now the toronto blue jays come in. that is solid toronto club definitely contending for honors in the a. l. east. bob carpenter, rob dibble. good to be back home. that was nice wrapup to what we saw in new york. >> rob: yes, it was. it was a momentum builder and a way i gauge yourself against a very good team like the yankees. well-pitched baseball game, well defensively played, great defense and great pitching will when you -- win you championships. last night it was the great defense that kept this nationals team in the game and on the board and keep the yankees off the board with a 3- 0 shutout. willie harris, cristian guzman, anderson hernandez, ryan zimmerman at one point. everybody contributed to this victory last night. one of the best played games i think all around from the starters to the bullpen to the offense to the defense. so, that was definitely a team victory and a way to get that series win. >> bob: i saw manny acta in his office after the game last night. he was talking about pitching. it leads to goo

blue jays blue jays holds. jesse carlson as five, brandon league with four, scott downs with three and jason frasor with three. just as those jays relievers kept them in the game, you be too can stay in the game for just for men hair color. women when we come back, manny acta will talk about the big win for his ball club take the first of a big three-game weekend series for toronto at nationals park. ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. buy the lg xenon messaging phone for 99.99 after mail-in rebate and get one free after mail-in-rebate. i've never been all that great with my money. probably because i've never had much. but now that i'm making more, it's time to be a little smarter about how i manage it.. with the calendar, i can schedule all my payments. and when funds are low, danger days help me stay out of the red. i can also transfer money with just a click and a drag. so maybe i'm better with money than i thought. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definiti

his dad played in canada and he plays for the blue jays? i think you made that up. >> bob: that's one of those when the sownt effects go duh- duh-duh. 3-1. [ laughter ] >> rob: nice breaking ball. nice 3-1 pitch. >> bob: yeah, wells thought he was all over a fastball. then it hit the bottom of his bat. >> rob: he's had a couple of fastball hits tonight. he may not get a fastball here. let's check out the delivery on the x-mo. bringing all that torque towards home. that's a slider. >> bob: that's serious jammage right there. jordan zimmermann has it and -- ryan zimmerman has it and stoim zimmermann has pitched halfway through this game beautifully. . 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. on a ryobi 18v starter kit times may be tough today, but the things we all look fo

the blue jays still have b.j. ryan and jason frasor.  >> bob: overmatching right now. >> rob: he's very deceptive. he turns his back to you. >> bob: how does this guy have a -- 6.07 e.r.a. 23-1 strikeout to walk, 30 hits in 20 innings, 20 runs. >> rob: something must happen inbetween his good days. you have that fastball straightens out or can't seem to loakd those -- locate those breaking balls. i could a night where he throws about 15 of those in a row. >> bob: hanley ramirez -- anderson hernandez, a base hit. he tried to bunt his way on. we got the answer on the next two pitches. >> rob: keep talking. talk this guy into about four walks and we can go home. >> bob: he looks great right now. wow. >> rob: i don't think i've ever seen such a great hawaiian pitcher in my life. >> bob: what about sid fernandez? >> rob: see there, you go. reverse psychology and you think i'm sear serious. let's try that again. [ laughter ] >> bob: that ball slapped out to short. out goes scuta

the blue jays lead major league in hits.e batting .278 as a ball club, second in the american league, detwiler, julian tavarez, those guys, they're going to start a new show called gilligan's island. they are stranding everybody these days. how about that, 28 of 29. and so the blue jays, .278, fifth in the american league in runs, fifth in homeruns and alex rios is on fire, .394 over 33 at-bats in his last eight games. his batting average is up to .277. tall order for ross detwiler tonight, but, hey, at this time last night, robb, we were talking about jordan zimmerman having his work cut out for him. that's a daily occurrence for these young pitchers. >> rob: and they have been up to the task. going back to the tampa series, i talked to a lot of the players there, they are still upset that they didn't win more games. there were a lot of great pitches. and ross detwiler in line to not break the chain. the nationals do not have a win in his starts. his job is to put them in line to win. you are showing up against the best off

marco scutaro steps in for the blue jays against steve mccauley him. the top two hitters in the blue jay lineup are two for 21 this weekend. we're underway at 1:36. there it is, 76. pretty good breeze coming down part of the martis problems were his walks. had he controlled the strike zone a little better, he might have pitched a lot deeper. this one into right center, scutaro will drop it to the right of austin kearns. that's the first time the blue jays have had a lead off hit in the first inning in this series. buckner has the plate. he goes up hacking. blue jays have a whole bunch of guys in the top 10 in the league in hits, including scutaro who just got his 83rd. hill has 92, and adam the number five man. change-up just missing. >> if they continue to try to hit the change-up the other way is when he has to throw more breaking balls and switching up the eye level. >> how about that note? now we're measuring guy's height in relation to the owners. >> that will be a 5-3 double play. >> this is one of the dangers of starting the runner. he's dead if

