he will deal with juan pierre.ond and third, one out here in the eighth. >> tim: tommy john surgery only ten months ago and he's back at them. remarkable recovery by rich hill. >> joe: pierre takes a strike over the outsidecorner. juan pierre, a guy who wasn't signed until january 27th, so he came to the team late. but he's been one of the more consistent philly hitters so far this season. good on-base percentage, and he can still run. in at the corners on the infield, as pierre grounds one to ortiz. out at first for out number two. he will get the big second out with jimmy rollins coming up. so pierre can't get the job done. the phillies have had two hits in each of the last two innings, including this one, and they do not have any runs. and bobby valentine is going to go to the right-hander with rollins coming up. >> tim: rich hill had held left-handed batters throughout his career to a .203 average, and he comes in and gets a big one in juan pierre. >> joe: so he does his job, and now aceves, the closer, is comi

juan pierre to deep right and with that good jump. loves it and bottles it. catches it. and showing great concentration. to haul it in after it squirts out of the glove. the top of the 6th after danes -- danny espinosa doubled and harper with the base hit to right. espinosa's waived home and to -- who puts the tag on espinosa and nats fall on the finale, 5- 2 and the lower right leg needed to be wrapped in ice. ho this is the nats' manager on the key play of the game. >> and i doubt he's going to hook here hauling, and took a heck of a play. the only thing -- on 2nd base on the play. >> and on july 25th, the nfl pa and the owners inched a new collective bargaining agreement for 10 years. this week, the nfl pa went back to court, claiming the two thirty two team his secret salary cap in place and cost players at least $1 billion in wages. >> we look at what the facts are as we know it and the 32 teams are defendants in the action right now and if there is evidence, that is developed later on that would demonstrate that any one of those teams did not abide by the conspirac

facing juan pierre. hits it well. bryce harper going back, harper has it -- or does he?s it around for a minute but then stays with it and makes the catch. harper still learning how to play the outfield. top six, harper at the plate. harper sends this one into right field. danny espinoza was on second. he's running on contact. coming home to score. the throw by hunter pence, got him at the plate. appears to have tagged him right there. that was really close, hard to t adam laroche would homer in the ninth. that was the nationals' only run of the game. they fall in philly, 4-1, the final. >>> buck showalter and the o's hosting the red sox this afternoon. red sox up 5-2. nick johnson at the plate with one on. and this one is gone. his second home run of the day and the orioles now down just 5-4. bottom eight, it's 6-4, red sox on top,@ wilson betimit. this is a clutch catch by lynn. the o's now a robust 28-17 on the season. they host kansas city on friday. >>> there will be a decisive game seven for the celtics and the sixers on saturday. philadelphia able to stave off eli

juan pierre lays down the suicide squeeze to bring another run home.e goes on to win, 4-1 and snap their four-game losing streak. >>> the red sox trying to get back to the .500 mark taking on the orioles in baltimore. red sox clinging to a one-run lead until shoppach sends a shot over the left field wall. sox go up on the homer. scott podsednik puts the red sox up by two. they hang on to win 6-5 and move their troerecord to 22 wins and losses on the year. praise be. praise be. >>> coming up at the top of the hour on "morning joe" mitt romney tells mark halperin he welcomes a debate with the president over bain capital. we'll kick that around with halperin and the morning joe crew in a few minutes. >>> when we come back here, we'll huddle around the water cooler to watch andy samberg. even andy admit he's has no business being there. hey, it's me -- water. i was trying to figure out how i could get rid of 99% of the lead i can pick up traveling through your pipes, and then... [ click ] it just clicked. get it? it clicked... like the thing...click... >>>

two runs in the fourth bryan lahair had a 14 pitch at that and everybody went to sleep including juan pierrerst home run against the day in st. louis this is his first wrigley field home run 2-1 in chicago cubs carlos ruiz never hit one at wrigley field until tonight philadelphia phillies beat chicago cubs 3-2 end sorry to report the passing of white sox coach and former player kevin hickey made the major leagues out of tryout camp semi professional ball on the south side batting practice pitcher before becoming sick on opening road trip and dallas great guy 56 kevin hickey years old. playing in anaheim tonight with heavy hearts white sox angel gots run off gavin flyod in second but dayan viciedo an answer for that in the third quarter and beckham has just walked into a run of beating the angels in the third two-one. might get away with the slam a helmet but cannot get away with hitting the umpire with your helmet as a result brett lawrie the blue jays for game suspension appealing says he did not mean to hit the guy not a strong case philadelphia cheese steaks? this guy at every damn includ

juan pierre gets ahold of one. bryce harper is on his horse.obbles it for minute but sticks with -- looks like the glove is about to fall off his hand. harper is still learning how to play the outfielder. remember he was a catcher growing up. top of the sixth. harper at the plate now. sends one in to right field. espinoza was on second. he is coming home. there is going to be a play at the plate. throw home by pence, he got him. watch the tag again. you are not so sure. but -- nonetheless p. they called him out. adam laroche would homer in the ninth. nationals only run of the game. advan vance called him safe there. we have the benefit of replay. >> nats, 26-18 on the season. >> give him credit. by the time we got something going, made a great play. you know. tip your hat to him. he has done that to quite a few people. come back on friday. >> all right. to the hard wood. remember this guy? >> yeah. >> iverson. a.i. in the house. he said he still wants to play. michael says please don't block me. drew holiday gets the ball up court for the dunk.