john lannan has hell the orioles to one run through seven innings. or oscar salazar who has the rbi. john lannan on the bench. >> rob: you don't know how happy that makes me feel when i see couple of national names up on that list and not three orioles guys. >> jim h.: it's all one big family here. >> rob: and if we do win today, it will be 12-12 in the beltway series a lot riding on this game. >> jim p.: if you really want to go, they would have won nine out of the last 16, too. make yourself feel better if you're a national fan or a national broadcaster. >> rob: there you go. >> jim h.: this is the final game of the interleague. the completion of the six interleague series. the orioles won five of the six interleague series. >> rob: that's going to be long flight now to marlinville. >> jim p.: no, it won't. on southwest it's 2:10 every time. always scheduled 2:25. they never leave late, but you might have some airport traffic. happiest flight attendants in the history of flight attendants. must be paid well, they can sing. of course if you do it of

john lannan will probably go all the way with a complete game as well.hese relievers chemotheir game in the -- keep them in the game you can keep your color. we will be back talking about the nationals offense. and he will give us a break down. micah owings taking on john lannan in the series finale as the nationals look for another complete game. the nats and reds, a day game from the park next. so, what's the problem? these are hot. we're shipping 'em everywhere. but we can't predict our shipping costs. dallas. detroit. different rates. well with us, it's the same flat rate. same flat rate. boston. boise? same flat rate. alabama. alaska? with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. dude's good. dude's real good. dudes. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. >> concentrate and get some better at-bats with situational hitting. i think we are underestimating at the end of the game. that counts even if it is in the 2nd inning. i

john lannan, after a few struggles early has a very economical pitch count. 's right at about 14 pitches per inning threw his first four. and usually when john pitches like this, guys will start swinging a little early in the count and he'll get some early outs. >> rob: that's some stuff that you know you've got good stuff when guys start hacking early. >> jim p.: wigginton came into this game at 13 for 26. he got him out twice. >> bob: i've seen john lannan beat the orioles, i think he beat us 2-1 a couple years ago. he just demands the ball -- commands the ball real well. he's not a soft tosser. even though he's throwing occasionally 93, he's finishing his pitches. >> bob: good location there and easy for anderson hernandez. >> rob: the one thing i do love about john lannan is he's got great mechanics, he's out over that front leg all the time. he sells that change-up perfectly. >> jim p.: you and i, when we came up we were pretty blessed where fastball count. they'd be looking for a fastball, we'd go, hey, here it is. john lannan understands what he is. you

hopefully john lannan will do better than the first two games. >> for a change john lannan is older than his opposing starter in terms of major league experience. the nats and orioles battling today at camden yards.   >> jim h.: hazy day at orioles park at camden yards, but a lovely day for baseball as the birds and nats conclude the interleague series as the orioles playing very well in the first two games, look to complete a three-game sweep. starting line-up for the nationals today. willie harris leading off in center field, cristian guzman back at shortstop. guzman brings a 10-game hitting streak into today's game, nick johnson bats third, adam dunn will dh. >> jim p.: take a look at our pnc scouting report on david hernandez. he's got big league stuff. he can throw 92 to 95. they call his fastball the invisible heater because it just seems that hitters don't usually pick it up. stay out of the middle of the plate. that's when he gets in trouble. fastball coming in, has to be in and out, really back to the future because he's one of the future stars of this oriol

>> johnny: can john lannan e the stopper or will mother nature get in the way again? how about mother nature taking a permanent va case. let's -- vacation. let's have a nice afternoon, early evening of baseball. adam dunn is ready. he will move from left field to 1st base. give nick johnson the day off. nationals against the cincinnati reds. i'm johnny holliday for bob carpenter along with rob dibble. when you talk about pitching, this ball club over the last 7 games have been pitching pretty darned good. >> tom: yeah. the starters are starting to kick it into high gear. they have thrown really well. 3.5 runs per game. average innings over 6 which is quality starts for me and the opposition only hitting about .217. in the john lannan's last start against the new york mets where he threw his last ever complete game in a 7-1 defeat. that was a very got outing. helped his cause there with a base hit down the left field line. so, john lannan is on the hill gets to try to continue the great starting pitching that we have been getting so far, johnny and that is the key. if

john lannan got one out on one pitch to start his 7th inning of work. into the 8th under 100 pitches. >> jim p.: i think it all started for john lannan, the nationals win, he took the mound and the sun came out for the

