now it's 0-2. >> rob: now you don't want to distract cristian guzman. good pitch to run on right here, but cristian has to try to put the ball in play. best case scenario, nice double down the line either way. >> bob: no care what the situation is. send the runner. make him put two good throws together. >> rob: that is afn excellent percentage right there. -- an excellent percentage right there. >> bob: 0-2. he's running. up and away with a pitch. he is in there. >> rob: yeah, nice job. >> bob: how about cristian guzman taking a pitch on 0-2 that didn't miss by that much and helping his guy get to second base. >> rob: as you said, cristian not a very patient hitter. does take an 0-2 pitch right there. you can't teach speed. it never goes out of style. that throw just came up right there which actually helped corey slide under the tag. >> bob: guzman with a tapper foul. corey patterson just two years ago stole 37 bases for the orioles. the year before that, he stole 45 and tied for third in the american league with ichiro. he was the fourth oriole to ever

cristian guzman leads off.onzales, ryan zimmerman, adam dunn, elijah dukes, josh willingham, austin kearns, will nieves and john lannan will finish it. micah owings. opponents hitting .274 against him and he is almost as good a hitter as dibble was. 2-5 in 63 games for the reds. >> rob: i hit 500 during the year. >> johnny: it was rbi in that game, too. >> rob: i know. >> johnny: two for your career? >> rob: yep. two for my career and here's the key, i used joe oliver's bats because there's plenty of hits and jeff green was a left-handed catcher and i used his helmet. >> johnny: i think in defense of your hitting, had you had more -- you only went to the plate 25 games. right? >> rob: yes in 7 seasons. >> johnny: and you didn't strikeout that many times. >> rob: 5-25. i was a contact guy. they made a lot of amazing plays out there. >> johnny: because we know your soccer ability counts as 2-1 the fact that you are fleet-footed. you never grounded into a double-play if i recall correctly. >> rob: i did not. you d

there is still a wide gap between hernandez and cristian guzman. he was all locked up there and that's strike 2. ron villone, total deception. and way ahead in the count. pretty good success against ron villone, .333. ron must have hung him a breaking ball somewhere. >> rob: much like aubrey huff. aubrey huff has his number. he tried to get him out with a breaking ball, cutter, fastball. >> bob: does he attack on 0-2? and a breaking ball away. bottom of the 7th inning. nats still have outhit the rays, 7-6. 3-3 game. washington has not scored since the 1st and the rays have chipped away with singles in the 2nd, 3rd and 6th. 2-2. >> rob: sometimes, managers with two out will send the runners in the hopes that the catcher will hole through. quickly time called by joe west. >> rob: you see there, the hole. longoria might take off. >> bob: big spot in this ballgame here, runners at the corners, tied contest. and villone misses for the third time. right hander zobrist on deck, a second baseman who has some pop in that bat and he could be facing jesus col

guzman goes swinging pounds it back. against arthur rhodes, pretty tough times for cristian.1. >> rob: i think there is a lot of guys over, you don't make almost 800 appearances if you aren't pretty good and he threw really hard in his younger days, i think, took 2007 off after a bad year, came back '08, last year, and then '09, and almost like a reverb. >> johnny: went from a targetter to a guy who is come significant coming out of the bullpen. rob error career numbers. >> johnny: 69 and 71, 62 saves. >> rob: been one of the best set up guys for decade when he stopped being a starter. >> johnny: a shot to left field, that ball is going back and it's gone. >> rob: he he. >> johnny: how about that, cristian guzman leads off the bottom of the eighth and it's a one-run ball game. >> rob: maybe we should talk more about that one run he has given up in 24 appearances johnny. six outs to go.  . >> johnny: and scrimmag gets his 13th, 14th r.b.i. and third home run of the year. >> rob: a cutter on the inner half, down and into a righty and cris

i was thinking it to myself that cristian guzman or ronnie belliard should just go in and say something to him. say something to him in spanish. get him to calm down. they're the veterans. he's still kind of a young guy. he could be a big asset to this ball club. >> bob: flies it to center. right there is willie harris. after all that, the nats still a chance to put this game away. patterson, guzman, johnson ahead. ÷pñ)y

pressure off of him tonight, get a couple of runs, or at least one run across early. >> jim h.: cristian guzman batting at .33. he's tied for 8th in the national league in base hits, fifth in batting. the thing about guzman that i really like, regardless of if he's right or left, he really slaps the ball. >> rob: that's what i love about him. he doesn't overswing. he doesn't do too much. he knows his limitations, so he tries to just put the ball in play, use his speed. i think a lot of hitters could learn from a guy like cristian guzman. the more you put it in play, you put pressure on the defense, you use your speed, guys throw the ball away. >> jim p.: last year he hit a home run off jeremy guthrie, tried to come up and in, and didn't settle for just giving him a single which he does so well. >> rob: a couple nights ago against the red sox to put the game on ice, he came up in a situation with runners on, first and second, i think one out, and he hit a triple, and he hit it into the gap. he won't do anything that's unexpected. he'll be a good situational guy. right here he's probably going to

