john lannan still watching.get him off the hook here. >> rob: had an excellent night. awful 7th inning, but you know what, the first 6 were tremendous. take the positive out of there, forget the negative behind you. >> bob: three months and four days ago, brett meyers had surgery to repair a torn labrum. >> rob: in his hip. >> bob: yeah. shoulder, you're not pitching. >> bob: guzman is on base! that will get zimmerman up here in the 7th. >> rob: i didn't know there was a labrum in the hip, by the way. >> bob: by the way, guess what happened last time harris homered and guzman singled? magnum p. >> debbie: went deep. >> rob: for his 5th game winning home run in his short career? that's impressive. recan has been on -- ryan has been on base twice tonight. he's approaching 160 hits. another good breaking ball. that ball up, and he strikes out zimmerman. but the nats have a long way to go in this one. they get a run back on the harris homer, and it's 4-3 after 7. what are you really paying for? whoa! ha ha! i say "h

>> bob: well done, john lannan. a deserving honor. gonzales ball one. >> rob: little bit more on clemente, won 12 gold gloves, he led the league in batting four different times. >> bob: it is a little tricky on that grass out there and it went right through on pete orr. >> rob: but it is the charity work which is really why we remember roberto clemente. he died in a plane crash december 31, 1972 while he was in route to deliver aid to earthquake victim. having played in puerto rico three different winters, his memory will live on for a long, long time. he is still revered and i was there in the mid 90s, more than 20 years after his death about been bob john lannan will be hon in order thursday night roberto clemente night. if you have any kind of sports yearssy with the number 21 on it, wear it. he would love the tribute. so pete orr gets his first error as a national. on what's usually a base hit. but he was playing out there the ball went right through his legs. john lannan may need to spin another double play ball here. kouzmanoff

john lannan will catch the fish, hook, line and sinker! >> bob: it is a sunday in florida, board walk or baseball. and nats have won 1 game out of 8 here this year. wasn't it fun to watch the rookies last night. and some good fire power. >> rob: all the games have meaning. marlins are expressing against them. desmond was on fire. 4 for 4. one of 3 to go 4-4 on the same night. he was on fire all over the field. right center and back. he got that one in there for the 4th hit later in the game in front of carroll. 6 for 8 with a homer, three doubles to start the career. the first homerun of two homeruns. letting it hang out. he will get a lot of opportunities. you will see more quality pitches here. he was selective. knocked a couple over the fence. we have good talented guys that will get a lot of reps. and a lot of meaningful games. >> bob: we're talking hitting why not go to dukes who is in the lineup. on base 16 games in a row. over that time hitting .404 when we bring you back rob and to the batting cage at nationals park. how does he ge

. >> i'll tell you someone who is due for a win tonight, john lannan. the ace of this staff. has had some rough outings latestly. we'll talk about john when we come back and continue on nats xtra pregame here on masn. back in if a moment. ♪ ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ always feel like mebody's watching me. ♪ ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico.  >>> i think the off-season  training, the work with our strength coach, the work with steve caddy, it's paying off, and knock on wood, he'll get through the season unblemished in term ross injury, and go through the off-season and know that he can come back and give us that and more next year. >> and john lannan trying to get that 9th win of the year today. let's go down to deb by taylor behind us on this beautiful night for baseball. you had a chance to visit with a left-hander john lannan. debbie? >

another scoreless inning for john lannan. when desmond came in after relaying it after the out had been made. hernandez gave him a big hug in the duwt. here is martinez against pete orr. a walk and a 2-run homer today. since coming to the nats this time around, pete is hitting 325. 13 ts hange upand martinez misses 2- 1. that's on the bag and into the corner. great speed. digging for 3. he gets back. @a lead off double. not bad for a ryandor man, you get to rest. is the production going to be there if i'm not there. and pete orr has been fell follow. >> bob: that's where he neats to -- needs to pick up the  base coach. he did some coaching. this he are talking about it. he said man i'm here. pick me up: we see too many base runners that coach themselves. nieves 1 for 2. >> rob: i caulked to cookie row house. he they refuse to listen to the pitching coaches, they have it bigged out. in the series. a walk. they need a good situation at bad. drive in the runner. the pitcher is coming up. over to 3rd base. that should be

how things were going so smoothly for john lannan. just like that. >> two outs and a base runner too and the bull out of reach on willie harris changed the whole ballgame, really. you know? we weren't swinging the bats, correia did a great job against us. but you feel lake you could squeeze one out somewhere if it is still 0-0. they got the necessary base runners. they got the ball down left field line we couldn't get to. turns interest a five run-inning. >> what did you think of lannan early on doing well but got into a little bit of trouble? >> he was a lot better than what the line scores are going to say, you know? if willie catches that ball. if we catch that ball got a bunch of zeros on the board. now we are in trouble there but you know, you look for ever. we got a great effort. willie did everything he could to get to it. he doesn't catch it john is trying to pitch out of trouble there, but you know, headley got him, after we walked kouzmanoff off. you know they got a little different in there with venable. somebody stuck one

