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here is corey patterson. a pitch up foul. >> rob: this would be a great time for corey patterson to break out that big whipping stick for a home run. >> bob: he's done it 104 times in his career. this may be a situation more suited for that approach than usual. >> rob: two outs. guys way ahead of you. nobody on base. that's a great swing. >> rob: that a boy. >> bob: corey patterson with his second bathe base hit as a nat. >> rob: that's as good as a double. >> bob: he could be running. this is interesting because guzman steps in. he's not a patient hitter. if you're going to send run aer, you have to send him early in the count and then you have a left-handed batter and a right arm of a catcher real close to each other. >> rob: we talked about this with corey patterson. he can stick with his ball club especially on his defense. he hits a little bit, he'll be in the lineup. goes the other way really well with that pitch. that was a great approach. >> bob: it was. he can fly. he's inching off. holding. and a ge
here is corey patterson. a pitch up foul. >> rob: this would be a great time for corey patterson to break out that big whipping stick for a home run. >> bob: he's done it 104 times in his career. this may be a situation more suited for that approach than usual. >> rob: two outs. guys way ahead of you. nobody on base. that's a great swing. >> rob: that a boy. >> bob: corey patterson with his second bathe base hit as a nat. >> rob: that's as good as a double....
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count even to corey patterson. 1-1 with a steal tonight.e had a base hit to left with two outs in the eighth. after stealing second on an 0-2 pitch, guzman struck out. now, that swing will have to shorten for the next one. >> rob: here is the x-mo catching the swing of corey patterson. >> bob: and a bouncer. two hoppers right to hill. the nats have had only one hit since the seventh inning. if i remember clekt correctly, in all eight of the extra inning games, there was not a situation where the nationals in the one game on the road scored a run and gave up two. , so with these seven losses at home, that means in extra inning games in year, nabls -- nationals have not scored one run. this is number nine. guzman the hitter. 1-5. >> rob: you seem agitated by that. >> bob: there goes the glove and the ball. guzman will get a hit. can't say i'm real happy about it. i've never seen 0-7 at home in extra innings. that literally took the glove right off the hand of jason frasor. >> rob: that reminds me of a peanut -- peanuts cartoon, charlie brown
count even to corey patterson. 1-1 with a steal tonight.e had a base hit to left with two outs in the eighth. after stealing second on an 0-2 pitch, guzman struck out. now, that swing will have to shorten for the next one. >> rob: here is the x-mo catching the swing of corey patterson. >> bob: and a bouncer. two hoppers right to hill. the nats have had only one hit since the seventh inning. if i remember clekt correctly, in all eight of the extra inning games, there was not a...
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corey patterson, 29 years of age. we know him well. was with cincinnati last year, the orioles two years before that and six years before that with the cubs. interesting left-handed bat with some power and some speed. to serve as a fourth or fifth outfielder right now. gabe gross the hitter, struck out swinging first time up. so the nats bench got a little older and a little more experienced here. bases empty, two outs. beauty. 95 on our gun. but -- >> rob: it's so difficult for a guy that's hitting. you also have to look for a slider, breaking ball and change-up that jordan has been featuring tonight also, throwing them all for strikes. >> bob: the nationals had to make another move, too. because putting josh willingham on the bereavement list an bringing up corey patterson necessitated removing somebody off of one dl to the other on the 40 man roster, so terrell young goes from the 15 day to the 60-day dl. you can only have so many players on that 15-day disabled list. two balls and two strikes to gabe gross. we've seen a lot of emer
corey patterson, 29 years of age. we know him well. was with cincinnati last year, the orioles two years before that and six years before that with the cubs. interesting left-handed bat with some power and some speed. to serve as a fourth or fifth outfielder right now. gabe gross the hitter, struck out swinging first time up. so the nats bench got a little older and a little more experienced here. bases empty, two outs. beauty. 95 on our gun. but -- >> rob: it's so difficult for a guy...
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. >> bob: a strike to corey patterson. >> rob: two of the three times corey patterson has been at thehe's hit rockets. one was the one hopper caught by pena. >> bob: still looking for his first nats hit after four at bats. it's another rocket. that one hooks foul. get there. it was a hot potato nobody in the bullpen could catch either. >> rob: nice swing here. down and away. reaches out. 31-year-old dan wheeler, second year with tampa bay. second full season. 70 games last year. 70 the year before, two-thirds at houston before coming here. he's a guy that likes to get the ball several times a week. patterson reaching on a two strike pitch. misjudging it. kapler is everywhere. [cheering and applause] >> bob: 25,481 here at tropicana field. they had a big crowd last night for the ludacris concert. that first number they did was something. it's the only one i heard. >> rob: after that you were deafened. >> bob: what? what? what? bases empty, gonzalez with two batted in. he goes out of his zone to foul this one. 75,000 for the pregame series here. on a breaking ball, gonzalez reaching. th
. >> bob: a strike to corey patterson. >> rob: two of the three times corey patterson has been at thehe's hit rockets. one was the one hopper caught by pena. >> bob: still looking for his first nats hit after four at bats. it's another rocket. that one hooks foul. get there. it was a hot potato nobody in the bullpen could catch either. >> rob: nice swing here. down and away. reaches out. 31-year-old dan wheeler, second year with tampa bay. second full season. 70 games...
