well done by pete orr. secure your season tickets for next year, you can do that by going to nationals.com. you will enjoy guaranteed seating. savings over and access to events. volstad 6 for 45 this year. the gunman up in philadelphia. going for a sweep. facing chris catch opinion ter. taking wear of business, john lannan four straight for him. number 44 coming up. you might have read about him in the times having a career year they say. adam dunn ahead.  [ dramatic football-style music playing ] [ whistle blowing ] [ crowd noise in background ] [ music booming, crowd cheering ] [ music booming and crowd cheering continues ] [ crowd cheering ] ( ding ) boss: come on in, i had some other things you can tell people about geico - great claims service and a 97% customer satisfaction rate. show people really trust us. gecko: yeah right, that makes sense. boss: trust is key when talking about geico. you gotta feel it. why don't you and i practice that with a little exercise where i fall backwards

pete orr a huge part of it the last few days. es, some key r.b.i.s, but you -- i mean obviously, tonight livan hernandez was part of it as well. scored on the base hit by orr, so this is one of those things that you hope that they can sort of regroup tonight and get things in gear for tomorrow. >> bob: you talk about livan hernandez. let's talk to rob dibble about the terrific performance put on by this guy this evening. >> bob: in a tough game. livan is just 6 or happen games over .500 for his career. a lot of nights like this you pitch so well, rob, your team can't get any runs. in fact he had to help out for the only run of the night. >> rob: but this is why you brought livan hernandez in here, 90 pitch complete game, having fun the entire night. out there he was a master, gave up two runs early. a home run at the end of the ball game off the pinch hit of headley. but he helps his own cause and the nats with a base hit right here and then pete orr with a jam shot scores him easily and back to work. and right here the end, i thi

with the game tied at 4 in the bottom of the ninth, how about pinch-hitter pete orr stepping up to the plate and delivering. just deep enough for justin maxwell to score the game-winning run. the nationals come back to beat the dodgers 5-4 in dramatic fashion. dodgers and nats back in action later tonight. >>> some interesting happenings. at redskins park yesterday. jason campbell said everyone on the team putting too much pressure on themselves. clinton portis says everyone in the organization is on the hot seat, including the owner, who's on the brink of losing fans. all of this as the redskins prepare for the detroit lions, a team that has not won a game since 2007. >>> preseason hockey at verizon last night, caps hosting the blackhawks. new capital mike knuble scored

saw pete orr stare him down, he he stopped. pete decided to say we'll let the pitcher run the bases right now. >> bob: i wonder if he thought he was running into a quick tag and a double play so he pulled up. that didn't happen. pete went to firstment he got be a out -- an out. that's the important thing. nick johnson who walked and scored ahead of the ramirez home run coming up. high in the air to deep center field. account ballpark hold it? dukes will. >> rob: he left way early. >> bob: did he? maybe the nats should appeal. he's at third base with two outs. i don't see anybody point to go second base. maybe there will be someone. wil nieves is looking into the dugout. we'll see if the nats do anything about that. nick johnson nearly missing a home run on the barrel of his bat. let's see if j.d. martin steps up on the rubber and then turns and throws to second. now, they're going to walk ramirez, so once they've made that pitch, you can't appeal anymore. you cannot pitch to this man. i don't care if it's right- hander-right-han

pete orr at second base.y much the regular outfield these days of willingham, harris and dukes and the nats are 12-12 in the last 24 games in which wil nieves has started. here is the league's leading hitter and world batting champion willie harris. a 20. -- hanley ramirez. a 20-point average above -- to right center. the outfielders can only watch t it hits the top of the scoreboard, goes out and this game is tied. each pitcher has walked a batter before a home run. hanley ramirez matches adam dunn's 98 rbi's with that swing. >> rob: as you might expect, first pitch after a walk, hanley ramirez is hitting dead red fastball. j.d. martin throws a rising fastball. hanley ramirez, one of the best hitters in baseball today used a lot of that velocity against the pitcher and then the nice fluid swing and that ball will jack to left center field. >> bob: next up, jorge cantu. 2-2 ballgame with one out. this usually doesn't happen to the nationals until later in the games here. they've had a number of leads into the

pete orr hitting his third career

and pete orr takes a strike.s start the night hitting .264, tied with houston, fifth in the league. sixth in runs, tied with arizona, eighth in homers and the running game has been slowed down sips the injury to nyjer morgan. willie harris has a short lead.   one of the better young pla in baseball. atree an gonzalez, manning first base. 20-year veteran crew chief mike winters has the plate. wally bell, christer, fair keeled on the bases. pete orr gets jammed and pops it out behind short. everett cabrera, one out. padres are sixth in the league in team defense. tony gwynn, jr., 8 errors in center, 8 at center, trevor kouzmanoff, only made three errors at third base, not known as a defensive player. if they go strictly by the numbers he might be a frontrunner for the gold glove even though a lot of people don't consider him a great defensive players player. but when you've made three errors. >> rob: but it doesn't go to the guy with the best stealing percentage, it goes the po

