willingham, a little chopper. tough play, bonifacio. oh, no. bonifacio throws out willingham for the second out. >> rob: yeah. >> bob: and manny is going to argue. >> rob: he has to argue about this. he is safe at first. manny argues long enough we might have a rain delay here. this is interesting. the umpires don't want the manager on the field right now. the rain is coming hard and you know the marlins want manny back in the dugout so they can get this game over with. >> bob: oh, he is safe. >> rob: he beats it out. this is a -- it's going to -- look at that. marlins, if they win this game have a chance to be one game behind the phillies in the national league east. and the adult marlins fans in the ballpark, all 150 of them are all over our manager for leaving the field slowly here. i don't blame manny one bit. that's frustrating. >> bob: here is alberto gonzalez's first at-bat of the day. it only rains evidently when the home team is ahead here. i don't know how they do that. >> rob willie the marlin up there is doing a little rain dance. u

willingham off with the pitch. it was a bad throw on top of it. >> bob: see if stammen can put the bat on the ball. he's had a perfect night with a walk. now, how about that first career rbi?   he misses low. sometimes pitchers will aim the ball against other pitchers. there's our base bunch. willingham walked. he's at third. dukes singled. nieves singled. so, nats have something going here as they try to take the lead in the top of the fourth. stammen goes to right center! that will drive in a couple! willingham and dukes come home! over to third, nieves! the nationals lead 3-1 on craig stammen's first two major league rbi's. >> rob: well, i stand corrected. paint me stupid. stammen goes up there and rips a single for his first two major league rbi's. he gets behind on first pitch. he has to come back with a fastball and stammen is all over it. great job by the pitcher to help himself and help the nationals out right there. >> bob: for a change, nats get a break because th

they thought willingham might be going.y even thought with hernandez there could be a suicide squeeze going on. i'd say more likely willingham running, though, than adam run. >> rob: no, we don't run on pitchouts. >> bob: they know that willingham swiped third base in baltimore the other way. >> rob: closing in on rickey hinder son's record. >> bob: 2-1. this is the pitch where something could happen in terms of a runner on the move and a contact hitter in the batter's box. because they are holding willingham, lots of hitting room, nearly 80 feet of it on the right side of the infield. sanches preoccupied with josh willingham who just drove in his 17th and 18th runs of the year. josh is having a nice series now, 5 out of 8. he has been on base eight types in these three games. eight times in these three games. strike 2. wil nieves is up next and then the pitcher's spot. it would be nice to get at least to the pitcher's spot. it will be nice to determine how the rest of thisgoes. 2-2. be a hernandez, without swinging the bat

josh willingham. pretty good inning for the joshes. willingham going deep.ard singles off the wall. even with the rockies here.   >> before the game i talked to steve mccaddy. can they benefit from watching craig stammen last night. >> i tell the guys you can't worry about home runs. if they hit the ball fairly decent it is going to go. so it is just nice to see what it does is what i like to see is kind of when i played these guys start to get a little competition. >> of course, it is a friendly competition. bob? >> bob: it is a very friendly one. everybody keeps getting outs especially like that one, debbi taylor, early in the count. ian stewart retired. >> rob: you don't pitch against the stadium you pitch against the line you know. we talked about that. you're not even pitching against the opposing pitcher. you've got to attack that rockies lineup. >> bob: but i will add one thing onto all this discussion we are having. the effect that steve mccaddy has had on this pitching staff cannot be ignored. i know steve doesn't want to take all the credit

pretty well hit but josh willingham is there. he has it and the marlins are gone in the bottom of the 2nd. on a zimmerman -- jordan zimmerman hit, 1-0. what is it to lead? at pnc, it's doing what most benefits our customers. whether that's building more certified green buildings than anyone on earth. creating online banking tools for the next generation. or making a 10 year, $100 million investment in kids. it's how we've always done business. and will for a very long time to come. pnc. leading the way. 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... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer.  .  >> debbi: we are back at lan shark stadium, nationals with a 1-0 lead. nyjer morgan got up at 4 0-0, got up here at 11 3-0. he says he is so excited being here

we'll explain that in a little while. >> bob: sheer josh willingham.hink everybody in the organization is very pleased that at 7:20 eastern time, three ours and 20 minutes after the trading deadline, josh willingham is still wearing a washington uniform. they know there are other clubs after him. he's been hitting well. he has another base hit hitting over .300 right now. he should be a mainstay in right field for the nats for quite sometime. this is interesting. wilson is gone from their up the middle defense. pirates have made the fewest errors of any team in the national league only 43. in fact, only minnesota and toronto among all major league baseball teams have made fewer errors than the pirates rated number one defensively in the national league. now they've got milledge in left, cedeno and young up the middle not wilson and sanchez. that ball hit hard by willie harris heading for the gap in left center. willingham slowed down for a moment at second base. pat listach will send him. it will take a good throw to get him. he's safe and out at third

