how about long distance like cristian guzman's six home run in the 2nd? ing off with his 33rd and in the 4th, skimmer man, right center field, a beautiful swing. and his 26th. at&t, your world, delivered. guzman, skimmer man, and dunn. bourgeois takes over in right field after the ejection of ryan braun. villanueva is still in the game and the nationals box score will go rolling by. it was a hot sunday afternoon at the old polo ground and the new york giants were pretty bad. they were playing a double header and collin was on the umpiring grew and i think he had the plate for game two. and about the 2nd inning, frankie frisch is screaming at the umpire and jocko said, what's up with you? he goes, i want you to throw me out of this game. he says, why? he says, i'm sick of watching these .240 hitters. i got a case of beer iced up and waiting for me. i want to go home. [ laughter ] and without blinking, if i got to watch this fill in the blank, so do you, get in the dugout. that was my favorite story. the hall of famer at the top of the list. i think lesley n

so, he's becoming a legitimate ace. >> cristian guzman had three more hits tonight. ve is the streak he's on -- he's on too? >> streak? >> 12-game hitting streak. >> very, very impressive. [ laughter ] >> you know, when guzman gets hot, once again that ought to go to show you look up and he gets three hits every night and i didn't even realize he had a streak. he just quietly does it day in and day out. so, it's not surprising. >> very impressive there from adam dunn getting the win for the nationals and craig stammen trying to bounce back after a couple of slow outings there, ray. trying to return to where he was a couple weeks ago. >> yeah, last two outings been pretty tough. earned run average around 12.00. prior starts 2.15. volstad is a guy that throws the ball extremely hard. his first full year in the big leagues and he can punch you out. he has got stuff. >> stammen looking for win number four on the season and the nationals looking for a sweep of the florida marlins. tonight, they get three home runs and take out the marlins 5- 4. mike macdougal gets save num

and throw a pitch to a guy like ryan zimmerman. >> bob: cristian guzman hitting .471 over his last fouray. look at the game and who would guess he would be the man. guzman, 15 rbis in the 12 games. he needs to be a table setter here against a former teammate. luis ayala and lines it into the camera well. no balls and two strikes to guzman. and add something in. and ayala struck out gonzalez ending the bottom of the seventh. that is outside. 2-2. >> rob: doing a good job and steal second. and this guy is a great contact there and a lot of rbis because of the guy in front of him and doesn't let it get to zimmerman and dunn. and they enjoyed the 15 rbis. >> bob: 2-2 to christian. and way outside and ayala through him a change-up on 2-2. and ayala, fastball, slider, change-up. and his forte is slider to outside corner and now that he is with the off speed pitch. and he walks guzman, a hard man to walk. and cristian guzman's 11th walk of the year in 379 at bats. >> rob: i also think he wasn't going to swing at a bad pitch. they can't get him out. and no, this guy doesn't have a pitch that ca

look at the average, and cristian guzman with the 7 multiple litigation in a row, and ryan  >> bob: nyjer on base five times. he's 6 in the leak in hits. guzman, 4-9 in pittsburgh, 7 straight multi hit games, a ryan zimmerman, four hits, a homer, and he's hitting .400 e last week and a half. pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares stay low. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com. >> knacks baseball, by -- nationals baseball, brought to you by southwest airlines. partly cloudy skies, a thre rain at various times throughout the day. we had one batting practice shower, but really not bad in pittsburgh right now. as the nats batting .264 come up, fourth in the league in tha department. austin kearns was to bat 7t and started right field. they scratched him with a right thumb contusion. we focus on willingham who is left, and josh, since july 1st , well, he gets

cristian guzman, uh-oh. boots it,oes into the outfield. cardinals up, 4-2. that keeps the inning alive. ron villone faces the next batter and you knew this was come. colby rasmus gets ahold of it, rocks it to right for a three-run jack, his 14th of the year. the cardinals down the nates 9-4. talking football now. before last night's game against the patriots, redskins quarterback jason campbell had completed four of his 13 passes for 48 yards and zero touchdowns. the criticism was loud. last night he quieted the naysayers even if only for a few hours. he was effective, completing 13 of his 22 passes for more than 200 yards and one rushing touchdown. his biggest gain, confidence. all eyes on jason campbell last night and on the skins' first offensive series, campbell was in control, goes deep down the sideline to moss who makes the catch. campbell was perfect on the drive leading the first team offense to its first touchdown of the preseason. then campbell problems he can do it on the ground. drops back here. just smooth. he can't find anyone open so says i'l