that is pete orr. the only other run came last night from catcher josh bard on his 32nd career homerun.   2-0 fast ball in there. what's kevin correia doing, rob, that is so effective today? >> rob: throwing the ball down the middle. i'm kidding. he is changing speeds, especially with the breaking ball. he is doing what j.d. martin did yesterday. strikes in and out but the breaking ball is so up in the air with the 12-6 movement. you have guys popping it up and driving it up into the straits fear. you have the other guys that get on top of that curve ball. feed it down into the ground if a weak little ground ball out. >> this was a player that could have been had by anybody in the league san diego camp as a nonroster inviteee. 2-2 to zimmerman and a hard slider low and away, count is full.   zimmerman one hopper, kouzmanoff off. a third baseman who has made three errors all year. minor league seasons are winding down. >> the nationals defeat the mar you lins 3

here is martinez against pete orr. a walk and a 2-run homer today. since coming to the nats this time around, pete is hitting 325. 13 ts hange upand martinez misses 2- 1. that's on the bag and into the corner. great speed. digging for 3. he gets back. @a lead off double. not bad for a ryandor man, you get to rest. is the production going to be there if i'm not there. and pete orr has been fell follow. >> bob: that's where he neats to -- needs to pick up the  base coach. he did some coaching. this he are talking about it. he said man i'm here. pick me up: we see too many base runners that coach themselves. nieves 1 for 2. >> rob: i caulked to cookie row house. he they refuse to listen to the pitching coaches, they have it bigged out. in the series. a walk. they need a good situation at bad. drive in the runner. the pitcher is coming up. over to 3rd base. that should be on paulino. , you bring in the bullpen early in the game. this guy is coming out hanging. >> bob: you know what the other thing is when you are the starter it take a few minutes

nats led 3-1 and flowed a 2 run homer by pete orr only his third career shot. nieves has a hit and r.b.i. here is the pitch to maxwell. and even after the breaking ball. you are up by 6:00. the 7th inning, raining. do your hitters get more aggressive and swing early. >> rob: yes. >> bob: you are trying to get the game in you have the lead. >> rob: don't swing like spring training if it is around the plate you have to be happy. >> bob: right now the mar lip as 5 and a half behind the phillies who won their 81st game. colorado has a 3-1 lead at san diego. they're 5 and a half behind the rockies. maxwell trying to keep the gloves dry his grip on the bat. itworked over the mound the color color of the mound tells you they put that diamond dry whatever it is in there. and now it is a 3rd strike on maxwell. >> rob: orr had a great day filling in for ryan zimmerman. a nice couple of plays in the field today, the bat doable down the line. this is the two run homerun. unexpected and great job now you know that you can throw a few fill in dates. and pete orr's way. since

because from his angle at first base it looked close to pete orr.hour out here in beautiful san diego. not a cloud to be seen except way out east today. and jim riggleman is going to join us wednesday live from the dugout. >> rob: talking about john lannan, he had a great run there nine of ten starts from the sixth of june to the 26th of july. but since the 26th of july, two of his last six have been very tough outings for him. or two of the six have been great. four of those six have not been so great. so it is more trying to balance the consistency throughout the year because you know you are going to get tired eventually. >> bob: john is approaching the number of innings he threw last year. he took the ball 31 times in 2008. he averaged right at six innings per outing and he has a chance to go well beyond that if he takes his regular turn between now and october 4th. the catcher hundley trying to keep that ball down. he has missed with two. >> rob: i like to measure starters by how many wins the team has in your start. the nats are 11 and 16 in 2

pete orr remains.se phillies huddle up a lot. >> bob: i thought we were playing the eagles for a minute. okay. you're going pitch out to the fullback. >> bob: this time of the year for lots of huddles i. come on willy.   bases loaded nobody out. the tying run at second. they are coinciding the run. we will try to get a double play right here. they'll give up one to get 2.   >> bob: willie harris has b a good pinch hitter this year, 6 for 24 with a home run, one of his 7 home runs, he hit one here last night. >> rob: come on, get off. he's way behind you. >> harris, right field, not too deep. zimmerman is holding. and a good throw by werth, harris didn't hit the ball deep enough. one out. >> i still question holding zimmerman, willingham doubled the phillies threw it to second. they conceded the run. that's the cut off. threw it to second. they were not trying to get him at the plate. we're close to 50 game under .500 and we hold runners more than teams 20 game ove

