adam dunn is next. he misses again. bases loaded with one out and one of the most vektive -- selective, good batting eye hitters in the game coming in in adam dunn. now, they're waving the outfielders in. their defensive coach dwayne murphy waving them all in. they've got to be able to take a shot at home on a fly ball and nationals have the speedy guzman at third. the only runner that really matters right now. adam dunn is 1-4 with a base hit and intentional walk. this is really interesting. the shift is on with three infielders in the baseline between first and second. so, even in this configuration, they shift. >> rob: in the world series, joe maddon brought an outfielder to the infield to have five infielders. i'm surprised they're not doing that. bring in vernon wells. put him at short. >> bob: yeah, if gunn dunn -- if adam dunn makes contact, he'll -- but he's got to make contact here. >> rob: i was just informed the new york mets did that yesterday. brought an outlaw outfielder into the infield for five infielder

the nats hosting adam dunn's former team. adam's dad said he coached all three of his sons and adam, who was the middle child wasn't always easy to coach. >> coaching adam was hard as anybody could imagine because he always thought he knew

adam dunn rumble around third. pat listach will send him and the nationals have a big crooked number here in the top of the 1st, the number 3. dukes now has 29 rbis. welcome home. >> rob: who says you can't go home, elijah? he probably has a lot to prove. the 91 mile-per-hour on his hand. you mean they don't have a scouting report on elijah? he can turn on that pitch. you see that, rumbling, numberrable around and he scores. >> bob: i saw him check out where the ball was as he was approached third base. i think he knew he was going to score here is josh willingham. good to see josh back healthy in the last couple of days of the hope stand. by the way, just to mention elijah dukes one more time, hillsboro high school in tampa produced doc gooden, gary sheffield, carl everett, mike heath and nationals prospects michael burgess. burgess. of course, a lot of other major leaguers have come out of high schools in and around tampa. garza falling behind most of his hitters here with the exception of adam dunn, had him 0-2.

dunn gets on. >> rob: kearns might interview adam dunn. he brought his jersey with a typo in it for charity. nice players we have. >> johnny: bruce has got a beat on it. two down. dunn retreats back to first. >> rob: we're het -- we're hitting a little harder now. again, get ago head with strikes is huge at this level. aaron harang, eight consecutive games with a home run, we're trying to get that home run in the ninth consecutive game. >> johnny: his location so steady tonight. he's walked one batter. that's dunn at 1st base now. >> rob: i think a lot of older, smarter veterans are not going to let him go. >> rob: willingham back after battling a viral infection. first time in the field. >> rob: lewd wick is having a bad year. troy glaus is on the disabled list. that's the same thing with adam dunn. if zimmermann is not hitting well or dukes, if i'm on the hill, if the last guy is dunn on your lineup, he's not beating me tonight. >> johnny: adam, look at the numbers here. he forced 14 batters to hit fly balls. >> rob: i played with tom br

adam dunn has now walked 89 times this year. those are the major league leaders. well, a blogger to be nameless said that he is not a-did does not have a good batting eye. he is just picky. [ laughter ]. >> rob: i don't know what that means but the guy has a lifetime .380 onbase percentage. >> bob: uh-huh. picky is good. >> rob: picky's good when you're going to have 300 homeruns in five homeruns? >> rob: please. the guy, 40 homeruns three straight years. >> bob: mark it down. >> rob: six straight years, he will be ahead of babe ruth all time in that department. >> bob: and he's going to strike out 170 to 190 times. >> rob: oh, yeah. >> bob: you just live with that. >> bob: what are you going to do, turn adam dunn into a singles hitter? >> rob: pretty big singles guy that adam dunn. and he barely gets them out of the infield. no, i want this guy swinging and trying to hit it as far as he can. >> bob: and he is smart enough to get a base hit when he needs to like he did in the 1st inning because the count was 0- 2. you can't be in homerun mode all the time. only ji

this is a shot past the shift by adam dunn. they will pinch run for adam dunn. (man) some days my 8:15 bus is just a bus, but other days, like today, it's my office. the boss just emailed me and wants the new proposal asap. no worries though, my smartphone, it's from at&t. i'm on the nation's fastest 3g network. so that proposal? delivered. (announcer) the nation's fastest 3g network. another reason why twice as many smartphone users have chosen at&t. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. only from at&t.  >> bob: adam dunn keeps the nationals alive. right-hander leo nunez looking for his third save, and he's facing josh willingham, the nats hottest hitter. 2 for 3 tonight. tying run is at first base with alberto gonzalez. >> rob: high home e.r.a., 6.27 for nunez, road 1.2. >> bob: willingham, nine home runs, 16 rbi's this year. nick johnson singled with one out. then scampered to third on the base hit by dunn. gonzalez running for adam. an extra-base hit could tie the game. willingham foul tips it. and it's come down to the final

adam dunn goes to third. carl crawford had a hard time digging that ball out of his mit. >> rob: i think he was shocked. >> bob: that was a great-base- running play but adam dunn. >> rob: i don't think they know that dunn has 64 stolen bases. >> bob: well, he also scored from first tonight on a double. see what happens to crawford. >> rob: no, he looked up to see what dunn was going to do and on the transfer, he did not pull it out of his glove. >> bob: now, alberto gonzalez becomes the dh of all things by running for adam dunn. so you put a very fast runner at third base. the infield is in. >> rob: is that the designated half the size of adam dunn?

