that's nice to the right side for helton.away and it goes 3, 4 and nats already on top by 1 after morgan got things going. great table setter and the number 2 is hitting well in this series and guzman manufactures the first of the game. rodriguez lined out hard to center and ended the inning. they have good hacks against francis. here's morgan. >> bob: big breaking ball. and it's tough to pull the trigger on that. 73 miles per hour. when it's 15, 16 miles per hour off the fastball, you have to wait on the 88 miles per hour fastball, especially if you're morgan, who locked up. he tried it again and that one got olivo. >> on the left arm, that's going to hurt bad for a while. you see the home plate umpire give him a little time. it looked like the top of the forearm or the elbow. it's not easy being a catcher. mets just scored 3 in the 7th at florida and marlyns still lead 7-6. there's the 0-2. morgan goes and that's it for the nats. beautiful cherry creek here in denver, colorado. nats are on top here in the 2nd, 1-0. can a sm

todd helton's been battling the flu. jason giambi replaced him in the first game today and hit a home run. >> rob: he's battling the flu, but still an amazing glove man. although giambi played some great first base today in the first game. made some plays that he probably wouldn't normal have to be called upon to make. in todd helton's absence, giambi had a heck of a game off livan. >> bob: cristian guzman's bat has really come alive now in the last week. 12-24 over an eight game hitting streak. got his batting average back over .300 to .315. hitting .250 from the left side overall. knocked on the balls like that. in the air to center, but look at it go. that's that wind i talked about earlier. it's flowing out tonight. and carlos gonzalez had to go get that pitch. two outs in the 2nd. all things the number 2. extra base hits, doubles or more in consecutive games, the nationals 64 in a row. that's interesting. a double. in your second room of flooring free at 877-241-luna. >> rob: look at the guy in his box, what's his n

todd helton gives way to tulowitzki. for the second out. >> rob: well, this was it, 3-2, sinker coming in. a little bit high though. he likes it down lower. so corpus got away with that one. >> bob: pudge rodriguez, if the inning continues and that is up to ian desmond. >> rob: awful quiet this series. >> bob: desmond, 0-3 tonight. 2-9 with two rbis in colorado. slider for a strike. you can look at the outfield and tell how they're going to pitch desmond. way around to the right. probably 120 feet between smith and the left field line. now ian has to battle. it's 0-2. >> rob: tough pitch to take. a couple of 81-mile an hour shieders followed by -- sliders followed by 92 on the black. >> bob: and desmond squirts it dune to helton and the -- down to helton and the rockies have taken the series lead. they sweep the doubleheader today, 6-2 and 4-3. and that gets them back to the .500 mark. nats outhim them but lose it by a run. back with more from coors field ahead. >>> hi everybody, johnny holliday with phil wood. the natio

helton and olivo. that will be the 1st out here in the 4th and gonzalez is coming up.t's a good pattern to play hit and run with with. riggleman can look up and see francis behind, having to throw a strike. big slow breaking ball. 0 and 2. he tried to throw that same fastball on which he struck out gonzalez the first time up. looks like they changed that call, rob, as you predicted they would. gonzalez gets jammed. that was a funny-sounding thing. stammen is up tomorrow. officials scorers will tell you sometimes they have to make decisions that they don't necessarily agree with. i am sure somebody from the rockies was lobbying for that and maybe somebody from the nats as well. but when you have a shortstop that's always in the running for a gold glove, they want to be sure when they give him an error. >> there's a couple of ball hitters and the balls were blasted. >> bob: nats get to 2nd base and olivo made that close at the end. . tracy is going to argue it. real speed and it's out there. runners in scoring position and olsen has 15 career rbis. olivo has some arm. it

but you go left side or right side, barmes, helton, tulowitzki, stewart. tough to get the ball through the rockies infeed. >> bob: yeah and some day when helton is no longer around, brad hawpe, a natural first baseman will come in there and we know how good he is. only thing that will be wasted about that would be hawpe's arm. hammel staying away from dunn. who's bounced out to first and struck out swinging. brad hawpe, usually a league leader in outfield assists, but nobody's running on him anymore. >> rob: one of the best left- handed arms if major league baseball from the outfield. >> bob: not that many great left-handed right fielders over the years. >> rob: nope. paul o'neill had a cannon, but hurt it back in the late '80s pitching for atlanta. >> bob: one run game, 3-0. >> rob: absolute simply. >> bob: there he goes. he got under it. get up. does it have enough carry? and adam dunn has tied the game on the 3-0 homer. his ninth of the year. career number 325. >> rob: sweet. >> bob: how many would he hit playing 81 games here? >> rob: do you give him t

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 right-handed presence in the nationals bullpen after a rocky start. >> walker is yet to have an opponent score against him. two good efforts tonight from burnett and walker. everybody is talking about stephen strasburg these days. there is somebody else you may want the look at. we'll talk about that when we come back right here on masn postgame. ♪ all right! achievement looks forwar

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. >

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