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

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

lannan 6... >> rob: bottom of the order here.going out and, listen, these are the guys you want to go after. paulino, who is a guy that is sharing the duties with baker and maybin, hitting around 200. these are the guys that you want. you got through with two of the toughest. in ramirez and cantu. attacking the guys even more. >> bob: ball 3. >> bob: and 1 out. the more you fiddle with the lineup the qcker you get back to the top of the loanup. you talk about it how it is a great point, we don't want to see coghlan starting it off again. >> bob: they will hit for the pitcher, you will face another regulation. here is the number 8 hitter maybin. that bouncer that pete the orr cut off. they're going with sanchez. that elits you are freddy gonzales ising looing for a blast. he will take either. maybin swings through. threatening to throw. no first baseman. dunn is playing way behind the runner here with the 5-run lead. got him on the outside corner. and lannan for his 3rd k of the day. >> rob: he gets aahead and he paints it -- aand

now it is john lannan's turn.st runs among the 30 teams. kevin guzman off one more rbi. to lead the padres hitting only .242 with 520 runs. their eleventh in homers and 12th in stolen bases and john lannan tries to follow-up an outstanding performance at st. louis. khalil greene got him the one offering of that game john would love to have back. now you go out five days later and try to do better. everth cabrera two for nine in the series. a couple of runs. he has already bunted a couple of times. zimmerman charges that is lovely. adam dunn was off the bag when he caught the throw. he calmly found the bag and stepped on it. >> rob: well i'm glad zimmerman was in about 40 feet from home plate trying to take the bunt away from cabrera. he has done it three times in two games against the nationals. so he scoops up the tough hop and ca prayer is back on the bench right where he belongs. >> bob: next up is david he can steen -- is david eckstein. 2 for 8.   another bouncer. zimmerman on one

lannan just missing the outside corner. for john lannan this year, it will be his 29th start.tcher who has taken the ball ever time it's been handed to him this year. rollins hammers one to center, willie harris with the first out. the rockies have passed the phillies in runs. they are number one in the league in homers with 191. ryan howard is wearing out right-handed pitchers. maybe the lefty lannan can do a job on him tonight, but howard is hitting .344 over his last 21 games. and there is the old grinder charlie manuel. his team has lost four straight. they just got swept by houston. 19 over the .500 mark. six games up on the marlins. it appeared they were heading for a double digit lead until the last week or so, and a base hit by the always pesky victorino. doesn't matter that he was 11 for his last 69. >> rob: well, he's had a good batting average career off lannan. you have to get inside. you have to pitch inside tonight and have some fun. you know what? be the stopper, try to stop these guys, they are going to the may-offs, and measure yourself up against a playoff co

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

marco estrada will make his 9 debut and lannan on sunday.s extra 30 minutes before every game. we'll have a joined in progress for you at 7:05 because the game starts an hour earlier the marlins are making room for a concert. >> rob: who is it? >> i for got. i think it's minute i'd0. they are back? is ricky martin back with them? i ban jed hit one homer -- i ban yeses, 6 against the nats. that is extra bases. mock starts with a change-up. you have to establish your fastball to some of the players. especially at this level. he waits and gets a fastball and the count in his father -- favor and whacked it in right center field. >> bob: he's hitting almost .470 on off the nats. >> rob: we talked about this. our young starters continue to show their arsenal of pitches the first trip through the lineup. a slider. maybe you don't bring it out to the 4th inning. if you throw every hitter every pitch you feature there's no ytr.piu2@@they @like a you. >> bob: that th u >> rob: they are like ants and tell you what they've seen. >> do you tha

. >> he hit the ball off johnny lannan late in this ball game and johnny had been pitching his butt off, a fan interference, they make the call. this one a little bit later a fly ball to right field, you and i debated this a lot but the umpires went in and called this a home run instead of hit off the subway sign and that was a home run for daniel murphy. so the bottom line is that a couple of controversial calls, head to head not too bad against the mets this year. >> 5 out of 6 here, trying to do some damage on this weekend in september. j.d. martin gets the call tonight. the 26-year-old right-hander, he could be a winner pitcher if he goes 5-4 tonight. second career start against the mets.

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. a huge wave knocked three people overboard. their boat kept going, speeding out of control. the shoreline was packed with vacationers. most watched hoping the run away boat wouldn't hit anything or anyth

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

martin's start and johnny lannan's start tomorrow night.ne the distance against the mets twice this year. >> rob: he has beaten both new york teams and he is from new york. >> bob: i'll give you an interview of the interview. it was taped yesterday. so when you see it tomorrow don't think i'm wearing the same clothes. >> rob: changed your underwear. >> bob: now with two out they start getting base hits.   and jeff francoeur is three four tonight. >> bob: too much to play for right here, francoeur is just tearing the cover off the ball right now. i don't want to throw anything near home plate when francoeur is up there because he can get hot and do a lot of damage. >> bob: he gets two quick outs on strikeouts, gives up a couple of hits. jim riggleman going to give up a couple of hits here. josh thole coming up. cust omer service. - low fares. - frequent flights, that's what we're known for. - customer service. - low fares. - we're known for a lot of things. - bags fly free. the lowest fares. great pilots

tease and then of course johnny lannan. then j.d. martin. job, works quickly, throws hard, that's a young starter. for our second segment and she has more on j.d. massachusetts continue. deb: bob, j.d. he wants to leave a good impression with season winds down, to pitch at least 5 innings and go beyond that i asked him how do you do that? throw strikes is the main thing for me, throw strikes, ahead of guys. about it. to let guys hit the ball, try strike guys out and everything. and miss, i want them to miss hit it. feel. the game with my pitch count nationals mike pelfrey and the next on masn. have first pitch and lineups coming your way, so stay close, everybody. after this short break. ♪ ♪ tell me who's watching. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here. it's easy.  . >>> i'm ross detwiler. happy birthday the u.s. air force and thank you for protecting america. >> bob: well said ross detwiler, well done last night when he pitched extremely well in philadelphia. it's the nats and the mets, a couple te

