now alberto gonzalez is the winning run on base. he is 2-for-4-point a possible steal situation to get the winning run to second base for a line drive hitter. >> rob: watch the bay alberto gonzalez comesaround first base. he looks like he is not doing too much but this is just in case a bad throw gets away from the infielder. you run hard around that bag. very aggressive base running right there by a young player. >> bob: one bobble, you have 90 more feet. >> rob: absolutely. absolutely. that's putting pressure on the defense. >> bob: gonzalez only one steal this year in one attempt. they are playing deep. willie harris might be able to drop a base hit in front of any outfielder. >> rob: i think he if hit one in the gap, alberto gonzalez tries to score on it. two outs, you run on contact. >> bob: holding on that pitch. ball low and away. willie harris may have already saved the game with his glove. a chance to win it with his at- bat. way outside, 2-0. interesting pitch here because the nats know he's got to throw a strike. >> rob:

this was highly anticipated and this is now a done deal as jamie walker has been released and alberto castilla who has been with the orioles for a little bit last year, is now up with the orioles. he will become the left handed specialist and jamie walker who had a tough time in particular against left handed batters is no longer on the team scastillo is in and walker is out. let's go to oakland with more. amber? >> gary: we just learned that cesar izturis was taken to the hospital today. he arrived here ready fort game but complained much stomach pain. ritchie bancells recommended that he go to the hospital and it's a good thing that he did. he will have emergency surgery to remove his appendix. we don't know if he will have to go on the disabled list. we imagine that will have to happen and if it does, it will be retroactive to yesterday. the question; who will come up in his place? the pharmacies tell is not exactly deep in aaa for middle infielders. dave trembley did say this is a big blow. dave says it's going to be very difficult to replace cesar izturis. in other news, a lot go

it appears his successor alberto castillo is struggling to do the same. we saw that last night.erto has pitched in four games here with the orioles, he's faced seven left-handed batters and out of those seven, four have reached base successfully. three of them have hit home runs off of him. so it's obviously becoming a recurrent problem within the bullpen. today dave trembley was asked whether or not the left-handed specialist is an important role? >> ets important. you have to have that ability to match up, plus you have to force the other guy into making a move. and if you don't force him into making a move, he's got to know that you've got that bullet, i mean, it's a strategic thing. i'll be real honest with you, there's times when you put a left-hander in there and get a left-hander out, it doesn't happen once, you're okay with it. it doesn't happen twice, the red light goes on. three times, you start going, hey, maybe you got to start putting guys in and play the game as if you don't have a left-handed guy. and that's honest. >> so trembley is saying at some point you've ju

alberto did good staying with it. >> rob: alberto does a great job trying to pick up a white ball with an almost white roof. >> bob: i don't think that the person that designed this field had any clue about baseball. >> bob: gabe gross 0-2. this building has hosted ncaa final fours. they thought onlily it might be the home of the white sox or giants. >> rob: i hope that jim calhoun, the head coach of the huskies is okay. he collapsed after a bike race yesterday. >> bob: used to play hockey in here, the thunder dome for the lightning. a swing and a miss as detwiler slips buy gabe gross. bases empty, two out, 2-1 count. >> rob: it's that stare. he wants a piece of gross right there. >> bob: 3-1. can't walk this guy. the greatest hitter with the greatest hitter on deck. home run walk rbi single in his three plate appearances. they walked him. fifth walk of the day by ross detwiler. toll the nats on our iphone or ipod touch or both. live audio broadcasts. visit www.nationals.com on your iphone or ipod touch and you can purchase. you can take rob dibble with you everywhere you go. we'll fee

either from alberto or ryan zimmerman. >> johnny: guzman with a lead off first. not playing him tight. and the pitch popped to right. base hit. and pat holding up the runner at 3rd base. the nats have got the bases loaded with one out. on gonzalez base hit. guzman to second. hernandez to third. >> rob: that is going to be it for herrera. but what a job by gonzalez. that was a 70 miles an hour frisbee. >> johnny: dusty baker back to the mound again. the reds skipper. and daniel ray herrera has some struggles and can't get the job done. nats with golden opportunity. ú

alberto gonzalez, takes the breaking ball. this time, he is ahead. >> rob: willie and i talked before the game about the defense and the plays and he is still upset. would like to play a a little bit more. but defense is just as important. that has picked up this team the last couple of weeks. >> bob:ice . >> ro soof the doubs avebenamazing.%% place. everyoe is on the saep everyone is iking up everyone nobody wants to the weak link. bob: right. target away on 2-2. and gonzalez rips it, stabbed by aaron hill. great play. one out. and that goes both ways. sometimes, you hit the ball sharply and the other guys take one away from you. >> rob: i thought we got rid a grea second baseman when we left robinson cano. going towards shortstoat ú úaneasuch a hitter's league, you can see alberto gonzalez is not happy but when you go out there to second base, do the same thing to those guys. i guess you need great defense in that league. >> bob: i guess that goes often overlooked.% the blue jays have only made 2

