nationals have theirs in john lannan. >> bob: a lot of hugs and congratulations the way john has been pitching lately. at home, on the road, he's getting outs and very, very efficient. maybe his toughest opponent the pittsburgh parrot. you beat this guy. you can beat the pirates. ross ohlendorf, the bucs-the nats, hoping to be all over the pirate. there's morgan. lastings milledge was called up by the pirates today. 1?owo j  . >> bob: nationals baseball masn brought to you in part by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. by pnc bank, pnc leading the way. and by mcdonald's. feeling thirsty? try a refreshing 32-ounce mickey d's sweet tea. i'm loving it at participating mcdonald's. right across the river into the golden triangle here in pittsburgh, pa. the loud cheer you're hearing is for nyjer morgan who was just announced as a nationals leadoff man. we'll set the southwest.com lineup for you shortly. ross ohlendorf makes his 21st start of the year against a former teammate and morgan has been fantastic. first pitch of the game right on time at 7. 067895. par

and john lannan gets more play balls than anybody. in kouzmanoff has just a few errors on the percentage basis. he is their clean up man. three for nine and big strong right-handed batter and lannan sinks one and misses. >> rob: the more confident the starting rotation gets, the deeper in the ball game and less you have to use the bullpen and it starts to work out and everyone has a good season. normal for the team to get going. >> bob: well hit to center field and right there is willie harris. looks like alfonso soriano on the hop and skip. nothing doing for the padres. pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares stay low. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com. 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

is that something the players feel and a lot of the guys said we enjoy playing behind john lannan. >>and throws strikes and classic stuff that has been taught from day one and they like playing behind him. i think the pitching coaches throughout our organization does a good job and steve mccathy was down there and sinclair and they've had them working fast all year and you know, the guys like playing behind him and zimmerman works fast and lannan is a polished guy. he's whatever mid-20s but he pitches like a seasoned veteran and i think he relishes the role of being the lead guy on our staff and feel good when he's out there.   you know, i can't really separate the two. they're both outstanding games and it was just top to bottom very well played game and as i said, you can't say enough as the defense we got from several several people and a couple i mentioned already. >> there were 15 total in that whole game plan and two of them result in double plays. is that as good as he can be? that's his game, really is getting them. >> yeah. his style of p

bard a hit and john lannan, the other two. >> rob: not much john lannan can in the ball game.again after a big blowout the nats thought down. and he has had 2-0 counten and recovered from most of those.

john lannan takes on the mets and 2-3 and stepping in, angel pagan to face lannan who starts for theme in his career. rob will set the scouting report for you in a moment after we call strike one. ball game understood way right on time, 7:05, partly cloudy skies, sunny at the moment, 82 degrees and a breeze blowing out towards left field. pagan had a good game last night.   he's not jose reyes but not many are. the mets have the second highest batting average .266 with houston and the dodgers lead with .274. and a line drive just like they did last night and pagan base hit out to austin kearns in right field. >> the scouting report, bob, our man lannan, he's money, 3-1 at nat's park this year, 2 e.r.a. and about four more, i would like to have four more with john lannan and i think i could win a world checkup and once he's gone at least 5 innings, 18 of his 19 starts and only one time has he not gone 5 innings this year in a start. >> bob: that is money. here's luis castillo and a good bunt man and sacrifice man and at this point a double play ma

and we do see adrian gonzalez today. >> rob: john lannan, 69 pitches through seven innings. >> bob: gettingeady. and this isn't anything about lannan how he is pitching. but if the nats get two base runners they will be down to the ninth spot in the order. he has been throwing that breaking ball really, really well. all day long. as rob said. he had several games this year where it has been very good. and it is not so good. it always goes south on him and best game he has thrown period. and one of these days, you feel so good. and it wind up where you want it to be. >> well, maybe this is the second best, rob. >> bob: one hit of shut out ball through eight innings against one of the best hitting teams anywhere. >> willingham gets out of play and it will. >> you throw it down and it is down and away. you see him rocking the hitters. back and forth. and even nick johnson seems to have jammed himself on the 3-2 pitch. sometimes you will. jump at the ball. and still talk about diving. and you overswing and hits you right over your hand. and then you know the pitcher has good stuff working. >> t