pete orr charges. this is not what you are supposed to do. throws it into the ground. here comes escobar. the braves scored four runs in the inning. bottom five now. nats down 6-1. mike morse pinch-hitting with two on. good decision here. he delivers. deep and high to center for a three-run homer. nats cut the lead to two. trying to mount a comeback but in the ninth, not so much. ron villone facing brian mccann. mccann is a professional hitter and gets professional results. to up thor delk. two-run homer. the braves beat the nationals 11-5. back in action tomorrow afternoon. the skins and lions 1:00. >> 1:00 kickoff. >> what's going to happen? >> the skins are going to do it. >> they must win. >> you are right. this is a must-win game. >> "snl" coming up. a brand new season coming up. >> your girl. >> my wife. >> i'm telling you. see you back here tomorrow. have a fantastic night.

pete orr pinch hitting. runners on the corners. there's one out. it's a sacrifice. the game winning run, justin maxwell comes in. check it out. everybody giving him a bear hug. the nats win, 5-4. they are stuck on 99 losses, at least for now. jason campbell says everyone on the team is putting too much pressure on themselves. everyone on the organization is on the hot seat, including the owner. all this as the redskins prepare for a detroit team that hasn't won a game since 2007. the lions, o 0-7. schwartz -- the kid has potential. they 19 game losing streak, the redskins can still afford to take this team lightly. >> they are not the same team they were last year. even though they lost the first two games, they are a different team. they play with more urgency. look at the way they were playing the vikings earlier in the game. they end up losing it, but at the same time, it was a game. it's a different team. >> good defense. offensively, they come together. they have a young quarterback. they have a young receiver. >> sounded overly confident there. >> stretch it o

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runner on third for the nats and pete orr drives in justin maxwell. 99 and holding. 9-4. >>> os in the great white north. toronto leading in the 6th when travis snider hits a pop-up and it is gone. i guess somebody left a vent open up at the roger's center. os fall 7-3. their seventh straight. >>> nhl season opening a week from tomorrow and for the first time in 20 years that will happen without olie kolzig. long-time capitals goaltender announcing his retirement today. he was drafted by the caps in 1989 and spent the next 19 seasons as the backbone of the franchise. i believe he will be the next capital to have his jersey retired. >>> caps tonight with preseason tilt number 4 against the blackhawks. and alex ovechkin has found the score sheet number 8 on the doorstep here. nicklas backstrom. caps lead 3-1. moments later. watch this pass from alexander semin. circled behind his back. pretty fancy. to alex ovechkin. buhr6-2. >>> finally tonight. the group of kids from texas who have been orchestrating all these crazy basketball shots. here is their latest one from the

pete orr had a base hit on sunday pinch hitting, so pete in nine games is 10 for 26.t this guy has done since coming up from tim foleys syracuse chiefs. >> rob: well, he really is a grinder, he's a gamer, he's a tough guy that once you put him in the line-up, you don't have to worry about him, he'll be prepared to play the game. >> good running fastball, little bit low. 2-2. marlins and the mets are underway up in new york. broken bat, knocks it down, peter hustling, and -- pete orr hustling, and that's the second out of the inning. >> rob: pedro, like greg maddux, has great mechanics, and a wonderful fielder. right there, knocks the ball down, steps, throws, have yourself an out. >> bob: it all started with the dodgers back in '92. he was known back then as ramon martinez's kid brother, and then when we got to montreal, everybody found out how good he was. in his four years in montreal, he won 11, 14, 13, and 17 games. one year had a 1.90era. >> rob: here is that wonderful change-up. 1-0 to a righty. don't recommend it, but he has one of the best change-ups of all ti

martin and pete orr were also hitless.ne being consistent, we have to go back to elijah again, at the plate, he's been coming through nicely. >> well within on this road trip in particular, me has hit the ball particularly well. infield hit, and he ends up taking second base pawn the error by the shortstop on the throw. but he gets down that first base line quickly. i mean, he's got good speed. he has not, though, been a very effective base stealer since he came up to the major leagues, but that's something he can work on. >> on the road trip, a .423 average for elijah. six rbis, thanks to that home run, a grand slam, and an on base percentage of .545. you know that elijah learned a few things down at syracuse, as did justin maxwell, who tonight, it was his inning, back in, what, the 7th inning, when he made all three of the outs? >> right. at this point in time, 6th inning, first out, fly bull to center. he covers some ground, covers a lot of ground, catches that ball if right cent i, heads back to right center again, mak

