holliday slammed that home run last night.bob say, the hang time 6.1 seconds. >> buck: he's a big man. doesn't make a difference where he's playing. people count his numbers because he played in colorado. doesn't matter where he plays he's going to hit. two down, two on. delivery way up high. way up high. holliday hitting .455. he's had eight rbis in the last six games. if you're looking at a line up here's the guy in the lineup right now. 3-0 count. check swing. did he go? check at first. no. so two walks have loaded them up. >> buck: matt holliday came close to swinging at that pitch. but they don't get called and bases loaded now. tough jam for berken. use all your pitches you can't be one dimensional now. time to throw a strike you've got to pitch with your full arsenal. gosh giambi coming up. already a run in. kennedy the rbi double now at 3rd. the walk to cust at 2nd. the walk to holliday at 1 st. giambi grounded out his first time up. stands in with the poll. shift is on. dangerous situation. giambi 1-4 with the bases l

so matt holliday battling here. 9-pitch at-bat already for matt holliday, including one he fouled off his foot. he has seen all that the left hander has. now, it's a matter of execution. hendrickson ready again. 10th 10th pitch of the at back. jose molina pack, jones back, warning track ball and good- bye, homerun. matt holliday with a three-rbi homer and a 9-0 a's lead. >> buck: holliday was right on hendrickson throughout this extended at bat. early on, mark hendrickson missed. he is in the hole now, but he sees the high fastball, fouls off another pitch, 90 mile-per- hour fastball, breaking ball thrown right in the dirt and then he fouls that ball off his toe, fouls another pitch off and then the curve ball stays alive and finally squares up on that 3-2 pitch. >> gary: so big night for an

so holliday second hit.a double and a single in the ball game. 7th two bagger hit in this game by the a's. >> buck: this time they come with a breaking ball. hits it off the end of the bat a little bit and that's when it skips by jones who tried to flag it down with a bare hand. cabrera jogging around the bases stops at 3rd base. >> gary: holliday's got the double. ten of them on the year. and crosby's going to get the rbi chance. first at bat for bobby crosby. game on for giambi. and the pitch is up high. giambi coming out of the ball game after picking up a bases loaded double. three rbis in the 3rd inning. left 1-3. crosby one of many on this team to have enormous struggles at the plate. we'll take the pitch up high hitting a .205 on the season. coming off a road trip in which he went 2-19. he too much better hitter here. .280 at home. 2-0 delivery to him. outside corner strike. >> buck: you hear so much about oakland. a lot of these hitters love the background here in center field. it's a very high hitte

ahead of the matt holliday homerun.six runs in tw swings of the bat. >> gary: here is the 2-0. grounded to first base. wigginton will take it to : alberto castillo does exactly what his role is, to get left handers out. now he has to deal with matt holliday who had a three-run homerun his last at-bat. alberto handcust easily and kennedy to get left ers out co out of the bullpen. and they are hoping that castillo can fill that role and they were hoa ttleat least that holliday, a homerun in the 5th

matt holliday -- how does he get the votes over dallas braden? but nonetheless, you voted for him. >> when we come back, we'll check on the possible replace. for cesar izturis who was out of the line-up, an appendectomy on the west coast. ?

we'll start you off at 6:30 with nats extra johnny holliday and ray knight. take away the stolen base for crawford on that play. you don't get credit unless both are safe. guzman will take the role a leadoff man for howell by batting for josh bard. guzman hitting .324, 9th in the national league. the nats saw howell for a scoreless inning in the 3rd giving up one walk and no hits friday night. he got the win in the tampa bay 4-3 victory when kapler hit the game winning home run. he was in the ballgame at the time and inned up finishing the game pretty much winning and saving it. >> bob: 1-1 to guzman. work him over with breaking stuff down and in. almost like having two lead off guys in a row, maybe three with willie harris after those. >> rob: longoria trying to get something down to the left side 3rd. maybe anderson tries to drop down a ball. i doubt longoria can come in to get a bunt. nats down 5-4. >> bob: guzman will be called out. [cheering and applause] the bow and arrow for the first out here. >> rob: he threw four breaking balls in a row then threw 8

kennedy, cust and holliday. >> see the problem nothing good ever happens after a walk.othing good after two walks to jason giambi gets one laid right in there and he hits down in the right corner. three runs score and the a's go up 5-0. >> oakland 4th inning, orlando cabrera doubles to left. one of the seven doubles on the evening. >> cabrera picking up his fling. three hits on the night. >> 7-0 oakland. reimold gets three runs back. luke scott, all the orioles home runs over the last 12 hit by an oriole hitter. >> one thing you've got to say ability reimold is the consistency has been there since he's come to the big leagues. he's swinging the bat with a lot of power. >> here's the frustration, 8th inning, aubrey huff with a drive to left and a great catch by matt holliday. >> orioles had an opportunity to get a rally going right there but you saw holliday make an outstanding catch and see the frustration on huff's face. the ball did not fall in the orioles the orioles are out of the inning. >> one win tworks losses. he didn't even start the game. felix pie had to leav

