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you've never tasted quesadillas like this before. new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at just $6.99. only at chili's. >>> welcome back to nationa park. there you see our score 2-2 as we go to the 11th. there they are. byron on the right and fox on the left. thank you fox. ray is ready to go out and play 3rd base now. we haven't told ray and fox they're going to do an hour postgame in a few minutes. >> johnny: i've been out there while you and bob sit here and talk about things like that. believe me. phillips, nix. 2-2 game. tavarez working on an 0-4 night. i forgot macdougal went to wake forest signed by baltimore 21st round, 2nd team all american, 1st team all american by baseball america. he had a heck of a year in the atlantic coast conference in wins and era. he had a personal record against duke in 99. takes a couple of steps. one down in the 11th. i think that's about all willy taveras has. macdougal in his 9thyear in the major leagues. phillips grounded to right, grounded to second. >> rob: he's still -- >> johnny: leav

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you've never tasted quesadillas like this before. new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at just $6.99. only at chili's. >>> nationals lose a runner 3 to end the inning. a 1-0 lead as we go to the bottom of the 2nd. gabe gross just threw out gonzalez at 3rd base. he's had a good series, 2-6, a home, 3 rbis and now an outfield assist. >> rob: why not be aggressive. you've made the point many times. i think you're right on. a better slide there by gonzalez and he's safe. he didn't go right at the bag. >> bob: no he didn't. he tried to do a hook slide. he thought the throw beat him which it did. if he had slid to the bag, he would have been safe. it's still a great play. you're challenging him. had the ball gotten by him, he scores there. great hustle by gonzalez. >> bob: we love the see the line drive base hits. four of the five batters hit the ball extremely well. the only one that didn't, corey patterton moved a runner. pitch two here in the 2nd. >> bob: hitter now stepping back in. ross has been ready for quite a while. >> rob:

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you've never tasted quesadillas like this before. new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at just $6.99. only at chili's. . >> johnny: hi, of course, johnny holiday along with ray knight. another way to lose a game, unfortunately on a pop towel that johnson could not get to. and then a follow-up homerun. >> ray: it's like going to the ballpark and trying to learn the ballpark. that's why you go there -- that's a play that should have been made. we'll come back in a minute. let's sent accepted you right back to st. petersburg. >> bob: thank you,-ony holiday, frustrating loss for the nats. they are now 16-43 on the year, 1-33 in interleague play. visit masn.com for all the news on the nats. stay tuned now for nats xtra post game with johnny and ray coming up right now and from the booth. it's disappointing. . >> rob: tampa bay with a run in the bottom of the inning. they win it 4-3 on gabe kapler's homerun. johnny holiday and ray knight. happy you are joining us here i the. everyone hurts but this one really hurts. >> ray: yeah, they ar

you've never tasted quesadillas like this before. new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at just $6.99. only at chili's. . >> bob: nice 1st inning fo craig stammen, 18 pitches, 12 strikes. now, tomorrow, there is an unusual situation here. they're going to throw the first pitch 6:08 which is the rays' perogative. home teams can start the game whenever they want to but because of the nationals broadcast window, we cannot join you until 7:05. rob and i will be here. you can update yourself at masn sports.com. live game blogs prior to us joining you live at 7:05. rob and i are going to sit here, watch the ballgame for an hour, have a hot dog and we'll join you live at 7:05 tomorrow night. hopefully the nats will have a first inning and maybe a second inning like they are having. josh bard with a leadoff hit. and washington's first eight batters resulting in five hits. >> rob: talking about longoria, they said, this kid get a long-term deal. if you think that strasburg can catapult, if he is that kind of breed of cat that scott boras

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you've never tasted quesadillas like this before.illed quesadillas, starting at just $6.99. only at chili's. >>> the following is a mas. >>> there is a look at the war room today with mike rizzo and the boys able to make four picks in the first 81 available. the pen and paper ready for the starting lineups. the cincinnati reds and ramon hernandez, 16 starts already this year at first base, joey bad a going down with the injury, normally a catch you are but the big bopper, they expect hopefully more from him today. here is the lineup for the reds. at center field, will lead off, jerry hairston, brandon phillips, ramon hernandez keep happen up at first, johnny domes is the left fielder, price in left field, hand eye gan the catcher and johnny quay tow the starting pitcher. eliza dukes the nationals, he has been stumping the ball, three for four and a big employee out against the mets. looking for more from him to power up the national's offense. here is the lineup for washington. cristian guzman leading off as usual, nick johnston,

