had to throw a bunch of pitches to strike out dexter fowler.after an easy fly ball out by morgan who is 4-17 as a nat here is nick johnson who walked his first time. >> rob: that's the thing about nick even when he is not hitting well he finds way to get on base with that great batting eye of his. he has now walked 49 times. nats in the top 8 in the national league. >> rob: iannatta doesn't like what he has done to his pitcher. now you've got zimmerman after a long 2nd inning standing on first. he will be out there awhile. >> bob: yeah. been awhile since nick johnson has gone deep. one month and one day again against the mets on june 6th. all-star is next. nick johnson rolls one through the right side. zimmerman will stop at second base. he never even thought about it. he knows who is out there. other thing is not just hawpe's arm but who is coming upment your nbc 3 and 4 hitters and now the nationals from the last seven batters have collected all four of their hits against jason hammel. >> rob: i was thinking more don't use all that energy. he

dexter fowler. morgan trying but cannot. one hop over the wall. rockies up 2-0. 5-0 in the -- 5th. math nay as well for the orioles today in seattle. matinee as well for the orioles today in seattle. david hernandez. os >>> venus williams last week taking on the castle. tonight the designated star is somebody with no title. the st. louis aces on court at castle stadium. anna the most famous athlete in history who never won anything. granted that's a little unfair. she did win a couple of big doubles titles but nothing in singles and she does own the record for the most internet downloads in history which i guess is something. >>> stage 5 tour de france. another wind swept ride. less than one second behind the leader is lance armstrong. tomorrow goes into spain ending in barcelona. >>> dc soccer fans. team u.s.a. hosting honduras at jfk stadium. as you probably know for the last two weeks honduras has been in the midst of massive political unrest with the military having to place the president in exile and escalating violence occurring in the streets. hardly the ideal backdrop for a

dexter fowler on deck.t side. >> bob: all of the 1-0 gains would be what you would call ah, or at, after thermodo, or humidor. every one of those games since the humido railroad was put into use. none this year. so here you go. oh, they had him picked off, before never looked, and guzman has only one play, to first. all right. let's have a lock at the rockies highlights. brought to you by geico. opposite field. that was an 0-2 pitch. his 55th rbi. the games only run. >> was there was one game here september 14th of last year, when the rockies beet the dodgers 1-0 in extra innings. the only time a game has ever gone nine scoreless here. >> rob: unlike albertpujols,, helton, only 855 strikeouts, 1,080 walks. age major leaguer with that kind of time in, you strike out, more walks than strikeouts, .427 on base percentage. >> bob: 0-2 pitch to barmes. >> rob: oh, come on, angel! been a strike all night. well, this high outside strike has been called by angel hernandez all night. >> bob: that was right on the low

dexter fowler, his 21st rbi.eries after going oh-fer eight with two walks. >> rob: he came into this inning with 52 fastball, two changeups, and staying with the fastball, fowler hits it away from him. >> bob: now, i always thought that staying with the fastball the first time through the lineup would set up a little variety the second time around. >> rob: you would be right. for wil nieves and ross tieded they were going to stay with more fastballs today than off- speed changeups. >> bob: this guy is a running threat out there. and there is another one and willingham is going to get there. josh was playing way off the line. the rockies get another run on a pair of doubles. willingham turns it and hernandez. they're ahead in the fifth. 'm ! 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  >> bob: on a beautiful

detwilerorking to dexter fowler. fowler hits it deep to right center. look at this.unces up and over the wall for the ground-rule double. one runner will score off the hit. rockies take the 2-0 lead. then in the bottom of the fifth inning, rockies were up 2-0. bases loaded. rips one down the left-field line. that's going to clear all of the bases. all three runners score. triple. that would be all for detwiler. the bottom of the fifth we go. and in that situation, it would be tyler clifford. and who is then facing clint. he will get ahold of this one and pops one up. easy out. right? watch this closely. nationals struggled. nieves boost it is ball. take another look. nieves drops the easy pop-up and nats commit three errors in that game. dropped the game 10- 4. head to houston for a makeup tomorrow. mariners hosting the orioles in the matinee. bottom of the first. hernandez facing jose lopez, runner on. lopez gets ahold of and it deep to left field. two-run blast. lopez's 12th of the season. mariners able to judgment open the board and take a quick 2-0 lead. the thir

against colorado.abt dexter fowler, leadoff batter,rs plenty of good seats still rht.ss that play, and they missed troy tulowitzki and jared atkins, as well. they all missed the ball. santana was on his game. mets win it 7-0. cubs half game behind st. louis going into today. and the national league central, afternoon game against the houston astros, and kosuke fukudome, a triple in the seventh for the second straight day. the cubs annihilate the astros, 12-0 wednesday, 12-3 this afternoon moving enter a temporary tie with st. louis atop the division. big news in l.a. the dodgers acquired george sherrill from baltimore for just two prospects. sherrill is eighth in the league for a terrible baltimore team with 20 saves. he joins jonathan broxton in the bullpen. it's time now for the "baseball tonight" daily beat here on espnews where we check in with beat reporters from around the big league. the biggest news today, david ortiz and manny ramirez reportedly on the list of 104 players who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003. we're now joined by kevin ba

and that one drops in important of nyjer morgan and dexter fowler has his   they have a number two hitter with 43 runs batted in. clint barmes is one of the best guys in the lead in that spot. he can give himself runners, but he can also drive some in. here is todd helton. and really when you look at the nats' bullpenno excuses. they have lots of rest toward the end of last week into this week because the starters were going pretty deep, ease pcialtly lannan and olson for two consecutive days and then stanen who pitched seven full innings here monday night. 2-1. >> rob: we're not the only ball club that has trouble in the bullpen. now they're going through it. they made the point before the game. oliver perez is pitching for the mets tonight. >> bob: that's how bad it has gotten for them. the nationals announced this morning that matt chico is now done with his medical rehab and now he is pitching. he is about to be pitching at double-a harrisburg. 2-2 to todd helton and the nationals are a little outside. the 2-2 pitch right here. you have to go back door on helton. t

and then ryan spilborghs who hit for dexter fowler stays in to play left field.'re dealing with huston street who saved the ballgame last night with a pitching to contact one, two, three 9th inning. >> bob: nationals top of the order. morgan was at the plate when austin kearns fell down between first and second and was picked off. >> bob: morgan, johnson, zimmerman possibly dunn here in the top of the 9th. ball 1 high. by the way, we have the possibility of a pitcher winning this game without throwing a pitch. blap   . >> rob: you're the tying run you've got to get on base. >> bob: 93 on that heater by street. past 20 saves only blown one. he has a scoreless inning streak of seven and a third which is pretty good for a closer. that's like seven, eight games. slaps the fastball out of play. >> rob: he was trying to take it to left field. >> rob: that's what we would call a flasher. just trying to put the ball over the infield. then he is in business. >> bob: slaps that one to troy tulowitzki to the left. got it in the big glove and t