and this is a guy with 16 gold gloves, brooks robinson. i used to have trouble keeping my glove down and they told me to lay it on the ground. you can always come up. you can't go down. >> bob: exactly. >> jim: to hear brooks talk about that. this is a guy that would go on to be the human vacuum cleaner and the mvp of the world series in 1970. >> bob: if it wasn't for the throws, ryan zimmerman might have already clinched the gold glove this year. david wright is the incumbent now and they're about even in the number of errors. >> jim: wright is having throwing problems, too. >> bob: but i don't think anyone who has watched the two of them would tell you that david wright is a better third baseman. >> jim: but he does play in new york. >> bob: he does. >> jim: and he hits and that sometimes leads to gold gloves. 3-0. >> rob: getting back to brooks robinson, he has to have great hand-eye or

right to the glove. see he is try to smoother that ball in his glove, but he couldn't put the bare hand on top of it. bonifacio kind of swipes it out of his glove a strong throw by luke scott. he never had it. >> jim: he never had it. >> buck: a desperation swipe and he never had a grip on it. you try to swipe at it like an infielder and hope it sticks in your glove and that wasn't the case. a good speed and it all started with the lead-off walk in the bottom of the 12th. >> jim: a tough loss for the orioles after they battled back to tie it with two in the eighth and three in the ninth and the marlins get the opener of this three-game series. we invite you to join us again tomorrow against the marlins, jason bier kin on the mown. coverage on masn two begins at 6:30 with "o's xtra" presented by at&t followed by game coverage at 7:00. we're saying so long from landshark stadium in miami! tonight's telecast, a masn presentation and now "o's xtra," tom davis and rick dempsey standing by. the o's drop it 7-6

. >> buck: see how he separates his glove from his body and keeps his glove in his vision. john shelby has done a good job about that. i asked him about that. he says you always know where your hand is where you see it. it's in your field of vision. it gives you better hand-eye coordination and made adam aware you want o'keep your glove to a point where you have a sense of where it is. don't threat get up over your head where you lose that glove in your field of vision. he's done a great job separating his body from his glove, but keeping it in his eye line. >> jim: runner goes. pitch is swung on and hit deep to left field. back it goes! it's gone! cody ross with a two-run home run and the marlins grab the sleed. -- grabt lead. buck mentioned he's been wearing out the orioles in this series and keeps it going. that's his 13th home run. >> buck: only the second home run that rich hill has allowed. it's a fastball. inner part of the plate. cody ross is all over it. he had a wig night -- big night last night. there's a no doubt home run. he just tosses the bat aside. it's deep

i still have the glove, the right-handed mcgregor glove. i still have that. >> jim: rich hill covering the bases tonight with the orioles left-hander. florida with the 5-0 eerld -- 5- 0 early lead here. sean west back on. we're joined from massachusetts lloyd hill rich's brother who was responsible for making him throw the ball left-handed. lloyd, why did you want your younger brother to pickup a baseball and become a left- hander? >> well, rich always loved being part of a team when we were in the park leagues and thought it would be a good idea. since everybody else who precede him was a ride -- right yusmeiro petit and thought he could could something from the left side -- was a right henrik sediner andthought he could do something from the left side. >> buck: it was a big focal point and was involved in the family. >> sure, rich came to our games as we went through the amateur leagues around boston. my dad, lloyd, sr., they were inseparable. he'd take them to the park every day, batboy, pitching whiffle balls with a big, red whiffle bal

now, today, the gloves catch the ball. after ray knight is modeling the glove for us here.ilson kent kelner professional glove. kelner played. imagine making a diving play with that. >> i can't imagine. >> ray: i better make shoe that i catch it in the palm. look at how worn out this fall is. >> why did it take so long for glove makers to we have the fingers together. >> ray: i don't know. that's a big glove. >> for the great players of the past, you see some enormous error totals for honus wagner, ty cob. the point is, you don't know how good the fielders of 350 years ago w the glove is not doing everything but it sure beats trying for catch a ball with a seat cushion. i now understand why grandfathers used to yell "use two hands", because they had to. >> you also get prop pay for doing this, you know. thanks so much, phil. we'll come back and continue. noticec pre-fame. the first of a big weekend series in tampa bay against the rays we'll talk about the starting pitchers coming up tonight. it will be craig stammen for the nationals against matt garza. hey. don't move. for

did not allow our workers to wear masks or gloves. in fact when our officers took the initiatives to protect themselves, they were told by their superiors to take off those gloves, take office those masks. you're alarming the traveling public. many of these officers actually screen up to 3,000 visitors, travelers per shift. so they were actually exposed to a high degree to people who were exhibiting influenza. there are a couple of stark instances we received on the committee, affidavits from officers who actually confronted travelers who were visibly sick and yet they were told even in those instances they were not allowed to wear gloves and masks. . what this amendment would do would be to direct the homeland -- excuse me -- the transportation security administration to basically issue guidance that would allow these workers to protect themselves. at this point i'd like to yield to the ranking member on our subcommittee on the federal work force, mr. chaffetz -- i'm sorry, i'll yield back my time at this moment -- no, i'll reserve m

