it really helps. >> debbi: back to bob and rob. >> bob: well, debbie and willie playing to the crowd.hey stuck around for the reward. they win it. where are we going? 13 tomorrow? join us for masn 2. visit masn sports.com for all the latest news on the nationals. this has been a presentation of masn. stay tuned. nats xra post game coming up right now. phil and johnny and from the booth, so long for just a while.  into here was the scene m ago at nationals park. willie harris with that two-run homerun. the nats win their second consecutive extra inning game. it's now 5-3 over toronto and the winning streak goes to fou four. >> phil: that's willie harris' world and we are allowed to live in it. >> johnny: that's right. how about it? the fans are hanging around as they should and you heard debby telling willie, thanks to the great support. we have a lot more to talk about in this ballgame and what a tremendous comeback for this ball club. it's the third time they have had 12-inning ball games. now they got back-to-back extra inning wins after losing eight s

night. >> debbi: it was shaving cream.old the guys you need to invest in whip cream because it will not sting the young pitcher's eyes. >> rob: that is a time-honored tradition. it's shaving cream pies. >> debbi: come on. use ready whip. >> rob: i would love ready whip. you know those shaving cream bombs you get right in the face when you're playing. >> bob: here is aaron hill. >> rob: we have to do the three man lift for you. >> bob: zimmerman has a shot here! safe on a close play. >> rob: have you seen the three- man lift? ok. it's a prank. all right. >> bob: i've seen that. >> rob: here is this swinging bunt right here by aaron hill off the glove of zimmerman and -- zimmermann and then zimmerman comes in and almost picks him up. >> bob: that's a play guzman probably would have made had the ball been missed. pitchers, you talk about this all the time, rob. the instinct is anything you can reach, get it. >> rob: exactly. >> bob: vernon wells the hitter. i suppose in today's day and age, we would have to use low sugar or l

debbi taylor is standing with two such all stars here. >> debbi: this is such a great campaign by people magazine seen and major league baseball. i want to talk to you about two people. >> i run an organization called most valuable kids. we work with teams and private donors at venues and we get unused sporting events to get to under privilege kids and active military and their dependent. >> debbi: what does it mean for you to be honored. >> it is inspiring, humble. it inspires me to do more in the communities. there are a lot of people doing wonderful things and it's nice to get this recognition and be able to get the word out. >> debbi: another person doing a lot in the community is ryan. tell us a little bit about your work. >> i work for wounded warrior project which is a non-profit project that provides service to wounded service members from the global war on terrorism. i actually manage the warrior short program assisting with employment and then also the alumni program. i'm making sure that the warriors stay together after they have transitioned to the outside. >> debbi: i know y

it was great. >> debbi: it was a team effort but how about willie harris? he does it defensively, offensively. >> he made a great catch. he stole third and got the big run and the homerun. what can you say? i mean, that was pretty spectacular. >> johnny: tomorrow, you will have chance to visit with mike macdougal on the pre-game show. >> here was a guy who was released by the chicago white sox. that was not a deal that was raising eyebrows. it was like he was going to syracuse to see what happens. but he had a couple of years with kansas city where he was very, very effective. everything has that a little tail on it, he is throwing very hard. >> johnny: when you look at macdougal, villone, tavarez, a lot of veteran arms out there getting the job done. >> phil: they noticed with the younger guys out there that a lot of these guys work in pairs. a lot of guys had that deer in the headlight look. the veterans have seen it all. >> well, tomorrow, the nats will go for the sweep. we hope you will be with us. the red sox come into town after an off day on monday.

. >> debbi: a beautiful nigh the district. we are scoreless and we move to the top of the 3rd inning. combined, nats starters have a 2.02 e.r.a. here is more from manny acta on that. >> overall, when you play good defense, it gives guys confidence that they don't have to strike anybody out. that they don't have to be making the perfect pitch that if they are a sinker ball pitcher, they can sink the ball over the plate instead of trying to make guys chase. so that's a confidence booster to know that if guys put the ball into play, guys will make the plays. >> debbi: and it goes both ways, when pitchers are making good pitches, it keeps the infielders on their toes. >> bob: thank you, debbie. you know, manny acta always has something nice it say for us. you know something? he is the same guy as he was. that's the first hit of the game as raul chavez sneaks one under the glove of nick johnson. chavez now hitting .276 with that base hit. a great chance -- i'm not sure, but for brett cecil who has never had a major league at- bat.