and the blue jays are gone in the third. old blue jays will think about it during the break. or hospital wanted to add on to their benefits package at no direct cost to the company, their very first word was... aflac! aflac! find out more at aflacforbusiness.com >>> the nats still down by . josh bard, a 2-run single off the glove of aaron hill up the middle the first time up, and breaking ball for ball 1, low and inside. he might have gone from there to seattle. nats have plenty of time to build a couple of rallies to get back in this game. romero, 58 pitches in his first three innings, so he's probably not on schedule for more than five or six today. both teams are going to be into their bullpen, the most pitches he's thrown this year, his last start. it took him 109 pitches to go through seven at philadelphia. phillies have a 1-0 lead against baltimore. phillies have lost five in a row, but still lead the mets by 2 in the east. left field. did he get it? no. right at the barrier, about 345 feet away. josh bard, another 5 feet, and a 3-run ball game. the wind is blowing

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top of the second, blue jays six, nats two. rios will have a chance to possibly put this game out of reach for toronto. it's all about the jump that you get off the pitcher and it's about being heads up and into every pitch type player. situational baseball. >> it's so rare to have two players and the entire career spent with one team, and each had chances to go elsewhere. bijio was a catcher and then went to second base. >> he also played center field. >> played center field, 3,060 hits. >> he was here two years ago with the astros over at rfk the week before he announced he was retiring. >> one ball and two strikes to alex rios. got him looking on a front door breaking ball. kip wells gets his second strikeout of the inning. the blue jays strand two. they've left six. breaking ball backed up just a little bit, as bob said, the front door breaking ball. on sundays at the ballpark, god bless america today doing the honors, sullivan of the u.s. navy cruisers.  ♪  - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is

the blue jays have not been to yankee stadium yet. they're in the american league east, and they've only played 15 games in their division. they're 6-9. no balls and two strikes. joel hanrahan with a count of 1- 2. rios hanging tough. white sox won, baltimore scoring late to win at philadelphia, phillies losing six in a row now. how about that? detroit at home beat milwaukee 3-2. not a good day for the national league. that includes right here. tampa bay, 8-5 lead at the mets. atlanta five hey five in the ninth at boston, 5-5. houston about to win at minnesota 4-1, st. louis 12-5 at kansas city. american league ruling on this day so far. 3-2, 2 minute board. there's a base hit. he had retired the first two batters. the next three all make it aboard, and it's 7-2 toronto. when you're pitching in the ninth inning and down four, your manager wants to see the effort that you might give when it's a 1-run game in the 9th inning. joe has not been able to close it out. >> it looked like a change-up, which you don't want to really throw a lot

the blue jays tied the game. two runs and four hits.rs banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. . >> bob: nationals baseball o masn brought to you in part by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. by aflac. we've got you under our wing. and by acura. acura, advanced. lots ever curly w's to choose from or you might wear your own cap. bottom 8th. copyrighted telecast provided by authority of the washington nationals, may not be reproduced and any description of this game may not be disseminated without the expressed written consent of the washington nationals. josh willingham against b. j. ryan. new pitch e new hitter, bottom of the 8th in a tie game. josh told me he was only able to swing the bat one day of t

blue jays do have another left- hand her in their bullpen. he's someone we know pretty well. >> rob: rod barajas is a very wide man, and you see him lean the chest forward, keep it in front. it would be hard to get it by that man. >> bob: b.j. ryan is not warming up right now. it's shawn camp, right-hander. >> rob: sometimes we refer to the catcher as a beck stop. that man is definitely a backstop right there. >> bob: zimmerman is going to be called out on strikes on a breaking ball that caught the outside corner according to brian gorman. now they could walk adam dunn. >> rob: no, this is a filthyslider right here. hayhurst just breaks that right off over the plate. too close to not swing at. >> bob: yeah, that was 12:00, 6:00 there. >> rob: our guys have to start swinging when they've got two strikes on them not looking for walks especially the three, four, five guys. >> bob: and they have to walk adam dunn now. >> rob: yeah, and now you setup the double play to force because adam is not a speedy base runner. elijah dukes is going to do --

