[ cheers and applause ] . >> bob: and the nats get a two- run double from josh bard! >> rob: that was interesting, murphy was playing right up on the line and josh bard still got it by him. i don't know. whenever you tell your second baseman to move the other way, i think it told josh bard exactly where they were coming. he didn't waste any time. he ripped it down the right field line. tell you what. that is great hitting by josh bard. >> bob: and they're calling back j.d. martin here. he is going to be done for the night. the thing he did do is but zero's on the board in the 3rd and the 4th. and so, martin will sit out, having given up five runs on ate hits in 4 -- on eight hits in four innings of his major league debut and the nats will call on tyler clippard after alberto gonzalez hits for the pitcher. jim riggleman could have done this one of two ways, rob. he could have left martin in for another inning or two. >> rob: why? >> bob: but you're battling back trying to win a game. >> rob: we're in a different zone than most teams that are just trying to get through

bard single to left.arris to right center sending bard to third and then willie moved up on the ronnie belliard walk. fastball way upstairs. >> rob: had some giddy up. lead-off guys don't get in the situation that frequently. morgan should get something to work with here. no pitcher wants to go to 3-2 with the bases loaded. morgan has one r.b.i. as a nat. that's right down the middle. and the nationals continue to be very poor hitters with the bases loaded. now that college is a few years behind me, it seems i've got three times the bills i used to. and they're getting in the way of things i'd like to do. with the money bar, i can move my money around instantly, so when there's more bills than usual, it's no problem. and i use the wish list to put any extra money aside for anything i want. being in control of my money feels good. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way.  >> bob: a lot of action in this ballgame. game notes for you. be

pitch outside, bard, and little up.st a little late and that is number 11 for cabrera. >> rob: got to give cabrera a lot of credit. there you see quick moved to home plate by lannan. great throw by barred and can't throw out -- bard and can't throw out speed sometimes. he got it out there quickly. and great one by cabrera. >> bob: he gets gets under it. adam dunn is over there. look at that range. where did he end up? almost in center field. how about some sunday game notes for you. nationals bullpen, evidently appreciated the rest. they got over the all-star break. they have been outstanding and clippard was the star last night. and john lannan gets more play balls than anybody. and kevin kouzmanoff has just a few errors on the percentage basis. he is their clean up man. three for nine and big strong right-handed batter and lannan sinks one and misses. >> rob: the more confident the starting rotation gets, the deeper in the ball game and less you have to use the bullpen and it starts to work out and everyone has a good

bard's throw, short.t over the plate showing bunt, and josh bard had lot to deal with there. >> rob: this is a tough throw for any catcher. you see barmes has the bat in front of hits face faking a bunt. comes up, actually barmes got out of his way, so that was kind of nice of him, thanks a lot. >> bob: yeah, if he gets on a fly, might have had him. 1-2 now to barmes. he's got a both hitting room on the right side. trying to keep the runner at second. so here is a guy just like nyjer morgan last half inning putting pressure on the defense. got inside on him. ball fouled straight back, just to our right. craig stammen this year, 1-3. it's his 9th major league start, and he hasn't gone beyond 5 and a third in his last two against the red sox and florida. he pitched into the 7th inning for his only major league win at yankee stadium two weeks ago. he's gone 6 and a third twice, including his first start against the pirates, and then went six against the giants. and a lean drive. should be two. belliard in be

. >> bob: there is josh bard. that's the thing about good pitching.ne swing changes everything. >> rob: you hit the nail on the head with kouzmanoff. and he got a big double for his ball club. and one mistake he made. and his offense has got him off the hook at this point. and could possibly put him in line with the run. >> bob: deservedly so. and josh bard hit one home run this year. and he gets it to center. and plenty of room out there for venable. now, you have got the little guys coming up and they are line drives and gonzalez and hernandez. and they are combined. six, for their last 52. when you are in a position lake gonzalez or hernandez. there is a job after salvable for the taking. right now, he is not embracing that. he is going up there and trying to hit the ball. and that's not him. >> rob: when you see a guy drop that back shoulder and get underneath it. that's when bad things happen to hitters. he keeps doing it. and the right shoulder goes down and he upper cuts and puts the ball up in the air. check this out right here. watch the back

josh bard has two of the nationals six hits.rove in the only two runs in that 4th inning and then francoeur had a big night. he came from the atlanta braves 3-4 a home run number 6 of the year and a double that he also drives in a couple runs. 6-9-1 for the mets, and 2-6-0 for the nationals. the nats now are 2-8 this year against new york, 1-3 in this ballpark. just can't seem to get on the victory track. jim riggleman 0-5 as interim manager. >> it doesn't matter where you play, whether home or away. when you are struggling and don't get pitching. that's what we had really stressed over the last month, is that we've got to get starting pitching in defense. our offense, they're just not going to score a lot of runs. the first part of the year, i think was an aberration when we scored five runs a game. now after the last two and a half months we are barely averaging three and a half a game. when the pitch gorse out, they know they have to give up four runs or less to be in the game and we've done that. a lot of times, but we haven