notice how humble john lannan is.a team collectively the thing these guys are most proud of, it was a complete game, like you mentioned, nyjer morgan made great defensive plays and offense did what they needed to. john lannan was the star and said it did mean a lot for him to be able to create the spark that this team definitely needs. >> we needed that win last night. we lost six straight. i told myself we were going to win. we were going to win last night. we went out and played great defense and key hits. i'm glad i went the distance. >> are you at a point -- i know you are so humble but are you at a point you realize that the onus is on you, that this is your role to really own. >> yes. well, i owe -- still not saying an ace. >> how can you not consider yourself an ace? >> i like being that guy that -- we need a win. i want to be that guy and get it for us. i'm a team player. as i think our whole staff is like that. hopefully i rubs off on these guys and they do the same thing. hopefully we don't have to stop. >>

. >> i don't think we can talk enough about john lannan's. a.m. performance this past weekend or scott olsen. we're going to touch on these guys when we come back and continue. this is nats xtra pregame. 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. >>> welcome back. we saw some great pitching performances from lannan and olsen this past weekend. they were on fire against the braves. >> well, it's almost like they are charging each other. olsen, i wasn't sure what to expect. he was only throwing 88, 89, i'm not sure he wasn't hurt coming out of spring training. but his last two to outings have been lights out. he's thrown the ball 91, 29 miles an hour, has become effect everybody with his change-up. went to the slider the other night, as he was able to figure that out, and just wore people out on that ball down and in, a

nats led 4-0 after five and they gave john lannan leather. look at cristian guzman.n left field somehow getting alex cora. keeps the shutout in tact and the bull pen can't blow it when they don't pitch. 106 pitches for the first shutout of his career. meanwhile, troubling news on the steve staussburg front. they are not on pace to sign the number 1 pick by the august 17th deadline a source says close to the negotiations saying nats have offered nothing more than a standard minor league deal. there are talks ongoing behind the scenes. >>> os visiting the yankees. bombers won it last night with a walkoff. no such drama necessary tonight. 4th inning robinson cano, two- run show. 6-4. >>> i believe it was the great george allen who said there is nothing like the playoff intensity of world team tennis. if our beloved washington castles want to experience that they must win their final two matches of the season the first of those tonight in north west against the new york buzz and nadya ranked number 10 in the world holding double duty tonight. castles crush the buzz 23-12

john lannan goes tomorrow. sounds like a great idea. and a drive to left, adam dunn is right there. >> rob: pnc bank scouting report coming. when he was 10 years old his father taught him his curveball and, yes, his dad pitched in the minor leagues 60s and 70s with the yankees and the angels, so he learned from a pretty good source on the breaking ball. >> bob: and has a brother kevin. they played together in the cleveland organization. here's everth cabrera, the shortstop batting .220. cabrera on base a couple of times, had a sacrifice. and he turns on that one, it's hooking down the right-field line. the runner just stood there at home plate. he's going to stop at second, and he should be on third. he thought that ball was going to hook. he stood at home plate and watched it. willingham couldn't reach it and cabrera is at second base, but that is not good base running. >> rob: no, and bud black will not be happy at him after the ballgame. as he's looking at it, looking at it, and, oh, i better start running. it's off that little scree

john lannan gave jim riggleman the game ball. it was a fun night at the park. >> when was the last time the nationals won a game? >> it was good to see. it's encouraging. >>> 6:26. >> coming up, why a trip to the dairy aisle could cost you more money. seven on your side with a consumer alert. >> i am pamela brown live on capitol hill. i will tell it what president isre there are moments in time when the paths we take do determine our future. today we are communicating with each other as never before - and that requires a seamless network that is constantly growing better, smarter, and more secure. that's why our scientists and engineers in our labs, are taking the fastest technology in the world and making it mobile, better and faster - to keep pushing the internet further than anyone dreamed. last year alone we invested more in building america's future than any other company - improving and expanding our network, to keep you in control. and behind the scenes, that takes work by our employees, who pride themselves knowing, that