debbie smith d.n.a. backlog program gives grants to states including rape kits to analyze rape samples and expand d.n.a. capacity. that money is making a difference and we must ensure it is available. congress provided $151 million to the grant program for fy 2009 and re-authorized the program at this level through fiscal year 2014. unfortunately, this bill cuts this by $5 million for the coming fiscal year. and my amendment would restore $251 million. i understand the budgetary constraints faced by the appropriations committee, this program is not reduced when the grants means protecting the lives of innocent americans and reducing sexual assaults and rapes. i thank congressman me shaud and maloney for their help. i will yield. mr. mollohan: this is an important program and we are inclined to accept his amendment. mr. nadler: i thank the gentleman. i reserve the balance of my time. mr. wolf: i claim time in opposition to the amendment. i'm not opposed. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is reco

wil nieves coming up and debbi taylor has more as we continue our coverage of this trade. >> debbi: that's right, bob. joel was definitely shocked. he understands it was a deal that had to be done. here is more from joel. >> kind of caught me off guard and i didn't figure that i'd get traded today or anytime soon really. they stuck with me through lot this year. i've had a great time here in dc. you know, they've been good to me. so, it's kind of tough, but change of scenery might be best thing for. >> debbi: of course, joel will especially miss his roommate john lannan. bob? >> bob: i did see reporters talking to john about his feelings today. of course, his rent just doubled. >> rob: i'm really going to miss my roommate. now i have to play the whole rate, the whole apartment rent. >> bob: i can't remember what debbi said last week who the sloppier one of the two was? wil told me last night he thought he hit it out, but it was to the very end of the scoreboard out there in left center. >> rob: he told me he was going to the gym at 11:00. he was going to the gym -- he was very disappointed

debbi taylor is stand by with him right now. >> debbi: thank you. the bullpen has been fantastic the last 17 games. your third save overall. e.r.a. under 3. and your first save here as a national. >> we have kind of turned it around from where we were earlier in the year. got some new guys in here. everybody has been pitching well. and for our team to come back like they did today and get a win, you want to go out there and throw a scoreless inninging and help them. >> debbi: this team clawed and scratched its way to a win. you didn't give up. the 8th inninging the way the guys were out there, what did you think of that? >> it is the same thing we did last night. we had that long rain delay. bottom of the 9th come back out and score some runs to tie it. and it is the same thing today. we just went out and kept fighting and scored some runs. >> debbi: finally, joe, what did you think of john lannan? he has only given up one earned run. >> he is the ace. he has been pitching great. he goes out there and atacts -- attacks the strike oern. >> -- zone. >

debbi taylor and adam dunn. >> debbi: ok. we talked before the game about carrying the momentum from new york into this series and you get the win tonight and your patience at the plate and --  >> we had opportunities to  the game away. we just didn't get that big hit. so, it was a good game to win. it was a long game. it was hot out here. it was a good gait game to win. >> debbi: you were down 0-2. what was your thawrt ?awt adjust swung underneath him. i told myself you don't have to hit the ball in the air. just hit. >> debbi: what a night of good pitching tonight. jordan zimmermann and bullpen were outstanding. >> they've been carrying us lately. they're low-scoring games. we're getting these wins and great pitching. we didn't play great defense tonight, but we got the win. >> debbi: good job tonight. adam dunn, thank you. back to bob. >> bob: frasor the loser. colome the winner. nats in 11 win it 2-1. jordan zimmermann was pretty good four hours ago. join us tomorrow, nats-jays, 6:30 with "nats xtra" tomorrow night

. >> debbie taylor is on the field. you've had a chance to visit with a couple of guys josh willingham and adam dunn. they have their sons here with them at the ballpark. >> first of ail, happy father's day to all the dads out there. the nationals have a very, very family oriented organization, and a lot of times we see the sons and daughters of the players in the clubhouse, on the field. we'd got to spend private time with them. through the eyes of our photographer. >> it's just a good experience for everybody. >> he's going to have that camera on you, look. hold your bat and hit it that way, okay. show them how you can hit it. run, run! come back and slide into home. hit the ball. there you go! that one boy. there he goes. >> just being able to spend some time with him and seeing him enjoy himself in the batting cage down there when we play baseball is special. >> i hope that they got a chance to see the youngsters, because i think willingham who's two and brady dunn who's two and a half might have a future. let's kee

debbi taylor, rob dibble, bob carpenter right here on masn 2. thousands of our best friends in the ballpark with us tonight and they're enjoying a good ballgame a-well-pitched game and a beautiful evening. here is a one pich out off of willie harris. -- one-pitch out off to willie harris. >> rob: you know what's great? not seeing black clouds over us. >> bob: sh., bite your tongue -- shhh, bite your tongue. >> rob: that was a great night. >> bob: i'm surprised somebody didn't ask what happened with a five-hour game delay. >> rob: somebody asked why didn't you do your radio show. we were busy eating cheese steaks. >> bob: i thought your answer to why didn't do you it because i could. >> rob: no, i would have gotten in trubl trouble if i said that. >> bob: i know. those bosses. >> rob: honestly d-they not keep updating the start time of the game. i mean, they had a new start time every 15 minutes. >> bob: yeah. >> bob: outside, 1-1. >> rob: reach deep right here, joshden. finish this inning. >> rob: there's the pitch tally. >> bob: one ball, one s