>> a fine effort by alberto gonzalez, a strong throw from one knee. you've got to know it's going to be somewhere close to johnson. don't want to put him on second. >> that was a good play because you saw his glove scraping the ground before he even got to the ball. a lot of guys will let that ball get under their glove. >> do you remember when he got sent back to the minor leagues, one of the knocks was his defense. that's steadily improved. >> that will be routine in right field off the bat of hill for austin kearns. two outs. >> look at that catch right there. laying out, talking about the trust you have to have in your defense. >> finding the bag visually as he made the exchange. nice. here's wells. his walk right after the double

>> jim: here is alberto gonzalez. manny acta allowing zimmerman to have a couple of innings off on the hot night. >> jim: i played with cal ripken jr. -- sr., and he said nothing like the atom ball. i'm 18 years old going what is he talking about? is he getting into physics? molecular science. the atom ball? there you go. >> rob: that was at his foot. >> jim: 0-2 the count. albers last year left the game at wrigley field interleague game, and that was when it was diagnosed that his shoulder had the issues, and he elected to go the rehab route. last spring troy patton, the pitcher of the orioles, got in the me gel tejada trade. he elected to have the surgery.

perfect fast billion, right in on the hands of alberto gonzalez, who's one for three. took a little bit off. same location, same look, different pitch. strike 2. he had him reaching. foul tip caught, two outs. he's got a lot of good stuff, turning it over right here, and it dives right out of the zone of gonzalez. 97 or 95, have an 82-mile an hour change-up, will make you look like that. harris first pitch swinging, skies it to left, and adam lind is there. they lead by 4, 6-2. po >>> i just want to wish all fathers out there and my dad happy father's day. >> we move to the ninth inning. mike macdougall told me that his dad and he are very close. >> he's been great. my dad is my best friend, so he's my buddy. i call him every day, and he's just a great guy and i love being around him. >> he was also a senator's batboy and should be here at national park here next month, bob. >> senator's batboy, nice. josh willingham, get used to seeing him play right field, out there working a lot in the days to come. he realizes that his spot in the lineup probably depen

then alberto gonzalez here in the ninth inning for the nationals. jim johnson did a very good job in the 8th because the heart of the line-up came up at the time the nationals down by two. after allowing the lead-off single to zimmerman, he did not allow a run. in the ninth inning down by three, it's the lower third of the nationals line-up. >> jim p.: i still have oh get them out. >> jim h.: fouls it back. >> jim p.: kind of an interesting article in the washington post talking about they went up to ryan zimmerman with the passing of michael jackson and he said, you know, it's kind of unamerican if you don't like michael jackson's music, and they asked ronnie belliard and he said, well, my mom bought mae red jacket just like michael jackson when i was a kid. i guess he used to wear it around. >> jim h.: popped up, center of the diamond, sherrill getting out of the way. here comes mora. to the left of the pitcher's mound he has it for the out. here's an update on the voting for the at&t player of the game. as voted on by the fans. nolan reimold with

>> rob: lind bounced out to alberto gonzalez first time up. >> bob: ross detwiler, first three innings, averaging 18 pitches per. 54 pitches, 33 strikes. and his first 11 batters, he only threw first-pitch strikes to five of them. so not great numbers, but that's overanalyzing. he is getting outs. >> rob: exactly. >> bob: outs are all that matter. >> rob: i know we love the first pitch strike and all that stuff. but his job is to. >> bob: get the nats in a position to win the game. >> rob: job 1, go 6 or 7, give this team an opportunity to win this game and maybe we can get him his first major league win. a nice 1-0 pitch there. >> bob: right on the edge. that ball driven to left by adam lind. 2 on, one out. blue jays have tripled their hit total here in the 4th. >> rob: they have seen him for the second time now and they

now, the orioles send alberto castillo to the minors and brought back chris ray. for the latest on that and the weather on south florida. what is the weather like? >> i'll tell you, it has been a big story here today in miami- dade county. the winds have been very, very strong. when the team came off the bus about 4:00, everybody was trying to get inside the stadium here, but everybody got soaked. dirt was flying up in the air. the tarp on the field was flying flop the air as the grounds crew was trying to get tractors on top of it to pin it down to try to protect the field. it was a scramble everywhere. quite a mess. our television truck, the stairs, the steel stairs of our television truck got blown out of place, but things have calmed down quite a bit now. the tarp is off the field. we are told that in about 20 minutes another cell is headed our way. we don't know if it is going to hit right in this area. if it does, it is fast-moving, which is good news, and we should see baseball here on time, if not with a little bit of a delay that is good news for somebody