josh willingham, 0-for-1 with a walk. see if josh can pick up a location here and maybe tie this game. count in his favor, a pitcher and a ballpark he knows well. and that one just a little bit further out than maybe he would have liked. >> rob: he has a nice sinker that he can throw towards the left handed batter's box and bring it right back over the plate. do they draft every pitcher like 6'6" in college baseball? >> bob: yeah, they are big. that's a breaking ball that willingham manages to foul off. i don't think you want to get into a brawl with this bunch. and there is anderson hernandez, 0-for-2 i. i like our team chances, though. >> willingham is huge, dunn, kearns. >> bob: adam can take care of a couple of guys e i yes. and then you have villone down in the pen. i don't remember the last time there was a bench clearing throwdown in baseball. >> bob: tallest player ever here, of course, mark hendrickson. solstad 6'8", johnson at 6'7". sean west not even on the look i'm looking at. he is 6'8". willingham drills dow

but when josh willingham is swinging a good bat, the same thing with josh willingham, everybody gets better when they get good. >> johnny: these ball clubs are a combined 51 1/2 games out of first place in their respective divisions and the padres have won only 37 games, you saw adegree an gonzalez, matt lay toes goes tonight for them then the united states getting ready trying to increase that 28-win total behind garrett mock in national's park.   . >>> nats baseball on masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by wendy's. it's way better than fast food, it's wednesday deals.   this is going to be way differently than last night. a beautiful night at the ball park. the southwest.com lineup for san diego, worst in the league in hitting and in runs they are batting only .230 but kevin guzman kouzmanoff doing a good job and he has been very good in his career here at national's park. the padres took 5 out of 6 and swept a three-game series last year and he was right in

willingham gets it.the one defy who can hurt the nats and gets them for a 1-0 san diego lead here in the sixth inning. so the padres after one extra base hit get two gapers here in the 6th inning. he gets too much to the plate right there. with the cut fastball or curve ball. down and in. and and and in. and pretty good piece of hitting. >> that's what happens. >> next up. is kyle blanks. he has him up to the next three hitters. >> rob: been on base a lot. p and running the bases. and he is hiring. >> bob: still only throws 60 pitches toe. and he has them in the sixth inning. but, this is already. >> his longest of the day. 2-1. and chase utley hit a home run in the third. mark derosa one in the fifth. and philadelphia leads st. louis. >> and landon -- lannan. and oscar salazar is next. and the big guy tried to jump on a 3-1 pitch and skies it to willingham. josh has it. and padres has a run on two doubles. johnson, zimmerman and dunn coming right up. @@úúxx÷÷  . >> bob: so, there is three t

willingham third at bat in the 5th. 13thth. willingham 4-4 tonight as the nats have a win streak for the first time in over a month they win 3-1. unfortunately as usual any piece of good news comes with a piece of bad news to offset it and tonight was no exception as rising star pitcher jordan zimmerman unexpectedly goes to the dl. on the 15-day list with what the team is calling right elbow discomfort which is exactly what you don't want in a 23- year-old pitching prospect. nats have recalled a player to replace him. speculation is zimmerman will not pitch again this year although he wouldn't give himself over to that tonight. >> not a place i want to be on the dl and everything. i want to go out there and pitch every five days and it is just something that is a little setback right now and is what it is. it will move forward and be ready to go when i come back. >> baseball this afternoon yankees wrapping up their series against the os. 12th for him. 6-4. >>> meanwhile if you make the trip to florida to orlando it will no long

and there is no way that josh willingham could score.f the night, ronnie belliard grounding into a 6-4-3 double- play to end that inning in the 7th. somebody may just have to get ahold of one and pop it out of here. i don't know in anderson her an connecticut is ailing. he's not swinging the bat very well. you would think he would be next instead of belliard. we'll see. bard pulls it, right at todd helton, and the rockies are one out away. one pitch and it's over. rockies beat the nationals. job i back with more after this short time-out. the country every day. woman over p.a.: this is your final boarding call. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour. almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th, fly southwest airlines from bwi airport to boston logan for just $49 one-way. bags fly free on southwest so our low fares stay low. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. >>> coming up on nats xtra post- game in a moment, a 1-0 shutout. a rarity at coors field. >>

willingham goes to left center again. two grand slams in one game. >> reporter: willingham is the 13th player ever to hit two grand slams in one game. nats trounce the brewers 14-6. >>> the time is 6:50. 72 degrees here in northwest washington. an alleged terror plot uncovered in north carolina. in three minutes, who police arrested and exactly what they are accused of. >>> i'm harry smith. coming up on the "early show," buying only black. meet a couple whose local experience is helping african- american businesses across the nation. >>> plus, this year's top colleges and universities. an inside look at schools with the best education with the lowest cost. that's coming up on the "early show." b@b@fa >>> seven men are under arrest accused of trillioning overseas to train to become terrorists. prosecutors say the group went to israel in iled b@t failed in their training. >>> there's going to be hot lane construction on the inner and outer loop during the day and evening and that means lane and shoulder closures during most

