little tapper nick johnson.o the bag. >> rob: if you're jim tracy, this game could go awhile. >> bob: true. >> rob: so i can't burn a lot of guys coming out of the bull pen this early in the ballgame. >> bob: get all the latest nats news, offers, discounts on facebook. join the fan page you could add teddy roosevelt as your friend. natstown .mbl. >> rob: i followed teddy. >> bob: what you just brought up is a total difference the way don baylor used to manage in this ballpark. if it was a game where there were runs scored early he would pinch hit for his pitcher in the 3rd, 4th, 5th inning. so many boppers on that team he just wanted to score as many runs as he could, get ahead of you and then turn it over to his bull pen. i remember he had a guy here on his bench who played for the expos. his name was john vanderwal. when he played in this ballpark was one of the most dangerous pinch hitters in the league and don baylor would go to his bench early and often when he managed this club. this was his philosophy on

he's not going to walk nick johnson. he'll strike him out. nick is 1-25 last. johnny and ray in the studio tonight with "nats xtra" presented by verizon fios. craig stammen's outing, i'm sure ray having some of the thoughts that rob is having about the third time through the order. adam dunn, home run 298 tonight. early ballgame. by the way, "nats xtra" at 11. 30. the ballgame is at 12:10. zimmerman, 2-3, two runs scored tonight. >> rob: that's some cheese at the knees. he'll have to hit some line drive shots in the gap. >> bob: yeah, other side. >> rob: yeah, right center. he's been all over the ball down here. >> bob: that ball hanley ramirez hit is one of the best swings i've ever seen a right- hander take in this ballpark to the right part of this place. derrek lee turned his career around here when bill robinson be the -- robinson, the former marlins pitching coach and late bill robinson got ahold of him and told him, you're strong enough. you don't have to avoid right center field even in a ballpark like this. derrek lee became one of the best hitters in

when someone calls the gm mr.. >> rob: i like him already. >> bob: nick johnson will dump one down. >> rob: nick at-bat. >> bob: he was 1-for-his last 26. >> rob: he'll take it. >> bob: the other thing, how about nyjer morgan, i'm a 33rd rounder and i'm not supposed to be here. he was drafted out of walla walla college out of washington. he stole 190 bases in four years in the minor leagues. stole 44 at aaa indianapolis last year. some time with the pirate, only 58 games, he stole 9 bases during that time. this guy has swiped 53 bags last year. ryan zimmerman bats now. struck out swinging first time up on a 2-2 slider away. the nats need keep on pecking away and get more runs. they found out in this house of horrors, they never have a big enough lead. it's a new month. still a lot of turning of the page in baseball, don't you? >> rob: when charlie mccarthy changed that play when hanley ramirez hit the ball to ryan zimmerman. it is a hit with a error allowing that single to score. ryan zimmerman gets an error taken off the docket. >> bob: hanley ramirez lining out today is 6-of-09 in t

nick johnson to his right and he will deflect it. it is a base hit for cabrera. n hernandez, would have been able to reach the ball and nick gave it a good effort and the padres have a base runner. >> rob: we will give you the scouting report. good-bye to the shut out streak. 458 game drought for the nationals pitching staff. last outing complete game shut out ended that. ground ball outs in july and 11.7 is the average ground ball outs per start. >> bob: that is a lot. it is a swing and tip. he has to face cabrera and he had a really big lead on the first pitch. foul tipped by will venable. cabrera, 10 for 11 steals and including one in the series. couple of significant players not in their team's line ups today. adrian gonzalez gets the day off. day game after a long night and morgan has a slight tweak of a hamstring and the naves will hold him out today and willie harris. we will set the defense for you in a moment. lead not as long on 1-1 pitch. bounce and foul. how about john lannan's last time out against the mets in the 4-0 win. no walks. only one strikeout

nick johnson; and we are going to the bottom of the ninth. for the nats.nd it as 2-2 game. across the country every day. pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares stay low. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com.  . >> we will be coming along wi you in just a couple of minutes. there is the line score. it as tie ball game as we go to the bottom of the ninth, ray. >> the closer sometimes try to get it over too early. there is the ball 79 miles an hour and right down the middle the play. and can't stop pitching because you get two outs. they don't mean to do it and you have to put a little bit more of calmness in the effort instead of that. and it happens. and happens to us more often than other people. >> see if they can get it out and we will go back upstairs to bob and ron. >> bob: they might come with the closer heath bell. but it comes to mike adams, their set up guy. and hurricane pitched that many in

you like it when it's our guy nick johnson laying out for balls. play, but also helps if you have an athletic craig stammen consistently getting over in time to get to first base. >> he got all three putouts. >> bob: iannetta flied to right first time. and stammen misses up. hard to do tonight. chris iannetta pretty much took over at the rockies front line catcher last year. he hit .264, and 42 of his 86 hits went for extra bases. he did not make an error behind the plate last year, and only arizona's kris snider and detroits brandon innge could make that claim as catchers. he's been very reliable. >> rob: all right. wait a second, though, i have to check that. brandon inge -- wasn't evan rodriquez playing catcher last year? >> inge played some games. >> rob: there is torrealba. >> bob: one of johnny holiday's favorite names by the way. >> rob: what, yorvit torrealba? >> bob: yeah. >> rob: yorvit. >> bob: good to see yorvit torrealba back after that kidnapping ran some situation severely affected his family. my gosh has he had things on his mind th

