is scott olsen done.e warming up just in case the nats get a couple of guys aboard, but he's still two spots away. >> rob: for me he's got 78 pitches. if he labors at all, he's out. he's had a great night, great comeback start. he's the future. one of the futures of this franchise. >> bob: this guy is unhittable right now. @@ppxx our 737s fly to over 65 cities across the country every day. woman over p.a.: this is your final boarding call. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour. almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th, fly southwest airlines from bwi airport to boston logan for just $49 one-way. bags fly free on southwest so our low fares stay low. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. is my favorite because it has so much flavor. so i wanted to design a glass that would enhance the taste of boston lager. we did a laser etch on the bottom. it releases the hops aromas this bulb is for collecting aromas. there's a littl

scott olsen, 78 pitches, 56 strikes and he's retired 10 straight. so these pitchers have combined to retire the last 20 hitters. right e corner. uggla 0 for 2 with a pair of strikeouts, one looking.   >> bob: both of these pitchers great strike to ball ratios. that's just outside the bag for a foul ball. the count's 1-2. ricky nolasco 98 pitches, 66 strikes. >> rob: i don't know how much longer nolasco is going to go. >> bob: that's 67%. olsen, 72% strikes. in his six innings. they are indeed throwing buddies tonight. that off speed pitch in the dirt. this sets up well for manny, too, if olsen can get through this inning because he's due to bat second in the 8th. >> rob: most pitches for nolasco, 112 versus the cubs. >> bob: that indicates something. olsen's fastball just 89, but here in the 7th inning, a powerful right-handed batter well late for it. >> rob: those great breaking ball strikeouts. when you start throwing a great breaking ball, you're striking guys out like hanley ramirez, they know you've got some good stuff. then

olsen averaging 12 pitches per inning, his first four. brett carroll who got one of the big hits of the game. olsen and the nats were cruising along at 2-0 when carroll doubled leading off the third, that gave nolasco the chance to sacrifice. then they had three straight hits. rob: the ast at-bat, guy hit a  came akwith  fastball. very nice. oh, yeah, take something off the breaking ball. haven't seen a lot of change- ups. he's got ñ<ñúñúñúññññúñúñúñúñññ >> bob: saw him o tonight   dontrelle, a.j., dmpster, á rr?&tneó've go  0g0om rrjridpo we just ((ó,( rr> cap o on tha did here as a marlin. ground úú<iring <

scott olsen, wasn't that funny, scott olsen -- >> live television, johnny. >> don't you love it. scott olsen really did a heck of a job tonight. >> yeah, if the nationals get what they got out of scott olsen down the road on a regular basis, we're in for something special. you could not have asked other than a shut-out for much more than what he did tonight. >> and he went out there and he showed why the washington nationals traded for him. he dominated after being out for almost two months with a shoulder injury. throw a 90-mile an hour fastball, great off-speed change-up and he just mowed down the florida marlins. the bright spot is olsen. this is in the a playoff caliber team. the bullpen's had its struggles. this kid is one of the future cornerstones of the starting rotation. you saw seven innings, a couple of runs, the six hits, but more importantly it's how he feels tomorrow and how this kid played after being out for two months. you saw how rusty john smoltz was against us after being out for a year. this kid was out for basically eight of john lannan's starts. he's the ki

got a run home and it gets scott olsen up here. scott olsen can handle the bat. year, but he's a .154 career hitter. for nieves, his 12th rbi. >> rob: don't overswing right here. you just came off your rehab. you're nursing the sore wing. you don't want to do anything bad to re-injure that shoulder. >> bob: good point. >> rob: that's how andy pettitte hurt his elbow one night in houston. swung too hard. >> bob: and a fastball right down the middle. the nats get two. it starts with a blast by zimmerman. úúpx÷ñ÷÷ppúú (man) some days my 8:15 bus is just a bus, but other days, like today, it's my office. the boss just emailed me and wants the new proposal asap. no worries though, my smartphone, it's from at&t. i'm on the nation's fastest 3g network. so that proposal? delivered. (announcer) the nation's fastest 3g network. another reason why twice as many smartphone users have chosen at&t. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. only from at&t. i've never been all that great with my money. probably because i've never had much. but now that i'm making

the series opens tonight, as scott olsen makes his return to the nationals rotation against his former team. it's the nats and the marlins, in south florida, next on masn 2. >>> it is time for nationals baseball on masn. it's raining in south florida. you find that hard to believe? ray knight, johnny holliday with you. glad you're with us tonight for nats baseball. it's about time the nationals finally knocked off the florida marlins. what did they win seven straight down there in florida? >> it seems like every game we've played them, they've would be. they certainly put it on us early in the year, as we didn't pitch very well. they had their hitting shoes on early. >> you go to florida with a nice little win over the orioles yesterday. i would imagine by now that home run that adam dunn hit is almost in easton. >> yes, it is. it went on the train or the trolley, maybe in a horse and carriage. we had some great highlights yesterday. a couple of home runs. we were able to amass 12 hits. here's am add -- adam going down and getting a fastball, as we were able to add some fire power. wil