this is just the middle game of the three-game set against the jays. you tomorrow night at 2 0-0. and then the red sox come into town and then next weekend against the orioles in baltimore. we'll be on masn 2 for that series against baltimore. tonight, the fashion us that try to make it 4 in a row. let's bring the folks kinds of up in date of what's happening notice minor league with matt chico. then we'll talk about another young man that i'm sure the young fans will be familiar with quickly and that's drew storen. >> phil: matt chick yo is on assignment in the minor league and this is a guy who will come in handy. they're going to need guys in the game because some of these younger guys will reach their inning limit for the season. thick yo allowed 11 hits in six inning, eight strikeouts, but most importantly has walked no one down there, throwing strikes and that's what they are looking for from matt chick yo. >> johnny: that's what he went to work on, work on the control? fill that and getting back into shape for a regular turn in the five-man rota

two-out walk to overbay hurt and blue jays have tied the game. zimmermann cannot win his third major league game. he could be the loser. it will be up to the bullpen to keep those inherited runners from scoring. a good outing for jordan zimmermann. 106 pitches, 69 strikes. now he needs some help from his friends in the bullpen. ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. buy the lg xenon messaging phone for 99.99 after mail-in rebate and get one free after mail-in-rebate. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. >> bob: time to bring you speed with the at&t rapid rewind. jordan zimmermann's night he would go 5 2/3. strikeout just three. walk three. not his usual strikeout to walk ratio. it took him 106 pitches. he got his first major league rbi on a fielder's choice ground ball

reaching, fouling it, and the blue jays are one strike away from salvaging a game of the series. slider just outside, 2-2. >> heaters and the old slider, just a bit outside in the ball just got a piece. clouds are gone, bright sunshine again. out of play on the right side. 2-2 to elijah dukes. to center. right there is wells. the blue jays beat the nationals in three hours and eight minutes, 9-4. a ball game with 25 hits. the nats scrape away two more runs in the ninth on four hits and the jaws win it. join us tuesday, masn hd, the red sox coming. we'll get you going 6:30, nats extra. this has been a presentation of masn. stay tuned nats extra post game coming up right now and from the booth, so long for just a minute or two.  >>> the early innings cost th the ball game. toronto salvages game three of the 3-game weekend series against the nationals 9-4 the final. welcome to nats post game show. we'll recap the ball game as kind of a disappointing father's day crowd in what turned out to be a good day for a ball game. look at the first three innings, 6-2, fought

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straight series wins as well, an opportunity for a sweep against a pretty good hitting club, the blue jays. this is the 100th father's day. >> i'm sorry i missed the last 99 to wish you a happy father's day. >> gonzalez leads off and harris finishes things off. >> he hits it to the outfield. he's on first base and willie harris comes up and again earlier in the game he made a great catch and became basically the story last night. willie harris has had a number of so-called defining moments with the washington nationals, but last night was about as good as it gets. >> not only offensively, but defensive with the glove as well. >> he's gotten the job done in center field, which is something this club has lacked. he's described as a super utility guy. he's played second base, third base, left field, right field. center field, he covers a lot of groundout there. basically great anticipation from the crack of the bat, and covers a lot of ground and basically if he can get to it, he'll catch it. >> debbie taylor is on the field. you've had a chance to visit with a couple of guys josh willingham

jay bruce goes deep for the reds to give them a 2-0 lead.ing out his third triple of the season got as far as 3rd base. the nationals couldn't get him in. at&t your world delivered. hello. jay bruce with that home run. he was 12th overall by the reds in 2005 in the first round. a lot of first year first round picks. >> johnny: i'm looking to see the answer to the question. here's josh bard. it wouldn't surprise me at all -- >> rob: she's got a new baby. an 8-month-old. >> johnny: josh bard, second switch hitter in this ball club. three hits with a home run tuesday of last week. swings to a high fastball. 1-1. in the bottom of the 5th here at nationals park. 2-0 cincinnati jay bruce's home run in the 2nd. martis working himself out of trouble tonight. line drive down the 1st baseline, foul. thinking back to you racing, that wouldn't be bad. ray i'm saying is probably 48, 49 maybe? >> rob: he's about three years older than me. >> johnny: maybe 50? >> rob: i've had a lot of problems with my legs over the years. this is not pretty. >> johnny: i'

