battling mike mcdougal.und ball towards the hole, diving stop by belliard, throws to second, out at second base. what a play not only to get to the ball, but then to get the lead runner at second base. one down. >> jim p.: strgl

and with one away mike mcdougall retires the first batter he faces a shot up the middle, a base hit.n on with one out here in the ninth. for robob running >> rob: the redsare going to be doing stuff in the next few years that are reminiscent of the st. louis cardinals. [ inaudible ] ... .. get in the swing of things. >> johnny: could be a double play ball, hernandez to guzman, no throw to first base, dickerson came in flying to break up the double play and there is twdown. don't for get,heaving the valley legal stars. come out

. >> mike mcdougalle, national's closer.ttle bit more on the two guys sort of like imitating the umpires right behind home plate. >> i'm tim williams. >> i'm joe ferrell. we're going to be your umpires for this evening. we're going to do a called first strike here. second is a swinging strike and a called third strike with a chain saw. >> how about everyone in the stadium knows is not close at all? >> season ticket holder in tran toe and had an opportunity to meet a bunch of umpires at a restaurant i like to frequent, and they recognized me from the seats. they liked it so much they ended up sending us a few shirts, and therefore second road game yesterday was the first, and we're going to be taking it to new york city when the blue jays play the yankees on friday, july 3rd, 1:00 matchup. tune in. we'll be in the same type of seat for the yankee stadium. >> lifelong baseball fans, grew up with it. we love umpire and love baseball and like having fun. that's about as simple as it is. that's it. >> they've lost all five games.

six days ago, mike mcdougal named the closer. 2-1. nick johnson can't get it.ed and runners all over the place. it's a 3-3 game. nick johnson was holding the runner. the ball was spinning right off his glove and we'll see how they score it. >> rob: well, he fell behind 2- 1. pretty decent pitch on the outer half. gross pulls it down the line. >> bob: they gave him a base -- yeah, that's a base hit. three in this inning, 5 in the game. in fact, it will be a double because the ball went down the line. that one is charged to craig stammen. he is still responsible for ben zobrist at third base. second and third, two out. dioner navarro has driven in one run tonight. zobrist at third, gross at second. >> rob: hanrahan, when he falls behind 1-0, hitters hit .314 off him. 1-1 count, hitting .367. >> bob: ron villone has been ready for quite a while. that will be strike 2. >> rob: two strikes on a hitter. >> bob: rays have gotten matt garza off the hook here. hanrahan unleashes a fastball way upstairs. one of the problems that joel has had is, when he has missed, he ha

mike mcdougal, he gets released and finds another ball club. and joe beimel, he looks like a reliever. all the chicks dig him. chicks like it when you get your job done. >> bob: debbi taylor has the night off so byron kerr is with us. you have more on this bullpen. >> byron: we talked about that bullpen and it's been a couple of weeks for them as the pitching coach is kind of settling in. so much is made in baseball about who is the middle reliever, who is the guy in the 7th inning. >> i know some guys like to know who is the closer, who is the relief guy. i think guys need to be prepared to pitch. i'm not saying that might not come about or manny and i have not talked about but i like to have guys ready to pitch. >> byron: mcdougal is getting close with that nice action that he had with the royals. >> bob: it doesn't hurt when mcdougal with throw mid-90s with all that sink. two years ago, the tampa bay rays won 66 games. last year, they won the american league pennant with 100. with young teams, folks, it can be done. ÷÷úp you don't do

mike mcdougal trying to close it out an get john lannan a win. >> rob: mike has done a great job since coming back up. pitched in middle relief, setup role, now he's assumed the closer's role. got his first save hins kansas city the other night. 2 for 2 so far in save opportunities. throws mid 90s. he's going to bring the heat. >> jim p.: reimold is right- handed along with scott coming up. >> rob: great kid. they've had to turn over the bullpen earlier in the season. a lot of they throw maybe a few too many strikes, but they've done a much better job since they turned over the bullpen. this is part of this transition. >> jim p.: are they 19-4 after having a lead after eight innings, 0-40 when they're trailing after late. gives you an idea how hard it is to come back and win games. it goes back to that 8th inning whenaubrey huff teststhe arm of elijah dukes this guy wou meone a chance to tie it. ballgame. play in this >> m h.: reimold ove r >> rob: this is what you the orioles have not homered in this game er hitting t but it' >> jim h.: ball two. reimold, good man to be leing off in

. >> bob: mike mcdougal idoing well himself.he's not getting many save opportunities. >> rob: you won't get a better opportunity than bases loaded, no outs. >> bob: fe at-bats tonight with the bases loaded and nobody out and they have two rbi's to show for it on walks. that's has n tting in situations to tte or if you're a pcher, what do i hto do right here to help the club. not what can i do to help the name on the back. >> bob: jim johnson yet to appear in this series. after albers pitched st nit and just got three huge outs, that may be a one inning for him. it's mora, zaun and andino for the orioles, bottom of the sixth. >> jim p.: he picked up the entire orioles ball club with that inning. >> dave trembley confirmed today, that koji uehara will not make his scheduled tomorrow tomorrow against the nationals, it is likely he'll be put on the 15-day disable list. we will -- who will get the t? l's takok ou evdúlúeúdadú hernandefotheorioles. we did see david walking around the park today, so it's not too hard to put two and two

mike mcdougall works for the nats here in the ninth inning, a 3-2 game. the nats have one shot coming up in the bottom of the ninth. >> rob: i've told you before and bob this, i'm not a big fan of throwing the ball around the infield with two outs. it goes way back to high school even before. got two outs, get the hitter, out of the inning. that ball keeps going to third. rather have him on first than third. past ball. anything can happen. didn't get the high strike, the low strike. >> johnny: to the second and top of the ninth is over. two to the bottom of the ninth innings and see if the nats can tie it up or take the lead and win this baby. we'll be back in just a moment. at pnc, taking the long view is how we help you take the right path. even to change it when conditions demand. keeping you on the road to achieving your goals. it's something we've been doing for over 150 years. let our strength and stability be the basis for yours. pnc. leading the way. . >>> the cincinnati reds leadi 3-2 as we head to the bottom of the ninth inning, the nats looki