big. >> johnny: i'm sorry, go ahead, i you want to talk about ross detwiler?: no, i want to talk about the big weekend series after you talk about detwiler. >> ray: detwiler, big young right hander throwing strikes. >> johnny: for ray knight, i'm johnny holiday. see you friday night right here on masn.   úaltim below .500. we bring in john kruk. with the red sox, what went so wrong? >> their fulmer. they struggled. that will happen. they have a smoltz was locating his fastball. and the rain comes. he has to come out after 4 innings. sometimes relievers are not prepared to pitch in the 5th inning. i am not making excuses. they pitched poorly. i think josh beckett realized they could swing the bat. >> they had a comeback of 3 own today. they bounced back today. in a division of a tight race, though, is this more than one game losing something like that? >> not really. you understand these things happen. it's how you bounce back and react to it. weak-minded teams will let it bother you and lose 5 in a row. the boston red sox have been there and don

ross detwiler. the aflac trivia. >> aflac!ise record for walks in a season? it could be either montreal or washington. adam dunn is on base for 130 walk this is year. and that would be a new record. and that will take you down through the history of this organization and usually it is a big power hitter. little guys don't walk that much, but somebody who would have the patience to set a club record. >> rob: guerrero. >> bob: unless they totally pitched around him one year in montreal. >> rob: dawson. >> bob: maybe galarraga. >> bob: we have been told it is rather obscure. evidently somebody you would not associate with walks. >> rob: green. >> bob: that is a good one. two brails and two strikes to yorvit torrealba. he walk his first time up. that probably eliminates day. the fastball outside. and detwiler's got that swing and that pitch. he did t last inning and now torrealba chases. >> rob: now he is going to go right by torrealba. >> bob: i thought you were talking about you're no good. >> rob: no! >> bob: here is carlos gon

that's not good as ross detwiler goes four innings and gives up six earned runs.swept by the rockies 10-4. >>> trailing 3-0 in the 9th birds explode for five runs highlighted by this two run single off the bat of ty wigginton. the orioles take two of three from the mariners winning this by a tally of 5-3. >>> former nfl star steve mcnair was shot dead in his sleep last week by his 20-year- old girl friend distraught about mounting financial problems and her belief that he was seeing someone else this according to a police statement today. nashville police chief said shea held kazemi was spinning out -- said sahel kazemi was spinning out of control when she shot mcnair four times early saturday and turned the gun on herself. mcnair spent the past two seasons with the ravens before retiring last year. >>> usa taking on honduras at rfk stadium in a group cup match. great passing sets up ya ran tay. the huge right -- sets up quaranta and the game score 2- 0. >>> anna kornacova downtown this afternoon giving a clinic for the youth of d.c. later on she was introduced wi

what happened with ross detwiler today?xplanation from the clubhouse. >> well, you know, i was getting ahead of some people and then just not finishing them off, and, you know, i was leaving some pitches up and i got hit. >> and the fastball? >> and you were in some pretty good stretches. [ inaudible ] >> for the most part, yes, and there were some pitches that were left to the release point. [ inaudible ] >> did you feel good at all in your bullpen session before the game? >> yeah, it was fine and in between innings i was warming up and the curve ball, and just what it came down to is i didn't execute it. >> and was the altitude a factor at all a factor in your mind? >> no, i don't think so. >> were you trying to get a command and feel for thins every five days, is it tough to do that in this setting? >> i'm making mistakes. i think that is the big difference. if you make a mistake, they're going to make you pay for it. >> 77 of your 89 pitches were fastballs. any reason for not going to some of the off-speed stuff? >> i j

ross detwiler, 0-4, still looking for that first big league win. he will take on kenshi quack mi of the braves. a note of it. first pitch is 6:35 on friday night. here is ronnie belliard already in the game as a second baseman replacement. he takes a fastball right down the middle. belliard, 18 for 37 with a 137 with a .1231 batting average. does not bite on the slider. >> rob: come on, ronnie, if there ever was a time to jack one out of here. now is the time. >> bob: tried to pull that slider. hanley ramirez on the wet track, throws low and it's picked out by ross gload who saves an error. follow the nats on your iphone, your ipod touch, mlb.com. 2009 featuring play-by-play video highlights and live audio. visit nationals.com. that will be it for brian sanches who retires all three as he throws against his former team. nats are deeper into the florida bullpen in a tie game in the 8th inning. since 1873, coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley.