toronto blue jays-washington nationals at 1-1. follow the nats on your i-phone and i-pod touch with mlb.com atbats2009. visit nationals.com on your i- phone or i-pod touch to purchase. this is the bottom of the seventh inning. bases load, no outs. 3-2 pitch to zim. got him. the 2-2 pitch to dukes, got him on the break. and then the high 3-2 pitch to josh bard. you sought earlier strikes -- you saw the earlier strikes were thrown by camp. now jeremy accardo comes in the game. >> bob: that save was yesterday in philadelphia. accardo has been hurt part of thisser year -- part this have year. he has 38 major league saves. 30 of them with the toronto blue jays when he was lights out. four wins, 2.14 e.r.a., 57 strikeouts, only 24 walks, but he's had some injury issues since then. he had a forearm strain last year that took him out. the remainder of the season after may 10. it's been a road back for thisonce very hard thrower. >> rob: a lot of times if it's just some kind of little mechanical flaw or injury to another part of your body,

the blue jays' defense was superb at the finals. needville made no errors and kept the bop cats base runners in check. i'd like to compliment the coach of the blue jays. the best teams are always the result of exceptional coaching, and the coach has clearly inspired and motivated his players. i'd like to say a big congratulations to the graduating seniors, and i would also like to recognize all of the team members who made this tremendous victory possible. great job to each of you. the blue jays' final record for this season was an impressive 34-8. all residents of needville and for the bend county, texas, are extremely proud of our blue jays. i extend my congratulations to these talented young athletes. . the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from oregon rise? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. blumenauer: 49 years ago the 1960 october harper's magazine cover story was the crisis in american medicine. well, we are still in crisis but change is in the air. the facts are clear. h

the toronto blue jays in extra innings, 4-3, 1-2 on the road.rightened to give you the nationals ledger on that one. 0-8. 0-8 and seven of those at home. i'm not sure i ever watched part of a team going 0-7 at home where you have the final at-bat in extra innings. that's unbelievable. here is the first pitch strike to scott rolen. top of the 10th under way. >> rob: hey, it's contagious. you start playing well, you don't want to be the guy that fails. young pitchers have start this had deal going on the road trip and continued into this home stand. >> bob: right in there. a lot of those extra inning games were see saw affairs, high-scoring games where you score, give it up, go back ahead, give it up. this is a whole different kind of thing here. off-speed pitch away. nick johnson does it alone for the first out. 78 miles an hour on that 0-2 pitch. >> bob: he was bringing -- >> rob: he was bringing it. >> bob: it just took a while. >> rob: no, that's one of the things that joe beimel is famous for working ahead and throwing you either that big cur

we'll bring up jay bruce for the 3rd time. 1-2. that one hit, the two run home run. >> rob: in 2007 when he was in the southern league, he threw out 48% of runners attempting to steal. >> johnny: in the scouting report, it is don't. >> rob: he's got a rocket. >> johnny: he showed that. josh bard is 2-12. one swing of the bat. that's jay bruce upper deck. that's the 2-0 reds lead. it's been that way since the 2 2nd. >> rob: 14 off right handed pitcher this is year. two nights in a row, well pitched ballgame by the starter. he is giving the nationals an opportunity to win the ballgame. two hit, two run ballgame now by shairon martis. >> johnny: gonzalez a hit and the home run by bruce. that's it. both of those coming in the 2 2nd inning. this has got to be one of shairon's better efforts of the year. it will go up against the wall. bruce with a second base hit in the 2nd with a double. one down. jay bruce collects his second hit and the reds third of the night. >> rob: this is in the strike zone. bruce take this is and drives it down

i'm not sure i've seen him take as many called strikes as i have this weekend against the blue jays. >> i think you also said the fact that everybody goes through a little dip in the roller coaster some time throughout the season. >> absolutely. there was only one ted williams, and ryan is a guy who i think is very scientific at the plate, oney guy who goes up to the plate with a plan, and right now the plan just isn't working. >> joel hanrahan almost came in trying to hold the jays down, unfortunately not a successful one for him. >> it's unfortunate. >> these guys can come back from four runs any day. it suction that you get in that situation and get two quick outs and let the game get out of hand right there. the team that we have, we feel like we can come back from four runs. we started out getting the first three guys on base right there, so it's tough. >> can you put today a side and say, we took two out of three from the blue jays and two out of three from the yankees and facing the red sox. >> it was a great week for us. we won two series. those are two big teams there that w

jay bruce hitting from the left side. 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 detwiler. it is 1-0 cincinnati.  when a major hospital wanted to add on to their benefits package at no direct cost to the company, their very first word was... aflac! aflac! find out more at aflacforbusiness.com . >> johnny: now let's take a look

