here's scott olsen' 0-2. irez. and olsen's going to beat it out. his first base hit of the year. >> rob: by the young olsen boy. he's 26 years old. having some fun. >> bob: he'll take that for a knock. >> rob: takes it for a knock and hitit the other way. he doesn't even look, just hustles down to first. gets himself an infield single. got some long strides too. >> bob: nats are into double figures and hits. an rbi double bouncer up the middle last time. reflected off the glove of hanley ramirez. allowing desmond to score back in the fourth inning. >> rob: i would like to see if nyjer could get it out by geico sign. >> i'll guarantee you he'll catch him between third and home. a foul ball left side 0-2. >> rob: i don't see osceola going all the way to first though. >> bob: how about the mets they scored 11 in a row and just scored again. they lead the phillies 5-1 at citizens bank park in philadelphia. trying to go 14-9 and the braves got a couple of runs in the bottom of the third. jason hayward hit his sixth

scott olsen will give the nationals 6 and 2/3rds today. a very good hitting colorado team. 5th in the league in batting average and in runs. a good job by scott olsen. [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] achievement has its own patch of grass. ♪ achievement unleashes hidden potential. ♪ all right! achievement looks forward to dinner at home. achievement enjoys newfound freedom. i love you. [ male announcer ] mortgages, home equity loans, and lines of credit from pnc. helping achievers borrow with an eye towards the future. pnc. for the achiever in us all. >> bob: riggleman goes with his right hander. another breaking ball just misses and he comes in with the fastball and another fastball and he's going to come inside, another fastball jams him and he pitches it right down broadway and challenges and wins the battle. maybe the biggest at-bat of the day. it took him 7 pitches to get that fly ball. it's now clippard against barmes, your typical right-hitter. we saw clippard get away from the changeup more and throw the ball harder. they often say t

clubhouse reaction and a series finale preview when scott olsen takes on jeff francis tomorrow. >> rob: well, it's been a long day, but you have to kick it in right here. only down a run. joe beimel is in there. you know he's not going to blow it by you. be patient and try to take his breaking stuff the other way. >> bob: you would have to think that inside to the colorado rotation, that jason hammel has lived to fight for another start. three runs, six hits in seven innings without a walk and seven strikeouts tonight. nyjer morgan is going to be 0- 4. two strike outs and two grounders to the second baseman. next up, willie harris who's 1- 3 and then ryan zimmerman who's the same. >> rob: joe likes to slow down the pace of the game when he comes in. a lot like last year with ron beloam. pretty meticulous in the way he works. i think he doesn't have that 98- mile an hour fastball. he's about 88 with good breaking stuff. >> bob: 3-0. with the two guys the nats have coming up, any way to get willie harris at first base is god. good, down by a run. top of the 8th. >> rob: we've won a game

. >> if we get a good outing from scott olsen, we have a chance to win the ball game f. we don't, it's going to be tougher. i know our players will respond professionally and give a good effort. but it comes back to pitching. >> 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 attenti

. >>> the nationals placed scott olsen on the disabled list, inflammation in his throwing shoulder.e spark they needed to get the win streak going. washington down 2-0, he got all of that. the two-run bomb, left field, we are tied. top of the fourth, watch this. adam jones, the rocket, to the wall, morgan reaches up, the ball bounces off his glove. he thinks it bounces over his wall, throws his glove and discussed. it it landed right behind him. jones runs around, he scores, two-run inside the park home run. for-3 birds. another blast, going yard. that is a two-run home run for baltimore. in control, right? the sixth inning was big, adam dunn up the middle. guzman scores, the nationals win. a bank of the maryland terrapins trying to complete their work in the n.c.a.a. lacrosse tournament bracket, taking on notre dame. not good. around the net, he shoots he scores. notre dame up. seven-four irish in the fourth. at travis lee, on the doorstep, and he makes it count. there was no comeback for the terps. scott rogers closed the door. notre dame sans the terps home. >>> the maryland wome

