the domination of livan hernandez against his former teammates. on of nyjer morgan in 16 games. and the nats hitting well this month, after a paltry june. >> rob: livan had a bad couple of starts in this month. 15 earned runs in eight innings pitched. >> bob: four innings last time, 11 hits, eight runs by the dodgers. three runs before that, 10 hits, seven runs by the phillies. somebody's hitting him. josh bard, but it's foul. the other east teams tonight, the braves are hosting the giants behind hansen 4-0. and the marlins are at san diego early tonight. >> rob: and that's sanchez's first start since the no hitter. >> bob: oh, what a good swing by bard. now if that ball gets away from reed harris has a chance. but that has to hold him with two outs. their only hope was that ball would keep slicing away from jeremy reed. it will be second and third, two outs. and the first major league at bat for j.d. martin. >> rob: right here, josh bard, out, touches livan hernandez. second and third with two outs. big spot right here for j.d. martin. he can real

expharn livan hernandez. watch how each guy, a little different delivery for both. ht off that rubber, great shot right there. >> he pushes off the mound a full effort, all effort guy. strides very, very long. hernandez much tighter in the way he approaches. he doesn't have to really extend himself that much, because he's not a power pitcher anymore. he's just trying to throw the spots, change speeds, change the direction of the ball by moving it in and out. and he does a tremendous job doing it. a guy like that can pitch until he is 45 years old, johnny. some people say he is that old. that's -- >> you mentioned scoring in the last five games. how do you account for the fact against the astros july 11 they blow them out in houston scoring 13, where everything that night seemed to be working? >> well, that's the game of baseball. you can't base anything on one night. you have to base it over the course of enough. >> but can't you build from that one night? can't you take this momentum, or it doesn't work that way? >> it doesn't, no. >> in a perfect world, right. >> a

and livan working quickly. when hernandezirst batter of an inning, livan starts smelling blood and he wants to get off the field in a hurry. a little bit in, 2-1. >> rob: he is still fun to watch. >> bob: he is a pitcher. >> rob: a pitcher, he doesn't have exceptional stuff but he does have a lot of pitches here on the pitch track. he can drop a breaking ball in there at 79. >> bob: he got robbed on that call. >> rob: shows he can change speed at will with any pitch. whether it be straight, crooked, change-up. >> bob: nothing is ever the same speed or the same eye level. >> rob: or even the same arm angle. i used to love el duque, orlando hernandez. he just did so many things. and he even admitted that he wasn't -- baseball wasn't his best sport, but when his brother was killed in an accident, he got hit in the head with a machette in a sugar cane field, they couldn't get him to the hospital, that's when he said baseball is my ticket out of cuba. but he was so much fun to watch. >> bob: one, two, three go the nats in the bott

. >> five years ago livan hernandez through the first pitch in nationals history. and if we hadn't traded him away, he would be the ace of our staff. but we did trade him away who have eight wins in the three years since the trade while hernandez has 33. looking for his 34th tonight. mets at national park. nats already down two. they had a chance to draw even but livo gets a chance to get it done. dunn did that twice tonight. nats would threaten again in the second. but livo tossing that. hernandez seven innings, never broke a sweat. for the nats after eight years in the minor not really the way it went when he dreamed about it. five runs in the first two innings. nats fall 6-2 as livo beat him six times this year. >> he's the mult mitt pro. -- ultimate pro. he gave them a great effort. >> mean whoil drama in the -- meanwhile drama in the bronx. all you have to do on this one is keep your eye on the right fielder. that is nick markakis and he's jogging straight for the old clubhouse. the yanks down the o's 2-1. michael vick is a free man tonight. even though he pai

livan hernandez, his seventh win of the season, strikes out seven over seven innings. david wright goes 2 for 5 with a pair of runs scored and a pair of rbis. cubs and reds the cubs have battled back, and chicago hitting awfully well as of late fukudome two rbis. when it goes final, we'll bring you the highlight highlights on. >> racing at the brickyard 400, about six laps to go, jimmie johnson is in the lead. he took the lead in lap 137. the sixth different leader in the race today. mark martin, who has won four times on the sprint cup series this year is in second. greg biffle in third. overall points leader tony stewart is in fourth place overall. juan pueblo montoya, he was flagged for speeding on pit road.you know he's already led more laps today than he had his entire sprint at cup career entering this race. we want to take you out to thea finish. dr. jerry punch and company with the finish of the brickyard 400a >> working his way up there. you can see tony stewart right behind him. >> if tony can hold on, finish t in the fourth position, he will gain in the poin

he's the first guy in line to throw 00 innings plus since livan hernandez did it in 2006. >> what's impressivestarted off 0-3 but now evened his record at 7-7 as the season rolls on. he seems to be getting better and better, more consistent. >> johnny f-he's had four runs scored for him this year in 17- 21 outings, he's left the game. if the team had scored four runs for him, he would be right now 11-5 as opposed to 7-7. he just has never been a guy that's gotten a lot of run support. >> he'll be opposed tonight by another right-hander for the pirates. they'll try to snap a five-game slide. ross ohlendorf will tow the rubber for the pirates. he's 8-78 on the year. >> yeah, from the yankee organization mainly as a reliever. they start him with the pirates a little in 2009. this year he's 8-8 with a 4.51, 117 2/3 innings pitched, 124 walks, 62 strikeouts. 5-6 of his last outings have been really good. that earned run average has plummeted also as he's given up three runs or less as he's been able to throw a lot more strikes over the last month and a half. >> also add that you folks didn't see th