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

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

coming up tomorrow, lannan go noise nationals, against kevin correia for san diego. >> well, lannan isic start. quality start against the cardinals on friday. went 8 innings, just a pair of earned runs. 17 ground ball outs in that game. uses his cutter quite effectively against right- handed hitters are. he sat this point the ace of this staff, and correia, converted relief pitcher, native of san diego, signed with the padres as a free agent after six years west the giants. he has allowed 158 hits and 156 innings. low 90s fastball with some sink. >> he does have a losing record at home also this year. piece 3-5. lannan 8-9, still trying to get that elusive 9th win of the year, and coreia is 9-10. >> well, they have to sal van some out of this trip out west, and hopefully seeing the ball thrown today, the offense will wake up. >> double has said pitchers need to start pitching and working shutouts. we'll talk any bout cole hamels who had a terrific game tonight when we come back and continue nats xtra post-game right here on masn. really paying for? whoa! ha ha! i say "happy," you say "

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

. >>> i've talked to a lot of guys, lannan, bard, a very big help for me.elped me a lot. everybody really. they come up and talk to us, they are very willing to talk to us when we go to them too. so everybody haslily been a big help. >>> interesting. here is one guy talking to another young guy in atlanta and a veteran in hernandez and you look at the numbers for j.d. martin. first time he has faced the mets in citi field. that's got to be a little bit intimidating i'm thinking huh? >> yeah. i'm thinking though with j.d.'s demeanor and the way he goes about things they don't know how good his curve ball is. i know they were able to look at his film, he has a great curve ball, his fastball is starting to be more live running away. earlier in the year 87 miles per hour is what he topped out at. he is around 89 of late. that has shown in his last three ball games. he has a 3.15 earned run average only giving up three runs or less four of those five ball games, twice giving up two and one time one. doesn't give up a lot of hits in his last 7 outings, 5 hits he

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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.

maxwell and the outer garden at center and giving a zim stem a day off and third base and catch and lannaners against florida. for the marlins, cantu a big night. 2 for 4, homerun as he watches it sail out of the park. 5 r.b.i.s. tied the high. august an 11-game hitting streak. 25 and of his 30 games. marlins will line up this way and lead off on the former national dick johnson at 1st. and batting first and cantu in the clean up spot and uggla at 2nd. ross in wright center field and 14 days hitting 353 and 14 r.b.i.s. >> and back and struggling of late. >> it is location and and 13. and we know that 16 of 22 quality starts. he has struggled over the last month and it has been around 3 or 4 inches here and there. he has to get back and when he does he will be effective. and 1880 and 182, could his arm be tired. >> it could be you know he is at a point where he has only within one other time, late in the year, i don't know that that's the problem. i thought maybe in august he started the struggles and dead on period and you go to a time with all the throwing and traveling and legs get tired

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

stammen and lannan pitched really well up there. remember all the rain we had. the air was heavy.l wasn't carrying that much. the nats, one of the few teams who can say they won a series there over the yanks this year. 3-2 on a breaking ball that missed. dan uggla. then, cody ross here in the fourth. he went off-speed after getting ahead in the count. then, he went off-speed on 3-2 and missed both times. baker aboard. second consecutive inning where the marlins have their leadoff man on. dan uggla next. flied to right fielder elijah dukes first time. uggla has only hit into eight double plays this year. primarily a fly ball hitter. that made last night's inning a game-ending double play so unusual. ryan howard only hit into nine double plays all year before ron villone got him. >> rob: that was as well played a double play as you can have. the rookie shortstop. a very young shortstop second baseman in gonzalez. a great feed. he stayed at home at second base. then, you have mike morris who was put in there for defensive purposes an inning before. so, nicely done by all. >> bob: wel

johnny lannan coming off a great performance against kevin correia.sday day game at .335 eastern. >> the nationals are home with the marlins for three. then the nationals don't play on labor day until the phillies come in.   sly van hernandez on the ye 5 for 42. and a .227 career hitter.   wonder if he'll make it to rear home runs before he hangs 'em them up one day. sitting on 25 career r.b.i.s. pretty good numbers. he really rips one up the middle. >> rob: that answer your question? i would say he gets number 10 before the end of the season. >> bob: before the end of this season? nice. >> rob: what do you think. >> bob: i betty hits one in philadelphia. >> rob: somebody throws him a change-up or something that hangs. look. this ball is effort right here. right back up the middle. >> bob: livan stands up there with the bat it looks like he doesn't care. i think he lulls some pitchers into throwing one rights down the middle or hanging something to him and then he really rippe