cristian guzman singling. rally. ryan zimmerman at the plate. runners on the corner. just ended. nats fall 4-3. >>> steven strassburg signing a 15 behind 4 million deal, four years. he will arrive on thursday. press conference expected friday. he will not make a big league appearance this season. his debut likely 2010. while fans can't wait neither can his teammates. >> this is where it starts. he is going to be foundation for our team in the future. so it is exciting and starting now we are playing better ball an i think we will be really good in the fecks couple of years. >> orioles taking on the rays. up 2-1 in the 4th. no longer. two-run home run. the os fall. >>> brett favre joining the minnesota viking conveniently just days after they broke camp. he arrived in minnesota this morning immediately hitting the practice field. espn reports he will get a two- year, $25 million deal. he is expected to start in minnesota's preseason game against the chiefs on friday. >> as a lot of friends and family have told me, you won't know unless you take the changes. everyone wh

cristian guzman. and the grab. the ball gets by him. morgan comes in to score. it wasn't enough.lledge and the pirates win 5-4. the nationals, a rough day for them as they had those trades. a lot of people were sad to see nick johnson go. >>> coming up, a bear sighting ide a dareteenr. there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. because at safeway, there's always... freshly picked produce at great prices. it's 100% guaranteed to be fresh and ripe, every time. so hurry in for delicious goodness, all right down the street. th's ingredients for life. that's safeway. right now, get sweet blueberries -- just 99¢ a pint with your club card. safeway just lowered the price of summer. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our person panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. on

barmes covering. >> bob: rockies infield discussing what they're going to do with cristian guzman hered in willy harris. that is franklin morales onof their two left-handers. guzman trying to give the that this lead here in the 7th inning. he is 0 for 3, 0 for his last 16. we did not see this coming, the way he was swinging the bat. >> rob: no. and you know when the he struggles, because more than anybody, he rarely goes $outsi his own zone, expands it, and swings at bad pitches. >> bob: been doing a lot of thatfor the st few days. maybe the day off refreshes him a bit. >> rob: cincinnati, went after a lot of bad balls. we don't see cristian do that often. >> bob: rick eckstein studying his hitting charts and summary of these guys. >> rob: might even be able to look at morales and say if dun >> bob: guzman can break out . of it with a line drive at any time. that's a breaking ball, way inside, and the count is 1-1. >> bob: fastball a beauty on the inner half. this is some talent, ubaldo jimenez. he's gone the distance in his career four times. one of those this year. pitch counts me

in comes cristian guzman. zimmerman cruises to first. mill lich having problems in the outfield. but does redeem himself at the plate. rips one into left. one run scores and here comes andrew mccutchen, racing around third. he scores, as well. lastings gets a two-run double. then the man of the night. the rookie, andrew mccutchen already has two home runs. red rover, red rover, send andrew right over the wall again. crushes one to left. a three-run jack. three home runs in the game. that doubles his home run total for the season. his six rbi leads the bucs to an 11-6 win over the gnats. he gets the curtain call. baltimore, dustin pedroia little but swings a big stick for the red sox. facing david herndez. that's a good swing on that ball i think. out of the park for a solo home run. his sixth of the season and the sox take a 1-0 lead. and that was more than enough for boston starter josh beckett, one of the best pchers in all of baseball. here in the second. freezes aubrey huff. he struck out five in seven innings of work. beckett gets his 13th win as the red sox shut out the owe

cristian guzman on first. 1-1 game. the bull pen and jose not so good.zalez solo bomb for insurance. in the 8th the nats would fall 5-4. >>> on friday the team will introduce steven strassburg to the media and the public. 2:00 p.m. press conference is at the ballpark. open to anyone who has a ticket for friday's game against milwaukee. nats are selling 2000 of the tickets for $1. and mike rizzo is expected to take part in an question-and- answer session. >>> b.j. upton extending the lead for the rays. solo home run. the os would fall 3-1. >>> football. nobody really expected the team's rookie to light the world on fire but redskins coaches were hoping for a better showing than what they got. zorn has said his young guys played soft. barnes has a long way to go at corner. if they have it tough getting in with the veterans for the rookies then good luck getting in with bloche. >> i don't talk to the rookies until they make the football team. consequently i don't get close to the new people until we make the final cut. when we make the final cut then i will