i saw a few more of those gentlemen at yankee stadium while we were up there. >> bob: there's cristian guzmaneven with the bag at third. guzman jacks one to left and then over to get it lind. cristian guzman has hit the ball in the air twice. get your red on. get a grand slam flex plan. pick four games, get one free. five games to choose from. get a free game. it's that easy. 888-632-nats or nationals.com/grandslam. here is nick johnson. walked his first time.  >> bob: right now, averaging 15 pitches per inning. jordan zimmermann is averaging 20. that didn't feel too good. nick got his foot with that one. the count is 0-2. >> rob: we talked about that with craig stammen that kind of overworking a little witt. -- a little bit. here is the foul ball on the x- mo right off the foot. right off the top. that's going to leave a mark. our x-mo camera, 500 frames per second to give you that wonderful shot of he hit the ball off his big toe. >> bob: that's pretty impressive when your name is embroidered on your shoes. nick is a stylish guy and he has a base

cristian guzman robs derek jeter of a hit.ng to see it not only that there weren't -- they weren't losing games that way, but they were actually saving enough runs to win the game. it was something if they can keep it up, i think you'll notice the difference simply because it's going to save some runs and make the pitching staff that much better like manny was talking about. you can cover over some of the errors and cover over some of the problems defensively they've been having if you do a few extra things defensively. >> somebody says when -- said when the boarding house ex employees -- exploded, rumors floating. more rumors about the nats and the deadline. how imperative they do something? >> well, it's tough to say that. i guess it's imperative that they do something to salvage this season. you know, you have a little bit of a mitigating factor in the sense that you may be tradeoff in kearns but who is going to take that contract and same thing as probably if you're cristian guzman and even adam dunn i've heard rumors abou

cristian guzman, gets the glove down before he can get the hand back. so the high tag the first time on the arm, by hernandez. didn't work. the second time cristian guzman got the coors light freeze it, freeze frame. >> bob: coors light is the world's most refreshing beer. julian tavarez against michel hernandez, reid brignac and b.j. upton for the rays, bottom of the 8th. >> rob: julian tavarez worked a couple of innings for his 50th win in the major leagues. >> bob: guys like mariano rivera, hoffman, wet they ares on that list. >> rob: i think arthur rhodes is on that list. >> bob: threw his bat at the ball. it will be uncatchable down in the bullpen. >> bob: is that ludacris? >> rob: throwing his bat? that's what you call throwing the bat head out there. literally. >> bob: the line on andy sonnanstine who will go 7 1/3, six hits, a walk, five strikeouts. he threw the same number of pitches in 7 1/3 that jordan zimmermann did in five innings, 92. did he go? the appeal takes forever. paul shriver finally says no. >> rob: check this out from the side vi

cristian guzman, 6-14 in the series scoring a couple of runs playing really good defense. maybe the best sequence of defense we've seen him -- ee we've seen from him this year. 2-1. nick johnson, perfect night. a walk and two singles. by the way, nick with 19 multihit games on the year now. zimmerman to follow. maybe adam dunn here. guzman, right side. overbay to the pitcher! he's late! guzman is safe. hayhurst did not beat guzman to the bag. >> rob: i think he forgot to get over there. >> 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 i

cristian guzman has his multi- hit game. it looks like one of these games where each team will have a punch count punch going. >> rob: cristian guzman gets us going in here. down and in, smokes it by scott rolen, he has no chance. you keep running like a triple until the third base coach and the outfielder stops you with his defensive play. i want to get into the manny topic because i think that's a fantastic topic. people don't like manny like we know manny. we had a conversation and he is probably one the most fiery people and one of the most respectable people. you may not think that he is fired up or he gets on his team. he does privately. he has a lot of fire inside. he is like charlie manuel. they are very reserved. they are not like lou piniella who i played for. he is more like pete rose where he is very reserved, you don't know what he is thinking but he notices everything. there is nothing that gets by manny acta. i think one of the worst things this organization could do is fire this man at this point. he is not r

a one-hop tore cristian guzman. ross good night detwiler off to a good start. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. doing what it takes to make home a little better. that's why we lowered over a thousand prices. and carry powerful tools from dewalt, milwaukee, ridgid, and more. so you spend less, but drill, saw, and nail... more. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, save $20 on a ryobi 18v starter kit with drill and circular saw for just $89. on a ryobi 18v starter kit times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. . >> bob:  back here at n park in the 0-0 game. talking about brett cecil. >> rob: here we broke down both pitchers. see how far that arm comes and see how much detwile

willie harris leading off in center field, cristian guzman back at shortstop. guzman brings a 10-game hitting streak into today's game, nick johnson bats third, adam dunn will dh. >> jim p.: take a look at our pnc scouting report on david hernandez. he's got big league stuff. he can throw 92 to 95. they call his fastball the invisible heater because it just seems that hitters don't usually pick it up. stay out of the middle of the plate. that's when he gets in trouble. fastball coming in, has to be in and out, really back to the future because he's one of the future stars of this orioles staff. he's dominated at the minor league level, strikeout guy. another opportunity because koji uehara has for the second time this year has gone back on the disabled list. >> jim h.: david hernandez has what has been described to me, jim, as a swing and a miss fastball. tell me about that. >> jim p.: you know, dave schmidt talked to me in spring training about it, he said it's deception. scottie mcgregor had it. fernandez throws it a lot harder. it's the ability in most cases

cristian guzman quickly beat. great slow throw, but nick johnson on the other end that's good job squeezing that out of the dirt. a great 1-2-3 inning last inning. most it it -- most of it by the defense. >> bob: that ball is coming back fair. zimmerman on the run. he throws out john baker proving you never gup on a foul ball. if it comes back fair before it reaches the bag, it's flaibl. how about the english on this thing. oops. >> rob: looks like he fell coming out of the box. great job by zim on the throw. >> bob: sean west, the pitcher up thee. left-handed pitcher, right- handed hitter. he's 0-10 with eight strikeouts. >> rob: a rare combination. >> bob: thanks to that quick out, stammen could be facing the top of the order here very quickly in the third. and the pitcher helps out on ball two by neighboring strike @two. chris coghlan next.   >> bob: he managed to g piece of it. phillies opening a series in atlanta tonight leadig 1-0  the third. blanto