josh willingham is there. has it for the first out. >> rob: nice throw. >> bob: cabrera was threatening to tag and he got the ball back in quickly. you see willingham. we told you about willie harris and they are out there with adam dunn. gonzalez and hernandez. zimmerman across from johnson. josh bard, a former padres gets the start apt next hitter. chase aheadley and batting .238. this is one of their youngsters they are high on. at least 25 years of age and he played at the university of of the pacific before transferring to tennessee where he became an all american. two for seven in the series. padres are hitting .230 lowest batting average and 357 runs, lowest total run average in all of baseball. pitch outside, bard, and little up. and just a little late and that is number 11 for cabrera. >> rob: got to give cabrera a lot of credit. there you see quick moved to home plate by lannan. great throw by barred and can't throw out -- bard and can't throw out speed sometimes. he got it out there quickly. and gre

you know what, willingham was not even done. very next inning, willingham does gint.e bases are loaded and crushes it to center. that was out of there. his second grand slam of the game. just the 13th time time in history. two grand slams in one game. nats win and willingham says that was terrific. >> that was a special night and one that i would never forget. so you don't get the opportunity to do that many times much less come through in both situations. it was -- again, something i will never forget. >> reporter: josh willingham looking to do it again tonight. the terps kick off the season in just over a month against california. and coach ralph friedgen likes the fact that doubters are picking the terps fifth in the acc. they lost weapons like the first wide receiver pick in the draft area bay. but pregeneral thinks his youth can prove people wrong. head coach ralph friedgen says his team had a terrific off-season and lots of freshmen are going to play and very excited about his youth. theffense should still stay strong with a solid running game with scott who mad

and josh willingham home herd his -- himmerred his last time.nd that run unearned and happy to have it and 2-1 lead. >> rob: nationals would take it. and and great situational hitting by donein'. >> and starting off first base like he was stealing. and then put the breaks on. >> one strike. >> 71 for the big man. >> i have seen a lit steal. and trying to get the run down and get nick johnson to score. >> a lot of managers' don't do it. and he will pop it up. shortstop. and cabrera. >> a dropped throw on what should have been a double play opens the gates. the nats take the lead and see if macdougal can save it. it's everything. that's why pnc is introducing your new cfo, cash flow options designed to effectively improve your cash flow. cfo helps every dollar work harder. from the very first dollar to the last dollar of the day. get in touch with your new cfo. pnc. leading the way.  . >> bob: nationals have a 2-1 lead into the 9th inning. greg stammen pitched into the eighth inning. and general jeff suppan a $40 million man for the brewers. a

willingham said i'm not done. crushes it to center. it is out of there for his second grand slam of the game. 13th time in history, two grand slams in the same game. the nationals win it 14-6. the orioles lost to the royals 5-3. >>> commissioner roger goodell said he accepts michael vick is sincere when he tells him he wants to turn his rife around and now he has a chance to prove it. michael vick got what he wanted, sort of. he is reinstated, which means he is free to sign with a team. however, he's reinstated with the condition he cannot play a regular season game until week six. so after meeting with michael vick and gng through a very thorough process, goodell chose to give him a second chance. if he is signed he can take part in train activities but cannot play until the final two preseason games. goodell said he will consider him for full reinstatement before game six. >> i am not here to punish anybody. we're here to extent players' veers rather than limit players' careers. that is important to do if we're going to recognize the

josh willingham right there for the first out. it's 11:00 in our nation's capital and we are in the top of the third already. bob carpenter, rob dibble, debbi taylor our masn 2 crew, and we of course are on masn hd now. the orioles lost their game at boston tonight 7-2, so our masn hd audience has joined us as well. everth cabrera doubled off the right field wall first time up. he cost his team a run when he didn't run right away out of the batter's box. he should have had a triple and might have been able to score on the ground ball. everth cabrera from nicaragua, hit .284. he was playing single a ball at this time a year ago. that was in asheville, rule 5 draft padres got him from colorado. >> rob: this was what happened when cabrera came back to the dugout after not running hard on that fly ball. basically said don't do that again, young man. >> bob: he got his point across. then he gave him a pat. but i am always amazed, and a new glove for wil nieves, i'm amazed that any player with a major league uniform on has to be told su

willingham hit two homers in the game. very next batter, adam dunn. liftoff. up for his mistake with a home run to left. back to back to back homers for the nationals. it's the first time that's happened in nats' history. then the seventh, nationals do it on defense. tejada lines one into center. nyjer morgan dives makes a snag. the nats pound out a season high 13 runs on 21 hits and win big, 13-2. >> it was nice just to get all the runs for us to have an easy one for a change, and you know, the fact that those guys put together those good at-bats it's great. it was also nice that willingham snapped out of that 11 solo homer that he had. that was a good moment for him too. >> o's hosting the jays. game tied at three. moore at the plate. melvin mora is thehero. hits a walkoff home run to right field. it's his first home run in 50 games. then i love this. he slides into home plate. that's celebrating in style. the orioles win it 4-3 in extras. at the u.s. women's open, it's cristie kerr's tournament to win. the former open champ is clinging to a two-shot lead he

