the reds over the washington nationals. meanwhile the phillies and mets -- the phillies have taken a 5-4 lead on a chase utley top of the 11th inning solo shot, so the mets have three outs to come back. the cards breaking out of their five-game slump in style, 13-4 over the marlins. colby rasmus, a three-run shot in that one, cups over the brewers, and the astros get the win over the cubs. >> the war of words between new jets head coach rex ryan and channing crowder continues. it all started last week when crowder spoke out about ryan's competence during organized activities saying ryan was the ota winner. ryan said if he were younger he'd probably handle crowder himself. the 26-year-old crowder said i'd have beat the hell out of that big old joker. >> channing crowder had a rebuttal. i love it. the only thing i can say is let's see if he can top this one. i've walked over tougher guys going to a fight than channing crowder. the dude's going to kill me. we'll make that trade. they'll throw us both out. we'll make the trade.

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rosales at first, bruce, taveras and gomes in the reds outfield. 31-27 coming into the ballgame today. 17-13 on the road. >> rob: play very well on the road. not playing so well at home. >> johnny: gonzalez with a lead off first and ryan zimmerman. >> rob: they should be taking advantage of great american ballpark. they are not playing so well. they are not generating the same offense. you miss one big hammer in the middle of the line-up and it gives the other teams an opportunity to pitch to you. >> johnny: zimmerman looking for his first base hit off micah owings. he has faced him six times. ryan in the series 3-9. top of the nats order with guzman and gonzalez and zimmerman, all three batting over.300. you toss adam dunn behind that and elijah dukes, it is a pretty good five somsome to look at. >> rob: -- five some to look at. count is 1-1 to zimmerman. 75 hits and 16 doubles, 41 runs scored. chopper left field. that could be in there but a nice diving grab by jonny gomes. and there's two down. home depot covers the bases today. you can visit ho

walked the first time up for the reds. od old focal points that i'm sure that steve mccat tee will bring up with ross when they go over today's oiling. >> johnny: and this would tie his longest outing of the year if detwiler gets through the sixth inning. mighty close to bruce, almost got him. two balls, two strikes.  bruce at .216. 14 home runs, 13 though off right-handed pitchers. and the 2-2. goals taking second, goals will go back to first, they have a bead on it and it's one down.  i tell you will a lot of ground out in center field. >> rob: yeah, when he did lie gentleman and willie is out there we have our fastest outfield, they can cover some ground offensively.  always have to find  adam though. >> johnny: yup. got to keep that battle in the lineup don't you. >> rob: yeah. and a lot of teams do that. guys are not gold gloves at that position and as a pitcher you know that and it's your job to do your job. and sa

here is the lineup for the reds. eld, 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, ryan zimmerman, adam dunn in left field, eli zsa dukes, willie harris, anderson hernandez in second base, will he nieves will catch, because ross detwiler will pitch for the nats. we're ready to go. byron curran and ray knight with you as we count down nats extra and a big day for the nats as they try to get the top picks on the board. and what they want to get here with these next picks, they get steven strasbourg, pitching always something they are looking for but is there a possibility they could look at anythi

motivation to beat the red sox. why they do this time around. and stephen strasburg is considered the best player in baseball's draft. >> the first selection in the 2009 first year player draft, the washington nationals select stephen strasburg. ♪ >> kobe rises up and knocks it down. >> pau's first dunk. >> it is a clinic from a very focused kobe bryant. >> we're about a half hour away until tip-off. game three. helping you stay current, will silva, chairing the anchor desk with michael. a shocker out of college basketball. timid extend down as head coach of usc. >> we start things off with the nba. overtime a tough way to lose especially in the finals and that's what happened to the magic in their last game amp chance to make this thing a series. they need a "w" tonight. for more, the crew have the coverage. >> back in orlando where the orlando event center opens down the road in 2010 the amway arena hosts the finals for the second time after dwight howard heroics. a great 40-point game to eliminate the cavaliers. has not come as easy here in th

the reds win it 4-2. comments from the nationals including from out fielder adam dunn. nats extra post game continues after this. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. for the next minute, i'm gonna show you what it's like to have verizon fios. these are your widgets, they let you put whatever you're watching down here, while you check out local traffic, weather, even your news up there. i've got a news flash you're out of mayo. how did you get in here? door was open. you'd have tons of ways for you to search for content: by actor, director, any word at all. what about chicken? chicken's fine. any word. no i mean do you have any chicken?