cristian guzman still having an 0-for for this series. tim welke, the crew chief.a 26-year veteran behind the plate. ed rapuano will have the plate tomorrow. james hoye and bill we will key around the bases. marlins -- which will cee. here is nick back in the number two spot maybe where he needs to be. he's 1-# 1 last. the top of the lineup last night had two hits the entire game. zimmerman's homer in the second and a nick johnson flare for a base hit in the ninth. good breaking ball by west. nick still hanging in there at .299. there's a ball breaking in there. >> rob: he's a fly ball pitcher. he gives up about 12 fly balls per six innings versus about seven or eight grownls ground balls. he's going to let the ball fly around the park. >> bob: sharply hit right at hanley ramirez and two quick outs. ryan zimmerman batted cleanup last night. so, when he went deep, rob, he was leading off the second. >> rob: he has just been swinging the bat really well in the last few games because he's cutting it loose. right there, he gets it on the sweet spot. probably didn't eve

cristian guzman easily to 2nd base.he order coming up withcoring position. >> johnny: ryan zimmerman up for the second time today. he is 0-1. flew out to left field to jonny gomes back in the first. on the gun, 87 that time for micah owings. >> rob: getting back to even 1990 when we won the championship, we were 5th place in '89. we weren't a very good team and that was coming off four second place finishes. when you get your lunch handed to you enoug times you get a little bitter andyou larn from it. and you say i don't like that feeling too i don't like ling. not many of these guys on the field for t nationa have at too many levels. we were just talking about adam dunn. best high school football player down in texas. these guys aren't used to losing. johnny: two balls and a strike. adam dunn is on deck. >> rob: there's not a man in there >> ray: including the coaching staff, trainers, anybody in the front office, nobody wants to lose. it is the last thing you are out there to do is lose a ballgame. >> johnny: 2-1 co

cristian guzman man up. i like the approach so far, rob. there has not been one out made in the air yet. there have been two strikeouts but the other two outs have been hit on the ground so the nationals are hitting line drives and ground balls in a ballpark where you are tempted to hit the ball in the air because it carries very well in here. >> rob: well, the scouting report would be that this guy throws very hard. let him use his speed and power against him and let's make contact. >> bob: runner going, pitch up and in and out at second base easily is anderson hernandez. nice throw by die oner navarro. it was no contest. >> rob: you're going to watch dioner navarro here. as soon as the guy takes off, he is on his feet. nice tag by the shortstop. looks like he avoided the tag. >> bob: you don't mind seeing this because manny has the lead to work with. with the dh, he has two leadoff guys, in essence, back-to-back in dwuz and hernd. why not start the runner and maybe add on to that lead and at least take a step towards getting garza out of

lead-off spot for willie harris, cristian guzman in the number two hole, adam dunn will be the dh todayh behind zimmerman, elijah dukes in right field and wil nieves will get the duties today catching john lannan against the baltimore orioles. for the o's, second baseman ty wigginton, six game hitting streak, he's 13 for 26 during that streak. what a game he had against the braves on june 14. he'll be hitting in the number two hole, because adam jones leads off for baltimore, he'll be in center field, wigginton the second baseman, nolan reimold in the cleanup spot who homered last night in left, the dh is luke scott for the birds, third base oscar salazar, matt wieters will catch and robert andino at shortstop. ty wigginton, nine of 18 his last five ballgames for the birds. let's see what they can do today against john lannan. lannan is about due to get back on the winning track? been pitching as good as anybody on this ball club. >> in his last seven games he has a 2.65 earned run average. over his last 14 starts, take away the first start, he's at 2.98. he can't pitch any better. he's

. >> bob: that ball bouncing right to the bag, easy double play for cristian guzman.the nationals have now turned two after the orioles turned four last night. >> rob: there you go. here's a ground ball by ty wigginton here. if you're the shortstop and you're by the bag, cristian guzman steps on it, throws off the left foot, perfect strike to nick johnson. so jordan zimmermann is starting to change eye level. he's not getting effect irvly wild, but change the eye level occasionally. not waste a pitch, but locate it better. >> jim p.: in and out and up and down. >> rob: that's why this guy, he's in the hall of fame. we say the same stuff all the time. don't throw so many strikes. but you've got to make them dance, too. the first night just standing there smoking the ball. >> bob: you know how many hitters rob dibble hit in his career? not many. >> jim p.: i didn't hit too many either. if i did, there's a big difference between hitting guys. it's a little different nowadays because they wear the armor and they kind of lean into pitches. i hit 12. i didn't like to do it,

cristian guzman delivered a two- run single.yankees, 10-6 advantage in the top half of the seventh inning over the atlanta braves. johnny damon had a a throw-run triple and cody with a two-run double. other games in the american league east of concern, the toronto blue jays trailing the reds 7-5 or actually now at the final. red just won that game 7-5. jay bruce a-two-run double. a solo -- joey votto, a solo home run, rbi single. wells a two-run double. scott rolen a two-run double. tampa bay, 9-4 over the phillies. game in the bottom half of the seven pt -- seventh inning. ben zobrist had a two-run homer. willy aybar hit a solo home run. his sixth. that's a complete look at the scoreboard. we'll be back around take a look what's ahead with brad bergesen pitching tomorrow night at oriole park at camden yards as the others return home to face the nationals. commuté. with a mcdonald's mccafé hot or iced mocha, a better day is possible. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪

great take-out at 2nd base by cristian guzman. that was just wonderfully done. cristian scored. >> johnny: guzman scores, hernandez scores. >> rob: that was gonzalez at second. once again getting it done. these young guys. wonderful base hit on an offspeed pitch by herrera. >> johnny: the runs by guzman, gonzalez and the nationals have a lead of 3-2. long time coming. now, they have got to hold it. adam dunn looking for his first base hit. 0-3 for the afternoon. nationals have 8 hits in this ballgame and only 3 runs to show for it. >> rob: this is a defining moment. alberto gonzalez taking out phillips and then the flow gets by gonzalez over at 1st base. all the way into the dugout. two runs come in, instead of one. nationals are up 3-2 here. >> johnny: in the bottom of the 8 th. wide, wide stance at the plate for dunn. catches the outside corner for a strike. >> rob: 5-5 in the pinch hitting role. that at-bat to take out second. he got sent down for a month did wondering for him. >> paid off. >> rob: yep. >> johnny: 1-2 delivery. adam dunn, zimmerman down at 1s

guzman got him home and there's two on with two out. >> rob: well, right here trying to put the ball in play. you see cristian guess map slap it to -- guzman slap it to 3rd base. that will get at least one in. probably had a play at home on willingham. but hairston takes the smart plate. get an out any way you can. two outs. >> johnny: in the replay, looked like he could have maybe had a play at home. >> rob: john lannan, deep in thought right there on the bench. he did his job. he did a great job again today. >> johnny: 6 innings pitched. >> rob: and he has lowered his e.r.a. it is well under 3 now after that last start and with today. >> johnny: only one of the two runs earned today. gonzalez swings and flies it to center. willie tavarez hauls it in. top of the 7th and now it is a one run game. golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. y taveras hauls it in.

cristian guzman will be the dh. in the number two hole tonight, ryan zimmerman at third, then adam dunn, then willingham. belliard will be at second, and austin kearns goes to right tonight. ronny belliard's first start since june 10. now for the orioles who clobbered the nationals last night 11-1, leading off will be brian roberts, hitless the last couple ballgames, after a six- game hitting streak, leads the american league in doubles, he's knocked out 25 doubles this year, he drove in a season high four runs against the phillies one week ago. the birds line-up goes this way, roberts leads off at second with a .288 batting average, then comes adam jones, he had three hits last night, as did nick markakis, aubrey huff at first base batting in the cleanup spot. nolan reimold also three hits last night. luke scott will be the dh for the o's, gregg zaun will be catching and robert andino will be batting ninth. the nationals trying to even up the series tonight at camden yards against baltimore. one of the questions i

. >> rob: cristian guzman, elijah dukes and nick johnson with the doubles. elijah thrown out trying to go to third. ryan zimmerman and adam dunn 0- for-10 tonight with four strikeouts, three of them looking. it's opinion an odd night for the 3-4 guys. dukes pulls off a breaking ball, hits it right off the end of his bat. fair ball. picked by scott role en and a good throw and a good stretch. we are going into the 12th inning.  scott rolen has been doin for years. 7 gold gloves worth. inning number 12 coming up. 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. doing what it takes to make home a little better. that's why we lowered over a thousand prices. and carry powerful tools from dewalt, milwaukee, ridgid, and more. so you spend less, but drill, saw, and nail... more. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, save $20 on a ryobi 18v starter kit with drill and circular saw for just $89. on a ryobi

base hit for cristian guzman to lead off the bottom of the 1st inning. >> rob: last start 200th of his career, 201. derrick lee was the one thousand strike out victim. >> johnny: guzman kind of getting back in the swing of things. he's 4 for his last 9 now going back to sunday's ballgame. 2-4 against the reds last night. 1-4 against the mets. 1-4 in this ballgame. coming in hitting .330. that's 7th in the national league. nats have the first hit of the ballgame. harang dealing to johnson. >> johnny: nick has been consistent too. 30 driven in, five homer, .320 batting average. >> rob: he's 8 right now in between brandon web. 875 strikeouts. >> johnny: in his last outing against st. louis on thursday, he 8 innings, gave up 8 hits. struck out 4 and gave up a home run. he took the loss in that ballgame. the pitch to johnson. guzman running -- fouled back . >> rob: you look at harang. 07, 16-6. still a decent era almost every year, well over 200 innings. >> johnny: johnson, 1-1. guzman at 1st. fouled back out of play down to the left. zimmermann adjusting the batting glove. he'll be next. t

i was thinking it to myself that cristian guzman or ronnie belliard should just go in and say something to him. say something to him in spanish. get him to calm down. they're the veterans. he's still kind of a young guy. he could be a big asset to this ball club. >> bob: flies it to center. right there is willie harris. after all that, the nats still a chance to put this game away. patterson, guzman, johnson ahead. ÷pñ)y >> rob: we go to the bott the 11th. it's 1-1 between the blue jays- washington nationals. before this inning before the flienl fly ball out, jesus colome is going to balk right here. see the runner on second. takes an extra step. that is not a balk. he stepped off the rubber and then he moved his shoulder. now jesus goes out to the second base umpire to say why was that a balk? well, i mean, i don't find that wrong -- >> bob: how can you balk if you're not on the rubber. >> rob: you're not on the rubber. that's a bad call by the umpire. he wanted clarification. he did a good job of regrouping, getting his thoughts together and getting the fly bal