willie harris will pinch hit for john lannan. wait a minute, now. nick johnson heading up to the plate. nick is going to step in. when you talk about a guy that is overdue, i think johnson is overdue. johnson went up to the plate and micah owings is finished for the afternoon. dusty baker with a call to the cincinnati bullpen. nationals threatening with runners at first and second. we will be back in just a moment. 2-0 cincinnati leading washington. ÷xxppúú nce 1873, coors 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. for the next minute, i'm gonna show you what it's like to have verizon fios. these are your widgets, they let you put whatever you're watching down here, while you check out local traffic, weather, even your news

let's see what they can do today against john lannan. ut due to get back on the winning track? been pitching as good as anybody on this ball club. >> in his last seven games he has a 2.65 earned run average. over his last 14 starts, take away the first start, he's at 2.98. he can't pitch any better. he's only yielded more than three runs in one of his starts over his last 13, so he's our staff ace, he's the guy that goes out there and makes pitches day after day, it's a continuation of last year. i'd like to see us get him some runs. we're still only scoring three runs a game for him throughout his career. you could have that won/loss record reversed. he's going for his fifth win to even up his record. >> when josh willingham came to the ball clon, willingham -- ball club, he made it clear, i came here it play. now he's producing at maybe the right time as they head back down to florida tomorrow to start a series against his former ball club as well. >> josh has always been a hitter. you look all the way down to the minor leagues, he's be

thank you, john lannan.hnny and ray in our studios. >> our congratulations to john lannan, winner of his fifth ballgame this year. you caught something talking to debbi taylor. >> it's a part of leadership. he told wil to move to the center of the plate because he was just missing with his fastball. that's the first time i've heard the assertiveness, but i've seen the assertiveness from john for the last probably month. there's just a different attitude. i don't know what it is. we always call it that it. he has it. he has it on the mound, that special something. he's starting to express it. even in the way that he talks, he's developing, i don't think it's an eric but it's a very positive oh aura or attitude about his confidence as a pitcher. he expects to go out there and win. >> a confidence swagger maybe would be the term? >> i like that. that's why you get paid all the big bucks. confidence swagger. >> shall we talk about the nationals offense today. they did score two, came up in the fourth inning. the

hills and valleys. >> byron: john lannan is a steady performer. to come complete game against the mets. another quality start against the reds. >> ray: res throwing the ball so -- he is throwing the ball so well. he comes up with the big been there. base hit to left field. gonzalez seemed to be the only guy that actually was on. zimm airmails that ball. two on, one out, gonzalez swinging the bat well. scores gomes there and a base on balls to phillips. gomes pops. and that is one thing i have seen john do more and more lately, elevate the fastball after going down. hernandez, 6-3 ground ball. nice play by guzman. willingham makes the play off bruce's bat. gonzalez flies to centerfield. he went one, two, three there in the 6th and third. surrounded by that one tough inning. nobody hit the ball hard. he ends up going 6 innings. gives up one earned run. another quality outing. you mentioned we talked about last your. 21 quality starts last year and now he is back on that train. earned run average over his last 7 starts is 2.50. that is outstanding. >

norfolk for the orioles. >> i'm going to make one statement about john lannan.in the major leagues right now he can make. that's how good a pitcher he is. he might be a number five on some of those great clubs, but he can pitch anywhere. the man has done a great job for us. >> won two of his last four starts. i don't have to tell thank you. how about hernandez, 3-2 at norfolk. >> just his second start in his career. all i'm seeing is fastballs. we don't have that much on him, but he was throwing fastballs in the low 90s. had both outings over five innings, gave up 10 hits his first outing, five hits his second outing. just one earned run in his last outing. so he's getting his, as my mother would say, a little wet behind his ears. >> so the nationals with a loss tonight, they fall to 21-51. 34-40 for the orioles with the win tonight. and they'll go again tomorrow. see if they can salvage game three of the series. >> john lannan will pitch tomorrow night and he'll keep us in the ballgame. i don't know what we're going to do about the hitting. just keep on going o

kind of break down john lannan. what does he do on his side days? how's his approached change at the major league level? >> i can't say what his approach was before i got here, because i don't know what he was doing, but since he's been here when he goes out and works on stuff, very seldom do we throw off-speed pitches. we just want to locate his fastball. throws some change-ups. he's got a good breaking ball, slider and curveballs, but he'll do that and the flat groundwork they call it. now he works on that, but he just goes on and spots it. you could see when first coming up, he had such good command of that little sinker that he has. that's not overly hard, but if you can spot a nice little sinker, you know how tough it is. you were a gasser. you were probably up there saying, how does this guy get the guys out. if you can get the ball to move, it's a tough pitch to hit. he spots it well and gets some quick outs. he's determined. he's focused on the game. i told him, when you get done pitching, you should be more mentally drained than physically