. >> rob: speaking of pitching, national league pitcher of the month, john lannan is up for that, 3-0e nationals have won four of the five starts. 37 innings, 28 hits allowed, only 3 homeruns, 11 walks and 13 strikeouts. hopefully john lannan could possibly win pitcher of the month for the month of june. >> bob: that would be nice. best month the nationals pitchers have had in a a long, long time. we saw brian sanchez, right hander, former nat, throwing for the marlins. and a big spot here for ryan zimmerman. he is 0-for-3 today. he has been robbed of an extra base hit by chris coghlan in left. tying run's at second base, nobody out. at the very least, he has to advance these runners. and get the ball in the air. he does but it's not very deep. nobody is going anywhere on this one. a tale of two bull pens, rob dibble and it's not pretty. >> rob: not pretty, bob. last six meetings decided by three runs or less. we told you that the nationals bullpen leads the major league in blown leads that have led to losses with 29. look at that just against the marlins, a 7 e.r.a., marlins below 2.

we'll talk with john lannan in just a minute.n you said you bring fiber optic all the way to the home, you meant... we bring fiber optic all the way to the home. um... which gives you more bandwidth than cable. so you can upload faster. so it's like comparing a horse and buggy to a sports car. am i the, uh, horse? (announcer) it's a whole new internet. makes uploading as easy as downloading. because your internet's not fast unless it's two-way fast. >>> john lannan goes the distance! got him looking! got him looking again! >> grete mechanics by john lannan. >> so, john is going to try to get the ball club on the winning track tonight after the split of the series in milwaukee. 7-7 his record. 2-2 his last five starts, ray. the e.r.a., 2.70. >> yeah, johnny has walked five guys in those five starts and gone 7 1/2 innings 8.96.2. he's to consistent. third lowest e.r.a. in the league. that is good nugget when someone hasn't won more games than they lost. 7-7. only guys with lower earned run average than him are person and lee 9.971.

you see john lannan sitting there. they are forming a bond.are challenging each other to do that. by john lannan going eight innings, it forces them to go eight innings or better. >> johnny: let's talk about the nats' at-bats. >> ray: freddie gonzalez decides he's going to let the pitcher beat him and he does. first hit, two rbis. this goes to show up, we are not driving in runs with our big boys, dunn and zim last night. nick johnson walks, 3-2 pitch away. guzman to second. after zimmerman flies out, 3-2 pitch to dunn, and the big hit that i talked about willingham. and what they alluded to, the ability to hit the clutch hit. we have soon him do it several times in the last month. he hit solo homeruns. he gets those big base hits when it counts. >> bob: inside the box. >> johnny: one for willie nar ritz, cristian guzman. nieves did not and ryan zimmerman went 0-for-5. nationals had some golden opportunity, had at least one runner on every inning and just could not take advantage of it. >> ray: i'm going to us a word for manny. frustrated. you

. >>> good evening, i'm dave feldman, what if i told you that the nats john lannan didn't walk a batterscattered seven hits over nine innings, going the distance. would that interest you? two on for david wright, takes john deep, but not deep enough for morgan, who runs it down and makes a great leaning catch at the wall. from there, lannan cruises, still waiting for the first one, lannan didn't give in, this time, gonzales comes up with a ground ball, and this preserves it for jim, first career game shutout for john lannan, and the nats get a win. good defense by the visitors, jeter going to tag up and score, he is out, but but he gets revenge, a double play, yankees win, 6-4, crazy play kansas city, facing the angels, so wild, goes to the back stop, throwing home, almost gets it. wow, take another look as the angels win the game, 8-5, the final score. d.c. united taking on the rochester rhinos, the person empty kick, yes, sir, 1-0, d.c., then later, game tied at won't, by the rochester defender, and pontias has a break away. d.c. united wi 2-1, advancing to the u.s. open finals. the w