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new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. . >> bob: nationals baseball brought to you by southwest airline. book your next trip on southwest. brought to you by ge, imagination at work. st. petersburg is a beautiful town. not exactly a beautiful baseball park but a useful one with the roof and, no, i would not want to be outside in florida tonight. it was a sizzler today. 85th of the game by matt garza and he misses against ryan zimmerman. you see this from outside and you can't really tell but the roof slants. how far is it going? far enough to be run down by b. j. upton. i guess they figure that nobody can hit the roof in the outfield so the roof slants down. it looks like the leaning dome of st. petersburg. presented by firestone, a tradition of innovation, interleague homeruns since 2002, adam dunn is right up there. and the 300 watch is in progress. adam dunn is five homeruns away. he has singled, driven in a run and walked tonight. adam dunn has now walked 89 times this year. those are the major leag

.  try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99.grilled tortillas layered with chicken, bacon, cheese, and ranch. crispy on the outside, melted perfection on the inside. new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. >> bob: here's the at&t rap rewind. at&t, the nation's fastest 3-g network. your world delivered. those are basically your long ball highlights. a little bit of pitching by zimmermann so far. a well-played, well-pitched game so far. >> rob: right now jordan zimmermann is holding the best offense in the american league in check. i think it's a great job of the young catching and the young pitchers going out there and doing what they can do. they're executing right now and it's fun to watch. >> bob: so jordan zimmermann goes back to work, continue to try to be convicted on every pitch that he makes here in the bottom of the fifth inning. got the top of the order coming up after the first hitter here. brignac. >> bob: rigoberto alpizar rigoberto alpizar, the shortstop, then it will be carl crawford. >> rob: puts them o

try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99.lame-grilled tortillas layered with chicken, bacon, cheese, and ranch. crispy on the outside, melted perfection on the inside. new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. >>> notice the sensational from zimmermann. breeze cam on the layout, full extension. then he gets up, checks the runner. you've got to have good composure to do a play like that that. ryan does. we talked to him about it. he takes great pride in his defense. >> johnny: that he does. back to the top of the cincinnati lineup. hairston, phillips. in the first inning, they went one, two, three. >> rob: both pitchers threw two inning, 29 pitches, 19 strikes each. martis one more pitch strike. that's pretty consistent for both men. other than the home run. >> johnny: think about martis, he's had 12 starts. this is his 12th. he's had 11 excellent performances. >> rob: he's so young. once they get 50 to 75 starts underrer their belt, you'll see such a change in all of them. >> johnny: you see shairon has not lost a ga

new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. . >> gary: and let's look forward to tomorrow's pitching match-up. and jason berken will face trevor cahill. he pitched well, unforth in thely he was facing edwin jackson. orioles will try to get it going against the 258-year-old left hander. dallas braden comes in at 4-5 on the season, 3.47 e.r.a. aubrey huff struck out in the first inning. interesting that the a's do not the shift against aubrey huff at all. third baseman and shortstop moving a couple of stems. shallow left centerfield. shortstop, cabrera, and he's got t one away here in the 4th inning. nick markakis, adam jones, both in the running for starting positions in the american league and all-star game. vote for your favorite orioles at orioles.com. vote for your favorite bird, the maximum 25 times. you gate free upper reserved seat to any prime non-o's -- to any o's non-prime games. orioles bats have just gone quiet after they just were explosive. that one will be fouled off. through the first coupl