. >> that was a good play because you saw his glove scraping the ground before he even got to the ball. a lot of guys will let that ball get under their glove. >> do you remember when he got sent back to the minor leagues, one of the knocks was his defense. that's steadily improved. >> that will be routine in right field off the bat of hill for austin kearns. two outs. >> look at that catch right there. laying out, talking about the trust you have to have in your defense. >> finding the bag visually as he made the exchange. nice. here's wells. his walk right after the double

it deflected off his glove. they could give gonzalez a hit on that. >> he tried to cut it off from the shortstop because the shortstop had no shot. watch this, one, two, three, and he just tried to swipe at it, has no shot. >> it is a base hit. here's the blue jay tormenter, willie harris. time after time, harris becoming that for the toronto ball club. three for eight, two walks, two rbis, and a couple of runs in the series. willie has torment had the blue jays again. two on, nobody out. >> i love what willie harris did last night. right there just patience. the ball comes right into him. he sees it perfectly, is all over it. doesn't try to hit it out of the ballpark. just hit it on the line. >> that's willie harris with his fourth extra-base hit of the series. >> very nice. >> 13 extra base hits on the year, four of them since friday. right now marco scutaro saying to him, give us a break. here's josh bard, a good spot for him. he doesn't hit well against against left-handers, but he's swinging well. in 10 gam

seven gold gloves for scott rolen.so, whatever he's not doing with the bat, bob, he's doing it with the glove behind you as. as a pitcher, you've got to love a guy like scott rolen. >> bob: only brooks robinson and mike schmidt with 10 have won more gold gloves at third base. >> rob: he makes that play at second base better than anybody i've seen. he takes that shot, catches it going towards the outfield and can still throw it chest high to the first baseman. >> bob: i told ryan zimmerman when the nationals went to st. louis three years ago to keep an eye on scott rolen the way he throws the ball. he might be the most accurate third baseman in recent memory. >> rob: , northrop grumman on the pitch track spoke to vice president development of player about catching and what josh bard and wil nieves have been doing lately. they're not setting up as far off the plate as they used to because the umpires are no longer calling that. they may set their target up. the glove. they physically are sitting more behind home plate. w

if you have to move your glove, it takes longer. we know sometimes there are those bang, bang plays that if you execute them properly they're bang-bang in your favor. >> bob: belliard has driven in seven runs this year. >> rob: it's a transfer, too. we talked about this with albers last night, taking more time to transfer, takes more time for the catcher to throw the runner out. if you're running like adam jones, you catch it on the left side, you got to transfer it to the right side. that takes time. you want to circle the ball and catch it on the right-hand side. >> bob: left side, tried to pull that breaking ball, mora throws him out, two down. >> jim p.: i think jeremy getting a little lucky, because it hung away. if you're going to hang 'em, hang 'em high. and he did. he had to reach for it. >> rob: as a pitcher, you want this guy to have to pull the breaking ball away. belliard does just that. all he can do is hit a ground ball. this is a nice play by mora. >> jim p.: so the inability to get willingham. >> rob: and for belliar

right in the middle of his glove. it hits the heel of his glove and not the pocket.ou know something, i know josh is working and will work harder because of what you mentioned, different spin off the bat coming to right field. a lot different than left. >> rob: the light as good a little different. i always think about the 89 world series, maybe 88. remember he lost it in the lights. it went right behind him. >> johnny: right. hairston on 1st by the error. tvs -- taverass 0-2. >> rob: cane deserves it. >> johnny: shairon getting six runs a game. >> rob: there's always one guy in a rotation, he gets no run support at all. good guy when you talked to drew? >> rob: very good. what a really nice kid. talked about one of his main jobs now is getting ready, getting himself prepared to go out there and go deep in the ballgame. >> johnny: a perfect double play for the nationals. we go to the bottom of the 3rd 3rd. 2-0 cincinnati. sometimes the best way to get closer... is to get as far away from it all as possible. don't let erectile dysfunction get in the way. ♪ viva viagra

. >> bob: forest gump with a glove, he can outrun anybody. detwiler throws a strike and that's fouled. alex rios, a first-round pick for the blue jays, 19th pick overall taken in 1999 i since the fireworks didn't go off last night, do they go tonight? >> bob: i don't think so. that's one time where ryan zimmerman had to play for the hop. two outs. >> bob: how about that, only four earned rungiven up by the starters over the last five games. steve mccatty, you have done well, sir, but so have your young kids. ultimately, it's their responsibility. here is kevin millar hitting .246. kevin did appear in the ball fame last night, 8th inning as a pinch hit and flied out with the bases loaded. the nats made big pitch after big pitch last nightpreventing toronto from winning in regulation and can you do the same thing for the blue jays' bullpen until the 112th inning. that was some battle last night. 2-1, taking four hours to play 11. 14 pitch first that game last night. 14 pitchers in that game last night. good - looking fastball. detwiler just mis

gonzalez a base hit off the glove of scott rolen first time. one ball and one strike. >> i'd like to see alberto get a gap shot here and see if austin kearns can catch adam dunn by the time he reaches home plate. >> austin can run for a big man. overbay's playing behind him. atlanta got two in the first and red sox answered with three. david ortiz, the 6th homer of the year. check on some of the other games involving our division, including the mets who now lead 2-0 over tampa bay, and gregg dobbs a homer for the phillies leading baltimore at home 1- 04th inning. marlins hosting the yankees later. gonzalez hangs tough. the sunday night game, dodgers and angels. here's our daily update, by the way, rob. american league 81, national league 72. so it's still a 9-game difference. it's been that way a couple of days. >> i like the national league keeping it close. gonzalez up the middle. a couple of crow hops by the pitcher. toronto got a little crossed up as far as who was covering second. the shortstop, scutaro and second baseman hill both got the