nationals are down 1-0, josh willingham at the plate. gets ahold of the pitch.p to left field. look at that. that was -- speed on that, huh? willingham's tenth home run of the year. all of them have been with no one on base. how about that for willingham, huh? top of the third inning. two runners on. ryan zimmerman. newly claim all-star. hit to center field. that ball just carries over the wall. a three-run home run. zimmerman's 14th homer of the season. now take you to the fourth inning. nationals are up 4-2. zimmerman. fouler. grounder to second. oh. the ball bounces. down goes harris. one runner scores. and safe at first. look at harris. ouch. and here is why he is hurt. ball bounces up. yep. nails him. that's not going to feel good. >> never good. >> got to hurt. cost the nationals a run. harris' first error of the year. nationals, rockies, tied at four. in the eighth inning. seattle we go. mariners, hosting orioles. first inning. luke scott up. got bases loaded. singles to center field. adam jones. and nick markakis. score off this. franklin gutierrez. into

right at willingham. grab it. >> rob: we have got a guy there, he has been there 100 years. >> bob: the padres picked up oscar salazar recently, actually july 19th, from the orioles. they traded a buy who, a couple years ago, was one of the nastiest relievers in this league, clay meredith. >> rob: yeah. >> bob: to baltimore to get him. and the interesting think about salazar, he homered in his last at-bat for the orioles july 12th against toronto, his last official at-bat, and he walked in his final plate appearance before coming over here. 30-year-old infielder. he'll slap it to zimmerman, how good was that. >> rob: with the outs. i don't know, i think the arm angle was a little bad, rob, you know. . >> bob: wrong you are, bob. >> rob: well, car carpenter, i don't like the arm angle. chest-high right to nick johnson, no, first you got to catch it and you see it in the heel of his glove, he squeezes it, now i gotcha, about 20 steps. . >> bob: you lay back on that ball you have -- >> rob: no shot. >> bob:

willingham had home runs.hen you talk about clutch hitting, the clutch hitting just isn't there. >> and willing ham had been there all year. we've had situations, last night, double plays with runners on first and second and no out. he hit the ball hard. he executed well. he hit the ball well on the bases loaded and then niger strikes him out. bases loaded in the sixth and again, first and second dunn strikes out and willingham hits it to a fielder's choice and maybe it shouldn't have. maybe he should have gotten to third on the play. tulowitzki makes a nice play. the point is we left six runners on base. lit kill you. we just haven't been able to get the easy rbi's. the rbi's when you have runners on third and nobody out or less than two outs and somehow chip away and get good solid play. >> and in this series, the numbers don't -- >> it has been one-run ballgames. you lose and then 5-4. >> and the batting average. look at the runners in scoring position. 3-16. four runs in the series so far. only three extra

the nats pick up three more rbi's by zimmerman, dunn and willingham. 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... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer.  >> bob: nats are making some changes in a 10-0 game as we go to the top of the 7th inning. tyler clippard, rob dibble, his performance of the year, four scoreless innings. >> rob: a lot of great change- ups, curveballs, fastballs tonight, was able to mix them up, change the sequences, get some very good pitchers out. excuse americas hitters like gonzalez and kouzmanoff. >> bob: austin kearns to play right field. and on the other side of nyjer morgan, willie harris is in left. a nice chance for jim riggleman to get some at-bats and defensive work, especially for kearns and hernandez who have mainly been pinch-hitti

willie harris for willingham in left and nick johnson for adam dunn in first. are straight up and there's a drive to left and here comes willie with the speed and can't quite get there. >> rob: he just wanted to get dirty. >> bob: rem any sent of the play he made against the mets last year that saved the ball game. >> rob: you've got to love a player like this. nowhere near the ball, willie harris will just dive anyway. >> bob: our buddies down in the clubhouse going to have a little extra laundry to do. some grass stains to get out. >> rob: getting some great shots.    >> bob: 1-2 to cora, ground ball, what else is new? keep and for the mets, we saw him earlier with the yankees. >>: wasn't he rooki of the year for the royals? >>:ú he was. he replace back in '03 and was the american league rookie of the year and then he made 77 errors but that wasn't the end of the story. >>> then the royals discovered he was two years older than they had been led to believe rofrmth so that's the rest of the story. >> bob: so berroa listed

up steps willingham with the bases loaded in the fifth and that is demolished. upper deck.lam. nats lead 6-2. but wait. two innings later willingham up again with the based used. and like it says, rinse and repeat. just the 13th man in major league history to hit two grand slams in a single game. nats lead 13-5. and then ryan zimmerman gets in on the act continuing his hot streak. nats destroy the brewers 14-6, their third straight win. what a game. >> runner at second. >> o's back home hosting the royals. tied at two in the 3rd. so held down the line and left. billy butler races home. they are now 2-8 at the all star break. the door has been unlocked. the question is will anybody invite michael vick in? multiple road blocks and headaches still await vick and if any team decides to sign him. but he has been given a chance. the commissioner has been conditionally reinstated to the league if he gets signed, he can participate in training camp immediately and play in the final two pre-season games. when the regular season starts, he would remain suspended until at least week s

willingham pops it up. uggla has the angle. runners will have to stay. two outs. we have been telling you for weeks about the grand slam flex plan still in effect. you can pick four games and get one free. 202-675-nats or nationals.com/grandslam. anderson hernandez now, two outs, second and third. bon fast yo has to play shallow at third. anderson bunts and drags the ball. the nats have wasted two good scoring opportunities today. they strapped two, have left six already against josh johnson. ?  . >> bob: we'll be back to florida. the nats lead 1-0. could be more. they stranded 6 base runners already. jordan zimmerman looking very good today, pounding that strike zone, keeping the pitch count down. >> rob: and he told you he was going to throw nothing but strikes. very economical so far in the 1st inning. josh johnson, on the other side, up over 70 philadelphia phillies, came in today with a 4.2 e r a against the nationals in 2009. this is one of those teams he seems to have a problem with in this particular season and that's a good