jay bruce goes deep for the reds to give them a 2-0 lead. ng out his third triple of the season got as far as 3rd base. the nationals couldn't get him in. at&t your world delivered. hello. jay bruce with that home run. he was 12th overall by the reds in 2005 in the first round. a lot of first year first round picks. >> johnny: i'm looking to see the answer to the question. here's josh bard. it wouldn't surprise me at all -- >> rob: she's got a new baby. an 8-month-old. >> johnny: josh bard, second switch hitter in this ball club. three hits with a home run tuesday of last week. swings to a high fastball. 1-1. in the bottom of the 5th here at nationals park. 2-0 cincinnati jay bruce's home run in the 2nd. martis working himself out of trouble tonight. line drive down the 1st baseline, foul. thinking back to you racing, that wouldn't be bad. ray i'm saying is probably 48, 49 maybe? >> rob: he's about three years older than me. >> johnny: maybe 50? >> rob: i've had a lot of problems with my legs over the years. this is not pretty. >> johnny: i'm

maybe that is what the red cross will do, or maybe that is the national guard. comment on the national guard and the ready reserve idea. >> the national guard is a key component in responding to disasters. upon my confirmation -- one of my first visitations was with general mckinley. we have a strong system and we leverage this with the national guard. we have capability and will identify another state, to make certain that things like the joint operation center supports each other and this is a good team, a key component of the national defense strategy, these are the first of the assets available and they can request from the other governors additional guardians to manage the disaster. there is actually a requirement, to take the existing structures and provide more training and capability within the reserve force. as far as the standing reserve, this is something i would like to research by elements of that is what we already see. we're building community response teams, building capabilities that are more adequately leveraged, through this -- people stand re

arthur rhodes of the red has 193. he has been around a couple of years. >> rob: just a few. >> johnny: i think thinking when they are it is -- i'm thinking when they are sitting out there in the bullpen, the young guys are listening to what tavarez is theying and colome says. >> rob: i hope so. >> johnny: julian grew up as a shortstop. >> rob: arthur rhodes right there. >> johnny: phillips walks away. two balls and two strikes. >> rob: right here, great breaking ball that kind of backs up. doesn't get any better than that when you are pitching. phillips jammed himself. >> johnny: bouncing ball to zimmerman. got to hurry. on the run, throw to first, got it. and phillips can fly, too. nice play by zimmerman and there's two down. >> rob: this is an outstanding play right here by ryan zimmerman. airmailed the ball earlier in the ballgame. he puts that behind him right there. he knows i have got a very fast brandon phillips coming down the line. actually on the inside and he hits adam dunn right here. that could have been a

and the reds up 1-0. >> rob: more good friend that do the television for the reds. george brand. george worked with my dad back in the 60s and 70s. worked with espn. >> johnny: adam dunn walked book in the 1st inning. he's got the count of one ball and one strike. owings with a check of the runners. misses just outside for ball two. >> rob: that is probably an unintentional intentional walk right here. they are not going to give him anything. you talk about the walks. 124 last year. 56 right now. >> johnny: 48. >> rob: he doesn't want to walk, but they don't give you anything to hit. you can't swing. that is kind of a backdoor breaking ball, way outside. and these pitches aren't worth swinging at for adam and he talks the walk. put the pressure on the defense. now you have to get out elijah dukes. when dukes is swinging well or zimmerman, that is the protection he needs to see better pitches. but with 1st base open here and one out. >> johnny: and he swings through a fastball. >> rob: he expanded his zone. we talked about that. he didn't get anything to hit the first time up. seco

the since reds loosening up. the nationals are coming out of their dugout. the game was called two hours ago with a rain delay. in the bottom of the 9th, we'll be back nay couple -- back in a couple of minutes. we take you back to espn news. dwight howard and the magic. ♪ >> we are keeping you current with the latest news, scores and highlights. this is "espnews" available in high definition. along with j.w. stewart, mike yam with you. and j.w., sport fans love streaks. the yankees not a favorite of this one. >> the red sox beat the yankees sneven a row, tied for the second longest streak against them. and dustin pedroia off wang, and nick swisher is giving chase. but it is into the seats for a ground rule double and they score. and the yanks within one and the top nine, jonathan papelbon on to close it out and the yanks with the tying run on second. and jorge posada to left. and the warning track power and the red sox win 6-5 and lead the a.l. heat by one game. and wang with the loss, and his 21.61 e.r.a. is the highest in major league history for any start