so, nick johnson, joe beimel gone today. traded down to the florida marlins and joe beimel to the colorado rockies all for minor league prospects. let's take a look at our stay in the game hold of the day, silver fox, brought to you by just for men hair color. joe beimel is the nats season holds leader as of now this year with 10. julian tavarez, five. kip wells had five. hinckley had four and garrett mock had four. just as those relievers with the nationals kept them in the game, you too can stay in the game with just for men hair color. we'll take a break and roll on a-- along with more of the "nats xtra" before the nats take on the pirates in pittsburgh. we'll talk with john lannan in just a minute. so when you said you bring fiber optic all the way to the home, you meant... we bring fiber optic all the way to the home. um... which gives you more bandwidth than cable. so you can upload faster. so it's like comparing a horse and buggy to a sports car. am i the, uh, horse? (announcer) it's a whole new internet. makes upload

they got a good guy in nick johnson. he's going down there to florida. he's going to play great first base. he can hit anywhere in the order. great on-base percentage guy. there you see the last of the expos. so, he goes down to florida and fredi gonzalez will be very happy about that. he plays great defense, good contact guy, crushes lefties. sad to see nick go, but we were going to lose him at the end of the year anyway. >> bob: an unusual situation as the last expo at the major league level is gone, but here is the future and future injury is now the way lannan slanl pitching. >> rob: john lannan has been fantastic n his last 10 starts, nationals have won seven of those. in 50% of those, he's gone eight or nine innings. he's been very consistent that. record not reflective of how great he's been. he's a team leader. he's an ace. he's great even though he's only 24 years old. a lost team lookses -- looking for aces. nationals have theirs in john lannan. >> bob: a lot of hugs and congratulations the way john has been pitching lately. at home, on the roa

  a bouncer that will turn ni johnson around, race to the bag, mock gets there and a good play by nickthe padres do not score, top of the second, johnson, willingham and bard coming right up. ♪ (tucci) count on the nation's fastest 3g network. at&t we decide to turn in early. we just know. announcer: finding the moment that's right for you both can take some time. that's why cialis gives men with erectile dysfunction options: 36-hour cialis or cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. don't drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. to avoid long term injury seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than 4 hours. if you have any sudden decrease or loss in hearing or

nick johnson. this might tell us if they have something big brewing in the 3rd inning of a scoreless game. willie walks again. he gave him a strike call and not with the breaking ball. >> rob: tries the back door slider. doesn't get it. here is one of the situations where the nats have a chance to take command of the game with one big hit. and go out couple of games and looking a little better in that department. >> rob: we have a new contender for the human rain delay here with gaudin. working so slow. >> bob: the brewers signed one. jesus coelome and signed -- colome. and good luck to the brewers watching that act. great stuff but man. slow worker. >> bob: well, you were talking about this on your radio show. and i eavesdrop because i learn thing it is while listening to you. there a difference between stuff and command. >> rob: yes, on top of that, tempo. we talk a lot about tempo. keeps your defense in the game. i played with one the best with tom browning. grab the ball and when he caught it,

and cristian guzman, it will take a nick johnson hit like the one he had first time to get the nats aun closer. nick is now batting .304. and a bouncer, alfonso keeps it in front. . >> rob: well it's also important right here for guzman because good fastball hitter at the plate, probably going to try to work him with as many breaking balls as possible, if that ball gets behind alfonso you have to get a good enough lead where you can score easily. . >> bob: there is a fastball but he gets on 2-0. plapap and i think there are way too many base runners who don't pay enough attention to where the third baseman is. guzman right now, if he wanted to, could be about 15 feet further down the line. >> rob: without a doubt. >> bob: if the pitcher steps off, so what, you've distracted him. >> rob: kouzmanoff is about 15 feet from the bag, you should be at least 15 feet off the bag. >> bob: kouzmanoff probably 20 to 25 feet at an angle. >> rob: he should be way, way down there, with the pitch. . >> bob: three balls in, a strike to nick. he'll take it. ball four. and the nats have runners at the c

nick johnson takes one up and in and now it will probably be leo nunez against ryan zimmerman. so nick on base again flashing his selective. ryan is on right now, 0-for-4 but he is hitting left handers better than right handers. >> rob: and you also have adam dunn coming up. we if i person nunez, we could go extra innings. >> bob: i amer man .333 against right -- zimmerman .333 against right hander this is year and nowhere near .300 against lefties. >> rob: that explain why ryan is .200 at home and .325 on the road. >> bob: nasty breaking ball from the lefty. generous call. >> rob: very generous. >> bob: for a pitcher who just walked two of the last three hitters. >> rob: i'm sure he had rapuano is seeing the clouds coming in from filed that are black. >> bob: he needs to worry about balls and strikes and not clouds and precipitation. let the crew chief worry about that. that's tim welke at third. 1-1 to ryan. 3-3 ballgame, top of the 8th. nats trying to salvage one here on getaway day and beat the marlins for the first time this year. give these guys something to think about un

