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he's vacationing. >> bob: carlos pena leads off for the rays. detwiler 44 pitches in his first 3 inning, thanks to two very important double play balls. front door breaking, stays in. >> rob: they spotted ross a nice 4-0 lead. see what he can do with it. second time through the middle of the line up. >> bob: pena with a bunt hit first time. the shift is still on willie harris is near 3rd. another shattered bat on a line drive foul. the top of the bat lands half way between 1st and 2nd. that was last night's bunt. he ended up scoring on a home run. today that didn't work so well. moving longoria to 2nd. detwiler able to pitch out of the jam. there you see another maple bat exploding right there. >> bob: mike wallace said they're longer, thinner in the middle. you have a 35, 36-inch bat. ash is on the right. maple with the swirls on the left. it's basically the grain you see right there. the grain is going the length of the bat. on the maple, it's swirling all the way through it going around the bat. when it break, it snaps at the swirl. >> bob: 3

so now you're up to date and carlos pena hack as foul ball. begin the bottom of the fourth inning. nationals by the way have austin kearns in the line-up tonight. you might have heard by now that the nats are without josh willingham. byron kerr will have more on that shortly. a tragedy in the willingham family, and josh left the ball club this morning to go back to alabama. we'll check in with byron shortly. pena, disoab rift, burrell. that ball is going to leave the yard, way out of here. almost to the scoreboard. and pena's 20th of the year gets tampa bay on the board here. he becomes only the fifth player in the major leagues with 20 home runs. >> rob: this is going to be a 95-mile an hour fastball down and in, it's supposed to be down and away. that's what happens to those pitches when you throw them down and in to a lefty. you throw that hard, you're going to give up home runs. shake it off, come right back. attack the strike zone some more. >> bob: the rays have hit their 82nd home run, starting the day third in the american league behin

they start to fall back on their heels. >> bob: pena tried to pull an outside pitch. nick johnson will go to the bag himself. p - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. grab your bag. it's on. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. >> bob: top of the 7th, nat who led the entire time now down big. celebrate father's day at nats park. get your tickets at nationals.com. >> rob: bill parcells taught me you can't give up

detwiler quickly back to work with pena leading off. papa's in the house! how about some papa john pizza! ( cheering ) papa's got something for every taste. the meats-- loaded with 5 real meats. or our tuscan six cheese. your choice-- just $10.99 each for a large. ( chanting ) papa john's! the meats or tuscan six cheese-- $10.99 each. group shouting: better ingredients! better pizza! papa john's! whoo! >>> this is corey patterson o the washington nationals. thanks to our united states army that protects and defends orofacial everyday. >> bob: we head to the 6th with the nationals leading the rays 4-2. he worked for the salem angels back in 92. who was his manager? joe maddon, manager of the tampa bay rays. a writer was talking about him and how bad he was. maddon came by and said you are not allowed to come back us anymore this season. at the end of the season, they faced them again in the championship. they beat bedford. >> rob: nice story. pay back. that means be nice to your coaches on the way up. some day you could be working for them or against them.

longoria, pena and zobrist, as jason bergmann takes over.andy sonnanstine is really being economical with his deliveries. he hasn't even thrown 70 pitches. 69 and 50 for strikes, retiring the last 12 nats. >> rob: he has to have -- remember john burkett, jeff suppan. when you don't have overpowering stuff yet you can throw 88, 89-mile an hour fastballs and place them. throw 78-mile an hour breaking balls and some change-ups, you can be pretty nasty. last year sonnanstine was so much better, they said 21 home runs given up over almost 200 innings. shows you how dominant his stuff can be even when he doesn't break 90 miles per hour. >> bob: jason bergmann has pitched 14 innings. that ball's trouble, left center. willie harris over to cut it off. longoria is not fast. and evan longoria just collected his first base hit of this series after going 0 for 5 with a walk. so the nats have done a good job for two nights of containing this offense, but there's just very little offense to go with the good pitching so far. >> rob: jason bergmann continue

pena then homers to deep right on a fastball that was down and in. that's no-man's land for anybody. even if it is 93 miles an hour. but he comes back and gets zobrist looking. then the double play by attempted double play as we get the fielder's choice there. then pick off at second base. crawford grounds out 4-3. so we went five innings, just had 92 pitches. i'm sure the reason he was taken out was he did have a little elbow stiffness and soreness and he missed seven days. no need to push a guy that can an franchise type player in a situation like that this early in his career. >> as we look at the line there for jordan zimmermann. one run, two walks, six strikeouts, right there for strikes. good outing tonight for jordan zimmermann. the other zimmerman got the nationals on the board early. we'll talk about ryan after this. music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airpor