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count is 2-1 to alex gonzalez the reds shortstop. lannan retired the first two batters he faces. >> rob: let's take another look at home numbers. there he is. second right now in the national league in homerun e.r.a. 10 starts. ted lily. >> johnny: lannan delivers to gonzalez. fouled back. count is even at 2-2. reds are 6-7 against opponents from to the national league east. the nationals looking for their 10th win at home this year. 16th overall. rob, we were talking before this ballgame, you were comparing this year's record at the same time compared to last year. and this is a much, much better ball club. line-drive to left field, base hit for gonzalez. and it is hard to believe it is a 15-42 team. >> rob: it is. and this team was nine games better last year with the wins. but, you know what, it comes in cycles. they can still with a 66-29 flurry at the end of the season finish 500. >> johnny: right. >> rob: that is when you look at numbers and you have to start with small goals. try to win series. obviously we are not going to win

this is what i did against a couple of the reds. they may move on to another ball club especially in your division, put that away for later, worked well with will nieves, so a lot of good things happened tonight for the nats, they just didn't, they didn't get enough runs to win but it's a very well-pitched game and that's a good sign for the nats. >> outside of the home run by elijah dukes and the homer by cristian guzman ran into a heck of a starting pitcher in johnny cueto and a strong bullpen that they have got. >> >> rob: ray can tell you that's gonna happen. guys are going to stick it to you; have their best stuff, going to go out and make a rough night. we did get to arthur rhodes, he didn't give up much, weathers and then cordero. that's a good pitching ball club. hopefully tomorrow we can scratch a few more hits out and get a pugh more runs. >> thank you johnny and rob upstairs as we break down this game and look at the offensive side of it. key moment was the bottom of the fifth inning, down 3-1, one out already on the board

the reds are in kansas city. >> let's update you on the games that are currently in progress. >> yankees-red. that's 1-0 on. zach greinke pitching a gem for the royals. they're up 2-1 in the eighth in cleveland. and the mets and phillies now all tied up at 3. >> you saw it earlier on espnews. usain bolt, running in his first race of 2009. starts off, and says, kid, i'm the fastest one out here. standing room only. went for $25, no problem. bolt wins in 10 flat. let's look at the world record that usain bolt currently holds he had a field day at the beijing olympics last summer. setting the record in the individual races. and ran the third leg in the 4 by 100 meter relay for jamaica, where another world record was broken. >> >> all right, still to come. they're under way in o-town. we'll update magic and lakers in their pivotal game 4 match-up. >> and we will update things from fenway right now the red sox nursing a 1-0 lead. penny and sabathia. we'll let you know what's going on. also, a thriller in houston. astros cubs and that right there, part of the highlig since 1873, coors banquet has

a great play by the shortstop and the reds are out of the inning. so we go to the bottom of the sixth and the nats are trying to tie this up, they are down by two. pounds and a smidge. a smidge? y'know, there's really no need to weigh packages under 70 pounds. with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service, if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. cool. you know this scale is off by a good 7, 8 pounds. maybe five. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. . >> deb: nats looking for runs as we look to the bottom of the seventh inning. another pick to tell you about. the 81st pick in the third round, trevor holder, a right- handed pitcher out of the university of georgia, 6'2", 205 pounds and the senior captain with the team so some leadership qualities goin' on there. johnny. >> johnny: debbie thank you very much. you can see the list of the major league. >> rob: going old. mike rizzo dana brown, i know they helped build up that arizona razorback prospects, a lot of o

it is the reds and the nats coming up. it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. buy the lg xenon messaging phone for 99.99 after mail-in rebate and get one free after mail-in-rebate. ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. >> byron: jay bruce has beee man for the cincinnati reds as we look at the line-up for the washington nationals. jerry hairston will lead off and bat from 3rd base. willy taver