nick job johnson a back hand catch. nicely done by the man they call slick. martin puts another zero on the board. it made a big splash with the employees yeaaaahhhh! find out more at aflac!... ...forbusiness.com (laughter)  >> bob: geico president's r 40th anniversary of the lunar landing. and evidently teddy thought he was going astronaut on us. the problem is he took only one or two small steps for man kind. >> rob: should have taken one giant leap for man kind. >> bob: does he have any idea where he is going? . >> rob: i don't think so. i don't remember the astronauts having tin foil on their helmets, do you? >> bob: in some of those cheesy movies they did. you know where the rocket you can see the strings holding the rocket as it goes across the strene. >> rob: absolutely. those are -- across the screen? >> rob: absolutely. those are fabulous. yeah, the one with leslie kneel son, and there's some kind of monster but you couldn't see him, and he went to the forbidden planet. this big monster's like you know, walking through their force field and stu

nick johnson 0 for 2 with a pair of strikeouts around a walk. nick sitting on 40 rbi's. the nats have pounded out nine runs on 11 hits. 8 rbi's by the three and four hitters.   >> rob: joe thatcher getting loose. >> bob: and nick will take a strike on 3-0. >> rob: you're getting your only lefty up when you had two lefties in a row right there. a little late. >> bob: this might be a matter of lab work the rest of the night for the pitching staff. maybe he wants it see if his lefty can get any right-handers out. by the way, happy sunday morning to you, rob. >> rob: top of the morning to you, too, bobby. >> bob: good baseball man right there, bud black. as rob said, he passed up some opportunities to go elsewhere. bud black after seven years with a pitching coach with mike scioscia, slid right in to san diego. nick johnson is gone for the third time tonight. >> rob: they've done a great job, top of the order, bob, one through four, 10 for 14, two homers, nine runs scored. driven in, excuse me. >> bob: there's an interesting fact about bud black th

just like nick johnson did.are gone in the bottom of the 1est and the -- bottom of the 1st and the mets lead 2- 0. speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares stay low. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 including who i trust to look after my money." tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 "the dust might be settling... tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 that's great, but i'm not." tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 "i guess i'm just done with doing nothing, you know?" tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 "oh, i'm not thinking about moving my money. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i am moving it."  >> reporter: welcome back t nationals mark. the mets on top 2-0 in the top of the 2nd. j.d. martin on the hill for the nationals making his major league debut, and he has such a large clan of fans. his number one fan sitting right next to me his dad john. what a thrill is this for you and your family? >> it certainly is a thri

nick johnson needs to deliver a two-out hit.ped one into right field. 1-for-2 and is 2 for his last 27. but a big spot for nick to put the nationals back on top. they are underway with tampa bay at toronto. zimmerman at third and harris at second. that a.l. east is interesting. tampa bay is now only four how the. nick johnson will hate two- hopper right to dan uggla. nats need to win a ballgame in this ballpark. they are not helping themselves right now. 2-1 score.

i thought it hit ramirez but nick johnson, watch him stay in here. beautiful job.that was a beautiful job. >> bob: that's a pitch safer. bases empty, two outs and here is uggla. zimmerman, if this is it, can just go pedal to the metal and go with it. 1 ball, 1 strike. dan uggla 0-for-2 today and 1- for-8 in the series. he will foul it straight back. >> rob: he is now a little bit tired. a little bit laxed -- relaxed. he is now at 95 -- 97. >> bob: he is young. >> rob: he is vibrant. >> bob: uggla's bat went 90 feet and the ball went into left field. >> rob: that might be it, though. young lefty, sean burnett up. >> bob: nowhere near the spot in your line-up where you have to make the double switch. manny can choose to go with him now. >> rob: looks like they are doing it. >> bob: there may be another element, how do you deal with a ballpark like this because you play these guys nine times down here every year and if he is going to be with our ball club for a while, he is going to be pitching here from time to time. >> rob: you have to suck it up some days. >> bob:

nick johnson on next. top two hitters, 0-6 tonight. >> rob: that's a nice, running fastball. 93 on the two-seamer. >> bob: sixth inning in atlanta now. braves, three. phillies, two. they're having a good battle. it's 3-2 here. -- 3-2 here. >> bob: guzman, can't reach that pitch away. he is struggling. we go to the bottom of the sixth. that will be it for leroux. they'll pinch-hit for him in the top of the order. ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in-rebate. only from at&t.  >> debbi: welcome back to where craig stammen and the nats have a 5-1 lead over the marlins. now, nats newest acquisition nyjer morgan is somebody that is speedy, he's alet athletic and manny acta -- he's athletic and manny acta can't wait to write his name in the lineup. >> he's going to improve our defense back there and give us speed we don't have. heck, we have about 23 stolen bases as a team. this guy has 18 alone. so, it's going to help,

a 3-0 to nick johnson on the outside edge.nteresting as we get to the end of july here. >> rob: i said this yesterday. mets winning they keep themselves alive. they are about five back. >> bob: six teams within four games. >> rob: it will be interesting to see who does something. who goes out and gets help. braves don't need pitching they need hitting. astros have good offense. >> bob: the brewers pitching is going to have to be better. >> rob: marlins have good pitching. >> bob: they are five out in that race. a lot of ball clubs involved. that is what baseball's looking for with the wild card. >> rob: giants definitely need thumpers in the middle of that lineup. number one if pitching from the national league. a good at bat from nick johnson breaking ball low. first and second. one out. at dam done coming up. get your red on and come on out tuesday the nats will be home on august fourth to start a new homestand. you know you are getting a free nats fan t-shirt for the first 10,000 fans to enter the gates. 888-632-6287. or na

