ryan zimmerman was only hitting .265 against him. i asked ryan what makes him so tough. >> he throws a lot of pitches for strikes. he can through strikes with a curve ball, change-up or whatever. it's a tough one. >> ryan told me you have to work the count and he did just that in the first. bob? >> ryan didn't say sometimes they end up in the upper deck. zimmerman now six home runs away from 100. he's hit three this year, 11 rbis. and now 15 hits in 44 at-bats. look out for adam kennedy. jim riggleman reminding us that kennedy and willingham are 8-8 stealing bases. >> those are some brand new kicks, they're gray and black. >> and when they sam they brought their hitting shoes, that's what they mean? >> i think all of ryan's shoes have hits in them but those are pretty cool looking. >> you can go up to some army boots for $300. 2-0, look out here. threw him a breaking ball to make it 2-1. just beyond the 8:00 hour here. it's now called sun life stadium. it's fifth name that we know of over the years. bob carpenter, rod riddle and debbi

ryan zimmerman is now 7-11 in this series. >> and after that big thursday, we had two home runs and six rbis, ryan continues the hit the ball well. he moves playing at colorado, phil. >> he's had a great weekend of course with one game left. 8-13 so far. but he's kind of locked in right now, johnny. he's swinging the bat well and he's got a couple of home running during this series. he's on track to have a very similar year to last year and as you look at the national league overall, i mean, i don't think there's much doubt that ryan zimmerman is the national league premier third baseman. david wright is still having problems hitting at citi field and you look at zim in the national league and evan longoria, two young guys going to be around a long time. >> 25, 26 years old. well the nationals had more offense. the 4th and the 6th inning. in the 4th inning, there's the swinging bunt by ryan zimmerman, he's safe at first base. >> then cristian guzman hits one up the middle. zimmerman goes to second base and then roger bernadina continues with a double to the gap in left center field. tha

ryan zimmerman is now 7-11 in this series. adam dunn. first game, 6th inning, nats were down by a run. not anymore. >> rob: he going, going, upper deck. >> bob: it took a couple of months in '95 after the ballpark opened for somebody to do that on a saturday night, larry walker of the rockies was first. the very next day. ray lankford of the cardinals did it and since then. 27 more balls have gone to the upper deck. at coors field. >> rob: been a couple of years though. >> bob: it had been july of '08 since ian stewart took one up there. adam dunn's got the home run touch going. 7 of his last 20 games. by the way, he's working on a six game hitting streak here. 9 for his last 26. great change-up by hammel. 0-2. >> rob: last pitch, good change- up right here from hammel. down and away. sun tries to launch it to the right side. see the difference, hammel working ahead, 0-2 on pretty much all of our hitters. just puts the hitter at a disadvantage. ryan zimmerman with a defensive swinging bunt. >> bob: guzman waiting. zimmerman aboard with o

in fact, ryan zimmerman is the only starter without a hit tonight. that's low to punch. ssed a beautiful night of weather tonight if you didn't come down. the count to "pudge" rodriguez goes to 2-2. well struck to left field! they're comes taveras! they'll hold im. cabrera covered that ball in a hurry, and runners are on first and third with one out, and for "pudge" rodriguez, 11th multi- hit game of the year. can we see enough of this catch by roger business? -- roger bernadina? after the dropped a ball in the first inning that gave the braves a run. >> rob: have to be a downer, bring up the dropped ball. >> bob: just in the the facts, sir. we're not covering anything up here. we take the bad with the good. and by the way, livan only gave up one run in his 5 and a third innings tonight. >> rob: i still love you, roger. it's bob that said that. bob. bob was saying that. >> bob: i really liked his base hit in the second inning, though. and the rbi he's about to collect here. >> rob: that would be sweet. nice little fly ball to the outfield. >> bob: matt capps would probabl

he's got to hit him well today. >> ryan zimmerman had a huge game here on thursday night. whether it's at home or here where he's gone 8 for 13, zimmerman, rain or shine, pretty solid against colorado. so, verizon fios includes cool widgets like facebook, twitter, even access to youtube right on your tv, instead of crowding around your computer. hey -- have you seen the walking ham? walking... the ham's got boots on... i'm not sure i have. or the soapy monkey? oh, my husband's on youtube. oh, honey, we really don't... oh come on. it's so funny. the man's busy... you're daddy on little girl's bike? no, i'm not. let's cue it up. [ male announcer ] introducing youtube, straight to your tv. only on verizon fios. this is beyond cable. this is fios. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities at 800-974-6006 tty/v. >>> it's a beautiful day here in denver for the end of the series. rockies have taken the field. morris is back. 14 games at sir cue and 13 base hits and 49 at-bats and he hit for power and he's back in the lineup today. guzman is in right field. morris at