. >>> cristian guzman 2-3 wit triple tonight. bruce has the only runs driven in for the reds. it came in the top of the 2nd. one walk, one strike out, 65 pitches. adam dunn you just saw to end the 6th inning, picked off at 2nd base. >> rob: keeping that two run lead intact, hanigan noticing adam dunn being alert enough guns him down at 2nd. >> johnny: hanigan has got a good arm. he's thrown out 7 of 9 attempting to steal this year. there's one down here in the reds 7th inning. telecast presented by washington nationals. they may not be reprinted or published in any form. hernandez is gone. we'll bring up jay bruce for the 3rd time. 1-2. that one hit, the two run home run. >> rob: in 2007 when he was in the southern league, he threw out 48% of runners attempting to steal. >> johnny: in the scouting report, it is don't. >> rob: he's got a rocket. >> johnny: he showed that. josh bard is 2-12. one swing of the bat. that's jay bruce upper deck. that's the 2-0 reds lead. it's been that way since the 2 2nd. >> rob: 14 off right handed pitcher this is year. two nights in a row, well p

anderson hernandez, cristian guzman and nick johnson. andy sonnanstine, seven innings, 77 pitches.he's well on his way to his second career complete game. this guy pitches like this, it's hard to believe he's only had one. >> rob: i watched him a lot last year and he was really tough down the stretch for this team. when he's on, he's really on. >> bob: that ball well hit by hernandez, unreachable even for b.j. upton. it will one hop the wall for a double and the nats will have their first base hit since guzman back in the third. anderson hernandez 2 for 3 tonight. it's a pretty good muscle for a guy who bunted for a base hit first time. >> rob: you're going to see him try to roll this curveball over. he hangs it in the zone. you're swinging hard early in the count. connects for a double. top off the order guzman. >> rob: remember he tried to do basically a slap hit, like a hockey slap shot and failed. but i like the idea. >> bob: you cocall that three quality at-bats tonight. >> rob: absolutely. having an idea, having a great approach. watch -- i watch rick work with these guys eve

cristian guzman is 1-3 for thehl ray herrera. 26th appearance of the year. 0-1 his record. with a 1.59 e.r.a. and guzman squares up to bunt and takes the pitch inside. >> rob: i love what steve mccatty said. if you come out the nex ng and don'tive up you own run. you areng the job proeperly. he is big -- properly, he is big like i am on inherited runners and keeping them from crossing the plate. love to see one get pushed across deep right here. >> johnny: harris at second. here's nan dez at first. guzman lays down the -- hernandez at first. guzman lays down the bunt and the throw to third is in time. >> rob: no. >> johnny: so, harris forced at third. >> rob: this is a [bang]. play at third. -- bang, bang play at third. yes he did get him. >> johnny: he did, barely. these one away in the 8th. >> rob: i'm amazed with these reds. they want to go to third a soon as they catch a bunt. >> johnny: heads up play. he knew exactly where he wanted to go. >> rob: you have got to bounce off the mound as a pitcher. look a gun. >> rob: that looked 93 after that 68. >> johnny: he is ahead

cristian guzman has to lay off of that pitch. he's not going to hit it out of the ballpark. the nats need him slashing ground balls and line drives. >> rob: don't help this kid. he's going to throw one chest high to you, let it go. >> bob: you don't need a home run to tie the game here. >> rob: need some base runners. you need at least one base runner to tie it up. >> bob: nick's been good against left-handers. then there's zimmerman. right side, and two, to the pitcher. the top of the order tonight, the top three hitters with nick johnson coming in, 0 for 11. in fact, nick's the only one hitting the ball out of the infield on three flies. one to each field. this is frustrating. even when you get a really well pitched game, the nats have not been able to solve the marlins. if johnson takes one -- johnson takes one way upstairs. one out here in the top of the ninth.   >> bob: nick johnson drills a base hit to left center. got jammed a bit. fought it off, and as much as you can hope for is to get the tying run up in the ninth inning and it's

then cristian guzman is going to go towards third base, throw out ronny paulino.reat 1-2-3 inning, the bottom of the fourth against the florida marlins there for scott olsen. >> bob: ricky nolasco having quite a night as well. he has a pitch count that could take him deep into this game. 69 pitches through five. olsen averaging 12 pitches per inning, his first four. here's brett carroll who got one of the big hits of the game. olsen and the nats were cruising along at 2-0 when carroll doubled leading off the third, that gave nolasco the chance to sacrifice. then they had three straight hits. rob: the ast at-bat, guy hit a  came akwith  fastball. very nice. oh, yeah, take something off the breaking ball. haven't seen a lot of change- ups. he's got ñ<ñúñúñúññññúñúñúñúñññ >> bob: saw him o tonight   dontrelle, a.j., dmpster, á rr?&tneó've go  0g0om rrjridpo we just ((ó,( rr> cap o on tha did here as a marlin. ground úú<