zimmerman, dunn and dukes. adam dunn really got it -- well -- didn't last night. let's see if the boys can go to the hop again tonight. >> rob: happy i left the game when i did because now you get a beating to get a hero. you get the winning hit and everybody beats the heck out of you. i don't understand that ritual but that's what the kids are doing. >> reporter: these kids. >> rob: hey, let me pound on the top of your head. that's not football. >> bob: lyle overbay stays to play first now. on the double switch, millar is out. ryan zimmerman has had a frustrating series, 0-for-4 tonight. last night, 0-for-5. he is 0- for-9 with a walk and three strikeouts. >> rob: scott richmond is now in the game, so. >> bob: 29-year-old starter from north vancouver, canada. >> rob: an extra inning affair out of the bullpen. >> bob: that's a good pitch. boy, i tell you, if i'm sitting behind those guys. >> rob: they were just down there, and don't give them any more time than they need or deserve. they have the little brooms out, they are sweeping off behind there. i mean i have

adam dunn back in left field. he told debbi taylor he really enjoyed dhing a couple of days ago in new york. here is aaron hill perhaps their purest hitter. he has 90 hits to lead the american league tied with miguel tejada for the american league lead -- major league lead and has 28 multihit games woirt. >> rob: you would think scutaro wouldn't walk as much, but scutaro has 47 walks on the season, bob. it's the guy in front of him you want to get around him to get to this guy. i wouldn't think so. >> bob: aaron hill is a former sec player of the year and all american from lsu in his fifth year with the blue jays. 27 years of age a really good second baseman and a 13th overall draft pick back in the first round. there's a swing and a foul tip and zimmerman strikes -- zimmermann strikes him out. blue jays and the nats have not met since 2007 and the jays haven't been in the district since 2006. vls is -- vernon wells is really having a buzzing season. the blue jays, more hits than anybody. nats at home, 22-17 in in

across the adam dunn and there's one down. nice to have you with us today afternoon game at nationals park, johnny holliday along with ron dibble. happy to have you along on masn. hope the weather will stay nice as it is now. and you guys hit a plane and fly down to florida for the big weekend series against tampa, beginning tomorrow night. and that saturday night game will be joined in progress after 7 p.m. because of major league baseball rules and regulations. jay bruce the right fielder. he leads the ball club with 15 rbi -- 15 homeruns with 32 rbis far guy that only hits .218. gonzalez on to dunn and two quick outs. >> rob: 14 homeruns off right-handed pitchers. detwiler had a good night against him two nights ago. shy ron martis. airon martis. >> johnny: the key is how you bounce back after that. >> rob: he was fantastic. steve mccatty and manny acta could tell you it is what he learns after that. it is not easy to be up here in less than 10 career starts. martis. and think you have it all figured out. you never have it

now for the nationals, how about adam dunn? we mention add few minutes ago, phil and imp talking 224 home runs the last six speans. -- and i were talking 224 home runs the last six seasons. 296 career home runs. he'll be in the cleanup spot. here is the rest of the washington lineup tonight. cristian guzman leads off at short. then comes nick johnson. ryan zimmerman down at third. adam dunn in left with a .265 average. elijah dukes in right. josh bard will be catching tonight, willie harris in center, hanley ramirez at second and jordan zimmermann on the mound for the nationals -- anderson hernandez at second and jordan zimmermann on the mound for the nationals. they've won 8-10 ballgames and a three-game winning streak. >> there are two guys that kind of jump up aaron hill and adam lind. hill has 15 home runs. this is where their power is coming. from neither one of these guys have done a whole lot in terms of home runs previously. hill's career high with 17 home runs two years ago. lind's previous five was 11 the same year. t

adam dunn was playing 100 feet off the line. he's not. that's -- if he's not, that's a double. >> rob: as bob said, defense was setup perfectly by the advance scouting or whoever was checking out blue jays. adam dunn only had to run a few steps to pickoff that line drive. >> bob: we understand that was wade taylor for the series. >> rob: very cool. >> bob: a birdie told us. >> rob: nice job. >> bob: yeah, he's pretty good white did he say about the pitching? how are we supposed to hit them? [ laughter ] i'm just beating -- >> bob: whoa. >> rob: that's not good. >> bob: that's up and in to vernon wells. >> rob: vernon wells. >> bob: who had two hits tonight and down he went. that was not a breaking ball. >> rob: this is just some chin music here. >> bob: wells has not been hit by a pitch this year. he's into the guy normally out there diving. unless nobody in the american league wants to throw inside anymore. >> rob: he does have a couple of hits tonight. he has not been swinging the bat really well. we don't want to wake vernon up. >> bob