morgan, ryan zimmerman. the all come home. josh willingham going down right there. a new working sensation in town. this is showing what he could do. 3-1 for the top of the ninth. at the plate for the birds. adam jones onboard. jenna's comes around and scores. they are tied. josh willingham at the plate. way back. and gone. bye-bye. the nats wind and take two of three. a very brazilian nationals. -- resilience -- brazilian national -- resilient nationals. >> the last thing to worry about is whether you won the game or not. >> it was not going away. rodriguez left with a back injury, and then there was the miss catch from nigel morgan and a temper tantrum that caused -- cost a home run. today, they took, the beltway title with one or the beginning his first big hit. >> they were going to follow that. and there was extra innings. i was just trying to get this. >> this puts them one game over 500. reporting live at the park, abc7 sports. >>> the university of virginia men's lacrosse team had their hands full today. let's go to the second period. to the goal, and he sco

third baseman ryan zimmerman who just just told me he thinks this weekend could be a measuring stick for the real is fan support you have. why is this? >> no. i mean, you know, we have been playing good, i think. you know, waiting for a team to -- baseball team to come out and play well and put pressure on them to come out and watch and we are doing that. >> dan was saying that because obviously the capitals are down and have the skins. do you feel like this is your opportunity to mick an impression? >> yeah, i think so. we are the only thing going on in town now. and -- we are working hard. play good. we are trying to give them something to come out and watch. >> i was going to ask you about being the only position player last nature to not get a hit. i decided i wanted to talk about that. what's up with that? >> whole game without a hit. you know, that means i -- hopefully tonight i will get one or two. we have been play good. it is -- someone has to keep the game going. get some outs and get it going. >> give the other guys opportunities. defensively, though, you did turn the doub

ryan zimmerman he's soiled. fields this, throws to first to end the game. matt capps 16 for 16 in saves. leads the big leads. here's jim riggleman on nyjer morgan. >> my first instinct was to take him out of the ball game and then i realize you know what, he thinks the ball went over the fence, he thought that he knocked it over the fence, and it's -- you know it's a home run so he's showing frustration that doesn't excuse it, and i don't want it to be perceived as an excuse but it explains it. you know he made a human error, he didn't -- not hustle, he didn't do something you know, it was a horrible thing. he made a terrible mistake. >> i think this is one of our bigger wins of the season because of the way that the game kind of transpired. we had a lot of things that didn't go our way, and you know, the play was nyjer morgan. >> the nationals do find a way to win. >>> injury news pudge rodriguez left today's game with lower back pain and also the nats put left-handed pitcher scott olson on the 15-day disabled list because of left shoulder tightness. >>> t

that's ryan zimmerman. d debbie taylor is going to talk -- in fact, had a chance to talk to ryan, but he had a heck of a weekend against florida, ray. >> well, it's the darnest think i've seen in a while. even though he wasn't on the disabled list, he was practicing against live pitching, and came out, and he's had three doubles off the wall, swinging the bat exceptionally well. he can flat out hit. it's a tribute to his work ethic, that he was able to be on time getting in that batters box. >> and when you look at the batting order, having him back in the line-up makes it tough for a pitcher to have to face adam dunn. >> well, this line-up i think is tough from top to bottom. we haven't been consistent of late and struck out an awful lot, but i think from top to bottom, the and i expect this club to score five runs a game as the season progresses. >> debbie had a chance to talk to ryan about getting up in the line-up. >> reporter: he had a great april, and i asked him about the month of april, and he said i

ryan zimmerman flies out to center to end the game. the birlds beat -- birds beat the nat 5s-3. washington has lost seven of eight. >>> to open up their season the washington mystics spoiled two opponents' home opener. so the goal tonight, not to let that happen to them. verizon center was home to the mystics and liberty as washington looks to improve to 3-0. new wizards owner ted leonsis check be out the mystics. he would like what he would see. the former terp had ten points and 11 rebounds. the mystics were up by five. then monique curry put it is away. the steal and the lay yum. the mystics win 77-61. they are 3-0 on this very young season. >>> nba news. if you're wondering what the wizards' possible top overall pick john wall was doing today, he was in chicago participating in the nba draft combine and if for some reason the wizards don't take the point guard from kentucky, the number two choice would appear to be evan turner who was also in chicago today. the ohio state product was the national player of the year. >>> it has been a turbulent 24 hours for the redskins after

every starting position, player, except ryan zimmerman had a hit.he national algz get in the win column. it didn't start out very pretty. hernandez making his fifth start of the year for the nationals. top of the first. he had to work hard. his defense, they didn't help him out. prada lines one to right. look at him. what is he doing? he takes his eye off it for a split second, drops the ball. the braves get an extra out. they later take a 1-0 lead. in the top of the third, nats up 2-1. braves threatening. bernadine yoe redeems himself. look at that. troy glaus hit it. take another look. this is the scene of beauty here. full extension. levo can't believe it. what a catch by bernandino. at the plate, the night belonged to the national ian desmond. bottom of the fifth. 2-2. look at this. gets ahold of all of this one. he sends a drive deep. and that thing is gone. out of here to the red court seats. desmond, second home run on the year. the nationals take a 3-2 lead. now as for insurance runs, adam dunn, you know this guy wants to hit it. he can do j

