count is 2-1 to alex gonzalez the reds shortstop. lannan retired the first two batters he faces. >> rob: let's take another look at home numbers. there he is. second right now in the national

alex gonzalez with the leadoff double to start the fifth inning for cincinnati.  . >> rob: we

alex gonzalez deep in the hole to bring it up and s to it off to phillips, come pleetle the double play. >> these are two of the better glove men in the national league central right here. >> rob: here you see making a stop. gonzalez gets it, he knows phillips is going to be there to turn the double play, this isn't 6-4-3, but i know you're going to be there when i flip this with the leather instead of the hand. and that's playing together. >> johnny: i think we saw that in the mets series too. great play to second. >> rob: yes. once hernandez and gonzalez put in a couple years together and start knowing when the other one is going to be there and the timing and that, we'll see much better defense in the field. >> johnny: ryan zimmerman against johnny cueto. zimmerman career-wise against this guy, 17 against the reds, 17 for 51 and a pretty good batting average in all these games he has played against cincinnati, .333. breaking ball out -- catches the corner for strike one.  and the 2-1.   the nats have got

jay bruce waiting on deck and then alex gonzalez. nats with their only run in the 6th inning, trail it 2-1. what has been a series where washington just not able to get more than two runs. two tuesday night, two last night and one today. pop up behind 1st base. a long run. kearns and it hits the warning track and bounces up in the stands. well, between cordero, rhodes and weathers, they have appeared in 2,230 games. that is the kind of experience the reds have. you can see a relaxed cincinnati bullpen. >> rob: they won't be relaxed in that phone ring. jump into action. >> johnny: and the 1-2, runner going. strike three called. hernandez takes the third strike. as we go to bottom of the 8th, take a look again. 2-1 reds lead. s>mqy, 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. we've got a ton of stuff we'

beimel to face alex gonzalez. breaking ball. inside for a ball. >> rob: and give him a lot of credit on zimmerman's hustle down the 1st base line even though gonzalez took out fi phillips. if he wasn't -- took out phillips. >> johnny: drifting back is guzman calling off willingham and willingham calling off guzman and makes the catch. >> rob: that is the right play. cristian has to keep coming and so he called off willingham. >> johnny: nats xtra post game coming up in just a couple of minutes. hopefully they will be talking about a nationals win tonight. 3-2 they lead with two outs in the top of the 9th. beimel has retired jay bruce and alex gonzalez and will face the 1st baseman, adam rosales. >> rob: nice. josh bard behind home plate. he wanted that pitch low and beimel hit his spot perfectly. >> johnny: beimel going scoreless in 17 of his 24 appearances overall. the veteran left-hander, breaking ball for a strike. fans on their feet. >> rob: and also give nieves and bard credit. they have been flip-flopping after finding out

macdougal will face alex gonzalez to begin the 10th inning. reds short stop -- belliard quick scoop and made the play. >> rob: that's not an easy play. it's all muddy out there. ronny belliard here. this is going towards the bag, coming in. look at the mud all over the ball. nicely done. >> johnny: the reds' catcher ryan hanigan will step in against macdougal. if you're wondering why it's so quiet, there aren't many fans here. i'm counting them now. 28, 33 -- these are die hard fans, rob, right now. >> rob: yes, they are. >> johnny: fans sticking around for two hours and 10 minutes of rain and coming back. [cheering and applause] standing down there on a cellphone -- those are new glasses aren't they? i read on your blog you were getting a new pair. >> rob: they're not new. i didn't get any. >> johnny: flanagan flew to center field his second time up. 2-2 in the top of the 10th. >> rob: big play of the game was hanigan throwing out dunn at 2 2nd. hanigan has a rocket for a right arm. >> johnny: nine guys have attempted to steal against him. he

alex gonzalez up for the third time. singled in the second, scored a run. two cincinnati runs. scored one and driven one in. 2-2 day for the shortstop. rbi total dose up to 17. -- goes up to 17. john lannan, two starts against cincinnati. 1-0. and 3.86 earned run average. bounder down the 3rd base line is foul. hoping the club gets some runs to get him his 4th win of the season. 3-5. and micah owings looking for his 4th win as well. he is 3-7. but he hasn't won a ballgame this a month. lannan delivers a high fly to right. kearns and dukes over. kearns ducks out of the way. last of the 6th. 2-0 cincinnati leading. on car insurance for over 70 years. d who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> johnny: nationals park oa beautiful thursday afternoon and they are celebrating inside, having a great time but still, i know these fo

alex gonzalez has singled to right center, base hit tonight, one for three.for three with a double in the fifth inning. . >> rob: that guy there. >> johnny: he has got it and it's a good inning for ron valone. we go to the bottom of the eighth, still washington with some work to be done. - 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. grab your bag. it's on. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99. flame-grilled tortillas layered with chicken, bacon, cheese, and ranch. crispy on the outside, melted perfection on the inside. >>> the following is quesadill >> johnny: welcome back everybody, johnny holiday and rob dibble back. the nats with a 3-1 deficit to the reds, five different flex plans to choose from so you can enjoy ultimate flexibility. pick your plan,