alberto gonzalez has all three nationals rbis. how about the little guys in this series. gonzalez and hernandez. >> rob: whatever they did to gonzalez in syracuse, he came back on fire. a pitch is up in the zone. he cranks on it. elijah and adam come in to score easily. shields can't believe it. >> bob: beautifully swung by gonzalez. 3-0 washington. josh bard swung at the first pitch first time up and hit that ball hard right at the center fielder. >> rob: the nationals have been hitting hard all day off shields. >> bob: that's seven hits now. and bard rips it to the corner. >> rob: that will be another one. >> bob: alberto will score. bard digging for two. this year he has 16 hits and 7 of them have gone for extra bases. 4-0 washington. nothing cheap about these hits. >> rob: that's a breaking ball down in the zone. it looks like a change up that hangs in the zone. the pitching coach is out trying to find out what's going on. still only one out in this inning by the way. anderson hernandez singled his first time up. four out of five base hitters here in the 4th. the rays

alberto gonzalez for the pitcher two spots away. >> rob: what is he like 5-5 as a pinch-hitter? >> bob: we'll look it up. >> rob: you haven't gotten that far? >> bob: no. >> rob: oh, man. >> bob: gorman is not having a good night. >> rob: i'm telling you, bob. look at this. this pitch is up and away. >> bob: are you kidding me? >> rob: i mean, goodness gray mice. s -- >> bob: last two strike calls not even close. 1-1 to zimmerman. >> 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: a

as he passes by, alberto gonzalez steps in. this kid hitting .308. you like him in this situation because he's a contact hitter. he's struck out twice this year in 65 at bats. >> rob: that's very nice. >> bob: now the rays will play the middle infielders back. a ground ball past the mound is an rbi. longoria and pena on the other side with their respective bags. there's a ball. that's going to be over the leaping pena. the nats have the lead for the 3 3rd consecutive time in this series. they have scored early. for gonzalez, his 10th rbi. >> rob: this was a great at bat here. good outside off speed, looked like a changeup. itself actually a curveball. drives in a run. even better, it's a single. >> bob: it sounds nice when the cow bells aren't ringing. that will shut them up. the nats could do running here. unfortunately that ball is hit too well. b.j. upton there, two outs. [cheering and applause] just beyond the 2:00 hour here in the tampa bay area at tropicana field where the nats are 0-2 this weekend. bob carpenter, rob dibble, byron kerr with us

alberto gonzalez gets a start. wil nieves hidding .227 since the injury to jesus flores.esus in the clubhouse. he wants everybody to know he is feeling good, not ready to resume baseball activities yet. they are still awaiting some mri results but there's willie and there is a pretty solid defense lately despite three unforced errors last night. big story in baseball, kerry woods blows another save for the indians. the cubs win. this end league thing is really hitting up. here is marco scutaro. nats held him to a 1-for-6 last night. detwiler misses with the first pitch underway at 7:08. it's quite breezy tonight. 20 mile-per-hour wind, 85 at game time. interesting that the weather is so warm but the wind's coming out of the north. 2-0. scutaro walks a lot. number 1 in the american league with 47 along with carlos peqa. that's 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 lo

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alberto gonzalez running for adam dunn, still at third with two outs. a little bit up and in, 2-1. almost looked like a backup breaking ball. >> rob: he overthrew that. >> trying to hit that right- hand corner there, look at him coming over the top of the strike zone, pulling at that thing down a little more. looked like he slapped it into left. >> bob: carl crawford playing real shallow in left field. that's a running fastball that probably started off the plate and then came back to the outside corner, 2-2. that's an emergency hack by willie harris. >> rob: staying alive, baby. >> bob: josh bard, if it goes any further. a lot of cow bells making noise here on a friday night. 2-2 to willie harris. he tried that same fastball again and missed outside. here. >> rob: here is the pitch coming up, 2-2 pitch, trying to go way off the plate. it's not even close. come on, don't beg. >> bob: willie harris takes one high. runners at the corners with two outs. quite an at-bat by willie harris. and now a switch hitter in the catcher, josh bard. let's see what josh has done from the right side

over to make the grab is alberto gonzalez. [laughter]. >> johnny: chip said he fedex the entire scrapbook. i was amazed last year. bob had taken off in arizona. one out here in the 5th inning. i didn't realize how both doug and chip had as soon as the check came, they had this kind of a coughing attack when they both had to leave the table, leave the room. and someone else got stuck with the check. >> rob: you know bob has alligator arms when it comes to the check. >> johnny: short? >> rob: yeah. i can't get to the table. >> johnny: but you love those guys. let me take care of that, after it has been paid. john lannan working in the 5th inning here. the reds have got two runs and 5 hits. the nationals only two base hits in this ballgame. and taveras up for the third time. you see what kind of support john has had this year. >> rob: maybe he has to buy a few more dinners for his teammates. zito must never really pick up the check. [laughter]. >> johnny: you can't get a better outing than john against the mets. that is the last