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in the ninth, the nat also have willingham, kearns and hernandez due up.y will be down by at least five. that ball is drilled to center. and morgan going back and back and back, and he slams into the wall. torrealba scores. gonzalez to third, and he has a single, double double and triple today. >> rob: well, mike rizzo, the general manager for the nationals, signed carlos gonzales. he got three hits today including a triple, a double and a sings l. she a home run short of the cycle. he has raised his average up to about .220. he easily cruised into third. he has great speed show a big kid. >> bob: he hit that ball and morgan did nothing wrong. and he just nearly missed it. here is quintanilla again. he grounded out to dunn and here is tavarez again with two outs and unable to close out a scoreless inning. >> rob: he shot out of here yesterday, the line drive. >> bob: running, sinking fastball. >> rob: all 10 runs have scored on extra-base hits today. >> bob: 14 ways hits. last night jordan zimmermann, four innings, they gave up the hour hits and lose and t

long run for willingham. foul ball. he drops it, but that's not the worst thing in the world. probably would have tied the game. >> rob: no, would have tied the game. i almost think he was thinking that, but he sticks his head up to see what was going on in front of him and that might have been -- >> bob: they could give him an error on this. >> rob: it happens after this. he looked up right at the end. you saw him just glance up to see what cody ross was doing. >> bob: josh's expression indicates he had no intention of dropping that ball unless he's doing great acting job. >> rob: no, i think he knows he probably should have caught the ball, but like you said, he's not on a line to throw it to home. he's in foul territory by the time he catches t-he's going to have to turn around and throw a perfect strike to nieves. if it's a bang-bang play, nieves is really going to get blindsided. go after that good curve ball. changeup.   >> bob: one out, base 1-2 to bonifacio. beimel strikes him out with a fastball up! emilio bonifacio's last t

." >>> josh willingham of the washington nationals joined baseball's most elite groups last night, byng two grand slam home runs in the same game. he did it on the road, against the milwaukee brewers. willingham is just the 13th player ever to accomplish the feat. >>> now, with other baseball highlights, including another grand slam, here's mike yam at espn news. >> good morning. we start with a little baseball for you. two of the best teams in the national league squaring off, the dodgers and the cardinals. matt holliday making his first appearance in st. louis. holiday getting it done with the bat. mark derosa coming around. the throw cut off. that's a run. holiday with the rbi. batting over .600, since being acquired by st. louis. cardinals up 2-1. mark derosa getting it done with the bat. his 18th homer of the season. his fifth as a xard nal. >>> astros/cubs. bases loaded, bottom nine here. one out for mike fontenot. tries the suicide squeeze. milton bradley, tagged out coming home. take a closer look at it. taking thishd on the play. bottom 13, now. still a 1-1 game. boyses loade

willingham just missed the ball. i thought it had a chance.ave gotten on him. 8th inning, same situation. ball gets in on zim. we had them on there, 1, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2. i'm counting the runners left on base. 2-for-14. that's hardly an attack. we did get the 8 hits. we had four guys on via the walk, 12 base runners. actually, 14 base runners but it's the same old story, same old song. we have not hit well with runners in scoring position all year long. surely, that first month and a half was an and racial. was it? i mean, we swung the bat well, didn't we? and we drove in a lot of runs and we averaged five runs a game. it's not going to be enough, gentleman, three runs a game is not going to be enough. we have sat here and watched some sensational plays by ryan zimmerman at third base. i cannot think of a series where ryan made three errors in a series as he did against florida. can he at he figure it out. i'm sure nobody can't. >> i think he must have went in there uncomfortable. i don't like the way he is throwing the ball. i don't like the way

willingham hits the ball well to left, but right there is chase headley.nd the nats get a big blast from zimmerman.  ♪ ♪ tell me 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. ♪ how cold is it? it's chilled down to 34 degrees... for a taste as cold as the rockies. it's aged cold. it's filtered cold. and it's served in cans, bottles, and glasses... that tell you when it's cold. why? because refreshment isn't everything. it's the only thing. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer.  >> bob: it's all nats early a zimmerman home run. it's never been easier for nats fans to see a game. the marketplace of the nats. one more chance to see the boys here at home tomorrow. john lannan goes. and then four in milwaukee, four in pittsburgh. a foul ball off the bat of chase headley. the nats will be back on tuesday, august 4th, to start a sweep of the florida marlins. do the nats owe those guys a couple or what? six game home st