. >> rob: navarro turned the glove over, gets by him. it's even hard to play catch with a left hander. the ball moves all over the place. i'm sure when he throws it full speed, it's the easiest thing to catch. >> bob: 1-2 to nick johnson now. a fastball is outside, 2-2. nick came into the game batting .213 much better with runners at 2nd and 3rd. >> rob: nick grew up in sacramento, probably didn't hear a lot of cow bells. i like how you find the cow though. >> bob: they have a contest with the fans to find the cow. >> rob: the chick-fil-a cow. >> bob: it's marketing and baseball. ryan zimmermann the dh 0-3 today today. he'll get around late and bounce it over by the bag foul. >> bob: red sox are putting it on the phillies again today 4- 1. >> rob: what's the yankees store? >> bob: let me get an update. 13-0 still, top of the 7th. 10-3 marlins at toronto on top. pirates beating beating the tigers 6-1. phillies tie the red sox. national leagues doing a great job today except for atlanta. they're trail acinging -- trailingng. dodgers and te

it has slicked embroidered on his glove.obinson was like, slick, ok. >> bob: that's nick's nickname. >> rob: it is. >> bob: pitchers have different names for this guy. he didn't miss a homer by much. it fell well short of the ball. he got it right near the sweet spot down near the end of the barrel a long fly ball left first time. i think ryan has shown signs over the last three or four days he's starting to swing the bat the way did he in april when everything was a line drive. he was challenging the pitcher every at-bat. it doesn't help when you have that big fella behind you. hits are even at 3-3. nick johnson, a running threat after fouling one off his foot. lyle overbay holding him on there pretty good fastball. just missed. 2-1. >> rob: the above shot of tallet right here. you see that little slide step trying to get it to home as quick as possible to give his catcher a chance. i don't think nick is going to try to swipe second just in case. >> bob: zimmerman off the end of the bat. that will hang in the air for alex r

son, you better split in that glove make that ball stick in there.n't see the back of that glove. >> johnny: taking a look at the nationals bullpen. thee guys came out of that bullpen. joe beimel is scoreless in the 8th inning. >> ray: again, bullpen pretty solid. certainly villone deserved more than what he got and the bullpen continues to hold down the opposition and, hey, nothing wrong with our pitching. they have given up under two runs a game. >> johnny: tomorrow night, the game start at 6 0-0. the first pitch for you here on masn because of major league baseball restrictions. we'll pick it up at about 7:05 in progress. joord zimmerman tomorrow and andy sonnanstine. we'll break down the two pitchers right after this. and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. times may be tough

zimmerman hits a garber off the glove of salazar who did a good job of hanging with it.hould be a base hit. zimmerman would be twofor three. >> jim p.: hohocorner. what did ritchie allen say? >> rob: this is a seed, salazar knocks it down. ryan zimmerman, boy, he smelle hit, all of a sudden he kicks inanother gear and he gets an gle. adam duoff the stretch. >b: i know who is going to be hitting four tomorrow night. >> jim p.: manny acta said i need it play my best players. and they kind of have the a team in today other than josh w he ge a high striall. >> jim p.: real high. >> bob: compared to the rest of the day. >> jim p.: you really don't want to be there, but you'll take it if you're david ndez. belt high, maybe shoulder high, over the plate. >> bob: he got the top of it. >> jim p.: i think the difficulty, we talked about it, you the young battery- mate, so you've got all the scouting reports. every team has their advanced scouting reports. adam dunn, you want to stay up and in, crowd him, stay out of the middle of the plate, get him to swing at breaking balls dow

watch wieters' glove. it goes right to the corner of the plate.toe of jeremy hermida. there's no question about being out. the umpire with great position, chad fairchild. you've got to continue to follow that ball into home and get yourself to a point where you're not blocked out by the catcher. >> jim: so, markakis' eighth assist. and the tag by wieters and the orioles gun down hermida. cody ross now batting. uggla on at first. >> buck: that's pretty interesting. uggla's throw to first base after that throw no, cutoff man involved whatsoever as he became a spectator anticipating the rbilook at the throw to home, forgot to go to second. he should be in position for thescoring run with two outs and he's not. >> jim: ross, 1-2 with an rbi double. that keeps it a one-run game. good breaking ball off-speed pitch. that was a pretty good pitch to uggla. he just was able to serve it into right field. there's sanches beginning