baker, willie tavares, jerry hairston, ramon hernandez, johnny goals in left, jay bruce in right, alex gonzalezshortstop. rod had eye gan behind the plate catching johnny que et oh. now for the nats manny acta, detwiler goes to the hill, four starts in the past, 0-2 record, 12 earned runs, walked 6, had 17 strikeouts, this ought to be a good duel tonight between two very good young pitchers both at 23 years of age. >> rob: let me give you the pnc bank scouting report. 6, that is what this kid is looking at going, in his fifth start, continue to make adjustments, keep goin' right after people, he has never melt the cincinnati reds so every time he goes out there it's a new experience meeting one of these lineups. keep making adjustments. so these last couple of outings, 10 hits, walking a few people, got to to out there with rod detwiler's stuff and challenge the reds. >> johnny: defensively let's take a look at the nats defense, zimmerman at third, guzman at fourth, hernandez at second base, nick johnston, will nieves will be behind the plate, catching detwiler, dunk and harrison dukes in the o

count is 2-1 to alex gonzalez the reds shortstop. lannan retired the first two batters he faces. >> rob: let's take another look at home numbers. there he is. second right now in the national league in homerun e.r.a. 10 starts. ted lily. >> johnny: lannan delivers to gonzalez. fouled back. count is even at 2-2. reds are 6-7 against opponents from to the national league east. the nationals looking for their 10th win at home this year. 16th overall. rob, we were talking before this ballgame, you were comparing this year's record at the same time compared to last year. and this is a much, much better ball club. line-drive to left field, base hit for gonzalez. and it is hard to believe it is a 15-42 team. >> rob: it is. and this team was nine games better last year with the wins. but, you know what, it comes in cycles. they can still with a 66-29 flurry at the end of the season finish 500. >> johnny: right. >> rob: that is when you look at numbers and you have to start with small goals. try to win series. obviously we are not going to wi

a a ball and two strikes to alex gonzalez. >> rob: there is the central to break down i knowy, dusty a fine job with this reds team, they have won three of their last 10. .500 at home in american ball park. you want to be .500 on the road and .650, .700 at home, to have an opportunity to win your division. a lot of teams struggling especial lei in our division. phillies 12-13. new york mets are the only one with a winning record at home, 17-9, but then the braves 14- 15, marlins 14-17, and -- >> johnny: he has got it, two down, gonzalez flies to left.  and as we go to t coming up here in masn, all of masn2, the reds and nats again tomorrow night beginning at 6. 30 with nats extra, and a 4:30 afternoon game on thursday. start our coverage at 4:00, then on the road at tampa on friday and saturday and sunday. that saturday game joined in progress at 7:05. >> rob: looking forward to that tampa trip. more cow bells. >> johnny: yes. >> rob: went down for the world series last year. >> johnny: great city isn't it. >> rob: 50,000 cow bells in a one-roof stadium.

how you make up for an 0-4 day, zambrano 6 2/3 scoreless innings, in the seventh alex gonzalez back atambrano. he gets his 100th career win. cubs take it 2-1. >> tom glavine was drafted by the l.a. kings and could have played hockey with wayne gretzky. instead, he chose baseball and pitched for 22 years, 17 with atlanta. after how the braves treated the future hall of famer, they might get two minutes for roughing. trying to come back from surgery on his left shoulder and elbow, the 43-year-old glavine says he was released to make room for top pitching prospect tommy hanson to be promoted this weekend. >> i feel i guess a sense of betrayal a little bit, i have a little bit of resentment for the way things were handled. i didn't feel it was a performance issue. i felt as though it was a business issue and they had better options with tommy hanson or medlen or -- as things turned out they had an opportunity to get nate mclouth and by not paying me, i think that freed up principles of limited government. the idiots that people like my mom instead of going on welfare we should reformate be

gonzalez throws him out. and three in a row for detwiler since the walk to aaron hill. and then alex rios is next., eight-game streak. >> rob: this kid, rios, he reminds me a lot of justin maxwell, tall, thin, very good outfielder. >> bob: they. they list him at 6'52"15. >> rob: a couple of years ago, this kid was crushing the ball. they gave him a long-term extension. >> bob: 14 homeruns, -- 24 homeruns, 84 rbis in that season. he played 1161 games. and .291 with 71 rbis last year. ynoble, port rico. if you know how to pronounce it, it's there. hey, it's up to me to fill in the blanks. >> rob: that's why i throw those out there. i didn't know what he hit that year. >> bob: i'm still trying to find. >> rob: what? >> vernon wells? >> bob: vernon wells. >> rob: i did look that up last night, the calgary stampeders. >> bob: i love it when calgary played saskatchewan, stampede against the rough riders. >> rob:

gonzalez and that keeps scott rolen from going to third. so the blue jays are hitting the ball hard against wells and hanrahan here in the 8th after that leadoff pinch hit by bautista. alexhe 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 you see him. a little side angle. >> bob: we have to do it again. got him that time. the blue jays tied the game. two runs and four