nice throw by die oner navarro. it was no contest. >> rob: you're going to watch dioner navarro here. as soon as the guy takes off, he is on his feet. nice tag by the shortstop. looks like he avoided the tag. >> bob: you don't mind seeing this because manny has the lead to work with. with the dh, he has two leadoff guys, in essence, back-to-back in dwuz and hernd. why not start the runner and maybe add on to that lead and at least take a step towards getting garza out of this game. >> rob: well, the potent offense of the rays and you also have a very young craig stammen against the very very best offense notice american league. to me, three runs that's not enough. you have to get as many runs as you can. >> bob: 1, 2, 3, 452, 6 hits after he gave up five on sunday. that ballgame tomorrow night, joord zimmerman will be pitching for the nats. guzman will take a walk. he has six walks already this year. how about that nick johnson, a walkoff homer at rfk. >> that's when they were the rfk. >> you see some of the guys in

navarro saves a run. this is supposed to be a cutter. >> rob: he tries to aim it and throws it in the dirt, navarro. probably instead of block it with his glove, tried to slide out to get his body behind it. >> bob: neither team doing much in this department. big hit of the day gonzalez back in the 4th. drive to left center that drove in two runs. 1-1 to dunn. he looks at a fastball right in there. adam has seen two center cut fastballs from a left hander here. i doubt if he'll see another. [cheering and applause] >> bob: 2-2. you have your first winning series, go to the world series and all the crazies come out. >> rob: i wouldn't call the guy crazy. >> bob: i would. that's a fastball. close but outside. 3-2. they've got a choice to make here. either pitch to dunn or have wheeler pitch to dukes. >> rob: this was below the knees and outside. nice job by the umpire on that call. >> bob: at 1st, base, zimmermann will be running. runners at the corners. 3-2 count, two outs in a tie game. 

. >> rob: catcher is navarro. >> bob: corey patterson has a strikeout and a grounder. a big spot for him to pick up his first rbi in the big league level in 09. breaking ball. big swing. 0-2. time to shorten that thing upp. the nats have had little middle or late game offense in this series. every one of their runs except for one have come in the first few innings. friday night, scored three in the first, none after that. last night, two in the 1st three inning, none after that. today a run in the 2nd on the gonzalez hit following the dukes' double. >> bob: patterson rips it. pena has it. dukes got back to 2nd some how. dukes was running on contact. dunn was not. a serious crossup almost resulted in a disaster double play. >> rob: elijah dukes is running on this play. adam dunn was not. dukes' speed gets him back to 2 2nd. dukes just got back. >> bob: shields thought he had a rare double play. here's gonzalez. he's driven in one run and run a strike. he's not a runner you would squeeze with. hard sinking fastball. 1-1. >> bob: 2-3 one out, time given. often this is the

a navarro base hit and b. j. upton one-out single in the third. the rays got their next run with their legs. high strike, 1-1. >> rob: there was a time, when you made an amazingly great play, great throw, whatever, there was a bang-bang play, the call went to the defensive player because of the greatness of the play. >> bob: ryan zimmerman looks that one all the way into his glove. and that is six in a row for craig stammen. great grandma zim. >> bob: there is the latey right in front of the sign. that's a patriotic-looking group over there. we always hear about uncle sam. who is the aunt? >> rob: is it 4th of july? >> bob: getting there. here is reid brignac. on the 4th of july this year, the nationals will be home against the atlanta brave. >> rob: the home of the brave. >> bob: jo that will be a day game. that will be cool that day, 1:05. >> rob: remember homer the brave, the mascot, he fired the cannon shots. >> bob: i remember before him, chief nakahoma. >> rob: that's right, chief nakahoma. >> bob: he had the tent right there in fulton stadi

he takes on that navarro here. there's a right handed batter between josh bard and 3rd base. in a situation like this, bard threw a ball to left field friday night. crawford could be trying to get over there for an insurance run with one out. it was b.j. upton on that play. the same situation. >> bob: there he goes. throw to 2nd. that runner will be out. kapler on the back end as crawford steals 3rd. >> rob: great job by josh. it's the second time in a week we've thrown behind the runner, gotten the guy going from 1st to 2nd on a double steal. perfect throw. >> bob: you don't worry about the runner at 3rd since there are two outs. navarro, number for -- number 37 for crawford. fast one right in there. first pitch was a ball. it's even 1-1. great change up by beimel. j.p . howell last two saves. next due up bard, hernandez, and harris. two switchers and a lefty. don't forget guzman is on the bench today. by the time em 2-2. >> rob: great job by bard getting his body out there to get it. you have to get out and get off your behind so to speak and get over to get it. if you just