celebrate father's day here blue jays-nationals. first 10,000 fans 18 and up receive the free gym bag presented by geico. player autographs before the game. the kids get to run the bases afterwards. tickets at nationals.com, 888- 632-nats or the box office. you can walk up, get yourself some ticket for tomorrow. >> rob: that's a great gift to give to dad. get him in shape for the sum year. >> bob great thing. dad pays for the tickets and then you are covered for the presents. you know, we don't have high expectations, we appreciate something like that. >> rob: absolutely. cards are nice, too. >> bob: uh-huh. alberto gonzalez, takes the breaking ball. this time, he is ahead. >> rob: willie and i talked before the game about the defense and the plays and he is still upset. would like to play a a little bit more. but defense is just as important. that has picked up this team the last couple of weeks. >> bob:ice . >> ro soof the doubs avebenamazing.%% place. everyoe is on the saep everyone is iking up everyon

jay son bergmann will come on. bruce at 3rd. gonzalez at 1st on with the error.yan hanigan set to step in now. tough situation for jason bergmann. >> rob: yes, it is. right here you're thinking you could possibly get the fastball in to try to make him pop it up and strike him out. >> johnny: grounded out. nice play by ryan. one down. >> rob: nope . foul ball at this particular time. -- i want to see the replay to see if it was a foul ball. it does go foul. nice call. >> johnny: gonzalez goes to 1 1st 1 1st, bruce stays at 3rd 3rd. >> rob: that's exactly the play you want. he'll try to get a ground ball here. then you'll worry about rolling a double play ball. >> johnny: jason coming back from syracuse on may 20th. grounded to 2nd. johnson, runner out at 1st on a run down. guzman back to belliard, back to guzman. there's two out on the double play. >> rob: nice play. watch the runner. >> johnny: all the time bruce can only stay at 3rd base. >> rob: that was a fabulous defensive play. >> johnny: 4, 3, 6, 4, 6. however you score that, it's fantastic. >> rob: he'll r

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six game home stand, blue jays and red sox, then head to baltimore. here's zobrist that popped up to johnson first time up. the jam job and flair. there's the first pitch. 2-0. >> rob: not finishing off. he's lazy, i mean he's dragging the pitching arm behind him, falling forward. that doesn't give him time to catch up. you have to be on top when the front foot hits the ground. >> bob: you hate to see a walk to the leadoff man after being given a 4-0 lead. >> rob: that's in the dirt. 3-0. you'll see him fall forward first. he walks towards the catcher. you've got to get the arm up on top quick. much better. little high. [cheering and applause] he's going to come out and talk to the pitcher. he needs to take a breather here, try to get a ground ball. >> bob: willie harris comes in to join the conversation as an observer. >> rob: willy knows it's his 6 6th start and he's just a kid. he's adding some support. there's your pitch count 55 pitches. not too bad. >> bob: that's 11 this inning without retiring a hitter. it will be lefty lefty now with gabe gro

the toronto blue jays couldn't be happier, with the a's going for win number 11. >> what's up?come to "our house." keeping you current on espnews. i'm the coach why, don't we start with the two best national league teams out west. >> the dodgers await the return of manny ramirez later in the week. l.a. opened a three-game home set against the rockies. colorado having won 20 out of its last 23. the team can't seem to put a run on the board. randy wolf the starter for the dodgers. the dodgers 8-1 against the rockies this season. l.a. has lost four out of its last five overall. >> monday night, manny ramirez made his final minor league rehab appearance. dhg for class a. a single in his first at-bat. second at-bat not as productive. he struck out on three pitchers. ramirez expected to work out at dodger stadium on tuesday and wednesday before rejoining the dodgers on july 4. >> san francisco, a game and a half lead in the wild card race over st. louis. how about tim. what a night he would have facing pujols, bottom of the first. went down swinging. that would be the theme. bottom o

the blue jays in for three, red sox in for three and then three at baltimore. i'm not sure i remember a stretch where we see the entire division. in that quick a time. >> rob: excellent job by craig stammen getting that number 1 hitter of the inning out of the way and he gets the number 2 guy, relaxes a little bit. you walk that leadoff guy or give up a leadoff single, so much more pressure bearing down on you as a young pitcher. >> bob: bases empty, two outs. after averaging 20 pitches an inning for three, this would be a badly needed quick bottom of the 4th. the hitter's gabe gross. steam struck him out looking back in the 2nd. >> rob: stammen is lot more together like he was in his first big league start. his mechanics are together, hitting zones, his locations better than his last three starts. >> bob: he can take out of his last start the fact that he shut down the the mets for four innings after giving up the five runs early. the nats had to pinch hit for him. they never were in the game. but he did put four 0's on the board after those early struggles. h

