that's gonna two to the wall and drive in todd helton. oy tulowitzki, only his second hit of this series, but with his two hits he has driven in three runs. and the rockies lead by two again. . >> rob: well, with two outs, helton gets a huge 3-2 hit and, right there, another hit to the opposite field on a breaking ball by tulowitzki. and he said he has laid down a breaking ball before, it was almost like he went looking for a bergmann breaking ball. >> bob: double switch coming. left-handed batter coming up, but it's not ron villone. it will be tyler clip ard.    well the rockies have been opportunistic. they haven't scored that much, but the timing of the runs devastate to go the nationals. ♪ ♪ tell me who's watching. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here. it's easy.  >> bob: our nextel vision gam will be a different ball club. prince fielder, mike cameron, and power to spare at corey hart. and it will be a tough assignment for jd martin. he'll be making his

todd helton is 0 for 2 tonight.stor short and a fly ball to center. >> rob: all right, manny ramirez is a little shy on the average. life time .314. .411, and .593. >> bob: okay. >> rob: there's a drive to right, and dukes will have to play it on a hop. and it's first and second. one out for the rockies here. stammen's pitch count is not the problem. >> rob: it's the third trip through the line-up problem, where they're hitting well over .300 against them. in fact, .357 opponents batting average. the third trip through the line- up. >> bob: and the second time through tonight, rob, they were 0 for 8 with a walk, but obviously the nationals are well aware of that number, and after one base hit, they have somebody warming up in a seemingly not that dangerous situation, which has now become dangerous. tulowitzki now. sometimes you have to goatee the line-up one time with just maybe your fastball, or maybe your curveball. >> bob: and then, of course, and we don't talk about this maybe enough, there's the fatigue factor.

todd helton will be hitting third today. the rocks first baseman struggling of late.st 14, but he's a career .392 hitter, 25 home runs against this franchise. and in august, he's lights out. a career .365 hitter.    let's go back and get m this series, a preview of what to expect from the sports jinkies back at our masn studio. >> welcome back to the junkies from the fan. let me introduce you to our nashs expert, -- to our nationals expert. we've been doing this show for a long time. we love being on is 106.7 the fan. now on an all sport is station kicking it off in accordances. >> we lover it. never had real jobs, don't tell fib. >> we love sports, talking about the nats, orioles, redskin asks ravens and more. now to break down this series let's take a look at the rockies. nats are in town for a three- game set. rockies at the nats, 7:00 p.m. tuesday, wednesdays, thursday on masn 2. when you think about the rockies especially on offense in carses field, when near on the road, todd helton is the guy that offense is built around. he's way down this

. >> bob: todd helton, 2 walks tonight.nd he has 4 more walks than strikeouts this year. 60 over 56.   >> bob: i think odalis pere the necessary nat to beat the rockies. >> rob: i'm going with tim redding. >> it's been a while. >> i'm not looking at my score book from last year. you don't have one, i do. >> it's a research route. >> [ chuckle ]   >> bob: sinking fastball. you see it cut through the comes back up and in. >> rob: like a cut fastball. >> bob: he will cut it, he will sink it. and occasionally he will throw the 4-seamer and right it. 20th next -- tulowitzki next. the rockies on top 3-1. very strange ball game so far. but strange in a good way that the nationals are very much in it. it was funy, rob and i were taking it could be 7-1 and we chatted with jim riggleman before he came on live. he said the score could be 7 to one. they have the same feeling downstairs they need rivera to keep this close and take your chances to rest of the way. marquis effective after a

. >> rob: maybe there is something to the fact that todd helton loves fried baloney sandwiches. >> bob: he does? >> rob: yes he does. >> bob: breakfast of champions? >> rob: i think he eats them at the ball park every day. i don't know if he still does that, i know we have had conversations over the last decade. we kid him about that, that used to be something i liked, he liked. >> bob: fried baloney. you throw it in a pan, you fry it up, maybe melt some cheese on a roll.   maybe become a future hall of fame hitter by eating fried baloney sandwiches, kids.   . >> bob: yeah, either that o appointment down at the knute risk system center. >> rob: eh now. >> bob: tulowitzki is up next with nobody out and two aboard here. gets a little pop-up for ryan zimmerman, and a very good one- two-three top of the first for garrett mock. for our 737s fly to over 65 cities across the country every day. pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. o

todd helton the batter. and this uprising was started by the pitcher. in the dirt. >> rob: right now the first two innings have been more of a battle with himself with ballester than him battling the hitters. that's what they are witnesses. they know that you don't want the guy to struggle so much get behind and have the lay fastballs in there. >> bob: snap throw and just back in is fowler. well executed by zimmerman and bard. slap that tag. you're a young kid watching, don't foul around with the tag. >> who did you say slapped tags on by thes. >> rob: will clark used to smack you to back. right on your hand on the bag. that's it. ballester is done. riggleman gave him one more chance. he gives up 3 hits, walks 4, one strikeout and tonight the nationals only get 4 outs out of their starting pitcher. it's going to be a long night for the bullpen after a short night for ballester. it's all rockies right now, 3- 1. in the dark. no peanuts or nothin'. and then if your bag wants to bring one of its little bag friends for company, they charge another $25. that

. >>> a heads-up play by todd helton in the eighth inning between the pirates androckies.runners at first and third, steven pierce hits a foul pop-up down the first-base line. helton reaches into the stands but can't get the ball out of his glove! it gets stuck in the webbing of that glove, but he runs to the infield trying to get the ball out of the webbing and still holding the runner on third base. it's in there somewhere. finally got it out. >>> it is time now for another look at traffic and weather together. >> let's go to tom kierein up in stormcenter 4 for a look at our forecast today. >> hate when that happens with your baseball glove. >> that's for sure, and then you try to drive. well, good morning. as you do plan on your morning commute, shouldn't have any travel problems this morning. it's now 75 in washington. we're in the low and mid-70s in montgomery, fairfax and prince george's county. from ada morgan to suitland, vienna and potomac, it's still rather humid this morning. current dew points in the mid-to-upper 70 near 60 dew points around the bay and eastern