the reds have got a 2-0 lead for him. saturday, the tampa bay rays host the nasals. because of -- nationals p. because of major league baseball blackout between 1:so p.m. and 7:05 p.m., we will join the game in progress. tampa decided to acome dat a concert after the game. and masn is prevented from showing the start of the game. viewers encouraged the follow the game at masn sports.com. after the game, the post game press conference will still be carried as well as post game interviews with yours truly and ray knight. nick johnson will step in as a pinch-hitter. he will face the offerings of jared burton coming in out of the arizona bullpen. nick is overdue. runners at first and second. >> rob: see some tape going up his neck and his shoulder. you watch baseball, you see a lot of shoulders that are taped up like that. might have a shoulder ailment going on with that left shoulder. >> johnny: over the last 10 games, a little bump in the road for nick. 8-38. 0-12 slide right now he is in. but still hitting .313 with 5 homers and 30 driven in. at 2nd base, he's got a p

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right outside the red porch is the plaza area way lot of statues and history.ome out here and you'll learn a lot more. johnny, rob. >> thank you very much. >> johnny: nix, hernandez and nix to face martis during the top of the 2nd in this scoreless ballgame. first pitch right down for a strike. >> rob: we told you last night some of these guy versus a lot of home runs off right handers. this guy has a lot of pop. >> johnny: didn't play in last night's ballgame. 7 homer, 18 driven in. when you compare the two team's batting averages, the nationals have better than the reds .250. >> rob: a lot comes down to close games. they're the top five bullpen. when you have a bullpen like that and you're playing a lot of close game, you're going to win the bullpen. they spent an awful lot of money on him. sometimes for a specialized position like closer, you're going to have to fork out big bucks. >> johnny: the thing you like about him storen, he understands. he wanted to get this signed and out of the way. he wants to play baseball. he doesn't want to linger with these ne

. >> rob: you yo rocco baldelli went up to the boston red sox. but carl crawford and rocco baldelli had never been in the big leagues. lou piniella named them as his opening day starters to take pressure off of them. >> bob: bouncer up the middle. anderson hernandez knew he had to hurry. he played it perfectly. looks like he is wearing some turf shoes tonight and the first two have been retired on a strikeout and grounder. nationals defense, defensively, adam dunn is the dh. so that is a big plus for stammen, retiring two of the fastest players in baseball and here is evan longoria, second in the american league with 34 extra base hits. only mark teixeira has more with 36. raul ibanez is the major league leader with the phillies with 38. you think sits sense bank park is not jumping tonight. jon lester, joe blanton, red sox and phillies, last two defending world champions. all good breaking ball. >> rob: you can make a great argument against strasburg and what his agent is saying. this a kid who came out of nowhere, six games into the major league

next we will hear from arman maselli, vice president of disaster operations at the red cross. he is responsible for coordinating response to domestic disasters, and managing logistics technology and resource systems. the chain has gone through a major reorganization, and we're looking forward to hearing some of the outcomes today. and last but not least, janet burton, president of northeast louisiana united way who said she served as corny councilperson for louisiana 211, a nationwide response system which can be very, very helpful in all of the issues we talked about this morning. so if you will again, thank you. pull the microphone closer. there you go. >> normally, my booming voice works wonders. thank you for the opportunity to be with you this afternoon and talk about the important work of the partnership. we provided testimony and request it be included in the record. the partnership is an initiative of the corporate crisis response officers association, seeking to identify and implement best practices and support improvements in public and private sector does after repor

the reds get a n here in thtoofthe eighth inning. looking on. >> rob: went in, probably changed his shirt, put on a dry one, sweatshirt. protect your monemake  some of these young  the play-backsof thgames, neve to bed without a eatshirt on,úyçcover ur arm. >> johnny: detwiler's numbers. >> rob: pretty good night right there. those three walks all came back to hurt him. >> johnny: six strikeouts. 3-1 ball game, in the eighth inning with jonny gomes at first base, jay bruce the right fielder, and a walk and a follo bergmann to the mound. >> rob: to get back to strasburg, i like what tony gwynn said about him, and he said to strasburg, "listen, you have got to do at the episode of the day call your heart, don't get into a bidding war and negotiations negotiations and let your agent speak for you, at the end of the day it's your career, your life." >> johnny: what about last year, take an example. >> rob: absolutely. absolutely. your agent works for you and sometimes these young players think the agent is doing