prior to the break, ross detwiler, kawakami. scott olson-derek lowe and sunday. we'll see how scott olson can follow up what he did here monday night. >> rob: you know why hanson was brought up instead of tom glavine. tom glavine was let go, future hall of famer. >> bob: there is so much upside to a kid like that. upside meaning future. 1 ball, 1 strike to zimmerman. >> rob: you keep wondering, why do you send elijah dukes down, why garrett moch down, why alberto gonzalez? it's consistency. you want guys to make plays 8, 9 times out of 10 on the field. you want to contribute on a daily basis whether in the ryan- up or not. and pitching is more than about just throwing strikes. it's being consistent. >> bob: look at this. here comes willingham. here comes hermida's throw. it's off the plate and jordan zimmerman puts the nationals on top, his first major league hit. >> rob: nice. >> bob: second major league rbi and they will throw the ball into the dugout. somebody should be asking for it. >> rob: 1-for-20. he is batting .050. >> rob: more importantly, helping hims

ross detwiler got into trouble right out of the gate. dexter fowler. morgan trying but cannot. one hop over the wall. rockies up 2-0. 5-0 in the -- 5th. math nay as well for the orioles today in seattle. matinee as well for the orioles today in seattle. david hernandez. os >>> venus williams last week taking on the castle. tonight the designated star is somebody with no title. the st. louis aces on court at castle stadium. anna the most famous athlete in history who never won anything. granted that's a little unfair. she did win a couple of big doubles titles but nothing in singles and she does own the record for the most internet downloads in history which i guess is something. >>> stage 5 tour de france. another wind swept ride. less than one second behind the leader is lance armstrong. tomorrow goes into spain ending in barcelona. >>> dc soccer fans. team u.s.a. hosting honduras at jfk stadium. as you probably know for the last two weeks honduras has been in the midst of massive political unrest with the military having to place the president in exile and escalating violence

ross detwiler giving up runs. e.r.a. of 12. nats and rockies today. detwiler in trouble in the 1st.ot get that. one hop over the wall. rockies up 1-0. 5-0 in the 5th. getting worse. over josh willingham's head. 6-0. troy tulowitzki nice when your shortstop has power like that. his 14th of the year. nats fall 10-4. four innings, six runs for detwiler. not good. in seattle today the os circling against the mariners. down 3-0 in the 9th when they rose from the dead. ty wigginton with the two-run single down the middle. bird beat the ms 5-3. >>> today's news conference confirmed what most suspected. steve mcnair's death was a murder-suicide at the hands of his companion. it added previously unknown details about the crime including a possible motive. police revealed that steve mcnair was seated on a sofa and likely asleep when the woman approached him, shot him in the head then twice in the chest then again in the head before turning the gun on herself. police also learned about the state of her mind leading up to the shooting. >> she had told friends and associates that her life was me

three errors proved costly and the rockies pummeled ross detwiler who only lasted five innings.nationals lost this one 10-4. >>> the orioles scored five runs in the ninth to come back and beat the seattle mariners. jose lopez committed two errors in the inning and the mariners gift wrapped the victory for the os. >>> to tennis. the cass also need to build some momentum because so far, things aren't going so far. the castles have lost the first four matches to start the season. >>> in soccer, the united states scored two second half goals to beat honduras at rfk. d.c. united star santino opened the scoring with the goal in the 73rd minute. that's your sports minute. i'm lindsay czarniak. have a great day. >> just about 5:21 now, time for traffic and weather on the 1s. >> we'll check in with meteorologist tom kierein in storm center 4. good morning again. >> a very pleasant summer morning. go morning. the sky streaked with purple clouds. there's predawn glow over the potomac river. bright spot in the east is venus. in the west, playing peekaboo with the clouds is the just past ful

ross detwiler. against george de la rosa. coverage begins at 2:30 p.m. nats xtra hosted by johnny holliday and our own ray knight. all right. >> rob: nick johnson is on second base. he is going to take a look at troy tulowitzki and take a second look and get thrown