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john lannan goes back to work. he will face gomes, hernandez and jay bruce in the reds 4. >> rob: now, you were the original before casey casem on the top 40s. [laughter]. >> johnny: it hits gomes. jonny gomes on with a hit by pitch at fly ball. >> rob: did you know wolfman jack? [laughter]. >> johnny: he had a voice on him. he was tough. but casey and i were together -- not together. we were on opposite stations on cleveland before he really made it big and he is one of the nicest guys. reds have the lead-off batter on. >> rob: when you hear somebody's voice, can you tell right after who it is? >> johnny: just about. -- right off who it is? >> johnny: just about. >> rob: you you want to -- you want to give me one? >> rob: no. i have trouble of trouble with my voice. >> johnny: i'm interesting, the year you had arm surgery, you didn't play at all did you? >> rob: i was rehabbing in '94 in august when we went on strike. so, that was a bad year to get hurt. not that any year is a good year to get hurt. >> johnny: nob

he's the kind of guy that needs to back up john lannan. john lannan went out there, pitched his butt off yesterday. olsen comes out, pitches his butt off today. hopefully stammen can do that tomorrow night. the bottom line is, we lost the ballgame, but the great news was seven great innings by a 25- year-old kid that had been on a disabled list. we have a lot of young pitchers, we have three rookies right now. this is a rebuilding ball club. you're not going to win all of these ballgames. in a couple of years if they continue to progress, it's going to be a very solid rotation. >> one of the disturbing things for you and rairks the nationals bullpen cannot be successful this year against this ball club here for some reason. >> they're really erratic. you are around the ball club more than anybody. we're building up on pitching. if you had a position player both of you, that you were going to acquire, what position out there do you think is our most dire need? >> i would think maybe a front line catcher, but you have one in jesus flores. th

now, rob, let's talk about the top three starters lately starting with john lannan. mazing sunday in baltimore. >> rob: we know lannan slanl our ace. he has treemd yupous stuff, huge heart. he's so competitive, he can go up against anybody's best guy. the guy who backed him up last night, finally somebody pitched behind john lannan after a great outing. scott olsen was out there dom nait nant for seven outings and jordan zimmermann, this kid has a-1 stuff. eventually, he will be the ace of the staff, 95 plus-mile-per- hour stuff and a huge heart and smarter on the hill. then, you have craig stammen who will make the start tonight. a couple starts ago, he was a master out there on the mound against the new york yankees and he had a tougher time against the boston red sox. between stammen and detwiler, final two pieces of the puzzle may be in place. maybe not. shairon martis went down to the minor leagues, but tonight an audition for possibly staying in the rotation. >> bob: with more on the rotation, debbi taylor. >> debbi: bob, craig stammen has faced tough lineups, t

john lannan tuesday night. if you're seeking tickets for the boston sear risk don't wait any longer. go online and there will be five-dollar grandstand tickets that take place at the time store box office in left field every day just after 4:30 in the afternoon. 888-632 nats or nationals.com. scott rolen down to second base on a wild pitch. manny and his nats, unless they come up with a big ninth inning, will still have a 4-2 week against the yankees and blue jays. that one on the right a big ouch today. we talked earlier about situational hitting. two big at-bats in the first inning when romero struck out zimmerman and dunn with two men aboard. the nats had second and third in the second and bard saved the inning with a base hit. bases loaded double play in the 5th on a first pitch to gonzalez after the two previous hitters had walked. the nats have had very few opportunities since, stranding eight. >> the nationals had romero early, and he worked in a nice comfortable groove. >> i think he struck out zimmerma

just gave a very solid outing. >> and there you see, john lannan's numbers. 3-0, 37 innings. this is last five starts, ray. he's had five quality starts this year. e.r.a. 2.19, strikeouts, walks, everything is going right now good for john lannan. >> you're going to have to dig real hard, in the national league or all of baseball to find a guy that goes out there over a matter of 49 starts, johnny, over two years and put together almost the same type game. he's just going to give you seven innings, he's going give up less than three runs, he's only going to walk a couple. he's going to keep your team in the ballgame and give them a chance to win. he said yesterday there's not a team in baseball that would not take this guy. >> down in south florida at land shark stadium is debbi taylor. they changed the name they tell me back in my, used to be dolphin stadium. looks to me like you're in the dugout. might there be precipitation in the area? >> of course, johnny, it's florida, it always rains down here. we'll have more on that in a moment. but how about josh willingham, he's be