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the toronto blue jays should be happy to have halladay back. roger federer on a date with destiny. number 15 is now within sight. let's start right now. >> what's up? what do we have to keep you current. alongside mark morgan, i'm the coach. why don't we start with two of the best national league teams playing out west. >> as the dodgers await the return of ramirez later in the week, l.a. opened against the rockies. dodgers have won eight of nine games between these two teams this season. bottom of the seventh inning, we're tied at 2-2. spilborghs has two home runs. wolf out of the game as you see, but wolf helped his own cause with a two-run single in the fifth tying the game at 2-2. as soon as this one goes final, highlights right here on espnews. >> monday night manny ramirez made his final minor league appearance. manny, dhg for class a inland empire. there is a single in his first at-bat. he then struggled throughout the rest of the night. struck out looking in his second at-bat and then struck ow swinging in his third. ramirez expected to work out at dodger stadium on tuesday

we'll find out if he lit up his final rehab start with his bat and the toronto blue jays couldn't be happier to have halladay back but would he be rusty against the rays? let's start right now. >> keep it current on espnews, alongside mike, i'm the coach, why don't we start with the two best national league teams out west. >> that's where we begin as the dodgers await the return of manny ramirez later in the week. l.a. opened a three-game home set against the rockies on monday night. colorado having won 20 out of its last 23. we are now tied at two, bottom of the fifth, spilborghs, two run south. wolf helping his own cause, tying the game at 2-2. the dodgers 8-1 against the rockies this season. monday night, manny ramirez made his final minor league rehab appearance, this is a single in his first at-bat. so manny out of the box early but then he whiffed on three pitches in his second at-bat, and then, in his third at-bat, he struck out again. so manny is expected to work out with the dodgers on tuesday and wednesday, before rejoining the team on july 3. >> facing the giants, opening

the nationals, in 17 innings, have held the blue jays to 12 hits. i know, there we go again. >> rob: that's all right. i think the jinx is about over. you tried to do it last night. 0-8 in extra inning games. >> bob: by the way, ross detwiler retires 19 batters in the game for the first time. it's his deepest effort. t-shirt tuesday coming, nats and red sox. first 10,000 fans receive that curly w present the by hard science cafi. there are just a few tickets left. get them now. tuesday, wednesday, thursday. 202-675-nats. detwiler really got his pitch count down in the 5th and 6th innings. really, the 4th, 5th and 6th. 54 pitches the first three innings and only 4 total the next three. millar, flyball to right. lee -- elijah dukes. i always love it when the starter gets to hear the 7th inning stretch. and ross detwiler is almost there. raul chavez coming up. cecil, 93 pitches, 62 strikes through 6. but detwiler, a total turn around this evening, even though he has given up a run. but that was solo homer. he was really attacking the zone. >> rob: he h

jays finish off the sweep, the phils are a major league best 23-9 on the road but only 13-19 at home.m tired of hearing about it," said ryan howard. i'm tired of talking about losing at home. >> free kick for brazil. we decided to spin the espn axis showing you felipe melo all alone. third time in four games the u.s. has allowed a goal in the first seven minutes. 19th minute, corner kick, marcus beasley. brazil sets up the counterattack. ramirez sprints down the field with the ball and passes to rodinho who passes it. brazil ends up winning it. alexi lalas looks ahead. >> you have to be able to compete. it's not about winning necessarily against the big teams. when you get off the field after the 90 minutes you want to say "i'm proud of the u.s. and i have hope for the future." the progress that this team and sport has made on and off the field in the last 10-20 years is phenomenal, it's so incredible when you compare it to other countries -- the fact is in the united states, we want everything immediately. we want to be able to win the world cup. we want to be able to compete. my pro

solo home run and the jays win it 8-7. jays finish off the sweep. phils are a major league best 23-9 on the road but only 13-19 at home. "i'm tired of hearing about it," said ryan howard, i'm done talking about losing at home. >> fifa confederations cup, group b action, united states and brazil, americans 1-12 vs. the brazilians. seventh minute, no score, free kick for brazil. give me espn axis. felipe melo. with the corner kick. damarcus beasley loses the ball and turns it over, brazil sets up the counterattack. robinho. worst loss since 1993. alexi lalas looks ahead for the u.s. >> the u.s. needed egypt to beat italy to stay alive. 40th minute, egypt with the corner kick and the cross goes to mohammad homos. he scores with a header and egypt strikes first. later on check out gennaro gattuso. vincenso jaquinta here. denied again by el hadari. the u.s. avoids elimination for now. >> the nfl suspending donte' stallworth indefinitely without pay. stallworth pleaded guilty to killing a man while driving intoxicated. he began serving a 30-day sentence t