josh bard will be next. bard has struck out swinging and grounded out to first.or the offense. boy, the wind must be blowing in 50 miles per hour in philadelphia tonight, it's still 1-0 in the sixth inning. pineiro and happen throwing there. j.a. happen went into that game 7-0 for the phillies. that's three aboard with gonzalez coming up. sean burnett will be ready for the a's because the nats are hoping this gets down at least four hitters 0 the number ninth spot giving them a chance to use a pinch hitter. that ball will fall in right field. and whether it's a hard line drive to center by willingham or a face to right by bard you can follow it all. called m.l.b..com at bad, featuring video highlights and live audio broadcasts. visit nats.com on your ipod touch to purchase. happen happen 6 hits for the nats now. gonzalez ducks away from a strike. alberto one for 18. this is not what the nats wanted to see from him giving him some at-bats and that ball right on the corner. >> rob: right. in the strike zone. but about a week ago jim wriggleman said. >> bob: we want

and that ball gets away from josh bard. some things out of sync here on the first six pitches of the game.   that's gonna be a fastball. >> rob: got to be, hit some leather, and a little extra movement at the end and josh lets it get by. that will happen every now and then.   . >> johnny: he'll leg out a on three hops, mock, high throw, slow throw, cabrera beats it, an over to third is gwynn.   sacrifice, fielder's choice, first and third, nobody out.    . >> rob: well one of the thi tonight looking for is don't help them, that's going to help them right there, the bad throw, the sacrifice bunt, you take it, two-hopper back to you, throw it, you got to step and throw, you hear a lot of coaches say that, you lob it and you've got a quick kid like cabrera beat that out, now you have pain coming up here with pedro gonzalez. >> johnny: gonzalez batting a puzzling .248 although kou

and that ball gets away from josh bard. some things out of sync here on the first six pitches of the game.   that's gonna be a fastball. >> rob: got to be, hit some leather, and a little extra movement at the end and josh lets it get by. that will happen every now and then.   . >> johnny: he'll leg out a

josh bard, but it's foul.ast teams tonight, the braves are hosting the giants behind hansen 4-0. and the marlins are at san diego early tonight. >> rob: and that's sanchez's first start since the no hitter. >> bob: oh, what a good swing by bard. now if that ball gets away from reed harris has a chance. but that has to hold him with two outs. their only hope was that ball would keep slicing away from jeremy reed. it will be second and third, two outs. and the first major league at bat for j.d. martin. >> rob: right here, josh bard, out, touches livan hernandez. second and third with two outs. big spot right here for j.d. martin. he can really help his own cause and get himself back into this ball game with a base hit. not like livan hernandez is going to overmatch him. >> bob: yeah. or overpower him. so this will be interesting. but he's got great swing back action on that fastball. when he was here, livan would throw that ball right at the hip of a left handed batter and catch the inside corner once they hoppe

here is josh bard, nats on top.hink willie harris just sent us all a message as if to say don't assume that i'm not going to be pretty good playing the outfield no there's a spot open out there. willingham gets the single and harris drives him home. these are big gaps here. you've got to have fast outfielders. i was a little concerned i have to admit about adam dunn playing left field in this ballpark for four days. it's 383 to deep left field. not left center, left field. that's a foul tip. it's strike two. it's a little cozier down the right field side, 320 with that baltimore-type scoreboard they have you can take a -- they have. you can take a right fielder and hide him shallow a little bit. it's 1-2 now to josh bard. and he'll get under one and pop it up out behind second. delwyn young. nats get a couple of hits, an rbi by willie harris and a 1-0 lead in the -- lead in the second. geico's been saving people money on car insurance for over 70 years. and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since th

here is josh bard. and the nationals first base hit.outs in the second. >> rob: i think josh showed the rest the lean up how to get to the guy. get underneath the singer -- sinker. and we talked about it too. >> bob: he gets that one up right near the batter's box. catcher alfonzo using his mitt as the shade and no score.   . >>> welcome back to nationals  park. now, very important interview, bob and rob, listen up. i have exclusive one on one with teddy roosevelt. are you going to win a race this season? >> you heard it first here. teddy will win the season. >> bob: we will find out if we can trust the politician. 5th inning underway. time will tell. debbi didn't ask him when. she say this year. chopper to third. and out of the way. so six grounds ball outs now. and last eight batters. john lannan is pitching as efficiently as we have ever seen him in any stretch of his career. >> i think he is comfortable out will now and knows what he can feature. what he can't. work to get the ground balls. knows he is not a strikeout pitch

