daniel murphy with his 30th rbi. a one-out double for him. ttle ball that stayed fair pays off for new york. murphy went up first pitch swinging. rob, i was about to ask you, when batters at the major league level are seeing a pitcher for the first time, would they take a couple pitches, but murphy obviously didn't. >> rob: there was the cutter right there. and i don't know, because he's got such good out pitches, you don't want to let him get to them. they've probably been warned don't let him goat to the 12 to 6 curve ball, don't let him get to his change-up. so murphy swung at that first pitch cut fastball and he ripped it down the line. >> bob: david wright. i think one of the reasons the mets got jeff francoeur was to give wright some protection in the lineup. there are often times, when ryan church would bat before david wright, but francoeur is a five, six, seven-type hitter. used to be more of a 5-type hitter a couple years ago, but he has slumped so badly that he is the guy hitting behind david wright who is still batting seven best i

next up, daniel murphy.ow when the nationals had to face this guy when he was with florida we were always impressed with his arm. 48 appearances last year. he was hurt a lot in '07, 37 games in '06. but the one thing he's never been able to do at the major league level is keep that era down. his major league earned run average coming into this year 4.94. >> rob: pretty good pitch. he gave that pitch probably about six inches out farther for livan hernandez. >> bob: swing and a foul. 1-2. >> rob: they are front loading kensing. do exactly what i was doing in syracuse, pound the strike zone, throw 95 miles an hour. this is not a very good hitting ball club. you want to get in the good graces up here and get yourself a job for next year with jim riggleman and this pitching staff, blow some people away for the next two months. >> bob: 1-2 delivery. got him! [ cheers and applause ] . >> bob: hunter windelstaff thought about it for a moment and then pulled out the bow and arrow on daniel murphy. how about this bul

he struggled earlier, one run, daniel murphy, top of the 2nd, mets get three more, base hit to centerhere comes morgan, throwing up to place. and here he comes, avoids the tag. one guy with a nger losing streak than the nats, roosevelt, dressed up, and the nats didn't win again, beaten by the mets 6-2, now 40 games under .500, how bad is this? tom petty has to sing. they're chasing the mets for the worst record in the history of record. mets lost 120 games that year, nats so far, just two games ahead of that. hey, please don't catch them on that. and dressing up as batman, in honor of jack, used to be the joker. and watch this, shane victorino. goes back, says wait a minute, he never touched me, i got back. let's look closely, victorino gets up, gets back, did he ever get tagged? well, maybe the umpire says he was out of the base line, he says whatever you say, still wins, 10-1. and stars out, e in the house, how about hudson? kate, in a word, beautiful. o's take the lead, here comes bryan roberts. he is out, said he missed the base, roberts can't believe it but they really couldn't b

daniel murphy comes in to score easily. francoeur with the double on the play. martin gives up five run, he lasts just four innings. now we go to the bottom of the fourth, the nationals are now down 57-0. josh bard is up, sends one down the right field line. this is levon hernandez' only mistake. adam dunn comes in to score but watch closely. there would be a play at the plate. austin kearns includings in safely. so there's still hope. we go to the ninth inning. just called up from the nationals, he crushes it to left, a solo home run, the mets sink the nationals 6-2. interim manager jim riggleman now 0-5. willie harris says it's the same old story. >> i don't think we need to change anything, we just need to did a better job of scoring runs. i guess it's been like whenever they're hitting there the pitching hasn't been there. whenever the pitching is, there the hitting hasn't been there. we try to get on one accord. the season is going by really quick. so fwhed to hurry up and do it. >> he means you've got it get everybody on the same page. that's what they nee

daniel murphy feels bare handed, slips behind his back to pitcher bobby parnell. they got the out. now, it was a close call. it was an incredible play. murphy ad libs on a bad hop, making a good play to get the out. one of those plays you can't practice. it just happens with instincts. and the mets go on to beat the dodgers last night, 5-4 was the final. they honor him, absolutely. >>> all right. in golf, the women's u.s. open started today. amidst an attempted ouster of the sports commissioner. a number of top players have asked for the removal of lpga commissioner carol blevin, who chose not to attend the game, showcase event this week. bethlehem, pa, the 64th annual women's u.s. open. a beautiful shot from a golfer you can't even see. choy is over the hill in a sand trap by the scoreboard. a blind shot. he had eyes for the cup. she knocks it in to celebrate. one of the shots that had choy in the lead. that's christy kir. part of a three-way tie in the second. she's a shot behind choy, along with lorena ochoa and jean reynolds after the first round of the u.s. women's open. >>> r