and willingham hit two homers in the game.tter, adam dunn, doing what his teammates did in previous pitchers. and makes off for the mistake. and that's the first time that has happened in national's history. and then check out morgan. he dives and makes a gorgeous grab. and th nats had a season high 13 runs. they win, 13-2. >> it was nice to get all of the runs. for us to have an easy one for a change. and the fact that those guys put together tse good at-bats is great. and it was also nice that willingham slapped out of the 11 solo homers that he had. >> and baltimore, the game tied at 3-3. and melvin mora is the hero, and it's his first home run in 50 games, and it's a walk-off home run in right. and he slides in home plate. and the orioles win it 4-3 in extras. >>> and then the 31-year-old open champ is clinging to a two-shot lead heading into sunday's final round. you can watch that here at 3:00. and that's today. and this is the second shot on the par 4 13th. and i would say that was a perfect choice. rice into the cup fo

josh willingham. doing some work. making the met play. he crushes the off speed pitch.to left field. that's in the bullpen. two-run jack. and take a 3-1 lead. top of the seventh. trying to do his best impersonation. strikes out. berroa. seven innings. thats take it 3-1. they're now in the midst of a rare winning streak. >> two wins in a row. can't beat that. last time, played the game. went out. gave up five runs in the first inning. it was in my head. you know what. get a good outing here. >> come around too often. so, any tomb you have four hits. it's a special night. so -- for me it was a special night. >> os lose again. swept at yankee stadium. three-game set in boston. starting on friday. moving on. it's world team tennis. washington capitals heading to the playoffs. after beating the springfield lasers. the mascot. tops pin. having a good old-time in downto d.c. tonight. the men's doubles match. and this is doubles play to perfection. check out the play at the net. that is nice. here comes the coach. murphy jenson. giving his team some words of encouragement. to t

josh willingham at the plate.ne in his wheel house and sends one to left. 14 of his 18 home runs have come with no one on base. 1-1. game will go to extras tied at 2. bottom of the tenth inning. austin kearns who came off the bench up with two out and runners on first and second. and he delivers. drives one to right. ball game. nyjer morgan ores. the nats win 3-2 in extras in walkoff fashion. they've now won two in a row. as for kearns his approach to his role is nothing more than respectf ful respectful. >> how i was raised. i heard my mom tell me a million times you got to be the same person every day. that's no different. you take the good with the bad and hopefully you have more good. if not, keep on keeping on. >> that's the guy that i've seen, you know, my entire career. you know, i don't know what he did different. but he needs to, you know, bottle that one up. >> big day for austin kearns. in boston, dave trembly and the orioles trying to snap the 11-game losing streak. melvin mora, gregg zaun go for it. m

josh willingham. adam dunn. solo shot to left center.ack home runs for the nationals. first time they did that in nats history. 11-2 in the 7th. willingham going yards. two-run blast this time. nats up 13-2. 21 hits for washington. bottom of the 9th. going the distance. fielder's choice. first career complete game. nationals blast the astros 13- 2. >> it was nice just to get all the runs for us just to have an easy one to change. the fact that those guys put together the bats is great. >> the good news would continue for area teams. blue jays and orioles tied at 3 in the 12th. melvin mora saying it has gone on long enough. the orioles win 4-3. >>> well, a year ago it was jim zorn installing a new system and utilizing every spare second to get his players up to speed but those new coach nuances now fall to flip saunders who will take a mundane summer mini camp and turn it into a crash course how the wizards work. 18 players at the summer mini camp. four of who are on the roster. it is not as intense as workouts but a chance to study up wi

and willingham has a grand slam. willingham goes to left center again. is this two grand slams in one game? >> a grand night overall for the nats' josh willingham. he became the 1th player in major league history to hit two grand slams in one game and he did it in back-to-back inning. also tied a franchise record with those eight rbis. the nats blasted mississauga 14- #. >>> chances are you know somebody who has been touched by autism. a local woman inspired by her friend's struggle with two children who have autism came up a plan to educate children one book at a time. shawn yancy has more. >> reporter: gillen sometimes puts his hands over his ears like he doesn't like all the noise. maybe it hurts his ears. maybe he just wants to be lean. >> story time has taken on a whole new meaning. >> so when i met the new boy at school and he seemed a little different, i decided to find out how to be his friend. >> reporter: instead of reading about a quirky house or a little think inthat could, these kindergarteners are getting a lesson in real life. >> this book

willingham hit two homers in the game.y next batter, adam dunn doing what his teammates did in previous pictures. liftoff. makes up for his mistake with a home run to left, back-to-back-to-back homers for the nats. that's the first time that's happened in nats history. then in the seventh, miguel tejada lines one to center. check out nyger morgan. dives and takes a gorgeous grab. the nats pounded a season high 13 runs on 21 hits. they win big 13-2. >> it was nice just to get, you know, all the runs. for us to have an easy one for a change. you know, the fact that those guys put together those good at-bats is great. it was also nice that willingham snapped out of that 11-solo homers he had. that was a good moment for him, too. >> we're in baltimore, os hosting the jays, bottom of the 12th inning, game tied at 3. medical vip moore at the plate. melvin moore is a hero, hits a walk-off home run to right. his first home run in 50 games. i love this. mora slides into home plate, celebrating in style. the orioles win it 4-3 in ex