josh bard at the plate with a man on first. bard sends a shot into right center.dunn is hustling around the bases and is going to score ought way from first. but not so fast. dunn running around second, misses the bag. yeah. the astros knew it. so mike hampton throws to second and adam dunn is out. it ends the inning and a run comes off the scoreboard. and dunn in the dugout thinking man, i can't believe i missed second base. ouch. top six now. nates in front. 6-2. nick johnson up and he drives one deep to right. hunter pence has a beat on it. leaps at the wall. the ball, check it out. goes off of his glove and into the stands for a home run. yeah. nick's sixth homer of the year. josh willingham at the plate, sends a shot into left. that gets out in a hurry. willingham hit two homers in the game. very next batter, adam dunn. liftoff. makes up for his mistake with a home run to left. back to back to back homers for the nationals. it's the first time that's happened in nats' history. then the seventh, nationals do it on defense. tejada lines one into center. nyjer m

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 balls to go through. >> rob: with the pitcher coming up right here, i would have challenged the throw. sneaks right through there. willingham off with the pitch. it was a bad throw on top of it. >> bob: see if stammen can put the bat on the ball. he's had a perfect night with a walk. now, how about that first career rbi?   he misses low. sometimes pitchers will aim the ball against other pitchers. there's our base bunch. willingham walked. he's at third. dukes singled. nieves singled. so, nats have something going here as they try to take the lead in the top of the fourth. stammen goes to right center! that will drive in a couple! willingham and dukes come home! over to third, nieves! the nationals lead 3-1 on craig stammen's first two major leag

so josh bard, the only remaining position player tonight.he nats are going to bring mike macdougal in to pitch the ninth inning anyway. four hits in this inning. 16 in the game. saturday night two weeks ago the nats had 13 hits in houston. mike is ready. and it will be a nonsave situation. >> rob: he does need to stay sharp though. only problem is in houston, the next day the nats were shut out. i don't think that's going happen tomorrow. gonzalez will get around late and foul one. the home stand record will be even at 3 and 3 with a win tonight. at least since the cubs left town. 3-3 weak basically. i guess i was making like a relief pitcher and forgetting about the four game sweep. >> rob: that didn't happen. gonzalez hanging tough and bouncing to short. and the padres will go around 6- 4-3 and turn it. ú ♪ cold refreshment is an unstoppable force. because every coors light can is cold-activated. when the mountains turn blue, your beer is as cold as the rockies. the coors light cold-activated can. enjoy refreshment at its pea

josh bard has a lot of ties to denver.e brought cherry creek high school to two state championships back in 1995 and 1996. he was draft bid rookies and his family was is all out here. it was definitely a family reunion. >> yes, it is definitely nice to come home. obviously when you lose two close games it is frustrating, but off the field it has been great to see family and being on the west coast, playing to san diego, we came here three time as year. there is only our time to get here and it makes it more special and just take advantage of the time. >> you eve had so many fond memories of growing up in denver and what was it like for you coming up as a young baseball fan? >> it was great. i remember going to the games and watching at mile high and there would be 80, 000 people there pretty much every game and my dad and used to come and it is in the upper deck kind of behind home plate and that is still my favorite place to watch a game. you can kind of see everything up high. and i have fond memories of threw and i had

today, top 1, josh bard is gonna rip down into the gap and right center field.dam dunn, on his horse. chugging along. he's gonna round and he's gonna score rather easily. one slight problem. adam dunn forgot to touch second base. astros appeal and tejada and dunn, out. nick johnson, fly ball to right. hunter pence has a beat on it. it goes off the glove. josh willingham cranks the first of two of the night. adam dunn makes up for the blunder. all three homers in the houston area with career homer 301. the first since the expos in 1987. 3-2. >> unbelievable, inexcusable. he knows it. those bags, they have not moved in a hundred years. i kind of see guys shortstep and miss it. but he just flat out went over it like nothing. we knew somebody had to see it. >> camden yards, os, bottom 12. tied at 3. melvin mora, hadn't homered since may. put itto an end. baltimore now 6-0. we are just warming up on this edition of geico sportsextra. yes, the season is still three and a half months's way but now is where the young guns continue to include. we'll tell y how one is pre