only two on in the afternoon. >> jim: strike one to matt holliday. first innings have been a real problem for this team in his sear -- this series. they've given up ten runs in the first three innings. >> jim: the oriole have not had a lead in any of the three games. fell behind 6-0 on friday night. 1-0, and then eventually 9-0 last night. and 3-0 here today. and scooped up by salazar. three up and three down. we'll head to the 9th. scott, mora and salazar up and the birds down by 3.  >>> beautiful day in the oakland bay area. as the athletics try to complete a sweep with a 3-0 lead going to the 9th. aaron cunningham will take over for jack cust and andrew bailey has come out, trying to earn the save. >> buck: bailey worked an inning and a third in last night's game and had a couple of strikeouts and a walk: >> jim: and a fastball by scott, leading off. luke scott didn't face bailey, but he saw, he's got a big fastball. a fastball and a very hard breaking pitch. a little bit low, 1-1 the count. and buck was talking earlier about the

johnny holliday along with phil wood.randon knight has taken a -- ray knight has taken a couple of days off. the series in new york has put a fire in the entire town as far as what this ball club is capable of doing. when you went up there and shutout the yankees for the first time at home this year, only the second time all season long, do you it with a guy named craig stammen, things are going pretty, darn good. >> stammen gets his first major league victory the night after john lannan impresses his parents in the stands. he takes 2-3. he probably should have won all three games. he was swept three in tampa, but held your own in all three of the games. this is a club that when they took on the yankees, clearly didn't have their hitting shoes on. it hardly mattered. they took 2-3 despite hitting .212 for the series. >> a couple of home runs up in new york. they score nine runs. look at the e.r.a. 2.08. we have talked over and over and over about the great, young pitching staff, the rotation manny acta finally has going f

johnny holliday along with rob dibble. the nationals still trying to get back in this ballgame, trailing only by a run. but now time beginning to be a major factor in the game. >> rob: it has been a great pitched series by our staff. i mean the starters have down -- done their job. the bullpen has done their job. jesus colome is going to try to get three outs and get you back in there on offense and somebody's got to get these guys pumped up. somebody's got to try to manufacture a run. it is still julian that ver -- julian tavarez can hold hem. that is his job. get -- them. that is his job. three outs, no runs. >> johnny: and he will start with willy taveras to start the 8th. delivers a strike. 2-5-0 for cincinnati, 1-5-0 for the nationals. >> rob: once again, steve mccatty and rick eckstein, control what you can control. if you can get three outs, get six outs, do that and hold your head up. it is just a question right now of some well pitched innings by the cincinnati reds pitchers. it has been a well fought series by th

great catch made by matt holliday.and at this point in the ball game a not insignificant one. >> buck: matt holliday is a complete player for sure. this ball had a chance to get down and he made a determined effort and catch before it hits the curve in left field. that would have made things awfully interesting as the bases would have been loaded at a minimum. >> gary: things are happening like that. catches get made as aubrey got robbed of one right there. bailly is going to come o on as he comes out of there working two-thirds of an inning giving up a couple hits and striking out one. orioles trying to make a run at it. two down now in the 8th inning.  >>> bailly 29-year-old right hander comes out of the bullpen. runners on at 1 st and 2nd base two down to

kennedy, cust and matt holliday are due up. fastball is in there for a strike.e told you guthrie, innings 1 through 4, e.r.a. is 5.73 coming in. after the -- or the 5th inning on, it's 3.18. boy, that has been a jump up with the six runs on 7 hits in the 1st incan here. that's 2/3 of an inning worked. orioles obviously have a game left trying to get back into this thing but now the pen, hendrickson to start, those hold these a's down. kennedy, right back to him. and one away. >> buck: it's very important that mark hendrickson gives the orioles some innings here tonight. obviously coming in the 1st inning, you have berg tomorrow. you want to put your pitching staff for the best possible game no matter what happens in this game. >> gary: the designated hitter, jack cust, with his 9th homerun of the year, three rbis with a homerun. andino moved to the other side of the bag and melvin mora is way over. here is the 1-0 delivery. great offspeed breaking ball. cust getting the homerun for the a's now. they have homerd in six consecutive ball games. that is the first ti