-- peanuts cartoon, charlie brown getting his glove hit off.his is a shot right back at him. look out. frasor takes off and then what happens here? he just keeps running. >> bob: the shortstop marco scutaro finally told him to forget it. >> rob: one more look. i can't believe that happened. >> bob: here is nick johnson. >> rob: i think he wanted him to keep running into center field. >> bob: can nick johnson get on base one more time? he's walked twice, three hits tonight. each bullpen has one pitcher remaining. there's his left-hander b.j. ryan who has a 5 5.71 e.r.a. and nationals remaining pitcher is their closer mike macdougal who closed and put away those two games in new york. guzman doesn't run much at this stage of his career. 1-4 in stolen bases this year. 118 steals, but very few in recent years. bottom 11, 1-1. the count, 1-1 the score. and number 11 on deck. i'd love to see a two somewhere, but not strike two. guzman at first. one out. a lot of hitting room right side. rolen way off the line left side. nick johnson came into this ga

willie harris may have already saved the game with his glove. a chance to win it with his at- bat. way outside, 2-0. interesting pitch here because the nats know he's got to throw a strike. >> rob: he has to throw a strike. scott rolen is playing willie harris to pull. if he throws another one of those sinkers, i would hope that willie harris will try to wrap it around third base. look at that hole. >> bob: it's about 30 feet. fastball. that's that pitch you were talking about. >> rob: yes. sometimes, you have to think, as a hitter, okay, they play the defense this way but the guy already has thrown two pitches outside on me. >> bob willie harris, high in the air and foul. he was trying to hit his second homerun of the year, pumping on 3-0. >> rob: 3-0, i'm sure he has to make sure he's going to kill the pitch and he did. 2 on, 2 out. manny acta is going to call wil nieves back and he will bat anderson hernandez. >> rob: right man in the right place. let's go, willie. >> bob: interesting. adam dunn walks earlier in the inning, anderson is probably not available for this at-bat beca

bonifacio runs well he looks one time at second and sails the ball to the glove side of aubrey huff. huff trying to maintain contact. expected to be abeto sthrechened -- stretch and catch this ball. it goes off the end his glove down the right-field line. >> jim: so, the wide throw leading to the runner reaching. we'll see how they score it. florida now second and third and nobody out. again, there are the miscues that can come back to hurt you. check swing. he went too far on that pitch that dipped down and away and strike one to ramirez. >> buck: hanley ramirez, the marlins shortstop leads the national league in batting average runners in scoring position in season. he's hit .329 for the year, 10 homers, 40 rbi's, 85 hits and he leads the national league in voting at the shortstop position. it's the 0-1. check swing. >> jim: the pitch in there. 1-1 the count. ps been -- it has been ruled an error on the throw i would guess as the ball did hit huff's glove, but it was not at the bag. for mora, his fifth error on the year.  >> buck: pretty 

first of all, the nats second baseman, alberto gonzalez stretches out and gloves the ball. outstanding play. he got up and was able to throw the runner out. the hit by josh bard off the glove of hill. >> i'm sure in hill's mind the ball was traveling that slow when it was up in the air. great camera angels from our camera guys. we'll take a break and continue with more nats extra. boston red sox coming to town. 6:30 our extra pre-game show starting and next weekend masn, masn , you'll see the orioles and nationals. our pre-game activity at 6:30 and nats extra shows on masn . on sunday afternoons, run the bases. we'll be back in a minute. welcome to chili's. something new is on the grill. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at just $6.99. like our bacon-ranch chicken quesadilla, flame-grilled tortillas layered with all white meat chicken, applewood smoked bacon, jack cheese, and ranch dressing. they're crispy on the outside, melted to perfection on the inside. you've never tasted quesadillas like this before. new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at just $6.9

he got a new glove today. it weighed about 7 pounds. i said you cannot use that glove.at's just -- they send it to me, and i said don't bring it out. nobody will want to dance with you out there with that glove. >> gary: here's castillo, and the unusual shift as they move scott over to the line way in. jones in center playing like a softball center field. markakis straightaway in right. and it is inside. two down. castillo has the only hit for the mets, a single that came in the third inning. other thing berken is doing he lasted 4 and a third, and 3 13 in innings pitched. grounded to second base. right now, berken is dominatig through five. shutting out the mets. ♪ ah, man, love that drinkability. drink-a what? drinkability. it's what makes bud light so incredibly refreshing. it's like a wave of refreshment, gently washing over your whole body. it's getting bigger. here comes the refreshment. [ sfx: screaming, wave splashing ] whew. well that almost never happens. easy drinking, always refreshing. bud light. the difference is drinkability. [