. >> bob: right now, josh bard has a groin problem bothering him. that's why he has not been in the line-up the last few days. manny is counting on a day off tomorrow for him additionally ready for the weekend. >> rob: wil is a tough kid. it takes more that a foul ball off the knee cap to gemstone hit out. he is laughing right now. >> bob: no, he will be feeling it tonight. >> rob: no, he will be eagle it tonight with the game on. >> bob: badenhop will step out as zimmerman steps off. bunts it in the air and zimmerman calls it. >> rob: nice. take charge, ryan. >> bob: so john baker still at second base, one out, top of the order. coghlan and bonifacio. coghlan with a damaging base hit last time set up a two-on, two-out situation with bonifacio followed with a single and then hanley ramirez made the nats play by driving in both. fastball. >> rob: i think jordan is getting a little tired. the velocity has gone down. he had to run the bases in this humidity. his count sup to about 75. >> bob: they are not catching up now, are they? looks like against c

josh bard 2-3 tonight. the nats may have to pinch run for him.an't run with that groin injury he is nursing but found a way to go 2-3 tonight an raise his batting average to .284. over his last 22 games now josh is hitting around .370 with an on base average over .450. you saw willie harris who is next. great swing by way foul. >> rob: guess you can say he was looking for that fastball. >> bob: i believe he was. change-up. see you. that ball right out over the plate and it will be willie harris' turn with one out. >> rob: when a guy throws this kind of 1-2 pitch to you very hard to pull the trigger an swing at it. nice off-speed change-up. perfect location. >> bob: willie harris 1-3. willie gets jammed. fly ball to center. got some carry to it. has to have some speed. two outs. austin kearns will pinch hit in the number 9 spot. come on. kearns 2-16 with a couple of r.b.i.s percentage hitting this year. you hope for austin's sake that a guy he faces will make a mistake so he can run into one. it's been a long, long time. he hadn't hit a home run s

bard scored easily from third. it was 4-0 several walks later. but the brewers rallied.casey mcghee rips the shot into left-center field. the two-run home run, the first time milwaukee led washington and. at 7-5, that is the way it ended. >>> the redskins reported to camp today for meetings and tomorrow morning they've will hit the practice field at 8:30, which is open to the public. theo. 1 draft pick brian orakpo is still not signed and will not be in camp. jim zorn likes this group of players very much and things that have really helped themselves this off-season. >> this 2009 seas is going to be just as exciting and just as difficult to put together as it was last year. we are on our way. >> the redskins made it clear that michael vick will not be playing in washington. only baltimore has directly acknowledge evaluating him. they say that the ravens have had direct discussions about how michael vick would impact their team. i spoke with joe gibbs about michael vick today. [no audio] and joe said he thinks michael vick will be a starter in the league this year. >>> ph

then a little pop-up here, that bard had his eyes on and misses it.en a little later on, bergman, not taking the hop. he takes the ball, throws it flat-footed and throws it away. four errors, two runs came off of that. what happens is you end up turning that line-up around and getting back to those big hitters and throwing more pitches and just putting overall stress on the ball club. >> if you look at the numbers there, the nats have committed 94, the fewest in the major leagues as the -- is the philadelphia phillies who have only committed 37 errors. >> when he was with seattle last year, became the manager, they went from the worst fielding team in the american league all the way up to fourth in the short time that he managed. because he emphasized defense. willie harris last night said, we're trying. well, that might be the problem. you don't try. you have to do it. it's not about bad hops. bad hops sometimes go down as base hits. it's about the execution of plays that are routine plays. that's what an error is, a routine play that is not made by

he was part of that huge eric dead bard trade that brought chris tillman and adam jones. he'll be missed. he was a good oriole while he was here. they get josh bell, he has been at aa, he is the mvp of the all star game in the southern league. he was the big guy in the trade. and steve johnson. as for the o's today, a the final game of a four-game series, trying to get a split. bottom 2, tied, wigginton, his 7th of the year. solo shot put the orioles on top 1-0. brad bergeson was absolutely fantastic, has he has been pretty much ever since he was called up. the top of the 5, he gets ryan friel. goes 7 innings with 6 strikeouts in the game. bottom 5, the o's would blow it open. it was already 2 nothing, 2 out. bases loaded for aubrey huff. and huff comes through. he has not been hitting well lately, but he certainly did come through on this one. a bases clearing double. felix, adam jones, nick markakis, all coming to score. then brad bergeson gets hit with a line drive right on the leg. it looks like his knee, and looks like his shin. he ran off the field. he was taken out

ath ailam fyaw shaam tt whey eev boheeed s t brea sn in r thac bard the very next day. >> slamming two the bird feeders together. it had broken one open and eaten some of the seed. then i cam out. it ran into the woods. >>> david smith used to be so embarrassed about how he looks. he would wait until dark to go outside. today he burst into the national spotlight. smith from phoenix used to weigh more than 600 pounds. with the help of a trainer and a strict diet and exercise regiment he lost 400 pounds. he did it in just over two years. on the "today" show he showed the shirt he used to wear. he is telling his story in a documentary that premieres on cable this sunday. wow. >>> so we are just getting little rain. going to come -- the pfect time. while we're sleeping. >> just talked to someone upstashu upstairs. >> she has a concert to go to. big concert in town. we are talking storms coming through the area tomorrow night. especially after 6:00 and 7:00 p.m. not this evening though. it was nice out there. you know what? we are going to take a look at our rainfall. down an inch for the m