for matt holliday coming from coors field where the ball traveled a mile. no ballpark was ever built like that. so these were inflated numbers he has put up some huge rbi numbers. the same thing is not going to happen in oakland. i know, because i played through there a lot of years. the air gets heavy and cold at nighttime and the ball just does not travel at all. right now, he is hitting .289, that's a respectable batting average but the homeruns and rbis are not up to par. >> jim: the other night in seattle, the orioles lost the rubber game. but brad bergesen gave them a start that was good enough to wifnlt he ended up with a no- decision. following the game at safeco field, he talked about the start. >> i felt good. that two-run homerun was a setback. i just tried to come back and brush it off and get abig starred. >> amber: when did you talk about on the beltre. >> we went about it. sinker away, but sure enough, i left the fastball in the middle and he got it. >> jim: 15 innings combined, he has given up only 12 base hits, 4 earned runs combined in thr

and holliday on his way to 2nd base is jones. he has a one out double here in the 4th inning for the orioles second hit. speaking of the man out there time's running out for your chance to win orioles.com possible head sweep stakes. will receive vip seats and parking. it will be against the mets. watch batting practice from the field. hope you'll get in on the contest. it ends at midnight wednesday. enter today at orioles.com. 16 two baggers on the year. scott struck out his first time up. pitch away for a ball. batting in the clean up spot in the shuffle as the d.h. .250 lifetime average against oakland with one career home run against the a's. and ahead on the count. 2-0. >> buck: pretty good change up right there by cahill. mostly sinkers and change ups tonight. he has a knuckle curve ball. he hasn't needed it to this point. we haven't seen it really at all. >> gary: cabrera moving in behind the shortstop. 2-0 delivery on the way. 2-1. >> buck: very compact deliverly. he can pitch with a sinker and change up. good fielding pos

holliday coming to get it. he was close. markakis will have to stay at 1st base. and nick gets his first hit of the series after an 0-3 last night. >> buck: that was a great swing on a sinker ball. hits it past the diving jack hannahan at 3rd base. the thing about markakis hitting in the two spot he doesn't have to think about driving the run or ball out of the ballpark. just good at bats. that will get him back into his good approach. >> gary: adam jones hitting in the third spot. eighth in average in the american league coming in with a .340 number. tremendous early part of the season still underway for him. now markakis gets to look in and see jones rather than the other way around it's been most of the year and a lot of times. talking to adam before the game he was working on his swing. he said my mechanics were getting screwed up a bit. that one will be blocked. so the last couple of days he's been working on shortening up stride and he said my front shoulder was coming up and i was swinging under the ball. i was putting the ball in the air so he's trying to

evens the count, 2-2. >> matt holliday didn't think so.a good look at it and is talking to bruce directman about it. >> that's inside. ball three. so back to back hiters, he's gone 3-2. and the athletics try to get on the board. cabrera at 2nd, cust at 1st and only one down. runners are moving and the pitch is low, ball four. so hill has walked back to back hitters, bases loaded now and still only one man down. >> this has been a problem for the orioles in this series, giving up first inning runsch they gave up 6 on friday night and one last night and here a 3- 2 pitch is low, just out of the strike zone. and then the curveball inside misses. once again up with the changeup, the curveball catches the top part of the strike and the fastball missed inside. and finally another fastball down and in for the walk. second walk of the inning. >> drummond bringing you the pitch tracks. norfolk drummond the information power house. and there they are. cust at 2nd, holiday at 1st and giambi in the box to face hill. and it's low, ball one. well hill,

job any holliday along with ray knight.ou right back to tampa bay inside that nationals clubhouse. jason bergmann asked about what he was throwing that the rays were teague off on in that sixth inning. >> they were all sinkers. the hits. lock gora pulled a slider. i threw a couple good sliders to him. thought i had a good read on him, and how he was swinging at them. i wanted to keep throwing it. the home runs were sinkers and the pitch where i wasn't on top of it today. something where i really need to get through the ball and power through it. and i kind of let up on it just a little bit to make sure it was a strike, and i've been pitching real as gregively of late. i really wanted to mick a strike instead of making a good pitch and it hurt me. >> it was one of those things where you tried somehow to adjust once you realized the sinker itself wasn't working or you were hoping it would come together there? >> well, lately i've been throwing a ball getting through it, throwing the ball effectively. i didn't have a great sin