john lannan undefeated in june. 2.19 e.r.a. got knocked around against houston a little last week but still the team's most reliable thrower. >>> redskins selected kentucky defensive end jeremy jarmin. he tested positive for a banned substance that he says came from a diet dietary supplement. >>> tiger woods wins coming before two majors. there has been no carryover. fifth at the masters. ninth at the u.s. open. today in scotland tiger making the walk with lee westwood. getting it started early. world's number 1 dropping him to one under. kind of killed him in the u.s. open, not being able to putt on 10 for par. tom watson though, if i could turn back the hands of time. 53 years old from the bunker on par 5 seventh. spain player. from 66 feet that is. drop it. like it. hot. six under. tiger disappointed afterwards failing to take advantage of today's mild conditions. >> i probably should have shot about one or two under par today. but made a few mistakes and consequently i'm at one over. >> i think the experience of playing thi

can john lannan continue his dominance on the mound? , nsfae r the football fans, t season is almost here. the terps check in at the acc football kickoff, and maryland's fred funk pushes things ote ayoff. >>> padres are these kind of bottom feeder? >> they are. i can't say it really any nicer. but you know what, you have to take care of your business and the nats did that this weekend. john lannan may not have started the year as the nationals ace but just past mid season he is now. proving to be the go to guy on the mound once again and asking very little of a bullpen that shows it can't handle much. in lannan's 12 starts at home this year his era is a 1.9. today he was dealing again going eight innings, allowing only one run on 81 pitches. in the 7th inning, that lone run he gave up had him down 1- 0. but not anymore after josh willingham has a solo shot his 14th of the year ties it 59 1- all. extra innings, tied at 2 in the tenth. austin kearns' just 16th rbi. his 17th proved to be a game winner. the nationals take 2 of 3 with the pa

john lannan threw a one run, no earned run complete game against john maine and the mets here.reer complete game back on june 6th. nats won that game 7-1. a nice game that night. remember that five double plays? >> rob: right. >> bob: 96 pitches to go the distance. where has that been? worked out of a few jams. but that's nice. >> rob: and the mets $36 million man, oliver perez, 7.99 era. could shape up as one of the worst free agent sign information recent baseball history. 6:30 johnny and ray, holiday and knight, nats extra. another inning of work for logan kensing. that ball well hit. [ cheers and applause ] . >> bob: jeff francoeur has left the building! [ cheers and applause ] . >> bob: and he is 3-4 tonight. with his 6th homer of the year. and for the mets who have very little power this year, just their 53rd home run. >> rob: bob, you said it best earlier, if you throw him a strike, he will crush it. right there, 94, lower half of the strike zone, franky francoeur. 6th home run. maybe the change in venue will help him. he's a good guy. >> bob: everybody who plays with hi

jean john lannan that strong as far as percentage of strike. and ground out in the third on a change-up and then gets a ground out to short. and ground out to second. and four pitches in this inning. and today. 13 pitches. and nine in the third. and six in the fourth. and only four pitches in the fifth. sixth inning he comes back. and high fastball. and double to center field. and kouzmanoff and then another fastball. venable scores by the diving josh willing ham and put him up 1-0. and able to get ground paves to finish his outing in the seventh. and that's just, he cannot pitch any better. nothing you can see. not enough superlatives to express. he is 7-7. and he could be 10-4 easily if our ball club would score for him. >> his control is incredible. one walk you see there. 81 pitches and 22 of those were balls today. gives up the five hits and one earned run and goes the eight innings and looked like he could get the win until he gave up the ball in the 9th inning. >> our closers don't know how to close. and like he said, i sat behind home p

tomorrow night, after the suspended game has been decided, john lannan throws for russ ortiz. an is 6-5. he's 3-0 career against the astros. he is definitely the leader of the pack right now. russ ortiz, he's back. he has a 4.11 e.r.a. >> rob: it is the clubhouse spring training. >> bob: yes. he has made 19 appearances. nine starts to r the astros and the opponents hitting .266 against him. >> rob: and he didn't do so well coming out of spring training. >> bob: a breaking ball fouls it. quickly 0-2. >> rob: by the way, did you see john lannan jump other r over the fence with the celebration? >> bob: yeah. >> rob: ryan dempster did that with the cubs and broke his toe and he is now out for a month. i have the talk to him on the flight. no more jumping the fence stuff. >> bob: and he tried to pull that ball. >> rob: i'm going to go out there and con graduate my teammates. oh, i broke my toe. >> bob: they're not congratulating anyone ton third base side of the cubs today. the braves beat the cubs 4-1. florida has closed out a 7-0 shut-out of the giants in san francisco. hole staid