josh bard is up, sends one down the right field line. this is levon hernandez' only mistake. adam dunn comes in to score but watch closely. there would be a play at the plate. austin kearns includings in safely. so there's still hope. we go to the ninth inning. just called up from the nationals, he crushes it to left, a solo home run, the mets sink the nationals 6-2. interim manager jim riggleman now 0-5. willie harris says it's the same old story. >> i don't think we need to change anything, we just need to did a better job of scoring runs. i guess it's been like whenever they're hitting there the pitching hasn't been there. whenever the pitching is, there the hitting hasn't been there. we try to get on one accord. the season is going by really quick. so fwhed to hurry up and do it. >> he means you've got it get everybody on the same page. that's what they need more than anything. the new yankees stadium is a home run hitter's park and tonight all three runs came on solo homers. unfortunately for the orioles it was the yankees sell brit. >>> kate hudson taking in the game in

josh bard was in the minors. e hits the easy double playgrounder but it's tied.ores and the nats win 11-10 in 11 innings and the game that lasted seven minutes or two months and seven minutes depending on your perspective. >>> tonight started off well for john lan unanimous on the hill get defensive -- john lannan on the hill getting defensive help. the basises back up the middle, nick johnson scores. ripe zimmerman is coming behind him. ryan is safe. nats -- vine zimmerman is coming behind him. ryan is safe but that -- ryan zimmerman school in behind him. ryan is safe but that is now off the wall and bourn can fly, gets all the way to third beating the throw. he'd later score. astros from all the way back and defeat the nats 9-4. >>> redskins defensive tackle albert haynesworth pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge in tennessee this morning. e received three months probation, will make a $5,000 contribution to charity and attend driving school. he's also required to perform 25 hours of community service. >>> jason campbell is planning on providing a di

josh bard home. 2-0. 6th cristian guzman on second for ryan zimmerman. 63rd for zim. nats up 5-3.m half now. casey mcgee. two-run shot putting the brewers up and they win 7-5. camden yards. adam jones homered in the first two games of this series. you can make it three. puts a coat on that hanger. two-run shot. 17 for him. nice week for jones . os take out the royals 7-3. >>> michael phelps hadn't lost anything in four years but today we learned that losing makes michael phelps faster. at the world championships in rome a day after getting beaten michael phelps rebounded with a world record in the 200-meter fly. 151.51. his 34th career world record. passes mark spitz who had 33. >>> hosting the boston breakers. dc star abbey in alone. 72nd minute. leading the freedom to a 1-0 win. >>> finally we have seen plenty of outfielders climb the wall to save home runs but here is an outfielder who caused one. getting a glove on this fly ball but actually pushes it over the wall. want to get away? it might have gone over anyway. we checked and it may not have gone over. >> that said it all.

josh bard would come home. then the floodgates opening.he top of the 6th launching a solo shot to right. josh willingham. adam dunn. solo shot to left center. back-to-back-to-back home runs for the nationals. first time they did that in nats history. 11-2 in the 7th. willingham going yards. two-run blast this time. nats up 13-2. 21 hits for washington. bottom of the 9th. going the distance. fielder's choice. first career complete game. nationals blast the astros 13- 2. >> it was nice just to get all the runs for us just to have an easy one to change. the fact that those guys put together the bats is great. >> the good news would continue for area teams. blue jays and orioles tied at 3 in the 12th. melvin mora saying it has gone on long enough. the orioles win 4-3. >>> well, a year ago it was jim zorn installing a new system and utilizing every spare second to get his players up to speed but those new coach nuances now fall to flip saunders who will take a mundane summer mini camp and turn it into a crash course how the wizards work. 18 pla

quint nilla is hitting for josh bard. >> bob: his e.r.a. is in the affected. they're all charged to the starter. >> rob: it is his e.r.a. >> bob: yes, it is. 1-2 from tavarez to gonzalez. and he has a pop-up. 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

josh bard at the plate with a man on first. bard sends a shot into right center.ng around the bases. and he scores all the way from first base. but not so fast, my friend. dunn running around second, misses the bag, and the astros know it. so, mike hampton throws to second, and adam dunn is out. ends the inning. a run comes off the scoreboard. dunn in the dugout thinking, man, i can't believe i just did that. top of the sixth now, nats in front 6-2. nick johnson up. and johnson drives one deep to right. hunter pence has a beat on it. leaps at the wall, and the ball goes off of his glove and into the stands for a home run. how about that? it's nick's sixth homer of the year. very next batter, josh willingham at the plate. he gets into one, sends a shot to left. that gets out in a hurry. willingham hit two homers in the game. very next batter, adam dunn doing what his teammates did in previous pictures. liftoff. makes up for his mistake with a home run to left, back-to-back-to-back homers for the nats. that's the first time that's happened in nats history. then in t

