that's what keith hernandez said.d it always looks long if you're chasing balls. especially with the power arms that the mets have shown in te couple of games. >> gary: andino is hardly off the bag. jones hitting .362 with runnes in scoring position. markakis .324, and reports .302. and that's the pitch he's been chasing that he needs to stay away from. and he gets ahead on the count. >> jim: we saw it off bobby parnell who throws from 93 to 97. he went 1-0, swung at a balp and in. if he takes the pitch 2-0, he's not throwing them a slider. >> gary: he's got that 2-0 cot he wants. and there it is again, outside. first base is open here, but u got nick markakis waiting on deck. hernandez, left-hander .278 off him, and right-handers .313. 6 home runs with an one hit by markakis, 6 by lefties, five y right-handers. so not a significant differene in any of those departments, right or left handed against hernandez. 3-0 counts. see if he has a green light. he takes it, it is there

anderson hernandez 2 for 3 tonight.it's a pretty good muscle for a guy who bunted for a base hit first time. >> rob: you're going to see him try to roll this curveball over. he hangs it in the zone. you're swinging hard early in the count. connects for a double. top off the order guzman. >> rob: remember he tried to do basically a slap hit, like a hockey slap shot and failed. but i like the idea. >> bob: you cocall that three quality at-bats tonight. >> rob: absolutely. having an idea, having a great approach. watch -- i watch rick work with these guys every day. he wants them to have the same approach when they go up but get a productive out. you can't put it in play, you can't get a base hit. that's wh >> bob: guzman will have to walk that one off. left-hander randy choate throwing for the rays. they have five different relievers in their bullpen who have saves. >> rob: a lball off your instep. that was off sh. i had a pitching coach that would rip ground balls back at us when we were on mod, we'd call those shin

hernandez making it tough to end the inning. anderson hernandez up the middle. willingham is not that fast. jones has five assists and the ball is dropped by wieters. josh willingham would have been out and the inning would have been over, instead it's 3-1 washington. >> jim p.: it's about how much he's going to be out by. a horrible pitch, 0-2, he just pings it into center field. >> rob: this is right on the money. >> jim p.: look at that. i think it skips. stays down. one thing about matt wieters, he's done a nice job of blocking the plate. but that time he moved back about a foot, rob, because of the throw. and so, again, not a good pitch for hernandez. but it looked like jones throw was going to get hernandez and the orioles out of the inning. >> bob: i don't know if the score would give the catcher an error on a play by that, but he would be justified in doing so. into the baltimore bullpen. ♪ ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in-rebate. only from at&t.  >> bob

hernandez will make the turn and stay at second. -- hernandez is on. 2-1, nobody out in the 8th. another golden opportunity, rob, coming up right now. anderson hernandez had gone 0-16 his last four games until that base hit. >> rob: dusty baker choosing to go with the other side of the bullpen today. pitcher herrera. he's got masset up in the bullpen now trying to rest his players as he goes to kansas city of this. >> johnny: now it is back to the nationals top of the line-up. cristian guzman is 1-3 for thehl ray herrera. 26th appearance of the year. 0-1 his record. with a 1.59 e.r.a. and guzman squares up to bunt and takes the pitch inside. >> rob: i love what steve mccatty said. if you come out the nex ng and don'tive up you own run. you areng the job proeperly. he is big -- properly, he is big like i am on inherited runners and keeping them from crossing the plate. love to see one get pushed across deep right here. >> johnny: harris at second. here's nan dez at first. guzman lays down the -- hernandez at first. guzman lays down the bunt and the throw to third is in time. >> ro

so hernandez will be credited with the orioles first strikeout. one down here in the 5th inning. >> got the fastball down in the bottom of the zone. a big fastball. has the ability to wrack up the strikeout 94 miles an hour right at the bottom of the strike zone. he pulled the trigger. gosh runner at 1 st and hannahan up. he's flied out, grounded out. left-handed hitter. and with the score being 9-0 the orioles are not going to hold the runner at 1st base and suzuki is not running. even though we're only in the 5th inning. the unwritten rules of the game have come into play early. off speed is in there for a strike. >> generally in the american league you get into the 59 inning and this kind of league you pretty much play respect the other team and don't run up the score. >> here's the 0-2 pitch. did he go? check at 3rd. no. garyly darling. hannahan looking to pick up a hit and get involved here. everybody else in the line up has either had a hit or scored a run. hannahan will take the offspeed delivery. where's he going? he thought it was strike

not 2.95 anymore. >> bob: hernandez goes up hacking. this is usually a ball club that works the count patiently. they're smelling blood now. guys are swinging at the first good thing they see. for bard, that was his 8th rbi. gonzalez has 12. hernandez can't catch up to a pitch way upstairs. so the count is 0-2. the dh is looking a little eager isn't he? >> rob: a little. he's used to being on the field. >> bob: hernandez got a piece and fouled it into the dirt. navarro is claiming he caught the ball on a fly. the home plate umpire will ask for help. the umpire from 3rd 3rd base calls the hitter out. third strike out of the day for shields. >> rob: let's see if it hits the ground after the foul tip. it's into the glove. he caught it. >> bob: that's caught cleanly. willie harris chance to make it 5-0. he'll ground it. hits by dunn, dukes, gonzalez, bard. 4-0 nationals. are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drinking a warm one? if you have the new coors light cold-activated can, you're covered. becau