. >> bob: josh willingham with a base hit over the glove of salazar. and willingham is two for three. it's more than hot over there right now. elijah dukes coming up.   >> bob: seven washington hits, hernandez had given up the same number of hits through five that guthrie did last night. i think you'd have to say one guy today is pitching better than the guy did last night, but the guy last night got the win. >> jim p.: well, a lot of it has to do with run support. the one thing, you do miss melvin mora at third base. melvin, hadn't hit a home run in over 150 at-bats but he's playing sparkling defense. salazar is a good hitter, but he's not the glove guy. >> bob: elijah dukes, he's not a guy that hits the ball the opposite way a lot. but even when he does it a little, he's much better than he is now. >> rob: if you're going to stand in the middle of the box and not step in towards the plate or try and go the other way with t. then they're going to have a field game against you. you've got to go towards the ball. >> jim p.: he should

the x-mo will show you everything as it rolls down the glove. >> bob: the nats had gone two games without an error. they made one in the ballgame tuesday night. an error by zimmerman on a throw that cost the nats a run in a 5-3 loss. that's their first error in nearly three full games. >> rob: first pitched ball right there first time tonight by zimmermann. >> bob: you hope that doesn't cost jordan zimmermann an extra 10 or 12 pitches here. count's even 1-1 on the foul ball by the catcher rod barajas. >> rob: as i said before, when they're making great plays behind you now, if they make an error, it's time for you to pick them up.  >> bob: and a pitcher three career at-bats brian tallet next. be nice to retire this man and let the inexperienced hitter leadoff in the fifth. >> rob: it's a great 88-mile- per-hour slider here on the 2-1 pitch by northrop grumman on the pitch track. >> bob: that was a late breaker, rob. that really looked like a fastball for a while, didn't it? >> rob: yep. oh, man. >> bob: runner will be moving on a 3-2 pitch with tw

hard-hit ball pass the glove of uggla. roberts goes to second and holds there. two of his three hits tonight have come on the first pitch. >> buck: he's basically all the offense tonight. only other hit is a nolan reimold base hit. actually, wigginton had a single into center field. so, markakis has more than half the hits tonight. that's his third a bullet pass the diving second baseman dan uggla. that's a good sign. get nick going again. >> jim: again, orioles are a long ball away from getting back into this game. they continue to get base runners. they've had base runners in all seven of their at-bats. they can't get the big hit to get a run in. here is adam jones. hard had been hit -- hard-hit ball the but right to the shortstop ramirez. there's the force on markakis. a hit, a walk and two men left. seventh inning stretchtime in miami. tonight's seventh inning stretch brought to you by jack daniel's tennessee whiskey. please drink responsibly. now that college is a few years behind me, it seems i've got three times the bills i used to. and they're getting in

. >> buck: he had it in his glove initially. when he hit the ground, it snapped out of his glove and landed safely on the turf. right here he has it for a while but just rattled around. looks like it might have hit him right in the face. he's able to keep it in front of him. he should have made that catch. he he got to it in good shape. it kicked off the heel of his glove for a base hit for felix pie. >> jim: so, 2-2 for felix who came into this game 2-7 in the entire month of june. markakis now at the plate. he takes a strike. nick struck out his first at- bat. he had a chance to get a run in from third. roberts was at third with one down. he could not put the ball in play. lined foul down the left field side. >> buck: after that line drive down the line, he jogs out to the mound to talk to ricky nolasco. saw something about the location of the pitch he wasn't too pleased about. talking about nolasco, now they're going to attack markakis from this point forward out in front of him at 0-2. watch the target trying to come in insi

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. >> not only offensively, but defensive with the glove as well. >> he's gotten the job done in center field, which is something this club has lacked. he's described as a super utility guy. he's played second base, third base, left field, right field. center field, he covers a lot of groundout there. basically great anticipation from the crack of the bat, and covers a lot of ground and basically if he can get to it, he'll catch it. >> 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 i

and that's jeremy, 0-2, he misses the glove.i think that's a product of maybe overthrowing a little bit. the stuff is so good, and to me, 91 to 94 moves more than 96. >> rob: couldn't agree more. >> jim p.: for some guys. >> rob: but you could throw 98 straight down the middle and they'll hit it. but if you throw 91 that moves all over the place. >> bob: mora has it. back to first. and out at first base on the stretch by huff. melvin had a little trouble getting out of his glove and that caused brian roberts to get that throw rushing on its way to huff and they turned it 5-4-3. >> jim p.: going to get caught up in the glove. the high throw, then brian, high throw to a big first baseman aubrey huff who is bordering on 6'4". you can see guzman does a nice job of trying to break it up. being ahead of zimmerman allows him to get him to chase a ball up and in. >> rob: that's his 14th double play that he's grounded into this year. >> bob: that's not a category you aspire to lead your league in. >> rob: no, it's not. it's making the ad

body -- goes off the glove.atch ry zimmeann re. >> johnn fastballwhat happened there, lack of communication. manny acta will come out to the mound after break. we'll be back 2-2 ballgame here in the top of the 12th. gecko: , well maybe how geico's the third-largest car insurance company in america? nice tidbit there. boss: exactly. and i've been thinking, looking a bit more businesslike might help too. gecko: oh my. uhhh, no it's, what's, what's the word... vogeico. 15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more on car insurance. >>> villone's work is done the night. jay son bergmann will come on. bruce at 3rd. gonzalez at 1st on with the error. ryan hanigan set to step in now. tough situation for jason bergmann. >> rob: yes, it is. right here you're thinking you could possibly get the fastball in to try to make him pop it up and strike him out. >> johnny: grounded out. nice play by ryan. one down. >> rob: nope . foul ball at this particular time. -- i want to see the replay to see if it was a foul ball. it do