willie harris, the only lefty, gonzalez and kearns the right- handers, hernandez and josh bard the switchters.   >> 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. fastball for a strike, 1-2. two on, two out. some weather blew through here, now pitchers are blowing away h

top of the 1st, 2-0, josh bard rip as shot to the gap. in right center field, look at adam dunn. fellow, known for kniss home runs. he's gonna score easily, 3-0 nationals. one problem. failed to touch second base. the astros appealed and you guessed it. called off. the one is taken off the board. dunn makes amends in the top of the 6th. bang! solo shot to the right. that's dunn's 33rd homer of the year. adam dunn, season high and they win it 13-2. >>> what happens in las vegas stays in las vegas, we're all familiar with that staying. the wizards are looking to rebound from a campaign. this will be the 6th straight year they've traveled to las vegas to practice. >> wha you want? you want guys who are gonna dpras your system -- grasp your system. >> this has been an adjustment coming here. just gotta take the time and dead case yourself and -- dedicate yourself. >> game two on tuesday against the cavaliers. coming up on "sports extra" plan on miguel is coming off a promising season. and we'll have more on the nats. guys? >> thank you, anthony. >>> a battle is brewing over a beer th

the action picks up in the 11th, with bard up to bat. he was minute minors when this -- he was in the minors when this started. the relay is high. and the nats win 11-10. >>> game two of last night's doubleheader did not go as well. the nats were up 4-1 in the third inning but the astros shut them out scoring 8 runs of their own in the process to win 9-4. >> at least they won one. >> yeah. they're batting .500, so to speak. when it comes to that series. >> that's great for them. >>> moving on now to cooler time. >> bloop, bloop, bloop. this one has people talking. countless families on their way to a chicago cemetery to check on their loved ones. employees are facing felony charges for removing graves sand stacking others. this is where billy dixon and emmett till are orperhas were buried. >> to see the pain on the family member's pages. i was outraged by this story. >> and so get this. apparently someone went to go visit their grandmothers cemetery plot and they saw people digging up the plot right in front of her and she said what is g

that's a reference, of course, to the bard. just like nokia.f course, if you took your cue from dell, you would have missed out on yesterday's incredible intel-driven tech rally. dell, nokia. peas in a pod. i think it's going to have a tremendous quarter. but you can look at what nokia is saying about the mobile phone climate and what dell is saying about the pc climate and figure that things are pretty bad for apple. if dell says it's raining and nokia says it's raining, doesn't that mean it's raining all over apple, too? no. let me tell you what i think is going to happen when apple reports next week. this is based on 30 years of trading experience. in my opinion as a grizzled veteran of the markets, we'll hear that things are bright and sunny where apple is sitting. steve jobs may be given the forecast on the call. because while dell and nokia may say it's raining, it must only be raining on their side of the street. and if you believe dell and nokia, you will feel like an idiot, like anyone who bet against intel because of dell said that --

a commercial helicopter crashed onto -70 last night killing four people on bard.opper went down about 10:30 last night shoulding down i-70 near hagerstown for hours. >> that highway just reopened about 20 minutes ago and now investigators are trying to figure out what went wrong. bob barnard has the story. >> reporter: maryland state police say one of their troopers heading to work last night spotted the flaming wreckage on the interstate. it was just before 10:30. national transportation safety board investigators are on the scene heading up the investigation but we're told will have nothing to say about the four people killed or what may have brought down the helicopter until later this morning. it crashed onto i-70 southeast of hagerstown. all we could see is a pile of metal, mangled and charred. it is just off the highway on the inside shoulder of the east lane. >> there are four fatalities associated with this crash. we do not have confirmed identifications at this time. >> reporter: the helicopter hit nothing on the interstate when it came down but some driv

job bard comes through with a bases loaded hit in the third but the nats pitching staff blew the 4-1 burkeman struck the biggest blow, a three-run homer in the 8th. nats lose 9-4. >>> fans lined up to pay their respects to steve mcnair. a public memorial was held for him in nashville. people waited for hours to walk past his casket. derrick mason who played with mcnair in baltimore spoke during the service and addressed mcnair's two sons. >> to trent and tyler, i can't teach you how to fish i can barely swim. and i can't love you like your dad did, but i can love you like a father. >> reporter: also in nashville on thursday the redskins new defensive tackle appeared in court. albert haynesworth pleaded no contest to a charge of reckless driving. he was sentenced to three months probation. witnesses say that he was going nearly 100 miles an hour when it collided with another car. the crash left 25year -old cory edmondson in a wheelchair. he is suing haynesworth in civil court for $7.5 million. >>> now back to actual sporting events and michael phelps holds just about every swimming re