there's david hernandez back with the team. koji uehara officially now on the disabled list and david back. this is his fourth appearance. gets ahead of ryan zimmerman, 0- 1. he was looking fastball and he swung through it. >> jim p.: that's that well located fastball. it was out of the middle of the plate with a little bit of giddyup on it. >> jim h.: david hernandez has always been a strikeout pitcher coming up through the minor leagues. popped foul, wide of first. huff hoping for a play but it stays in the stands. that's a strike for 0-2. he had 614 strikeouts in 530 innings in the minor league. >> rob: very impressive. >> jim p.: i struck out 14 back on the 22nd of may. on the year, 3-2 with a very low earned run average. not a lot of run support down at triple-a norfolk. >> rob: the one thing i do like, 18 walks. not just a power pitcher. >> jim p.: i watch his windup. he's one of these guys that fans on the first base side. pretty good balance. >> jim h.: high fly ball, right center field, chasing jones back but he has a

four consecutive base runners, second walk of the day for hernandez. here's anderson hernandez. >> jim p.: you get both alan dunn who has taken over for rick kranitz, he comes out, matt wieters already headed out to the mound. the one thing about most of the battery-mates that you will see, wieters has caught most of these guys in the minor leagues. but where you come to a different level, they both have to learn this level. >> rob: but the thing i've said about wieters and any young catcher, including our own, you have to learn the opposition. you've got one of the toughest divisions, the american league east. every team is full of bombers and just fantastic hitters. that's one of the toughest jobs for a catcher. learns the ins and outs of the opponents and how they hit. he's got to learn the opposition. >> bob: two on, one out. hernandez singled up the middle first time and was caught stealing. the measurement on the home run, 442 feet. >> rob: that's a bit low. >> jim p.: did it hit the warehouse? >> bob: i think it bounced, then hit it. >> jim p.:

chugging back to first, anderson hernandez, one away.tomorrow the red sox will be here at orioles park beginning a three game series with the birds, tickets still available. they start as low as $15. always a lot of atmosphere here. jon lester is on the mound tomorrow for boston. >> rob: come out and beat back that red sox nation. >> jim p.: second best record in baseball. only the dodgers with a better winning percentage. >> rob: their fans travel well. they show up and bring their orange and black. >> jim p.: which is terrific. >> rob: i thanked them on twitter. i said, thanks for coming up, they set attendance records in d.c. three straight days. very nice. >> jim p.: the red sox set the benchmark i think to me for all major league teams, because they set the standard. it's a good way to judge, good yard stoic judge your own ball club. now, to do that of course, this 0-4 has got to stop. >> rob: you've got to beat the club. >> jim h.: they have that dreaded series. the 11 am game on monday morning. willie harris grounded out his first

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'm not sure if mark needed encouragement, you encourage they will to call strikes? he has a complete game, and -- [ indiscernible ] hernandez looks like he puld something there, shortstop coming in to have a word with him. don't know what that was abou. >> jim: i'll tell you, you have the best bullpen, and he d a marvelous game. i can't imagine with a two run lead -- let's take a look. maybe a little spasm. again a hot night, it's easy o get dehydrateed. it's like he released the ball and the muscles are trying to slow down the arm speed. i have two accomplished setup men. >> gary: when did it happen? we're watching, this is a replay. this is not live. this is a replay. and he just stood there. this is a long time after he had thrown. right there. >> jim

hernandez, 1-0. macdougal for the stretch. >> rob: beautiful. 95 miles per hour heat. that helps. >> johnny: started outside and came right back across the corner of the plate. >> rob: when the ball reached the catcher's mitt, it stopped it. >> johnny: 1-1 hernandez. fouled to the right. >> rob: you've got to give less than 2 seconds getting that ball to the catcher. give that catcher enough time to get and you throw it to 2nd. >> johnny: 2-2. mike is 32 now. born in las vegas in 77. the way he throws -- >> rob: i wouldn't have bet on that. the government seized 27,000 bank accounts on line poker play activity, $4 million. you would think the government would temperature -- would step in and crack down on that. [cheering and applause] >> johnny: willingham will lead off in the bottom of the 11th. nats are trying to get a run to win this one. 2-2. we'll be back after this.  >>> we head to the bottom o the 11th with a tied game. >> rob: follow the game on your iphone featuring play by play, highlights and live video broadcast. get on your iphone or ipod touch to pur