adam dunn leaves a couple of men aboard. 7 inning stretch time. from tampa bay st. peters bay, god bless america.  (singing god bless america) ú ♪ ♪ 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. >>> we are all tied up here tropicana field. 4-4. coming up, the senior collegiate all stars will host. come out and catch where the stars of tomorrow where they launched their careers. game time 7:05 p.m. come out early. the admission is free. log on to www.ripkinseniorbaseball.org or call for more information. >> bob: number 29, the appearance for tavarez. detwiler, 48 strikes in 6 inning, gave up 4 runs. he walked 5. interesting he did not strike out a batter today. that's okay pitching to most of the day. you've got to look at the big picture, another step in his development against a very good lineup. he held them down for the most part. tavarez and the bullpen have to do th

and then covering the bases with adam dunn. a high pop-up behind the plate, the catcher drifting back into the stands. and no play for ryan hanigan, the count is each with two balls and two strikes, 3-1 here in the bottom of the sixth. >> rob: ryan has made a lot of strides in one area where people say he struck out 200 times a year, he only struck out 164 times last year, 122 walks, he makes it very difficult on the pitchers, but he is kind of a throw-back. that's what you wanted your four-guy to be, a big power guy and now that he is that big power guy, that's when all these other guys now are saying "oh well he still strikes out," that's the evolution of this game. this isn't 50 years ago, there is a lot of guys in major league baseball now that strike out 150 times. look at sammy sosa, mcguire. sosa would punch out 170 times a year. everybody was fine with that. but i don't know why they just get on adam dunn's case so hard. ryan howard does it in philadelphia, you don't hear the same thing. >> no. he has got a lifetime on

i think adam dunn had a great comment earlier. he said, to him father's day is not about him being a dad, it's about his dad. i think a lot of us think that way. we love our kids to death and love our families, but it's our dads we're thinking about, especially when they're no longer here with us. that's a fair ball. nick, a great safe, an amazing weekend for him. just put it in play. look at the head down. >> she did make a nice little hop over the ball at the end there. >> don't touch it. >> here's ryan zimmerman. we said this a couple of times today. the nationals are long from being done in this game. and i guarantee you, there's not one guy in the first base dugout who doesn't think they're going to come back and sweep the series. >> talking to some of the guys yesterday, they expect to win now. they think they're good enough to win every game, and that's what you want out of this ball club. >> zimmerman right to the shortstop, one out. ryan zero for his last 15. here's adam dunn, a base hit last time. >> he goes up hacking.

adam dunn was not. dukes' speed gets him back to 2 2nd. dukes just got back. >> bob: shields thought he had a rare double play. here's gonzalez. he's driven in one run and run a strike. he's not a runner you would squeeze with. hard sinking fastball. 1-1. >> bob: 2-3 one out, time given. often this is the kind of hit you'd rather have batting in this situation than a big free swinger that strikes out a lot. no swing. that was interesting. the 1st baseman was the first to call for the appeal. >> bob: nationals trying to increase their 1- 0 lead here in the top of the 4th inning. that will work. a drive to left center. that will bring in two. dunn from 3rd. dukes from 2nd. alberto gonzalez has all three nationals rbis. how about the little guys in this series. gonzalez and hernandez. >> rob: whatever they did to gonzalez in syracuse, he came back on fire. a pitch is up in the zone. he cranks on it. elijah and adam come in to score easily. shields can't believe it. >> bob: beautifully swung by gonzalez. 3-0 washington. josh bard swung at the

that pitch, if he makes a mistake with dunn could leave the building. >> bob: adam dunn, 1-3, a single and an intentional walk. first pitch changeup outside.  >> bob: pitcher spo then, alberto gonzalez would hit nor joel hanrahan -- for joel hanrahan. absolutely perfect as a pinch- hitter and those five hits have resulted in four rbi's which is really impressive.  a 1-2 to adam dunn. he went off-speed again missing away 2-2.  that was a fastball he trying to paint. >> rob: from our vantage point, that's a foot outside. on tv, camera is off center in center field. from where we're standing, we've got a good view of it. it was a ball. >> bob: adam dunn to the left side out of play. >> rob: vernon wells was laying not only no doubles. i think he's playing no triples. he's way out in center field. >> bob: he's probably 370 feet away. runner goes. dunn squirts it foul. manny acta may be surprising the blue jays there, but thinking dunn would make contact and sending ni

adam dunn as well. when you look at the standings right now, david wright at the top of the list from the mets. almost a million votes and david wright with new york, chipper jones, pedro feliz and bill hall. >> you can vote at least 25 times per your ip address to get the guys to st. louis for the middle of july and the a-star game. now it is time for the stay in the game hold of the day brought to you by just for men hair color. we are looking at the top spots. last nationals pitcher to recall a hold versus the reds was charlie manning that was last year, august 8th of 2008. certainly going to take care of that very quickly. maybe even today. john lannan will probably go all the way with a complete game as well. just as these relievers chemotheir game in the -- keep them in the game you can keep your color. we will be back talking about the nationals offense. and he will give us a break down. micah owings taking on john lannan in the series finale as the nationals look for another complete game. the n

