mike sosa the most -- looking to take team to the past season.here is the third strike out for weaver. >> couple 93's. didn't get anybody out this is 89 right on the corner. at least moving away. i think a lot of it, one thing about weaver normally, if you look at his -- he doesn't walk a lot of people. he is 5-0 against the east. 47 innings, talking about the east. one of the better provisions in baseball. walked two in those 47 innings. he can dominate. it's a lot about deception. a big guy. throw across his body. he just could not get the quality pitches in the first inning. it's changed in the second. the orioles are known for scoring early, they need to sustain against the angels their offense. >> the orioles goutwort walks in the first inning. he does have 137 strike outs coming in, 7th most. he now has 140. that one is the gap. he has that one in his sweet zone. all the way to the wall. he will go to second base. he has himself addable double. >> there it is. second double of august. again remember weaver tough against righties. only came

. >> mike rizzo on elijah dukes and jorge sosa.s going to join the bullpen for the nationals along with sean burnett, the former pittsburgh pirates. we get a view of pnc park and debbi taylor. you had a chance to chat with sean burnett. how is he doing so far? >>reporter: he has been doing a great job. he has only allowed one earned run since he has gotten here. i tell you what, coming back to pitch third, the team that drafted him in the first round in 2000 has been a little unique. i ask him what his emotions were like coming into this weekend. >> sad and happy at the same time. it is good to see some of the guys. i had some good friendships with and the coaches and stuff. at the same time sad, too, that i'm gone. i'm happy to be in washington and helping them trying to establish a winning team. >> are you looking forward to get ing into the game and facing them and how odd is that going to be for you? >> it is going to be real odd. you're going up against really good friends, kids you grew up with. hopefully the first one, get i

sosa is just a wee bit upset. laroche, two homers on the night. fast forward, top of the ninth. mike gonzalez. closing out the game. and sends the hot shot up the middle. check out the reaction. what an amazing catch. and almost takes his head off. instead he cches it for the out. and beat the nationals 6-2. preseason game, one for the redskins. in baltimore tomorrow night. don't blink because if you do, you won't see the starters. they won't play long. several of them, won't play at all. it will be a chance for the young guys, veterans, fighting for a roster spot to make an early impression on the coaches while they're in the line of fire. so to speak. also the first time the new look redskins defense will face live competition. and that is actually wearing another uniform. and haynesworth won't play. and get some snaps. first pro game. they're a couple of the reasons that some think this could be, perhaps, the best defense in the nfl. defensive coordinator says let's not get too eited just yet. >> typical of people to get something new. and go gaga over the new toy. and forget about all the

.  mike's previous six saves, i remember one being the one, t, three 9th inning. again, sosa, they are just stil down by a run. you don't want to put a guy o and bring the tieing run to the plate. >> bob: nationals play behind the runner, and macdougal mis way outside. maybe just a matter of time before laroche goes down to second. moss 1-3 with a base hit today. and there's a strike. wil nieves picks it be a short hop. 2-1. hot stop. watch the backhand of wil nies >> he's young, but as he ge older, you have to work to ma it look like it got by you. >> bob: 2-1 pitch. macdougal aims it at guzman. the nats get a break and th game is over. two hours, 46 minutes to win  5-3. breaking a 4-game losing stre. an about-4 road trip now. ankle the nats will have a chance to even things up on t trip tomorrow night. >> rob: know rallies did make the trip back to the ba jose morales is did make the trip back to the ballpark. >> bob: nats gather 8 hit, pirates strand 4, nats left

sosa. so if he comes up in the eighth inning let's pitch around this guy. >> rob: well a guy that was evaluated and drafted back with the diamondbacks when mike rizzo workedth the diamondbacks he drafted gonzalez, he went to oakland and was traded from oakland over to the rockies. everyone i've talked to has said, i don't want to use the term five-tool player, we have seen this kid, he can bat, he can throw, throw the ball with authority, he needs to get the at-bats needed to see if he is going to be an everyday player for the rockies not only this year but in the future. >> bob: diamondbacks signed him at the age of 16 in venezuela and he went to oakland in the dan her ron deal. out to short. guzman. cristian knew he had a fast runner. he was already in throwing position by the time he was very fluid in picking up that ground ball. then of course gonzalez moved on to colorado in the mega deal involving huston street and matt holliday. so he was the sleeper in a couple of those deals and he may turn out to be quite a star. here is ryan spilborghs who bounced out to ryan zimmerman first time out. >> rob: 6 degrees of mark molder. her ron traded for molder

sosa in the ninth. >> bob: everyone knows who they are looking at. he is playing catch. make it a non-save situation for hoffman who is 20 saves now away from 600. mikef. >> rob: who were we talking about last night. bettencourt. hoffman. >> bob: that's right, that's right. >> rob: could not hit the breaking ball. >> bob: hooked into left for a pace hit. >> bob: he hit 253. nats extra, bracing down the second career start as he starting to see clubs for the second time around. dunn continues the swinging. he has been0en base three times tonight. then tomorrow the brewers. 1 out in the 7. singled hard off the glove of dew point. on their way to the extra run. most of the crowd of 26,000,307 stale ranging with us. and a brief play. some people bought the 1 dollar tickets. several hundred of them joined us. there is another to the side. scampering to third is mike cameron. nobody out. >> rob: back to back hits off 84-mile per hour breaking balls. >> bob: you got this last night i'm right there with you. it is just really getting old wondering where have the fastballs gone? >> rob: but the level of the breaking ball hanging in the zone long enough to hit