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 view. he may have held up. >> bob: that bat broke the plane. look at zimmerman. he always starts the glove down low and then sweeps it up right into the ball. beautifully done for the first out here in the 8th. >> rob: imagine this score is a one run ballgame, this wou

we're not talking about livan hernandez. too, but that's about as good a 2-2 curveballs you can throw. didn't hang at all. >> gary: that's a new career high for strikeouts. the most jason had was three. he did that against atlanta last game in tron at the, his first game, he has 6 in this game. and he he listened to his manager, and i'm sure pitching coach about throwing that off-speed pitch more often. because it is working here in the ballgame. there's the runner at third. two down now. infield will back up. and a hard ground ball. it will be played by wigginton. the leadoff error is covered by berkenmy meeting got moved up. i need to change my southwest flight. woman over phone: no problem. you know, maybe other people are content to sit around and wait. wait for something to happen. for business to pick up. but for you, it's time to kick it in gear. time to get going. time to get tough. take control. you're not gonna run and hide. because backing down's not your style. grab your bag. it's on. (

hernandez will dish one outside.ivan hernandez continues to have one of the easiest-lookig rocking chair deliveries in al of baseball. you look at him and you thinke can just pitch for about five days in a row, and it would never bother him. very little effort. he gets the strikeout. so one, two, three inning for hernandez, as he sets the orioles down in order. our little friend -- never mind. we like looking at the world through safety-colored glasses. doing what it takes to make home a little better. 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. >> gary: with the humid air tonight, we'll see how the ball flies. >> jim: everybody talking the last couple of nights, because of the wind and damnness,e ball not carrying. the only

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. 3-2 if it's anywhere close, you've got to be hacking. we've been complaining about the zone all year it's been tight. it's tough to complain the opposite way when it's loose. >> johnny: fouls it out. 1-2 in the nationals 3rd baseman after a strikeout last night. >> rob: it's been a frustrating yea

. >> johnny: willie harris leading off, anderson hernandez in the number 1 hole, and francisco cordero comes out of that reds bullpen. 25 innings pitched, 21 hits allowed, four earned runs, struck out 23 and only walked eight batters.  among national league  in saves. hasn't given up a run in his last 8 appearses. this cincinnati bullpen is tough. >> rob: very tough. as i said before, fourth in earned run average in the major leagues as far as the bullpen goes. they have a lead, tough to get it back from 'em. but only a difference right here, a couple of home runs, string together a few hits, maybe a walk or something, and got to send it to extra innings. >> johnny: willie harris popped out swinging, popped to second grounded out to second. he is 0-3, leads off the bottom of the ninth. takes a strike call.  francisco cordero first  save was july 21st of '08 against san diego. his last blown save was that, a year ago.    another one of these guys  have been around a l

hernandez from third scores. guzman comes in to score. and the nationals have got a one-run lead. >> rob: wow. this is a slow roller right here that they try to turn an unbelievable double-play. sometimes you are trying to do too much right there. great take-out at 2nd base by cristian guzman. that was just wonderfully done. cristian scored. >> johnny: guzman scores, hernandez scores. >> rob: that was gonzalez at second. once again getting it done. these young guys. wonderful base hit on an offspeed pitch by herrera. >> johnny: the runs by guzman, gonzalez and the nationals have a lead of 3-2. long time coming. now, they have got to hold it. adam dunn looking for his first base hit. 0-3 for the afternoon. nationals have 8 hits in this ballgame and only 3 runs to show for it. >> rob: this is a defining moment. alberto gonzalez taking out phillips and then the flow gets by gonzalez over at 1st base. all the way into the dugout. two runs come in, instead of one. nationals are up 3-2 here. >> johnny: in the bottom of the 8 th. wide, wide stan

anderson hernandez tries a little slug bunt. he dragged the bunt for a base hit first time up.t here in the fifth. byron, some speculation today because of media report regarding the status of manny acta. >> byron: yes fox sports.com saying that jim rig he willman would become the manager and manny acta would be fired sometime in the future. i spoke with the team president before the game, edsel not comment on media reports. he is perplexed by this bad start and he's looking for all solutions to try to figure this out. jim riggleman said before the game he hadn't even heard about this report. he fully trusts manny acta, he's a heck of a manager. >> bob: we know kenny rosenthal, he's a very good reporter. he must have some source he feels is strong enough to go sub with such a report. at the same time, he evidently knows more than any of us who are with the ball club every day. >> rob: exactly. >> bob: i'll tell you right now, i like manny acta, i think manny acta is an excellent manager and he's not been given enough horses to win. you've got four rookie pitchers out there. you

a little double play hit into by hernandez. then 94-mile an hour fastball that was called a ball, 86 down, 2-0 comes back. umpire squeezes him here, we saw that on the pitch track and gets him on an 88-mile an hour change-up. pena then homers to deep right on a fastball that was down and in. that's no-man's land for anybody. even if it is 93 miles an hour. but he comes back and gets zobrist looking. then the double play by attempted double play as we get the fielder's choice there. then pick off at second base. crawford grounds out 4-3. so we went five innings, just had 92 pitches. i'm sure the reason he was taken out was he did have a little elbow stiffness and soreness and he missed seven days. no need to push a guy that can an franchise type player in a situation like that this early in his career. >> as we look at the line there for jordan zimmermann. one run, two walks, six strikeouts, right there for strikes. good outing tonight for jordan zimmermann. the other zimmerman got the nationals on the board early. we'll talk ab