it will be adam dunn's error. >> rob: dives right here in the outfield. he goes to pick it up barehanded on the wet grass. makes a good throw to belliard. belliard tries to slap the tag on. >> bob: they could have had him -- >> rob: head's up baserunning by marco scutaro. >> bob: adam dunn's eighth error of the year. nats third of the night. now you're facing the leading hit guy in the american league when you just gave the previous hitter 90 extra feet. all three nationals errors tonight on the most routine plays. the hernandez possibly, the guzman drop that cost a run and now that and aaron hill was smelling blood up there hacking. >> rob: work ahead. >> bob: these are the unforced errors by some of our veterans this year that have really hurt. aaron hill, 1-5. now we've had a balk. jesus colome balking for the second time this year. boy, he's mad. manny acta coming out to calm down his pitcher. >> rob: right before that, i almost said out loud. i was thinking it to myself that cristian guzman or ronnie belliard should just go in and say something to hi

here's adam dunn. >> one ball and two strikes to dunn. didn't look like a swing. 2-2. >> sometimes ryan can get a little scripted with his swing. it's almost like he's in an area where he swings. >> broken bat. i had one hitting coach tell me once, which sounded familiar to something a golf coach said to me once. he said when you're standing there try to hit a line drive over second base. that means you're staying on the ball, squaring up because you're hitting up straightaway. but your point is well-taken, stay on if a little longer and take it the other way. adam dunn place its perfectly right over hill, who was the rover in right field. >> 8-iron in the fareway right there. >> here comes kearns. the red sox are coming, masn, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, unique announcer rotation up at camden yards next weekend as well. jim hunter and i will team up on play by play. rob will be there. for some of you we know there are some of you who had a hard time finding nats extra when the orioles were here. we will tell you that despite the fact t

adam dunn reached .300 on this home stand. he's four away. -- of course, it's off to a home run park 40 miles northeast of here. nats will play the blunls three, red sox three and then on to baltimore. >> rob: the house that cal built. >> bob: that will conclude interleague play from sunday. adam over 700 rbi that barrier surpassed this year. 2-2. >> rob: with that off-speed breaking ball and changeup, he's a sneaky, quick kind of pitcher for a big guy. got kind of a slow and deliberate windup and then hekind of explodes with that 88- 91-mile-per-hour fastball. >> bob: 2-2. nick johnson, 1-2 running this year actually. you're not looking to take the bat out of this guy's hands. >> rob: no, and you also don't want him leading off next inning. >> bob: adam dunn a bouncer right where scott rolen played. ball came up on him for a momentary possibly. that's it. nats strand four runners. no score. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99. flame-grilled tortillas layered with chicken, bacon, cheese, and ranch. cris

phil, adam dunn did it last night in a 3-3 ballgame. can he do it again tonight? >> phil: it will be great if he does it. i hope he does it much quicker. we won't be here all evening. a tough one for ross detwiler not to get his first big league win. he obviously around another start. another amazing evening from willie harris. >> johnny: we don't want to go into extra innings although the nats got their first extra inning win last night. let's see if they can get do that in the bottom of the 9th. >> bob: we call that getting off the schnide. we did see from sean camp last night, he has some serious swing back action to his fastball so he can really move that thing away from left handers. adam is 0-for-3 tonight. second in the lead with 54 walks. you have to throw him strikes. ball 2. 1:30 tomorrow. martis-romero. will it be a deciding game or will someone in a home uniform be going for a sweep. masn 2 tomorrow. he goes soft and gets a strike. 2-11. 1. 2--1. >> way out ahead of that one. >> rob: that was a big pitch by camp. he was supposed to be going outside and

you can always play adam dunn at first or you trade adam dunn. i don't know what they are thinking. to be able to acquire, especially a team like the red sox who feels like with big papi struggling, they don't need a defensive player. they need a bat and we have a couple of real good left field handed bats. >> byron: joe beimel getting the final out as we head to another timeout. beimel certainly done the job for the nationals in the last few weeks as he tries to climb back into a nice role in the bullpen. mike macdougal the night before and austin kearns making the final play there. tampa bay is coming up. man in acta coming up. we will talk more after this. now that college is a few years behind me, it seems i've got three times the bills i used to. and they're getting in the way of things i'd like to do. with the money bar, i can move my money around instantly, so when there's more bills than usual, it's no problem. and i use the wish list to put any extra money aside for anything i want. being in control of my money feels good. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-def

adam dunn's coming over here from cincinnati. they all try the do as much as they can off the field. ryan zimmerman. not going to meet a nicer kid than zimm. >> johnny: ball bounces off the bat. and a foul ball. i think it all starts at the top. when you look at the great philanthropic activities of the lerner family and what they do in this community, what they have done over the years. you and bob emceed the national gala. wonderful presentations that they had with mark lerner and his dad and his family. wife in charge. and nieves takes the ballight f tip. ounce dw tsend hitatter of s ballgame. >> rob: well, he damaged nieves last time up. so, he is really threeing to get there and right there. you see a curve ball slip off the tips of the fingers. micah owingss not goi to blow you away with 95. he doesn't have the best curve ball or fastball runs a bit. big, strong guy. has fantastic stuff. >> johnny: so, let's see if lannan can advance the runners. squares up to bunt. lays a nice one down. the throw to third and they g