cristian guzman may be his final chance today to have a 8th consecutive multi hit game. notn. byron kerr is in the studio wh ray knight this weekend, presenting nats xtra post game. collin balester, and a good day foray to look at. post game sound from riggle, charlie morton tomorrow. the finale, it's after rob an are done in the booth. here's zimmerman. ryan's 2 for 3 today. batting average at .293. he is locked and loaded. rbi total now approaching 70. ryan, a chance to flirt with his career high. he'll need a great last two months. 110 in '06 when he was number 2 in the rookie of the year ballot. 2-0 pitch, ball 3. you know, the green lights praising here. if jesse chavez throws a getor fastball. >> rob: not even close, a 4-pitch walk. zimmerman on base for the third time today. i'd like a 2-out walk to ge the hammer. >> bob: willingham has been something. 17 home runs now, rbi totalr 40. and when he gets enough a, and it might take a couple moe weeks, he'll

cristian guzman is the shortstop batting second.an is at third base again back in the lineup after a one-game absence. adam dunn, there he is, in the cleanup spot. josh willingham is in left field. elijah dukes, the right fielder. ronnie belliard the start at second tonight had a big base hit yesterday. wil nieves is the catcher and john lannan is the pitcher. byron kerr and ray knight with you. welcome back to "nats xtra". we'll take a look at news and notes. karin has been put on the 15- day disabled list with that thumb and jorge padilla, 12 years in the mine owrs gets a call to the nationals and in iewnl uniform tonight for washington. we're getting rld for the matchup against the marlins. ben guess -- guessling is here from the "the washington times" -- guessling here from the "the washington times". >> he we don't know enough about it to say definitively that's the reason why he's had some struggles most of the season. this has been something that's plagued him back to his minor league days off and on, but i think in the last

in the bottom of the ninth cristian guzman singles to right. belliard comes in to score. nats trail by one. and then zimmerman and the nats lose 4-3. >>> strasburg is due to arrive at nats park tomorrow. his big league debut will likely happen in 2010. >>> one week after facing the defense which was the second best in the league last year, the redskins are preparing to see who was the league best in 2008. the steeler allow less than 14 points a game. the game should be a little better with the preseason debut of portis and santana moss but the skins are in for a tough test. >> there we go. >> reporter: the training camp fun. not for the rookies continues. the laughs came at the expense of orakpo. he had been running off the field to avoid it, but yesterday he wasn't fast enough. >> i learned being a rookie sucks. that's the main thing. but one season to go through and next year the next guys will get it and lib the first on board. >>> dc united in honduras taking on cd marathon. in the sec half united down one but he helps the team to a tie. marathon would prove to be too

. >>> mlb.com report the red sox have put a claim ornate short stop cristian guzman who was waived by washington. the sox have 48 hours to work out a deal with him hitting 350 and $8 million next year. >>> if you are whining about the heat at least you don't have to put on pads and run in to huge people. the redskins are testing their conditioning as they held two practice sessions in sunday's nearly 100-degree heat. they practiced catching yesterday. coach zorn wants one of the top- rated squads to take every opportunity to put points on the board. >> we serve both offense and defense. we threw throws to linebackers, dbs trying to get the idea of quarterback ball speed and interceptions. not dropping the ball. so it works out great. >> reporter: now to the game the rest of the world calls football, the united hosting real madrid in what is called a friendly match. real showed why they are one of the best in the world. they scored twice in two minutes an then added a third later for insurance. united falls 3-0. >>> the u.s. open starts at the end of the month and the legg mason is now

cristian guzman scores from second base. the game-winning run comes in. nationals g on to beat the marlins 12-8. before the game they shipped infielder anderson hernandez to the mets for a minor leaguer. the nationals win five in a row the first time this season. good for them. they are playing very well. i see what you are trying to do, by the way. clean hair spray here. we'll get rid of the bugs and head for cover. >> there are a lot of products going on out there okay, you two. >> thanks a lot. >>> when we come back, we are going to have information on virginia's upcoming sales tax holiday. >> and we'll talk about bears caught on tape when they were hanging out. >>> virginia kicks off its annual tax-free shopping weekend tomorrow. you won't have to pay the 5% tax on school splice and clothing. in our area virginia is the only place you can do the tax-free shopping now. d.c. canceled its holiday saying it needs the money. maryland did the same thing. stores are banking on these tax-free weekends to help attract shoppers during this tough economy. while