nick johnson is tracking it. anderson hernandez following. no one has got it. ouch.keeps the inning alive. astros would tie the game. top nine. game tied at 5. niger morgan. and going to test his arm. puj rodriguez. great scoop, tag. harris out at the plate. bottom nine. game tied at 5. i will pause for dramatic effect. there it is. facing jeff blum, the hero. walk off to right. that's it. nats lose it. and you now have the microphone. >> well, we blew another one. our blpen let us down again. our top two guys. but overall. i feel good. guys played hard. we battled back. and up until then. just -- you know, here and there. they're going to fail again. i think the guys have played hard the whole time. the numbers are there. i mean -- take it away. you know, the way we have pitched and the way we have played defense. and we're fine. i don't think that is a complaint here. not from my side. >> always staying positive. in san francisco, last night, giants' pitcher, jonathan sanchez delivered a treat. the lefty threw the first no hitter of the season. what's remarkable ab

here is jorge cantu who popped up to nick johnson first time up. stammen got ahead of him and overmatched him with a nice breaking ball loewer low and away. count is even, 1-1. phillies in atlanta now tied 1-1 bottom of the fourth up in georgia. >> rob: i am blown way by thatstatisticment one home run his last 187 at-bats. you said last night you would think he'd run into at least a few. >> bob: yeah. >> rob: run into a couple especially at this ballpark. 330 four-foot wall in left field down in the corner you think at least one or two of those down in there. >> bob: on further investigation, atlanta scheduled to throw qualm tonight according -- kawakami according to my source. derek lowe is pitching there tonight, phillies-braves. cantu way out ahead. this guy hit -- look at willie harris. now he's the ball boy. willie probably wants to be wired tomorrow with olsen. >> rob: he's right next to mr. happy, ronnie belliard. smile for us, ronnie. >> bob: that's fair. cantu will hook it down the line. needs to retrieve it and get it to third base. it ge

nick johnson struck out first time up. >> rob: come on, nick, get you a fastball right here and justt and drive it out of here. >> bob: adam dunn now has 69 rbi's all of a sudden on his club record 25th homer by a left-hander. the inning is really falling apart for the padres as he walks another. he's walked three men here with two outs. well, was it worth the wait? as mike ekstrom gets up. you know what is nice about this. the fans that are still in the ballpark, they've been rewarded here. ninth nat to bat is josh willingham. he was expecting first pitch fastball. >> rob: it's pitch number 40. i think we've had two pitchers against us, one was santana of the mets, 41 pitches in an inning. tyler may get just a few more tosses in as he's been sitting around waiting. >> bob: he's already thrown a couple of innings out there. willingham flied to left first time up ending the bottom of the first. that's a nasty breaking ball. this kid has good stuff. i'm not sure what to -- he's not sure what to do with it right now. >> rob: we've still got a lot of ballgame to play, too. this reminds m

nick johnson and ronnie belliard, and belliard's going to take it. two outs here in the sixth.esented by tickets.com for the first 10,000 fans through the gates when the nats play the marlins. we have nationals fans all over the country. i just got an email from the pacific northwest from some former washingtonians who live out there. and said they enjoyed coming home at 8:30 on a saturday night an got to see the nationals play. on the satellite. our old friends erica and matt skelton out there who just got married. our best to them and a 7-0 nats lead here. chase headley, ground ball and a fly out. so rob dibble, you've spent one day and nine hours of your life this year with me sitting through rain delays. >> rob: i wasn't always with you. i visit the concession stand. >> bob: it's why we're still speaking. >> rob: i had some ice cream tonight and a pretzel, please, start playing baseball, you're going to ruin my diet. the food here is delicious. >> bob: coming out in the fall a. new movie. the announcer who ate nationals park.   >> bob: the big

so what's nick johnson tonight?0-3 with a fly out in the 5th. >> bob: how about nick johnson, 1-4? [ cheers and applause ] . >> rob: we'll take it. >> bob: the tying run is coming to the batter's box. in adam dunn. this could get interesting very quickly. >> rob: nick johnson takes that left-handed feliciano pitch to left field. nick continues to feast on left- handed pitching. >> bob: adam dunn is 1-3 tonight. sean green, they have some good arms in their bullpen. green, bobby parnell, brian stokes. the former national tim redding is in their rotation no longer and is considered a bullpen guy. probably middle innings long guy. nobody out. they can't shift because of the runners. enhancing dunn's chance of a hit. taking one away there is [ cheers and applause ] >> bob: how about that? a three-6-1 double play by the mets, and daniel murphy made a very good play. belliard to third with two outs, and that is a rally killer. can't play it any better than the mets just did. >> rob: well, you know, talk about situational

a bouncer, nick johnson, a one hopper, two outs.l be last night's home run hero, luis rodriguez. yikes. and it's not an official ballgame yet. it's a little early for that. too bad we didn't start this baby at 6:00. a lot of major league teams are doing that with their saturday games, at least until the network games get on. now you've got that broadcast window, and you can't do that if you want to televise your games. remember when we were in tampa, we couldn't televise the first hour of the game at 6:00. luis rodriguez hitting .203. the catcher jose lobaton next. it's low and away, 3-0. time for j.d. martin to keep his focus and go after this guy. and try to get his fifth consecutive hitter. four pitch walk. how many times have we seen that this year after two outs. >> rob: more times than i care to count. >> bob: next up is 24-year-old switch hitting catcher jose lobaton. signed with the padres at the age of 17 back in 02. been in the minor leagues for seven-plus years. but here he is at the major league level sharing the catchin

