, why jorge padilla?hitting well. i have not heard much about him. >> i think a little bit of it was give the guy a shot. he's been playing really well. he's hitting .370. his on-base percentage is good. i think another piece of it is you look at holes the options would have been. justin maxwell is probably a guy that would have gotten consideration. they want him playing every day where they have more control over his at-bats and progress. up here where you're getting an at-bat every couple of days going in as the pinch-hitter or defensive replacement, they wouldn't have had as much control over that. i think that was part of the reason doing that and reward a guy who has been plugging away in the minors for a long time. >> thank you very much, ben. we appreciate t ben goessling from the "the washington times" joining us. now it's time for the stay in the game hold of the day presented to you by just for men hair color. looking at the hold for the most against the marlins this year. atlanta braves lead t

jorge padilla. when we come back, bob carpenter and rob dibble will have the first pitch.third game of the series against the milwaukee. the final game is tomorrow afternoon here at nationals park. bob and rob are just around the corner. it's on. it's... no, not yet. it back that way. it's on. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com. is if you run into a friend and you want to share a photohone, with a flick, there's an app for that. if you want to share contact info with a bump, there's an app for that. or if you just want to share some downtime, well, there's an app for that too. because there's an app for just about anything. only on the iphone.  >> it started with lots of last night in nats town. it lasted one hour and 21 minutes. then downpour. 20 runs on 26 hits. a 3rd inning belliard grand slam. the bullpen was called upon early again and saul rivera hind on the mound and with the bat. in the end, the brewers' storm couldn't be calm. see if the forecast changes for the nats in today's sunday matinee on masn.   >> the forecast has ch a day f

they recalled jorge padilla to take his place. and andy roddick takes on germany's benjamin becker. no, that's not boris' son. marty fish lost this afternoon. that's it. week 1 at training cavern is over. >> see you tomorrow at the bed and breakfast. i'll send some scones and iced tea to the b team. take its easy. that's it for us on 9news at 6. the cbs evening news with katie couric is next. and don't forget, wusa9.com is always on.

you get jorge padilla.breaking ball and leading the national league in two categories. batting average .367 on base percentage. .424 and 90 games in syracuse before being called up yesterday as austin kearns went on the dl. he gets jammed. and cantu for an easy out and that's a hitter way too overeager. >> rob: little anxious. >> bob: then it is on he is hands. there we go to the top the order now. morgan. and followed byronie belliard. morgan is one for three today and only two for nine in the series. it is about time he lined it somewhere and took off running. they have to play him shallow. and clippard is a busy reliever and it as home run by paul bako and leading colorado now, 3-1. >> rob: that's an old catcher's name. >> bob: that's a veteran guy you would like in your bull club. >> rob: bako gets a shot because they traded marson and lets coats go. >> bob: that is a strike. morgan took off and he got thrown out. nats host the fifth annual blood drive with the red cross in the conference center rooms t

they have a player jorge padilla. he spent 12 years in the minors, never played.ionals have finally called him up to the big league roster. uld get his chance tonight against the marlins. thingsave gone pretty well against the marlins for the nationals. they snap a ten-game losing streak dating back to last season with a big win. former national nick johnson facing his former team for the first time. we start in the top of the first, no score. johnson in place with a runner on. he sends a shot into right field. chris coghlan comes in to score and johnson gets himself an rbi single. marlins take a 1-0 lead. bottom eight now, we are tied at 4. adam dun at the plate with a man on. and adam dunn knows how to use the bat, i believe. drives one high and deep to left. that's gone. 28th home run of the season. that capped a six-run inning for the nationals. they go on to win 6-4. nationals and marlins again tonight. john lannan is on the mound. and, of course, he has been the best pitcher by far for the nationals this season and i believe my producer just told me he's not

here is the major league debut after 11 1/2 years in the minor leagues for jorge padilla.he nats called him up today after signing him to a minor league free agent contract november 27th of 2007. he hit . 330 at double-a harrisburg and .338 last year. he was leading the national league at syracuse when he got khat called up today. he was batting .367 there with a .424 on-base percentage and made the international league all-star game. >> rob: i did see the thing on austin kearns' thyme thumb when we were in pittsburgh. it's a lot worse than a contusion. it's more like a blister, callous growth in his thumb that i would think they're going to have to either cut out or shave it do you or do -- down or do something. >> bob: jim riggleman used the word lance. if any of you have had any kind of sift, you know that's a -- cyst, you know that's a painful procedure. >> rob: it's as hard as a rock on the inside of his thumb. i guess he's had it quite a while. a lot of that extra work that you do, do you hit until your hands bleed literally. it's worked itself into something so bad

the other two guys have very little big league experience in the new that mike morris and jorge padillanight, but he's hit two line drives. and a base hit by alberto gonzalez, who has a two-hit game for the first time in a while. show something signs of life after a couple of key hits in the series at cincinnati. >> rob: well, and he lined the bail back to the pitcher, got a a base hit in another at bat, and so now he's confident, gets a breaking ball and shoots it through third and short. like you said, sometimes just takes a couple of hits or a paul hit off your bat to get company going. >> bob: and now ronnie belliard will hit for wil nieves, not josh bard, but appears bard will hit in the number. 9 hole. so the fact that the lead-off guy got on changed everything for riggleman, and he wents to go to belliard who can hit the bah out of the balance park. >> rob: yeah, and he's had a lot of clutch hits of late. he's on fire. maybe can get some guys in scoring position for bard. >> bob: ronnie belliard is 14 for his last 35. that's a breaking ball that misses. borderline fastball called

.   jorge padilla in the on-deck circle. evidently garrett mock done for the night.   rockies 2, nats nothing, jaso hamell pitching well, only one clean single on him tonight. that was by adam dunn. that baby bounced way out in front of home plate. >> rob: you were right. .379 on larry walker. 372 on helton, larry walker .366, 363, helton .358.350 on walker.   . >> bob: wow.    .379. well that was higher than i thought. i had the .372 but that was todd helton the year he won the batting title. it was an interesting dynamic in colorado as larry walker's time came to an end and todd helton's time was just beginning. there seemed to be some sort of obsession out there about, well, this was larry's team and now it's becoming todd's team. i thought the team belonged to the fans and the owners but, evidently, players figuring prominently. gonzalez lines out hard to right and two outs, bases empty, here eh padilla will be the third out for the nats