adam dunn, ryan zimmerman and cristian guzman all homered agnst the brewers. the nationals pounded out ten hits, beating milwaukee 8-3. the nats snapped a five-game losing streak and of now won five straight games played on sundays. the brewers and nats finish off a four-game series this afternoon. >>> to baltimore, the orioles finally won a series for the first time since the all-star break. on sunday, nolan reimold hit a two-run homer and they held on to beat the chicago white sox 5-4. >>> an unbelievable play in the phillies/mets game. an unassisted triple play to end the game. the feat is rare. just the 15th time in major league history that it's happened. the phillies won 9-7. >>> the redskins will be back to work this afternoon as they get read for a very important preseason game. the third game usually when the starters play most. the skins host the new england patriots friday night. >>> that's your sports minute. i'm lindsey czarniak. have a great monday. >> today a teen pop star talks about living with juvenile diabetes. to help raise awareness about

cristian guzman scores to give the nats the lead. they hold on for a 12-8 victory. >>> the orioles were in detroit. the game was scoreless in the second. david hernandez was on the mound for the o's. detroit's brandon had a two-run homer. tigers went on to finish 7-3. >>> it is 6:24. >>> a local rescue worker is accused of trying to solicit sex from a teenager girl. and mayor fenty signs a bill hea says will make the district much safer. >>> 66 eastbound at nutley. we have an accident blocking the right lane and jammed back to 50. more tieups to slow you down on this friday morning. i will have them. >> loving life this morning outside on the terrace. it is beautiful around here. we will tell you how warm we will get today and about a heat wave heading this way over the weekend when 9 news this this morning returns. >>> animal control experts had to be called to the scene of a fire in alexandria. that's because fire crews discovered potentially dangerous snakes inside of a home in the 5700 block. only six survived. the snakes are not

nyjer morgan scores and here comes cristian guzman. the nats take a 7-5 lead. top eight. it's still 7-5 nats. ron vallone in the game. gets a ground ball to short. check out guzman. makes a great play. spins and goes to first and just get him or does he. watch the replay and it clearly shows the runner was safe. arizona's manager a.j. hinn. comes out to argue. he's like, you blew the call. jerry crawford says you can watch the rest of this game if the clubhouse, see you later my friend. hinn. get wants his money work. crawford giving him an earful right back. they extend their winning stree streak to game six. how about that. >>> jim zorn and the team are hosting a guest. he has a message for his guests traveling. there's one way in and one way out. everybody has to be patient. they had a light workout yesterday before today ee skrim miami and the fans who are going to the park, you'll see safety chris horton in action but not everyone will be playing. to avoid injury he's holding out nine veterans includes haynesworth, portis, and santana moss. he says, hey, it's still g

cristian guzman, a solo shot, his sixth.ontinues to improve on his career high with home runs. he drives in three and scores couple of runs and the nationals now 121 runs for the season. back in 2006 they hit a team record 164 so they've got some long ball power as we saw today. >> ray: no question. last night we talked about this team being a real good offensive club and i said, i never bought they were a good offensive club. what i want to clarify is they are in spurts because of the ability to hit the long ball. we haven't been able to sustain over long periods of time because we strike out a lot but there's no question if you look at the three and four-hole hitters. braun and fielder have 59 home runs between them. we have at between zimmerman and dunn so that's how powerful the middle of the lineup is. >> johnny: it's funny you mentioned two through four hitters as they went yard. here are highlights of those players. >> ray: guzman to the right side. more of a line drive hitter but serious from the right side. his sixt

and cristian guzman with an r.b.i.esday.   mets are bat being in the bottom of the ninth trailing atlanta 3-2. phillieses winning big, astros trailing by -- pardon me, marlins by three at the astros in the seventh inning and that's the rest of the east as the nats trail 4-1 here.   84 on that pitch up and in.   . >> rob: the change-up pie street, pulling the string after a few fastballs that were moving around the zone. >> bob: yeah, the bat was gone before the ball came in the frame. and a 1-2 coming. adam dunn gets under it, hits it a long way to left center, it is flirting with the bullpen. >> rob: get out. >> bob: and it is caught by ryan spilborghs.   if they get to it they catch it.   . >> rob: well it's a sinker do and away, he gets extension going the other way, the ball park just holds onto it. spilborghs makes a nice catch up agai

