jon smoltz american league debut. first inning.hernandez drives in dunn and josh willingham to give the nationals a 4-0 lead on a two-run single by hernandez in the first inning. moving into the sixth inning, bases loaded, nobody out. cristian guzman comes through with a two-run single. willie harris and hanley ramirez will score. nationals take a -- anderson hernandez will score. nationals take a 7-0 lead. big news on alex rodriguez. he comes through with his 10th home run of the season to dead center field. this home run ties him with reggie jackson on the all-time list at 563. congratulations there to alex rodriguez. jon smoltz -- jiewn excuse me, that home run was by alex rodriguez. nationals beating the red sox 9- 3. nationals will be in baltimore starting tomorrow night. cristian guzman delivered a two- run single. new york yankees, 10-6 advantage in the top half of the seventh inning over the atlanta braves. johnny damon had a a throw-run triple and cody with a two-run double. other games in the american league east of conce

give you an example how awful jon smoltz was a year after a layoff. this is only about a month layoff. maybe a little morement he came back with a great changeup, great breaking ball, good velocity. maybe debbi taylor can do a little digging to find out how the kid's arm felt today and his shoulder. bottom line is, no walks, seven punch outs, seven innings, but he had command of the game the entire time i liked his attitude coming off the mound. -- i liked his attitude. coming off the mound, hot under the collar and and mean. great when he's on the field. -- off the field. when uehara you're on the field, you have to be all business. >> bob: here is hermida who was at the plate when hanley ramirez thought he would further embarrass the nationals by trying to steal third with a left-handed batter up there. >> rob: that's a good word, bob, "embarrassed." if guys are going to do that out there, you have to take care of business because they're in your division. you don't want ramirez or bonifacio or anybody else thinking we can just steal on those catche