you have pete orr >> rob: you have pete orr with a bat in his hand.think elijah tapped into his talent pool yet. >> bob: mad talent. >> rob: or sick talent. >> bob: infield in, bard sort of swinging at that one. >> rob: an emergency hack? he had a decision to make right there. >> bob: yeah. well an emergency hack is when you decide late. this one he decided early, tried to stop it. so i'm not sure what you call it. but the nats want at least a fly ball here to make it 5-2. >> rob: i say an emergency stop hack. kind of like when you pull the string on the train. >> bob: and it takes a mile for it to stop. >> rob: oh, i can't stop it.   the thing with dustin maxwe when he tapped a couple back to the pitcher. swing. even if you're not, you know, don't be so indecisive that you just have to back -- the pitcher 0 polls on tuesday to swing at it. >> bob: the bunt is off now, obviously, 0-2, if it was ever on or if it was considered.   and bard will drive the ball center. that's plenty deep to

. >> peter maybe pete orr can contribute tonight. he has been playing well, and great last night. . >> bob: padres are .500 at home after their win last night. they nats 8th game of a 9-game road trip, and they've only won 2. earlier this year for the that ins, 3 for 24, three stolen bases in three attempts, 11 strikeout, and that's been his big problem all year, both at this level and aaa, and he will fly outer to the right fielder to start the game. southwest line-up for the rest of the nationals.    . >> bob: pete o last night, and alberto gonzalez gets the number 2 assignment tonight. and alberto gonzalez is now down to .253. the paw trays came to washington july 24th, he bass batting .-- he was batting .308. lots of cool bats in this line- up right now. and gonzalez unfortunately hit the pitcher and goes right to david eckstein. 1-4-3 for the second out. gonzalez unlucky. >> rob: clayton richards, first string finally. he was a backup quarterback at michigan in college. he will three pitches from everywhere. top, side, three-quarters, throws

pete orr and nationals having a good old time. it's nice to see the guy still having fun as miserable as this season has been. there is hope there is hope, indeed. it may be far away, but there is hope. >> thank you, dan hellie. >>> a treasure hunter in britain made what authorities are calling an unparalleled discovery. >>> doctors say early detection is the best defense against many forms of cancer, including prostate cancer. that's why national football league hall of famer mike haynes spoke out this afternoon. haynes joined the american urological foundation as part of a campaign encouraging men to talk to their doctor. >>> there is a staff iing issuet prince george's county. they are citing several recent fires and emergency where there was no one to respond to initial calls for help. dorothy spencer has that call tonight. >> reporter: union leaders are sounding the alarm over staffer shortages affecting fire services in prince george's county. in some cases it's taking longer for firefighters and paramedics to respond toemer

good to have mike with us. >>> pete orr going to learn to be a catcher.ut that doesn't surprise you because here is one of thest best all around athletes on the roster. >> it saves you a space on the roster. he can pinch hit, pinch run, if you have him in that spot where he is a third catch earn. sparky asked me to go to spring training in 1977 as a third catcher and i made that ball club maybe because i was a guy that they had an option to go to when they wanted to hit johnny bench and nobody backing up there. so bench played 145 games a year but those games that plumber did play, they often- times were pinch hitting for him late and that left you with one catcher. i did that for a season, caught in the bullpen, went to the instructional league, i had had some catching experience before and was the third catcher on that ball club. >> i knew you were a pitcher, i didn't know you did catching. >> i actually did it all. >> the fox did it all, is that correct. >> brought to you by verizon wireless. a slugging percentage of .565 against the red sox. back in a

pete orr with a flare to right healed false in for the base hit.comes in to score but the nats lost 3-1. >>> orioles hosting red-hot andy pettitte and the yankees. pettitte had a perfect game into the seventh inning and the next batter broke uthe no- hitter. it wasn't enough. the os os fall for the yankees 5-1. >>> straight ahead at 6:00, a big addition for the walt disney company. a$4 bill wrong deal to purchase marvel entertainment. >> will this mean big changes for disney and its parks? we'll find out. >>> and check in with tucker in just two minutes for the forecast. ♪ [ woman ] ♪ early light breaks through ♪ mus and dance calling you ♪ just need that mountain grown lift ♪ ♪ before you share your gift ♪ ♪ now there's rhythm and sound ♪ making their hearts pound ♪ the best part of wakin' up. ♪ ♪ is folgers in your cup

