day. >> rob: batista did a good job coming in.breaking ball to barajass, other than that he through the ball well. >> bob: great breaking ball by bergmann, new jersey kid, it's 0-2. tried another hook. >> rob: always has fantastic stuff. 0-2, light hitting guy, bury that pitch in the dirt. >> bob: fast ball away that he guides out to the shortstop. desmond takes care of it for the first out. so far so good for desmond at short. he's got caught in between a couple of hops, made two errors. his throwing has been flawless. here is david wright. 0-2 with a walk. utly hit his first homer of the years. phillies lead. astros came home for opening night, 0-3. breaking ball up and in. >> rob: talent down there in houston. >> bob: here's another ball hammered. off the big wall out there. wright was in his home run trot and just now arrived at second base. >> rob: he cannot believe it didn't go out. >> bob: 3-1 pitch here for bergmann. >> rob: he starts trotting. bergmann never turned around to watch the ball, he thought it was gone. jerry i

miguel batista, you know what that one is going to do. the grand slam. the brewers scored ten in the 1st inning. the nats rally. down three in the bottom of the 7th. a base hit to center. here comes the throw. he is called out. the nationals fall to the brewers 11-7. >>> the orioles entered today's game against the a's losers of nine in a row. top of the 9th, the full count. drives one to deep left field. that's a two-run shot. he had four rbis on the day. baltimore is now 2-11. pitcher ryan matis has both orioles victories. >>> the nba playoffs have begun. one of the good stories is the youthful and speedy oklahoma city thunder team versus the experienced l.a. lakers led by kobe bryant. christian star and kevin durant making his nba playoff debut in los angeles. kobe bryant, a rare miss here but the thunder cannot corral the rebound. kobe does. he scores the uncontested dunk. brian 21 points but he was just six of 19 shooting. durant had 24 points. he was harassed all day. this time ron artest get him tied up. the lakers take game one 87-79. >>> tonight

el dominicano miguel batista entró de relevo pero recibió el primer vuelacercas de counsell en la temporadaa barrida de tres partidos. nos metemos en la mls, porque el fin de semana tambien jugo el dc united y el resultado fue el mismo de los tres anteriores. perdieron 2-0 ante chicago fire con anotaciones del guatemalteco marco papa a los 80 minutos y cerro la victoria brian mcbride a los 90, esta fue la cuarta derrota en fila para dc united. un fin de semana en donde solo los caps en el hochey sobre hielo y los orioles de baltimore en las grandes ligas pudieron ganar. nos vamos a la pausa y volveremos con mas deportes. que bien que siguen con unvision washington a las seis, vamos rapidamente al resumen del fin de semana de la nba, que se juega el playoffs. por la nba, kevin garnett anotó 15 puntos y capturó nueve rebotes, y los celtics de boston recurrieron a una defensiva tan férrea como la que caracteriza sus rivales para vencer el sábado 85-76 al heat de miami, con lo que tomaron la ventaja tras el primer encuentro de su serie de postemporada. el escolta sustituto to

miguel batista, not any better. craig counsell drives one high and deep to right. a grand slam. the brewers scored ten runs in the first inning. are you kidding me? back come the nats. we like a comeback. in the seventh down 10-5, ian desmond at the plate. rips one to left. good piece of hitting. here comes pudge rodriguez. two rbi double for desmond. nationals cut the lead to three. but that is as close as they get. sorry. the brewers downed the nats. cue the sad trombone.com. have you been to that site? >> no. people are flocking. i like shanahan changing the culture. >> me, too. >> "nbc nightly news" is up next. see you at 11:00. until then, that's the news. good

although, batista hits casey blake here in the 9th.ou don't want this lineup to get anywhere near ethier. >> rob: you certainly don't want to wake him up. miguel may be a little too pumped up to get the final out of the game. it has been ugly and awfully played ball game by the nationals. you still have a four-run lead. it'll all go away if you win the game. don't start getting the dodgers involved in it. >> bob: should the dodgers get two men on base, it would become a save situation. jamey carroll will be the next hitter. you just hope you don't get in a situation where you're regretting not getting a run or two in the bottom of the 8th when the nats have the bases loaded, nobody out, then willie harris swung at at 3-0 pitch at a pitcher who couldn't find home plate, then wandered off the bag during the inning. carroll came into the ball game to play 3rd base. he struck out in the 7th. first batter tyler clippard faced. ground ball, it could end the game. kennedy's got it. nationals win. sweet! >> rob: nice job. >> bob: miguel batist

jose sna batista with the go-ahead run at toronto r after the game only one topic to talk about.oser. >> the orioles getting things cleaned up on the yard. what to do with mike gonzalez. the orioles' new closer. two questions. what's wrong with mike gonzalez, and br do they go from here? >> there is no excuses. there is no looking any other way. it is what it is. we didn't close it out. gonzalez was in there to do it, he didn't do it. >> i'm trying to prove too much. obviously you are coming into a new team, trying to feel part -- definitely part of the guys, they are making me feel part, but i need to turn this around and do it quick. >> he is a great pitcher. you can't judge him off these few outings. it is so early. >> like i said, i know i can get this done. i have no doubt in my mind that i can. i started a rough patch. now it can be one of those things where i have these three bad outings and get is it done. >> he's a closer. >> not many options right now for dave if he wants to make a change. he struggled in that role and nobody else has closer experience. >> thank you, pe

batista, alex gonzalez and adam lind with wells in the cleanup spot. overbay, buck will catch. pretty good numbers against the orioles starter today, millwood. when you look at the dangerous hitters in this lineup, no one has caused more harm to the orioles in the series than alex gonzalez, the short stop. >> he's not a little guy of what you'd call your classic number two hitter, a guy you expect to bunt guys over, get them into scoring position, hit behind the runners because this little guy has some pop in his bat. three times since 2003 he's had double figures in home runs. he had 23 in 2004, 18 at one other time, 16 in 2007, already he's off to a great start hitting .318. he leads the club in home runs with two so far, with three doubles to add to that. you cannot just lay the ball in, middle in and expect he's going to make an out. >> what the orioles are looking to do, of course, is get some timely hitting coming along and grouping those hits. so far this offense is off to a very slow start. and last night it was a season low. if you look at the numbers early on, they ar

top of the eighth inning and batista just getting over the wall. getting it done. his first of the season. blue jays getting it done, they won five straight games. olex gonezalez seventh career multi-home run game. lost five of six this season. >> white sox trying to avoid a fifth straight loss. remember that man? used to be a stud with the braves. he's pinch hitting here. that is stud lee. jones' third career pinch hit and first since 2003. scored in each of the final five innings of the game. twins down by one and jim thome off bobby jenks. pierre , get it in, son. j.j. thinks he can score. think again. not even close. gunned down base running. someone has to pay for that one, i would think, someone will get chewed out. >> chicago snaps a losing streak. three of the six hits, they are long ball variety. >> what is in a name? plenty if your name is roy. roy halladay and roy oswalt share more than that. over the past decade, they have been two of the more dominating starters in all of baseball. today's phillies astros game is today's first meeting between the two r