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and matt holliday will lead off. giambi and suzuki to follow for oakland.ng on a five- game winning streak. while the orioles are trying to stop a four-game winning streak. four walks by rich hill in the first inning, holliday scored one of the three runs. and glove by andino, and nicely done. out at first base, salazar tested on his footwork. >> buck: we've seen robert andino make some impressive defensive plays in this series. this is a bullet, popped to his feet and throw it's to the outside of the bag. salazar maintained contact for the out. andino made a couple of great double plays here a couple of nights ago. that was aspects ac -- a spectacular play right there. >> jim: and giambi batting. there is a strike. giambi walked with the bases loaded to drive in a run. ]ao 38 years old. >> buck: he came up and really just established himself here with the oakland athletics, played his way into that free agent contract with the yankees as jim mentioned. and he's a guys that all been characterized as an athletic. >> jim: a high popup into shallow centerfield

holliday has ground injury, and downs injured his toe. also in philadelphia, raul abe nieces has been placed on the5 day dl. >> that's bad news for them. it's never good news, but for the orioles going in there, better not to have ibanez. >> one down, 1-0 count on luke scott. he takes it the other way. martinez was very deep. 3 pitches, and two outs here n the ofth inning. on friday, june, orioles wille back in cam -- friday, june 26th orioles will be back in camden yards. students can receive a left field upper reserve seat, and fireworks night, presented by aaa mid-atlantic. all fans are invited to remain for the fireworks. tickets: good house on hands here on a summer-like evening, and a good ballgame. here's ty wigginton. singled his last time up. 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 f

holliday bats clean up. also had a three run homer last night. the a's have beaten the orioles 22 of their last 30 in oakland. jack led the american league in walks. cust also hit 33 home runs. >> we've had jack cust here. i love the guy. he was a great kid to have on the ball club. if he is the i pit my of a mistake hitter. he had only 77 rbis. that surprised me because not a lot of people on base when he hits his home runs which tells me with nobody on base he gets more fastballs and he can do that. he led the american league in strikeouts last year. it's a mystery to me how he could lead them at the same time and walk. it doesn't make sense to me at all. he looks for the ball in a certain situation. big time hitter. if he guesses right he can hurt you. but the big upper cut swing you have to throw him up in the strike zone to get him off the fastball and keep off speed stuff and low stuff down. low fastballs you're in trouble. >> another player that did that was babe ruth. >> when we come back weerl look at jeremy guthrie's per performance. (a

i'm johnny holliday, our final score is the nationals three and the reds two. be with us tomorrow night the nats open up in tampa. coverage starting a 7:00. this has been a presentation of masn. stay tuned now for nats xtra post game coming up right now.  >> byron: it isy crowd heading for the excites as the nationals get a victory over the cincinnati reds, the final 3-2 at nationals park with a big comeback in the late innings to get it going after two frustrating losses. byron kerr and ray knight with you with the post game. boy. very nice. their 11th come from behind win of the year. only the 4th time in 35 games when they are trailing after 7 to get a victory. let's get a lot more of those going, ray. >> ray: a lot of things happened. we mentioned the two pinch hits to start the inning. tremendous slide by gonzalez to break up the double-play. the contact charge is all you have to do -- which is all you have to do sometimes. >> byron: let's break down that inning. it starts with a guy to the lower half of the

johnny holliday for bob carpenter. you guys head to tampa for a weekend series tomorrow night. >> rob: we know we can't get rained out there. they have a roof. >> johnny: a lot of ball clubs don't really like playing in that particular atmosphere down there. >> rob: yeah. it never really affected me where i played. i think it was more a question of the noise level down there at tropicana field with all those cow bells during the playoffs, world series last year, it can get a little intense if you are not used to that. >> johnny: yep. >> rob: but you have got to try to block that out. >> johnny: brandon phillips in the series is 2-9. check swing and a ball popped down behind the dugout area. >> rob: a lot of overhangs, speakers, cat walks and things. it wasn't the most well built facility that i have ever seen. but i think it is pretty cool. >> johnny: unusual situation for the foul pole. >> rob: yeah. unusual situation. and so, comes out of the roof. ball jumps out of there a little more than i think mlb thought it wou

holliday again before the trade deadline. unless they were to sign him to an extension which i don't think they will shell out money for him. they will trade him again like they did danny haren. you get them in, then trade for mortal more talent. more talent. huston street has been a vital part of that rockies trade. >> reporter: colorado in a 2-2 game in the 6th. they won three in a row again after that 11-game winning streak. 2 balls and a strike to hill. tavarez has some kind of breaking ball tonight. >> rob that's a tough position he puts manny acta in. do you run him one more inning? because then you lose him for tomorrow. >> bob: villone pitched last night, although only a 1/3 inning and beimel, a full inning. the two lefties. top of the 12th inning. nats in extra inning for the 10th time this year. nice. >> bob: that ball made it way. see, mom, i told you if you let me stay. and here is the 2-2. right to ryan zimmerman. that's why you guard the line in the late innings. rolen in the 11th. zim here in the 12th. gonzalez