i'm sure john lannan has been probably sent home to get his rest. john, if you're watching, go to bet. >> bob: john has been so good lately. stammen, zimmerman, bard, dunn. >> rob: they're not so young anymore. >> bob: i know, but when it's 10-0 you feel like a kid. >> rob: when it's 10-0, you get taken out of the game, you get breather for a change. i think adam dunn's quite pleased right now. there's garrett mock. >> bob: rob, like a position player, like adam dunn gets taken out of this game, would a guy like that be sent home or would position players just stay and stay? >> rob: no, they just stay. is that catchable? yeah, it is with nyjer morgan out there. >> rob: nobody gets sent home. >> bob: other than pitchers? >> rob: other than pitchers, which i've never figured that out anyway. you're not going to go home and go to sleep. you're going to watch the rest of the game. but players, their wives don't want them home. they stay there at the ballpark. >> bob: here is jose lobaton. the pitcher's spot was to be next, until they made the double swit

john lannan pitching well. kouzman off. it gets by a difing josh willingiwillin willingiwillin willingi willingingham. josh would redeem himself. bottom of the seventh. still 1-0, padres. he gets one in the wheel house and hit acetas a tater to left. bottom of the tenth. austin currents up with two outs. runners on first and second. he delivers. drives one to right. ball game. nyjer morgan scores from second. the nats win 3-2 in extras in walkoff fashion. they've won two in a row. >> no matter what the record is, we all want to win. it doesn't matter how many games we've lost. you play to win. no matter how it happens, it's always a lot more fun when you win. >> the one guy that needed that was austin. i'm glad it happened for him. he's a great teammate and a great ballplayer. it's not easy coming off the bench like that, you know? he's hanging in there. he's working hard. and he's taking advantage of every opportunity he's getting. i'm proud that he did that today. >> we're in boston. dave trembly and the orioles trying to

willie harris says he hopes john lannan can help stop the bleeding tonight. >> i don't want to jinx it. you know. i don't want to talk about that. i mean, lannan is our guy. i mean, he is our ace. and we are -- we expect to go scout do what he has always done. you know, that can be tough at times. at the same time, you know, we look for that from him. >> you said you were at a game last week and harris looked like he was playing center field. the guy can play everywhere. the glorification of the utility player. he really is. >>> moving to football. former maryland star vernon davis is preparing to enter his fourth nfl training cam with the 49ers. his goal, he says, seriously, to be the very best tight end in all of the nfl. but davis heads into this season with a tighter relationship with his coach, mike singletary. you may remember singletary tossed davis from game last year. after he drew a 15-yard personal foul penalty and then blasted davis after the game. >> i would rather play with ten people and just get penalized all the way until we have to do something else. rather than play

john lannan is handing out to folks coming in.ey are involved in not better than getting up-close and personal with a guy when you come into the ballpark and greet him when you first come in. >> i don't think there's anything more important than players being involved and having some type of interplay with the fans. whether signing autographs or just going out and saying hello, but anytime that they can get close to a player, is makes them draw closer together. >> i think kind of lost in the shuffle of the deal with pittsburgh involving nyjer morgan and sean burnett has been burnett. morgan, we well know, well documented the headlines he's received, but let me tell you something, burnett coming out of that bullpen, he's getting the job done. >> to me he's emerged as our best left-hander out of the pen. burnett nine innings pitched, 0.96 earned run average with 118 opposition batting average. he's got that nasty sinker. i didn't realize his ball went that much down late, and he has a real good curveball. he's always around the stri