bard, harris and hernandez coming up bottom of the sixth. he's had 102. it's rod barajas, the number eight hitter f somehow he extends the inning and the blue jays have not tied the game or taken the lead, cito gaston would have to make that national league decision about whether or not to bat his pitcher who is pitching very well. >> rob: do you think that manny acta, jim riggleman and steve mccatty are contemplating gens getting tallet out of the game by walking barajas. >> bob: first base was open definitely. >> rob: that he be is open. >> bob: you don't want to let this guy beat you. >> rob: exactly. two outs. >> bob: that's a fastball down the middle. it had enough tail on it to get a little inside near the trademark of that bat. you just cannot let the number eight man in the national league beat you and that's what they're talking about right now.  >> bob: there's a b right-handed batter. >> rob: those are two pitches that barajas knows he could have handled. a fastball up. a slider up. missed both of the

anderson hernandez knew he had to hurry. he played it perfectly. looks like he is wearing some turf shoes tonight and the first two have been retired on a strikeout and grounder. nationals defense, defensively, adam dunn is the dh. so that is a big plus for stammen, retiring two of the fastest players in baseball and here is evan longoria, second in the american league with 34 extra base hits. only mark teixeira has more with 36. raul ibanez is the major league leader with the phillies with 38. you think sits sense bank park is not jumping tonight. jon lester, joe blanton, red sox and phillies, last two defending world champions. all good breaking ball. >> rob: you can make a great argument against strasburg and what his agent is saying. this a kid who came out of nowhere, six games into the major league last year, they gave him a long-term contract, goes out and wins rookie of the year. talk about impact player. >> bob: stammen is there to grab it, longoria signed a 17 million-dollar six -- 70 million-dollar six-year deal. od through safety-colore

here is anderson hernandez batting .263 overall. tallet cannot wait to get this inning over with so he can step in for his third career at-bat here leading off the third. with everything rolled together in interleague, rob, it was so embarrassing the way the american league pitchers kept out hitting the guys in our league the last couple of years. at least now the national leaguers have the lead in that department. >> bob: maybe they're working hard for -- >> rob: maybe they're work hard for those interleague at-bats. i know when we were in tampa bay -- i was watching the tampa bay hitters take batting practice. i thought a little strange. they're taking batting practice at home. usually you do it on the road. i thought they have interleague coming up they have against us. once thence -- once they have to go to a national league park, they have to hit. they'll hit this weekend. i think they're playing the mets, aren't they? >> bob: that sounds right and the red sox will be hitting -- their pitchers will be hitting here next tuesday,

. >> rob: right wildlife we had that day off we had a look at a consumate pitcher, levon hernandez, does not have any great pitch in his repertoire. >> johnny: lost something off the fastball. but he can mix it up. >> rob: eye level, speeds, whatever it takes to win. not 98. i love strasburg has the great 100 miles per hour fastball and the heater, but the second and third time i face this guy what is he thinking i'm going to throw, that's pitching in the big leagues. leave on, i think he showed a lot of our kids how to do it without great ability. >> johnny: the 2-0 to cueto, don't want to lose him. . >> rob: no. >> rob: that's going to drive maddox nuts to walk the opposing pitcher. rob when you came up and when you -- he walks him. and you made your debut in the major leagues was there a guy on that cincinnati team that kind of took you under his wing and showed you the right way? >> rob: they all did. i mean as far as in the bullpen it was wonderful, johnny franko, frank williams, johnny murphy were all seasoned veterans. for someone who started in the minor leagues, johnny franko st

down to hernandez. it's two down. . >> rob: ah.st answer the question. >> aflac.  . >> johnny: the last x draft pick to go right to the major leagues and the answer isy dan caville i can't. >> rob: right from oklahoma state right to the bigs. >> johnny: 1985. hmm. jay bruce hitting from the left side. he walked and scored cincinnati's only run back in the second. for  he had some troubles re went 0-17. >> rob: it happens, he is a young kid. >> johnny: the longest drought of his career. >> rob: great power numbers but he is on bases and whatever. >> rob: you know what, if he has proved he can play at the minor league levels what are you gonna do, send him back down? >> johnny: 9 strikeouts in last 10 games, .091 batting average. >> rob: a very humbling sport. >> johnny: it certainly is. here is the 1-2 to detwiler. high fly to left field and adam dunn has a bead on this and dunn will be leading off for the nats when we come back. another one-two-three inning for ross detw

but the count is full to hernandez. fringes hernandez. if nats on your phone and i pod. bat 2009 featuring play-by- play, video highlights and live audio broadcast. visit national's.com on your eye phone or ipod, touch to purchase. so it's quickly two up and two down in the seventh. and will nieves looking for his first base hit of the night. we'll see what he can do gents johnny quelt oh. >> rob: josh going to be starting in right field tomorrow. >> johnny: you know how anxious he is to get back in this lineup. >> rob: i think the lack of production from austin kearns, if josh willingham gets back to swinging the bat as hot as he was, that gives him the versatility to be in the lineup every day. >> johnny: will nieves the fourth hit of the night for washington. line drive to center field so the nats get a runner on with two down.  and willingham will hit >> rob: i like him. i talked to him a couple years ago. first time i had to go back to cincinnati since we won the world series. new owners, cas ski leany. arthur rose, having a f

hernandez getting to 1st to get the out.n a short fastball going on the first move, getting down there, beating the throw. that's what tough do in baseball baseball. he's gone. he's safe at 2nd. that sets up rbi situation. detwiler whirls and throws here not showing any signs of being a rookie as he makes the right play. you mentioned he had to preplan that play. >> a couple of weird plays developing. one is the pop down into the nationals bullpen. the other is the ball hitting the 3rd base bat. >> it was weird. here's a pop up down into the bullpen. the catchers aren't aware of anything. a little cut block there as one of our catchers can't get out of the way. the ball hit down the line, right there. willy has it squared up. that's what happens when you're playing poorly and things aren't going your way. it continues to just rain bad happenings. >> let's look at the nationals bullpen today. tavarez came in as well as villone and beimel. >> our bullpen looks pretty good. the bullpen, we keep talking about young pitchers keep