and toronto shut out kansas city, holliday with the 10th win., the first of the majors to win 10. overbay had a solo and the tigers defeated anaheim. and clete thomas for the tigers, grand slam. two against the orioles last weekend and detroit's 30th win for the season. >>> now when we come back, we'll look at brad burgess on, he'll be the starter on tuesday when they return back to camden yards. that story is next. ♪ what's great about the iphone on the nation's fastest 3g network... is if dinner turns into dinner and a movie, you can quickly download an app from the app store... see what's playing... watch a trailer... and buy tickets. all before you can say "check please". the iphone 3g on at&t, the nation's fastest 3g network. 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. because now every can turns blue when your beer... is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. (

protection for the ride of your life. >>> johnny holliday along with ray knight.elcome back, everybody, "nats xtra" post-game here on masn. 6-3 the orioles knocking off the nats tonight at camden yards. nats bats were cooking a little bit in that first inning to give shairon martis a little 2- 0 lead. >> we came out smoking. you're setting up a situation where you might score five or six runs. guzman singles to center field. wright here, line drive has guthrie throwing that sinker down. zimmerman walks. walks dunn-for-an rbi. you've already got one in, bases loaded, nobody out, you've got to get a good ball to hit. this man does. josh bard walks. two runs scored, both of them via rbi walks. then we didn't do anything after that. it's the fourth inning. willie hits his second double of the ballgame. kearns singles to left on the first big base hit he's had in a long time. and that put us up. at that point 3-1, but that's it other than the missed opportunities which we're going to show you in a moment. >> was happy to see austin kearns get his 16th rbi of the season

and here is matt holliday. jack cust delivers the long ball for his 9th of the season. rbis now. that one hit hard up the middle and that's a base hit. and oakland just teing off on jeremy guthrie. three singles and a homer here in the 1st inning and still nobody out. >> buck: this is realy a tough spot for the orioles giving the fact that they have scored so few runs on this trip. and dave trembley obviously concerned. kojikoji uehara might be returning to the rotation. >> gary: the early goings are tough for jeremy. once he gets past the early part of the game, he settles down but you can't give that many runs and hope that your team will come up and pick up the slack. runner at first base, nobody out. giambi is hitting the baseball. he has had homers in back-to- back games, american league f vp for the a he is, five-time all-star, three-time on base leader, bark with the ball club. down to first. that will be a foul ball. >> buck: went to new york as a free agent, signed a 7-year deal with the yankees with designs on playing in the world series. that never happened.

for ray knight, i'm johnny holliday.d, bob carp per -- carpenter and rob dibble coming up next, the nats and the orioles another ms camden yards! two beers! you got it! 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. because now every can turns blue when your beer... is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer.

. >> josh holliday, the brother o matt holliday, pitching coach for arizona state, goes out there.matt pid before this at-bat, let's take a looktc although who the capital one player -- take a look at who the capital one player of the game is. alex white, who went nine innings and struck out a career-high 12, gave up just one earned run.ame if ackley can do somethingstruck special, alex white would be th1 winning pitcher.2n do during the super regional victory over east carolina while >>e tar heels were dog piling to celebrate, only one guy didn't involve himself and that was dustin ackley because he was saving himself, he said. i only want to get in one.guy when you win the college world series. >> and you don't want to hurt ds him either. >> and youti didn't want to hurt him. >> after you have tommy john surgery, you don't want to get in dog piles. >> they're pitching to him andte there's a strike at 82 miles ant hour. >> and that's really what goes through your head.eit a guyhe that dustin ackley's kig of hitter is that, you know, you're going out there thinkingt you're not going to

ray knight and johnny holliday coming up for nats extra. a lot of groundouts today. the nats offense very strong. alberto two of the hits. martis and sea bath i can't --- . >> bob: this is the second run issued by the rays today. it's time for adam dunn to jump up and hurt tampa bay. >> rob: not a good day for santana. 82 pitches in 3 innings. aj burnett on the other side 6 inning, 4 hit, 8 punch outs. >> bob: evidently at yankees stadium you need to make them swing and miss. >> bob: he's adam dunn. this could be the defining play of the day for the nationals. bullpen about to take over. fastball for a strike. not the kind of first pitch you usually see from a lefty. the pitch selection or the location. >> rob: on the pitch track here, fastball that cuts back over the plate. the catcher had to set up outside. >> bob: nearly threw it away. navarro saves a run. this is supposed to be a cutter. >> rob: he tries to aim it and throws it in the dirt, navarro. probably instead of block it with his glove, tried to slide out to get his body behind it. >> bob: neither team doi

johnny holliday along with rob dibble here. glad to have you with us tonight. we started this ballgame at 7:00. two hours and 10 minute rain delay. bob carpenter took a few days off. josh bard and gonzalez, 2-2 game in their hands. macdougal just misses outside. >> rob: when debbi taylor left, i said make sure you get the player of the game for the nationals. she assured me she would. >> johnny: 1-2 pitch to jerry hairston. swing and a miss. macdougal strikes out two here in the top of the 10th 10th. ryan zimmermann leads off for the nationals. we go to the last of the 10th at nats park. @@ this is humiliating. stand still so we can get an accurate reading. okay...um...eighteen pounds and a smidge. a smidge? y'know, there's really no need to weigh packages under 70 pounds. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service, if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. cool. you know this scale is off by a good 7, 8 pounds. maybe five. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. >>> well the