inside. 1-0 to adam dunn. holds so many of their records in the twin city. >> rob: masset has done some traveling. he was acquired by the whe sox a few years ago. he traveled over the cincinnati. he was minor league pitcher of the year for the ngers actually minor league pitcher of the month in july 05. he was very high on their prospect list and made the team out of spring training in 2007. >> johnny: he signed with the ball club this year. 3-0 to adam dunn. they're trying to get a runner on base now in this bottom of the 10th inning. 6', 235 ou st. florida. nobody on, one out here inthe bottom of the 10th. >> rob: adam dunn probably has the green lighto try to win this. >> johnny: it would be nice to talk about adam's th home run of the year. [cheering and applause] nice recovery by brandon phillips ththe nationals first run, will come upswinging again. 0-3 tonight. .264 average. nick masset retiring the first two here's in the 10th. >> b: used to say to our guys late in the ballgame, right man, right time.

adam dunn, 1-2 with a base hit up the middle. cubs, by the way, won that game against cleveland 8-7, so another one for the national league today. cubs scored a run in the 10th to win it. derek lee hit two homers today. adam dunn off the end of the bat. scott rolen drifting over for it. he'll catch a foul ball after running about 100 feet for that, two outs. nats were supposed to see roy halladay tonight, and, rob, are you glad they didn't? >> rob: i did want to see roy pitch, but not against our team. look at that. 10 wins, 103 innings pitched. he can rack up complete games. one of the best pitchers in the major leagues right there. 10-1 in 14 starts. he's got a bad groin. >> bob: his career record is 141 and 67 -- 141-67. >> rob: he's ridiculous. >> bob: there's elijah dukes. he'll pull it hard on the ground to scott rolen. that's it. leadoff man aboard. that's it for the nats stranding nick johnson. they've left seven runners. top of the sixth, 1-0, nats. - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimm

on the first pitch that shairon martis threw that, ball stayed down for adam dunn. orioles are done in the sixth inning.   >> bob: celebrate the fourth of july weekend next week at nationals park, the braves are coming in. saturday, first of 20,000 fans receive many u.s. flags. sunday, family fun day. post-game the kids get to run the bases. you can buy your tickets anytime. top 7, still a one run game. hard throwing right-hander jim johnson is next for the orioles. >> jim p.: on his birthday, he comes in with a one run lead. he does have a great sinker coming off a good road trip. he just turned 26 today, 6'5". born in new york. lives down in sarasota. wants to be a carpenter if he didn't play baseball. handy around the house. if you're dave trembley and you want to bring him in. >> jim h.: three scoreless innings in the interleague series at nationals park last month. >> jim p.: he's got a big curveball and a change-up, he's probably using a little more because it does slow the bats down. >> jim h.: that's the swing

adam dunn, got ahold of this pitch. drives it out into the street and off the warehouse. gives the washington nationals the lead. >> jim p.: in washington, that would have headed towards the capitol? >> bob: no, that ball would be on one of the battle ships in the navy yard right now. wil nieves specializes in going to right field. that one down the line. it's a fair ball when caught on a good play by nick markakis. >> jim p.: gold glove caliber right fielder for the orioles, leads the american league in assists. 17 last year, 8 already this year. difficulty is, it's a rubberized track. doesn't slow you down any. >> bob: i'm a little surprised the orioles play him as far off the line as they do. >> jim p.: we'll call the clubhouse and move him over for the later innings. >> bob: normally a guy like wil nieves, you don't usually play him around and short to the off field. maybe not with anybody out because it would be an cra base hit. i'm a firm believer you play them where they usually hit 'em. one ball, one strike. harris with a double in two trips today has hit safely i

when he gets on top, he's got the good sinker. >> bob: adam dunn will take another walk. nationals have the lead-off man aboard. for our national fans, it's never been easier to take in a ballgame. back here tomorrow. on to florida for three on masn 2, then a short three-game home stand commences with the braves coming in for the fourth of july weekend. that's a fastball inside to josh willingham. >> jim p.: of course brian bass, somebody walked up to him the other day, they said, do you think bass who has been very good when he's come in in games behind, do you think he pitches better when he's behind than when he has leads? i said, the numbers indicate that he is more relaxed when he's behind than when he's ahead, that's when he's struggled lately. but that's the one thing you have to battle as a reliever. until you change those numbers, you're going to be labeled. >> rob: you're going to be in a role. >> jim p.: exactly. but again, everything sinking down and n so you have to change your perspective of where your release point is. he's been real consistent about two, t

here is adam dunn. bergesen retired the side in order in the first. >> rob: may 24 against the orioles is what adam dunn did a huge home run. >> jim: do i see a tear because game yea was really struggle -- struggling. it was game that brad bergesen had an early lead and dunn got them back in the lead with the first home run and then launched the home run with, what, a slider in the middle of the plate and he hit it about 450 to center. >> bob: 2-1 inside, ball three. >> rob: and of adam dunn, it was surprising to see that was a career high with six rbi's with all of the rbi's he's had this year. second in the national league in walks, and that's not surprising with his power. >> bob: this ball is hit towards the gap and markakis runs it down! so it hung up for him and one away. >> jim: let's take a look at brad bergesen and people are starting to call him the ace. there is your four-seamer and there is the two-seamer, fingers maybe a little bit farther than i held mine, but it certainly works for him. c

adam dunn, 0 for 3 tonight. and 1 for 4 with two walks in the series. he had a base hit for an rbi and two walks last night. fastball up and zimmerman late for it. the count is 2-2.

