he has been a good third base coach for a time with cito gaston and before that, with whitey whitey herzog> rob: good breaking ball. he got a little bit too much of the plate. >> bob: dangerous clean-up hitter on deck. foul tipped. vernon wells trying to put away another one here, with one out, top of the 8th and a 3-2 game. uh-oh. that got away from wil nieves. tying run is at third base with one out. >> rob: he may have crossed wil up on that pitch. >> bob: they're going to call it a passed ball. >> rob: they wanted a breaking ball right there and i think kip gives him a fastball. >> bob: yep. >> rob: little things, communication, fundamentals, cutoff man. >> bob: they won't call it wp for wild pitch but it could have been for wrong pitch. a passed ball on nieves. the infield in. 1-2 to wells. breaking ball popped up. guzman playing shallow has to get out there. he is there. big second out. now, the infielders can back up and it will be wells against rolen. >> rob: well, you see wil set up outside. this is a backup breaking ball that could not have worked any better than that. manny acta

. >> bob: and cito gaston doesn't like the call. >> rob: cito gaston is going to argue this, but i don't think he has much of an argument. watch dirk not get off the mound. i forgot to get over there. the ball hit to the right side. you've got to field your position. does not beat cristian to the bag. well, he got to the bag first. here is our x-mo camera. >> bob: guzman beats him. >> rob: just by a bite. >> bob: that's a great replay, guys. if i was cito gaston, i might have a word to my pitcher on the way back to the dugout. >> rob: it's a brain cramp right there by a pitcher. you deliver it. you're like, i got him to hit the grounder. oops i got to get to first base. you have to know if your first baseman is playing deep on that play. >> bob: that could be -- >> rob: overbay was behind the bag. >> bob: that could be the defining moment this have game depending on what the nats do now. >> rob: i hope so. >> bob: leadoff man, bottom seven aboard in a 1-1 game. >> rob: make it game. >> bob: johnson started the night at .306. he's at .312 now. nick johnson has 73 hits this year. with near

look at this club since cito gaston came back at manager. sit cito came in, they were 35-39 under john gibbons. gaston replaced gibbons a year ago tomorrow, june 20th. they went 51-37 the rest of the way and he got a two-year contract extension and won back toback world championships '92 and '93. more importantly, he's been a member of the toronto organization for 35-3 # seasons of the franchise. >> wonderful to see manny acta and cito gaston around the -- around the batting cages before the ballgame exchanging pleasantries. cito had tough stuff back in the day. >> you think about managers who get a second chance to manage clubs. it doesn't happen often. it's happened with billy mar taind the yankees a few times. i look at gaston and see guy -- when they replaced st. claire with mccatty, they said one of the reasons was he's more old school. you can't get more old school than cito gaston who twice has been propoamented -- promomented -- promoted. >> zimmermann has never faced this ball club before. i wonder how much time do they spend going

we'll see now if cito gaston starts scott rolen who i mentioned earlier is a very good base runner. >> rob: backdoor slider right here by villone a little too far outside the box. rios hitting .232 on the road this year and .324 at home. one home run on the road. eight at home. >> bob: rolen holding on a foul ball. >> rob: where barajas loves the road, rios doesn't. >> bob: and joel hanrahan who hasn't pitched in many close games lately. >> rob: john lannan's roommate we learned last night thanks to debbi taylor. i don't know if i'd lit her go through my drawers and stuff when i was a single guy. >> bob: 3-2 pitch. that's trouble. right-field line. scott rolen heading for third. dukes makes a good play to cut it off. it will be second and third, one out. now the error really hurts. that's quite an at-bat by alex rios. >> rob: 3-2 fastball away. rios goes with it. good peet piece of hitting by him. he's trying to stay alive. nice job sliding to cut that ball off. get that back in as quickly as possible. >> bob: when you couple this together with the bottom of the seventh, this has been