cora is across from castillo up the middle and david wright and daniel murphy and omir santos behindfield is still nursing a hamstring that cramped up on him over the weekend. here's ryan zimmerman with the .316 career batting mark against oliver perez.   comes out, throws a strike. well, let's see how ryan zimmerman is after a night off and nick johnson's turn tonight.   and there's another hit for zimmerman. some hitters, some pitchers and the match up doesn't go the piper's way. >> rob: it looks like he's doing something in the delivery and wind up to throw strikes and 11 walk this is 11 innings pitched and coming off the disabled list which is not an injury disabling, more mental and bad mechanics and stay on the ball and trying to throw a fastball over the middle about 87 miles an hour and easy pickings if he tries to find the plate like that all night. >> bob: here's adam dunn with a fastball over the corner. adam dunn 7 walk this is his last 7 games and his on base average hitting right on the .400 mar

the rally was capped off by daniel murphy's rbi single. the nats lose 6 - 2. washington has dropped six in a row. >>> pitcher scott olson is probably done for the season. doctors town he had a tear on his left shoulder. the team put him on the disabled list over the weekend. >>> plenty of drama in the bronx. the orioles and yankees were tied at the ninth. at the plate matsui. >> there it goes. deep to right. see ya. >> a walk off home run by matsui and the orioles lose it 2-1. >> the time 6:24. in ten minutes where you can get a free pastry for breakfast today. >>> and ahead we check in with the space shuttle "endeavor" after the great space walk, what is on tap today? here's angie. >> we are live from the key bridge and m street where more drivers are moving without incident. the local roads you take we will have them when we come back. >> nice this morning on the weather terrace. it is a dry, pleasant morning although some showers are lined up. i will show you that and have the rest of the forecast when 9 news now returns. wow, is this... fiber one honey clu

daniel murphy comes home to score easily. francoeur with a double on that play and martin gives up five runs alasted four innings. josh bard is up and sends one down the right-field line. hernandez's only mistake, adam dunn comes around to score. there would be a play. watch this. the throw on home. he's chugging along and there we go. play at the plate. slides in. nationals cut the lead to 5-2. 6 sixth inning. mets leading 5-2. jeremy reed tries to lay down the bunt. heads-up play. charges in and behrhands the ball. take another look. willie harris, this guy can play. he is filling in for ryan zimmerman at third and makes the barehanded play. fantastic. ninth inning, kensing. francoeur again crushes one to left. solo home run. the mets win 6-0. willie harris says he hopes john lannan can help stop the bleeding tonight. >> i don't want to jinx it. you know. i don't want to talk about that. i mean, lannan is our guy. i mean, he is our ace. and we are -- we expect to go scout do what he has always done. you know, that can be to

daniel murphy against the dodgers. watch this toss. behind the back. joe torre's dodgers's best record in major league baseball. he has no interest in going over to yankee stadium and seeing the new place. gretchen: really. a little pk by donald truck there. brian: he likes to go to baseball games. gretchen: let's talk about that web site that you were supposed to go to as a taxpayer called recovery.gov. it's getting a face lift already even though i don't think it was giving you all the details just yet with the first edition. $18 million is going to to web site to make it better, flashier, more colorful. dave: this is the web site that was supposed to give transparency to the whole stimulus situation. a web site joe biden has been responsible for, a web site joe biden could not exactly recall when asked about it. >> by the way, do you know the web site? >> you know, i'm embarrassed. do you know the web site number? i should have it in front of me, and i don't. i'm actually embarrassed. >> i'm going to call your office. >> it is recovery.gov. dave: an

daniel murphy scored. mets scored three in the inning and led 4-1 aftethree.e's a great defensive pla in e seventh. loretta a bouncer down theine, ricocheted off the line. e toss to first for the out. an incredible playorth another look. murphy flipped theball behind his back and had loretta by the slimmest of margins. fast forward for the ninth. mets u5-3. manny ramiz t that lead in half withis eighth homer of the year, seconds from returning from a 50-game susnsion. ramirez 1 fo4. mets up by just one. stilin the ninth, two on for andre ethi whounded into a ga-iing double play. frankie rodriguez earned his 22 save of the season. it wasn't pretty, t thmetsl take it, 5-4. bale for first in the a.l. west. ange and rangers. andruw jones hit not one, not two, but three homer jones had only three homs in all of last year. rangers beathe angels and have a one-game leain the west. couple of walkof to show you. philand reds. two downbottom nine. shane victino a liner to center. pedro feliz althe way from seco to score the winning run. phils came from two ru down to be

murphy flipped the ball behind his back and had loretta by the slimmest of margins. >>> harry potter's daniel ratliff widens the playing field and i'm not talking quidditch. >>> plus, we'll introduce you to a 4-year-old missy with a mean back hand. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." still looking for chances for showers and thunderstorms especially across a few years of the southeast right into north florida. earlier on i was talking about the microburst in massachusetts. beautiful today. of course i don't know if i mentioned hopkins but hopkins is where we saw that damage. beautiful across the northeast. really tomorrow if you're looking for a day to call in sick to work, friday is the day. saturday looking good. and actually sunday is the next best chance for showers and thunderstorms in boston. if you're watching wmgt tv 41 in mac macon, georgia, see the sky from a cowboy's perspective when you hear legends at the museum of arts and sciences planetarium show. that is your eastern event of the day. >> thanks, todd. no calling in on friday, okay? >> all right,