nats team leaving town and john lannan throwing another gem giving up just one run and leading the teama 3-2 win over san diego. that's two in a row for washington and they will take it. >> yes, he did. >> i threw 67 fastballs. my fastball i'm really trusting it and it is really getting a lot of ground balls. guys were swinging early in the count and really helped me out. >> in nascar jimmie johnson ruling the brickyard because the leader made a very big blunder. we will tell you what happened in indianapolis and why the penalized drivers says it is all unfair. >>> dc with another championship team. this time the washington capitals. won the world team tennis title. the castles went from worst to first. we will bring you that story. >>> a veteran sleeping at home. the fallout from the jason campbell off-season dram. is the team's o line going to be well enough? our analyst will weigh in. >>> explaining with the gloves are off in this game but no one is throwing punches. that is all away on sports plus. >> one more look at the seven- day forecast before we get to the big show. >> exactly

john lannan pitching pretty well. kouzman sends one to right. check out josh willingham.ives to make the catch. just out of his reach. padres take a 1-0 lead. josh would redeem himself. bottom of the seventh inning we go. 1-0, padres. josh willingham at the plate. one in his wheel house and sends one to left. 14 of his 18 home runs have come with no one on base. 1-1. game will go to extras tied at 2. bottom of the tenth inning. austin kearns who came off the bench up with two out and runners on first and second. and he delivers. drives one to right. ball game. nyjer morgan ores. the nats win 3-2 in extras in walkoff fashion. they've now won two in a row. as for kearns his approach to his role is nothing more than respectf ful respectful. >> how i was raised. i heard my mom tell me a million times you got to be the same person every day. that's no different. you take the good with the bad and hopefully you have more good. if not, keep on keeping on. >> that's the guy that i've seen, you know, my entire career. you know, i don't know what he did different. but he needs to,

but a tough night for john lannan and the bullpen. 3-run shot off of mcdougal. the nats lose 9-4. albert haynesworth caused an accident that left another motorist in a wheelchair but he will go to jail not at all. instead the redskins defensive tackle with the $100 million contract will serve just three months probation. he pleaded no contest this morning to a charge of reckless driving. that's a misdemeanor in tennessee. he was driving his car nearly 100 miles an hour and made contact with another car causing him to lose control and hit the median. ed munson has filed a civil suit for $7.5 million. meanwhile across town tonight a public memorial held for steve mcnair. fans lined up hours in advance to pay their respects. daryle mason who played with mcnair spoke and addressed his two sons. >> to trenton and tyler, i can't teach you how to fish, i can barely swim, and i can't love you like your dad did, but i can love you like a father. >> we move on to swimming tonight. michael phelps, as you know, holds about every medal. he won a championship in indianapolis tonight. broke the

. >>> tonight started off well for john lan unanimous on the hill get defensive -- john lannan on theing defensive help. the basises back up the middle, nick johnson scores. ripe zimmerman is coming behind him. ryan is safe. nats -- vine zimmerman is coming behind him. ryan is safe but that -- ryan zimmerman school in behind him. ryan is safe but that is now off the wall and bourn can fly, gets all the way to third beating the throw. he'd later score. astros from all the way back and defeat the nats 9-4. >>> redskins defensive tackle albert haynesworth pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge in tennessee this morning. e received three months probation, will make a $5,000 contribution to charity and attend driving school. he's also required to perform 25 hours of community service. >>> jason campbell is planning on providing a different type of community service this year, the kind that gets the burgundy and gold in the end zone and in the playoffs. campbell has had a full offseason of drawl, quarterback drafting rumors and trade speculation -- of drama, quarterback drafting ru

shutout from john lannan last night and tonight craig stamen seven and a third four hits, one run, struck out five. mets couldn't touch him. willingham third at bat in the 5th. 13thth. willingham 4-4 tonight as the nats have a win streak for the first time in over a month they win 3-1. unfortunately as usual any piece of good news comes with a piece of bad news to offset it and tonight was no exception as rising star pitcher jordan zimmerman unexpectedly goes to the dl. on the 15-day list with what the team is calling right elbow discomfort which is exactly what you don't want in a 23- year-old pitching prospect. nats have recalled a player to replace him. speculation is zimmerman will not pitch again this year although he wouldn't give himself over to that tonight. >> not a place i want to be on the dl and everything. i want to go out there and pitch every five days and it is just something that is a little setback right now and is what it is. it will move forward and be ready to go when i come back. >> baseball this afternoon yankees wrapping up their series against the os. 12th for him