>> bob: hernandez down to scoop that one. two outs. >> rob: i keep telling the guys down in the locker room that. did the sun come out today? are you healthy? well, then it's a good day. >> jim p.: are they still paying you? >> bob: but rob's point is well taken. when you're 21-51 and it's saturday night and you've just had a lead an given it away, you wonder if it will come up on sunday. >> jim p.: the orioles are not a great -- they're 3-8 on sundays. on the other hand, the one thing about manny acta, his guys, if they were a little bit limited, they still play hard. that's what you have to get them to do. if you're not going to win when john lannan is out there, who are you going to win with? >> bob: scott olson tomorrow in florida, then jordan zimmermann. the nats probably feel like if they can sneak one today here, they've got a chance to go down and do some damage against the marlins. they know what lannan is doing. he's had 92 pitches through 7 innings. enjoy the rest of your day. (crowd cheers) (music plays) witness a

he threw the ball with authority to hernandez. that made the rest of it very easy. >> rob: he had a bat explosion. wow. watch this right here. this is just power on a weak bat. that bat explodes in his hands, sets up a 1, 4, 3 double play. >> bob: i love the fact detwiler did not wait to make his throw. he did it with authority. >> rob: that was perfect by the young detwiler. >> bob: two out, bases empty. >> rob: his mound presence is fantastic for a kid his age. that was by all reports, when i saw him the first time in string training, when he gets guys on base, he gets upset and aggravated. she's shown none of that since the minor leagues. >> bob: just turned 23 in march. changeup outside to longoria. going into another day of inner league play. the national league and american league split equally yesterday. the first 70 games of inner league play. joe maddon's rays 4-1. they beat the marlins 4-3. now the first two in this series against the nats. fly ball to right for corey patterson. after the leadoff base hit t, -- hit, the

it will drop in front of willie harris and a base hit for michel hernandez.now the nats get anybody out here -- can't get anybody out here in the 6th inning. reid brignac will be next. >> rob: all there's power hitters in the middle of this tampa bay line-up. two biggest boppers, evan longoria hits a little flair out to the outfield. then your number four guy bunts for a base hit. then the bottom of the order just crushes a couple of home runs. >> bob: i think those last two columns gave you a reason for colome's problems here in tampa. tampa bay, at least. willie harris will catch this one, off the bat of brignac. jesus colome, a 10-7 strikeout to walk ratio. in his years here. tonight's copyrighted telecast presented by the authority of the washington nationals may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form. everybody in this inning for the rays have batted except for the two speedsters, upton and crawford.  >> bob: very tardy, strik looks to me like they've got some hitters in this line-up who do a lot of guessing. i think h

david hernandez, kind of an interesting story going on right now. at norfolk, he's 3-2 with a 3.30 earned run average. wall street with the orioles, he was 1-1 with a 3.95 earned run average and he pitched only nine innings. everyone is target to wonder why david hernandez was pulled out of the game after four innings. he didn't walk a bear batter, struck out four, didn't allow a run. then the rawt thought process is that koji may not be able to go pass five or six. could koji be going to the bullpen and hernandez come bamg? >> -- coming back? >> everybody trying to figure out these moves. as soon as anybody tawms talks about uehara on a possible disabled list and david hernandez probably one of the guys considered. the fact he was taken out of the ballgame is absolutely he could be considered. there's been nothing said about that up to this point right here. i wouldn't mind having him back here at this point right here. i liked him when he was here the first time. >> there's always room for speculationment always room to talk rumors, right? that's

anderson hernandez, 1-for-2 with a base hit to left. dan wheeler throwing. >> rob: dan wheeler played with houston, atlanta. now helped them go to the world series. >> bob: this is a bullpen by committee. randy cate, howell, the lefty had two. troy percival had 6 early. that's a fastball outside. 2-2. on the field here in st. pete. >> rob: talking about public health care, i'm sure, nuclear problems in north korea. >> bob: anderson hernandez hits it off the end of the bat and pops it up. serious bullpen questions. they will solve all of our problems down there, i promise you. ♪ ♪ 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. . >> bob: how is your fi start at the major league level going right now? i i will craig stammen has been amazing, again

in the top of the ninth.  hernandez on  nick jo.way mike mcdougall retires the first batter he faces a shot up the middle, a base hit. chris dickerson on with one out here in the ninth. for robob running >> rob: the redsare going to be doing stuff in the next few years that are reminiscent of the st. louis cardinals. [ inaudible ] ... .. get in the swing of things. >> johnny: could be a double play ball, hernandez to guzman, no throw to first base, dickerson came in flying to break up the double play and there is twdown. don't for get,heaving the valley legal stars. come out