cristian guzman had his 93rd career multi-hit game last night, his third in a row and he has 24 thisrob: fifth in the league at .329. >> bob: from the right side, .306. we'll get rob's scouting reports on bret cecil in a moment. he is a guy with an unusual delivery that the blue jays have been trying to do something about. at times, he has let other teams know what's coming. a little tapper, gets by the mound, there is a chance. there is a chance. guzman with a base hit. well played by scott rolen but so much he could do. and the nationals off to a start here in the 1st inning. >> rob: well, this is sometimes a thing of beauty. that's a swinging bunt. the third baseman has to wait when a guy takes a full swing like that and that millyisecond that roland has to wait to come in and he is one of the best to pick it up bare hand. you can't beat the feet of guzman. >> bob: nick johnson has been on base 10 consecutive games and 18 of his last 20. first pitch off the stretch, way upstairs. and the next one right in there, 1 ball and 1 strike. cecil is a rookie. theme his thirds year of prof

well done by cristian guzman, his third of the year.im a pitch or two to see if he could drive the ball somewhere. then when the count got to 1-1, a perfect sac suffice. >> rob: looks like a decould i with that big swing. they thought, he is not going to bunt, will go for the down, hit a double last time up and he laid down a very nice sacrifice bunt. >> bob: 10 consecutive times on base over three games. here is nick. it would be funny if they intentionally walk him and that's how he would get the record but they have a right hander zimmerman on deck. >> rob: you want to get this lefty pitch around zimmerman if you could and then go after dunn. >> reporter: front door breaking ball on the inside for a strike. >> rob: cito gaston is a percentage guy, trying to force the double play with a righty against a lefty that has struggled. >> reporter: chavez, a pick-up and throw to second. >> rob: i'm not a fan of that because if he throws it to centerfield, willingham is standing at third with one out. scutaro coming in saying, hey, easy, big

we'll go back to the top of the order with cristian guzman. >> rob: he's got to get a base hit. >> robe pitch inside. one out, 2-2 ballgame. >> rob: if you waited up to watch the end of the game, it was worth the wait. glad to have you with us. >> johnny: dukes walked and scored. willingham walked and scored. guzman falls behind in the count 1-2. >> rob: that was a wicked breaking ball there. >> johnny: bard has tied the ballgame with an rbi single. gonzalez tied it. guzman evened the count 2-2. bottom of the 9th. reds have three base hits, nats have seven. johnson on deck. pitch inside. guzman takes the call, 3rd strike. >> rob: this is a moving fastball here. you have the whip action by cordero on the inside corner there. not inside our pitch track box. got to be swinging after a two hour 10 minute rain delay. the umpires don't want to hang out here all night. >> johnny: swings at the first offer, fouls it back. >> rob: that was a very good breaking ball by cordero. >> johnny: nick popped out earlier and struck out in the 8 8th inning. pitch inside. backs johnson away. >> rob: he is

cristian guzman comes to the plate, strokes the ball down the line. rolen never moved on it. then nick johnson comes up and nick has been red hot at the plate. he doubles to deep right centerfield which, can, drives in guzman. they elijah dukes comes to the plate and he smokes the ball out there which was almost caught but, again, the guy got the glove on it, could not hang on to it. that's a two-base hit. and elijah was thrown out at third base. >> johnny: there is no question that willie harris has the hottest bat on the team but he has made some great dave plays. he had one tonight and then one against a-rod in yankee stadium. chavez hits one, harris goes after it: then against alex rodriguez, look at this. he slide on his stomach, armed stretched out like superman. then vernon wells last night, incredible catch. gets the applause from joel hanrahan. you do it every night, they're going to start expecting it every night. >> johnny: that's right. he had a great line. was last night's catch the greatest catch you ever made? he said not even close. he made so many of them. we

. >> cristian guzman comes to bat in the 11th anding and knocks the ball back to the pirchtion nothinging his glove off. and then bases loaded, dunn comes up and he shows you he does not always hit a homerun. looks like a world series 7 game with the celebration. they were 0-8 in extra innings, 0-7 here in washington. they get that monkey off their back. >> johnny: if you look at the wins and losses, the average, the extra base hits, some interesting numbers as you take a look there, phil and then drama if i canly a change from last night's win. >> you take a look at the batting average prior to last night's average, you need a magnifying glass to see it. they had no extra base hits but they didn't need it last night. quite frankly, if not for the fact that you only need one run to win the game, that was probably a double by dunn in that last inning. >> johnny: for those of you keeping scores, 14 pitchers were used in the ballgame. 388 pitches were thrown in last night's 11-inning affair. the nats stranded 16, the blue jays stranded 13. >> you want to know why this is such a great game? i

. >> rob: i was going to say about cristian guzman, he cannot be hitting the ball in the air like that the kind of power to put it out of the stadium. he has to work on getting the ball down on the ground and get on base for nick. they were eating up garza first time through the night. this guy came in with a 5 earned run average. >> bob: nick johnson hits it hard the other way. longoria to his left with a fine play, two outs. nearing the 10 0-0 hour here on the gulf coast in florida. tropicana field, capacity 44,000. the rays are averaging 22,000. pitch change cominging up. bases empty, two outs. brian zimmerman on the way against wheeler. ♪

willingham has two and cristian guzman got one back in the third and nieves cleths hit number -- collects hit number four. willie harris will pinch hit for john lannan. wait a minute, now. nick johnson heading up to the plate. nick is going to step in. when you talk about a guy that is overdue, i think johnson is overdue. johnson went up to the plate and micah owings is finished for the afternoon. dusty baker with a call to the cincinnati bullpen. nationals threatening with runners at first and second. we will be back in just a moment. 2-0 cincinnati leading washington. ÷xxppúú nce 1873, coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. for the next minute, i'm gonna show you what it's like to have verizon fios. these are your widgets, they let you put whatever you