. >> bob: reaching out and hitting a little pop fly is cristian guzman. two outs.e nats give me another one. >> rob: trying to hit sandy koufax was like trying to drink coffee a fork. there's another one. throwing a knuck ball r stke is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox. >> bob: that would be tough. don't try thatat home. imagine the poor fool trying to catch it. >> rob: this is also said by ted williams and pete rose. q prod2t and throw you a round and tell you to think square. that is true. maybe stargell -- stargell suffered from kidney disease the last few years of died of l sort of blood cancer. wonderful man. >> bob: a true ader of men. breaking ball by bergma after the leadoff walk, he gets a couple of k's. to the ninth, harris, bard, gonzalez against matt capps. it seems i've got three times the bills i used to. and they're getting in the way of things i'd like to do. with the money bar, i can move my money around instantly, so when there's more bills than usual, it's no problem. and i use the wish

he prince home cristian guzman for the-8 -- 9-8 nats' advantage.2-8 victory. they are now experiencing a season high five-game win streak. ryan zimmer went had three r.b.i.s, three runs scored. he was a double shy of hitting for the cycle in just his sixth career four-hit game, third this season. >> twins' right-hander nick blackburn entered fund 4-0 with a 1.63 e.r.a. in his career against cleveland. travis hafner scores on the double, giving the indians a 2-1 lead. top nine, same score, no out. kerry wood on the close it out. he gets redman looking at the nasty off-speed pitch and the tribe take 2-3 from minnesota. first career loss for nick blackburn against cleveland. the twins have lost 5-6. on the bright side, for them recent acquisition orlando cabrera had two hits to extend his hitting streak to a career high 16 games. meanwhile, the rangers taking on the a's. top third, rangers down 2-1. >> oh, no, this is the orioles and the tigers actually. i'm looking at that screen too saying, wait, that's my game. i know what's going on there. that wa

guzman. cristian knew he had a fast runner. was already in throwing position by the time he was very fluid in picking up that ground ball. then of course gonzalez moved on to colorado in the mega deal involving huston street and matt holliday. so he was the sleeper in a couple of those deals and he may turn out to be quite a star. here is ryan spilborghs who bounced out to ryan zimmerman first time out. >> rob: 6 degrees of mark molder. her ron traded for molder back when he was with the cardinals. they would still have him but they thought molder was more developed and could help them win. traded him out to, obviously, the oakland athletics. >> bob: and he has been with oakland and new all about molder. and that will be the first base runner of the game for either team. garretttt mock will retire 10 in a row before spilborghs lines a clean single to left.   . >> rob: mock had been perfect up to here. throws a fastball not down enough and gets a nice top spin for base hit.   . >> bob:

cristian santos de virginia felicidades! >> también está marilú pérez de texas que cumple 14 años. >> felicidades. >> también cumplen años marixa y yesalín. >> domingo guzmánto. el alivio mÁs completo. skp prepion h. >> aquí está la celebración que se vivió en el día de ayer, en todo méxico, porque la alegría se vivió en grande. la selección mexicana ganó a los estados unidos. y tenemos aquí a gustavo calderón un analista deportivo y que siempre nos acompaña y nos da los toques importantes de la selección. >> contentos, no? >> muy felis. >> por el triunfo de la selección mexicana una victoria que deja un muy buen sabor de boca. por fin se ganó en el azteca con un resultado convincente. >> cómo viste tú este partido? cómo viste al tri? >> la verdad es que hoy por fin se puede ver un poco de la mano de javier aguirre de un equipo tricolor. ya vendrá el análisis. porque hay cosas que hay que corregir en la zona baja. hay pelotas que no se pueden dejar botar pero la verdad que hoy hay que festejar porque la selección le gana a un equipo estadounidense. bien armado. un equipo que juega muy bien al fútbol. borraron de la cancha a landon donovan. realmente se con

. >> bob: cristian guzman grounded out his first time up.   six ground-ball outs byham el  against the first 10 batters. and i think it's easy to see why the rockies are successful.   they have pitchers who keep t ball down. and when you have to play half your games at coors field. guzman on a pitch up, he'll be overpowered and fly out easily. the rockies are nine games over .500 at home this year, 32-23.   jason marquis was master fu last night.   and ubaldo jimenez who thro here on tuesday. wow.   rockies are goin' home afte this.