nick johnson was already on base and adam dunn followed that with a double. badenhop started last year. he is the pitcher of record right now for them. a possible win for him since johnson only pitches into the 4th inning. that time ryan identifies the breaking ball. >> rob: they are going inside way, away to him. you have to take that pitch. you can't step into the bucket and pull it. a little fastball away. this has to be the book on zim right now. he is smoking the ball. still has to work it fast. >> bob: there is a hanging breaking ball but he hit it off the end of the bat. >> rob: just missed it. >> bob: you see that pitch, you think it's going out of here. three in a row for badenhop since coming in in the 4th and adam dunn is next. >> rob: badenhop got away with one there. baker wanted it down and in. ryan knew he missed it. end of the bat. we talked about that homeruns, outs, just fraction on the bat. i think ryan has turned the corner as far as the slump. >> bob: adam dunn having a good series. he is 4-for-10 with three extra base hits. >> rob: i mean

the washington nationals traded their first baseman, nick johnson.n exchange, they get some pitching help. and, the big day tomorrow at redskin park. they will put on the pad into some hitting. practiced art britain early. you can come out here. practice starts at 8:30. back to you in the studio. >> we will take a rain check, but thank you. >>> does the pope and the guns ? there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffepizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. >>> we have breaking news from the ntsb. the board has released preliminary information about a deadly helicopter crash last week. the pilot and three passengers died when it went down last thursday night. ntsb investi

nick johnson, fly ball to right. hunter pence has a beat on it. it goes off the glove.osh willingham cranks the first of two of the night. adam dunn makes up for the blunder. all three homers in the houston area with career homer 301. the first since the expos in 1987. 3-2. >> unbelievable, inexcusable. he knows it. those bags, they have not moved in a hundred years. i kind of see guys shortstep and miss it. but he just flat out went over it like nothing. we knew somebody had to see it. >> camden yards, os, bottom 12. tied at 3. melvin mora, hadn't homered since may. put itto an end. baltimore now 6-0. we are just warming up on this edition of geico sportsextra. yes, the season is still three and a half months's way but now is where the young guns continue to include. we'll tell y how one is preparing to use the summer league to get more playing time in the season. that's coming up. >>> two weeks ago, the wizards had a chance to draft blair in the second round. the wiz chose not to draft him because of the development of mcgee. just 237 pounds on his frame in the rookie

this way, lay it off, and then take any of the rollover out of their swing. >> we talk about nick johnson's power from the losed of the plate. in the 4th inning of this paul game tonight, it was all nick all of the time, three consecutive outs from nick johnson in that fourth inning. >> rob: well, the threw and leather there, and stammen got over there, but great job as he rains to his left. another field that's real quick, the ball jumps there. i can't tell you, it's like hitting a golf ball, the ball getting through the infield so quickly in this ballpark. not just in the air, but it gets through there. this is a tremendous play. this ball is hooking. he's playing him straight away, make this play, gets himself up, never panics. that's a highlight real. that should be number one on one of those height channelles plays tonight. and then a live drive. but watch how he gathers him. not in a hurry. knows he's out. no panic, just -- but watch right here, you san see, he doesn't get himself in a hurry. little feed to second, and see you later, tulowitzki. >> in the 7th and 8th inning, the natio

nick johnson scores. guess what, the nationals are on top and at some insurance. game, 5-3. >>> all american, all-at williams de, at wimbledon, venus taking on this arena. serena williams takes the first set. from there, here is match point with venus serving. serena williams wins her third wimbledon title, 7-6. >>> a california man is relishing his role as the new world champion hotbox either. joey chestnut scarfed down a record six hotdogs in 10 minutes to win the annual hot dog eating contest at coney island. he beat the six-time titleholder takeru kobayashi. what an accomplishment. >>> 10 minutes later? >> we do not want to know. >> nice weather for the fireworks, temperatures in the 70's. tomorrow, not as pretty, but we will take it. >> thank you for being with us tonight. we will be back at 11:00. - ♪ no me another meatloaf ♪ - ♪ forget the mac and cheese ♪ - ♪ oh no ♪ i want some fun piled on a bun ♪ ♪ i want a manwich, please... ♪ make tonight a manwich night. - ♪ i want a manwich, please ♪ - ♪ ahh-ahh-ahh. ♪ you don't have to be a witch either, it's true

the bottom two, nick johnson and 0 for 4, washington. the lookingood. zimmerman with a 14 lead, that lead in the baseball. both gone. courtesy's former net, alfonso soriano, the 3-run homer and taking the lead for good, making it 9 losses the last 10 games for the nats and 38 games under 500. >> good things happen to good people and good things happening to them. i don't know if it's tomorrow or three days, four or five. who knows. maybe next week. we're going to try to make it happen it's going to happen. nobody better quit. >> after watching jim thome last night, in chicago against the white sox. 1-0 in the fifth and destroyed the pitch. giving the white sox lead for good and mark burly lost one of the last 20. >>> we're getting warm on this edition of geico sports extra. find out if united can crack the win column. >>> also ahead. [ indiscernible ] >> the kid with the fro, mike davis and maybe he's next in line for the nfl. we'll check in on the big brothers as he prepares for training camp in a few weeks. this is geico sports extra. 