wright a-couple of gold gloves. cora, castillo, murphy who played a little bit of left field this year but came up as a first baseman and then brian schneider had all kind of injury problems early on. that's a pretty nice play right there especially when the wind is gusting up to 17 miles per hour. >> gary: it's blowing around here tonight. there are two down. that will bring up nick markakis. >> jim: the one thing that jerry manuel said is that daniel murphy is definitely a lot more comfortable at first base than he was in left field. >> gary: 0-1 delivery. murphy being much talked about as this may be a three-game set that decides whether he stays or goes. murphy at first base sharing time with fernando tatis with delgado out there have. they're in the happy with the offense being put up there. the offensive numbers of their first baseman we'll talk about later, but it's virtually zero. they're wondering whether they have to make a trade or whether they can wait for delgado. markakis really turned around the home

again, if you don't make an accurate throw, get the glove down.you, to me he looked safe. >> rob: he looked safe, but it looks like he slides by the bag ton right side. >> jim: but he never loses contact with it. the orioles get a play, and melvin is going you know what? that freight train just went by and i didn't get hurt. >> rob: there are few people at the big reeg level that are as big as elijah dukes. he could be a line backer in the nfl. >> jim: with the play in front of him you question why did he

you wait with an open glove and it drops right in front of you. >> bob: tavarez deserves better. he pitched 1 1/3 inning. he should have retired five batters in a row. nats deeper into their bullpen now with ron villone.  >> bob: well, the momentu shifted just a bit. we'll see what ron villone can do about it. a adam lind up and a runner aboard. nobody out in the eighth. lind is 0-3. ron villone, a scoreless third of an inning in new york last night with a strikeout of matsui and a walk of jorge posada. and then tavarez came in, got a big out and nats went ton a 3-0 lead -- on to a 3-0 win. when the nationals gave up the run in the sixth inning, it ended a shut tching they hadn up a amon's solo home run in the bottom of the ninth inningwednesday night. adam lind fishing upstairs. 1-2.  alex rios next.   >> bob: th will  out behind anderson hernandez and then dukes will come in to call him off. that ball took a while to come , wn. "nats xtra" all weekend long from here at the ballpark. a very good outing by

zimmermann adjusting the batting glove. he'll be next. they've had success against cincinnati. they've won six out of the last seven meetings aside from last night. johnson, a line drive to right. one down. we'll take a look at that time cincinnati defense tonight. hairston at 3rd. gonzalez at short. phillips at 2nd. hernandez 1st. ryan behind the plate catching. bruce in the out field. >> . the corner out fielders will cover the most ground. >> johnny: harang had good days in oakland didn't he? >> rob: yes, he did. >> johnny: came over in 03. since he's joined the reds ball club, he leads in almost every statistical category. 68 wins. >> rob: he didn't pitch an awful lot in oakland. he was one of their top process ticket if -- prospects. definitely worth the trade. that pitch there, that should be a strike, used to be a strike. now you've got to make them bring it in another six inches. >> johnny: it's tough to stand up there and take a 3-2 pitch these days. >> rob: absolutely. that was the one thing fletcher had last night. as a former pitcher, can you -- i can work with that

and he gets a base hit off the glove of bonifacio.josh willingham is 2 for 2. >> rob: one too many from nolasco. very good at-bat by josh willingham. >> bob: who is now batting .288. >> rob: here's a front door breaking ball. he's all over it. bonifacio has 13 errors, probably mostly throwing. he can't come up with the ball. >> bob: here's anderson hernandez who bounced back to the pitcher first time. when ricky nolasco took a buzz saw to his bat. >> rob: he dropped down on that one. he's got a lot of pitches this nolasco kid. when we saw him earlier in the year he was throwing like this. he's got some good stuff. i think we got to him later in the game. >> bob: well, six innings. the nats, remember, the nats were having their pitching nightmares with the bullpen. then he pitched in washington, and in four innings gave up seven hits but only two runs. the marlins eventually came from behind to win that game. one of those heartbreaking losses. the nats bullpen gave up that first weekend 3-2. and a fastball up. >> rob: we've talked to s

he struck nick and huff hit it on the nose and his gold glove second baseman bailed him out before it went into the right field. >> gary: orioles have left six on base, three in scoring position. os trying to make it a successful home stand, and a successful series. boy, these final games of the series have just been tough, four wins and 17 losses in the final games of series. and often, they ends up being the rubber match games there in the bullpen, feliciano, shan green warming up. as manual will match up as needed. >> jim: it's the best bullpn the national league. >> jim: of course have been struggling lately -- orioles have been struggling lately. record under .500, and you know looking at the score board, yu talk about the 7 home runs in philadelphia, they know the phillies lost. >> gary: got him on the inside corner. strikeout number 4 for hernandez. two down in the 7th inning. >> jim: let's look at the pith track. defend, it's probably a ball, but -- again, it's probably a ball, but if you're around the plate, you do encourage, i'