new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. . >> debbi: we move to the bottom of the 6th inning. manny acta admitted that he was a little more fiery when he was in the minor league. >> i can't believe why people want to yell at somebody for having self-control. i have my own beliefs and my beliefs are that patience and self-control or the foundation for life for success. i'm not going to change it just to make everybody happy. >> debbi: i will tell you what, he will make everybody happy if this win streak continues. >> bob: . >> bob: thank you, debbie. he is going to be smiling because his leadoff man has an extra base hit. he has big triple until the outfielder stops him. cristian guzman has his multi- hit game. it looks like one of these games where each team will have a punch count punch going. >> rob: cristian guzman gets us going in here. down and in, smokes it by scott rolen, he has no chance. you keep running like a triple until the third base coach and the outfielder stops you with his defensive pla

new fire-grilled quesadillas.y at chili's. >> debbi: nice night at t ballpark as we move to the bottom of the inning. manny acta talked before the game about how sometimes it's the little things that can really make a difference even something as simple as moving guys over on ground balls. >> this year, we worked a lot advancing balls in the dirt which is something we want to improve upon because it was big back in the expos days and we spoke to mark about it. we saw the results. it's gradual improvement we're making. >> debbi: i spoke to marquis about this. he said it's something they worked on spring training. be smart, be alert and reaction is key. he said too that it is these little things that can take a team to the next level as far as winning. bob, rob? >> bob: thank you, debbi t always helps when your reliever comes out of the bullpen and shuts down a rally in this case on one pitch by kip wells. that leads to jesse carlson, 28- year-old lefty out of new britain, connecticut, for toronto. he pitched

new fire-grilled quesadillas. chili's. >> debbi: w.c.c.  we are back at nationals park the nats hosting the blue jays as interleague play continues. we're coming from the family fun area. teddy roosevelt has yet to win a race, but he's the first to have his own barbecue. tell us more about it. >> see what teddy and i have been cooking up. fell off the bone. it's been cooking all day long. just this up and dig right in. >> debbi: if that doesn't make your mouth water, i don't know what will. >> bob: with what would we know about mouth watering up here? evidently, food is not allowed on the seventh floor. >> rob: depp debbi just teases those with -- us with those. nice story, debbi. >> bob: yeah, hard-hitting report. thank you. top of the fourth, adam lind. >> rob: way to get to the bottom of that story. >> bob: i thought journalists were all about free food. evidently not. >> rob: have you ever seen debbi? she's not eating the free food. that's for sure. back there eating an apple. >> bob: what's an apple? grou

new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. >> gary: and tonight's contestant is michael edwards of washington d.c. with a chance to win $99 worth of american classic scratch off tickets from the maryland lottery for every oriole home run hit tonight. you get a chance to win too. enter by logging in masn sports.com. beautiful view from the san francisco side looking back over to oakland. one of the great shipping ports still in the nation. aubrey huff will stand in. mora and zaun to follow. cahill on the mound. 2-5 record. retire 65% of lead off batters. pitch is on the inside corner for a strike. lefties have good numbers off cahill. .311. right handers .226. and eight of the nine home runs he's given up hit by lefty. that one cut off and hannahan make the throw and one out. orioles have just announced an exciting new ticket offer. for a limited time the rookie flex pack. tickets to four games of your choice including a prime game. first 500 fans who purchase two seats will receive an autographed photo. ce

new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's.  >> bob: nationals get two runs in the top of the first. bottom of the first now, southwest airlines starting lineups for the orioles in this game. brian roberts, adam jones and nick markakis who is on fire. melvin mora last night, 2 for 3 with four rbi's. melvin really starting to break out of it now. gregg zaun catching, batting 8th. >> rob: give you the pnc bank scouting report. he's got to cut down on the walks. 19 walks since he won that last game in the middle of may, it's turned into 30 runs over that time. and he really needs to attack the strike zone and relax out there, because got to get ahead to get to his out pitch which is his change-up. >> bob: shairon martis on the mound. foul ground, gets there and he makes the catch. willingham just sticking the glove out and it came down, so roberone pitch is retired and one away. >> jim p.: a big breezeerat camden yads. we couldn't figurout ónn'th field how it was blowing. the turf here, warning track.