dusty baker, willie tavares, jerry hairston, ramon hernandez, johnny goals in left, jay bruce in rightex gonzalez in shortstop. rod had eye gan behind the plate catching johnny que et oh. now for the nats manny acta, detwiler goes to the hill, four starts in the past, 0-2 record, 12 earned runs, walked 6, had 17 strikeouts, this ought to be a good duel tonight between two very good young pitchers both at 23 years of age. >> rob: let me give you the pnc bank scouting report. 6, that is what this kid is looking at going, in his fifth start, continue to make adjustments, keep goin' right after people, he has never melt the cincinnati reds so every time he goes out there it's a new experience meeting one of these lineups. keep making adjustments. so these last couple of outings, 10 hits, walking a few people, got to to out there with rod detwiler's stuff and challenge the reds. >> johnny: defensively let's take a look at the nats defense, zimmerman at third, guzman at fourth, hernandez at second base, nick johnston, will nieves will be behind the plate, catching detwiler, dunk and harrison

wigginton now 6 for 20 lifetie off livan hernandez. berken with a walk and 7 strikeouts in the ballgame. orioles picking up a rbi in the 5th on the double by roberts and the first run, an andino shot. mets have battled back in te 6th, sac fly by wright, and ryan church singled to tie the ballgame up jeep it goes to what you are talking b it's easier when you get good pitching to battle back. >> gary: wigginton gets it in his favor. 3-1 count. santos got part of that foul ball. >> jim: little cutter, little slider, something different. if you look at the pitches, curve balls have been under 80 miles an hour, but the sliders from 83 to 84-mile r hour face balances, all the way up to -- fastballs, all the way up to 89. just add a little, throw a little, get in trouble -- like alfred e newman, what, me worried? i just make some pitches. >> gary: wigginton has had an old month of june, hitting  6 hits, 18 at-bats, had a couple home runs. 3-2 delivery. and wigginton another one up the middle and a bas

hernandez to get it drops it. in his haste to make the exchange probably his sixth error of the year. first two outs. >> rob: knits there. he had overbay here by a few steps. plenty of time. overbay wasn't even really sprinting down the line. 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 ine

here's anderson hernandez.e was tumbling out of the batter's box. >> rob: once again, when you look at nolasco's overall numbers career-wise, but 464 hits and 443 innings, i still think it's because he's goofing around with five, six, seven pitches instead of sticking to three, going through the line- up three, four times and trying to just get some w's for his ball club. >> bob: he has not walked a batter. struck out six. he has hernandez 0-2. >> rob: he's got great command. 110 walks in that 442 innings versus 358 strikeouts. >> bob: in his last three starts he has struck out 27 batters and walked just two. >> rob: very nice back door slider right there but about a foot outside. >> bob: that's similar to the pitch in the first inning that took hernandez bat apart. >> rob: batting average against .302, 18 walks, 67 strikeouts. it's hard to believe. just looking at this kid's stuff overall. >> bob: julienne tavarez. is scott olsen done. now, he might be warming up just in case the nats get a couple of guys aboa

anderson hernandez going over there.now you have to right yourself and make a good throw a good strong throw over to first base. nice defense. >> jim: you want to improve your pitching, you need those type of guys. offensive production and then defensive reduction, i guess. >> rob: and the defense has gotten better. elijah in right and willie harris in center that is one of our faster outfields. >> jim: what is going on with lastings milledge? >> rob: he broke a finger. >> jim: is he out indefinitely or for a while? >> rob: yeah, i think he is out a month l two months. >> jim: nolan reimold has had a good night at the plate, a double, a single and a walk. colome on for another inning. and that one just missed outside, 1-1. >> rob: if you see the take away for colome, not a whole lot of work going on there. right from the top to the bottom quickly. >> jim: george has been great. when he simplifies his wind-up, all of a sudden he has been almost -- he has almost been perfect as a closer. >> jim: towards the hole. another b

anderson hernandez is in a very interesting position. if you threw a line to home plate to him, 2 wouldn't miss nick johnson by much. there is still a wide gap between hernandez and cristian guzman. he was all locked up there and that's strike 2. ron villone, total deception. and way ahead in the count. pretty good success against ron villone, .333. ron must have hung him a breaking ball somewhere. >> rob: much like aubrey huff. aubrey huff has his number. he tried to get him out with a breaking ball, cutter, fastball. >> bob: does he attack on 0-2? and a breaking ball away. bottom of the 7th inning. nats still have outhit the rays, 7-6. 3-3 game. washington has not scored since the 1st and the rays have chipped away with singles in the 2nd, 3rd and 6th. 2-2. >> rob: sometimes, managers with two out will send the runners in the hopes that the catcher will hole through. quickly time called by joe west. >> rob: you see there, the hole. longoria might take off. >> bob: big spot in this ballgame here, runners at the corners, tied contest. an