for ray knight, johnny holliday, thanks so much for joining us, everybody. have a good sunday afternoon. the orioles fall to the nats up at camden yards, the final is 5- 3. (crowd cheers) (music plays) witness a piece of golf history. the travelers championship. june 22nd through 28th. them now, he's had a number of and an awful lot more from this team or machine than any of us realize. he gallon forward now and he will apply that for the team that he's going to try to mold to bring to south africa next year to the world cup finals. >> surprising and disappointing result at the same time. amazing match taking place in south africa. brazil comes back and win 3-2 in the confederation cup finals. >> and landon donovan addressed the media rd. looks like the one that might be the difference in what could have been the biggest victory in u.u.s. history. >> yeah, we're disappointed. giving up the goal so fast in the second half and they probably deserved it in the end. >> what about the wave after wave of attack? >> difficult. look around at their players and reali

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for the rays, coverage begins at 1:00, "nats xtra" starring johnny holliday and ray knight. >> rob: wow starring? >> bob: top billing for those boys. >> rob: a broadway show. >> bob: and people think we're the odd couple. >> rob: so you're felix? >> bob: i'm pretty sure you're the messy guy. >> rob: i'm without a doubt the messiest guy you'll ever meet. >> bob: no, you're not. >> rob: except for my cars and my garage, whatever. >> bob: your car is spotless. >> rob: i didn't know whether to strap it or genuflect. >> bob: nick johnson reaching for a pitch away. manny made this point last week when talking about guzman. he said when hitters start to struggle, they expand their zone and then they get strikes on pitches they would normally just spit on and not even swing. so now nick looks up and he's 0- 2. cow bells are ringing. nick will hook a base hit to right field. hernandez had to hold up to make sure that ball got through. and then launching a bad throw, gabe gross, everybody will move up. the pitcher sonnanstine was very slow in backing up. so the nats will score making it an 8-3 ga

johnny holliday with rob dibble. we're in the 8th inning trying to get something going. guzman, johnson and zimmermann. >> rob: guzman has a couple of knocks tonight including a triple. 0-12 on the night. that's where we're getting hurt. we've got to get it going. >> johnny: guzman is gone in the 8th. there's one down. nick johnson 0-3. they both came in last night, arthur rhodes starting as a terrific starter. works his way to the bullpen. boy, can he bring it. >> weathers is not bad either. >> rob: all state soccer player -- there you go. >> johnny: zimmermann next and adam dunn. 2-0 reds in the 8th. >> rob: time to get it done. come on, nick. >> johnny: take him deep. takes a breaking ball on the inside corner for a strike. 1-2. good eye at that time plate. 34 walk this is year. that's 10th best in the national league. harang seems to have one of the nights where nobody can catch up to him. >> rob: we challenge our hitters with 88 and 90 on the gun. a lot of fastballs. he's changing location keeping them off balance. >> johnny: the 3rd base umpire says he did not go a

johnny holliday in this evening along with rob dibble. >> rob: brandy had just gotten traded from the mets. during spring training, he was watching all of us warm up. we had the great knuckle curveball. then myself and randy threw 95 miles per hour. he said, all your stuff is nasty in this bullpen. then we had a 9-0 start that year, went wire to wire. the name kind of stuck. the exclamation point was sweeping the -- it never meant we were mean and nasty guys. >> johnny: they got adam dunn drifting off 2nd to tend -- end the 6th. nationals need to get runners on base. >> rob: it shows you how well and how much harang does. >> johnny: fly ball to right field. enough room for him to run it down, one away. >> rob: taveras may not be hitting well this season, but he can run it down in the outfield. >> johnny: hanrahan getting back up in the nationals bullpen. we may have seen the last of shairon martis tonight. he's been absolutely masterful on the mound except for the pitch against jay bruce in the 2 2nd. >> rob: he's had great stuff all night, changing speed. he's been outstanding. >> jo

johnny holliday, rob dibble. threatening conditions here tonight. let's hope the clouds continue to go west to east past the ball park. right now you can see a whole lot in the park. tonight it's going to be sharon martis against the reds. they started the season 13-5 p. what about the longest run of the season, this guy has been untouchable, 17 scoreless innings this season tied for first in major league baseball. as you can see, the clouds hanging over nationals park as you take a good look. got to feel good about this ballgame. this has been a good day for drew storen. we'll look at the lineups tonight. hairston leads off at 3rd. brandon phillips at 2nd. laynce nix, notice the way he spells his first name. bruce in right. martis on the mound for the nationals. he's 5-1 with a 5.31 earned run average. >> let's give you the scouting report before i get zapped by lightning. three runs or less in his first starts. has not allowed double figures in any of his starts. not 10 runs or more. 9 or less in all of his starts. after three bat start, 17 run, 4

