23 games over .500 and they're 10-2 against the rockies. >> rob: solid starters, very good young starters, a very good bullpen. >> bob: if the rockies had sprit even with the dodgers, they would only be five out of first place. he scoops it and throws out gonzales. >> rob: talking to orlando hudson, he say as guy who should be on the all-star team and he says i'd give up my spot, he said juan pierre. he was amazing in manny ramirez's absence. that is the key. the giants have the lead right

wil nieves comes home. five years won nationals. the nationals when 5-3. d.c. uted played last night. they played to a one-one tie. the mystics loss at indiana last night. have a great day. >> thank you. >>> 5:25 is your time. time for business headlines with the bell. >> good morning to you. watch out, googled. there is word that microsoft and yahoo! may sign an internet search deal as early as today. at age says microsoft's bing will become the default search engine for their web site. googled dominate the search engine website. as for trading, it looks like we may get a pullback. stocks in china plunged the most in eight months. for you beer fans, some new products may be coming your way on. there is a new beer bought. it is a whole draft from your fridge. that is your business news. live at bloomberg headquarters in new york, i am linda bell. back to you. >> thank you. >>> i guess that is like wine in a box. >> i guess that is how it works. i hope so. >> 5:27 is your time. the news continues. >> still ahead in our next half- hour -- >> many times. >> do you

wil nieves. so the nats go catcher, second base and center field up the middle with three defensive changes from last night. two outs, runner add third, kevin kouzmanoff, 51 rbi's. >> rob: he throws his fastball about 88 to 92. he's got a good cutter, you saw it there. and he's got the great breaking ball. you just kind of work on two pitches tonight. took something off of the breaking ball right there. >> bob: well done. wally bell, 17 year veteran has the plate tonight. >> rob: as we said last night, did not have a good breaking ball, great fastball, worked it around, was able to get the win last night. >> bob: and we talked about this before, the san diego road uniforms. they don't go road gray, it's called sand. a tribute to the beaches out there. the trim on the jerseys and the uniform pants. and a bouncer out to short. nice big hop for cristian guzman and a good job by j.d. martin of getting that scoreless top of the first. pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... each with an

. >> bob: wil nieves 0 for 3 with three strikeouts. i think the kensing situation is an interesting one where your ball club pretty much designates you for assignment. i don't know what the percentage is, but i would think in three out of four cases that player does not end up staying with that organization. a lot of guys that they've been around for a while don't want to go to triple-a and they'll become a free agent. but here's kensing, he stayed with the washington organization, he got himself right with the help of steve mccaddie and others at syracuse and here he is. >> rob: i think mike rizzo had a lot to do with that. we want you to go down there and work hard and you'll be right back up here, and he did. the bottom line is do you want to pitch up here or no. sometimes you know you need some work and i'm sure that steve and mike and even at the time manny acta had a lot to do with him staying in the organization. and talking him out of declaring for free agency. and he went down there, did the work, did his due diligence, got hi

nyjer will be in the lead-off spot, cristian guzman batting second, ryan zimmerman, adam dunn, wil nievesll be catching jz martin looking for his first major league win. johnny holliday and ray knight with ben and a loft rumblings about what went on last night back in that clubhouse. >> it was a little different than anything we've really seen this year with jim riggleman kind of laying into the guys after the game. to me it was, we kind of knew we were going to see a little bit more are of this from riggleman. to this point i hadn't really seen it. we hadn't seen him kind of talk after the game and be openly critical of guys, but last night was definitely a different there -- a difference there. i will it will be interesting to see how they go forward because this is not the approach we saw manny acta give at all. it will be interesting to see from here what players do with it. >> well, i can tell you, managing against jim riggleman, he has some fire, and he is not going to accept mediocrity. you can go out, as you mentioned last night, hitting is just one of those things. you either hav