alberto gonzalez taking out phillips and then the flow gets by gonzalez over at 1st base. all the way into the dugout. two runs come in, instead of one. nationals are up 3-2 here. >> johnny: in the bottom of the 8 th. wide, wide stance at the plate for dunn. catches the outside corner for a strike. >> rob: 5-5 in the pinch hitting role. that at-bat to take out second. he got sent down for a month did wondering for him. >> paid off. >> rob: yep. >> johnny: 1-2 delivery. adam dunn, zimmerman down at 1st base. >> rob: and you have got to get sent down johnny, they will say the same thing. so, that is just about going down there and working on stuff. sometimes guys need at an tuesday adjustment. but -- at anty -- attitude adjustment. but alberto shortened up his swing and he's down everything. >> johnny: grounded line-drive to left field. keeps it alive. on this day we have been covering the bases today with adam. cal ripken, sr. all stars. log on to ripkens senior college baseball.org. nationals with a 3-2 lead in the last of the 8th. and they are still alive. dukes fouls it

pitch outside to alberto gonzales. 5-5 as a pinch-hitter. z. 5-5 as a pinch-hitter.couldn't get the winning run across last night and lose be 2. gonzalez, .306 average, 1 homerun with nine driven in. >> rob: they have been hitting so well all year. they are being heavily scouted and they have to adjust to the pitches the pitchers make. they are getting wet pitched. stay away -- getting better pitches. i think a lot of it was their pitchers watching our hitters. >> johnny: gonzalez backs out. three balls and a strike to the nationals 2nd baseman. >> rob: i just thought they were in there blogging or twittering. >> johnny: no they are watching videos. and the 3-1. gonzalez swings and it is three balls and two strikes. one thing about owings, had a four-game losing streak. >> rob: he is a short-armer for a big guy. you see that running fastball right there. >> johnny: you talk about a up and down season, gonzalez fouls it off back to the right. he also had a nine-game losing streak. in 14 appearances, 10 starts, he went 0-9 and pretty good e.r.a. if you like somebody wi

advanced on a grounder by wil nieves after alberto gonzalez flied out. 3-2. 14 pitches first inning for sean west. stammen had 14 pitches over seven strikes in his first inning. now it's turned into a long, top of the second against the bottom of the order here. >> rob: stammen, three starts on the road before tonight. five earned runs in 16 2/3 innings. >> bob: he walked him. >> rob: that's not good. >> bob: two on, two out. that was a fastball that missed way low and inside. fredi gonzalez doesn't like it. now they have to deal with a right-handed-hitting cristian guzman. first walk issued by either pitcher. >> rob: i mean, baker is going, are you kidding? what are you doing with thatguy? >> bob: i would imagine that over baseball time there's probably a pitcher that said to a catcher once, oh, that was the pitcher? >> rob: there's also been pitchers that get your butt back behind the plate and let me worry about the next guy. i don't think he meant to walk the pitcher. >> bob: here is guzman, pulled the ball to bonifacio his first time. >> rob: when you hear the beer salesman in the

here is alberto gonzalez. the two new ball players will be here in time for the day game tomorrow.in pittsburgh and the ironic thing for joel hanrahan is the pirates are here friday. they're playing the cubs, scoreless in the second inning. so, joel hanrahan, when i talked to him this afternoon, didn't know if he was going to be leaving to go to pittsburgh or just stay here until the pirates get here. joel did tell me he's got some friends on the pittsburgh team. he got to know john grable very well duns during the wvc and he's good friends with andy la roach and nose to a certain extent his older brother. 's

that's going to drop into left center. 3-for-5, alberto gonzalez.et'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 is ronnie belliard. runner going. down the line but it's hooking foul. and willie harris flirting with a long ball for the second time tonight. >> rob: willie harris. >> reporter: it looked good for a while and then it had that big hook. >> rob: there is a huge whole between first and second and a great swing right

that will bring up alberto gonzalez who walked back in the 1st inning. >> rob: i think the second tripey know what micah owings is featuring, which isn't much. 90 miles an hour fastball. got a bit of a tail to it. decent curve ball and decent change-up. nothing they shouldn't be able to handle in the next few innings. >> johnny: hairston sneaking in from 3rd base. pitch is taken for a called strike. alberto battled back on the opening day roster. >> rob: when he was here at the beginning, he had a long swing. he was trying to hit every ball a long way and he's cut down on the swing. he is putting balls in play. he is using his speed to get some singles and downs. he is playing some outstanding shortstop or 2nd base when he is in the game. that is what i'm sure manny acta and mike rizzo expected out of this young man. the future of this organization at shortstop. >> johnny: good combination out there with guzman and gonzalez. >> rob: theur will be anderson, hernandez a gonzalez. those two young men have a nice career in dpront of them. they have to -- in front of them. keep evolving and