that's going to be over the leaping pena. the nats have the lead for the 3 3rd consecutive time in this series. they have scored early. for gonzalez, his 10th rbi. >> rob: this was a great at bat here. good outside off speed, looked like a changeup. itself actually a curveball. drives in a run. even better, it's a single. >> bob: it sounds nice when the cow bells aren't ringing. that will shut them up. the nats could do running here. unfortunately that ball is hit too well. b.j. upton there, two outs. [cheering and applause] just beyond the 2:00 hour here in the tampa bay area at tropicana field where the nats are 0-2 this weekend. bob carpenter, rob dibble, byron kerr with us. we'll fly to new york and come to you from the new yankees stadium tuesday night with martis against sabathia. >> bob: i think some of these young pitchers are going to make sure they're not in awe of the place in which they're pitching tuesday, wednesday, thursday. last time they measured it, the mound was 60 feet 6 inches too. >> bob: and hernandez w

pena will do it again inside the 3rd base bag. >> rob: he's saying, if you're going to give me that, i'll take it. we'll see what ben zobrist can do with it. let's hope ross has more -- he bunts down the 3rd baseline. there you see the break of the ball. >> bob: it's okay. 20 home run, you want to bunt, go right ahead. two out. >> bob: detwiler, first pitch strike, 85 on the straight change. as we mentioned earlier, ross does a good job of keeping the ball in the ball park. only one home run in 27 plus innings. nick johnson is going to grab it. couple of singles, runners stranded. no score after 1 here in st. pete. been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. for the next minute, i'm gonna show you what it's like to have verizon fios. these are your widgets, they let you put whatever you're watching down here, while you check out local traffic, weather, even your news up there. i

pena, opposite field, it's going to go. 18th home run of the season, rays up 6-3.ottom five, runner-up for willy aybar, and that is a rocket to right, a two-run homer for aybar, his fifth home run of the season. lackey seven straight wins against the rays, careerwise 9-1 against tampa bay, he got shelled, eight earned runs in five innings of work, 9-5 is your final. they snap a three-game skid. >> after stumbling out of the gate, justin verlander has been virtually unhittable over the last month. he was 0-2 with an earned run average of 9. in his last eight outings, he's been stellar, 6-0, an e.r.a. of 1.12. but verlander careerwise 0-6 at u.s. cellular field, tigers-white sox, 2-1, verlander trying to notch that game, a little run support, seven ks through eight innings of work and has walked one, verlander trying to hold on for the win, he's two outs away, tigers up 2-1. >> phil mickelson is returning to the pga tour for the first time since he and his wife, amy, discovered that she has breast cancer. mickelson is making his emotional return to the tour in memphi

pena goes back-to-back after the 7th straight game. evan longoria snaps the 19th at bat with a homer in the fifth inning. >> tigers and the white sox wrapping up a five-game set. top 5, 3-1, 3-all. curtis granderson, goodbye. ties the game with his 14th. we go to the bottom of the ninth. and here's your controversy. we saw a game-winning hit off a third. how about a game-saving play by a fan? watch this. nice catch, but did you go into the field of play to make the catch? jim leyland says he did. tigers sigh he did. game's in chicago. later in that at-bat, podsednik chops c it to right. past the infield, and that's the end of the game. the tigers are mad, but they didn't have an out at the time. and who knows if having an extra they would have. still, controversial finish. chicago gets the win. white sox are in milwaukee tomorrow. tigers are in pittsburgh. >> all right, minnesota trying to win three in a row on the road for the first time this season. bottom 8, adam kennedy. minnesota trailing 3-1, no more. tied at 3 after the two-run

one was the one hopper caught by pena. >> bob: still looking for his first nats hit after four at batsr rocket. that one hooks foul. get there. it was a hot potato nobody in the bullpen could catch either. >> rob: nice swing here. down and away. reaches out. 31-year-old dan wheeler, second year with tampa bay. second full season. 70 games last year. 70 the year before, two-thirds at houston before coming here. he's a guy that likes to get the ball several times a week. patterson reaching on a two strike pitch. misjudging it. kapler is everywhere. [cheering and applause] >> bob: 25,481 here at tropicana field. they had a big crowd last night for the ludacris concert. that first number they did was something. it's the only one i heard. >> rob: after that you were deafened. >> bob: what? what? what? bases empty, gonzalez with two batted in. he goes out of his zone to foul this one. 75,000 for the pregame series here. on a breaking ball, gonzalez reaching. the nats can't do anything against the tampa bay bullpen this weekend. s on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh,

