and then jason heyward, this was a shot. right over that wall in center field.ave a lightning quick bat, and then mccann with a a little roller. but then livan kept on pitching. and they were able to get the win tonight. >> the phillies, the mets are 15-12, the nationals 14-12. only within game out of first place. atlanta with a loss tonight falls four games buy hind. >> i'm here because of you, pard. >> oh, man. to left field, that ball, and then rodriguez the zinger to center. 15 out of 20 games he has hit safely in. and then desmond, big rbi. he has gotten a lot of big rbi's for this ball club already this season. he has talked about his defense. he's getting big clutch hits, and then a breaking ball that was up. he crushed it. sky high. would have brought rain if there were any clouds up there. and then adam hits a ball just about another 40 feet farther to right field, up in that second deck. three home runs, the first time we've done it since way late the season last year. 100 on the all-time list, tying ronny gant with his 320th home run tonight, so top 1

almost everybody except for prado and jason heyward in your line-up is slumping.ant to give them any help and wake up their offense. and a 1-2. i to chipper jones with the target away. livan just misses low. chipper more walks than strikeouts this year. and that's nothing unusual for him. >> rob: ups store pitch track right here, sinking fastball just below the track, against chipper, tremendous career he has had. >> bob: we do a lot more than shipping at the ups store. 2-2 now. got him! to livan didn't get the low call, but got the high strike for the first out. and chipper jones out of strikes for the 12th time this year. >> rob: the beautiful sinking fastball right there. 84, took something off. the one thing about livan, he's made over 400 starts, so he knows, okay, it didn't work against mclouth, i'll take a little bit off. get a little bit different feel on it. >> bob: beautiful swingback action on that fastball. mccann takes ball one. brian is hitting only .242. one of the most dangerous left- handed batters in the league. >> rob: don't go to sleep on mccan

. >> bob: jason heyward of the braves, who we're about to see, on the board with 20. gaby is here. in his first 100 at- bats? that's a record that has stood for over 100 year with the tigers. >> ray: wow. >> rob: ty cobb only had 26. >> bob: yeah, but he spike ed second basemen on the way to doing it. [ laughter ] the 0-1 to desmond. well, pitchers throwing strikes and he's pumping the bat. now it's 0-2. >> rob: leroux come in pumping, low-to-mid- 90s. cut down and try to go the other way. >> bob: pretty good 0-2 pitch. >> rob: the toughest thing for ian right now -- he doesn't know a lot of pitchers unless he faced them in the minor leagues like josh johnson. all he is going off is reports and hearsay from his teammates. [ cheers and applause ] >> bob: continue to swing and miss throughout this weekend series. 11 more strikeouts today. it's a 7-3 game. >> bob: at the ballpark here in miami, 13,169 at sun life stadium on this day. here's our ford drive of the dame. a hard time handling hanley ramirez. well, going on five years now in his big league career, straight away center, thr

jason heyward at 20. gaby sanchez with florida.aving great seasons certainly with the bat. 17 rbis. again, and they've used him if various places in the lineup. the upper third, middle third and bottom third. >> jim riggleman was asked, what's been the key so far to the success of ian desmond this year? >> i guess the key is just his athleticism. such a good athlete that you know, he's got a lot of minor league at-bats. played a lot of baseball. he's not a baby, he's 24 years old. he's -- you know, he's here at the right time. you know, he's got enough experience in the minor leagues. he's had his player development and he's a great athlete and you know, all those at-bats that he's had the last few years are kind of culminating into him being ready to play here. >> if i asked phil wood, which i will right now, if he had one year after the game to -- area of the game to work on, what would it be? >> i'd say throwing -- throwing in the field. he draws the occasional walk, has pop in the bat. but the thing about ian desmond, johnny is

nationals try to win this series and when you talk about the atlanta braves, one guy -- how about jason heywardid. big play, ray. >> ray: that's putting a moniker on him with the say hey kid willy mays -- he has it all, y'all. i don't know if there's anything other than strasburg that has more media attention but he can hit the ball a mile, johnny. people compare him to ken griffey, jr., with how he swings the bat. he came up through the north could beb team that had francoeur and mccann, markakis -- tremendous development, organization, where they travel ball all summer long, played as many as a thousand games over a ten-year period. he began when he was 11 playing in the league. all that was high pressure. not hitting for a great average but certainly that longball he is stretching out with and a lot of rbis for this ball club. >> johnny: this kid is 6'5," goes 240 pounds. looking at home runs, 11 in 2008 with rome. he came back and hit only ten home runs with the macon ball club last year. is he not a power hitter? just a slow start? >> ray: no, he's a power hitter and nobody wanted to pitch