. >> and alberto castillo was sent down to triple-a and in his place chris ray has been recalled to help the bullpen. the word is he is back on track. he looks good, finishes on his pitches, as well as he found some consistency with that arm slot. that's what he has been looking for. in eight games in triple-a, he dropped his e.r.a. to 2.25. he struck out 13 batters and walked only four. all reports are he is ready to go here today in miami. interestingly jim and buck, with chris ray up and alberto down, this leaves the orioles without a left-handed specialist in the bullpen. jim, buck? >> jim: thank you very much, amber. you sat in that manager's chair and you have tried to jug the bullpen and the roles. is it bet tore have a left- handed specialist or a right- hander who can get left-handers out? >> i'll take quality over a left-handed pitcher any time. i think having chris ray back will only add depth to this bullpen. mark henrikson is a long guy. i don't have any problem with danys baez or chris ray pitching against any left- hander. >> jim: tonight from muggy miami, it is the opener

all great timing right there by alberto gonzalez. we talked about this. defense really gives you confidence as a pitcher. >> bob: i don't think we can count that as an adam ball. >> rob: that's an adam rocket. >> bob: the kid can really play some short. he replaces cristian guzman as the shortstop tonight and guzman has had all kinds of problems this year going to his left of all places. not going into the hole, but going up the middle on balls. >> jim p.: if you're manny acta, you're saying, okay, we need to have more offense so we leave guzman in. unable to come up with it. you have to hurry, but you hope that you help yourself defensively, but you still have guzman to help your offense. so, again, very tough play there. i know that he knew he had to hurry, just couldn't make the play. >> bob: it appeared that ball took a funny hop on him. >> rob: i think that's a hit. that's why he tried to rush it. i think the official scorer will know that is rookie out there at shortstop. >> bob: they have it as a base hit. >> rob: hey, i should be an official score

. >> i'd like to see alberto get a gap shot here and see if austin kearns can catch adam dunn by the time he reaches home plate. >> austin can run for a big man. overbay's playing behind him. atlanta got two in the first and red sox answered with three. david ortiz, the 6th homer of the year. check on some of the other games involving our division, including the mets who now lead 2-0 over tampa bay, and gregg dobbs a homer for the phillies leading baltimore at home 1- 04th inning. marlins hosting the yankees later. gonzalez hangs tough. the sunday night game, dodgers and angels. here's our daily update, by the way, rob. american league 81, national league 72. so it's still a 9-game difference. it's been that way a couple of days. >> i like the national league keeping it close. gonzalez up the middle. a couple of crow hops by the pitcher. toronto got a little crossed up as far as who was covering second. the shortstop, scutaro and second baseman hill both got there at the same time. first and third, and willie harris got it done again last time, and he did last night. >> you see the s

alberto two of the hits. martis and sea bath i can't --- . >> bob: this is the second run issued by the rays today. it's time for adam dunn to jump up and hurt tampa bay. >> rob: not a good day for santana. 82 pitches in 3 innings. aj burnett on the other side 6 inning, 4 hit, 8 punch outs. >> bob: evidently at yankees stadium you need to make them swing and miss. >> bob: he's adam dunn. this could be the defining play of the day for the nationals. bullpen about to take over. fastball for a strike. not the kind of first pitch you usually see from a lefty. the pitch selection or the location. >> rob: on the pitch track here, fastball that cuts back over the plate. the catcher had to set up outside. >> bob: nearly threw it away. navarro saves a run. this is supposed to be a cutter. >> rob: he tries to aim it and throws it in the dirt, navarro. probably instead of block it with his glove, tried to slide out to get his body behind it. >> bob: neither team doing much in this department. big hit of the day gonzalez

alberto gonzalez had the tying run. bottom of the 10th inning. >> rob: this might be our night or our morning now after the nationals introduce their 10th pick in the amateur pick yesterday. later on earlier today at nationals park, what a day for that young man. hagerstown? he wants to get after it. get busy. >> johnny: nick masset on the mound for the reds, their fourth of the night. he is making his first appearance for the series. masset kind of stingy with runs too. last time he gave up a run was april 24th. he was on the dl 15 days for a strained muscle. this is his 17th 17th appearance this year. zimmermann brings him upswinging. >> rob: he meer from the sox. trade deadline last year, july 31, 2008. >> johnny: ownight the job done in this ballgame. average .257. one swing of the bat would finish this baby off. inside. 1-0 to adam dunn. holds so many of their records in the twin city. >> rob: masset has done some traveling. he was acquired by the whe sox a few years ago. he traveled over the cincinnati. he was min

kearns really went after aaron hill, and right after two consecutive walks, alberto gonzalez swung at the first pitch. hitters will do that. we can't figure it out sometimes, but look at kearns go after hill. i've never been all that great with my money. probably because i've never had much. but now that i'm making more, it's time to be a little smarter about how i manage it.. with the calendar, i can schedule all my payments. and when funds are low, danger days help me stay out of the red. i can also transfer money with just a click and a drag. so maybe i'm better with money than i thought. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. >>> that was a tough one to take, first pitch swinging. the 5th inning belonged to johnson. how about this? getting going with his glove, great play and great shuffle pass, then he knocked it down. sticks with it, finds martis, who had found the bag and leads off the next inning, bottom half with a double. not able to get johnson home, but nick did hess part. >> you can say one thing ab