. >> thank you debbi taylor very much. trying to find debbi down in the field somewhere, couldn't spot her. johnny holliday with rob dibble. we're in the 8th inning trying to get something going. guzman, johnson and zimmermann. >> rob: guzman has a couple of knocks tonight including a triple. 0-12 on the night. that's where we're getting hurt. we've got to get it going. >> johnny: guzman is gone in the 8th. there's one down. nick johnson 0-3. they both came in last night, arthur rhodes starting as a terrific starter. works his way to the bullpen. boy, can he bring it. >> weathers is not bad either. >> rob: all state soccer player -- there you go. >> johnny: zimmermann next and adam dunn. 2-0 reds in the 8th. >> rob: time to get it done. come on, nick. >> johnny: take him deep. takes a breaking ball on the inside corner for a strike. 1-2. good eye at that time plate. 34 walk this is year. that's 10th best in the national league. harang seems to have one of the nights where nobody can catch up to him. >> rob: we challenge ou

. >> bob: with more on the rotation, debbi taylor. >> debbi: bob, craig stammen has faced tough lineups the giants, mets and the yankees. i asked manny acta how much of a confidence booster that can be for him. >> i believe he has. the fact he has pitched against those clubs and what they will do to give us enough innings, give us a chance to win, i think it can only help them. i think it helps these guys haven't seen him. if he can get out there and pound that sinker in the strike zone like he's done in the past, he could give as you good outing here. >> debbi: manny would like to have him improve the second and third time through the lineup. opponents are hitting .250 and 4 -- .415 against him. craig told me he's work on his mental approach and intends to pitch backyards a -- backwards a bit. >> bob: hope three no, more3-2 changeups to power hitters. when know when the pitching is better, the defense is better. it might be the wizardry of zimmerman or the good play combinations up the middle even willie harris up the middle. manny loves it when they play great d. over last three games

÷pñ)y@@p >> debbi: scoreless as we m to the top of the second inning.aig stammen told me last night that the young the starters are feeding off each other. they're good friends and a tight knit group. here is more from manny acta on that topic. >> they play together at some point. a couple of those guys are together before. they motivate each other and feed off each other and it's good. they don't have any type of competition going on, but they're trying to outdo each other, followup in each other's step every feist days. >> debbi: for jordan zimmermann, he told me he needs to continue to pound the zone. he has a really good strikeout to walk ratio. he has nearly four strikeouts to each walk. >> bob: that is correct, debbi. a strikeout in the first inning gave him 61. only 16 walks in 58 innings this year. as rob has pointed out on numerous occasions, part of his problem, some of the strikes are too good, overred middle of the plate, too hittable. that's why opponents are batting .279 and his vearks 5.37. this is adam lind hitting .308. he's a edmundsy,

back over to you byron. >> thanks a lot debbie. if you look at what the nationals have available at that spot, look at what mike rid el had talked about, it may not be the best draft out there but they still have three of the first 80 picks. they can still get some quality people. >> they can get another pitcher. what they are doing is just stacking up on great young arms and we already have a truck load of good young arms and it's been evidenced by what the young men do up here. you can talk about stay monday, detwiler, zimmerman, you get a guy like strays bourg, this just takes you to another level. you know, we haven't signed him but assuming we're going to sign him. worst-case scenario we get the number 2 pick next we're but we don't want to waste another year with a guy like aaron crow. tom seaver was called the franchise. why? because every time he went out there he won and he also had the mental attitude to make everybody around him beryl. that's what they are saying about steven strasbourg, this is a great day, a glows day

. >> debbi: we move to the bottom of the 6th inning. manny acta admitted that he was a little more fiery when he was in the minor league. >> i can't believe why people want to yell at somebody for having self-control. i have my own beliefs and my beliefs are that patience and self-control or the foundation for life for success. i'm not going to change it just to make everybody happy. >> debbi: i will tell you what, he will make everybody happy if this win streak continues. >> bob: . >> bob: thank you, debbie. he is going to be smiling because his leadoff man has an extra base hit. he has big triple until the outfielder stops him. 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 t

a little note about tomorrow night's outfield situation from debbie taylor. debbie?osh well ham is going to start in right field tomorrow and i asked josh when is the last time you played out there and started out there and he said "never" have, but i'm looking forward to it.." >> johnny: thank you debbie. josh has been under the weather, bouncing back nicely, thank you. >> rob: he had some kind of viral infection. >> johnny: upset stomach, i know that. >> rob: a lot of that goin' around ball clubs. >> johnny: count is 1 ball, one strike, batter in the sixth. detwiler ahead one ball and two strikes. next is the reds pitcher johnny cueto, he was able to get a walk out of detwiler his last trip up.  1-2, gonzalez fouls it off right side.  cincinnati comes to t these three ball games having lost three of their last four ball games. last time they won here in washington way back in '06. april 26th. and they are hanging tough in that center behind the nationals dugout. 3 1/2 games behind milwauk

you caught something talking to debbi taylor. >> it's a part of leadership. to the center of the plate because he was just missing with his fastball. that's the first time i've heard the assertiveness, but i've seen the assertiveness from john for the last probably month. there's just a different attitude. i don't know what it is. we always call it that it. he has it. he has it on the mound, that special something. he's starting to express it. even in the way that he talks, he's developing, i don't think it's an eric but it's a very positive oh aura or attitude about his confidence as a pitcher. he expects to go out there and win. >> a confidence swagger maybe would be the term? >> i like that. that's why you get paid all the big bucks. confidence swagger. >> shall we talk about the nationals offense today. they did score two, came up in the fourth inning. they scored another run in the sixth and that wasn't all. they scored another run in the seventh and they win it 5-3. >> fourth inning, zimmerman doubled. fastball down, 2-1 count. as he ripped that ball to