josh bard. here's josh with two on and grounds to short. as astros try to turn the double play.hrow is not so good. morgan scores the game-winning run and interestingly morgan wasn't with the team when the game started. hanrahan now pitches for the pirates and is now 1-3 on the season. >>> to game number two. bottom three, nats up 4-1. back to the mound. quick reflexes. and makes the catch. i think that's just self-defense there. we move to the bottom of the sixth inning. game tied at 4. michael borne at the plate. speedy fellow. runner on. facing jason bergmann. borne sends one deep to left. adam dunn played off the scoreboard. uh-oh. ball gets by him and cappinger scores. cruising. beats the throw. he is in there with the astros. 9-4, the final. color commentator dibble voicing his displeasure with the nats. >> it is not so much mailing it in physically. but mentally, some of these guys, they are happy after a ball game when theyet their butts whip ppd they are happy and smiling like it is funny when they are getting beat in day and n and day out and emrrassed on the field. i

josh bard is up and sends one down the right-field line. hernandez's only mistake, adam dunn comes around to score. there would be a play. watch this. the throw on home. he's chugging along and there we go. play at the plate. slides in. nationals cut the lead to 5-2. 6 sixth inning. mets leading 5-2. jeremy reed tries to lay down the bunt. heads-up play. charges in and behrhands the ball. take another look. willie harris, this guy can play. he is filling in for ryan zimmerman at third and makes the barehanded play. fantastic. ninth inning, kensing. francoeur again crushes one to left. solo home run. the mets win 6-0. willie harris says he hopes john lannan can help stop the bleeding tonight. >> i don't want to jinx it. you know. i don't want to talk about that. i mean, lannan is our guy. i mean, he is our ace. and we are -- we expect to go scout do what he has always done. you know, that can be tough at times. at the same time, you know, we look for that from him. >> you said you were at a game last week and harris looked like he was playin

bard, a medical equipment maker. all very, very strong in the near term. maria?>> matt, thanks very much. healthy, wealthy, and wise. what did ben franklin say? >> i do not remember. >> early to bed, early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. what are you doing for the second half of the year, dan? how do you see things playing out? how do you want to be investing second half? do you agree with eric, who just said flat next six months? >> no, i actually don't. i think we've had a lot of green shoots talk. now the question is do these green shoots turn into yellow weeds or do they actually turn into good flowers, and i think earnings season's going to start to break that out. i think what you're going to see in technology is a lot of these companies actually starting to perform better. they got the best balance sheet cash flows out there. i think you're going to see numbers actually starting to move up. areas like semiconductors in particular. i'm having a hard time finding any company that will -- having said that things like heavy machinery, guys who

today the bard of public works is expected to take action in the first round, a $280 million cut andean more furloughs, job loss and lay-offs. reporting live in the state office complex downtown, wjz eyewitness news. back to you. >>> thank you. the arrest of three young boys sparking lots of debate this morning. the families admit the boys were caught stealing but the families say the police went too far when the police handcuffed the boys and held them for several hours. the parents say a strong talk from police would have been enough. >>> the allegheny county school board is backing autopsy superintendent's decision to stop a group from giving out information on the con fedder rat flag. the group stepped in when the cumberland historic foundation planned to hand out brochures on the his tier of the con fedder rat flag. the board says the flag has been linked to several incidents of racial tension after school. >>> a baltimore landmark could have a new owner by the end of the day. the famed senator theatre is on the auction block at 11:00 today. the baltimore baltimore sun says ther

bard and you know. sometimes they're violating the do not call laws and violating reg c or reg e which would go over to the new agency. so i think it is important, going forward, that when there is ongoing consumer harm, that we're able to jump over the legislative fence to help consumers and not have to wait potentially 120 days. i think we're working through the issues and making progress between our staff and ourselves. >> the chair now recognizes you for five minutes. >> thank gentlemen of the panel. mr. leibowitz though for being back here a number of times. probably will in the future. i think you are doing a bit of a dance. you stand to lose jurisdiction in the fcc. it seems to me that you are getting, at least under the proposal that you are getting more money and authority to do less. i want to know what your reaction to the statement is given the fact that the fcc has dual jurisdiction that is to ensure competition and consumer protection. >> let me start by saying i hope familiarity is not br