johnny holliday and ray knight, "nats xtra" presented by verizon fios, starring those two, straight ahead. i know this has to be frustrating for ray, because for several weeks he has just like you have, and me, too, that this ball club was just on the verge of better things. it's just very slow coming together here. pitching has been good, bergmann had a nightmare in the sixth inning tonight. other than that it's been a solid week for the pitching staff. here are the nats now. if they don't score any more runs tonight it will be 13 runs in their last six games. >> rob: the pitching is really starting to come around. you could throw out that sixth inning, maybe jason bergmann didn't have enough time to get loose at the end of that inning. but the starters are getting better quality starts. in the last week to 10 days. it's going to be a process. >> bob: kearns is locked up and overmatched, two outs. one more note, they never have gotten that game going in philadelphia where it's delayed by rain after the red sox got five runs in the top of the first, and here in florida we're down to the f

along with the silver fox, ray knight, johnny holliday. happy to have you with us. a game looked leak the nationals were going to finally stop that streak of winless games against the fish down there in the sunshine state, but not to be. walks came back to haunt this club. >> bullpen a little bit. early offense jumped out there, then not able to sustain it. didn't have a lot of offense after that fifth inning. he's pitched really well, in all the games but two that he's started. he has the ability to punch people out. threw a lot of pitches in good spots. they pitch extremely well. we hit some balls decently, just not enough offense. they were able to put it together and do something. >> you talked about, walked nobody tonight. defining moment in this ballgame came in the 8th inning. it was a 2-2 ballgame at that point. wes helms facing ron villone. >> nolasco gets a 3-0 count, he works himself back to get the 3- 2 pitch. right down the first-base line. ends up going to second base. they pinch-hit de aza, coghlan sacrificed perfectly to first. get the runner over, g

johnny holliday with rob dibble. the game delayed for two hours and 10 minutes because of rain.ires are gathered around home plate. elijah dukes goes back to his base. >> rob: he is very impressive. i was taught rule of thumb, if it's an hour rain delay, the guy out there last, he's done for the night. you warm up somebody else. you have david weathers. chord row, two hours and 10 minute, he must really want there at bat. he's back out there. >> johnny: 117 and 109 saves in the national league. talk about a throw back guy. this guy wants to get out and play ball. >> rob: most of the time you do it to protect the guy. you go from humidity and rain and go sit in air conditioning climate inside the locker room. >> johnny: elijah dukes on 1st base. he had walked before the rain delay. >> rob: this is like my softball league. you start way 1-1 count and come back out with a 3-2 count. cordero delivers. 2-2. the score board had 2 hours and 10 minutes to get it right and couldn't handle it. >> johnny: now its 3-2 to willingham. >> rob: willingham goes to 1st 1st. dukes goes down to 2nd

for phil wood, johnny holliday, see you tomorrow night on masn. of this rough. he actually flies it over the green. not a very good lie. from there he'd end up going ahead keeping it short and making a bogey. >> he dropped back to five under. lucas glover, he can hit the ball a mile. >> and his iron play was spot on. he just hit it inside of 10 feet hole after hole. rickey barnes at the 16th, that got him tied for the lead at that point. >> he's at five under as well. again, it's friday night. you feel this is cut time. keep in mind, we're not halfway done, but these are the names where they stand. lucas glover currently atop the leaderboard one clear of rickey barnes. >> obviously the key to making birdies at the u.s. open is sitting in the fairway. i've been doing that for the most part. drove it great this afternoon. so far. you know, i got four -- however. and i'you know, i got four -- hr many more holes i've got left. and i've been putting well. green's been receptive luckily, or we'd be in a tougher spot. >> doesn't seem like it's the usual u.s. open style

we'll get you going at 6:30, johnny holliday and phil wood, "nats xtra". >> rob: i've been told cecil went to dematha high school in the area. >> bob: home to one of the greatest basketball programs to the long time brilliance of morton wooten. dirk hayhurst. >> rob: now pitching, dirk hayhurst. >> bob: did you do any p. a. announcing? you sound like you have. >> rob: only in the shower. >> bob: no singing? >> rob: now getting into the shower, rob dibble, dibble getting into the shower. >> bob: ah, look at that. i love seeing families at the ballpark. is she adorable? >> rob: yep. >> bob: wow. here we go, bottom seven. top of the order. guzman has been first-pitch swinging all night. he takes one a foot high. >> rob: just a little late with the feeding one time and see how quiet that baby is. [ laughter ] >> bob: babies are just like managers. they just want be to be on time. [ laughter ] >> rob: very nice. >> bob: on time and get your work done. guzman has hit the ball in the air three times tonight. he haddite quite a series in new york. cristian guzman, 6-14 in the series scoring a