bottom seven, bases loaded, willy taveras gets derek jeter to ground to short, cristian guzman, nicey. jeter 0-1, still dealing with the sore left ankle. top eighth, 3-0 nats, austin kearns to left center. brett gardner makes the catch but hits the wall hard. manager joe girardi comes out. gardner is carted off. the nationals win 3-0. the nats are the second worst team to shut out the yankees and the worst to win a series from the yankees in new york. here are notable rain delays that compare to the yankees' 5:26 delay. >> the phillies have put left fielder raul ibanez on the d.l. with a groin injury. in his first season in philadelphia, the 37-year-old ibanez began the day second in the national league with 22 home runs and 59 r.b.i.'s. john mabry jr. will take his place on the roster. blue jays going for a three-game sweep of the phils, 7-7 game, pinch-hitter rod barajas coming through in the pinch -- the former philly burning his old team with a solo home run to straightaway center and the jays win by the final of 8-7. jays finish off the sweep, the phils are a major league best 2

cristian guzman leads off at short. the dh, of course, huge in interleague play., they come in tonight with a team batting average of .2272 and a guy who is awfully speedy on the base pads carl crawford. here is the rest of the line- up. . >> johnny: speaking of interleague play and speaking of baseball and speaking of defense, let's talk a little bit about the nationals defense but also overall in major league from mr. baseball, phil wood. >> well, thank you, ray and john. the only one categories that the nationals are leading the league in are categories where they don't want to lead. and they have something to do with each other. error and losses. in the late 1970s, i corresponded with the late smoky joe wood who would be a likely hall of famer if not for arm trouble that shortened his career. even wall tore johnson thought that smoky joe was faster than he was. i asked him what he thought was the difference. he said the players caught the ball then. now, today, the gloves catch the ball. after ray knight is modeling the glove for us here. this is the wilson ke

. >> bob: so we arrive at the top of the 6th with cristian guzman leading off.nats order, absolutely nothing against nolasco tonight. harris, guzman, johnson, all oh- fers. and guzman quickly in the hole, 0-2. the nats with two runs on four hits, three of them coming in the second. guzman looks and ducks back from a high tight fastball. >> rob: we've got to figure out a way to scratch out a couple more runs against nolasco. he's got some really good stuff tonight. put the ball in play on this guy. >> bob: to his right, cantu. to the pitcher, one out. 11 straight since the wil nieves base hit. well, 11 of 12. here's our friend. >> aflac. >> bob: the six players in uniform tonight that will receive votes for rookie of the year in 2006. one of them is the nats pitcher, one of them is their pitcher. josh johnson i think was another. what do you have, four? i think jeremy hermida was another. >> rob: maybe dan uggla. >> bob: was willingham a rookie? might have been uggla. >> rob: hanley ramirez? >> bob: it was uggla. >> rob: didn't ramirez win? >> bob: he did. >> rob

cristian guzman, nice glove work. jeter was 0-1. eighth, 3-0 nats, one on with no outs, austin kearns to left center. brett gardner. nice grab. but he hits the wall hard. down on the ground for several moments. writhing in pain. he would be carted off. the nationals go on to win it 3-0. joba chamberlain ends up taking the loss. his nine decisions are the fewest for any pitcher in his first 25 starts in mlb history. this was the first homerless game at the new yankee stadium. the yankees have lost back-to-back games against the nats, 18-46, with the win the nationals become the worst team to defeat the yankees in a series in new york and the third worst team ever to defeat the yankees in any series. thursday was a shutout win for the nats. washington has the second worst record of any team to shut out the yankees. >> the phillies have put left fielder raul ibanez on the d.l. with a groin injury. in his first season in philadelphia, the 37-year-old ibanez began the day second in the national league with 22 home runs and 59 r.b.i.'s. j

with cristian guzman. he really likes interleague play. he is 6th in the league hitting at .327.d, can, the nationals employing the dh, adam dunn. first time the nationals have ever seen matt garza. the former twin is big, strong. he is going to be attacking these guys early and often. giving you the pnc scouting report. he loves to attack strike zones. he will throw 75 to 80% fastballs, has a great hook. .206, that's the batting average against garza. he and dion navarro got into an altercation in texas last year and that's when he said he started to mature as a pitcher and as a person. he is still only 25-year-old, great kid. we have our lights cut out for us to beat this young man. >> rob: tampa bay, defensively are in the bottom five. they made 42 error this is year. they played on turf a lot. this is an unusual field in that is it turf but has the full cut out on the infield with dirt. carl crawford has five assists and the best known player, of course, evan longoria. manny acta's nats, 16-42 on the year. this is the interleague stretch that we have been looking for, 15 in a

top of the order, cristian guzman, got a single to center in the first and grounded out to second. brandon phillips in the third got two wick national outs here in this fifth inning. cincinnatiti with two in the top of the frame, lead it now 3- 1.  . >> rob: and it's impo for cueto when you get a lead to try to put a big zero up there on the scoreboard, keep the momentum on your side of the field, and that's another thing our young pitchers need to learn is when you get a run or two, get a lead, it's the most important time of the game for you to go out there and shut the other team down because, if you don't and hewlett them back up off the mat, then they can come back, steal the game from you. . >> johnny: there is a shot to first base, hernandez has it, and the nats retired three up and three down here in the bottom of the fifth. we go to the top of the sixth 3- 1 the reds over the nationals. ♪ ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like some