. >> rob: lannan, hitters are hitting .325 off of john lannan this year with two outs.

you know that john lannan wanted to maybe get it away a little bit. sink it away.the thing about adam, he's a much better hitter against right-handed pitching. only three of his 12 home runs. well over .300 against righties, but .275 against lefties. >> bob: ty wigginton next, popped out to right first time. orioles have had a couple of runners walk. this ball slapped out of play to the right side. >> jim p.: it seems to me a lot of times when you get young pitchers, you don't want to discourage them from throwing strikes. they don't have to be perfect strikes. >> rob: i know exactly what you're saying. that was time where jordan was throwing everything so well, and he was throwing almost 80% of his pitches for strikes, including his last start i think he threw 77 pitches for strikes. they were too fine. >> bob: that ball bouncing right to the bag, easy double play for cristian guzman. the nationals have now turned two after the orioles turned four last night. >> rob: there you go. here's a ground ball by ty wigginton here. if you're the shortstop and you're by the

i'm using john lannan.who pitched well against the mets in 2007 and 2008, and this isn't exactly a mets offense with all its pieces. moyer has turned the season around with a pair of quality starts last week. time to trust him. especially against the struggling tim redding. like lannan, moyer is available in many leagues. he's also an example why season numbers don't tell the entire story. i'm eric karabell. espn.com. check us out. the best fantasy analysis around, articles, videos, podcasts, chats, do better in your league. >> penguins forward petr sykora may not play in game seven of the stanley cup finals friday because of a right-foot injury. sykora was hurt while blocking a shot in game six. pens trying to become the first team to win game seven of the stanley cup finals on the road since the 1971 montreal canadiens. dallas stars have fired head coach dave tippett. the washington nationals signed righthander drew storen to a deal worth more than $1.5 million a day after selecting him with the 10th pick

. >> how is john lannan doing? >> he did a very nice job for us again. the last four or five doing what he did last year. he goes out every 5 days and gives us a chance to win and throws that sinker. does a good job for us. he gave us an opportunity to stay close to them and tavarez was huge too, those 2 scoreless innings gave us an opportunity to come back. [audio indiscernible]. >> i think john lannan is no longer a kept secret. i think a lot of people are aware of him t. fact -- the fact he had over 20 quality starts last year. they are aware of him. but you are right, i mean if we would have had a better offensive club last year and this year so far, i think his name would pop up a little bit more. but we are fine with that. i mean he is here. we know he is going to pitch for us every 5 days. he is going to be part of the solution. >> debbi touched on it with the bullpen. but the fact that they have pitched the way they have over the last 2-3 week period, with as much maligned as they were as a group, how good is that to see for you and what does it

i'm using john lannan.here is jamie moyer, who pitched well against the mets in 2007 and 2008, and this isn't exactly a mets offense with all its pieces. moyer has turned the season around with a pair of quality starts last week. time to trust him. especially against the struggling tim redding. like lannan, moyer is available in many leagues. he's also an example why season numbers don't tell the entire story. i'm eric karabell. espn.com. check us out. the best fantasy analysis around, articles, videos, podcasts, chats, do better in your league. >> the dallas stars have fired head coach dave tippett. the washington nationals signed righthander drew storen to a deal worth more than $1.5 io

he doesn't have that many more starts, about 11 more than john lannan. of the bullpen some. zimmerman takes another breaking ball out of play. this time right side, 2-2. john lannan, 52 starts now? took him 50 to get his 15th win. that was the one at yankee stadium. ross detwiler next to him. eight career starts. and then jordan zimmermann who will pitch her wednesday, detwiler friday at home when the braves come visiting. everybody got pushed back a day when the nationals reinserted craig stammen into the rotation. right at hanley ramirez. and the nationals continue to get very little -- hit very little against ricky nolasco. fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. (announcer) switch to verizon fios tv, phone and internet today and get an ultra-sleek compaq mini netbook. call the verizon center for customers wi