. >> we'll be back with nats postgame. 5-4 rays win it despite alberto gonzalez driving in two runs. ♪ ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. but other days, like today, it's my office. the boss just emailed me and wants the new proposal asap. no worries though, my smartphone, it's from at&t. i'm on the nation's fastest 3g network. so that proposal? delivered. (announcer) the nation's fastest 3g network. another reason why twice as many smartphone users have chosen at&t. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. only from at&t. >>> tampa bay with the 5-4 win today. we have your postgame on masn brought to you by verizon. over 100 hd channels. in the 2nd inning, came up with the run. >> pretty good at bats put together early. elijah got it started off in the inning. out to right field for a double. ball bounced out of the ball park. nice job by patterson. gonzalez flipped one out there to right. d

. >> bob: now, alberto gonzalez becomes the dh of all things by running for adam dunn. so you put a very fast runner at third base. the infield is in. >> rob: is that the designated half the size of adam dunn?

we talked about anderson hernandez, alberto gonzalez when he went back and came back. short chopping swings, put the ball in play. anderson hernandez has been fantastic tonight. tried to slap a hit by the pitcher. knowing what your role is will definitely help this organization move forward. >> bob: corey put all those things together for baltimore back in 06 when he hit .276 and it 45 stolen bases. and he still hit 16 home runs. jason isringhausen totally lost the handle on that ball and he's hurt himself. he just told them in the dugout to come and get him and i don't know what happened, maybe with his hand there. but something is very wrong. >> rob: i think it's his elbow. >> bob: he is right off the mound here with the count of 1- 2. now the rays will have to warm up somebody, and this could take a while. >> rob: you're going to watch the ball take a right turn here when it leaves his hand. means it's the arm. immediately he calls the team out. you never want to see anybody get injured out here. >> bob: lance cormier will get up. they'll just bring him right out to

tying run is at first base with alberto gonzalez. >> rob: high home e.r.a., 6.27 for nunez, road 1.2. >> bob: willingham, nine home runs, 16 rbi's this year. nick johnson singled with one out. then scampered to third on the base hit by dunn. gonzalez running for adam. an extra-base hit could tie the game. willingham foul tips it. and it's come down to the final strike. >> rob: this kid's got a great arm. 96-mile an hour fastball. this league combined hitting only .216 against nunez. >> bob: willingham getting time from bill welke. and willingham out to deep center field, but it's a big ballpark and the game is over. two hours and 30 minutes, a great pitching battle until the end. and the marlins beat the nationals again, this time it's 4-2. >>> you talk about one ball club having the nationals numbers. that's the florida marlins. >> what are they, 22 wins and 3 losses. >> eight straight now in miami. >> you can't explain that stuff. we're in the ballgame. we pitched well. all of a -- olsen, hat off to him. >> we will try to explain it as best we can when we come back. >> bob: johnny a

another line drive knocked down by alberto gonzalez and that keeps scott rolen from going to third.s are hitting the ball hard against wells and hanrahan here in the 8th after that leadoff pinch hit by bautista. alex rios now with the lead run at second base. alex rios 0-for-3 tonight. 1-for-7 in the series. blue jays have put four hit together to tie the game here in the 8th. first pitch slider for a strike. 2-1. >> rob: the only conversations i had today were about velocity versus pitching and not just how hard you throw but about the movement, the location. there is billy koch threw 100 and threw it straight and he was very hittable at times. you have to be able to locate corners, pick your spots. there you see a great slider but, still, 95 up in the zone, these guys can hit that. and as you said, scott rolen is one of the hot he is hitters in baseball right now. >> bob: 2-2. >> rob: so is this guy. >> bob: no swing chris c. b. bucknor. that's big because now the count goes to 3-2 and the runners will be moving. >> rob: i think he got him. pretty much broke the plane to me. there