bottom of the order, harris, hernandez and patterson. interesting these three hitters are all similar, aren't they? left-handed hitters, speed to burn. willie harris takes a fastball in there. >> rob: they've got to make him stop. he's a quick worker and will try to get ahead of you and then go to the fourth ball. make him work at your pace when you're hitting. already ready up on the mound.  >> bob: willie harris 1 tonight a-double and a walk caught stealing in the sixth. >> rob: this goes back a couple of years, but in 2007 against 124 left-handed hitters, held them to a .161 average with that fourth ball and no home runs. righties because he can't throw that fourth ball hit .250 with four homers in 124 at-bats. >> bob: that's a hard breaking ball down and in. >> rob: it got him. >> bob: almost a cutter -- >> rob: it might have been a cutter. guy used to throw high 90s and that is a cutter. >> bob: sheer hernandez. >> rob: holding the ball offcenter throwing it just like a fastball, but the grip makes it slide out like a footb

hernandez, as you mentioned, it's because joey balance low has been on the dl. fouls one off to the right.  we got one day and hern guns him down. >> you had to pull out the mull let pictures. >> johnny: good here too. >> rob: oh. >> johnny: there you go, 1990alcs championship game. >> rob: and during the season jose chico lynn had my number, 7 for 7 against me. but during the playoffs it was a lot of fun. i was just a little bit pumped up. >> johnny: just a little. >> rob: guys didn't want to high five me. >> johnny: setting down the first four reggie has faced and johnny goals will step in the left fielder. 26, 23, 88 saves, look at the opponent's batting average. of course they couldn't dig in either, 198. >> rob: uh-huh. it was fun. i don't even know that guy though, it was a long time ago, a lot of cheeseburgers. >> johnny: johnny goals numbers 7 for 24. >> rob: i like this kid. they picked him up, he has had a number of injuries so now they are finding if you can hit a little bit they'll find room for you somewhere i

pretty hot bat going, and he got the start tonight because he had decent numbers against livan hernandez. he walked one and struck out four, so he has a chance to be the winning pitcher, but the orioles threatening that right here. short stop cora looking in the dugout, saying where do you wt me? they are moving back on the grass at short. he's concerned about mora getting a big lead representig the potential tieing run in the game. wigginton takes it for a strike 0-1 delivery. >> jim: people that have followed ty wigginton's career, he started with the mets whene first game to the big league. that's some good years. >> gary: played a lot of third base for the mets. 1-1 strike count. wigginton will chop it foul. green gets ahead, 1-2. >> jim: this is not a series r the faint hearted. lots of close contested games. but me, rivetting baseball. the way the games have been played. >> jim: they have been national-league type ball gam. key moments, big at-bats, important decisions on pitchig changes. behind mora. mora sneaks in, backs off. 1-2 del

. >> johnny: hernandez can't get it.ew lease on life. >> rob: most of the time the catcher could come up with it. >> johnny: he's only playing there because he can't play. a friendly gathering around the ball park tonight. 11:42. the 0-2 from cordero to ronny belliard. high fly off the 3rd baseline. hairston up in the third row of seats. 0-2. belliard 0-9 career wise against cordero. cordero struck him out twice. dukes off 2nd, willingham off 1st. pitch outside. [cheering and applause] >> rob: he did a great job. hanrahan 7 innings, no hits. beimel no hits no runs. >> johnny: 1-2. one down. >> rob: couldn't get the job done. trying to hit behind the runner. he did a great job trying to get this to the right side. cordero after a 2 hour 10 minute rain delay, 96 miles per hour. josh bard here. a single gets you one run closer. >> johnny: gonzalez will bench hit. that will take care of the shut out. willingham winds up at 3rd base. it's a 2-1 ballgame. >> rob: if you stayed around or you're up watching right now, you'll see

david hernandez and baez did not walk any. bullpen has not given up a run in the ball game. and now short- term. all nine runs, seven hits, three and a third berken started. and cahill. couple run six hits over six couple records for oakland. two on, nobody out. kennedy two rbis in the ball game. two doubles. two runs scored. he's gone 2-4. kennedy now batting in .346. >> buck: got his eye on davis as the speeder and leaving 2nd base. i wouldn't expect him to do anything other than swing away here. >> gary: kennedy now has 13 multiple hit games in his 27 games with the a's. 13 of 27. tremendous may, hit .390 in may. second best batting average in the american league. second only to joe who hit .414 in may. runners go. double steal. fouled away. strike two. >> buck: great break at 2nd base and right behind him cabrera broke toward second from 1st base. you can see the great acceleration of davis but the ball was fouled out of play. >> gary: kennedy with a two strike count. short-term steps up. kennedy to left field. reimold has it. runners are half way. they will go back. one

ramon hernandez, had a frustrating series. >> johnny: so, hernandez is retired. jay bruce as we look at it once again out by a couple of steps. >> rob: wilkin castro and dallas buck, micah owings. i apologize. >> johnny: so, there's two down in the 6th inning here as the answer to the aflac trivia question. who did the reds acquire for adam dunn from arizona. micah owings, dallas buck -- you were right. wilkin castillo. two down here in the 6th inning. alex gonzalez up for the third time. singled in the second, scored a run. two cincinnati runs. scored one and driven one in. 2-2 day for the shortstop. rbi total dose up to 17. -- goes up to 17. john lannan, two starts against cincinnati. 1-0. and 3.86 earned run average. bounder down the 3rd base line is foul. hoping the club gets some runs to get him his 4th win of the season. 3-5. and micah owings looking for his 4th win as well. he is 3-7. but he hasn't won a ballgame this a month. lannan delivers a high fly to right. kearns and dukes over. kearns ducks out of the way. last of the 6th. 2-0 cincinnati leading. o