. >> revealing no structural damage to scott olsen's shoulder just inflammation going on the 15-day disabled list. he missed last season because of an injury to the shoulder. jim riggleman saying it is not related. >>> the woman's lacrosse team winning and the coach said it was a different kind of game playing after love's death. a moment of silence for love. finnegan was one of the heros last week an got it going today early. scoring three minutes into the game. but too much. too much from the other team. 11-2 at the half. carolina wins. >>> top seeded terps. tough to beat a maryland team when you've got two young ladies like this dropping nickels everywhere. kaitlin mcfaden had five on it. maryland advancing to the semis against syracuse. they win today moving on in the ncaa tournament. >>> men's tournament quart quarterfinals. behind the net to the front of the net cutting the deficit to 5-3 at the half. 8 minutes later notre dame. 6-3 notre dame. maryland gets upset 7-5 ending their season at 12-4. notre dame advances to the final four. >>> well, at least it can't get any worse than this

scott olsen hadn't given up a home run in his last five starts and his e.r.a. for that period was just over one. a streak that ended abruptly tonight. 12-12 in their 24 meetings up to now. adam jones with the two-run crank in the 2nd. olson would leave after 3 with shoulder tightness going to the hospital right now. nats down 4-1 in the 7th. willie harris closing that gap. morgan aboard. makes it 4-3. 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 c

scott olsen takes on the rockies. one of his darkest moments was on april 20th and that day scott gave up 6 runs in just 2 plays! yeah, he did. he took his worst beating of the year and he's been in another gear since then. he's left every game with the lead and only one time did the opponent have a run when he left the game against him. he's kicked it into a high gear and did a great job. >> the e.r.a. is just over 1 run a game. look at the strike outs to walks, almost 4 to 1 in that department. that's outstanding for scott, who is not a pitcher that blows people away. his curve ball can surprise you. he feels good about the warmer weather here. he said my stuff is a little bit better in weather like this than when it's cold and rainy. >> ryan zimmerman has had a huge weekend here. nobody has seen francis in so long. >> since september of '08. 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

. >>> pudge rodriguez left yesterday's game with lower back pain and put left handed pitcher scott olsenn the 15-day disabled list because of left shoulder tightness. >>> after the death of virginia senior yeardley love, julie meyers says the best therapy for her team is to keep playing. meyers and virginia in north carolina, hoping continue their run in the ncaa tournament. taking on the tar heels in the quarterfinals, playing for yardley love, murdered earlier this month. virginia, down 2-0, until charlie finnegan scores, all tar heels after that. the tar heels win 17-7, ending virginia's run in the n krncaa tourname tournament. a tough way to end the season for the cavaliers. plenty of emotion and the head coach proud of her team after all they've dealt with. >> i think the end to this season, given all we've been through, have you been with us for so much, makes it especially hard. i am completely impressed and proud of my team. i'm so proud of their families, i'm so grateful for who comes to virginia to play for us and tend of the game, one of our fifth-year senior says there is not

. >> coming up tomorrow, scott olsen gets the ball at coors field. >> some great outings with the nationalslook, this guy was an afterthought almost. started the year off the roster and came back and pitched exceptionally well and listen, this is the only team that beat him this year with his shortest outing and he wants to atone for that. jeff francis, his first start of the year. they have very, very similar starts, but -- stats, but francis coming off the surgery on his left shoulder. he missed the entire '09 season. on the d. l. since the start of the year with the sore left shoulder. but you can see there again, their lifetime stats, very similar. obviously francis is over .500. he's been with a better team, but in terms of walks and strikeouts, again, very similar. francis is coming off a long period of inactivity. >> the 51 wins for jeff francis, the fourth highest pitcher with wins in rockies history. let's hope he can come back. >> he's been a quality starter at times, but an e.r.a. of 4.7. you give up a lot of runs. >> today the rockies had it going for them. adam dunn went deep i

scott olsen and jeff francis, battle of lefties here tomorrow. 3:00 eastern, on st. louis for two.ore the nats come home for a short two game series against the mets and don't forget interleague baseball is upon us. next friday night, when the orioles come in. >> rob: well, the dangerous little dance for atilano. his second walk and only eight guys in the battle order he's gone through. >> bob: you wonder how anybody can be hitting .375 against him with the bases empty plus the walks when he has the stuff he has? hammel, 1-5 with a sacrifice this year. deadening of the ball. 1-4 on the sacrifice. >> rob: nice job right here by hammel. see him way up on the bat. he does it perfectly like bob said. big, big tall guy, you see him get down there with the knees and let the bat do the talking. don't try to get to the ball with your arms and then slice at the ball with the bat. you let the bat get down there level, bends thrown if you have to and go get it >> bob: phillips at second, gonzalez now, two shots to give the rocky it is lead. >> rob: you're playing with fire anyway. you might p