. >> bob: ryan zimmerman looks that one all the way into his glove. and that is six in a row for craig stammen. great grandma zim. >> bob: there is the latey right in front of the sign. that's a patriotic-looking group over there. we always hear about uncle sam. who is the aunt? >> rob: is it 4th of july? >> bob: getting there. here is reid brignac. on the 4th of july this year, the nationals will be home against the atlanta brave. >> rob: the home of the brave. >> bob: jo that will be a day game. that will be cool that day, 1:05. >> rob: remember homer the brave, the mascot, he fired the cannon shots. >> bob: i remember before him, chief nakahoma. >> rob: that's right, chief nakahoma. >> bob: he had the tent right there in fulton stadium. i'm pretty sure that's offensive now. >> rob: yes, it is. >> bob: third walk by craig stammen. here is a look at what the rays have done over the years as far as the draft. their current roster is full of guys they scouted, signed, developed and got to the major league. >> rob: and they dave up a first rounder in de

a perfect throw by zimmermann, guzman got the glove down, and b.j. upton is picked off of second base. >> rob: well, jordan zimmermann wanted a piece of him before. great move right there. great communication between guzman and zimmermann. you have to know that the guy's going to move. slaps the tag in there before his hands get anywhere near the bag. >> bob: that's b.j. upton who has stolen third base eight times this year being way too frisky with good hitters coming up. >> rob: you can't really blame our catchers. they've also stolen 96 bases on the rest of the american league and interleague play also. it's not just the nationals. they have a very fast team. you go back to the 80s and talk about vince and willie mcgee and all the speed they have there, and running wild on the base pads. they used to steal on us like it was nothing. >> bob: those ball clubs used to routinely steal over 200 bases a year. crawford was reaching for it. anderson hernandez charging, close play and out. the nats rescue the inning with some good defense. ú we

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cristian guzman, gets the glove down before he can get the hand back. so the high tag the first time on the arm, by hernandez. didn't work. the second time cristian guzman got the coors light freeze it, freeze frame. >> bob: coors light is the world's most refreshing beer. julian tavarez against michel hernandez, reid brignac and b.j. upton for the rays, bottom of the 8th. >> rob: julian tavarez worked a couple of innings for his 50th win in the major leagues. >> bob: guys like mariano rivera, hoffman, wet they ares on that list. >> rob: i think arthur rhodes is on that list. >> bob: threw his bat at the ball. it will be uncatchable down in the bullpen. >> bob: is that ludacris? >> rob: throwing his bat? that's what you call throwing the bat head out there. literally. >> bob: the line on andy sonnanstine who will go 7 1/3, six hits, a walk, five strikeouts. he threw the same number of pitches in 7 1/3 that jordan zimmermann did in five innings, 92. did he go? the appeal takes forever. paul shriver finally says no. >> rob: check this out from the side vi

that was their first base hit since josh willingham singled off bonifacio's glove back in the fourth inning. a span of 14 consecutive hitters. but in this game, some bad times can disappear in a split second with a big swing. that's not going anywhere, to right center. brett carroll for the second out. it will be lefty-lefty now with meyer and adam dunn. probably a thousand people in the ballpark, the marlins are last in baseball in attendance. they don't turn out here to see one of the more entertaining teams at times. there is in the national league. >> rob: they are a very young and talented group of kids. it's just sad. there's less than 500 people at this game. >> bob: it makes you wonder if a new stadium down here would make any difference. >> rob: i think if you put it downtown, put a roof on it, people would come. >> bob: adam dunn fouls one off. and the marlins are two strikes away from their 7th consecutive win this year over the nats. their 8th in a row in this ballpark overall. the nationals against the east this year, 6-27. and that guy's ball club a big reason for it. b

they cannot wait for the gloves.gloves betray you, the results are almost immediate, right in your face. breaking ball stays outside. >> rob: villone knowing how important it is to get out of this inning. he has a one-run lead right there. >> bob: that ball is jacked into the corner. that will one hop and go out for a ground rule double. here comes manny acta. joe beimel is ready. ron villone deserved better but the error followed by the homer and he could be the loser. that's why we lowered over a thousand prices. and carry powerful tools from dewalt, milwaukee, ridgid, and more. so you spend less, but drill, saw, and nail... more. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, save $20 on a ryobi 18v starter kit with drill and circular saw for just $89. on a ryobi 18v starter kit welcome to chili's. something new is on the grill. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at just $6.99. like our bacon-ranch chicken quesadilla, flame-grilled tortillas layered with all white meat chic

cristian guzman comes to bat in the 11th anding and knocks the ball back to the pirchtion nothinging his glove off. and then bases loaded, dunn comes up and he shows you he does not always hit a homerun. looks like a world series 7 game with the celebration. they were 0-8 in extra innings, 0-7 here in washington. they get that monkey off their back. >> johnny: if you look at the wins and losses, the average, the extra base hits, some interesting numbers as you take a look there, phil and then drama if i canly a change from last night's win. >> you take a look at the batting average prior to last night's average, you need a magnifying glass to see it. they had no extra base hits but they didn't need it last night. quite frankly, if not for the fact that you only need one run to win the game, that was probably a double by dunn in that last inning. >> johnny: for those of you keeping scores, 14 pitchers were used in the ballgame. 388 pitches were thrown in last night's 11-inning affair. the nats stranded 16, the blue jays stranded 13. >> you want to know why this is such a great game? it's the 16