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corey patterson goes upswinging. >> rob: catcher is navarro. >> bob: corey patterson has a strikeout and a grounder. a big spot for him to pick up his first rbi in the big league level in 09. breaking ball. big swing. 0-2. time to shorten that thing upp. the nats have had little middle or late game offense in this series. every one of their runs except for one have come in the first few innings. friday night, scored three in the first, none after that. last night, two in the 1st three inning, none after that. today a run in the 2nd on the gonzalez hit following the dukes' double. >> bob: patterson rips it. pena has it. dukes got back to 2nd some how. dukes was running on contact. dunn was not. a serious crossup almost resulted in a disaster double play. >> rob: elijah dukes is running on this play. adam dunn was not. dukes' speed gets him back to 2 2nd. dukes just got back. >> bob: shields thought he had a rare double play. here's gonzalez. he's driven in one run and run a strike. he's not a runner you would squeeze with. hard sinking fastball. 1-1. >> bob: 2-3 one out, time given. o
corey patterson goes upswinging. >> rob: catcher is navarro. >> bob: corey patterson has a strikeout and a grounder. a big spot for him to pick up his first rbi in the big league level in 09. breaking ball. big swing. 0-2. time to shorten that thing upp. the nats have had little middle or late game offense in this series. every one of their runs except for one have come in the first few innings. friday night, scored three in the first, none after that. last night, two in the 1st...
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fly ball to right for corey patterson. after the leadoff base hit t, -- hit, the double play is huge. @? >>> here's our cooler's light cam. >> rob: gonzalez trying to go first of third. we're going to freeze it. now the zoom freeze is going to show you where the left leg goes by the bag. his right foot is tagged by evan longoria. very nice. coolers' light showing you how if he had slid to the bag, he would have been safe. >> bob: brought to you fbi -- to you by the world's most refreshing beer. top 6, patterson, gonzalez and bard for the nats. patterson has pulled the ball grounding out to 1st. he advanced a runner from 2nd to 3rd in the 2nd. he scored on the gonzalez base hit. he checks that one. it's cut off by pena, one out. >> rob: good reaction by the left-handed throwing 1st baseman. >> bob: how about alberto gonzalez day at that time -- day at the ball park? >> rob: he gets better and better. there's a double that will bring in two runs. dukes and dunn. what a day for the kids. three of the
fly ball to right for corey patterson. after the leadoff base hit t, -- hit, the double play is huge. @? >>> here's our cooler's light cam. >> rob: gonzalez trying to go first of third. we're going to freeze it. now the zoom freeze is going to show you where the left leg goes by the bag. his right foot is tagged by evan longoria. very nice. coolers' light showing you how if he had slid to the bag, he would have been safe. >> bob: brought to you fbi...
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corey patterson will make an appearance hitting for wil nieves. making his return to the major leagues after hitting .302 in 39 games at syracuse. corey has always been an intriguing combination of power and speed, but in my opinion much more on the speed side, and there have been times when he's fancied himself a home run hitter. he's hit 104 career homers. >> rob: everywhere he's gone, they've wanted him to be a lead- off top of the order type table setter. then he gets into a mental perception of i got to hit home runs. no, he's got amazing speed. you want high on-base percentage so you can get on for all the hammers in the middle of this line-up. in chicago, dusty baker was the manager, and they wait add few years for him to come around and he never did. >> bob: that ball is just foul down the right-field line. we talked about anderson hernandez, alberto gonzalez when he went back and came back. short chopping swings, put the ball in play. anderson hernandez has been fantastic tonight. tried to slap a hit by the pitcher. knowing what your role
corey patterson will make an appearance hitting for wil nieves. making his return to the major leagues after hitting .302 in 39 games at syracuse. corey has always been an intriguing combination of power and speed, but in my opinion much more on the speed side, and there have been times when he's fancied himself a home run hitter. he's hit 104 career homers. >> rob: everywhere he's gone, they've wanted him to be a lead- off top of the order type table setter. then he gets into a mental...
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corey patterson will get his first start. elijah drove in two in the first inning friday night. >> bob: shields is interesting hen he starts his delivery. he really rocks back off the rubber and then has a whole lot of momentum coming forward. >> rob: he's a big man. 6'5", 220 pounds. i agree. when you get to the balanced point -- >> bob: that one was up there. >> rob: he's getting a lot of torque, getting back towards center field. he gets to a ballpoint before delivering the ball. >> bob: this bafe is ak one pper th hits deep and spins up for a ground rule double. duke three hits in this series and second extra base hit. >> rob: see two many balls hit quite as ard as this. scares -- squares up nice. that was a seed hit on the line. that was a double before it hit the rail. it was over the 8-foot yellow line. the nats have a runner in scoring position. nobody out. corey patterson, this is intriguing. he's very fast. he's good bunter. as we mentioned last night, in times in his career, he's forgotten he's a fast line dr
corey patterson will get his first start. elijah drove in two in the first inning friday night. >> bob: shields is interesting hen he starts his delivery. he really rocks back off the rubber and then has a whole lot of momentum coming forward. >> rob: he's a big man. 6'5", 220 pounds. i agree. when you get to the balanced point -- >> bob: that one was up there. >> rob: he's getting a lot of torque, getting back towards center field. he gets to a ballpoint before...