first of all, the nats second baseman, alberto gonzalez stretches out and gloves the ball. outstanding play. he got up and was able to throw the runner out. the hit by josh bard off the glove of hill. >> i'm sure in hill's mind the ball was traveling that slow when it was up in the air. great camera angels from our camera guys. we'll take a break and continue with more nats extra. boston red sox coming to town. 6:30 our extra pre-game show starting and next weekend masn, masn , you'll see the orioles and nationals. our pre-game activity at 6:30 and nats extra shows on masn . on sunday afternoons, run the bases. we'll be back in a minute. welcome to chili's. something new is on the grill. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at just $6.99. like our bacon-ranch chicken quesadilla, flame-grilled tortillas layered with all white meat chicken, applewood smoked bacon, jack cheese, and ranch dressing. they're crispy on the outside, melted to perfection on the inside. you've never tasted quesadillas like this before. new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at just $6.9

great job alberto. that was worth the wait. >> johnny: gonzalez drives drives in the tying run.ll go back to the top of the order with cristian guzman. >> rob: he's got to get a base hit. >> rob: the pitch inside. one out, 2-2 ballgame. >> rob: if you waited up to watch the end of the game, it was worth the wait. glad to have you with us. >> johnny: dukes walked and scored. willingham walked and scored. guzman falls behind in the count 1-2. >> rob: that was a wicked breaking ball there. >> johnny: bard has tied the ballgame with an rbi single. gonzalez tied it. guzman evened the count 2-2. bottom of the 9th. reds have three base hits, nats have seven. johnson on deck. pitch inside. guzman takes the call, 3rd strike. >> rob: this is a moving fastball here. you have the whip action by cordero on the inside corner there. not inside our pitch track box. got to be swinging after a two hour 10 minute rain delay. the umpires don't want to hang out here all night. >> johnny: swings at the first offer, fouls it back. >> rob: that was a very good breaking ball by cordero. >> johnny: nick

alberto callaspo crushes one, this blast came with the bases loaded, and we call that a grand slam. his first career slam since may 5th, olivo with a home run, the 11 ks for meche is a career high. just the fourth win in the last 19 games overall for the royals. >> and updating you, phillies-mets, they've got to extra innings, bottom of the tenth, and we have one out, and they are 4-4, cole hamels gave up four runs to the mets, 11 hits, five innings of work, in the bottom of the seventh, the mets got three runs against sean green who just relieved mike pelfrey to tie it up, the mets frustrating fans, they granted 15 base runners through the first nine innings, a season high, so 15 hits so far, but only four runs. pirates-rays, dog night at turner field. some barking going on. >> dog night? >> didn't you see the little doggies. >> i did. i find that an odd promotion. >> all right. a key player here, nate mclouth coming up throwing, laroche trying to score from second, and the throw cut off by first baseman greg norton, laroche is scoring on the plate, and the pirates go on to this, a

here is alberto gonzalez. he doesn't get to play all the time but when he does, he takes advantage. 10-for-25 over his last 12 games. that tells you that he averages, when he play, a couple of at-bats a night, sometimes, he gets in late for defense. last night, he pinch hit. sometimes, he pinch runs but this kid has really begun to establish himself as a very useful part of this team. >> rob: a useful cog in the machine. >> bob: yes, he is. he is 26 years of age, from venezuela. nats got him in a trade with the yankees that we discussed last week with the yankees. >> rob: look at that. nice cut on that swing which he did not do that. >> bob: you saw him take some big swings? >> rob: he took some big old hacks but that's not his game. you have to know your limitations. you have to know your game plan and elijah sees him. work in progress. >> bob: dukes is back in there. a pretty good blind swipe tag by kevin millar. the key to that for the first baseman is knowing where you are in relation to the bag and you sl

. >> alberto's slide was so key because of the fact the way zimm hit the ball, hit it on the nose bute guy. it winds up being a big play. just goes to show you don't quit and make something happen. >> yeah. i don't think effort has been the problem here. and these guys will go all out for nine innings. i think it would have been tough to turn a double-play. zimmerman runs pretty good. it was a little bit to the left of the 3rd baseman and gonzalez was in the hole. but gonzalez went hard at 2nd base and that had some time of effect on phillips. you play hard and good things will happen. >> he came up limping. >> i think he scraped his side a little bit. but he was okay. we asked him because otherwise we would have kept hernandez in the game. >> how is john lannan doing? >> he did a very nice job for us again. john is over the last four or five doing what he did last year. he goes out every 5 days and gives us a chance to win and throws that sinker. does a good job for us. he gave us an opportunity to stay close to them and tavarez was huge too, those 2 scoreless innings gave us an oppo

hustling over, alberto gonzales takes it over the shoulder and the inning is over. but not before cincinnati adds another run. we head to the bottom of the 4th. they lead 2-0. enefits package at no direct cost to the company, their very first word was... aflac! aflac! find out more at aflacforbusiness.com times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. >> johnny: let's take a look and see if this is going to be the day for the geico president's race. roberts calling this thing -- rob calling this thing while we were away for commercial sounded pretty good. let's go to debbi taylor standing by with a very special guest, adam dunn's wife rachel. >> that is right. it is a great story how she met adam. tell us the story. >> we actually met when i was in college and a mutual friend introduced us. it is a guy that adam still plays with, it is

