brad hawpe on a change-up.nd then the other guy, jason hamell, six pitches, six strikes in the first inning. nine pitches, seven strikes in the second. at&t the nation's fastest network, your world delivered. >> rob: man, those two are delivering the goods so far tonight. >> bob: eh, guys, like the uniforms.   we're bringing up a whole n generation of baseball fans right here.   they are gonna have to ask their dads and the grand dads about the senators because they'll know all about the nats. here is josh bard. had a good night last night. josh was 2 for 4 with a base hit and a home run. >> rob: took huston street yard in the ninth inning, gave the fans and everyone else some hope. >> bob: in eight major league seasons josh bard has now hit 31 home runs.   he pulls that ball foul.    and last night he was lead being off the bottom of the ninth. unfortunately the nats were do

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bard not running well and brad hawpe.ssists this year because teams have stopped running on him. even fowler has 5. that's a good swing by bard, and that helps because it will get the pitcher up and rivera, is a left-handed swinging hitter. good job by bard bringing the pitcher to the plate with 2 out. a knock in the process. see how saul can handle the bat. >> he's 0 for 6 career, but he's made contact 4 times. only 2 strike out. >> look like a slasher to me. see him hit one down the left- field line on a sinker. >> wonder if he borrowed willie harris helmet. >> did you have your own batting helmet. >> i did not. >> who's did you use. >> jeff reed and joe oliver. i stuck with my catchers. >> i knew there was a lot of hits in joe's bat. look at rivera and just about 5 or 6 feet foul. a little flair. and the count is 1-2. josh bard did his job getting the inning this far. >> willie harris or they painted terry pendleton's helmet. >> a tapper. the nats are gone in the second. bard a base hit. the nats have had 3 hits. to th

the count is 0-2 to brad hawpe. that's a good breaking ball. too bad he didn't bounce it fair. wpe hitting below .260 again left-handers this year. that's why riggleman wanted lefty lefty here. .there 21 versus right-handers. most of his power off righties. 13 homers versus 4 lefty lefty. and the 0-2 pitch again. swing and a miss! and for the third time tonight, the rockies have stranded the bases loaded. 10 in the game, it's a 4-3 contest into the bottom of the 6th. @x@0@p@0@6p)@)@)p,  everybody having fun tonight  trying to squeeze a couple more evenings of fun out of what's left of summer here. quite a ball game, 4-3. the nats coming up. the bullpen and except for one swing when river heir gave it the home run. bottom line, bullpen doing the job. it's time for offense to bail out ballester. >> dukes 0 for 2 with a couple ground balls. up and in. ball 2.   marquis up to 73 pitches through 5. he averaged only 12 pitches per inning his first 4, the nats made him work long and hard with the 4-2 out hit. dukes got under. that gonzalez in

plapap brad hawpe, two strikeouts tonight.   sean burnett doesn't pitchat this stage of the game very often. he is usually a later guy. but with helton and hawpe the two left-handers around tulowitzki, jim riggleman wanted his most effective left- hander right here.   phillies have scored to ret the lead 4-3 against arizona. the batter waited and waited. . >> rob: well not only did sean burnett have tommy johnny in 2004, in may of 2005, he also had an impingement repaired on his shoulder.   . >> bob: pretty good zip on th heater, 92, and he just missed.   . >> rob: northrop grumman ri here, 92 on the black. >> rob: works from the third base side, throws that across the plate and brad hawpe gets a little piece of it.   and the rockies, by the way talked about their good defense. their pitching staff seventh in the league with an e.r.a. of 4.22. but their starters, right now, are hovering right at the 4 mark

brad hawpe, his 17th of the year. has stopped the nats on two runs and just six hits in six quality innings. craig stammen one out into the 6th, but he's been charged with both runs, and he'll get a no decision tonight. so it's jason bergman who got atkins to pop up on one pitch with barmes takes a ball. he's need out twice. that ball hooking, well foul.    come on, guys, that be made. quite a game in philadelphia tonight, and now they're delayed by rain. 1-0 diamondbacks. a home run by the arizona shortstop true in that game. stephen went down here, but they're delayed, and having a shutout in new york. bergmann gets that ball away from barmes, and that's two to straight for jason bergmann since coming on. >> rob: come on, that was a listen draw ron stat right there. that's a blue by you. looking for another breaking ball. not gonna get it. pudge rodriquez was sent back to texas today from houston. he's back to, it all began. -- he's back to where it all began. clifford and the left-hander burnette, m

brad hawpe is right up there with the best right fielders in the game.son leading national league right fielders in rbi this ball high in the air out to center. morgan chaschasing, chasing, and 's go! ho run foha 1    that one got a little  stayed airbornfor a long time. >> rob: that tch has too much of the plate, doesn't third quarter. almost looks like a change-up to me. i'll have to look at it again, but too muchof the plate, and hawpe killed it. >> bob: the last three hitters have killed the ball. next pitch is hit up the middle. guzman to his left, he scoots and fires and throws out garrett atkins, two outs. >> rob: if you're going to make a mistake out and away, make sure it's down. if they get those arms extended, that's where the power comes from. >> bob: i'm telling you, there is some nasty-looking weather, but it's off to the east of us now, things are brightenin up behind the ballpark here. clint barmes is the second baseman. and this player is hitting for as much power as anybody at his position in major