. >> 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 and they decide to go with detwiler so they hiked what they saw there instead of going with the pinch hitter there ray. >> that's because we have to push these starting pitchers deeper in the ball game and give them an opportunity to win a ball game. you're never going to win games in the fifth inning. the old timers were able to win 23, 24 games with guys able to go deep in the ball game. there were s

. >> bob: next up, cristian guzman coming off a rare 0 for 5 yesterday. he was 3 for 14 in the series at baltimore. guzman can bat anywhere you need him. he can lead off, he can get on base. it's interesting, and we'll see this develop as time goes on. i wouldn't say manny is totally committed to this line-up, but he wants to see how it does, because things were not going well with zimmerman at third and dunn fourth. this is not your selective number two guy that is going to take many pitches. >> rob: he doesn't walk much, but he is a great contact guy. you have good contact guy 2, good contact guy 3 in nick johnson. i think that's what manny has in mind. willingham, the way he's been swinging the bat, we have a shot to get some rbi's. >> rob: what does he have about two, three walks? >> bob: five -- no, wait a minute. seven. it's a new world's record. here's the 1-2 to guzman. a breaking ball popped up. out shortstop way for hanley ramirez. finally comes down. one-handed catch. two outs. so now instead of zimmerman, it's nick johnson. and nick is on a bi

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 anything else. >> i think pitching. when you're in the process of building an organization, there's more demand for pitching among the 30 clubs than anything. it doesn't mean they have to play here. the fact is if you stock pile good arms you have a lot of weapons, a lot of weapons. now granted you need center and middle fielders and it's a long time since we have gone out and do done that but they have set a precedent of drafting pitchers in the past and you can always do it. you can always trade or get an everyday player throug

cristian guzman leads off. he'll be at shortstop. nick johnson, the number two hole. then comes ryan zimmerman, adam dunn, josh willingham in right against his former ball club. elijah will be in center field tonight with a .237 average. second base will be handled by alberto gonzalez. wil nieves will be catching and craig stammen on the mound for the nationals with a team batting average of .258. time for nightly notes. we turn to ray knight. when you think about the addition today of nyjer morgan and burnett and you look at morgan's speed and what this will do to the nationals running game once get on base, he's going to drive the pitchers nuts. >> he's going to change the whole dynamics of the ball club, john ji. he's stolen 230 something bases in the minor leagues, over 35 base in the big leagues in such a short time. he's going to disrupt the pitcher's time. they're going to throw more fastballs to our hitters. he's a guy that can drag bunt. we'll see this in just a minute how he does that and executes that. he also plays so well in the outfield. it's because of

. >> rob: you can still cut this lead in half just with a base hit by guzman. >> jnny: and cristian grounded to first and singled to right center back in the thirds. we are in the inning. reds lead 2-0. cristian's numbers, .256, 10 rbis and a triple this year. grounded down to first. gonzalez got it and tosses wings and the inning is over. the nationals threaten but don't score as we go to the top of the 5th, 2-0 reds lead.  owings and the inning is over. the nationals threaten but don't score as we go to the top of the 5th, 2-0 reds lead. >> johnny: our congratulationses to all of our men and women of the united states navy. the sea branch of the u.s. armed forces. it is one of the d services of the united states. today more than ever the u.s. navy remines committed to supporting our troops by deterring aggression and maintaining the freedom of our seas. >> rob: one of the big thrills i had -- >> johnny: commander joe phillips was the director of the navy band. i did a concert with them about 10 or 15 years ago. did some songs, narration of a b

. >> johnny: guzman getting to 3 3rd with a triple. one on in the 3rd inning, cristian. we talk about his hits. he came in hitting .330. 3 homer, 14 rbis. he's the first national to get to 3rd base in this ballgame. they'd like to have a lot more down to visit with him. >> rob: very important here to put hit in the out field. >> johnny: pops it up. gonzalez takes it. two down. >> rob: you've got to concentrate in situations like this. this one run at 3rd base can change the complexion of a ballgame. you want to think about something you can drive, nice pitch on the inner half inside. nick pops up in the infield and can't tag on that ball. just a question of, you know what, more consistency in the situation of baseball for some of our players. they try to put that ball deep in the out field. >> johnny: so many times you see guys going for the downs. you don't have to have a home run. just a base hit is all you need, maybe an opposite field hit to keep things going. guzman has got his third triple of the season down at 3rd. ryan delivers to zimmermann. >> rob: italked to h