dioner navarro, the catcher.ook at the 9th and the nats will have hernandez, guzman. >> bob: that's why managers say they can wait for the bats. they cannot wait for the gloves. when the gloves betray you, the results are almost immediate, right in your face. breaking ball stays outside. >> rob: villone knowing how important it is to get out of this inning. he has a one-run lead right there. >> bob: that ball is jacked into the corner. that will one hop and go out for a ground rule double. here comes manny acta. joe beimel is ready. ron villone deserved better but the error followed by the homer and he could be the loser. that's why we lowered over a thousand prices. and carry powerful tools from dewalt, milwaukee, ridgid, and more. so you spend less, but drill, saw, and nail... more. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, save $20 on a ryobi 18v starter kit with drill and circular saw for just $89. on a ryobi 18v starter kit welcome to chili's. something new is on the grill. try

as i told you, that altercation with dioner navarro made him think more about being a team player.re is belt high, 95, you won't catch up with that. >> bob: 3-2 to guzman and he lines it in left center for a base hit. guzman now is now 10 for his last 28. and we have talked about this on a number of owe cases. guzman has not scored many first-inning runs often this year. manny does not have a lead to work with this season but, he has two guys at the top of the line-up. nick is now batting at.316. rays at 31-31, starting the weekend 6 back of the red sox. >> rob: i had a chance to talk to jean downstairs and he is still upset that the yankees strayeded nick johnson away. anybody who doesn't know who gene michaels is, he is head of scouting. >> bob: i was going to ask you, what job does he not have? the red sox are in philadelphia this weekend and yankees hosting the mets. 1-1 to nick. i i let's see if matt garza continues to pound the zone. he is like a bret myers. bret myers will throw 70 to 80 fastballs throughout the start, does not have nearly the velocity that matt garza has. >

jason bartlett, navarro, gross all score on the double, that's how the rays break it open. tampa wins it 7-3. they've won three straight. five of their last six. b.j. upton two hits, those three crucial rbi. he's hitting .396 over his last 11 games. 12 rbis. >> giants and brewers in milwaukee, matt cain, 9-1 coming in. bottom of the third, brewers up 2-1. cain wish he is had that one back. that's j.j. hardy with a rocket to dead center, brewers up 3-1. later in the game, during the sausage race, we always see, h a 68 today in the ! second round. he said he hit the ball better than yesterday. maintains a two-shot lead over ryan moore who had a second round 65. rain reeked havoc with day two at the highlands. >> the next show is on the way, in about, i got about two minutes 50 seconds. we're out of here, dude. subway series highlights coming up, mets and yankees. more on that lou piniella-milton bradley blowup in chicago. late gate highlights, mariners and dodgers, j.w. stoourt will be here and ready to xwloe. geico's been saving people money on car insurance for over 70 year

navarro the catcher. tough weekend for manny. he was visibly shaken when he told us in his briefing about the willingham family yesterday. a double play by willie harris and johnson. detwiler is out of the 2nd inning.  >>> today's telecast celebrating the birthday of u.s. army on masn. we serve today for a safe tomorrow. panasonic computers. navy federal credit union. we serve where you serve. >> bob: well some clouds in the sky today. some cloud cover this morning made it pleasant on the way to the ball park. detwiler, the double play saving him pitchers against the good offensive ball club. >> bob: he's done things i said in the report, finish them off, be economical with the pitches. you've got to come right after them. so what if they hit it. >> bob: in contrast, zimmermann threw two innings last night. 4 strikeout, 37 pitches. >> rob: this is a double contact there. you can't bunt it twice even if you're that good. watch this. bunt. >> bob: did you see the angle of that ball coming off of home pla