alberto callaspo bases loaded off carl pavano, that is his third of the season, his first since may 5th, and first career grand slam, guillen 2 for 3, he also had a home run as well for meche the 11 ks set a career high. let's check in on the tampa bay rays over the angels, 9-5, pena solo shot, his 18th home run of the year, aybar has added an rbi single and a home run of his own as well. >> meanwhile the phillies and the mets, they're in the bottom of the eighth, and still tied at four. cole hamels trying to get his fifth straight decision, fifth straight win, he gave up four runs and 11 hits, plus the mets came to tie it, three runs against sean green after mike pelfrey gave up three straight singles to load the bases. feliz and ibanez and rollins have the rbis, pelfrey one, and castillo, another one. taking you out to atlanta, dog night at turner field. start a barkin'. two on, two outs, jason hair me -- jaramillo singles. mclouth throws, seems to be on the money, the pirates go on to hold the lead, and 3-2 in the bottom of the ninth, two outs, matt capps gets norton to fly out to en

.: that's the swing we're used to seeing from alberto gonzalez as he goes up the middle. tying runs aboard. washington now, lead-off men aboard five out of seven innings tonight. >> jim p.: johnson doesn't want to be there. of course gonzalez takes advantage of it. he wants to be down in the strike zone. >> rob: at the beginning of the year, he would have been swinging for the downs, he would have miss that had pitch. now he's cut down. they do teach you a lot down in the minor leagues and adjusting the attitude to what kind of player you may become is part of it. >> bob: and really good defensively. willie harris, one for three tonight. harris bounces the double play ball. the nats are doubling themselves to death tonight. that's the third of the night. and the other two came with -- with the bases loaded. >> jim p.: i think early in the count it really comes down to, do you want to swing at a pitcher's pitch, and that's what this is. good sinker, tailor-made. andino has been an all-star dealing shortstop for the orioles since izturis has been out, he's been that good. h

alberto gonzalez and melvin mora. the birds have won the first two games today, going for the sweep. nats fans say no way. birds fans say bring it on on masn. >> on a sunday afternoon at orioles park at camden yards, it is the finale of interleague baseball, the final game of the three game series in the battle of the beltways as the orioles once again welcome in the washington nationals. hi, everybody. jim hunter with jim palmer, bob carpenter, rob dibble coming up. the orioles looking for a three game sweep. what's encourage inning the two wins, two different styles of games and still two victories. >> and two closely contested ballgames. the game on friday night, they get 16 hits, they win 11-2 but they get 8 runs in the sixth inning. last night they're down early, 3-1, they get the big home run, they get two more home runs. today i don't know how many home runs you can hit off john lannan because he's been very special for the nationals. >> nationals go back into n.l. east competition following the game. >> of cou

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coming on to pitch, alberto castillo jurs just his fourth appearance. >> jim: yeah, his job it to geteft-handed batters out. 1-5, he's only faced eight. 1-8 totally. came in the other night and the first left-hander he faced, he walked. >> gary: here is cora, the left- handed batter. the leadoff batter will take the pitch up high for a ball. runner at first, castillo. there is one away. castillo hitting .323 off left- handers. he's 20-62. while at the other end of it, he's on at first base, you we go cora -- get cora at the plate, .310 off left-handers. those are your eight and number nine and number one guys both of whom to with -- do well against the leftiies. >> jim: the reason for alex is basically he's a line drive hitter. he's not going to overswing. all the good left-handed hitters that hit left-handed pitchinghave in common is the front shoulder stays close so they can cover the plate. >> gary: he's got a base hit. markakis over to get it will hold the runner at second base. now there are two on with one away as the mets threaten to get back one or maybe both of those runs the

alberto gon salzales, ryan zimmerman at third, dukes in center, willing ham is the left fielder, kearns nieves will call balls and strikes with john lannan, the pitcher. >> welcome back to the nats xtra pregame show. >> ray: ryan's going to be there. he's creeping up. he's got almost 800,000 votes right now and he continues to swing the bat well and i have always said it, i have said it since i have been here, he is the best defensive 3rd baseman barring nobody. barring none. >> byron: he has down a great job. adam dunn as well. when you look at the standings right now, david wright at the top of the list from the mets. almost a million votes and david wright with new york, chipper jones, pedro feliz and bill hall. >> you can vote at least 25 times per your ip address to get the guys to st. louis for the middle of july and the a-star game. now it is time for the stay in the game hold of the day brought to you by just for men hair color. we are looking at the top spots. last nationals pitcher to recall a hold versus the reds was charlie manning that was last year, august 8th of 2008. cer

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