barajas homered leading off two inning ago.barajas first homer of the year. 3 rbis. >> rob: he hasn't tried to trick anybody yet with anything off speed. how many balls did mock throw with off speed pitches? >> bob: a lot. you are just beating yourself. helping your opponent. when you walk the light hitting hitters, you are helping the opponent. >>> that was takahashi. mets have the more foreign born players in the major leagues with 18. >>> 1-2 to barajas. 20 years old. >>> we told you the braves and units rur tied up. >> bob: barajass homered again. where has this power come from, late in his career. the worst home run team in baseball last year has hit 3 tonight. >> rob: breaking ball that comes back in, wheel house of one barajass. you saw where rodriguez set up. way outside. wanted the breaking ball down, low outside and came up and in and barajass jumped all over it. >> bob: tejada goes up packing. and hairsis coming to get it. stays with it to make a very fine play. >> rob: watch where he sets up, way outside. i want it

here is barajas. >> rob: francoeur reminds me of jayson werth. you are going to come inside, you better come way inside on it. >> bob: breaking ball 0-2. barajas with toronto the last couple of years. hit 19 home runs last year. career high. over 70s rbis. hit under .230. free agent in february. mock gets him on a breaking ball, niger morgan. >> rob: morgan was pumping gas years ago when he signed with arizona. he turned in to one of the best baseballers last year. he was a late sign by the mets but good receiver behind home plate. arizona got him out of sureteoes, jr. college in california and he was drafted after a diamondbacks champ. great career. >> bob: here is tejada. great pitchers in arizona in the early 2000. >> bob: tejada 20 years of age. out to short. desmond will gun him out. and bases empty 2 outs now. >> rob: great pitch to tejada. 90-mile per hour sinker. for a 20-year-old kid in the cold, probably going to feel that the rest of the night. >> bob: interesting, weight write said he didn't like the field of the baseballs. >> rob: wi

and runs over barajas. and willingham inside the park grand slam, thrown out, but it is okay for willingham. umpires reviewed it and clearly a grand slam the conventional way. top nine, francisco rodriguez hits willie harris on the elbow. and harris starts jogging to first base, rodriguez walks over and just touched him. no ejections, those are compet tifr juices. 5-1 against the team. hernandez seven shut-out innings against his team. last time he threw he was actually a met and doing it against the nationals. >> the future of the national pitching staff, the top pick, stephen strasburg, made his rg senators and boy, oh, boy, was he strong. five innings worth of work for him. only one earned. he did walk two. he struck out eight batters. miles per hour. three pitches at 99. >> and for more on strasburg's performance, we bring in "espnews" baseball insider keith law who joins us from pennsylvani. keith, what did you see today? >> you mention the velocity. 97-99 for three innings. and very, very sharp curve

matt caps facing barajas. a shot to left here. check out willie harris. oh, yes.olks, it's glovely. a game ending diving catch. harris said once he hit it, my mind was made up, willie, make this happen. he did. the nats win their second game of the year, 4-3 the final. d.c. united up the road in philadelphia last night trying to spoil the team's inaugural home opener. look who's at the game. vice president joe biden. second half, 69th minute. d.c. united trailing 2 oil 1. chris sites looking downfield. check out moreno. stays with him. sites trying to kick it away but loses it. moreno steals it. that was sweet. and scores. one of the best plays you're going to see all season right there. game tied at two. 79th minute now. same score. sebastian la to you with a free kick. he rips it into the back of the net. he had a hat trick. d.c. united fall to the union, 3-2, the final. >> that's your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> thank you for joining us this hour. we'll be back in 2 1/2 minutes with a look at the day's top stories and the forecast an

two runs come in to score and rolling over rod barajas. and thrown out and willingham fans tis okay, the umpire reviews the play. they overturned the ruling and grand slam, fifth career grand slam and francisco rodriguez on the hill against willie harris. jogging to first base and tempers flaring a bit. low blood sugar, if i had to guess, if i had to guess here. i might be hungry right now. hernandez against his former team. last time he threw seven plus shutout innings, he was a met and doing it against the nationals.  he is not far away from being able to contribute in the majors. >> baseball insider keith law is talking about that man, stephen strasburg and his performance. harrisburg senators. he was pretty impressive. five innings, four hits, only one earned. he struck out eight, throwing 82 pitches. this guy can hit 102 on the guns. >> i'll see you and raise you one. >> the cuban player starting against toledo. four and two-thirds innings for chapman. five hits, one run, not earned. one walk. and get this. nine