nats-jays, 1:35. first 10,000 fans 18 and up receive that great-looking gym bag free. it's presented by geico. free pregame autographs and after the game kids run the bases this sunday. willie harris. willie bounced out to the second baseman first time up. willie struggling with the bat. it hasn't affected his defense

jay bruce with a walkand fly- out to adam dunn in left field up for the third time tonight.  . >> rob: jason bergman loose again. also a tothing for him to learn how to go from rotation tobulln. rob: get up four or times, got to save a bit before the game and leave it all down in the bullpen. >> johnny: and jason was making a comment that every single guy that has been sent down and came back up has made "i don't want to go back to the minors." >> rob: no, this is the only level you want to play at. >> johnny: i don't want to go back down. >> rob: and goals had a full heart attack, he was sitting there in a chair at home having a heart attack. at 24 years of age, finally ended up going to the hospital. >> johnny: that is tough. >> rob: yeah, that's a tough kid right there, jonny gomes. >> johnny: jay fouls down the first base line. >> rob: remember, we told you bruce hitting .170 off left- handers coming in. walked the first time up for the reds. those are good old focal points that i'm sure that steve mccat tee will bring up with ross when they go over

nats have outhit the blue jays 2-1.s time to look at everything last night. >> rob: they were laying out for everything with the leather and then see the assist from austin kearns at second base, willie harris laying out diving on that warning track. anderson hernandez, cristian guzman, ryan zimmerman from his knees. >> bob: i had one guy in new york last night say willie harris' landing was the best one in that town since sully sullivanen burger on the hudson river. >> rob: sully, i'm in his fan club. >> bob: i think everyone s you're an official member? >> rob: yeah, there's a fan club on face bacon. >> bob: nice. you and sullivan -- on facebook? >> bob: nice. you and sully type. it will be top of the order now. marco scutaro and then aaron hill. look at that. first-pitch strikes to all nine hitters so far. no nationals pitcher has done that this year. >> rob: those are some of the stats maybe we hold off until the ninth inning. >> bob: did we jinx him? >> rob: no, if he throws a ball right here, steve mccatty is goin

pujols, the prince, lance bergmann in houston and then the little guy who leads off for the blue jay, marco scutaro. >> bob: i know when we looked at the walk statistics, we are like, why are they walking marco scutaro to get to aaron hill who has 90-plus hits? atestimony dunn 0-for-2, a drive to left and a swinging swowt. he may have been guessing correctly, first pitch breaking ball, but he could not get it. >> rob: i'm thinking they are not going to give adam a lot to hit with first base open. >> bob: it is a lefty-lefty match-up so let's see how much they want to pitch. brett cecil has pitched a good

blue jays have tripled their hit total here in the 4th. >> rob: they have seen him for the second time now and they

the toronto blue jays won tonight beating cincinnati 8-2. blue jays had a five-run first inning. aaron hill, two-run homer. his 16th. wells, a solo his seventh. tampa bay won. burrell second for the team he used to play for. that was a solo, his 13th a that's a complete look at the interleague games from tonight. when we come back, we'll take a look at rich hill who gets the starting nod as the orioles complete the three-game set on masn. commute. ♪ commuté. with a mcdonald's mccafé hot or iced mocha, a better day is possible. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪ ba da ba ba ba geico's been saving people money and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> reminder the battle of thebeltways continues this week. friday, saturday at camden yards. friday evening and saturday

and for both teams tonight, including a very thin bullpen for toronto, 142 pitches thrown by the blue jay, 92 for strikes. 137 pitches thrown by the nationals pitchers, 89 for strikes. so pitching is not dead yet. >> bob: it's been on its last legs a few times in recent years. >> rob: i just don't think that the whole quest tack and zone evaluation is working. turn the cameras off and let the umpires win the game. >> bob: so you are routing for the umpires. >> rob: no, but with big brother watching all the time, it doesn't have the effect they wanted to. they wanted a better strike zone but it's not as consistent. >> bob: nick johnson robbed rolen of a base hit tonight. he is 2-for-4. nice pitch by colome. almost a cutting action away from the right handed batter. 96. >> rob: as i said before in the discussion i had all day today, it's not about how hard you throw but the movement and location. i liked it when i threw in the low 90s and had good movement. if i threw hard and straight, bp. >> . look at that, fouled back. >> bob: you referred to discussions today. fill us in. >> rob: i talk