nick johnson comes around and he scores. the nationals on top and they add insurance. >>> d.c.plan against the columbus crew. 33rd minute, the hatter -- the header and he scores. the game ended in a tie. >>> all-williams day at wimbledon. first set, the venus to the net. serena williams takes the first set. serena williams in control. serena williams and wins her third wimbledon title, and a good day in sports. husband: wow this is really great. wife: it's a new recipe with chicken and chi chi's salsa. cyborg: i want chicken and chi chi's.... i want chicken and chi chi's. i want chicken and chi chi's. i want chicken and chi chi's. husband: look, you don't have taste buds, ok? cyborg: i want taste buds. anncr: everyone loves chi chi's salsa. the great taste makes everything better. try new chi chi's fiesta plates microwave meals in your grocer's convenient meal section. >>> special independence day celebration at the national cathedral for the annual july 4th organ recital. the program was filled with patriotic and nostalgic music. doug mckelway emceed the event. >>> after today

nick johnson having a look. >> rob: i have fun fact for you. new marlins ballpark will have 551 toilet fixtures, 217 in the men's bathroom. >> bob: that's a relief. >> rob: ladies, all about you, 324 ladies' relief. a lot of toilets, ladies. >> bob: you can tell by the structure of the stadium, when they close the roof, it will be completely enclosed, unlike seattle where it is still open on the side. willingham at the ball and josh makes the play as he continues to figure out right field and i wonder if he hurt his back when he hit the wall. he

against the cubs in the second inning, nick johnson drives to morgan. 4-0 nationals. story on all, -- soriano, the shot made it 5-4. the bases are loaded. willingham is the batter. derek lee scoops up a first. the nationals are 0-3 unr their new manager. some of the best soccer of the season was played. united has just one loss in their last eight games. tied at 1-1 with colorado. second half, off the corner. namoff diving, the back of the net. first half of the rfk double header -- the pass. oops a daisy. missed it. cooper for the u.s. gets the penalty kick. that is the game-winners. 2-1 is the final. the u.s. will play honduras in the semifinal. there's no better way to keep the winning going band playing one of the worst teams in the lake. there were some hoops at the center. the spin move. she had 21. the mystics are up by two. the jumper. she will hit. the mystics go on to win. british open on the air tomorrow morning, 9:00 a.m. here. tom watson tees off at 9:00 today. wake up early for this. >> you have to root for watson, but marino is the local guy. >> a bad d

nick johnson walks, 3-2 pitch away. guzman to second.merman flies out, 3-2 pitch to dunn, and the big hit that i talked about willingham. and what they alluded to, the ability to hit the clutch hit. we have soon him do it several times in the last month. he hit solo homeruns. he gets those big base hits when it counts. >> bob: inside the box. >> johnny: one for willie nar ritz, cristian guzman. nieves did not and ryan zimmerman went 0-for-5. nationals had some golden opportunity, had at least one runner on every inning and just could not take advantage of it. >> ray: i'm going to us a word for manny. frustrated. you get these guys there. guzman chops one to first after the harris single. johnson then gets sawed off. we left 13 runs on bases. zimmerman swings at a bad slider away. then 2nd inning. guzman swings at a bad ball, slider down. 32nd inning, second, third, one out. single by zim, double. hernandez gets a pretty good ball to hit, just hits it on the ground there. then in the 4th. guzman grounds to 1st on the very first pitch, joh

first baseman nick johnson has been with this organization since 2004 and he was traded to the floridar and former first round pick aaron thompson. the 30-year-old johnson batted 295 this season with six homers and 44 rbis and with the nats. nats also shipped out this guy, left-handed reliever to the colorado rockies. in return, the nationals get two pitching prospects. tonight this team begins a four-game series in pittsburgh against the pirates. >>> moving now to golf. the buick open. tiger woods almost didn't have it in him but as he always does, he came back with an incredible round. let me take you back out to the golf course. tiger woods began this afternoon on the back nine. here he is on 11. his tee shot from 180 yards away. and when you say this is good, this is a good one. this shot lands on the green and stop ad few feet from the hole. tiger would birdin of eight birdies in the round for tiger woods. on 12, his second shot from just off the green, chipping on and takes land and bounces right into the cup. that would be for an eagle. talk about luck. tiger had the best round

nick johnson up and he drives one deep to right. hunter pence has a beat on it. leaps at the wall.all, check it out. goes off of his glove and into the stands for a home run. yeah. nick's sixth homer of the year. josh willingham at the plate, sends a shot into left. that gets out in a hurry. willingham hit two homers in the game. very next batter, adam dunn. liftoff. makes up for his mistake with a home run to left. back to back to back homers for the nationals. it's the first time that's happened in nats' history. then the seventh, nationals do it on defense. tejada lines one into center. nyjer morgan dives makes a snag. the nats pound out a season high 13 runs on 21 hits and win big, 13-2. >> it was nice just to get all the runs for us to have an easy one for a change, and you know, the fact that those guys put together those good at-bats it's great. it was also nice that willingham snapped out of that 11 solo homer that he had. that was a good moment for him too. >> o's hosting the jays. game tied at three. moore at the plate. melvin mora is thehero. hits a walkoff home run to r