new fire-grilled quesadillas.s. >>> one more coming up today against the orioles at camden yards. the nats hit the road against the marlins tomorrow night, tuesday night starting at 6:30, "nats xtra pregame," then a morning affair, 11:30 wednesday our "nats xtra pregame" on masn 2 from florida. thursday an off day, then back home for a weekend series against the braves. johnny holliday and ray knight with you. john lannan gets the opportunity today to get the things back on track again for this ball club. >> we started to talk about john lannan, but he can't pitch any better. he has been able to throw the ball over the plate, varying speeds, in and out, up and down, and he has developed that leader attitude on the mound. you see him jump over that mound when he was with the yankees when he got that win. he's our staff ace. realistically if we scored enough runs, he should have 15 wins. hernandez, his first year in the big leagues, i looked over his minor league stats, he blew people away in the minor leagues. he h

new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. >> bob: tonight's beltway series on masn brought to you by swefs airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. by bud light, with just the right taste, it never fills you up. the difference is drinkability. and by acura. ac rase, advance. a great setting for a ballpark and a great night for baseball. some threatened weather toward the end of the day has held off. we actually had sunshine a little while ago and a great view in from center field. 1-1, the bottom of the fourth. aubrey huff, nolan reimold and luke scott for the orioles. 50 pitches, 33 strikes so far for ross detwiler, and a first pitch breaking ball misses. >> jim: i don't know how many young pitchers, and i saw the numbers, he is throwing, what, 53% for strike ? that is a high percentage for pitchers. >> bob: yes. he got that ball up a little bit and despite being in on the handle, aubrey huff lines it up the middle. a sack fly earlier. so aubrey is off to a good start tonight. he has 48 rbi's. >>

new fire-grilled quesadillas.nly at chili's. >> jim: tonight's contestan barry zgorski of churchville, maryland, has a chance to win tickets from the maryland lottery for every home run hit in the game tonight. you have a chance to win as well. enter by logging on to masnsports.com. there's the breeze we're talking about. lags high atop land shark stadium. no score. markakis has the game's only hit. we go to the second. here is melvin mora leading off against west. first ball swinging and fouls it back. melvin has a modest three-game hitting streak going. the orioles try to get one in the series and go 4 2-on the trip before heading home to face the nationals tomorrow night. here is the ball hit haul hard to second. uggla is right there and gets it to first. one down. mora is retired. one away in the second. here is the southwest airlines starting lineup for the orioles. roberts, markakis and jones with wigginton batting cleanup. melvin mora, .375 over the last nine games. reimold, wieters, andino and rich hil

new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's. it tonight's contestant is shanken of virginia beach. he has chance to win $99 worth of scratchoff tickets from the maryland lottery for every oriole home run hit in the game tonight. you have a chance to win tonight as well. just enter by logging on to masnsports.com. oriole fan -- oriole fan in attendance has his camera and cartoon bird hat. orioles jersey. can't tell what number it is. it's a 40 something. maybe -- as the birds try to bounce back an unearned run because of the error by melvin mora and he'll lead off for the orioles. matt wieters will follow. nolasco, who got out of a jam in the first, now has the lead. ball one to melvin mora. melvin has a modest two-game hitting streak going. he has not homered now in 37 straight games, 142 at-bats, 37 games that he has played in. 41 team games since his last home run on may 7th. here is a bouncer to third. bonifacio wide to the bag gets it across and cantu with fancy foot work off the bag. mora is retiredment one away. >> buc

try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99.tortillas layered with chicken, bacon, cheese, and ranch. crispy on the outside, melted perfection on the inside. >>> the following is quesadill >> johnny: welcome back everybody, johnny holiday and rob dibble back. the nats with a 3-1 deficit to the reds, five different flex plans to choose from so you can enjoy ultimate flexibility. pick your plan, your seats, get a free game. it's that easy. for information on the grand slam flex plan, 202-675-nats or visit.com grand slam. guzman tries to get something going, and arthur rhodes the former oriole has played coming 24 games for the reds. >> rob: look at the numbers. >> johnny: yes. >> rob: been in nine games. 6 walks, 16 strikeouts, got the .45 e.r.a., zero .45 e.r.a. their bullpen is fourth in the major leagues right now in bullpen e.r.a. with a 3.32 so when they do have the lead they are tough to get a run off of. >> johnny: arthur rhodes has not allowed a run in his last eight trips out of the cincinnati bullpen. 62nd on the all-tim