but his walk in the 11th inning did set up adam dunn's walkoff hit. good speed out there, guzman at second, nick johnson behind him. they play zimmerman absolutely straight away in the outfield. that's outside. 1-1. by the way, the interleague ledger, american league 75, national league 66 including the two games from today. >> rob: it's getting a little tighter. >> bob: yeah, getting up there a little bit. another week to do something about it. and the nats have been doing their part the last few days for the senior circuit. the national league is a little older than the american league. >> rob: check out that last pitch. maybe trying to look too much. look at how far out that arm comes, shows the pitch to the hitter. there you see it from the side angle. >> bob: hitters like to focus on the release point and that's a long way to go with the eyes in a split second. 1-2 delivery. >> rob: it's a good thing with lefties and some of the bullpen guy, it's deception. you want to try to, you know, hide that ball as long as possible before you show it to the

adam dunn has always excelled in inner league play. he's had one hit, one rbi, two walks. the nationals one through three hitters right up there. number one total in all of major leagues. they're averaging 5.6 runs a game. >> rob: if they don't give it to shields, this is one of the worst in getting runs in the major league. >> rob: johnson 2-8 and a walk this weekend. that's a breaking ball in the dirt. 1-1. >> rob: decent curve, decent slider. he's got two changeups. the one is show me change and the other is out change. that comparison and run support, detwiler not getting a whole lot. almost four runs a game. >> bob: shields just under four, third lowest in their league. detwiler the lowest among the young starting staff for the nationals. >> rob: sometimes there's a guy in the bad luck slot. this is one of their best pitchers last year if not the best. they've had 8 losses in his 13 starts. >> bob: he was their opening day starter. that's got something to do with it when they're pitching against their number one or two guy every time. >> rob: way out in front of the c

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adam dunn against randy choate. in eight games recently, opponents are 1 for 21 against him. >> rob: you have to hope that he'll try to throw a sidearm curveball. >> bob: is this where a guy should be moving up in the box? >> rob: not necessarily on choate. for am add dunn who has pretty much separated the entire batter's box. he's got a lot of coverage. you want this guy to try to throw a breaking ball on the inner half. but if he tries to run a sweeping curveball around, that's when adam is in control. he can turn that thing around. 8-3 rays. top of the 8th. one run in, two men aboard. still only one out. trying to make the longoria error hurt. that's a fastball that misses. 2-1. >> rob: it's going to be an 88- mile an hour fastball. look at that thing i'd arm. you talk about a left-handed specialist. >> bob: adam dunn hits a double play ball. the nationals get an unearned run and into the bottom of the 8th.  we like looking at the world through safety-colored glasses. doing what it takes to make home a litt

adam dunn missed the cutoff man ant and the tying run is at second base. that does not go down as en error but that's a mental error by adam dunn and that's a 3-2 game. you cannot give the hitter second base. >> rob: great point by you, bob. fundamentals will win you a lot of ball games. if you hit the cutoff man with this throw, you gun down the man at second base. if you throw over zimmerman's head, now, the tying run trots on into second. so, yes, it's always nice to try to throw the runner out at the plate but there is always another part to that story. >> bob: aggressive coaching by nick lava. he has been a good third base coach for a time with cito gaston and before that, with whitey whitey herzog in st. louis. >> rob: good breaking ball. he got a little bit too much of the plate. >> bob: dangerous clean-up hitter on deck. foul tipped. vernon wells trying to put away another one here, with one out, top of the 8th and a 3-2 game. uh-oh. that got away from wil nieves. tying run is at third base with one out. >> rob: he may have crossed wil up on that p

>> johnny: right. >> rob: poor teddy. >> johnny: adam dunn with a shot to right and right in the has jay brucone down, one pitch >> rob: speaking of mr. bruce, hitting .17 # off lefthanders, ..283 on base percentage, 1 home run in four ribs, 13 and 26 against righties and he is hitting about 60 points high near his right. still .231. a learning icl. >> johnny:  ru, 13 againsthanders? >> rob: 13 against right- handers. so whatever they know, whatever the scouting report is against jay bruce, they are just -- he sn't made thadjustment, you know. so they are just exploiting that weakness right now. so if you make the adjustment there is no reason to go back and try to pitch whatever the scouting report is on him. he has a hole inside, a hole outside, he is young kid 22 years old. >> johnny: lookat these young guys and you have to have some guys around with experience, guys that have been there and done that and maybe they can feed off of it. you and i were talking about stbeinsigned,yo wantto makesurewhen hecome up he has some older guys who can maybe showhim how they did it a

