great change-up by hammel. 0-2. >> rob: last pitch, good change- up right here from hammel. down and away. sun tries to launch it to the right side. see the difference, hammel working ahead, 0-2 on pretty much all of our hitters. just puts the hitter at a disadvantage. ryan zimmerman with a defensive swinging bunt. >> bob: guzman waiting. zimmerman aboard with one out in the 4th. first place san diego is playing tonight at home against the dodgers. i think the rest of the west is a little unesy right now, rob, the dodgers have won five in a row and back over .500 finally. >> rob: i still think the rockies are one of the better teams when they get their pitching back. their defense and so fence is fine. -- offense is fine. san diego has just been -- i guess for them a welcome surprise. for the rest of the division, a nightmare. >> bob: kershaw and correia at the game. >> rob: adam dunn now has 67 home runs in the month of may for his career. used to be his month. >> bob: target away. and a very late swing. first strikeout by hammel. >> rob: i think he was looking for somethin

hammel, 1-5 with a sacrifice this year.dening of the ball. 1-4 on the sacrifice. >> rob: nice job right here by hammel. see him way up on the bat. he does it perfectly like bob said. big, big tall guy, you see him get down there with the knees and let the bat do the talking. don't try to get to the ball with your arms and then slice at the ball with the bat. you let the bat get down there level, bends thrown if you have to and go get it >> bob: phillips at second, gonzalez now, two shots to give the rocky it is lead. >> rob: you're playing with fire anyway. you might pop the ball up. you want the bat to be level to the ball. this kid made a couple of fabulous plays in center field in the first game. willie harris hit a ball -- should have been over hid for a double, maybe a triple and he played the shallow center field and so fast and went back and made the play. that hurt about mid-way through game one. >> bob: similar pitch and result. no balls, two strikes quickly. >> rob: see right here, you're way ahead. and you know,

no walks, seven strikeouts, 9263 for hammel. so -- >> bob: hoping to get it, guzman, throws wide to adam dunn. >> rob: tag the runner. looks like he took a turn to the right, maybe not. >> bob: a good throw. we'll see if the hitters get home cooking for a base hit. >> rob: almost impossible right here for cristian guzman, throwing across his body, going to wrong way. dunn trying to stretch up the right field line. he almost makes an amazing play. just out of reach. >> bob: dexter fowler now will be the pinch hitter because they are probably bunting. >> rob: why wouldn't you send hammel up there to bunt though, if that's all you're going to do in. >> bob: you're burning a position player, but this tells me they're going to pull a double switch and put fowler in center field. >> rob: wow, nice pitch. >> bob: dexter fowler is just not hitting a lick for the rockies at .235. he's lost his starting job for the moment to gonzalez. he's going to push this bunt. this is trouble. and guzman somehow makes the play. jim tracy is going to a

todd helton at first, stewart at third, barmes the second baseman and jason hammel on the mound tonightng to bounce back from the 6-2 loss in the first game. ian desmond comes in the ball game tonight with a .263 averages 17 driven in and tied for fourth among national league rookies for rbis. runners in scoring position, desmond at a pretty good clip, .382. he's blanked in the first game. nyjer morgan in center, then harris in left, zimmermann, dunn in the clean-up spot. cristian guzman, roger bernadina back in right, desmond the shortstop, will nieves will watch and lewis atilano on the mound tonight. ian desmond, boy he plays so well, phil. both in the field and in flaw batter's box. >> ian desmond's career is progressing almost the way it was predicted to. they said he should hit about .265, probably 14, 15 home runs and 65 to 70 runs batted in. he's on track for the numbers. his defense has gotten better. he's got great range at shortstop and a decent arm and you're looking at a guy again going to be a fixture at shortstop if he keeps his contract here for the next decade anyway. >

he got hammel back last night wo gave him 7 innings and francis gave him 7 innings today.nt stays 1 and 2. a couple of starters have been done and francis was lost all of that year. tomorrow will be the key for the rockies checking out francis and how he feels after 100 pitches. >> bob: 1 and 2. that's way outside with a curve ball and he struck him out. the nats are having a hard time generating any offense at 1st field today. pitchers have been great on both teams. of beer to accompany that. we brew octoberfest, winter lager, noble pils, and right now, there's summer ale. [ bob ] samuel adams summer ale is a flavorful wheat beer. it has a very nice spice note. [ tim ] it has a little lemon zest and a historic brewing spice called grains of paradise. -it's citrusy. -lemon. -flavorful. -refreshing. -wow. [ man ] sam adams summer ale -- there's just something about it. it's like, totally reminds you of summer, you know? >> bob: brilliant pitching on the part of both ball clubs today. francis and olsen both over 100 pitches and pitching in the 7th inning. >> olsen did a fant

. >> i was wrong about hammel yesterday. there may be some rust but i am not going to bet on it against him but he's coming back since december of '08. make him throw strikes and let's get him out of there, bob, and send him to the showers. >> bob: he has a great defense behind him. morgan leads off, 4 for 12 with an rbi and a walk. batting average of.266, .346 on-base percentage. we're right on time and it's 50 degrees here. spring is trying to break through that mountain range and get over here to denver. >> the good thing about the righties in lineup today, it was.295 off of him. >> bob: changeup is tough on right handers, nats almost exclusively right-handed today. 2-1 to morgan. fastball on the corner. if you're a veteran, foster as the plate today. that's close. don't take that pitch again. 17 homeruns by right handers and they hit him well. that's slapped up the middle and morgan is 5 out of 13 this tph this series -- in this series. >> you have at that take it back up. we need him to get off today and score runs. now

jason hammel pitched fairly well. luis atilano pitched fairly well. it so happened when the winning run scored, one of those things, a throw that probably could have been handled by adam dunn at first base. once the throw hits the ground, the error is on the shortstop. >> jim riggleman rested the bullpen. sean burnett pitched the 6th and 7th and then walker the 8th. >> right, here we are go. the strikeout of helton there. a tough out by any pitcher. and then phillips gets the single to the hole -- not to the hole, fielded by guzman and the throw is wide. he had that throw beat anyway. here comes the throw off the glove. into the ground, bounces up. adam dunn can't hold it. the fourth run, the winning run crosses the plate. tulowitzki is out there. then he gets a ground out from clint barmes as well. again, third to first. long throw. zimmerman again one of the best in the business. but look, for sean burnett got the job done, an unearned run. he had two strike outs and didn't walk anybody. tyler walker gave up one hit. he has established himself as a