>> debbi, thank you very much. 224 home runs for dunn last six years. only pujols has more.hat's pretty good stick work. >> pretty good. who was last guy to wear the washington uniform? i'm sure you listened may 6, 19 p 0 western frank howard hit 300 against rudy may against the angels -- of the angels. >> i was going to say that but you took the words out of my mouth. stick around. we'll continue. johnny holliday and. mr. baseball in washington, phil wood. coming right back at you after these messages. ♪ ♪ 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 somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. >>> welcome back, everybody. "nats xtra" pregame on masn. johnny holliday along with phil wood. great night for baseball. great weekend series against the toronto blue jays just happens to lead the major leagues in hits with 674. they're going to throw brian tallet tonight at the nationals against jordan zimmermann. >> brian tallet is 31-year-old left-hander 6'6

. >> debbi: now, josh bard is hitting .385 with runners in scoring position. he told me today that he credits former orioles and his former padres hitting coach for giving him the proper mindset with runners on base. >> jim h.: thank you very much. >> when nobody's on, you feel like you have to hit a double or drive a ball. but he says like when guys are in runners are in scoring position, just hit a single. don't try to do too much and i think that that's helped me to really zone pitches up. the pressure's on them, it's not on me. so a lot of it's just mindset. >> debbi: bard is hitting .400 for the month of june and he said it's his work with rick that's helped him. rick said he's got a great routine, he simplified his approach at the plate and he shortened his swing which is very difficult to do at the big league level. >> jim h.: all right, debbi, thank you. >> rob: the more he catches, the more reps he gets at the plate, we really see the offense coming out of the bard now. but he's also, like i said, last night calling better games, defensively he's gott

debbi taylor down there in florida. we'll take a break ton with more of "nats xtra" pregame here on masn. it's game two of the three-game series. we'll get some nightly notes coming up for you. also, check the starting lineups for both ball clubs when we come back right after this. fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. (announcer) switch to verizon fios tv, phone and internet today and get an ultra-sleek compaq mini netbook. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities >>> welcome back, everybody. johnny holliday, ray knight. "nats xtra" pregame here on masn brought to you by verizon wireless. for the nationals, -- for the marlins, emilio bonifacio, first home run inside the park job against julian tavarez hoping day -- opening day when they faced the nationals. he

that could have been quite a coup. >> host: thank you, debbie. >> guest: thank you very much, debbie. my view at that moment a was just a slip of the town because in the context what she was saying that point it really made no sense at all and so i took that to be needy have been right or wrong but i took that to be a slip of the town and she didn't mean osama bin laden but she meant somebody else who's name i knew that day and today it's slightly faded, but so that was why i didn't, but you are quite right i did that interview in november with benazir bhutto after the attempted assassination on october 18th and she had announced on the program she was going to run. this was on al jazeera english, frost over the world and then we did an interview tragically and sadly on december 27, which was the last interview she ever gave when she was just planning to return. december 27 by should say is the day of the assassination, the interview was early december but it was the last interview she ever did and she was talking in dubai where her family were and so on and talking about how her fami

bob, rob and debbi and our masn crew here on masn 2. johnny and ray are straight ahead with "nats xtra." but a very important out to get here in the 8th inning. and it's taking a while. bases loaded.   >> bob: third base, ramirez doubled, all of this after two outs. cantu walked intentionally after the count went to 2-0. and then uggla who doesn't walk much, the bases are loaded with two outs for cody ross and he's 0 for 3. cody ross has three grand slams this year. so does hanley ramirez. who has hit two in the last week and a half. >> rob: sometimes you don't have to tell everything. >> bob: but if tavarez doesn't throw any strikes, a bases loaded walk will be a dagger as well. >> rob: wil nieves goes out for a little chitchat. manny acta will go out and have a little chitchat. what's going on. one of the biggest outs of the game right here, julian. >> bob: rain starting to fall again.   >> bob: this guy's almost unstoppable when a count gets to this point. >>

both his grandparents served in world war ii. >> johnny: thank you, debbi. trying to get on track. once he gets going again, look out. leads the ball club in rbis and homeruns. the thing with micah owingses -- >> rob: he flicks it in. he reminds me of ken hill who used to short-arm the ball like that. kind of deceptive. used to seeing that big pendulum swing behind a guy. >> johnny: adam pops it up behind second. long run for taveras and he's got it. two down and gonzalez retreating back to first. talking about guys getting hit, accidents. remember herb score got hit in the face with a line-drive. never was the same after that. >> rob: bob feller was on memorial day and he talked about that. that is the toughest part about this game when you see someone that is total lented and in a -- so talented and in a split second change your career. i always had that in the back of my mind. i only hit 12 guys in my career. and never near the neck or head area. >> johnny: only hit 12. >> rob: you should have looked that up. 1979 faced, 12 hit batters. >> johnny: mr. akwar yus, i appreciate tha