john lannan done. and first pitch is at 5:00 eastern. so a rain delay of 2 hours and 10 minutes. maier had to be replaced. a strike. i don't know if they're waiting for more rain but 45 minutes it was not raining. they were standing next to the tarp as it was pulled. >> bob: there is a changeup. adam has been on base twice. and a single he struck out the 4th. youu can busy day. and leading 7-1. change up. guzman a short lead at first. and a breaking ball strikes out. rob, a lot of offense. scored a couple. and 2 run homerun. later in the game. guzman had it with an r.b.i. single. a couple of hits. harris a couple of runs and guzman has a couple of hits. by the way, while we were away, if you have not heard. phillies beat the mets. and a 5-2 game. got his 29th save. who is the closer. >> rob: they all are by committee and failed with the homerun. and a pop out to. >> bob: and a runner 7. it was a long top of the 6th. here is clippard. nd ] nd ] [ music booming, crowd cheering ] [ music booming and crowd cheering continues ] [ crowd cheering ] ( ding )  >> bob: tiler clippard wil

john lannan was cruising. ryan zimmerman playing shortstop. the stop to throw to first for the out. his parents, his mom and dad like it. that was the last bright spot for john. second of the back to back, yep, his second of the game. lannan gave up three solo long balls. they follow the phillies, 5-3. they become the first team to hit more than 30 home runs. >>> to tennis. the competition is thinning. serena williams is the only top five seed left. she inched closer to a fourth win. 6-4, 6-3. nicole kidman and keith urban were there, john brokaw and donald and his wife were there to watch serena. rena seemed to relaxed. watch this move. putses i away. it's not easy. match point, serena in command. takes advantage. the powerful shot down the line. advances, 6-4, 6-3. >> that will be a heck of a match. >> it will be. >> we have firefighters >>> los angeles had to call before back up after their truck got swallowed in a sinkhole. workers were trying to block the road when the truck sank. the four firefightersnside got out okay. >> there was a scary labor day boating mishap in florida.

john lannan getting the shot tonight in the last home game of the year.wo men in scoring position in the 2nd. he made him pay. jeff francoeur. 2-0 mets leave. carlos beltran pretty good with two men on. last one just beyond the reach. then realizes there are two out and no reason to stop running. nats trail 3-1. they are in the 7th. >>> if you ever wondered what a football pancake tackle is, well, this would be the textbook definition of that term. crushing the bills. mid-air. planting him on his back. watch this again. that's just a dream tackle for a defender. and nightmare for the guy who has the ball. so we thought we would show it to you. did you see how excited he was? did you see me pancake that guy? >> you were eating peanuts in the middle of the show. i shouldn't mention food. i'm sorry, that's my bad. >> we will get you something. >> seven-day forecast. >> here we go. after a very, very cold start tomorrow will be a highs day. high temperatures 70. lots of sunshine. shower possible friday but in the mid-70s. showers ending on saturday. we will t

they are building confidence in john lannan wanting him to build confidence and walking martinez.e're going to give them that last chance at martinez and it didn't work out. >> i like that in jim, that has to happen with other pitchers also. when you get in a jam you can only pitch out when you have the experience of doing it. jim riggleman is managing for his life. he's trying to win ball games. sometimes it's difficult to push a guy to see if he can get out of the situation. jim did that last night. i think it's concentration. still a young guy. we look at john like he's been around 10 years. he's only been here 2 years. >> one guy that hurt the nats, ibanez. >> he jumps on a fastball and killed it. it looked like if you throw him anything up, most left behinders -- handers hit the ball down. he hits it up. >> that you don't make the quality pitch on, and you know, he would be the first to tell you, he's not tony gwynn, he's not barry bonds. he's not that talented of those guys. he has to work for every about it of it and he does. he's one of the people that gets the most out of

to baseball, nationals pitcher john lannan was doing well until the seventh inning, he gave up three solo home run ins the inning. the nationals gave up five in the game. the phillies get the win 5-3. in boston, the orioles got pounded. the red sox hit six home runs including two from dustin pedroia as the red sox won over the os, 10-0. to tennis, serena williams advanced to the semi finals of the u.s. open with straight set victory over tenth seed flav yeah pinetta: that's your sports minute. i'm lindsay czarniak. have a great day. >>> time for traffic and weather on the 1s. >> let's check in with tom kierein. >>> cloudy and cool pattern continues on this wednesday morning. as we look at the radar we are getting a few scattered light sprinkles where you see the little patches of o blue, shenandoah valley, prince william, fairfax, loudoun, montgomery counties. in frederick county, panhandle of west virginia, howard county getting a few sprinkles this morning. temperatures are cool, low and mid 60s except right near the bay it's a bit warmer. out in the eastern shore, mid 60s. a cool