. >> johnny: it is a wild pitch charged to john lannan. >> rob: that curve ball rolls up his arm and then over his head. the hall of famers failed 7 out of 10 times. and to me, i always look at that. i will take those percentages. if i'm successful 7 out of 10, 8 out of 10 times i get to stay in the major leagues. you can't try to think you are going to be perfect because you will not be. i had a long conversation -- great play right there by ryan zimmerman. >> johnny: not a good throw. a run will score. rosales with a shot to zimmerman's right. amazing he even got to that ball. >> rob: yep. >> johnny: and then rosales goes to second on the overthrow and the reds have got a 1-0 lead. >> rob: getting back to that, i think a lot of it has to do in talking to steve mccatty about giving up singular homeruns instead of 3-run homeruns. right here you see him he is off balance and he probably should have tried to right himself a little more. gotten over the top. this is a fantastic stop right here and you see him throw off that front foot like a quarterback. sometimes you airmail. passes ov

>> jim p.: i like john lannan.ill remember the 2-1 victory he had over the orioles i don't know if it was last year or the year before. how about that earned run average. >> rob: he's definitely become our ace. another hit by gregg zaun. great night for him. already a home run. >> jim p.: i told him, i, he was hitting .118 early on. he said jokingly, i was overexposed. i told him, i said the good news, you can't stay at .118, not if you keep playing. >> rob: to finish that story about eric davis at the end of his career, he knew he couldn't play 140, 150 games a year but he knew he could contribute and maybe the last three, four years he had some great years with some ball clubs and it was more of a contribution, but he didn't complain, he didn't mope, avenues great professional ballplayer. that's what you have to do as you get older. >> bob: zimmerman charging, well done as he loses his balance while making the throw. he'll get a big second out for washington. zaun down

. >> stammen gets his first major league victory the night after john lannan impresses his parents inhe 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 for him. these guys are lights out. >> well, stammen has the super outing last night. first shutout of the year. nationals the last team in baseball to come up with a shutout. you look at stammen. you look at lannan. you look at martis. you look at ross detwiler still looking for that elusive -- and jordan zimmermann. these five guys right now, if this is the rotation. this rotation has a win-loss record of 12-14. that's pretty acceptable. you saw a couple guys on the d. l. who

as i mentioned a few minutes ago, it gets going with john lannan coming off one of the best games of his career. the bullpen is busy now. harris reading it. that's easy for him. two outs, scott rolen coming, and so our friend the duck. happy father's day. >> aflac. >> the oldest player in blue jay history. >> wow. >> there's nick. he's got it. 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

. >> rob: john lannan's roommate we learned last night thanks to debbi taylor. i don't know if i'd lit her go through my drawers and stuff when i was a single guy. >> bob: 3-2 pitch. that's trouble. right-field line. scott rolen heading for third. dukes makes a good play to cut it off. it will be second and third, one out. now the error really hurts. that's quite an at-bat by alex rios. >> rob: 3-2 fastball away. rios goes with it. good peet piece of hitting by him. he's trying to stay alive. nice job sliding to cut that ball off. get that back in as quickly as possible. >> bob: when you couple this together with the bottom of the seventh, this has been a rough 20-25 minutes. nats had the bases loaded one out after second and third, nobody out. now the blue jays a similar situation here in the top of the eighth. >> rob: you can't give good teams extra chances. >> bob: front door breaking ball up and over to lyle overbay. he's 0-1 with a pair of walks.   >> rob: hitting against left-handed pitchers this year. all th

there's nothing you can say about john lannan that you can be critical of. he's done exactly what he started to do last year when he obviously made the club as a regular starter, but this is the going is proving his worth day after day. >> he's been vestinggy with the runs, allowing only three or more runs, only three starts this season. thanks for joining us today, everybody. happy father's day to all the fathers watching this afternoon. tough one for the nationals. they lose it 9-4, but take two out of three from toronto. we'll see you tuesday night starting at 6:30. enjoy your sunday night. ♪ xxúú ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. hey kevin, filling up with nitrogen-enriched shell gasoline? it seeks and destroys the engine gunk... left by lower-quality gasoline. yes, winner! everyone wins with new nitrogen-enriched shell gasolines. yes, winner! vo: the coronation begins. >>> ton