jack cust and matt holliday and tonight a three run double by jason giambi. but in this series .323. 18 with nine doubles, runners in scoring position batting .385. eight doubles tonight. >> a team that's been down most of the season, the a's i said was the worst hitting team in the american league and all of a sudden decide they're going to be more aggressive. they won a couple games on the road, come back here and now going to jump on you first pitch, second pitch. get a feel for that right out of the bat and start changing speeds more than you have done. yesterday jeremy guthrie four consecutive hits right off the bat and everybody hit the ball hard. seven hits his first time through. you've got to do something. if you're not changing speeds you can't throw them off balance because they're being too aggressive they're going to go hit any pitch you throw there if you continue to settle in in the batter's box. you don't have to hit batters, throw in off the plate, move their feet. these are things you don't see. they just sit out there and keep throwing the

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ray knight, johnny holliday with you. glad you're with us tonight for nats baseball. it's about time the nationals finally knocked off the florida marlins. what did they win seven straight down there in florida? >> it seems like every game we've played them, they've would be. they certainly put it on us early in the year, as we didn't pitch very well. they had their hitting shoes on early. >> you go to florida with a nice little win over the orioles yesterday. i would imagine by now that home run that adam dunn hit is almost in easton. >> yes, it is. it went on the train or the trolley, maybe in a horse and carriage. we had some great highlights yesterday. a couple of home runs. we were able to amass 12 hits. here's am add -- adam going down and getting a fastball, as we were able to add some fire power. willie harris homered later in the 7th inning on a fastball right down the middle of the plate. for a little man he can generate some speed. then lannan held on with seven strong innings pitched, 7 1/3 in fact. six hits, three earned runs, three base on balls and thre

nice to have you with us today afternoon game at nationals park, johnny holliday along with ron dibble. happy to have you along on masn. hope the weather will stay nice as it is now. and you guys hit a plane and fly down to florida for the big weekend series against tampa, beginning tomorrow night. and that saturday night game will be joined in progress after 7 p.m. because of major league baseball rules and regulations. jay bruce the right fielder. he leads the ball club with 15 rbi -- 15 homeruns with 32 rbis far guy that only hits .218. gonzalez on to dunn and two quick outs. >> rob: 14 homeruns off right-handed pitchers. detwiler had a good night against him two nights ago. shy ron martis. airon martis. >> johnny: the key is how you bounce back after that. >> rob: he was fantastic. steve mccatty and manny acta could tell you it is what he learns after that. it is not easy to be up here in less than 10 career starts. martis. and think you have it all figured out. you never have it all figured out. david weathers is still learning and pitched in 2,000 games. >> johnny: still learning

this is johnny holliday along with phil wood. nice to have you with us. "nats xtra" post game and happy fans make their way out of nationals park with this victory over the toronto blue jays. let's go down next to the clubhouse and ask josh bard. he was the head seth loudoun. there he is. you have the first run of the board in the fourth inning weng when it was 1-0 on zimmermann's little fielder's choice. of course u-you didn't realize at that point that was going to be a lng night into the 11th. >> aid pretty good feeling it would be a pitcher's -- pitchers'duel. zim was throwing the ball graism great. it's frustrating the ball that barajas hit over second. that's a professional at-bat by that guy. he executed the pitch and did a good job flipping it over second. obviously, you'd like to get zim the win because he execute sod well today, but we're just happy to get out there have with a win and start building some momentum here. >> josh, it was a no decision for jordan zimmermann. while he pitched well, he gave up the one earned run, it seemed like he mi

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. >>> johnny holliday, ray knight. the nats salvage the last game of the weekend series. the nationals finish 6-9 in their 15 ballgames. >> tonight lannan, he's going to be our stopper. they tacked on two runs there, but just three runs in the seven-plus innings. >> and gets his fifth win of the season in doing so. >> evens that record. i've always felt he's going to be a 15-game winner. if he has a big second half, that could happen for him this year. >> defining moment came in the fourth inning, the nationals down 1-0, then they get on the board with one big swing of the bat by adam dunn. >> it was set up by this double, as he takes the fastball down and rips it down the line to set adam up. then he tried to get a fastball by him, down in the strike zone. he just exploded on that ball. it bounced one time. you're going to see it i think hit the building back there, the warehouse. there you go. so they had it at 446. he just has that picture perfect swing, all that torque build-up and doesn't lose anything. he stays back on that ball and extends that bat. >> that was the