. >> bob:  bases empty, two o ryan zimmerman coming up against dan wheeler. 3-3 the score here. you can watch nationals.com on your iphone. you can dial up number 35 dan wheeler, 31-year-old right hander, third year with the rays, split time between houston here in 2007 and then 70 important games for them last year with a 3.122 3.12 e.r.a. and 13 saves. he was a very important part of the bullpen last year. the rays got him from houston for ty wigginton just before the trading deadline in july of 2007. fastball outside. i wonder what duane stats, the tv announcer for the rays had to say about that pitch outside. dan wheeler is his son-in-law. >> rob: he has only allowed 7 hits and 3 runs in his last 10 outings, and three walks. >> bob: there is a good fastball. outer half. 1-2 to zimmerman. ryan 1-for-3 with a base hit up the middle tonight. top of the 7th, the nats have not had a hit since the 4th. and they have had only three since the four-hit 1st inning when they scored all three of their runs. >> rob: and if you don't have overpowering stuff which wheeler never has, you pe

reaches out. 31-year-old dan wheeler, second year with tampa bay.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. the nats can't do anything against the tampa bay bullpen this weekend. 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 t

dan wheeler throwing. >> rob: dan wheeler played with houston, atlanta. now helped them go to the world series. >> bob: this is a bullpen by committee. randy cate, howell, the lefty had two. troy percival had 6 early. that's a fastball outside. 2-2. on the field here in st. pete. >> rob: talking about public health care, i'm sure, nuclear problems in north korea. >> bob: anderson hernandez hits it off the end of the bat and pops it up. serious bullpen questions. they will solve all of our problems down there, i promise you. ♪ ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ always feel like mebody's watching me. ♪ ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. . >> bob: how is your fi start at the major league level going right now? i i will craig stammen has been amazing, against the best offense in the american league, he has five strikeouts on th