host: thank you, debbie. guest: well, my view of that particular moment was that it was just a slip of the time. in the context of what she was saying at that point, it really made no sense at all, and so i took that to be a slip of the tongue, and she did not mean osama bin laden. but she meant somebody else's name. i knew that that day, and today it is slightly faded. that is why i did not. you are quite right, i did that interview in november with benazir bhutto after the attended assassination on october 18. she announced on the program, on al jazeera english, across the world. then we get an interview tragically, and sadly, on december 27, which was the last interview she ever gave, when she was just planning to return. december 27, i should say, was the day of the assassination. the interview was early in december. but it was one of the last thing she ever did. she was talking in dubai about her family wanting to go back to fight for democracy and freedom in the country. her children were urging her on,

. >> down in south florida at land shark stadium is debbi taylor. they changed the name they tell me back in my, used to be dolphin stadium. looks to me like you're in the dugout. might there be precipitation in the area? >> of course, johnny, it's florida, it always rains down here. we'll have more on that in a moment. but how about josh willingham, he's been outstanding lately. in his last 17 games he's raised his batting average 65 points, he's now hitting .278. i talked to him about that and also about facing some familiar faces on the marlins. >> absolutely. you know, there's a lot of people that i care about here, that i spent a lot of time with. went to war with, and playing a lot of games with. so it's nice to come back and see people, but i want to beat them tonight. >> you're hitting .454 since june 20. what's been the key to your consistens iscy at the plate? >> i think just getting pitches that i can handle, and just trying to hit them hard. i'm not trying to do too much with them. trying to hit the ball hard. luckily when i have hit the

>> bob: thank you, debbi taylor. manny very involved in the d.c. community.he has a heart for kids. he has a heart for those less fortunate. and right now the job number one is to get out of this game without having your bullpen totally destroyed for the weekend. jesus colome will be the fourth washington pitcher. he'll take over here, bottom seventh. >> jim: the good thing about being on the road and down by 10 lune runs that you know that they here not going to bat the ninth inning. again -- well, i mean, you're not going to have to save an inning there. >> rob: you're counting us out already? >> jim: i'm just saying it is leaning that way as albert gonzales comes in to play third base and ryan zimmerman gets the rest of the night off. >> bob: he needs a blow every now. ryan plays just about every inning in every game for the nats. robert andino leads off, bottom seven against yes sus colome. >> rob: sometimes it is easier to come back off of a blow-out loss instead of maybe a 2-1 bottom of the ninth loss. >> jim: i know you were a reliever, but when i lost

back to byron and ray. >> thank you, debbi. we are pulling for shane to make it from the 34th round. it would be nice to see that name come up. the draft is over. they got the 51 players. they have some guys with lineage that could be good for the nationals in the future. >> ray: yeah they do. there's nothing like genetics. [laughter]. >> ray: you see a lot of things going good when you get guys that know how to play the game. any time that you draft a pitcher's son, you can bet from the time he was 6, 7, 8 years old, he has been at least taught the right way. and he's got the right way of thinking. sometimes those guys may not have as good stuff but they know how to pitch. it is just like my dad always said, he is a ballplayer. he may not be the fastest guy or the guy to hit with the most power or throws the hardest, but he knows how to play the game. >> all those picks for the nationals, stephen strasburg is on. also in our covering the bases segment today, 1st baseman adam dunn. we are going to learn a lot about adam dunn, h

there was a principal in new york city named debbie, a muslim american and had worked in the department of education for 15 years as a kindergarten teacher in public schools. then new york city had the idea of starting a dual language arabic language school. new york city has many dual language schools, chinese english, spanish english, and so forth. so the idea was to start an arabic english school. there was a concern that there aren't enough people who speak arabic in this country who can work for our country in issues of national security and in all different arenas. and, but immediately upon the announcement of this school by the dough in new york, -- department of education in new york, there was a real skepticism by many in the media and especial thri conservative media that this school would not only be an arab eek lish school but would instill values of the islamo facist movement. in other words, be a breeding ground for anti-american sentiment. of course,, thsk a new york city public school. it was under the ejiss of joel kline, the chancellor of the board of education and had

. >> debbie taylor is on the case of george washington conspicuously missing on father's day. fastball outside. %%- one ball, one strike. he's only managed a couple of singled and two walks this ere he is with the double right up there withbrian  roberts and texas michael young. fair ball. nick has to go backhand. nick puts it to him. didn'treally have time to square up for a conventional throw. >> the best part about this play is that. >> the other thing i saw at the tail end of that play. i'm not sure i've seen many pitchers do it. he had the poise to run with his glove open. >> you're taught to do that. you're also taught to run down the line so he doesn't come up with his heels and spike you. see how he did a direct loin to the bag? you want to find first base 5 feet before the bag and try to run up the line with the runner so he doesn't spike you. >> rios pulls it foul, and the count is 1-1. >> giving him a target is an excellent idea, and that's what they try to teach you in spring training.