thursday he is at home against the reds and it doesn't matter i am using john lannan.ie moyer. and he has turned his season around with quality starts last week. it is time to trust him, especially against a struggling reading. and moyer is available in many lesion and an example why the season anymore don't tell the whole story. check us out, the best fantasy analysis away. >> and winning four straight the first time taking on the pirates. dog night at turner field and i guess that means you bring your four-legged friend. and a single to center. and the former pirate comes up throwing and the throw is cut off by greg norton. and laroche comes in to score and it looks like it would have been on the money. and. >> the m's and o's and jose lopez and company struggled in the charmed city recently. jose lopez and the two-run home run and the mariners snapping the five-game losing streak in baltimore. giants and d-backs. and allowing two hit so far in 4 1/3 innings and a two-run home run in the third is the ninth for the year in san francisco. and the a's are leading the tw

john lannan pitching well enough to win this game. 6 innings, 5 hits, earned run, one earned run, two walks and two strikeouts. and kept the ball club close. willie harris will lead-off to start the 8th. >> rob: alex gonzalez 2-3 day. many years in the big leagues. >> johnny: willie harris will hit for wil nieves. josh bard will hit. 2-1 cincinnati. they have led all the way. nats have scored 5 runs in the last four ballgames. they got shut out and so far only 5 runs against the reds in this series. harris digging in. he said when you come down to florida state, can you get me tickets. >> rob: oh sure. >> johnny: i might be possibly able to do that. >> rob: going into yankee stadium the end of the week. can you get me tickets. >> johnny: anxious to see you get the response of homeruns flying out of that park, aren't they. >> rob: yeah. when you look at the pictures side by side on the internet, the old yankee stadium, big stadium. the new one is almost twice as big on the interior. so, it is the same size field inside, but the air, there's a lot more air in there. and balls are just j

. >> rob: john lannan, deep in thought right there on the bench. he did his job. he did a great job again today. >> johnny: 6 innings pitched. >> rob: and he has lowered his e.r.a. it is well under 3 now after that last start and with today. >> johnny: only one of the two runs earned today. gonzalez swings and flies it to center. willie tavarez hauls it in. top of the 7th and now it is a one run game. 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. y taveras hauls it in. top of the 7th and now it is a one run game.  >> johnny: 2-1. get your red on and buy yourself a grand slam flex plan today. hello. you can enjoy ultimate flexibility. pick your plan and your games and get a free game. it is just that easy. for more information on the all new grand slam flex plans call 202-

. >> debbi: of course, joel will especially miss his roommate john lannan. bob? >> bob: i did see reporters talking to john about his feelings today. of course, his rent just doubled. >> rob: i'm really going to miss my roommate. now i have to play the whole rate, the whole apartment rent. >> bob: i can't remember what debbi said last week who the sloppier one of the two was? wil told me last night he thought he hit it out, but it was to the very end of the scoreboard out there in left center. >> rob: he told me he was going to the gym at 11:00. he was going to the gym -- he was very disappointed. >> bob: when he hit that ball, that was a tie game. that was the top of the eighth. he was the leadoff guy. elijah dukes. now elijah dukes running -- running has been an adventure this year. two steals in nine attempts. several of those are pickoffs when you are picked off first, that does count as caught stealing. baker, 10-53 this year. and that's another by product of a young pitching staff. >> rob: in elijah's case, too, he's work on stuff. he was an excellent base s

john lannan gave up two solos in yankee stadium and pitched a bull full game. >> rob: pitched 8 2/3. victory. >> bob: nick johnson has it. a pitch on 0-2 that was way too good but nick johnson helps out his young pitcher. >> rob: well, nick johnson has an amazing glove at first base. this is just a reaction play. not the most amazing vertical leap i have ever seen but effective. we love nick. >> bob: here is adam lind it would out, bases empty. breaking ball, flyball. centerfield, willie harris. and that quickly, the top of the 6th is over. >> bob: you can make a lot of money pitch for a long time giving up solo homeruns. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99. flame-grilled tortillas layered with chicken, bacon, cheese, and ranch. crispy on the outside, melted perfection on the inside. new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. . >> debbi: we move to the bottom of the 6th inning. manny acta admitted that he was a little more fiery when he was in the minor league. >> i can't believe why people want to yell at somebody for having self-control. i have my ow

