left-hander randy choate throwing for the rays.they have five different relievers in their bullpen who have saves. >> rob: a lball off your instep. that was off sh. i had a pitching coach that would rip ground balls back at us when we were on mod, we'd call those shin burgers. passed away a w years ago. loved that man dearly. >> bob: one of those guys who caught you haw to play early in your creer. >> rob: absolutely. there's julian tavarez warming up in the bullpen. harry was maybe 75ish, old school pitcher in the major leagues. one of those hard crusty older guys. he just ed you todoyour job. he'd get you ready. >> strikeout number five for sonnanstine. we're back with you tomorrow for the wrap-up of this series, 1:30 2. ross detweiller with a 5.06 e.r.a. owe pone he -- opponents are hitting .268 against him. for the rays, coverage begins at 1:00, "nats xtra" starring johnny holliday and ray knight. >> rob: wow, starring? >> bob: top billing for those boys. >> rob: a broadway show. >> bob: and people think we're the odd c

let's head to randy choate for the rays in his 10th experience. one earned run in 7 inning, 8 strikeout, two walks. tough assignment for nick johnson who's 2-3 today. they're warming up a right hander, wheeler now. jason blew out his shoulder last night. 0-1 to nick who singled to right. right off the end of the bat with a breaking ball. quickly 0-2. >> rob: kid has a great arm who can really throw hard. the number one criticism, his fastball is very straight. [cheering and applause] >> bob: ball gets away. down to 2nd hernandez. very casually played by navarro. got to be a pass ball. >> rob: navarro turned the glove over, gets by him. it's even hard to play catch with a left hander. the ball moves all over the place. i'm sure when he throws it full speed, it's the easiest thing to catch. >> bob: 1-2 to nick johnson now. a fastball is outside, 2-2. nick came into the game batting .213 much better with runners at 2nd and 3rd. >> rob: nick grew up in sacramento, probably didn't hear a lot of cow bells. i like how you find the cow though. >> bob: the

adam dunn against randy choate. in eight games recently, opponents are 1 for 21 against him. >> rob: you have to hope that he'll try to throw a sidearm curveball. >> bob: is this where a guy should be moving up in the box? >> rob: not necessarily on choate. for am add dunn who has pretty much separated the entire batter's box. he's got a lot of coverage. you want this guy to try to throw a breaking ball on the inner half. but if he tries to run a sweeping curveball around, that's when adam is in control. he can turn that thing around. 8-3 rays. top of the 8th. one run in, two men aboard. still only one out. trying to make the longoria error hurt. that's a fastball that misses. 2-1. >> rob: it's going to be an 88- mile an hour fastball. look at that thing i'd arm. you talk about a left-handed specialist. >> bob: adam dunn hits a double play ball. the nationals get an unearned run and into the bottom of the 8th.  we like looking at the world through safety-colored glasses. doing what it takes to make home a litt