the reds are about to look at their 31st win of the season, 17th of the year. that's one more shot coming up. zimmermann hanging tough 2-2 to the 3rd baseman from the nationals. 2-4 last night, tonight 0-2 with a walk. the out field playing straight away for ryan. ryan with a 2-2. zimmermann gets on the base hit. >> rob: he's been going to right field more this year than any year we've seen. that was not an easy pitch. that will do it for him. great swing right there, great approach. he got jammed. he fights it off for a base hit. now adam dunn gets to come on and face arthur probably. >> johnny: we'll be back in just a moment. harang tonight, a terrific outing for this young man. you're watching down here, while you check out local traffic, weather, even your news up there. i've got a news flash you're out of mayo. how did you get in here? door was open. you'd have tons of ways for you to search for content: by actor, director, any word at all. what about chicken? chicken's fine. any word. no i mean do you have any chicken? i want to eat some chicken. one of t

hairston flied to center his first time up back in the first. reds lead 1-0 near the top of the third. good high fastball, 93 on the gun for that one. detwiler so far, 41 pitches, 25 have been for strikes. you know, cincinnati is not having a, even though they got a record rob of 29-27, they have lost 7 of their last 10 ball games. they have been having some problems too. . >> rob: well i think th bulkhead stuff, they needed inson bulkhead to come back and come back strong. whenever you have guys like joe evade oh sick on the disabled list, jay bruce struggling against lefties, 1-2 another great breaking ball right there, if your umpire is going to give you these pitches, it's a great pitch to throw, keep back during these guys until they take that to sort. >> johnny: brandon phillips. tavares went down looking at strikes. that's the third strikeout for detwiler. a bownlszing ball to guzman, easy play at first, and the reds were gone as they were in the first inning, one-two- three. we'll be back in a moment. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's

i am pleased to say that we have the red cross for months of planning that are under way. statewide, we have begun training response volunteers. but there are still the liabilities. we are beyond the current capacity, we are in need of critical elements for disaster response. generators, remote control ability, telephone relations -- telephones and the gaps in service across the atlantic coast. we have to unify technology and standard operating procedure to ensure the best response. every resident must have access on cellular phones. these need a system of nat -- national opera ability. we are in desperate need of the help of the congress to make certain of a reliable response and everyday needs. hopefully we can cure this during this session before the next problem occurs. we are grateful for your support of this legislation and your sponsorship of the bill and your ability to deliver on dedicated federal funding for louisiana this year. thank you for this opportunity. >> i really appreciate the content of your testimony, and the thoughtfulness going into this. i would lik

the red cross was there so hurricanes are what we're talking about. so coastal communities can be hit by many different ways. ron osborn, the director of the emergency management division office of the general could not be here but he prepared a report about hurricane preparedness and i'd like to submit it to the record. they're doing a major exercise in south carolina today. ron is a very smart guy and i'd like to put this in the record. >> without objection. >> and one final thought, as you talk about -- you know, when you go down to the coast of south carolina, land is obviously very valuable. but when -- there are a lot of minority communities. where do they go? their people have been literally there generation after generation after generation and where do they go and what do they do. from someone who may live in nebraska or in the upper part of south carolina where hurricanes are not such a factor, i think we want to make sure that our coastal residents can get help. i mean, people are not being irresponsible. they're not living in areas for muds

hope there's going to be baseball against the cincinnati reds. if, . >> had him anin tucson and near offered him the job the replace lute olson. is i would not be shocked if he resurfaced somewhere around chicago again because his former assistant and his good friend is the general manager of the chicago bulls. so i mean, this is obviously a long reach, but that's where i can see maybe a life preserver being thrown out the tim whereas, you know, there's an opportunity maybe in scouting or something to wring him back into the nba. i just think in a coaching aspect, it's going to be very hard for him to get back at this point. >> he's considered one of the best xs and os guy, no doubt thanks in both the college and program. andy katz, we appreciate your time on this breaking news. thanks so much. >> all right. thanks, ryan. >> still to come, phil jackson, stan van gundy both heading to the podium in mere minutes to discuss tonight's game three of the nba finals. stay with us. >> with the first selection in the 2009 first-year player draft, the washi