. >> rob: well, nick johnson has an amazing glove at first base. this is just a reaction play. not the most amazing vertical leap i have ever seen but effective. we love nick. >> bob: here is adam lind it would out, bases empty. breaking ball, flyball. centerfield, willie harris. and that quickly, the top of the 6th is over. >> bob: you can make a lot of money pitch for a long time giving up solo homeruns. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99. flame-grilled tortillas layered with chicken, bacon, cheese, and ranch. crispy on the outside, melted perfection on the inside. new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. . >> 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 ha

>> buck: be a base it hit as cabrera had to slide on his knee and couldn't get the ball out of the glove cleanly. see the possible once it hits the ground. everybody is safe. >> gary: gives a whole new meaning to the term the hole at shortstop. >> buck: that's going to be it for trevor cahill. [ indiscernible ] here in the 7th with nobody out. >> gary: cahill leaves with a chance to pick up his third win. he didn't walk anybody. struckout five and gave up six hits. he'll be responsible for the two base runners.  >> gary: that is not the ba boy. he's 11 years old doesn't he. gourds another good outing for trevor cahill. in line to snap a personal three game losing streak. look at brad coming on out of the bullpen to pitch here with a 9-0 lead. waiting on cabrera may have had medical attention to that knee. he slid on on that aubrey huff base hit. >> gary: back out at short and runners on at 1 st and 2nd. singles by scott and huff. now melvin mora. he's had a single and grounded out. that will be bounced away. strike one. seeg her 29 years old. he's been in the 5-6 in sav

pulled back up the middle and went off the glove of the pitcher for a base hit. >> gary: and zaun fouls that one back. and bailly goes ahead on a count 0-2. 0-1 with bases loaded this year. orioles 2-7. runners in scoring position. the a's have gone 5-13. gosh and that takes care of that. so the orioles get no runs on a couple of hits. they will leave the bases loaded and remain 9-4. ♪ ♪ 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. >>> well, the orioles will george in. as we said, dave saying he would pitch today and will pitch an inning tomorrow whether it's a save situation or not. that's exactly what's going to happen here. short-term is on. >> buck: the last month he's been great. made minor adjustments in set up and delivery and 7-7 allowed just three hits. may 2nd, no earned runs, opponents

that's going to guy into the glove of willie harris. carlos peqa tagging. behind him and he goes to third. i think willie might have assumed he was going to go to third. he wanted to make sure that the runner from first did not go to second. so what should the outfielder do then? >> rob: he did exactly what he should do. this is a deep flyball and you don't want the guy on first to tag and get into scoring position here with two outs. he did the correct play. what happened is that carlos peqa second-guessed himself. should i tag, should i not? he is not throwing to third. he was trying to get willie to throw it, maybe throw it away. willie threw behind him, he went to third but that's the play. this is the second time that the rays have had the tying run at third base in a 3-2 game. it was with one out back in the 3rd. longoria struck out, so did peqa. and we'll see if hanrahan can get gabe gross who is 0-for-2. >> rob: manny showing a lot of confidence in hanrahan right here, getting him to pitch to gabe gross. >> bob: joel is going to have to reprove to t

hannahan has never hit a lot at the plate but he earns his money with the glove. >> buck: he sure has. when you have young pitchers, you want to have the best defense possible so they never get discouraged. >> gary: another rebound and hannahan is retired. one away here in the 5th inning -- 4th, sorry. >> buck: third comebacker for mark hendrickson. you like those quick outs. >> gary: rajai davis, he delivered a hit and an rbi in the 1st inning, picked up the single. davis making the start in centerfield. he has started the last three now with sweeney out of there with that banged up knee. 14th overall start this year in center. davis will take the pitch. he has a three-game hit streak. he added two with that base hit in the 1st ening, picking up his first rbi of the year. 1-0 delivery. and that will be taken down low for a ball. davis can fly out there around the base paths. 2-0 count. rims to short andino is there and catches it on the fly. 2 down. >> buck: boy, nine straight retired by mark hendrickson coming out of the bullpen. he is just a different pitcher pitching out of this r

castillo, a three time gold glove winner.phy has moved over to first, then brian schneider with a couple of hits last night. and mr. bobblehead. >> gary: mr. bobblehead, it's his night. so we'll see whether or not he takes advantage of it, as the fans picking up the adam jones bobblehead, blowing the bubble. robbing an opponent of a home run. he had a 1 for 5 in the ballgame last night. off the end of the bat of, off redding's slider away and a two strike count. >> jim: i watched the game, wasn't broadcasting the orioles, and he really moved the ball around. 87, 89, good change-up. got a curveball and a slider to go with it. >> gary: jones will foul that one back on a fastball. >> jim: but he's not overpowering. i never saw him throw any of that kind of velocity against the phillies. but the one thing that he did do, you talk about the record, the nationals were the worst team in baseball, at least record-wise, 20-13 in his starts last year. >> gary: a very impressive number that the team would perform that well. that had to