nick johnson has got a man on. base hit, back up the middle.uld be enough to score niger morgan. the nationals take a 4-0 lead just like that. johnson wt 3 for 4 with one rbi. top of the sixth. jordan zimmerman to milton bradley, strikes him out. look at that. bradley breaks his bat he's so mad. alfonso soriano swats it high and deep to right. that would be the damage, a three-run home run. his first homer in 133 plate appearances. the cubs take a 5-4 lead because of the former national. bottom of the eighth now. the nashlz trail, 6-5. josh willingham at the plate. two outs, bases loaded. ramirez comes up with it. derrek lee with that amazing grab. the cubs beat the nats, 6-5. the nationals 0-3 in the jim riggleman era. >> good things happen to good people. i don't know if it's going to be tomorrow or three days from now, four, five. maybe it's next week. we're going to try to make it happen tomorrow. we thought we were going to make it happen tonight and it's going to happen. and you know, i'm not going to quit, and nobody in there better quit

nick johnson who didn't have any problems with the practice saying, there is a lot of work that we needo do here in the second half. >> comes down to us going out there and executing and first half we didn't get it done. so we need to pick it up and pick up the ball for the pitchers and score some more runs. >> hockey now. caps resigning a few players to one-year deals. defenseman sean morrison. forward eric fehr. career high in points with 25. chris bourque. spent much of the year in hershey. >>> ravens lock up a linebacker to six-year, $63 million contract. makes him the highest paid linebacker in nfl history. he had been the team's franchise player designee the last couple years. >>> british open beginning tomorrow and with the time difference you'll have to get up around 7:00 a.m. to watch it live. press continuing today. tiger woods making his last- minute preparations trying to win a major for the first time since returning from knee surgery. he is fresh off the win at at&t here a couple of weeks ago, of course. phil mickelson won't be there. he is with his wife. >>> padraig harri

the basises back up the middle, nick johnson scores. ripe zimmerman is coming behind him.afe. nats -- vine zimmerman is coming behind him. ryan is safe but that -- ryan zimmerman school in behind him. ryan is safe but that is now off the wall and bourn can fly, gets all the way to third beating the throw. he'd later score. astros from all the way back and defeat the nats 9-4. >>> redskins defensive tackle albert haynesworth pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge in tennessee this morning. e received three months probation, will make a $5,000 contribution to charity and attend driving school. he's also required to perform 25 hours of community service. >>> jason campbell is planning on providing a different type of community service this year, the kind that gets the burgundy and gold in the end zone and in the playoffs. campbell has had a full offseason of drawl, quarterback drafting rumors and trade speculation -- of drama, quarterback drafting rumors and trade speculation. what's he going to do? >> the last couple weeks i've just been training, working out, put m

and then nick johnson, the tying run at the 8th inning. so in the 9th, trying to keep it close, down 4-1. i've got it. i don't have it. and another error. two more on the night. and sadly the nats begin with 56-2 loss to the cub -- with a 6-2 loss to the cubs but the new man at the helm says things will improve. i feel good about the ball club. i know -- with our record that's not maybe what some fans want to hear but i feel like we're going to turn this thing around. those guys in that other room are going to be the reason because i know they care and they're going to -- you know, they're going to get it done. >> today at turnberry in scotland the open as they say over there began. what a start for an american who won on this very course just 32 years ago. people, you can't make this stuff up. but we begin with another former open champion, john daly. those are interesting pants. it an interesting shot on the par five 7 for double eagle. hits the flagstick. he settled for egg ale, -- for eagle. not a good start for tiger woods. this for p

nick johnson was back. zimmerman was back. adam dunn came aboard. it never seemed to materialize for this ball club. they struggled coming out of the gate. worst in the league in pitching. worst in the league in defense hitting. bottom quarter of the national league. today the team announcing jim as the interim boss after firing acta late sunday night, early sunday morning. and he addressed the media for the first time today. >> the manager, his impact is in the clubhouse behind the scenes creating an atmosphere where players can succeed. it's more of the atmosphere they create. >> after all, again not his first rodeo, he had been this way before, the manager of three previous teams. the cubs, padres, and mariners. he is also a local guy, too. he went to high school in rockville. he attended frostburg state. he is a local guy and happy to be back in this area now as the interim manager. talking about putting your stamp on the team immediately. he is holding a practice today and while that is not totally unusual, teams sometimes take the day off betw

and nick johnson, look at that. talk about a good play. gets up. tosses it to first to get him out.another look at this. johnson diving. rolling over. making the perfect flip to get up. stammen and gets the out. great play. top of the seventh inning. rockies up 1-0. jason marquis. unbelievable game. bases loaded jam. ronnie bell yard grounds out to short. the rockies are able to turn the double play. belliard just out at first. nationals blow an opportunity and lose 1-0. here is manny acta after the game. >> less than two outs but couldn't get it done. give decreed to it my kids. pitch a tremendous game and those types of situation, made good pitches, too. our guys -- recently talked about that. but, you know, marquis just -- was outstanding today. >> to seattle, mariners hosting the orioles. br bottom of the first inning. branyan fires the shot to left center field. look at that. goes back. it is a solo home run. branyan's st homer of the year. with that, we go to the top of the ninth. washburn here. pitching an absolute gem. strikes out. washburn throws a one-hitter. mariners shut

nick johnson at the plate. playing well lately. singles to center. josh willingham comes around to score. johnson batting .295 on the season. on the trading block. trading deadline coming up. nationals up 1-0, sixth inning. nationals leading 4-3. zimmerman up the gut as well. christian guzman comes around to score. nationals take a 5-3 lead. fast forward top of the sixth. tyler clifford pitching for the nationals. he did not pitch well. casey mcgee takes it to deep left center field. and that is gonzo, a two-run home run. that's the difference. bernie brewer down the slide. the brewers take thelead. go on and snap the nationals winning streak, 7-5, the final. nationals and the brewers. os/royals. bottom of the first. adam jones, the dish. adam is having a phenomenal year. launches one to left center field. and that is out of the park. his 17th home run of the season. and the os take the lead. 7th inning. game tied at 3. lines one few right center field. two runs coming in to score. three rbi in the ninth. os go on to win. 7-3. all right. folks. you k