. >> bob: bottom of the order  for the blue jays, top of the 9th in a 3-3 game. they have outhit the nats 9-8. it's always nice to know that our fans are paying attention on what's going on in other parks. what do you think about peter's question from mac lean? >> rob: i don't think it would fit the evolution of the young staff that we have here but in boston, the reason why they thought about going to a six- man rotation is because they brought in smoltz, brought in penny and figured one of those guys comes back, it's good. but daisuke matsuzaka has been so bad they're going to skip him. i'm not a big fan even of the five-man rotation. i would not mind going back to the four-man rotation but that would take decades to develop pitchers to do that. >> bob: decades, lawsuits. here is mike macdougal, no save situation tonight. but i think manny made the point that, when scott olson gets back and getting closer, there will be one pitcher sent to aaa. it will not be because that particular pitcher did not do well here. >> rob: and i have no problem with that. you put

rickey romero dealing for the jays. no-hitter into the seventh. broken up by chase utley. ryan howard grounds into the 4-6-3 double play. romero seven scoreless innings. gave up just two hits, struck out seven. the jays take it 6-1. phills also won in seven since raul ibanyez went down with a groin injury. brad lidge also returned. roy halladay out since june 12th with a mild groin strain says he'll start monday against tampa bay. >> josh beckett and the a.l.-leading red sox opening a three-game series in atlanta. bottom two, beckett strikes out jeff francoeur. then in the fourth, with two on, he gets francoeur again. beckett seven scoreless, struck out six, scattered six. top five, big papi. david ortiz with a solo home run. his eighth of the year. seventh this month. and the red sox win it 4-1. terry francona gets his 800th win as a big league manager. red sox are 45-28, best in the a.l. they've won 11 of their last 14 against the braves. in his first 10 career starts against atlanta, josh beckett went 2-7. since then, he's 6-0 in seven starts with an e.r.a. of .38. in f

. >> johnny: six strikeouts. 3-1 ball game, in the eighth inning with jonny gomes at first base, jayt fielder, and a walk and a follo bergmann to the mound. >> rob: to get back to strasburg, i like what tony gwynn said about him, and he said to strasburg, "listen, you have got to do at the episode of the day call your heart, don't get into a bidding war and negotiations negotiations and let your agent speak for you, at the end of the day it's your career, your life." >> johnny: what about last year, take an example. >> rob: absolutely. absolutely. your agent works for you and sometimes these young players think the agent is doing it out of the love for their kids. no. they are getting their 5% chunk of change at the end of the day so the more money they make for you the more money the agent makes and here is ron valone right here after giving up that one-outhit comes back and gets the guy hitting .172 off lefties coming in to tonight jay bruce. >> johnny: quickly two down here in the eighth inning. alex gonzalez has singled to right center, base hit tonight, one for three. actually,

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

jays up 8-7. that is your final. toronto which entered this series 0-6 in interleague play, completes the three-game sweep. the phillies struggling. they have lost five of six, and fall six games under .500 at home. it is the third worst record in the majors at home. got the major league best record away from home, 23-9 on the ro road. >> white sox and cubbies finale of an abbreviated windy city series. bottom 8, it's 5-1 sox. here come the cubs, derrek lee, that is a three-run shot. his eighth of the year. cubs down a run. it's 5-4. next batter, soto. not a good sophomore season. but he'll take that. his fourth of the year. still only hitting .220. cubs tie it up at 5. all four runs in the #th. unearned. alfonso soriano, another member of the slumping cubs. 2 for 24. and cubs go through with the bloop single and wins the line drive in the box score. cubs win 6-5. ninth career walkoff hit for soriano. said lou piniella of soriano, he's too talented to have a valley as big as he's been in. you can have peaks and valle

he will face jay bruce. a breaking ball in for a strike. grounder back. zimmerman cuts it off to belliard. one down. >> rob: nice job by ryan zimmerman. >> johnny: just makes them and makes them, doesn't he rob. >> rob: what did i say after he airmailed that ball earlier in the game that a run came in on. he has been stellar ever since. as a pitcher, you have to forget the one error and think about the 9 he makes out of 10. he has made some amazing plays right there on bruce. another one on phillips. >> johnny: that is the first out here in the 9th. beimel to face alex gonzalez. breaking ball. inside for a ball. >> rob: and give him a lot of credit on zimmerman's hustle down the 1st base line even though gonzalez took out fi phillips. if he wasn't -- took out phillips. >> johnny: drifting back is guzman calling off willingham and willingham calling off guzman and makes the catch. >> rob: that is the right play. cristian has to keep coming and so he called off willingham. >> johnny: nats xtra post game coming up in just a couple of minutes. hopefully they