they didn't have ryan zimmerman or jesus flores and john lannan and jordan zimmerman. the '62 mets didn't have players like that. >> rob: detwiler and gonzalez and dukes. we have fabulous talent here. we have some holes. big deal. i would love to, you know, be where mike rizzo, stan casten and even manny acta saying we have to do this, do that, tighten it up. that's like rebuilding a ferrari. >> bob: 2-2 to willie who hacks one into the bullpen. >> bob: i think the '62 mets were summarized by one thing. their most valuable player was ricky ashden. they gave him a boat. it sank. >> rob: how would you like to be a pittsburgh pirates man. about 25 years ago when i played against them, they were one of the toughest teams. now nate mac lot goes to the braves. >> bob: i would be mad about that. willie harris made an out but he battled for about seven or eight pitches. now, garza is battling in the 100-pitch territory and he has not even pitched 6 innings yet. here is josh bard who is 1-for- 2. 110 pitches, 65 strikes. of course, in this league, you don't have to hit for the

i mean, you know, john lannan is pretty much our ace. he has been throwing well.nd then jordan zimmerman has been, you know, yow standing, with his performance last night and then we had shairon going tomorrow who has been throwing the ball very well. and then stammen who gets his first win at yankee stadium throwing a shutout. >> phil: can you give us an indication as to how many innings total they are looking for you as to where you will be in a month or in august? >> no, they said go out now and we'll think about that when it comes. >> johnny: ross, thank you, my friend. i will let you go back to your fellow teamates. gals on your outing. congratulations on a terrific win. talk to you later on. >> thank you into into thank you, my friend. manny acta talking to the media downstairs brought to you by verizon wireless. >> threw the ball very well, was aggressive with his fastball, threw some change- ups, too. it was really tough because ins like, that 8th inning, that's where we are at right now. that was not a very good inning. we left a lot of pitches up. we did

john lannan will be on the mown as the order look for the sweep, nats look for a win. game telecast at 1:30 on masn hd, masn, masn 2, and dc 50. jim hunter saying so long from orioles park at camden yards. tonight's telecast, a masn presentation. >>> hi, everybody. time for "nats xtra" post-game here on masn. johnny holliday along with ray knight. the nationals had a 2-0 lead, the nationals had a 3-1 lead. the orioles win it 6-3. five of the runs tonight scored by baltimore coming on the long ball. >> and most of those fastballs right down the middle. one breaking ball. martis, he wasn't sharp tonight. he threw 98 pitches, 57 strikes. that's just 55% strikes. and that has really been the negative that i've seen on him. it takes him a long time to put a hitter away. he's got a nice repertoire of pitches with the fastball, slider, occasional curveball, or more of a service type pitch. it takes him a lot of pitches to get hitters out. if he makes one mistake, tonight with reimold fastball right there, to zaun fastball right there. we had a two-run lead but that's not a lo

john lannan has had an amazing record. you look at craig stammen, even if he does go down to the minor league, that's not that big of a deal. he has earned a spot here in the pitching rotation. when you shut down the best offense in the american league, you have shown everybody that you can hit here. >> johnny: mr. dibble, mr. carpenter, great to have you back with us. we'll give it another shot tomorrow night and we'll join you about 7:05 in progress. he is checking his watch. it won't be that long. down in tropicana field. doggone it, 4-3 the loss tonight. the nationals now have lost 21 games on the road, only 16-43. bob hit the nail right on the head. it's about time now, june 12th, people get together, the hitting, the pitching and defense. >> ray: it's time. you see a lot of things coming together, johnny. we are still losing, no excuse for that. i don't care if you lose by 100 runs or 1 run, that's still a loss but we have been in every game. the whole week that we were down there at nationals park, every one of the

with certain ball clubs or vice versa and this all started a couple of years ago when he tossed john lannanhis major league debut. two balls and a strike. here is i lee gentleman waiting and taking one. >> rob: a hard sinker. >> jim: it looked a little bit to me that hunter got blocked out. it looked like he had time. he could have run around the pli and probably seen it at a little better angle. i'm sure manny acta thinks that. there is your get-me-over slider? did you ever throw a get-me- over slider? >> rob: yes, i did. >> bob: what was it, 93? >> rob: no, 70s. i just robbed -- lobbed in a soft slider. >> bob: tell about your exteammate that lobbed in bubbing bullpen. >> rob: you have to have guts, but you do it. >> jim: and you just throw it up there ano neck jerk. >> bob: 3-2 to dukes, melvin mora to his left with a good play and two outs. right back with you here tomorrow night and it is brought to you by m.&t. bank, understanding what is important. shairon martis coming off a rough outing. he was scored upon early and often by toronto sunday and jeremy guthrie, 5-7, trying to get tha