and hernandez has to lay off that pitch. he did says james hoye down at third..266 but he's only 6 for his last 29. 3 for 4 with an rbi yesterday. he was spraying the ball around camden yards. nolasco buried it on him. ricky never looked at the runner going to third. willingham is over there with two outs. >> rob: that's severe damage. >> bob: look at the bat. >> rob: it sheared all the way up the center to the top. this is when a guy's getting in your kitchen. and the bat comes up to ricky nolasco. he takes it, throws it to first base. >> bob: maybe that's why ricky didn't bother looking at the runner. he had to worry about the ball and the bat. here is wil nieves. >> rob: i'm sure anderson's hands kind of reverb rated after that hit. they'll be numb a little bit. >> bob: breaking ball away. if it gets by the mound, there's a chance. nieves is safe and the nationals pick up a two out run. it was do or die for uggla with the glove. and the nats get a break on an infield chopper, 2-0. >> rob: we saw this happen to us up in baltimore. they were going over the infi

. >> johnny: ball get ace way from hernan -- ball gets away from hernandez. guzman to third and zimmerman down to second. >> rob: that will work. right here this is what you would call a squiber. you see hernandez come up. >> johnny: goes right through his legs. >> rob: right through the wickets. >> johnny: so, the nationals with runners at second and third waiting for adam dunn with only one out. and the reds up 1-0. >> rob: more good friend that do the television for the reds. george brand. george worked with my dad back in the 60s and 70s. worked with espn. >> johnny: adam dunn walked book in the 1st inning. he's got the count of one ball and one strike. owings with a check of the runners. misses just outside for ball two. >> rob: that is probably an unintentional intentional walk right here. they are not going to give him anything. you talk about the walks. 124 last year. 56 right now. >> johnny: 48. >> rob: he doesn't want to walk, but they don't give you anything to hit. you can't swing. that is kind of a backdoor breaking ball, way outside. and these p

i was fortunate to see david hernandez. james keller and i were there to go see another player. as a good scout does, he says, before we go to another guy, i would like to see you another guy. we saw him for two innings and we were gone. that's a credit to him. >> is there a player that somebody sold you on, one of your scouts that, looking back on, you can say, it was a good thing that i listened. >> there are guys obviously, you know. we have a kid in delmarva, ronnie willke who is playing well but john marriotti who had a flyball-ground ball ratio ridiculous. one guy that i'm most proud of him for taking because i thought he was bad but that whole room never let up. they kept telling me, we like him, we like him. it was reimold. i did not see him play well. the staff saw it. it was lard to do to some degree being the first year scouting director but i'm happy i did. >> i know who is going to be the first pick of the draft? >> who do you think it's going to be. >> it's going to be -- >> jordan never tip his hat. well, he talked about reimold. that was his very first round pick

top of the 4th, bard, hernandez and guzman.ing ball was a strike evidently when it crossed home plate. ball caught very low by dioner navarro. that was the 69th pitch of this game by matt garza. you talk about three long innings. this ballgame has been in progress for an hour and 16 minutes to get through a 3-2 first three in innings. >> rob: well, tomorrow night, the fans at home will only miss about an inning and a half. >> bob: it's possible. you get into the american league with the dh, everything slows down. >> rob: yes, sir. one season, '95, spent in the american league, longest year of my life. >> bob: did you see how jonathan papelbon got fined. >> rob: yeah. everybody is throwing 3-2 pitches, those games can go 3 1- 2 hours. well, there a speed up the game rule that came into effect a while back and they want you to be ready in about 2 1/2 minute. then you come from a local break. >> bob: and the pa announcer has to get it. >> rob: it took 3:38 for jonathan papelbon. he was fined 1,000 bucks. >> bob: he admits he was w

watch how he just gets up, doesn't try to shake off the mask, just throw it, great tag by anderson hernandez, right down on the bag. >> bob: two outs, bonifacio shows bunt once again. >> rob: they teach catchers to throw from the ear. you don't reach behind you like a pitcher. you have to come right up to your ear and just fire. as quick motion as you can possibly do. olsen got him the ball really

how about hernandez, 3-2 at norfolk. >> just his second start in his career.eeing is fastballs. we don't have that much on him, but he was throwing fastballs in the low 90s. had both outings over five innings, gave up 10 hits his first outing, five hits his second outing. just one earned run in his last outing. so he's getting his, as my mother would say, a little wet behind his ears. >> so the nationals with a loss tonight, they fall to 21-51. 34-40 for the orioles with the win tonight. and they'll go again tomorrow. see if they can salvage game three of the series. >> john lannan will pitch tomorrow night and he'll keep us in the ballgame. i don't know what we're going to do about the hitting. just keep on going out there trying. but got to have a better stronger approach. >> and there's always tomorrow. and tomorrow would be sunday. thanks so much for joining us here in our "nats xtra" post- game tonight. be sure and join us tomorrow beginning at 1:00 on masn. it will be jim hunter and jim palmer and bob carpenter and rob dibble. good night, see you tomorro