tying run on in the 9th for ryan zimmerman and he flies out harmlessly to center field. riggs, are you worried? >> we played a great ballgame tonight. we just got beat. we played good baseball. i'm in a much better mood tonight with that loss than i am tonight. i'll tell you that. >>> a minority owner of the wizards in 1999 which means he had eleven years to think about what he would do with the team when he acquired the rest of it and today some of those ideas came pouring out. he outlined a variety of his aspirations for the franchise once he takes over in full. including a possible name change away from wizards. and the likelihood that he will switch the team colors to red to match the capitals. and then ted was asked which of his league is in better shape, the nhl or the nba? >> the nhl is stronger than the nba. clearly because it has a cba in place that protects owners from taking stupid pills. >> i believe i have taken some of those stupid pills over the years. ted's other hoop team the mystics hosting the liberty tonight. that is monique curry. how about the 6, ev

i think we would love to see ryan zimmerman bat again. just a shame the nats couldn't keep the marlins down after that four. run 3rd. three other innings in which they scored. two of them crooked numbers. 3-1 pitch. kennedy hooks its hard, foul. one strike away from jumping over .500. [ cheers and applause ] a couple thousand folks making lots of noise. [ cheers and applause ] >> bob: 3-2 to kennedy. in the air, out behind second base. fighting sun -- maybin. [ cheers and applause ] series over. and the marlins take 2 out of 3, 2:50 today. a 9-3 verdict over the nats. more in a moment. big news! we have another way to help you save. oh, really? how? by bundling. if you get your homeowners and auto insurance together, we give you even more savings. ooh! big bundle. [ chuckling ] home and auto together. it's like peanut butter and jelly. oh, or like burgers and fries. or pickles and ice cream. unicorns and glitter! no? bundling to save you more. now, that's progressive! call or click today. >> johnny: hi, everybody, johnny holliday with ray

zimmerman kind of leaning out for that hook and then he got that one heading right for his letters. had to get out of dodge and he's a 2-1 to ryan think he would go a game without a hit. hit hard the other way. cody ross can't cut it off and zimmerman has another extra base hit. five of them in this series. >> rob: i think he's done enough running for the series. >> bob: this may be a situation where jim riggleman would run for him. i know he's talked about the fact in a close game where somebody had to go screaming home, and maybe had a bang- bang play he would get ryan out of there. >> rob: good sinker by baden hop. you can see the wonderful swing by zimmerman. he just stays on it, drives it with all that thor to right center field and cruises into second. >> bob: you know, he's stronger than he was a couple of years ago. >> rob: um-hmm. >> bob: it's just going to be amazing to watch him over the next three or four years really get into his prime. >> rob: well, and the thing is just like -- i talk about our pitchers against other hitters, not many people come inside on ryan and he just stands up there like -- remember piazza?

what does ryan zimmerman have in store for us now? he's broken into the top six in the league in batting average now. at .337. his on base percentage has climbed up to .389. having a fantastic series. six hits, two homers, seven rbis. if you keep the ball way from him -- away if him, you better keep it down. adam dunn, left handers know this and so do right-handers. there's a jet stream in right center. if you hit the ball well, it will go right out of here. little low and away. 2-1. pirates beat the cubs again today and the giants -- in their afternoon game. tim lincecum beating roy oswalt 2-1 in san francisco. zimmerman got jammed on that one. a one, two, three top of the 1st for jason hammel and now luis atilano goes to work. [ male announcer ] let's take the garden into our own hands. soak our yards in color. get our hands a little busier. our dollars a little stronger. and our thinking a little greener. let's grab all the bags and all the plants and all the latest tools out there. so we can turn all these savings into more colorf

ryan zimmerman back this there and rodriquez. well, this is breasting.s a former number one draft message back in 2005. and the rob he is still a work in progress at the age of 23. >> scouting report. he is 6-foot 8. he's only 23 years old and got good command but when he starts getting the ball 7:he gets hit ball. >> comes in where a or of 1 rein # and, ra of a 1 point #. probably should have lost them both boheas offense has gotten him off the hook. 10.9 without a 5 decision. second pitch is a strike. even at 1-1. pretty much cloudy all day. 79 at game time. means it's coming from the right field corner side. this ballpark inclosed. breeze not a factor here. 1-2 to morgan. offspeed pitch. fading outside. ted has the plate tonight of the angel, palm, brian. morgan gets jammed. beating to the back o'bag is foal stat. it's the worst defense iplay in baseball. they've made 23 errors. the post coming into this saturday. dap has already made 7er issue errors between them. and john baker is the one player in the line yum tonight who was not there last night.