pete orr works out to a .358 average.for the florida marlins, shortstop batting third. all-star shortstop for the fish. 96 rbi's. he's on pace to drive in 116 runs for the marlins. batting average, you'll see it in just a moment. leads the national league in batting with .359 average. there's the lineup for florida. chris coghlan leads off in left field. nick johnson at first. hanley ramirez at third. jorge cantu will be at third. john baker catching. dan uggla at second base. cody ross in right. cameron maybin in center field and josh johnson on the mound tonight for the marlins. who says you can't go home? livan hernandez started with the nationalities, went to the fish, came back. who says you can't come back and be productive once you leave a ball club. phil wood with diamond dust. >> the winner livan hernandez was the first in a washington uniform since august 1, 2006 when he beat the giants. livan was traded to arizona a week after that and returned to the club this year after stints with the diamondbacks, the twins

diaz hits a soft chipper to field where pete orr charges and then -- this is never good -- throws itnto the ground. that's an error. brian mccann scores. here comes escobar. the braves scored four runs in the inning. bottom five now, nats down 6- mike morris pinch-hitting wh two on and this is what we call pinch-hitting in style. he delivers. crushed it high and deep to center for a three-run homer. his first homer of the season, nats cut the lead to two. thinking comeback. then in the ninth, the braves piled on. ron villone in the game. facing mccann. drives it to the upper deck in right. two-run home run for mccann, his 21st of the year. the braves beat the nationals 11-5. >>> later today, the redskins on the road in detroit taking on the lions at1:00. that's all for your morning sports. i'm hakem dermish. have a great day. >> we'll be back in just a couple of minute was a look at the day's top stories and the forecast and news 4's "viewpoint." >>> good morning, everyone. i'm eun yang. welcome to "news 4 today" at 7:00. it is sunday, september 27th. a look at the top stories in jus

there's pete orr. bob: 1-2 to dukes. it! center! be caught and run by shane victorino.ith two >> rob: phillies remain the defensive team. are now tied, though, with the pittsburgh pirates. than the pirates now. yeah, the pirates made any error in the first 7 games 12 this year with a couple of rbied. had a big pinch hit on pitching come income. the overall pitching statistics. happ. their and they brought in cliff lee, >> rob: this is a high strike. goes down. like it went right through the box. >> bob: josh bard will muscle homer. done it four times in 227 bats. went, and he's gone. ryan howard to lead off the inning, and now it's into the 9th, 5-3. . the nationals 5th pitcher of the the strike. nats don't come back, lannan would be 8-11 with a loss. times this year. ball slicing into the boy, texas six runs in that the 4th. about to win a double and even with leading baltimore, they would gain a game and a half in the wildcard and be two beak. down without a fight, rob, and they have significant injuries right now, josh hamilton and michael young. villone overmatches

but against right handed pitching pete orr will get his time. they consider morse a infielder.any of the guys at those positions. maxwell comes in 5 for 36, in 18 ball games batting a buck 39. >> bob: lee getting him on 2 and churches him -- crunches him not looking. he will come and get you. cliff lee challenges a lot of the hitters. tale of 2 cities. 7-9 in cleveland to start the year. 5-2 in philly, 2 times this season he's gone 6 inning or more, 19 time he's gone 7 innings 17 wins better in 2008 than 2007. >> guzman all year has been hitting great right-handed. .3 06. he had his 48th multihit game last night. and he jacks this to gab in right center. werth will not get it. it's up against the sign for a one out, guzman double. guzman has 36 extra base hits. 23 doubles, 7 triples and 6 home runs. >> rob: fastball away. he will throw mostly fastballs tonight. but fastball, 80% of the time, set up the secondary stuff. fastball up and away. goes with it. getting a double for his time. >> dunn moves up into the third spot today. which is unorthodox move against a left-handed pit

pete orr with a shot to andre ethier. he dropped it. not like it would have mattered.. victory meant so much more to the team. with the win, they avoid losing 100 games this season. >>> to anaheim, who let the cat out of the bag? yankees romero pena dressed as catwoman for rookie hazing. yankees always seem to land on their feet. robinson cano gave them the lead with an rbi single 'went on to win 3-2. their magic number to clinch the east is five. >>> tampa bay trying to salvage anything. sacks full. rays battle back from four down to take the lead. last gas for the mariners. bill hall to center. if it's gone, it ties the game. upton made the leaping grab at the wall. rays went on to win 5-4. >>> the team once known as the americans could be owned by russia's richest man. billionaire mikhail kokorov has signed a deal to buy the new jersey nets. he made his money in the nickel business and also ran a successful prostitution ring in eastern europe, giving new meaning to the phrase from russia with love. >>> you wonder how bad indian wants to beat pakistan in cricket? the