nick johnson at the top of the 6th launching a solo shot to right. josh willingham. adam dunn. center. back-to-back-to-back home runs for the nationals. first time they did that in nats history. 11-2 in the 7th. willingham going yards. two-run blast this time. nats up 13-2. 21 hits for washington. bottom of the 9th. going the distance. fielder's choice. first career complete game. nationals blast the astros 13- 2. >> it was nice just to get all the runs for us just to have an easy one to change. the fact that those guys put together the bats is great. >> the good news would continue for area teams. blue jays and orioles tied at 3 in the 12th. melvin mora saying it has gone on long enough. the orioles win 4-3. >>> well, a year ago it was jim zorn installing a new system and utilizing every spare second to get his players up to speed but those new coach nuances now fall to flip saunders who will take a mundane summer mini camp and turn it into a crash course how the wizards work. 18 players at the summer mini camp. four of who are on the roster. it is not as intense as workouts b

incredible play by nick johnson. rolling over and maintaining contro tossing for the out.ing on now, top of the seventh inning. rockies still are up 1-0. jason marquis is in a bases-loaded jam but ronnie belliard grounds out to short. rockieturn the double play. belliard just out at first. nats blow the chance. they lose 1-0. >>> to new york, the yankees against the blue jays. new outfielder eric hinske makes his debut in pin strikes. hinske making no time in making a big play. look at the diving catch. hinske also would hit a home run in the game. there you go, getting congratulations from his new teammates. the yankees here down 4-0 in the fourth. cano, one to deep left field. jose batista tracks it down, hits the wall and throws the ball back into the infield. the blue jays would double up alex rodriguez. the jays beat the yankees 7-6. >>> one face did you not see playing in tiger woods' tournament over the weekend was phil mickelson, who was taking time away from the game of golf to be with his wife amy, who is battling breast cancer. well, last week mickelson learned

the guys hike nick johnson, adam dunn, josh willingham, if the right offer came and the nats were blownmoves but i don't think he is going to actively look, these are guys who are signed for multiple year and willingham is under their control for a couple more years and played quite well. i don't think they are going to be actively look to go move those guys. >> ray: do you think there is a possibility of trade with the plethora of young pitchers we have. >> it obviously has become a position of depth now that there is to go. i don't see them. this is what they are trying to build upon and i don't see them trying to tear that down right now. could johnny lannan help them in a pennant race, yeah, but he is too valuable to this team. they have built upon young pitching. what they need to acquire, they got to look at position players who are either major league- ready or close to major league ready, aa, aaa, they have got a lot of prospects at the single a level, they don't have a lot in the upper level, position- wise. >> johnny: mark, how much does youth and money play into the whole equ

nick johnson with play on third. johnson sends a shock to deep left center field. off of the wall. after steing second and third. the very next batter is adam dunn. the texas native getting things done here. singles up the middle. johnson who is at second was sent home. not a fast guy. michael borne comes u throwing and it's a perfect throw. john sont doesn't have a chan out at the plate. top nine. game's tied at five. niger morgan up with a man on second. morgan making things happen. base knock back up the middle. willy harris is going to test michael borne. he's the faster guy to the throw. it's good. pudge makes a better play. scoops it tags harris, he's out. phenomenal play by pudge, the future hall of famer. bottom nine now. the game still tied at five. mike mcdougal facing jeff blum with the bases loaded. blum -- the situational hitter walk-off single to right. yeah. that's it the, nats lose it. 6-5, the final. dave trembley watching the game as he begins serving a two-game suspension. brent cecil pitching for the blue jays here in the second. and that's a sign of good things

nick johnson scores. a big day for mr. dunn. the nationals win it 5-3.u are a fan like this girl, jump for joy. the black and red are hoping to leave columbus still in first place. sims shot on net, and then the ball is crossed into the box, and then it's loose. and gomez boots it in. his fourth goal of the year. however it's a 1-1 tie, and the black and red still in first place. that's your morning sports. have a great day. >>> one more day of the holiday weekend left. still a good day for a picnic. >> well, not today. cloudy and cooler than yesterday. a few light rain showers. >>> and the coverage of will bu wimbledon is next. hope you enjoy your weekend. re

. >> bob: willie harris to nick johnson. two outs. brad hawpe will be the batter. tonight's tell cast presented by authorities of washington nationals. may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form and accounts and descriptions of this game may not be disseminated without the express written consent of the washington nationals. 1-3 with an r.b.i. single back in the first for brad hawpe. bradhawpe. trying to close out the 7th inning here get the nats back in the dugout with the bottom three hitters in the order coming up. >> bob: has got a little deception in that delivery that would make it hard for a left hanker to hang in there. shawn is not a big guy either. >> rob: check the delivery out. >> bob: all right. >> rob: pauses and then throws to the top.   >> bob: breaking ball. good swing. that's what you call going out around the ball and getting the sweet spot on it. brad hawpe came in batting .349, ninth in the league. that will get troy tulowitzki to the plate here in the inning. the nationals by the way as we referenced their hitt