and carlos beltran has always hit the nats well. batting over .300, he is in the fourth spot.ancoeur the former brave. brian schneider former national. brian is only hitting .203 this year, he has had injury issues as well. here is the left fielder, angel pagan, who four of his last seven times out has had multi- hit games. j.d. martin's first offering a fastball away. >> rob: with the new york mets, one, two, three, the first four guys are all hitting well over .300. though beltran was out for an awful long time. if you were to throw delgado back in there and reyes, still one of the best lineups in baseball. >> bob: and of course a healthy gary sheffield. first off-speed pitch and it's 2-1. paganan with an on-base average of .322, he is a swing while aboard hitter. hitting .301. the mets just saw him a little bit over the last couple of years when he would occasionally spell moises alou in left field. having to play a lot more this year than they were planning on, a 27-year-old outfielder obtained in a three-player deal with the cubs in january of '08. flips that ball down th

carlos beltran at the plate but the play is made by josh bard. the plate, making beltran go around, shows the umpire. that is a frost-brewed coors light freeze cam moment. not only did it keep the lead 4- 2 but then mr. dar ben showed up to get a sac. fly to make it 5-2. then you can put that frost tee coors light and put it on your groin and maybe your arm.   i respect that guy as happen much as anybody. the way he limb p's around. barely mobile most of the time. >> bob: jason bergmann after giving up a grand slam. in philadelphia, two nights ago. to protect an eighth inning two run lead here. setting something up for mike mcdougal and some off speed breaking ball over the head of dave trembley wright.  ad that right. >> bob: 48,063 and half those here. th are one of those who s ld and th owd nowhere ar that. >> no, but for a friday night, the school is back in. >> ea and you have to consider, this is a ball club á@@lot of ked nationeagust. >> ro m>> bhadisaster of a season from an inj

carlos beltran pretty good with two men on. last one just beyond the reach.realizes there are two out and no reason to stop running. nats trail 3-1. they are in the 7th. >>> if you ever wondered what a football pancake tackle is, well, this would be the textbook definition of that term. crushing the bills. mid-air. planting him on his back. watch this again. that's just a dream tackle for a defender. and nightmare for the guy who has the ball. so we thought we would show it to you. did you see how excited he was? did you see me pancake that guy? >> you were eating peanuts in the middle of the show. i shouldn't mention food. i'm sorry, that's my bad. >> we will get you something. >> seven-day forecast. >> here we go. after a very, very cold start tomorrow will be a highs day. high temperatures 70. lots of sunshine. shower possible friday but in the mid-70s. showers ending on saturday. we will try to clean it up the last half of the day. mid-70s in fairfax. it will be nice for the skins game at least weather wise. >> you didn't hear my stomach growl again. >> i

blasts the plate and nails carlos beltran. willingham would also get it done at the plate.olo home run in the top of the 9th proved to be the game winner. the nantzs hold on to win #-5. the or -- 6-5. the orioles fall to the red sox 3-1. this was the scene in las vegas. thousands on hand for the official weigh-in. far qez weighed in at 142 pounds, two pounds under the limit [ inaudible ] the fight will go on as scheduled. i'm not sure who got the better of the showdown here. you can be the judge of that. acc football on tap tomorrow. we'll have highlights from the terps game tomorrow night. i'm lindsay murphy. brian will be back to wrap up the edge after this break.  >>> it is going to be a very, very nice weekend. the cold front comes through so it cools things down just a little bit. dry, low humidity, plenty of sunshine, 75 for tomorrow. pretty much the same on sunday but some late afternoon clouds after the. after the weekend that's when we bring back some more clouds and a chance for some showers. enjoy your weekend. >>> what's a dinner date with former vice presi

who would have thought that beltran, carlos delgado, ryan church, sheffield, david wright, would haves. >> 7, 5 in atlanta. >> here is an interesting number. the mets are 13-31. the second worst record in baseball. it's not the nationals, the pirates have the worst record since that time. that's how far they have slipped. 5-game losing streak, something has to give in this series. how about a nationals sweep up in new york. >> that would be nice. we're a better ball club than there right now. we're all -- it all boils down to pitching. certainly, tonight, pelfrey is healthy and he can shut you down. our offense has to get rolling. we have faced some mighty good pitching lately. all of a sudden everybody is tail spinning. when i left here we had three guys hitting over .300 and now the highest batting average is .289 and willingham is in the throws of the deepest slump he has had all year. everyone can't go into a slump together. it looks like except for desmond everybody has. got to get that clicking. three-pitch ball game. certainly the mets are not a team that is going to stack up a

carlos beltran back tonight for the mets after two and a half months on the d.l.ouble and a strikeout. hanley ramirez, third straight game with a home run. that ties the career best streak. florida has won five of the last six games. >> what to watch for saturday. one of the biggest games of the year will happen in week two. usc and freshman quarterback matt barkley travel to the horseshoe to take on ohio state. tom ronaldi on how the buckeyes are going to respond from last year's shellacking. >> ohio state, last year's 35-3 defeated the loss was a legacy. their worst margin of defeat in 14 years. only added to the program's perceived troubles in big games. with another chance, the team balances opportunity to gain respect with a way to earn redemption. >> if you put our guys under hypnosis in the summertime and asked them the question, you know, what game are you thinking about, you know, i'm sure it would be ohio state-usc. >> this is the game for the season. it's a huge game. just playing these guys, they're coming in the chute. i'm excited for our fans, i'm ex