furcal, nice feed. there you see dewitt, who came up to the major leagues as their future 3rd baseman. now he's playing 2nd base. look how tall dewitt is. this is out of the box. justin is digging, digging, digging. if you turn and look at the play, you're probably going to be out at 1st. >> bob: atilano, crowding that plate a little bit. that's ball 2. he stands 6'2", 218 from puerto rico. he was drafted in the sandwich round back in '03. he was the 35th overall player taken. >> rob: then he got a new ligament in his elbow. the scouting report, right on time. >> bob: nats made haeger throw 22 pitches in the 1st inning. now he's up to 45 because he has a strikeout and a walk in this inning. atilano is being a pest, fouling off some pitches here. >> rob: this is like yesterday with lee vaughn with jimenez. >> bob: pitch number 7 coming. he looks at ball 3. do you throw him a fastball here? >> rob: you don't want to walk the pitcher. i'd think he's so confident in the knuckle ball that it'll look as big a

. >> bob: rafael furcal is healthy again. he's 10th in the league in batting. the first pitch of his major league career is a strike. we're underway at 7:06. furcal as an on-base average of .716. not the most patient hitter an. there's a good sign. a ground ball to start the ball game. 70 degrees under partly cloudy skies here. you can visit trainsearch.com and locate an independent train dealer near you. it's hard to stop a train. >> rob: big thing for the kid, just try and be yourself. do the same stuff you're doing in the minor leagues. do it here. don't try and do something you're not capable of doing. >> bob: garrett anderson was in the national league last year. he's now with the dodgers and off to a slow start at .192. he's always been around a .2 00 hitter. he had 15 years with anaheim. over 270 homers and nearly 500 doubles during that time. late reaction by the hitter. late reaction means the pitcher's got some late-moving stuff going. of course, the dodgers, other than maybe an inning or so in spring training, haven't seen this pitcher. that ball is

rafael furcal comes around to score and the dodgers just like that take a 4-3 lead.hat a ball game this was. guess what, the nationals are not giving up. jim riggleman and the team say all i care about is we've got a chance. you've got to stick with me, guys. two on for ian desmond. he hits one to third. here comes pudge rodriguez. is pudge going to make it? no, he's out. pudge rodriguez tries to make good but is he out at home plate. with that the nationals lose, 4-3 in 13 innings. >>> that's going to do it for your sports on this sunday morning. i'm lindsay czarniak. have a great day. >> a different kind of sporting event i think. if you've heard of eating contests for hot ca dogs and those sorts of things what, about asparagus. >> the asparagus eating championship was yesterday in california. >> it was a great contest. the crowd was definitely on my side. i definitely was able to push harder than everybody else i think. >> at least he was smiling. five time champion joey chess enough of won the competition again this year. he ate an amazing eight pounds seven ounc

rafael furcal will come in in to score. martin batting .308 on the season. washington, they left 15 runners on base. that hurts. >> pirates-astros. first inning, pirates pitcher chris jakubauskas called up from the minors, making his first start of the season, hit near his right ear by the lance berkman line shot, examined by an astros team doctor and sent to methodist hospital for further tests. team says he will be kept at the hospital overnight for observation. still to come, ben roethlisberger has had a rough couple weeks. he's writing down his thoughts. find out what he has to say. it's a sad story in baltimore these days. why 17 hits wasn't enough against boston. national car rental knows i'm picky. so, at national, i go right past the counter... and you get to choose any car in the aisle. choose any car? you cannot be serious! okay. seriously, you choose. go national. go like a pro. and she said hair was growing back... i was like, yes, this works... [ male announcer ] only rogaine is proven to regrow hair in 85% of guys. puhh puhh puhh putt and that'

. >> bob carpenter: if he can get ethier you face furcal.strike, ethier throws it away. >> rob dibble: you are never as good as the starting pitcher. a guy throwing a game like this, you don't get the pitcher and leave him out there. scott wants to be out there on first, possible home run, leave him out there. you change momentum, dodgers would be tickled if you could take him out of the game. >> bob carpenter: storey could have pitched it. he goes with ethier. double play ball. guzman. yes. 6-4-3. this ball game is into the 7th inning stretch. nationals turn a dan dee, desmond gave that ball to guzman plenty early. he had a long way to go rob. >> rob dibble: you don't take him out of the game. he gets a great pitch right there. made the pitch. got the ground ball double play deserves to come out and still have a chance to win this ball game. >> bob carpenter: nationals turn their 18th double play of the year. another beauty from desmond and guzman. here is rachel schneider. ♪ [ music ] ♪ god bless america, land that i love, stand beside her