adam dunn, well, if dunn can't get there, you know it's a foul ball. adam dunn going as fast as he could but that ball kept hooking away from him. it's such an interesting corner. it's 330 down that line. the wall does not circle out toward left center, it comes straight out. this ball was about a food and a half foul. >> rob: last time we were here, didn't somebody hit a home run right down that line. >> bob: if you hit it off the scoreboard to the right, it's in play. >> rob: that's ridiculous. put another board there. >> bob: it's a football stadium. another strike. six strikeouts. scott olsen is listed at 6 to the, 211 pounds. i need to change my southwest flight. woman over phone: no problem. you know, maybe other people are content to sit around and wait. wait for something to happen. for business to pick up. but for you, it's time to kick it in gear. time to get going. time to get tough. take control. you're not gonna run and hide. because backing down's not your style. grab your bag. it's on. ( ding ) grab your bag. it's on. not too close; what

you talked about adam dunn, a guy who takes as much pitches is equally as valuable. >> bob: that's a great point, rob, but we do want adam to swing more. we need that guy to swing at more pitches. >> bob: up and away. 1 ball, 1 strike. or in the words of dibble, we will damage you and you will like it. rusty staub. always the caveat. there is somebody who is always hanging and. what's that other guy, tiny minouche? >> he was not an expo. we don't care about the expo. we just want to hear about the nationals. that's ancient history. i can understand that, but, you know, this franchise does have roots in another place and it does have a pretty nice history of its own when you consider the players who come through. it's just a shame that the expos never drew enough fans in montreal to be able to afford to keep the guerreros and the randy johnson and the list goes on and on of great players developed by this organization. >> rob: absolutely. and there were some guys that were developed, like grady sizemore and cliff lee that could be playing here now. you can say, well, you know, we want

that is sometimes harder to get a willie harris out than maybe an adam dunn or an elijah dukes. >> bob: usually, the holes in the swing are a lot smaller. that was a good approach but that was strike 22. >> rob: and i had to see guys like clark, mike schmidt, dale murphy. and they are swinging as hard as they can, you know. and so, okay, occasionally, you will drop the slide another there but you will throw mostly fastball. a willie harris is like an ozzy smith. he is just trying to put the ball in play off your 95. >> bob: nasty breaking ball and willie hits it pretty well. >> rob: and then you speed his bat up and he pulls his breaking ball and you are like, what am i supposed to throw this guy? >> bob: right down into the picnic area. they tried all kind of gimmicks over the years to get people into this building. last year, they finally figured it out: win. >> rob: win and they will come. >> bob: the rays, by the way, are averaging 22 1/2 22500. kansasity, oakland and cleveland all have lower attendance as does baltimore. >> rob: you have to see jose aquendo over the years. he was

who did the reds acquire for adam dunn from arizona? >> rob: i know micah owings is one of them. >> johnny: let me put my thinking cap on here. >> rob: castillo and dallas buck? that is gist off the -- just off the top of my head. >> johnny: it is also incorrect. [laughter]. >> johnny: off the top of my head, let me see here. >> rob: i think dallas buck was a right-handed pitcher. and i think owings is a right-handed pitcher. i have watched him for five innings. >> johnny: beats me. >> rob: castillo i think was a catcher. ramon castillo? >> johnny: it is up to you, dibs. grounded to guzman at short. across the diamond, nice play. >> rob: very nice. >> johnny: throws out the lead-off batter in the 6th inning, ramon hernandez. >> rob: the first thing is you have got to catch it. you know you don't have a fast runner coming down 1st base and he throws it towards first. ramon hernandez, had a frustrating series. >> johnny: so, hernandez is retired. jay bruce as we look at it once again out by a couple of steps. >> rob: wilkin castro and dal

adam dunn looking for his first base hit. 0-3 for the afternoon. nationals have 8 hits in this ballgame and only 3 runs to show for it. >> rob: this is a defining moment. alberto gonzalez taking out phillips and then the flow gets by gonzalez over at 1st base. all the way into the dugout. two runs come in, instead of one. nationals are up 3-2 here. >> johnny: in the bottom of the 8 th. wide, wide stance at the plate for dunn. catches the outside corner for a strike. >> rob: 5-5 in the pinch hitting role. that at-bat to take out second. he got sent down for a month did wondering for him. >> paid off. >> rob: yep. >> johnny: 1-2 delivery. adam dunn, zimmerman down at 1st base. >> rob: and you have got to get sent down johnny, they will say the same thing. so, that is just about going down there and working on stuff. sometimes guys need at an tuesday adjustment. but -- at anty -- attitude adjustment. but alberto shortened up his swing and he's down everything. >> johnny: grounded line-drive to left field. keeps it alive. on this day we have been cover