josh willingham with a drive to deep left field. it has enough on it to clear the wall for a solo home run. his 14th of the year, game tied 1-1. bottom of the 8th, still 1- 1. nats with a runner on. luis rodriguez drops it. two batters later they make him pay. adam dunn with two outs. comes through with a base hit to right field. disun 74 -- dunn 74 rbi. a solo home run. ties he game at 2. we go to extra innings. austin kearns entered the game in the 9th. delivered in the 10th with two outs. nats edge the padres 3-2 in ten and it's party time in d.c. afterwards the skipper had kind words for mr. kearns. >> he's in a tough situation, not getting to play as much as he normally has in his career but he does his work every day. gets ready for those kind of situations. in a perfect world we close it down in the 9th and we never get to that point but i wouldn't trade it for anything now because i'm really happy for the ball club and austin in particular. >> nice day for the ball club. dave tremly nd the or equals loses -- orioles loses to

you mentioned josh willingham, a two grand slams. in an inning against chang hoe park. >> yes, as you mentioned. for every major home run, he is there. >> you name it. >> with a grand slam there in the eighth. giving the mets a 7-3 lead. and they hang on to win 7-3. going to throw out a name from the mid 90's. >> joe oars latch. >> i haven't heard that name in a while. >> he hit a pinch hit grand slam at shea stadium. the last met to hit a pinch hit grand slam at home. for tatis, how about jeff francoeur. three homers, 15 ribbies in 13 games with the amazein's? >> great ending between the white sox and the twins. down 4-3 in the ninth. carlos quentin, leaps at the wall to make the catch. and save extra bases at least. the twins hang on for a 4 will have 3 win. the white sox 2-11 at the metrodome over the last two seasons. they haven't won a series there since september of 2007. perkins gets his first quality start in his last four outings of the the last eight earned runs in just one inning in his last start, much better today. seven

.  >> bob: 4-1 in the 3rd after josh willingham had homered.a couple of hits an r.b.i. 1-9 with runners in scoring position. i think every one of them have been a ground ball hit weakly into a double play. hot scenario here. this is an indictment. they announced a right-handed batter to pinch hit for fowler and then manny waiting for the announcement brought in a left- handed pitcher to pitch to the right-handed batter because he couldn't watch him walk another guy. >> rob: you can't wait for him to walk the bases loaded. so no problem with that. >> bob: just odd the way that works out. so here is ryan spilborghs. the only person trying tonight i think is manny acta. >> bob: ryan spilborghs 1-9 with a couple of r.b.i.s as a pinch hitter. 29-year-old outfielder. hit .313 for the rockies. even batted in the lead halfoff a couple times last year. julian tavarez. and right back to joe beimel. got to be 2. and they miss. gustav map had the guzman. caught by willie harris. that sun believable. you couldn't ask for a better double play ball back to th

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the most incredible thing to me was the briere hitting feet by josh willingham. he did it in back-to-back innings. he tied to the french record of rbis at 8. -- he'd tied the franchise record of rbis at 8. it is always fun to compete against the big names of the atlanta coast conference. rival coaches can commiserate on the golf course. >> i think it is great. i think that coaches getting together and enjoying each other before we get serious year. >> that is his wife, gloria, with a perfect tee shot. it's i enjoyed playing golf. >> each school had two players taking part as well. the lessons were free. >> i have hit a couple of good balls. i looked up. i looked up on that one could crest and then there was the media, including yours truly. if i grew to make his mother would come -- if i grew tomatoes, they would come up sliced. [unintelligible] >> you are right. captain's choice. we pulled a muscle. >> there is a whole back there, as a matter of fact. >> but it was all work. >> ever humble. >> in today's political poll, although health care vote is not likely be

then there's willingham, he was four for four including a two run home run in the 6th. washington beats new york 3-1 and win the series. it's their first back to back wins since july 5th. >>> in team tennis action the washington cast else needed a win to get into the playoffs and they got it. they host the new york friday night in the eastern conference finals. >>> coming up on 6:25, ahead reaction to the discovery of mental health records from the virginia tech gunman. >>> a developing story we have been following overunited, a drive-by shooting at a college campus, we will have the late us. >>> we are looking at the dulles toll road, we will have more shots of roads across the region when we return. >>> kind of sticky this morning. we have some showers which i will bring to you when we return. duls during times like these it seems like the world will never be the same. b@ but there is a light beginning to shine again. the spark began where it always begins. at a restaurant downtown. in a shop on main street. a factory around the corner. entrepreneurs like these are th

he walked right after the rain delay and was the second runner to come in to score on willingham's two-run hit. nick versus lefties, .357. a .450 on base percentage. >> bob: you know, if the nats go to houston and win that suspended game in walkoff fashion, guess who the winning pitcher will be? >> rob: joel hanrahan? >> bob: yes. and nyjer morgan could possibly play in that game. we could have two players play in the same game where they have been traded. that thought struck me as debbi was reading the numbers. >> rob: i half because you can hear things because there are about 3500 people in the stadium. >> bob: some of them have left. they announced a crowd of 27,032 which is beyond belief. how many did they say? >> rob: 27. >> bob: which would be 2/3 of the baseball capacity. nick johnson takes one up and in and now it will probably be leo nunez against ryan zimmerman. so nick on base again flashing his selective. ryan is on right now, 0-for-4 but he is hitting left handers better than right handers. >> rob: and you also have adam dunn coming up. we if i person nunez, we could go extra