>> oh, geez. >> all right, that's scott olsen, john lannan. hope you enjoyed visiting with our two outstanding left- handers. they've been gate. and when we come back to coors field, line-ups and first pitch. the nationals and the rockies straight ahead.    >>> nationals are 7th in the league, hitting at .259. ratzmann -- ryan zimmerman has been driving in some runs. with 55 runs, if the top 4. >> bob: two year air ago, the rockies were second in defense.    those fees can go get 'em here we go, first pitch of the game. misses low and away. we're underway at 6:41 local time out here. 8:41 for you back home. morgan shows bunt. pulls the bat back, and it's 2- 1. when it's pretty out here, it's as nice as anywhere in the country. 2 for 2 in steels. he has 20 on the year. and a little tapper, right back to the pitcher. 17-year veteran, angel hernandez has the plate tonight. crew chief randy march at first, hudson at second, and bartsdale at third. last year the nats beat the rockies 4

john lannan goes for his 8th win of the season tomorrow at 1:00. >> nine quality starts and just been the ball extremely well day in and day out for two years in a row. >> last 10 games his e.r.a. is 2.08. >> he's, that's what i'm saying, that's pretty good. >> eight-plus innings. that's correct. and for chad gaudin will start tomorrow for the padres. >> yeah, chad gaudin has been all over the place. he's played with oakland, tampa bay, toronto, oakland, chicago and san diego. 266 games, just 66 starts. he has a 94-mile an hour fastball. >> they should get to this guy. >> based on his record, 4-9 with almost a 5 earned run average. i don't know about our offense. we've had two big games in the last three weeks where we've gotten a bunch of hits. then we've had another 12 games where we didn't do a whole lot offensively. >> chad gaudin, a 26-year-old right-hander who is 4-9. thanks for joining us, since 7:00 last night until a little before 1:00 this morning. the nationals pounding the padres 13-1. "i'm rethinking everything... tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 including who i trust to look after m

john lannan and russ ortiz in the regularly scheduled game. olson and roy oswalt friday.on. six, seven years ago, that would have been the best threesome in baseball. it is hot here today. >> rob: and thinking there is probably ammonia either in that bucket or that bucket. they love that. they throw ice cold ammonia on the towel. squeeze it out and put it over your head that will wake you up. >> bob: here is wil nieves. he is in a bit of a funk offensively. he is seven for his last 49. the batting average down do .229. >> rob: it has been hard, though, josh bard has been on full and he still can't crack the lineup. >> bob: and a bouncer stabbed by pitcher. he was hitting almost .270 just over a month ago, wil nieves. and it is wired wednesday. we don't have a player wired up today, but we will speak with the skipper from the dug out. we appreciate the fact that manny takes time to do that during the ballgame and i think we might even see him flash a sign or two while we're having our conversation. ross detwiler is 1-12 as a big league hitter with one rbi. rbi my biggest c

stammen trying to do his best john lannan impression. seven innings. nationals take it 3-1.in the midst of a rare winning streak. >> that's how you start winning streaks and that's how you start playing winning baseball. start the pitching. you are going to have to bang out, you know, ten hits, six runs. you are in the going to start many winning streaks and you have to have good pihing. that's important last couple of nights to get starts like that. >> handily asked me two makes a streak with the nationals? momentum. a roll. serious roll of epic proportions with the team this year. if they could win two in a row on a regular basis they would be feeling good about them seles. >> get onboard. >>> fred funk atop the leaderboard at the senior british open. funk burdenied five of his final eight holes. he goes into the second round with the two-shot lead. 59-year-old watson, you remember him, he almost won the british open last week. he is three shots back. watson on number five. mighty comfortable across the pond. and he has won five regular british opens in his career and tryi