manny acta said before the game he wanted to see more of that scott olsen. he wanted him to get more first pitch strikes. scott's only win this season came april 29th at philadelphia. >> bob: in that ballgame, scott olsen went 5 2/3, struck out six and walked a couple. he went seven against the marlins at home. the nats had a late meltdown. he was up 6-3, but he left that game and the nats lost it. hanley ramirez 2 for 2 with a singular approach tonight. he's taken the ball up the middle twice, once for an rbi. >> rob: last time we saw him, he was struggling. >> bob: when you see a guy

olsen and ricky nolasco. espn news for now. hope to be back with you with baseball in 15 minutes from florida. >> welcome to espnews, helping you stay current with all the latest news, scores and highlights. will selva alongside mike yam. coming up later in this half hour, our "aircheck" segment. the crew debates u.s. soccer. right now we've got breaking news to tell you about. >> an hour and a half ago it came into the espnews room. it's bad news for the houston rockets. their center yao ming suffered the broken left foot. the injury not healing. you averaged nearly 20 points and ten rebounds in 77 games last season. he missed the last few games of their postseason series with the lakers because of a foot injury. the team physician tom clanton released a statement saying: >> baseball news. after going hitless in his first two game, manny ramirez went 2-2 with a home run in his last rehab start. the dodgers' slugger will play in his final minor league game tonight. he's expected to rejoin his teammates july 3rd when the suspens

and when you look at scott olsen, we just talked to bob and rob about the performance. the guy hasn't pitched since back in may against the phillies, when he probably shouldn't have pitched that night. >> well, i think he was hurt. he wasn't throwing with a lot of velocity. tonight he got up to 92. he'll get right to it in the second inning as he strikes out uggla. fastball away. fastball. he fouls off a slider. fastball he fouls back. then he buries him with a fastball downment took a little off of that one. third inning, he'll base hit to left field. double by carroll. nolasco sacrifice bunt, coghlan singles to right field, carroll scores. then after bonifacio triples to deep center field, ball that willie almost ran down, hanley ramirez hitting .333 coming into this game. one of the best players in all of baseball singles up the middle. nolasco k'd, replay here on the pitch track as he gets a slider down and in to ramirez, cantu chases. seven strikeouts on the night. couldn't pitch much better. glad to have you back and glad that he's healthy. >> take a look at olsen

wired wednesday tomorrow starring scott olsen. look at those two old guys sitting there, olsen and lannan. they've been around forever. ross detwiler trying to soak up some of their sage advice. here is dan uggla. second baseman hitting .223. he'll flare one to left center. he's going. out! uggla thought he would try to take an extra base against the nats. elijah dukes wasn't in the biggest hurry in the world, but he did get his major league- leading 10th outfield assist. >> rob: well, he figured that elijah dukes taking a little too much time running that ball down, but he didn't realize this guy has a rocket for an arm. i don't know. i thought he got in there. looked like he hit the bag and tagged high. >> bob: bang-bang. james hoye called him out. >> rob: you want to get that glove down in front of the bag if you're alberto gonzalez. that was throwing something like the orioles. i liked the way they were throwing the glove down on the base. that's fifth of the year. elijah dukes, right on the money. >> bob: bases empty, two out

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olsen following lannan.it would be nice to see stammen follow those two guys and throw another gem. >> bob: emilio bonifacio with a seven-game hitting streak had a bill big triple last night and a sac fly. continues to hurt the nationals while hurting few other teams in this league. batting .240 against the rest of baseball and .346 against the nats. >> rob: unbelievable. >> bob: rob, i know you wouldn't mind seeing a pitch up and in to him sometime this year. >> rob: for different reasons, but this kid is way too comfortable and way too confident against one team. you don't want him to just take in -- take that to another level where he thinks he can stand up there and take batting practice. you've got to rock him back on his heels. make him uncomfortable. make him do a little dance. >> bob: most of his hits have been on pitches away especially when he bats right-handed. elijah dukes in center field with willie harris out of the lineup. gonzalez replace hernandez. wil nieves back in there after he swung the

other than olsen who has over 100. he's really progressed into the ace of this staff. in june every start he's averaged over seven innings. kind of break down john lannan. what does he do on his side days? how's his approached change at the major league level? >> i can't say what his approach was before i got here, because i don't know what he was doing, but since he's been here when he goes out and works on stuff, very seldom do we throw off-speed pitches. we just want to locate his fastball. throws some change-ups. he's got a good breaking ball, slider and curveballs, but he'll do that and the flat groundwork they call it. now he works on that, but he just goes on and spots it. you could see when first coming up, he had such good command of that little sinker that he has. that's not overly hard, but if you can spot a nice little sinker, you know how tough it is. you were a gasser. you were probably up there saying, how does this guy get the guys out. if you can get the ball to move, it's a tough pitch to hit. he spots it well and gets some quick outs. he's determined