. >>> what a night for josh willingham for the nationals. not only did he hit one grand slam but twice. the odds are rare. only the 13th player in history to accomplish such a feat. he finished with eight rbis. milwaukee lost to washington, 14-6. >>> cubs hosting the astros. tied at one in the 13th. soriano at the plate. walk-off grand slam to end it. the crowd, ecstatic. why not? the cubs won it 5-1. afterwards, soriano received the good old shaving cream in the face. that's your early look at sports on "early today." >>> engine trouble for katie holmes and jessica simpson can't get passed the gate. your early morning entertainment headlines straight ahead. >>> plus, get ready to say, w x as we bring you a trio of baby tigers from the wild plains of south dakota. >>> good tuesday morning. here's your forecast for today. another warm day. southern new england through the d.c. area, upper 80s for puff it should be dry too. we are going to see isolated storms from tallahassee to orlando. more storms moving in atlanta. that mess on wednesday co

josh willingham cranks the first of two of the night. adam dunn makes up for the blunder.ll three homers in the houston area with career homer 301. the first since the expos in 1987. 3-2. >> unbelievable, inexcusable. he knows it. those bags, they have not moved in a hundred years. i kind of see guys shortstep and miss it. but he just flat out went over it like nothing. we knew somebody had to see it. >> camden yards, os, bottom 12. tied at 3. melvin mora, hadn't homered since may. put itto an end. baltimore now 6-0. we are just warming up on this edition of geico sportsextra. yes, the season is still three and a half months's way but now is where the young guns continue to include. we'll tell y how one is preparing to use the summer league to get more playing time in the season. that's coming up. >>> two weeks ago, the wizards had a chance to draft blair in the second round. the wiz chose not to draft him because of the development of mcgee. just 237 pounds on his frame in the rookie season. he averaged 6 1/2 points and four rebounds. coming off a 19-win campaign, the dev

he looks at dunn and willingham a couple years do you the road they want to build around.r dunn is first base long term here or not, he'll be part this have team long term theyfield feel like. >> you talked about this kid thompson. i believe in the marlins organization, he's rated as having the best changeup of all the guys in the minor leagues, and i think his rating by baseball america was number seven or number eight among the prospects? >> yeah, i think he was rated eighth going into last season. i'm not sure if he made the top 10 this year. they do like him as a full paneling there -- package there fastball and several plus pitches off-speed stuff. he's going to double-a at harrisburg and see what they've got there. i would guess we probably won't see him later this year, but maybe going -- going into late next season we might seeing it sg from him. ness is something about nick johnson, he becomes a free agent half of the season and both rizzo and nick expressed some interest that maybe they would look at talk again this winter and coming back next year. maybe that's

willingham is the batter. derek lee scoops up a first. the nationals are 0-3 unr their new manager. some of the best soccer of the season was played. united has just one loss in their last eight games. tied at 1-1 with colorado. second half, off the corner. namoff diving, the back of the net. first half of the rfk double header -- the pass. oops a daisy. missed it. cooper for the u.s. gets the penalty kick. that is the game-winners. 2-1 is the final. the u.s. will play honduras in the semifinal. there's no better way to keep the winning going band playing one of the worst teams in the lake. there were some hoops at the center. the spin move. she had 21. the mystics are up by two. the jumper. she will hit. the mystics go on to win. british open on the air tomorrow morning, 9:00 a.m. here. tom watson tees off at 9:00 today. wake up early for this. >> you have to root for watson, but marino is the local guy. >> a bad day today, but maybe he etwi goktr ses strokes hmmm... well... naaa... yeah! calculating for getaway. ♪ find your way to a perfect destination at busch gardens... and wate

. >> i want you to rest easy, willingham is not in the lineup today.orking only because of a stiff neck from watching his grand slams fly out a couple of nights ago. >> we will be back after the ballgame. bob and rob are just around the corner as j. d.martin gets set to throw against milwaukee. enjoy. ♪ ♪ more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. for back to school, get the pantech matrix for $29.99 after mail-in rebate. what is it to lead? at pnc, it's doing what most benefits our customers. whether that's building more certified green buildings than anyone on earth. creating online banking tools for the next generation. or making a 10 year, $100 million investment in kids. it's how we've always done business. and will for a very long time to come. pnc. leading the way. nothing we brew is as versatile with food as boston lager. the sam adams lager goes beautifully with a lot of ethnic spicy foods. the maltiness and hoppiness work well with indian food. samuel adams boston lager is strong enough to support a heavier meal and it's bal