. >>> pudge rodriguez left yesterday's game with lower back pain and left-handed pitcher scott olsendisabled list because of shoulder tightness. >>> to college lacrosse, the cavalier's coach julie meyers says the best therapy for her team was to keep playing after the death of yeardley love. the cavs are playing in honor of their late teammate, murdered earlier this month. virginia down 2-0 early until charlie finnegan scores. it was all tar heels after that. north carolina scored 11 dwoe 1 in the first half and win 17-7, ending virginia's run in the ncn krnch anc an aa tournament. plenty of emotions among players and coaches. they are proud of their team after all they dealt with. >> i thank you, after all we've been through, makes it especially hard. i'm completely impressed and proud of my team, proud of their families and so grateful for who comes to virginia to play for us. at the end of the game, one of our fifth-year senior says there's not a question that we all love each other and to know that is a pretty amazing and special feeling. >> yeardley love will be honored with a d

. >> reporter: starting pitchers and scott olsen on the disabled list, he debuted a first weekend ine appearing imminent. hopefully he can come and just help us out. >> over 28,000 fans for this series against the orioles. that's okay. but with the possible arrival, there may not be an empty seat in the house. >> thank you. and they pitch tonight in the minors for syracuse. we'll have that tonight at 11. also new at 6:00, an injury to the key nationals player that made delays. join us for that at 6:20. >> all right, see you then. >>> up next, many parents have been worried that kids are getting too many shots too soon, but a new study looks at vaccines and brain developments and has reassuring news. >>> coming up new at 6:00, although the situation in the gulf looks dire, local experts say don't cancel that deep vacation yet. scott broom tells you why coming up at 6:00. >>> if you see a parent spanking their child, do you think next time, listen to your mommy, or do you think that mom needs counseling? take our polls and see what other moms are saying on momslikeme.com. úpp >>> sendi

. >> scott olsen tonight gets the win against his old teammates. first time he's beaten his former ball club. when the fox and i return. nationals win it 7-1 over florida. >>> 7-1 the final in south florida. the falls take game one in the three game series. scott olsen gone 13 consecutive scoreless. he was asked how did you evaluate your performance? >> it was all right. it was a battle the first two innings. we couldn't really find the slider for a strike and then we just threw a lot of pitches. kind of prevented me from going later in the game in the first two innings but after that we settled down pretty good and everything after that was in the zone, right when we want to be. >> was that the key keeping the ball down in the zone? >> it's the key to everybody. i don't throw hard enough to throw by people. i have to be in the zone all of of the time and be able to throw strikes when i'm behind in the count. we were able to do ta today and their offense came through and did fantastic i think it really gabe us a jolt. >> how about nyjer morgan with

matt holiday deal with the houston streak, looking more than a throw-in right now and olsen takes care of him. scottn, 1st out in the 6th inning and gets his 1st strike out of the day. he got gonzalez. great breaking ball and good off speed. single and line shot right at morgan. that ball was right over his head. >> we went to break at the 6th and desmond and guzman were singing at the 1st pitch and that left francis off the hook in 2 of the last 3 innings, throwing 8 pitches. there will be another sunday family fun pack available next week. a seat, hot dog and chips and soda for just $14. visit nationals.com/kids to purchase your family fun tickets. o's are in for the weekend. 4:00 on saturday and 1:30 on sunday. >> francis has thrown nothing but off speed stuff in the count. he's been throwing curve balls all day. we keep swinging at it in the 3rd. he's going to keep doing that. so we wait him out. hawpe is up. he's hit into the double play and bounced back to the pitcher. by far the biggest crowd we have seen in this ball park in years. the upper deck is all the by out to right field, nearly full