last year, john gibbons was let go and cito gaston took over.was let go on june 20th and cito gaston led them to a 51-30 record. he has been a guest manager for the last few years. people forget he is a good ballplayer. he was then known as clarence gaston. ross detwiler gets around late. as a major league hitter, he is 0-for-8 i. still looking for his first win and his first hit. >> bob: yep. >> rob: he is definitely in search of. cristian guzman with a base hit tonight, he is next. infield hit in front of scott rolen back in the 1st. detwiler puts it in play. three-hopper. scutaro, two outs. get your red on and a grand slam. pick 4 game, take one three. five different plans to choose from. your plan, your games, your seats, you get a free game. it's that easy. @0-5%-ats or @nations.oa. @and those could help get into the ballpark if you do not have any ticket for the boston red sox tuesday, wednesday, thursday. here is crsnguzman. there is a tapper. it will be much easier for rolen this time. he gets rid of the ball in a hurry. the

but sometimes that happens. >> rob: well, let's see if they're taking down tallet. >> bob: yes, cito gaston is going to pull his pitcher out of this game just a little flare beyond the reach of anderson hernandez. it was evidently a decision made by the blujts blue jays pretty late after that happened. and it will be joe inglett, a left-handed-hitting infielder. >> rob: boy, that really hurts. >> bob: inglett, a former teammate of ryan church, lyle overbay and chad quals at the university of nevada reno. >> rob: that will do it. >> bob: just a shame he couldn't do it this inning. two-out walk to overbay hurt and blue jays have tied the game. zimmermann cannot win his third major league game. he could be the loser. it will be up to the bullpen to keep those inherited runners from scoring. a good outing for jordan zimmermann. 106 pitches, 69 strikes. now he needs some help from his friends in the bullpen. ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. buy the lg xenon messaging phone for 99.99 after mail-in rebate and get one free after mail-in-rebate. times may be t

. >> i wonder if cito gaston is thinking about an intentional walk here. >> rob: to bring the pitcher up. i -- >> bob: they're going to do it. in this league, you do that. so, jordan zimmermann will have a chance for his first major league rbi with the bases loaded, one out. cito gaston has in postseason play managed in a number of national league ballparks because when he was in his heyday, first time around with the blue jays, they dom nailted the american league east winning divisions in '85, '89, '91, '93. their win on the jerry walker walkoff homer the last time they've been in postseason play. it's been a lost yankees and red sox and one dose of tampa bay since then. there they are. josh bard at third. harris at second with a double. anderson hernandez at first. infield obviously in and we'll see if jordan zimmermann can make some kind of contact here and get himself and his team the go-ahead run. >> rob: well, some kind of good contact. you don't want to night a double play right here and kill the rally. >> bob: ball one. falling behind in the count might help that. >> rob: may

and if it goes late, that puts pressure on cito gaston. >> bob: baltimore got 3 in philadelphia in the 9th to make it 6-5. and josh beckett polished a five-hitter against derek lowe of the braves. marco scutaro 0-for-3 with a sacrifice. now macdougal has mota not been closing for the nationals -- has not been closing for the nationals that long. so he is still fighting hard to keep that job. there are some closers you would not call them back. >> rob: no. the three-game win streak is big for somebody, but i still believe that you have to win every game you are out. this team is still 27 games under .500. you are not going to wear down your closer. when you are trying to fight and scratch and claw for every one right now, you may see another inning out macdougal -- no, just kidding. but you try to go as far as you can with your people. >> bob: 3-1. mike macdougal, 32 years of age. >> rob: he was let go by the chicago white sox and picked up by the nationals. you made a great point. every day, pitchers here are fighting for a job. >> bob: he walked him. scutaro is a running threat. 7 ste

. >> rob: cito gaston. >> bob: that's a ball club that does not beat itself. to used to do pretty well with tony fernandez playing at shortstop. look at it fly. it will hop into the bullpen, a ground rule double. willie hit that ball about 370 the other way. >> rob think about defense and the hits will come. >> bob: willie harris with his 8th double. he has two triples and one homerun. that's a great swing by him going the other way. >> rob: bob, you already know, i don't need to tell you but teams do not win a champion without a great player, willie harris will play any time, anywhere you insert him. he will try to contribute. now, he gets a one-out double. >> bob: and our fans love this guy. i remember being out on the left field plaza under the red loft last year. when we brought willie harris for a live interview for our season ticket holders, those fans went crazy. they adore him. they see a guy who plays hard. we will see if wil nieves can pick up an rbi here. still with the pitcher on deck, but this is only one out. look at. >> rob: heads up baseball by