the washington nationals e back to defeat the cincinnati reds. they finally get one on get away day as they head off to tampa bay and puts smiles on the faces of everybody. >> ray: everybody. >> byron: byron kerr with ray knight. we are getting ready for nats xtra minutes away. >> ray: it was a fielder's choice that gets the win. important contact. phillips tried to and had to chance. the great thing was the lead-off pinch hit by harris and another pinch hit by hernandez to get it started. >> byron: in the 9th, joe beimel got the job done. debbi taylor is stand by with him right now. >> debbi: thank you. the bullpen has been fantastic the last 17 games. your third save overall. e.r.a. under 3. and your first save here as a national. >> we have kind of turned it around from where we were earlier in the year. got some new guys in here. everybody has been pitching well. and for our team to come back like they did today and get a win, you want to go out there and throw a scoreless inninging and help them. >> debbi: this team clawed and scratched its w

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they trail the reds 2-0. the bats kind of silent. >> rob: it must have been a heck of a scouting report over there in the cincinnati locker room. they have kind of had the nationals number but that is going to happen. peaks and valleys, you will have the slumps as far as the entire batting order. john lannan is battling out there and you have got to try to scratch out a run right here, maybe try to manufacture a run, play some small ball. get a speedster like gonzalez on and have somebody drive him in. right now, against micah owings, nothing has seemed to work. he is making it work. two hits in his first four innings. >> johnny: let's see if alberto gonzalez can get things going. bottom of the 5th inning, nats have only two base hits to show for their efforts today. lannan hanging tough in the mound. oh! caught him on the left hand i think. that is the second hit batter in the last four that he has faced. >> rob: micah owings knows he has to come inside. he doesn't have overpowering stuff and he comes way up

these are the only official who red cross shelters and would you describe most of them as school buildings or most of them churches or places where people worship? how would you describe the shelter if someone looked at that map and said describe the actual buildings those dots represent. >> yes, senator, you are right in the sense most of them are public buildings. part of the criteria when we look at buildings with safety construction etc. is to have facilities to support a population, kitchen, bathroom, etc., schools and churches fill the bill quite readily so most of them are either churches or schools throughout the u.s.. we had the shelters before katrina, but after katrina we actually put those into a database so the first time in a computer database we could see where they were at short notice, what might be available and also when we have a disaster of local chapters will report back on the shelters and the number of people in the shelters etc.. >> and the school issue is interesting to me because you obviously in a catastrophic disaster that we had and others have had. when peopl

jon lester is on the mound tomorrow for boston. >> rob: come out and beat back that red sox nation. > jim p.: second best record in baseball. only the dodgers with a better winning percentage. >> rob: their fans travel well. they show up and bring their orange and black. >> jim p.: which is terrific. >> rob: i thanked them on twitter. i said, thanks for coming up, they set attendance records in d.c. three straight days. very nice. >> jim p.: the red sox set the benchmark i think to me for all major league teams, because they set the standard. it's a good way to judge, good yard stoic judge your own ball club. now, to do that of course, this 0-4 has got to stop. >> rob: you've got to beat the club. >> jim h.: they have that dreaded series. the 11 am game on monday morning. willie harris grounded out his first at-bat. >> jim h.: after that game which was the fourth loss in a row, they would have rather run the marathon which is what they'd run that morning, than play at 11:00. it's kind of weird. i don't know, you being a reliever, but when i was a starter, a lot of times i'd pitch some

that's the 2-0 reds lead. it's been that way since the 2 2nd. >> rob: 14 off right handed pitcher this is year. two nights in a row, well pitched ballgame by the starter. he is giving the nationals an opportunity to win the ballgame. two hit, two run ballgame now by shairon martis. >> johnny: gonzalez a hit and the home run by bruce. that's it. both of those coming in the 2 2nd inning. this has got to be one of shairon's better efforts of the year. it will go up against the wall. bruce with a second base hit in the 2nd with a double. one down. jay bruce collects his second hit and the reds third of the night. >> rob: this is in the strike zone. bruce take this is and drives it down the line. he got a home run today. adding to it there realizing i can't get full extension to lift it out of the ball park. >> johnny: gonzalez got all of that one. elijah dukes is backing up against wall. he makes the catch. a terrific play by dukes in the field. does he cover the territory out there? >> rob: yes, he does. when he's