he was effective early on. 93 miles per hour to burrell. 92 to gross. 92 to navarro. then throwing the changeup, breaks his back. b.j. upton singles to center. steals second are 2nd. nick beat the ball to 2nd. no throw. this guy is electric. hitting .211 coming in and doing all that. in the 4th, fly ball to center field. kapler singles over gonzalez as he tags up there. kapler not only hit the home run, he was out of baseball a year ago. he came back and managed in the minor leagues. hernandez gets over there. that plays the tying run. in the 6th, pena pops to willy at 3rd. looks like the inning went smoothly. on 5 pitch, he walks gross and clothes line on a fastball. actually a changeup as i see the 83 miles per hour there. ground ball to 3rd, 5-3. ross putting up good numbers, didn't strike out anybody. he came in as they talked about the walks. he loses a little concentration. he's got really good control. he kind of hits the spots where he walks people. you've got to throw more strikes. i don't know how he gets in and out of rhythm. he'll be retiring 10 out of 12

dioner navarro has driven in one run tonight.d, 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 has missed by such a wide margin at times that his fastball does not even challenge the strike zone or even make the hitter think about swinging. that ball served into left. josh willingham right there. so the d rays -- well, now they are just the rays -- tied the game. guzman will lead it off followed by nick johnson and then ryan zimmerman. ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. buy the lg xenon messaging phone for 99.99 after mail-in rebate and get one free after mail-in-rebate. now that college is a few years behind me, it seems i've got three times the bills i used to

ball caught very low by dioner navarro. that was the 69th pitch of this game by matt garza.about three long innings. this ballgame has been in progress for an hour and 16 minutes to get through a 3-2 first three in innings. >> rob: well, tomorrow night, the fans at home will only miss about an inning and a half. >> bob: it's possible. you get into the american league with the dh, everything slows down. >> rob: yes, sir. one season, '95, spent in the american league, longest year of my life. >> bob: did you see how jonathan papelbon got fined. >> rob: yeah. everybody is throwing 3-2 pitches, those games can go 3 1- 2 hours. well, there a speed up the game rule that came into effect a while back and they want you to be ready in about 2 1/2 minute. then you come from a local break. >> bob: and the pa announcer has to get it. >> rob: it took 3:38 for jonathan papelbon. he was fined 1,000 bucks. >> bob: he admits he was warned about it previously. >> rob: i mean, when i was playing, the third base umpire always had a stop watch. when it was a local game, whatever, the locals were

. >> the number three seed, venus williams, taking on carla suarez navarro and venus doing what she does at wimbledon, dominating. the first set up 2-0 and the overhead. krr r >> and venus at the net again and a backhand voluntarily winner. and the second set and venus in a little trouble. still up 5-4. the forehand from williams, just too much. venus the two-time defending champion and now in the fourth round. somehow winning 29 straight sets at wimbledon. >> still to come on "espnews," more tennis, american andy roddick meeting up with one of his friends on the grass. how he was able to withstand tense moves to move on. and manny ramirez in the first and manny ramirez in the first a.b. hits a home run. - ( cheerful tune playing ) - learned how to change my own oil. think i did something wrong! but you know how pricey these german cars are to maintain. right? max: actually, volkswagen has no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. even the cc. ( chuckles ) ...no charge. even on the cc. bus: you know what they say about the best things in life, amigo. that's awesome... for volkswagen owne

and number three venus williams taking on carla suarez navarro and venus doing what she does at wimbledonst dominating. the first set up 2-0 and the overhead. watch out. and venus just cruising. williams at 4-0. and again at the net reaching for the backhand valley winner. and venus takes the first. 6-0. and the second set venus a little trouble, still up 5-4. and the trouble is gone. venus is the two-time defending champion and now in the fourth round with a 29 straight sets winning streak at wimbledon. >> yeah, absolutely. i was really enjoying myself out there. i was able to work on moving forward against a very fast and competitive player. she strikes the ball so well, so i was happy to close it out. >> it has been a really positive first week for you, hasn't it? >> it has. i enjoyed it so much, the singles and the doubles, of course. when you are winning at wimbledon, there is not anything much better than that. >> and other lady's single actions, >> other lady anticipates and dinara safina the runner-up in the last two grand slams reached the fourth round of wimbledon the first time