. >> rob: when debbi taylor left, i said make sure you get the player of the game for the nationals. she assured me she would. >> johnny: 1-2 pitch to jerry hairston. swing and a miss. macdougal strikes out two here in the top of the 10th 10th. ryan zimmermann leads off for the nationals. we go to the last of the 10th at nats park. @@ this is humiliating. stand still so we can get an accurate reading. okay...um...eighteen pounds and a smidge. a smidge? y'know, there's really no need to weigh packages under 70 pounds. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service, if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. cool. you know this scale is off by a good 7, 8 pounds. maybe five. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. >>> well the nationals tied ballgame up in the 9th inning. things not looking too good. josh bard and gonzalez came through with base hits. >> rob: josh willingham drew a walk. single down the right field line. alberto gonzalez had the tying run. bottom of the 10th inning. >> rob: this might be

>> debbi: he probably has a strained quad. probably day-to-day, bob. >> bob: and then tavarez came up. i would love to see adam dunn swing at anything that's close in this at-bat. he does not need our advice but adam did strike out on a borderline pitch in the 9th when we would rather see him hacking. it was 3-2 delivery and he could have been the potential winning run at first. he gets under that one. it's going to stay in the park. second out. elijah dukes had the ford drive of the game that put the nats up. >> 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 nu

. >> rob: john lannan's roommate we learned last night thanks to debbi taylor. i don't know if i'd lit her go through my drawers and stuff when i was a single guy. >> bob: 3-2 pitch. that's trouble. right-field line. scott rolen heading for third. dukes makes a good play to cut it off. it will be second and third, one out. now the error really hurts. that's quite an at-bat by alex rios. >> rob: 3-2 fastball away. rios goes with it. good peet piece of hitting by him. he's trying to stay alive. nice job sliding to cut that ball off. get that back in as quickly as possible. >> bob: when you couple this together with the bottom of the seventh, this has been a rough 20-25 minutes. nats had the bases loaded one out after second and third, nobody out. now the blue jays a similar situation here in the top of the eighth. >> rob: you can't give good teams extra chances. >> bob: front door breaking ball up and over to lyle overbay. he's 0-1 with a pair of walks.   >> rob: hitting against left-handed pitchers this year. all th

later debbi taylor will tell us about some nationals minor leaguers who have garnered some honors thisk. good to know when your minor league guys are the best in their leagues at what they do for a certain period of time. the top three in the order, 0 for 6 tonight. that's high strike. >> bob: now, yesterday in baltimore, jim joyce didn't call a pitch like that a strike all day. so tonight you have a different umpire who is calling the high strike. he tries to stay up there, but he's too high. the nationals first five hitters, 1 for 10 with the zimmerman home run. so a base runner needed here in the fifth inning to get something going at that point in the order. willie late for it and he knocks it right into his own dugout. >> rob: hornsby didn't hit as many home rubs. 301 home runs, 1584 rbi, but a lifetime batting average of .358 for rogers hornsby. over 23 years. >> bob: he didn't have any maple bats. picked off by cantu. that will be it. the nats go in order in the top of the fifth. @@ppxxúúxx÷xpp@@ >> bob: nats fans are all over the place tonight here at land shark stadium. a lot

bob carpenter, rob dibble, debbi terrell. our nationals version of our masn crew reunited here after a couple of our guys had the weekend off. we were working with the baltimore crew. great to have them back. here's cody ross with one out in the bottom of the 7th. the orioles came in here last week and were swept by the marlins. so our wise guy stage manager/stats man paul newman indicated to me that the marlins are 9-0 on masn this year. time to do something about that. >> rob: time to break that streak. i remember the yankees were 23- 0 allowing three runs or less to their opponent. >> bob: and the nats got them twice, didn't they? of all people, they said. my lasting impression of that series will be walking out of the ballpark thursday night and a security guy came up to me and said, if we miss the playoffs by one game, we will remember the washington nationals. >> rob: the mets a few years ago really remember the nats. took five out of six the last two weeks of the season. they missed the playoffs. >> bob: he pulls the s

. >> johnny: johnny holliday, rob dibble, debbi taylor with you this afternoon on a rare thursday afternoon ballgame for the nationals. 2-2 to gomes. 3 balls and two strikes. >> rob: julian got a little bill squirrely right there. overthrows the slider a little too much. >> johnny: 2-1 ballgame in the top of the 8th. bouncing ball foul down the 3rd base line. keep in mind coming up after this ballgame on our nats xtra post game, it will be byron kerr and ray knight talking about lannan's attacking the cincinnati line-up today. man in acta's press conference as always and a look ahead to the ballgame tomorrow night in tampa. and gomes draws base on balls. so, gomes is on with two outs and ramon hernandez looking for his first hit of the afternoon. we will see what he can do against julian tavarez. it is amazing, rob, in all the years julian has been pitching going back to his debut of 1993 with cleveland. he's only been touch eded the homeruns -- no homeruns last year. none with the red sox when he was pitching for them. and most of the years have been under 10 allowed. or given up. >> rob:

also said documentary of debbie bd ball which is excellent. i want to ask you, had you feel about ida b. wells being the precursor of the generation of the 1960's that believed in bearing arms cracks there's a tendency to jump from slavery to the 60s and it skipped over which is a terrible injustice as far as i am concerned and lastly, ida b. wells what was the conclusion of marcus garvey? let me begin with marcus garvey. she liked but young black nationalist leader. soleil tim because he was a grass-roots leader that the people actually made him the leader or superimposed by others she did worry about the boat scheme at. [laughter] she knew she would get in trouble with that. and it is very interesting lucky into the military intelligence files, you realize that the military intelligence started following marcus garvey because he was hanging out with ida b. wells. and also one conclusion says marcus garvey is a dangerous erase agitated but it ida b. wells is more dangerous. but i'd love bishop turner he was one of the few men, besides her hus

. >> debbie, thank you very much. bouncing ball to second base. easy play for hernandez.  we're at the top bomb of third here at national's ball park.  johnny cueto on the mou after a walk and a base hit in that inning the reds lead 1-0.  and nick johnson in for second time tonight, hit into a double play back in the first inning. >> rob: that hurt, that 6-4-3 in the first inning. zimmerman got a single. a walk walk and eric strategic out.  . >> johnny: ryan zimmerm deck and then adam dunn. >> rob: like i said i was talking to jar adjuster again son, he says he takes it off in atlanta, at most. so you're talking about, you know, a real young kid, 28 years old for adjuster again, learned a lot from smoltz and glavine and those guys and he works well with his catcher. those are all things that help you at this level. >> johnny: and we talked during the inning break about the catching situation with n

one of those relievers ron villone telling debbi taylor back in the clubhouse this was a big win for the ball club. >> to have a win after we played the last couple of nights. young starters are doing great keeping us in the game and pitching their butts off. >> what did you think of jordan zimmermann today? >> he looked pretty nasty. looked like he had command of everything and the guys pulled it out at the end. >> do you feel too the bullpen is starting to get into a good groove? >> i don't think fwheer a good groove. i think we're getting a chance to go out and have an opportunity to do the right thing -- things and make pitches and execute. it's just everybody is playing. >> does it help that you pretty much know when you're going to come in? >> it doesn't matter to me really. i hope i don't ever have to be told i'll have a role. i don't care for it. some guys they like it. they enjoy it. doesn't matter as long as we have a win. roles are secondary. >> what was going through your mind when adam was down 0-2 in the 11? >> i don't know if you're aware of this, but you were 0-8 in e

earlier our own debbie taylor had a chance to catch up with acting general manager mike rucinsky oh.thank you johnny. how thrilled are you, mike, to have stephen strasburg on your team. >> we're excited to be able to draft a guy like stephen strasburg, a great physical sized pitcher who has great credentials and we're happy to have him. >> you also add the premier college closer in drew store storen. >> i love his get after it, and the package to pitch at the bag end of a ball game. >> what impact can these two players have on the organization and how soon? >> they are both quick to the beg leagues guys, as we phrase it, there is a lot of things thatting into it, developmental time, but they are college pitchers from great college programs and both throw strikes with good stuff so we expect them on a faster path than most players but, you know, we're just excited about having them in the organization and it increases our inventory and the power arms that we have in the organization and it's a great day for the nats. >> okay. thank you for a couple minutes. let's go back over to johnn

debbi agrees with me for batting practice. you could feel it after the nats won two straight games over the yankees. >> rob: do you agree with them? i thought he was lying again? >> bob: yes. i'm not make this go stuff up. >> rob: come on. >> bob: you can't make this stuff up. >> rob: i still don't believe vernon wells played in the cfl. >> bob: ryan zimmerman, breaking ball taken 2-2. >> rob: what team? >> bob: if it was the toronto argue thoughts, that would really be -- argonauts, that would really be ironic. i'll have it do more research. >> rob: is it the calgary stampeders? >> bob: i used love to the montreal alouettees. >> rob: the rough riders. >> bob: zimmerman. they're not going to throw them a -- throw him a fastball down the middle. blue jays do have another left- hand her in their bullpen. he's someone we know pretty well. >> rob: rod barajas is a very wide man, and you see him lean the chest forward, keep it in front. it would be hard to get it by that man. >> bob: b.j. ryan is not warming up right now. it's shaw