. >> right. 19 pro-life democrats led by dan bourne and bard stupak said we could not support healthcareorm proechposal unless it -- >> pelosi said these issues will be worked out during the legislative process. harris: this will be one conversation we will watch closely. molly, thank you. martha: we are watching the wires and what is crossing is that the president is going to make some comments on healthcare and the whole country will be watching that very closely. it is the hottest debate right now. 3:15 today we expect him to make comments on healthcare and we will bring that to you live right here from the fox news newsroom. a teenage gathering ends in a tragedy. 16-year-old sofia palma shot and kill at a party with her friends. police releasing this frantic 911 call. martha: that led to any questions about who pulled the trigger and why. also coming up the senate passing new sweeping hate crimes legislation but does it take away any of your rights to free speech? that is a serious issue and we will bring it to you next. i never thought i would have a heart attack, but i did, and i d

the couple will bard the world's largest cruise ship, royal caribbean's freedom of the seas.p has to offer. they can surf, they can tan, they can splash without ever leaving the ship. after five nights the couple will disembark and check into the open suite of the ritz-carlton grand cayman. with the famous seven mile beach awaits. and leigh and nick will also get to reaffirm their love with a private beach ceremony. >> so this is a tropical paradise for the two of you. okay. so that sounds amazing. the second honeymoon choice is going to take you a little further from the u.s. to the other side of the world, to be exact. and misty, what's part of the great australian experience? >> well, the journey begins in business class aboard qantas airways new a380 jetliner as they make their way to the deluxe resort of qualia. they will have their own pavilion and explore the great barrier reef and the beaches. the couple will return to sydney and stay at the observatory hotel where they'll relax with ten hours of spa treatments. and they'll be vips, enjoy bike riding, bridge climbing,

once they start instituting better animal husbandry practices, claiborne, more ventilation for the bard, or space for the animals, better waste handling, then the mortality, mortality has decreased significantly in swine production. productivity has actually gone up post-ban. there are more pigs, more piglets per cell. so the worry that there is going to be you know a world food shortage that some people would like to promote if we ban in this country is not founded based on these experiments are again, i think you for this important piece of legislation. and for this hearing today. i was very impressed with all the knowledge that the members have about this very important issue. >> i appreciate all three of you here today. sorry. is because of c-span we have to turn us on. i need to remind everybody when you're not talking, please turn off your mike. first off, again i want to thank you for the great work you have done. it has really stood up for good signs were good signs of bad science is pretty prevalent. and i can't say how much i appreciate that over the years. i have to say that

guzman at short, adam dunn and nick johnson, josh willingham in right field, josh bard will catch albertoman and depending will be on the mound. mark swriker man from the washington times in the hot corner and i guess a hot topic would be the trading deadline is coming up and you've got some names that people may be interested in. >> yeah, there's actually a few names on this team given, you know, considering how bad the team has been over all this year, there are actually some attractive candidates. the names that we have heard a lot about are adam dunn and josh willingham. certainly there's some interest in them. but i think more likely some of the lesser known names, joe beimel or even willie harris could draw some interest. beimel is in the last year of his contract. the proven left-handed reliever and a lot of teams really need one of those guys come the pennant stretch. willie harris, his versatility. everything he can do for you. he is signed for next year but only making 1.5 million each year and won a world series with the approximate. there is some interest in those guys. the gu

if he does that properly, goes home, gets caught in a run down, and then bard gets a base hit. might score two there, didn't happen. and then to a weak ground ball to short stop, but mars got ahead of him, so there you go. hey, you either go on contact, or you make the ball go through. if you make the ball you go through, you don't break to home. so he was going on contact, but he should have froze, gets in a run down, the runner from second goes to third. you have second the third, hole different ball game. >> so when he looks back over this ball game, he'll say i should have done this, but i did that? >> manny directs that, though, the third base coach has to make a decision ask say adam you're going on contact. if you're going on any ground ball contact, you take off. even if it goes to the pitcher you be stop and get in a run down, because you want to stay out of a double-play, and every pitcher is going to throw home, so if you do it properly with any kind of speed and we the runner is going hard on the batted ball, you scan get to second and third if you stay in a run dow

then bard and pap came in and did great. >> [inaudible]. >> no, no.d everybody, including david. and i believe there's a... i believe david is putting out a statement, which i actually... that's why i wanted to read it before i came up here. he's going to deal with this head on. i do think that today is probably going to be a very difficult day to get answers you're looking for because there aren't any yet. he needs to find out. he's already made calls to try to find out some things today, and until he does, he won't have the answers to questions, but he will certainly deal with it as david always does head on and be open and be honest. >> [inaudible] >> david knows that... i think david felt all day a lot of caring from his teammates and hopefully us. he knows that we care about him. he has earned as a person that from us, and we will be very supportive, as i hope we are with all our players, and we'll get to the bottom of whatever needs to be got to the bottom of. and like i said, david will deal with this openly, but he's going to... again, it's no