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 hitters and then walks two in a row. >> we'll be back with nats postgame. 5-4 rays win it despite alberto gonzalez driving in two runs. ♪ ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. 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 3

you see longoria, then pena against the shift. then the big swing rob by ben zobrist. >> rob: you get behind on guys, but with zobrist it was the first pitch he would see. then gross on the inner half, it's supposed to be away. hernandez, upton. longoria again. the wall. b.j. upton will come around from first. they put a seven spot up in the bottom of the sixth inning, right now it's 8-3. >> bob: i'm in shell shock all over again. lsu got a couple of runs in the bottom of the third leading virginia now at the college world series 3-1. >> rob: we said yesterday, this is a good stretch of two weeks to really gauge how you are or how you're doing, because it's going to be a test every night. you got to bring your a game. >> bob: that ball well hit to right by carl crawford but kearns is there. we've got a guy there. p - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer:

rays up 5-3, pena, that is an opposite field shot. solo homer, 18th of the season, rays up by a score of 6-3. runner on, bottom five, for willy aybar, nice effort in this one, that is a shot to right, a two-run homer, his fifth home run of the season, lackey, eight earned runs he allowed in five innings pitched. coming in seven straight wins against the rays, 9-1 lifetime against tampa bay, this one 9-5 is your final. and after losing three in a row tampa bay has now won a game. that losing streak by the boards. evan longoria struggling for tampa bay. remember in april, a .369 batting average? things have changed since then. .296 in may. he's yet to get a hit this month. his current streak of 18 at-bats without a hit is the longest drought of his career. mariners and orioles in baltimore as we continue to swing around the majors. that's jorse lopez, the second home run of the game, eighth of the year, the ms win it, ichiro suzuki on a 14-game hitting streak, against the orioles. seattle has won six of its last seven, hernandez gets th

and carlos pena with the solo shot.00th home run for the rays and the second most -- his 100. and aubrey has the lead in franchise history. >> still to come the rangers appear to be heating up after a drought and texas with eye-popping numbers. and also ahead, cheyenne woods following her famous uncle in the family business. how she compares tiger in her first pro event. and also, rachel alexandra racing for the first time since the last victory and why her jockey says sh >> they have longed lived in the shadows of the cowboys. stories of former cowboys getting page one treatment in dallas. the rangers are stealing some of that. in sharp contrast in the dismal season they had in 2008. and the rangers had at least a share of first place since may 6th. the latest they have been in the position since 1999. yes, the year that prince once sang about. padres scoring the least and up wouldn't know it today leading 7-3 in the top of the ninth. and eckstein with an r.b.i. double. and again a single in the sixth. and davis with t

. >> rob: talked to carlos pena, the first baseman of the rays, he kind of chuckled and said all our pitchers think they can hit intoit do ours. jordan zimmermann is 0-15. >> rob: he said what i usually say. yeah, everybody can hit at 5:00. can you hit at 7:05. bp pitching throwing it about 60 at 5:00 in the afternoon. and telling you what's coming too. >> bob: that's a chopper that hits in or near the plate and that will do it for the nats. anderson hernandez, base hit. got the pitcher out of the way. we go top three, no score. ♪ ♪ (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. >> bob: on to the top of th third inning. nats have outhit the blue jays 2-1. it's time to look at everything last night. >> rob: they were laying out for everything with the leather and then see the assist from austin kearns at second base, willie harris laying out diving on that warning track. anderson hernandez, cristian guzman, ryan zimmerman from his knees. >> bob: i had one guy in new york last night say

if adam dunn wanted to get elijah dukes to the plate in the inning, he could play carlos pena and buntone down the third-base line, but the nats want this big guy swinging the bat. that was a front door breaking ball on the inside corner. >> rob: nice hit by direction by adam dunn. >> bob: so, 47 of the 60, dead center or pull. of course, we remember one of those opposite field picks. a grand slam into the bullpen that beat the orioles. that was really off-speed there. >> rob: here is our x-mo. finally where he wey get our little toy back. >> bob: see how the bat is gone? >> rob: yeah, good breaking ball by tallet right now. >> bob: yeah, that ball right up the middle! it will get through. heading for third base, nick johnson. scott rolen, that was an interesting play. i thought he was going to go after it. then, he slowed up maybe because there would be nobody to cover the left side of the infield. i don't think he had that play anyway. how about done dunn beating the shift with a little ground ball? >> rob: it was a good pitch by tallet, a jam shot. adam dunn is strong enough, watch