women when we come back, we'll talk about the great performance for scott olsen against his former ball club. (man) some days my 8:15 bus is just a bus, but other days, like today, it's my office. the boss just emailed me and wants the new proposal asap. no worries though, my smartphone, it's from at&t. i'm on the nation's fastest 3g network. so that proposal? delivered. (announcer) the nation's fastest 3g network. another reason why twice as many smartphone users have chosen at&t. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. only from at&t. >>> as the game went on, he got better and better. couldn't ask for anything better. >> started throwing my slider. that's how we got on a roll we got that pitch working. >> it's humid, and he really battled for us out there. >> and scott olsen last night against the florida marlins, he was on his game. the lefld left shoulder seemed extremely ok after the d. l. list he was on for a couple ofweeks there. retired 13-14 last batters he faced. i think he wanted to come out and throw one more against his former ball club. >> yeah, he's back

ted olsen, would you like to take us into that? >> i'd love tofment i know preemption is very much on your mind out there. >> it's a saturday more than issue. >> i'd like to say a word or two about the civil rights cases, but very briefly. >> ok. >> john roberts, chief justice roberts, in the earlier voting rights case, i think it was his first term, said something, it's a sordid business, this divvying us up by race. then in the louisville and seattle cases, he said the way to end discrimination on the base bases of rate is to stop discriminating on the bases of race. so he feels pretty strongly about that and he's got some colleagues on the court that feel pretty strongly about it, too. i have a feeling about the narrowness of the northwest austin decision, it was one of those april arguments where there isn't very much time to get everything done, they've got to be done by the end of june, the strip search case, which i guess we're going to come to later was also a late april argument, and the oral argument, the tenor of the ora

he was traded to the marlins in november as pa part of that big trade, scott olsen and willingham wentack to washington, d.c. he swings through and it is 0-2. the problem with bonifacio this year, buck, is he is outstanding on the bases, but he is having trouble getting on base. he can -- you cannot steal first. he's gown on three pitches. there is a strikeout and two away. two straight outs. let's head down stairs and say hell he once again to amber. >> hello. as buck mentioned, caesar izturis is back with the team. he lives in the miami area, so a good opportunity to come over and be evaluated. he did a little bit of running today. he also swung off of a tee, but he told me he is still feeling pretty weak from the a pen deck tom me he received on june 5. he is nervous to get in a full swing of the bat. as i said, he will be evaluated an the orioles will determine what he will do, what will be the next step. we do know he will go back up north with the team, though. jim? >> >> jim: amber, thank you very much that is the first step as you get back to the team and then the baseball-rela

. >> scott olsen is heading to syracuse. can you give us an update on his rehab process. >> his bullpens have been very good. velocity was good. last time out, i think he topped out at 92. he is throwing the ball well and feels good. he is trying to attack the zone. when i say attack, i mean be aggressive. i'm excited for him to see what comes out of it. >> speak of excitement, how thrilled are you that your son shane got drafted by the nationals today? >> i'm extremely happy. it was all they are doing nothing done by me. i never suggested, never brought it up. just watch him throw and then he came with me and came down and threw. i'm very happy. he is really excited and it is an opportunity. now it is all up to him. they are giving him a chance which i'm really grateful for. i can't tell you as a parent. i'm happy he's got the opportunity and that is up to him to go out and do well. >> and you have pitched at the big league level. what advice do you give him for getting this chance and making the best out of it? >> go out a

guys like him and martis and olsen and stammen and lannan is getting better.s, athletic, detwiler that can run the bases, can slash and do not only bunt but swing the bat once in a while and run down the first-base line like he did when the situation calls for it. so, that was impressive. he's a very good athlete. >> dunn obviously on close pitches you kind of know what to expect he's go going to take them a lot of time. that said when gets in the same situation at the end, how nice was it to turn on an 0-2 pitch and do what he had to do with it? >> very nice especially after missing the first two. he has a plan. he always has a plan. a lot of times we can hear him on the bench before he goes to the bench what he's going to try to do with certain guys whether it works every time or not, we all know that it doesn't, but he does have a plan and he goes out and there executed it. sometimes he goes in and takes a pitch that people are probably wondering why did he take that pitch? the other situation he comes in and just ambush the guy and swings at the first one

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a good young starting staff and they're going to get better and better a decision to be made with olsen. he's coming back. she going to make us better. so no question about it. we're in every ballgame. it is a matter of if we hit. i believe we'll hit. i just don't know how much we're going to hit consistently because over the last 15 games, we have had 11 of those game where is we scored three runs or less. you're not going to win scoring three runs or less. convenient the best pitchers give up four runs. so we're just going to have to be a little better in situational hitting and be a little more selective at the plate. like last night. last night, we can do that. we can do that three or four times a week and break out and explode like that. >> the catching committee by committee which is jesus flores went down, has been shared by wil nieves and josh bard and all of a sudden bard was catching yesterday. he is going to catch again tonight. the reason being he is swinging a pretty good bat. >> we have been working hard every day and i give him a lot of credit. he has been really challeng