willie harris in center, cristian guzman at short, and ryan zimmerman in the cleanup spot tonight. adam dunn will be playing left field, willingham goes to right. wil nieves will be catching and scott olsen on the mound tonight as the nationals try to get their 23rd win of the season against 51 losses. how about florida, 38 and 39. shortstop hanley ramirez, four home runs over his last seven games. he's hit in 28 of his last 35, 50 of his last 62. his 12 home runs leads all major league shortstops and ramirez will be batting third as you see in that florida line- up tonight. chris coughlin leads off, he'll be in left field, emilio bonifacio at third, then ramirez, cantu will be at first and uggla at second base, ross will be in center field, robs catching, brett carroll will be in right field, and ricky nolasco who has had major success against the nationals, he'll be on the mound tonight. ramirez the guy you've got to keep off the bases. i think you just mentioned, pitch around him. don't even pitch to this guy. >> you've got to pitch one guy tough in the line-up and he's good nig

you're warming up down in the bullpen as a reliever, and chris ray struck out cristian guzman, he may not have seen that because he was busy getting loose. so he missed that out. i'm just saying that could be the reason. he comes in, he gets nick johnson to fly out to left field, he gets the strikeout to zimmerman, he wanted a little bit more. >> jim p.: one out at a time, jim. so he had two outs. plus, he's on a role. >> jim h.: deep and foul. >> jim p.: you're on a roll. >> jim h.: this fraternity we're with. >> rob: hey, i was having out of body experiences out there. i was out of control. you can ask me what the count was? i was telling guys to get off the mound. >> jim h.: i can't imagine that. ripped to left field. nolan reimold will have to chase it down. that one heads to the corner. willingham stays hot. his third hit. three hits for josh willingham. time now for you to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. john lannan has hell the orioles to one run through seven innings. or oscar salazar who has the rbi. john lannan on the bench. >> rob: you don't know how happ

willie harris, cristian guzman, anderson hernandez, ryan zimmerman at one point. everybody contributed to this victory last night. one of the best played games i think all around from the starters to the bullpen to the offense to the defense. so, that was definitely a team victory and a way to get that series win. >> bob: i saw manny acta in his office after the game last night. he was talking about pitching. it leads to good defense and wins. jordan zimmermann's turn tonight. can he like his young teammates continue to feed off each other's success? éa, >> bob: nationals baseball masn brought to you in part by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. by aflac, we've got you under our wing. and by -- and by acura. acura advance. it's a nice night down there at the national harbor, the woodrow wilson bridge all the way up north to the red least and red porch here at nationals park. blue jays are second in the american league in hitting right behind the angels now. scott rolen a-former philly and cardinal is really, really hot. he's 17-34 last.

dukes had one as did ryan zimmerman, nick johnson and cristian guzman.like when we get a couple of guys on in scoring position, all of a sudden the hits around coming through as they were for quite some time. >> you must get a good ball to hit. we seem to tighten up in those situations, that come out of our concentration mode and swing at balls that are pitchers pitches and hit ground balls or weak fly balls. we see this every day. either pop-ups or shallow outfield that can't score from third, or weak ground ball double plays on sinking balls that are out of the strike zone. it's just a matter of application. >> we talked about 13 stolen bases for tampa bay. when b.j. upton gets in the base pads, crawford as well, upton got on, eventually we got him out at second base. >> actually right there is the steal. he's so easy. then we do the daylight play, almost get him from the second baseman. a little more safe. i was going say jordan zimmermann being a guy that's so aware of everything going on on the field. which keeps the guy close. after he steals secon

as cristian guzman, hits it into right field.he is two out of two and the lead-off runner on here in the third inning. >> jim p.: that's the one thing brad bergesen was able to do early on last night. he got guzman out early. other than in the second inning he was very good about keeping that lead-off runner off the base. >> rob: this is the hitter the nationals have oh get going. had a great streak earlier in the season. has really struggled with power in the last month. >> jim p.: you think that is because when you're that hot, they adjust? >> rob: absolutely. you have to adjust. they've been throwing a lot of breaking balls away. a lot of fastballs in. if you don't adjust, move closer to the plate or move closer to the mound, they're going to make the adjustments and make you go into a slump. they'll put you in a slump. >> bob: guthrie gets ahead. guzman has only one steal on the year an he's been caught three times. one run game, 2-1. bounced foul down the third-base line, past pat. >> jim p.: the nationals don't do a lot of

he replaces cristian guzman as the shortstop tonight and guzman has had all kinds of problems this year going to his left of all places. not going into the hole, but going up the middle on balls. >> jim p.: if you're manny acta, you're saying, okay, we need to have more offense so we leave guzman in. unable to come up with it. you have to hurry, but you hope that you help yourself defensively, but you still have guzman to help your offense. so, again, very tough play there. i know that he knew he had to hurry, just couldn't make the play. >> bob: it appeared that ball took a funny hop on him. >> rob: i think that's a hit. that's why he tried to rush it. i think the official scorer will know that is rookie out there at shortstop. >> bob: they have it as a base hit. >> rob: hey, i should be an official scorer. okay, maybe not. >> bob: shairon martis attacking nick markakis. throws him an 89-mile an hour fastball. a little bit outside for strike one. markakis is one for two on the night with a single back in the third inning. now with a guy on first though, a little different. martis in th