>> rob: the thing we've found with nick, ryan zimmerman and adam dunn is sometimes they take too many pitches. they're so disciplined that in situations where you'd kind of like your guys swinging, they're walking. sometimes it's not that bad to walk your three, four, five guys. >> jim p.: if you're david hernandez, again, this is your third major league start, if you pitch around nick markakis and you're -- nick johnson, you're already trailing by a run, with one swing it can really change your numbers for the afternoon. >> bob: that ball a little bit high, jim joyce is not giving anywhere near a high strike today. >> rob: he's been missing with that curveball up all day. i don't think he was going to give it to him right there. >> jim p.: this is your hanger. >> rob: that was outside the

guzman brings a 10-game hitting streak into today's game, nick johnson bats third, adam dunn will dh. >> jim p.: take a look at our pnc scouting report on david hernandez. he's got big league stuff. he can throw 92 to 95. they call his fastball the invisible heater because it just seems that hitters don't usually pick it up. stay out of the middle of the plate. that's when he gets in trouble. fastball coming in, has to be in and out, really back to the future because he's one of the future stars of this orioles staff. he's dominated at the minor league level, strikeout guy. another opportunity because koji uehara has for the second time this year has gone back on the disabled list. >> jim h.: david hernandez has what has been described to me, jim, as a swing and a miss fastball. tell me about that. >> jim p.: you know, dave schmidt talked to me in spring training about it, he said it's deception. scottie mcgregor had it. fernandez throws it a lot harder. it's the ability in most cases to get guys to not pick up the ball for whatever the reason is. >> jim h.: next pitch is off the plat

adam dunn, mr. pujols, the prince, lance bergmann in houston and then the little guy who leads off for the blue jay, marco scutaro. >> bob: i know when we looked at the walk statistics, we are like, why are they walking marco scutaro to get to aaron hill who has 90-plus hits? atestimony dunn 0-for-2, a drive to left and a swinging swowt. he may have been guessing correctly, first pitch breaking ball, but he could not get it. >> rob: i'm thinking they are not going to give adam a lot to hit with first base open. >> bob: it is a lefty-lefty match-up so let's see how much they want to pitch. brett cecil has pitched a good

adam dunn will be playing left field, willingham goes to right. wil nieves will be catching and scott olsen on the mound tonight as the nationals try to get their 23rd win of the season against 51 losses. how about florida, 38 and 39. shortstop hanley ramirez, four home runs over his last seven games. he's hit in 28 of his last 35, 50 of his last 62. his 12 home runs leads all major league shortstops and ramirez will be batting third as you see in that florida line- up tonight. chris coughlin leads off, he'll be in left field, emilio bonifacio at third, then ramirez, cantu will be at first and uggla at second base, ross will be in center field, robs catching, brett carroll will be in right field, and ricky nolasco who has had major success against the nationals, he'll be on the mound tonight. ramirez the guy you've got to keep off the bases. i think you just mentioned, pitch around him. don't even pitch to this guy. >> you've got to pitch one guy tough in the line-up and he's good night that when you look at all the charts, he's just hammered us w

and then covering the bases with adam dunn. a high pop-up behind the plate, the catcher drifting back into the stands. and no play for ryan hanigan, the count is each with two balls and two strikes, 3-1 here in the bottom of the sixth. >> rob: ryan has made a lot of strides in one area where people say he struck out 200 times a year, he only struck out 164 times last year, 122 walks, he makes it very difficult on the pitchers, but he is kind of a throw-back. that's what you wanted your four-guy to be, a big power guy and now that he is that big power guy, that's when all these other guys now are saying "oh well he still strikes out," that's the evolution of this

here's adam dunn trying to bail out the inning, two on, one out with kearns on deck. >> i hope he hangs him a curveball. . >> mover trouble against lefties than rightties. >> he throws the fastball by dunn. he pitched pretty well at citizens bank park, 1-2 to dunn. the nats can't make contact here. did he tip that? the umpire is telling dunn he struck out. adams asking for an appeal for a foul tip, which doesn't usually happen. >> he's saying he didn't hear it. >> he's called him out. >> check out the replay and see if he makes contact here on the ball. not too good of an argument for adam here. it looks like it hit the ground and hit the catcher's chest protector. >> wants to know why won't you ask the third base umpire if you're not sure. >> i know. >> buckner must be saying i'm sure he missed it. now manny's getting a little more an mated here. that bat missed the ball. >> we know that, but we don't have to let manny and adam know that. it's a good argument. >> i think the right thing would be to ask the third base umpire for some help. >> romper row has gotten the last two hitters w

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adam dunn homers, so does willie harris. the nats knocking off the orioles at camden yards, 5-3. tomorrow night the first of a three game series in florida against the marlins. the nats 0-6 against the fish this year. 6:30 is our air time, masn 2 tomorrow night and tuesday. how about this. we're going to be with you 11:30 wednesday morning for the wrap-up game for the nationals and marl anyone's florida. then the atlanta braves come to town for a big weekend series over the fourth of july at nationals park. welcome back, everybody. happy to have you with us on sunday afternoon. tomorrow night it will be scott olson coming off the dl against ricky nolasco of florida. >> scott won 12, he pitched three straight years. they're saying his velocity is up two miles per hour. it was 88 to 91 when he was here. we were talking about his velocity. nolasco struggles for two starts. giving up eight runs. but his last four he's only given up five runs. he's striking out a lot of people, he struck out 25 and walked five, so he's back on top of that stretch. >> the nats really about due to take