jo john lannan. crushes one to right. gone for a home run. 18th of the season. like a home game for the cubs. cheering. i don't know what's going on there. get it going in that. yeah. chicago takes a 2-0 lead. bottom nine. nats trail 6-1. pr zimmerman at the plate. gets a hold of one. gives the hometown faithful a little bit of optimism. zimmerman's 15th of the season. little too little too late. nats fall 6-2. riggleman keeping his chin up. >> i feel good about the ball club. i know that's -- you know, with our record, that's -- not -- what fans want to hear but i feel like we are going to turn this thing around and those guys in that other room will be the reason. because i -- i know that they care. and they are going to -- you know, they are going to get it done. >> at the end of the day, you know, when i hear -- you know, they are paying us boat loads of money to go out and win baseball games. and, you know, we have to be better. and, you know, we are not going to make this ship right in three hours. but, you know, we have to move forward. i feel like yeah,

when we come back we will talk some offense. >> john lannan.even innings of shutout ball.   >>> nationals baseball on masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by land rover designed for the extraordinary. downtown denver has been a beautiful day. beautiful couple of couple of days here and the real rockies in the distance. the baseball rockies awaiting the nationals here tonight. adam dunn is also awaiting the rockies. since coming to our ball club this year he has had a dramatic effect on the nationals run production and, rob, not just home runs. >> affected everybody in the lineup there. we moved up five places. slugging we are up to 9th. outfielders were third in the national league and he has done a great job, what's been expected of him, a lot of home runs, a lot of r.b.i.s. he has done that. he has also drawn a ton of walks but he has a lot of levity in the clubhouse. the big man with everything as advertised and then some. >> by the way you're seeing all 22 of the home runs this year endin

have been told he is going to at least attempting to be back in the lineup tomorrow night against john lannanwas beautiful. there is the big curve ball. 12-6. >> bob: francoeur one of the more puzzling players in the national league right now. coming off a .239 '08, when he hit only 11 home runs and drove in 71. he had driven in 105 runs the previous year with atlanta. and he's a local atlanta kid, out of lilburn. but the braves are like that. you don't produce, you are gone. >> rob: i was told by a scout that he would not change his way of -- his approach at the plate, and they tried for years to get him to change, he wouldn't, and that was a reason they let him go. >> bob: the braves have drafted lots of local players in recent years, including francoeur, brian mccann and others. but that's the atlanta way. they have been that way for a long time. you don't produce, you're gone. we'll get somebody in here who will. and ryan church or francoeur straight up. >> rob: i like jeff an awful lot, but if you're struggling and still won't listen to advice, they aren't going to put up with that at th

. >> jim: if you look at his last start, that was against john land machine the nationals, and lannanely well. adam dunn was the big swing. it was in an 0-2 pitch. but other than that, he pitched well. >> gary: that one up in the air. reimold coming. and he's got it. and that will retire figgins. two down here in the 5th inning. on tuesday, july 28th, you can help orioles support the maryland food bank. find out what your favorite orioles like to cook and how good they are in the country. it will be at the espn zone from 11:30 1:00 for the team's first ever cooking competition. that's on tuesday, july 28th. >> gary: markakis, roberts and zone? >> gary: the. we're going to find out tomorrow exactly what's on the menu. >> jim: yeah, but i'm going zahny, i don't care what on the menu. >>> why in? a veteran, been around longer. i just have a sense. >> gary: here is the 0-1 delivery. >> jim: pail and bucket type of guy, shows up every day. now that he's my favorite, i'm going to have to help him. officer he doesn't know what he's doing. >> gary: that shows a lot of confidence. i think he's

john lannanast night. complete game shutout against the mets. lannan also got some serious help on defense.ay czarniak at the park with one of the nationals newest additions making his presence felt at the plate and in the field. hey, lindsay. >> yeah. i'm getting to know morgan little bit here who is already ragging on me. if you watched the games and i know have you, neither has been one of the most exciting players out there to watch. you were brought here in the trade from pittsburgh. needing to help this defense. you have done nothing but that since you have been here. is it a matter of you being really comfortable in center field? i know that's not what you were playing with the pirates. >> that's my bread and put butter. i came up in the minor leagues playing center field. when i got the call, they threw me in left and another learning period. i feel comfortable out there now. >> watching the opening if kiki fencive plays. what's going through your mind when you make one of those amazing grabs or you rob somebody of a home run? >> just playing hard for my boys. trying to kill the e.r