hanrahan gets a strike on outside corner. pirates by the way, 4, 5 an due up in the 9th. macdougal has been ready forever . hanrahan doesn't get the call, 3-1. i wonder if the catcher s in front of the umpire. willie harris coaxes a two-out walk. >> bob: i saw that on the score board. [ indiscernible ] >> bob: how does somethin minus 5 inches? >> rob: maybe you get mine fuss 5 points for missing ball 4 and how do they do it so quick? >> bob: here's morgan. a chance to hurt his former teammates now. >> rob: horizontal break of minus 5, and vertical break o one inch. >> bob: too much informatio. >> rob: now we're getting out hand. >> bob: i'm sure some guy is sitting there programming it in who probably pitched 7, 8000 innings in the major leagues. 0-2 to nyjer. that ball gets away, no swi and both runners move up on a wild pitch. joel hanrahan is having one whacky inning here. >> rob: he never did this stuff when he pitch

i don't think they wanted hanrahan with that 95 heat facing dunn. young pitcher nervous that has handle like that up there. buries it in the dirt. >> bob: wild pitch. here is done with the count of one ball, one strike in suddenly a one-run game. the pirates do have a pretty good closer if the nats can't tie it here in matt capps who has 20 saves. a 2-1 to dunn. way outside with a breaking ball. >> rob: i'm sure he was told to be careful, very careful. >> bob: a good hitter on deck. >> rob: the hammer. , alabama slammer. >> bob: adam dunn breaks his bat. that ball drops into left field. he's going to round first and milledge will get it in, so the tying run is on and adam dunn has his first base hit of the night. the bat died a hero. here comes josh willingham who is it -- 2-3. >> rob: that's just strong though. this ball is just smacked that bat -- snapped that bat off his hands. he throws it into right field. the bat or 80% of it goes all the way out to the edge of the grass at second base. >> bob: here is josh willingham. that was a long run for

. >> bob: joe hanrahan for the pirates, mick do you go for t nats. -- macdougal for the nats.couple of singles. breaking ball, got him, runne ahead, so he can't go anywhere. two outs. that time, bergmann buried the breaking ball. >> rob: if you're going to strike a guy out, that's a grt out-pitch. now riggleman wants the left-hander ron villone. ron have i loan, and garrett chicagoans when we come back. , ron have i loan. ? >> bob: the masn chopper is hovering behind the park. a key out to get here for ron villone, and he pitched a lg way last night, 2/and a third just gave up one hit, a couple of strikeouts, settled the ballgame at the end, but nats were too far behind to moun come back. jones, two walks. breaking ball, just missed brushing the corner. check swing and a strike. >> it's set up way outside. >> usual hi means breaking ba. but he went with the heater. 87. >> rob: you're defeating the purpose of a shift, pitching  away. if he hits a ground ball don the thir

ray, you look at this situation for sean burnett with joel hanrahan getting a chance yesterday goingformer team. the nats were able to get on him a little bit. how about burnett facing -- well, it is going to be a lot of different pirates he hasn't seen, but will they know him going against anyone ?els. >> and that always goes up, when you're traded, you go back to the team you grew up with. the thing he -- he is going to be able to handle it. he has been through a lot. he was 26 years old starting the season. he missed almost two years with the surgery. he was their number one top- ranked rookie pitcher his first year, going into his second year he was ranked their best prospect. the third year, their best prospect and then he started having arm trouble. he lost only 17 games early in his career and then they converted him to a closer in annapolis. h weiss able to get over the hump from the injury. he is throwing the ball. he has a power arm. a power sinker, slider, changeup, and he just seems to me to be very calm. >> now it is time for the stay in the game hold of the day presente

the nationals trying to beat up on joel hanrahan and christian guzm lines one to left. millage tries to dive, can't make the grab, the ball gets by him. niger morgan comes in to score for the nationals. he a former pittsburgh pirate. but it wasn't enough, millage and the pirates win 5-4. that's your sports on this saturday morning. i'm lindsay czarniak have a great day. >> out of the two daes, this one will be the greater of the two? >> only because it will be rain-free. tomorrow, for the most part, we do stay dry. only about a 30% chance of storms tomorrow. but nonetheless, there's still a chance some of you could see a shower or thunderstorm come tomorrow afternoon. but today looks great. lots of sunshine. temperatures climbing up to about 90 degrees and it will be humid. so a typical august day. >> bring out the sunglasses. thanks a lot. that's "news4 today." "the today show" begins at 8:00 al. join us at 8:00 a.m. with more.

and in the ninth inning against joel hanrahan. and then this ball hit out to center by john baker and nyjer morgan is there. >> rob: i just wanted to bring up the point about working ahead. hanley ramirez, as talented as he is when he is behind in the count 0-2, hitting .087. when he is ahead in the count, 2-0, .333. when it is 3-1, he is hitting .400. do you see a little pattern there? you want to work ahead. >> bob: how do you do that? >> rob: you get ahead. breaking ball, fastball, whatever; trough strike one. it is still the best pitch out there. strike one. josh. >> bob: he struck out looking the first time up. >> rob: after the count is 3-0 on him he is hitting .800. >> bob: johnson hits one high in the air to deep left center, and this ball is gone. josh johnson, the pitcher, hits his third home run of the year. have you ever seen a pitcher hit a ball better than that to the opposite field? >> rob: no, but maybe walter johnson was a little bigger than this guy, but he is 6'7", about 270, and he just launches this pitch. the