he was talking about visualizing himself in the major leagues kind of like john lannan made it up to the major leagues. let's go back and remember that conversation. >> there's always a possibility in this organization, you're right. people just go like john lannan, he was with the -- at the beginning of the year, he was in the big leagues on thursday. so, it's amazing how fast you'll move newspaper this organization. it makes you think if i can break out, i can have a chance. it feels good. >> would i say breaking out is -- he broke out last night big time. >> he made a statement too about seeing the ball better. johnny, my experience in the minor leagues, i never hilt higher than .285 in the minor leagues and hit .270, .268, .280. when i came not big leagues, i became a .300 hitter because i saw the ball so much better. they throw pitches in better spots. they throw more quality pitches and have better command of the changeup. you see the ball so much better. ian said that f you're not overwhelmed by the big league situation and all the hoopla, you can hit the ball up here better.

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a 2 run homerun john lannan has gone and given up only one run for the marlins and scored 11 yesterday return you now to espn news as they work on the field here in florida carolina and listen to andy reid, the head is donovan out? >> that is not safe to say. >> what is the initial feedback you got from him, how he's feeling? >> he's sore right now. he has a broken rib. we'll see how he does. [question inyouaudible] >> i probably valid done everything not to do that, that is why we took him back in and took the pads off at the end. i can't tell you until we get to see. >> andy, what did you think about the way the offense performed without donovan? >> if it comes to that, i have trust in kevin to do the job. you know, the unfortunate thing with the number two guy, they don't get a lot of reps during the week. if he has a chance to get reps, i think you'll see more production there. >> and you might be able to play donovan next week? >> yeah there, is a chance. we'll see. i mean, the game just got over. you have had a few, i know. i've got to see how things go. we'll take it day-by-day

you have to feel for john land. lannan. he is the nats best pitcher.ast night and didn't allow a single earned run against the braves. lannan's reward, 14th loss of the season. 101 for the nationals. their defense, suisse cheesesque as they fall to the braves. 4-2. football, redskins injury report yesterday contained a bit of a surprise. clinton portis listed as questionable for the lions game. portis struggling with bone burs spurs in both ankles. jim zorn says c.p. will be on the field sunday. portis will be running behind the right guard that has never played before. chad will get the start and suit up for his first nfl game. high school football. game of the week. lovely sandy spring, maryland. the warriors shut out the colonels. they extend their winning streak to 18 games. they came out strong. very first possession. taking the inside handoff. finds open space and cuts it back right about here. and 59-yard touchdown. sherwood shuts out magruder 10-0. hop in the car and take a trip to prince orchard. cougars busted through their banner and taking

. >> bob: john lannan, rick vandenhurk on sunday, day off monday and then on to philadelphia for a three-game is that left-hander. he is 24 years of age, andrew miller, former first-rounder by the tigers number six overall. that was just three years ago. he actually pitched in the major leagues eight games in relief after signing with the tigers that summer. all told 11-16 for detroit. 50 games. starts over three years with a high e.r.a. he has yet to turn the great arm into major league success. guzman, zimmerman and dunn. right off the end of the bat. it's got a chance. uggla will get there. good reaction off the bat by the second baseman. cristian guzman is 0-4 tonight and now 4-31 last. >> rob: excellent play there by uggla off the end of the glove. miller jammed cristian. he fought it off. you have to take off as soon as it's hit if you're uggla. he made a nice play. >> bob: here is ryan zimmerman who is 1-15 his last. since his walkoff homer sunday. nice, easy motion. this kid is 6'7", 210. >> rob: you call that a tall drink of water? >> bob: yes. decisive at the glove? is that legal? h

johns. >> johnny lannan has to be pumped.nd a lot of friends and fans in the stands. >> pitched well against the mets. 2-0 record, and he's you know, the nationals are 12-18 in games he has started, he has not pitched well over the last two moss. had four decent outings lately where his earned run average has gotten back to pitched well. for them, tim redding our old friend has spent a lot of time in the bullpen. went there because he had a horrible first part of the year where he had a 9.75 earned run average, back for five starts after a two run stint. pitched much better, 3-2 with a 1.09. >> 9-11, 2.6 e.r.a. would rather have them lower. 105 for lannan, tim redding, interesting match up. two former teammates going head to head. tomorrow afternoon, jim riggleman talking the media was asked about was he satisfied about with the way this ball game ended and he got the win the way he got it. >> you know, i'm just glad we won the ball game. you know. the mets kind of like us, you know, we have all had a disappointing year, but