ryan zimmerman back now but missed eight games with leg injuries. and new starting pitcher jason marquis, expected to be probably the best pitcher on the staff when the season started, on the dl after three starts. he has an e.r.a. over 20. lindsay czarniak in nats park tonight. how many people, lindsay, these days happen to be saying thank goodness for the national snst. >> exasomeone must be stuck in turn tile because it is empty. it will fill up. one reason it should is because of the pitcher now about earlier. atila atilano. this guy has been impressive for the nationals so far. braves don't know what to expect out of him. the other thing is atilano just got done with winter leak in puerto rico. not up against a lot of veteran power hiers. he is impressing his teammates so far. he's won his first two starts this season is on, last wednesday gave up two runs on six hits and six innings of work. struck out one. very confident pitcher. veteran catcher pudge rodriguez is something of an idol for atilano who was called up 21 day s after he underwent

. >> reporter: and scott olsen on the mound tonight for the nationals and also one note, ryan zimmerman sitting on 99 career home run, hits one tonight, 100, hitting a milestone. dan, also i stopped nats' owner mark learner in the tunnel and asked him about his mishap when shagging balls yesterday. he said, i'm doing all right but could be doing better. >> we talked about that last night. they said that was a pretty gruesome thing. he's fine, though. riggs really lit into the team last night, didn't he? >> reporter: he did. he said, we didn't give the fans their money's worth. they came out and played really poor. it was uncharacteristic of the team. the orioles, the worst team in the major leagues and now there's rumor that dave extremetrembley is on the hot seat. >> hakem dermish at nationals park, hakem, thank you very much. >>> turning our attention to the wizards. there was a little wizards facebook mishap today. a wizards employee posted on facebook that john wall will be the team's number one pick. then he wrote, if you want ticket, e-mail me. the posting was soon taken down. the

someone has to score runs. 0-2 to zimmerman again. ryanaks his bat hitting to left side and that was close to pulling off the bag. and it will be a runner at 1st with 1 out and willingham coming up. zimmerman has busted at least a half dozen bats in this series. >> ryan is always hustling. got to 1st base well. christian was going in there hard. willingham is 0 for 1 with a pair of walks. maybe zimmerman doesn't want to burn bernadina with the bat there. he's going to use the situation to hit. >> bob: yeah, it's not like you're going to put something on 1st base to try to steal the way olivo has been throwing. nationals came to town with 21 steals. that was 4 games ago. it's a ball and a strike to willingham. >> bob: you know, it's not like a big bulky chest protecter either. a lot of guys have a shoulder piece right there. he doesn't have that. that's a good take. there's the 1 hit that will leave the ball park against this pitcher. that ball is popped up in the right side. barmes foul ground, 2 outs. you can win a vip baseball trip, it's

ryan zimmerman, a line drive to first, pop shot to third that cantu took away from him.le. >> bob: oh, wow. >> rob: washington would be a great destination forically lee. >> bob: why would he say that on may 2 when this guy just came off the d.l? come on. why don't you play some baseball for awhile? >> rob: this is true. >> bob: aw, gee. >> rob: already postures, the peacock. >> bob: take your commission and have a nice summer. zimmerman high in the air to right side. we spent so much time talking about everything that has nothing to do with what is going on between the lines on that thing. but for every agent who wants to say something, there's a media guy. >> rob: right. got a tape recorder. now it's digital recording. >> bob: zimmerman takes fastball upstairs. josh johnson with his fourth walk of the day. nats take on the marlins early. come out early. first 10,000 fans 21 and older receive a cooler bag presented by miller lite and brews are $5 at the walk bar. >> rob: we could use a few of those cooler bags today. smoking here in south florida. >> bob: 87 -- 84 at ga

tonight, a few minutes ago down down at the clubhouse what is it like having ryan back in the lineup again. >> remainan zimmerman back in the lineup? >> ryan who in. >> it was awesome. the guy is unbelievable. to come off of the bench after how many game and hit two home run and a double and looked like he never missed a beat. pretty impressive. >> nyjer morgan, the catch of the game, catch of the months. >> he's unbelievable also. when the game is moving at the correct pace, everybody can be better at their position. the pitchers were pitching unbelievable. the bullpen was striking people out and getting ground balls. keeping us in the game. tonight we got struck out 15 time and still scored seven runs, eight runs. we beat them pretty bad and it's pretty good combo we've got going offense and defense. >> you also finished the month april with 13 games, three games over .500. that has to make you feel pretty good. >> it goes to show that hard work and spring training and believing in yourselves you we can compete with anybody. >> nobody competes higher than nyjer morgan at centerfield. remember when he came to t