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corey patterson played in both of those games before getting called up. >> rob: smoltz is not in there. pitched yesterday. >> bob: my gosh that, ball was six feet outside. but this is jesus colome's m.o. great arm, lots of velocity, but never in his career very much command. >> rob: his tempo is terrible for fielding. he's just so slow and meticulous, slows down the game. gets it to his own tempo, but that hurts your defense. they start to fall back on their heels. >> bob: pena tried to pull an outside pitch. nick johnson will go to the bag himself. p - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. grab your bag. it's on. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forwar
corey patterson played in both of those games before getting called up. >> rob: smoltz is not in there. pitched yesterday. >> bob: my gosh that, ball was six feet outside. but this is jesus colome's m.o. great arm, lots of velocity, but never in his career very much command. >> rob: his tempo is terrible for fielding. he's just so slow and meticulous, slows down the game. gets it to his own tempo, but that hurts your defense. they start to fall back on their heels. >>...
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we mentioned corey patterson's fourth start today. byron kerr with more. >> reporter: i talked to patterson before the game. he's going to work hard to play well for the nats. >> definitely. all the guys run pretty much. you never know when they'll take the extra base. you've got to be in the game at all times. >> reporter: he says there's a lot of good guys trying to make pit up here to play for washington. >> bob: he means willingham left yesterday to go to alabama to be with his family after the tragic death of his younger brother friday. navarro the catcher. tough weekend for manny. he was visibly shaken when he told us in his briefing about the willingham family yesterday. a double play by willie harris and johnson. detwiler is out of the 2nd inning. >>> today's telecast celebrating the birthday of u.s. army on masn. we serve today for a safe tomorrow. panasonic computers. navy federal credit union. we serve where you serve. >> bob: well some clouds in the sky today. some cloud cover this morning made
we mentioned corey patterson's fourth start today. byron kerr with more. >> reporter: i talked to patterson before the game. he's going to work hard to play well for the nats. >> definitely. all the guys run pretty much. you never know when they'll take the extra base. you've got to be in the game at all times. >> reporter: he says there's a lot of good guys trying to make pit up here to play for washington. >> bob: he means willingham left yesterday to go to alabama to...
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. >> bob: by the way, they sent corey patterson back to syracuse. he was 2-for-15 with two stolen bases. corey came in and was very use fool for a couple of days when the nats could dh dunn and put some rabbits in the outfield. >> rob: souvenir for that young man. >> bob: dukes hit that ball well to right center. it is still going. and it is dropped by the scoreboard. johnson scores. dukes to third and got a shot and they've got him. but the nationals lead 3-1 on three doubles and now a runner lost at third. two-run lead into the 7th inning. it's on. - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. . >> bob: nationals pull out lumber in the bottom of the 62nd inning and elijah dukes got frisky on the bases. vernon wells got to this ball up against the scoreboard, could not handle it so it did give the nats a run. >> rob: vernon wells, a gold glover but does not know the scoreboard too well. it's not fun to smash into the scoreboard. earlier, austin kearns
. >> bob: by the way, they sent corey patterson back to syracuse. he was 2-for-15 with two stolen bases. corey came in and was very use fool for a couple of days when the nats could dh dunn and put some rabbits in the outfield. >> rob: souvenir for that young man. >> bob: dukes hit that ball well to right center. it is still going. and it is dropped by the scoreboard. johnson scores. dukes to third and got a shot and they've got him. but the nationals lead 3-1 on three doubles...
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. >> rob: we saw corey patterson, a tremendous speed. amazing speed, can play outfield. but his on-base percentage is under .300. he overswings. sometimes i think when you hit a lot of home runs as a young hitter, it messes you up mentally. >> bob: when corey was here, we often marveled why he didn't understand that bunting was legal. because he was so fast and take advantage of that. he had that big uppercut swing. >> rob: he just came back up for us for about a week, and did the same thing, overswinging. >> jim p.: you saw the numbers, 1 for 9. guzman was 2 for 10. if you're looking at numbers, you can throw them out the window. i know you were a reliever, rob. you come out, it is twilight. again, your stuff could be great in the bullpen and you never know how it's going to translate once you get out on the mound. >> rob: i always feel the first thing in the fifth inning and the ninth inning are the three toughest innings of the ballgame for a pitcher. coming out and you don't have your best stuff or you had a bad warm-up, psychologically you're battling yourself inste
. >> rob: we saw corey patterson, a tremendous speed. amazing speed, can play outfield. but his on-base percentage is under .300. he overswings. sometimes i think when you hit a lot of home runs as a young hitter, it messes you up mentally. >> bob: when corey was here, we often marveled why he didn't understand that bunting was legal. because he was so fast and take advantage of that. he had that big uppercut swing. >> rob: he just came back up for us for about a week, and did...