so far this year it's been a one-sided affair between the red sox and yankees. new york city is one of the most expensive places to live. why mark sanchez won't have any trouble buying a new home -- or two. and kobe bryant is the best closer in the nba. how he and the lakers have left the door wide open for dwight howard and the magic. captioning by captionmax ♪ >> we are keeping you ♪ ♪ >> we are keeping you current with the latest news, scores and highlights, this is espnews available in high definition, along with j.w. stewart, mike yam with you, and sports fans love streaks but the yankees not a fan of this one. >> yammer, dating back to last year, the red sox have beaten the yankees seven in a row, tied for their second longest win streak against their archrivals. johnny damon says, "hopefully, we'll beat them sometime soon." bottom two, dustin pedroia off chien-ming wang, nick swisher giving chase, but it's into the seats for a ground-rule double. george kotteras scores. red sox up 3-1. seventh, mark teixeira, after johnny damon homered the yanks go back-to

bottom of the sixth. red sox up 4-0. ortiz, high, deep, gone -- second of the year, his first home run since may 20. red sox go up 5-0. top seven, lester still pitching a perfect game but michael young hits one into the gap. the perfect game is broken up. young was the only ranger with a hit. red sox win it 8-1. lester is now 19-4 at fenway. the best home win percentage among active pitchers with at least 15 career home starts. still to come, a routine play becomes anything but for the mets. how it became an adventure. >> who was the m.v.p. last -- he was the m.v.p. last year. but what kobe bryant is saying about his game might surprise (announcer) introducing tuscani pasta pairs from pizza hut. pick any 2 of our 4 restaurant quality recipes. that's three pounds of delicious pastas starting at $13.99 with breadsticks. tuscani pasta pairs. pizza and pasta from pizza hut. now you're eating. yep, born and raised. big-time deal minnesota. that "fargo" was a crazy movie, wasn't it? uh, that was north dakota. ah, you're right.

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but i don't know if i'm more tied to the reds like ray is. i know ray, um, speaks so highly of the oirgs but to me, when i was there, it was fun, it was great, we won a world championship. >> johnny: 6 years, huh? >> rob: 7 1/2 seasons with them and, to me, you know, it is great but that was so long ago now, i have been doing this for 12 years, that you've got new ownership, new management, a whole new coaching staff, and there's not one player that i played with still there so. >> johnny: makes a big difference, yeah. >> rob: the name, yes, but a lot of people still think i have this alliance or allegiance to the reds, yes in some ways i always will in terms of being drafted there and playing there but i like to think of being part of the nationals now and i've long since moved on to that and went to the white sox and the brewers and the marlins an, you know, you got to, you know, try not to live out of your scrap book. >> johnny: right. hernandez, as you mentioned, it's because joey balance low has been on the dl. fouls one off to the right.

then you've got the red sox coming in. so as they say in soccer, nick johnson, the man of the match today. he was really great all weekend long. >> when you look at what's gone on, basically week after week, nationals pitchers two outs, struggle getting the third out. they get two strikes on the guy and struggle to get the third strike or at least get the guy out. i mean, it seems like it's over and over again. >> you're dead right with that one. you need ultimate concentration to work ahead, get your team back in there and that's one of the. the next time we visit with you, get ready. i hear there's going to be a lot of navy blue ball caps with a big b on them in our ballpark tuesday night. this is going to be some atmosphere when the red sox come in. >> you send them out of here with losses does how you handle that. back at you on tuesday night, the first of three against the boston red sox. >> obviously being down 4-0 after one inning was bad enough. there's two outs. we talked about this. he walked vernon wells. here co

8:00 eastern time the nationals get the victory over the reds and a nice way to head into the evening. have a nice dinner and get pumped up about the tampa bay rays. byron kerr, ray knight with you on nats xtra. missed opportunities. getting the 1st inning going early on. they had chances certainly but left guys on base. >> ray: the last 10 days we have had chances but haven't been able to deliver. ground ball shortstop. fielder's choice there. first, third, single. hit-and-run to advance guzman and he strikes out, durn strike snn strike. not able to -- dunn strikes out. and there's the base hit to right. and then flying out to right field to end that inning. 7th inning, zimmerman walks. willingham walks. still have runners on first and second. there's the walk to willingham and kearns chases. as we talked about earlier, 12 runners left on base. the only real big inning there i thought was when dunn and dukes struck out with runners on second and third after they advanced on a wild pitch. >> byron: something we noticed at the patience at the plate, making the pitchers try to get the s