. >> debbi touched on it with the bullpen.t that they have pitched the way they have over the last 2-3 week period, with as much maligned as they were as a group, how good is that to see for you and what does it do for their confidence? >> it is good for us and the rest of the ball club. obviously confidence has risen up for them. i think the big part of it has been having beimel back and having colome and tavarez. those few veteran guys around those other guys to settle them down. i think they have done a very good job. we are not saying we are going to be lights out the rest of the season. hopefully we are, but they have been pitching pretty good for the last 3 or 4 weeks. macdougal was unavailable today. he threw two innings and pitched the night before. >> having all those runners on base, did you feel like once you have got the first two guys on in the 8th, this was going to be different? you were going to get the runs there? >> yeah. i felt like we got the first two guys on with the right people um at the plate. three's

he was the number 1 pick for tampa bay in 2007 and byron kerr filling in for debbi taylor had a chanceo catch up with the tampa bay. >> if you want to see a post at how things will be like for stephen strasburg, here is david price. he was the number 1 pick for tampa bay. we'll take you to the first day just like stephen strasburg felt. how did you feel that day you were drafted. >> that was a big day. there was a bill lull between the day i got drafted and the time i got signed. i wasn't going to go play because i had a long season in college, so i had a lot on my hands and a lot of time to rest up. >> what do you think about stephen strasburg from san diego state? >> i hear he is the real deal. i heard nothing but good stuff about him. so that's good. >> what kind of advice do you have for him as he goes through what you went through? >> just enjoy it. take your time. don't rush it. if he opens up in the big league, good luck to him. that's a big dinse, going from that 7 days to 5 days, that's the big thing for me. you can feel it on your arm every time you go out. during the course

with more on scott olsen, here's debbi. >> well, the 25-year-old coming into this season had 31 careercta said before the game he wanted to see more of that scott olsen. he wanted him to get more first pitch strikes. scott's only win this season came april 29th at philadelphia. >> bob: in that ballgame, scott olsen went 5 2/3, struck out six and walked a couple. he went seven against the marlins at home. the nats had a late meltdown. he was up 6-3, but he left that game and the nats lost it. hanley ramirez 2 for 2 with a singular approach tonight. he's taken the ball up the middle twice, once for an rbi. >> rob: last time we saw him, he was struggling. >> bob: when you see a guy hitting hard line drives and base hits up the middle, that means he's locked in. the home runs will come when you have that approach. he's only hit 12 which is prizing, but he is in the top 10 in the league in rbi's. he's also in the top three in the league in hits. he's only five base hits away from 100 now. olsen gives him some breaking stuff to get him out. nine straight for scott olsen who just got his fift

. >> bob: that's the way you've got to feel and that's the way he went up there, debbi taylor, with hise hit that ball 400-plus out to left center. what a big presence he is. he's another reason this line- up is starting to click. uggla, ross and paulino for the marlins against scott olsen. dan uggla typical season for him, low batting average, good power numbers. he is often and all or nothing hitter in his major league career. signed by mike rizzo originally for $1,000 with the diamondbacks out of the university of memphis. memphis state at that time. and that's a good fastball outer half. >> rob: so far so good for scott olsen. he looks free and easy. is he just comfortable in letting the ball go, and he is. >> bob: challenge him with a fastball right in there. >> rob: sometimes you come back and you keep looking for that phantom pain and you're kind of always checking out your arm. put it behind him mentally, he'll be fine. >> bob: the marlins swept baltimore here, then they went to tampa bay and didn't hit. their five through eight hitters were a combined 4 for 32 in that three-gam

we will talk more and debbi is going to have more on adam dunn.the top of the second scoreless in washington. úúpp÷÷ >> we are back and scoreless we move to the 2nd inning. the nats hosting adam dunn's former team. adam's dad said he coached all three of his sons and adam, who was the middle child wasn't always easy to coach. >> coaching adam was hard as anybody could imagine because he always thought he knew

let's go to debbi taylor standing by with a very special guest, adam dunn's wife rachel. >> that is right. it is a great story how she met adam. tell us the story. >> we actually met when i was in college and a mutual friend introduced us. it is a guy that adam still plays with, it is austin kearns. >> what has it been like for you living in d.c.? >> it has been fun. thts a great city. there's so much history here and adam and i are both history buffs. we have been enjoyed being here and getting to do a little sightseeing. it has been fun. it is a change. >> of course you have your son, brady on your lap. and you are expecting another one. congratulations. now, tell us a little bit about adam as a dad. is he strict or is he easy going? >> he is a very fun dad. he always wants brady to mind but they have a ball together. it is fun to see them both grow and change and brady's just now at the age where he loves his daddy and he misses him when he is gone. it is both good and bad. >> adam played football before you met him in college before he went to college excuse me. have you ever thought

. >> johnny: debbie thank you very much. you can see the list of the major league. >> rob: going old. mike rizzo dana brown, i know they helped build up that arizona razorback prospects, a lot of old guys in there, a lot of college guys. >> johnny: so they go to the bottom of the sixth at national agencies park. adam dunn trying to get the nationals back in this ball game trailing 3-1.  with only three base hits t far for washington tonight. . >> rob: the one thi just looked it up, i knew there was something professional about cueto, he has a change-up to go, he learned from mario soto and that's his equalizer, i knew he had great fastball, change-up, but he learned it from mario soto down in the dominican republican. >> johnny: a high fly down the left field line, going to drift up in the stands foul. nice run by jonny gomes the try to run it down.  so  soto some is th taught him that. >> rob: yes. >> johnny: good guy to learn it from. r