that will be run down by b.j. upton. p boss: so you've been doing a nice job out there helping people save money on car insurance. gecko: aw thank you, sir. boss: but i think there are a few other things you can say about what a reliable company geico is. gecko: right. uh, well maybe how geico's the third-largest car insurance company in america? nice tidbit there. boss: exactly. and i've been thinking, looking a bit more businesslike might help too. gecko: oh my. uhhh, no it's, what's, what's the word... vogeico. 15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more on car insurance. >> bob: beautiful sunset looming out over the gulf of mexico here in st. petersburg, florida. longoria, pena and zobrist, as jason bergmann takes over. andy sonnanstine is really being economical with his deliveries. he hasn't even thrown 70 pitches. 69 and 50 for strikes, retiring the last 12 nats. >> rob: he has to have -- remember john burkett, jeff suppan. when you don't have overpowering stuff yet you can throw 88, 8

hernandez, upton. longoria again. the wall. b.j. upton will come around from first. they put a seven spot up in the bottom of the sixth inning, right now it's 8-3. >> bob: i'm in shell shock all over again. lsu got a couple of runs in the bottom of the third leading virginia now at the college world series 3-1. >> rob: we said yesterday, this is a good stretch of two weeks to really gauge how you are or how you're doing, because it's going to be a test every night. you got to bring your a game. >> bob: that ball well hit to right by carl crawford but kearns is there. we've got a guy there. p - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. >> bob: tropicana field peter

that will be a base hit all the way for b.j. upton. ryan with a great head-long dive to get his glove on that bouncer. >> rob: ryan zimmerman here is going to try to keep this ball on the infield. really has no chance. at the feet of b.j. upton. that's taking one for the team right there. bob said, you don't want hernandez going over to third. fastball scores another, fly ball scores another. >> bob: hope you're having a good saturday night. ours was just fine until about 20 minutes ago. the nats had led all the way in this one, then 2-1 and the roof of tropicana field has fallen on the bullpen. that will be the second out of the inning. the men who -- the man who led off the inning with a base hit evan longoria will bat again.  >> bob: longoria singled to lead off this inning, his only hit of this series. in the last three innings, the rays have outhit the nationals 8-0. the last nats hit, a single by guzman with nobody out in the third.  >> bob: minnesota got a s- out from anthony schwarz ack to beat the cub

b.j. upton there, two outs. [cheering and applause] just beyond the 2:00 hour here in the tampa bay area at tropicana field where the nats are 0-2 this weekend. bob carpenter, rob dibble, byron kerr with us. we'll fly to new york and come to you from the new yankees stadium tuesday night with martis against sabathia. >> bob: i think some of these young pitchers are going to make sure they're not in awe of the place in which they're pitching tuesday, wednesday, thursday. last time they measured it, the mound was 60 feet 6 inches too. >> bob: and hernandez will drop one to right center. gonzalez with a great jump. going to 3rd. he will be out with the ball waiting for him. testing the arm of gabe gross who threw him out. [cheering and applause] that made him make a perfect throw to get him. >> rob: i like it. challenge the defense. - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirma

top of the order, b.j. upton. you'd lover to keep this man and -- love to keep this man and his speed off the base. right now, ross is having a hard time spotting his fastball. >> rob: he's really, throughout his career, going to have to repeat his deliveries. >> bob: base hit. b.j. upton has hit his way aboard. [cheering and applause] you're always one pitch from getting out of an inning. right there, great job rolling a double play. out of the inning. once again, great turn. willie harris to hernandez. johnson has to visualize that before you throw it. that's what will make him a great major league pitcher, mechanics will help also. >> bob: upton leaning towards 2 2nd 2 2nd. detwiler throws another pitch way, way outside. he needs to start getting ahead of hitters again. strike to ball ratio not that good 34-33 to his first three innings. broken bat. should be two. perfect relay by detwiler. he threw the ball with authority to hernandez. that made the rest of it very easy. >> rob: he had a bat explosion. wow. wa

b.j. upton two hits, those three crucial rbi. he's hitting .396 over his last 11 games. 12 rbis. >> giants and brewers in milwaukee, matt cain, 9-1 coming in. bottom of the third, brewers up 2-1. cain wish he is had that one back. that's j.j. hardy with a rocket to dead center, brewers up 3-1. later in the game, during the sausage race, we always see, h a 68 today in the ! second round. he said he hit the ball better than yesterday. maintains a two-shot lead over ryan moore who had a second round 65. rain reeked havoc with day two at the highlands. >> the next show is on the way, in about, i got about two minutes 50 seconds. we're out of here, dude. subway series highlights coming up, mets and yankees. more on that lou piniella-milton bradley blowup in chicago. late gate highlights, mariners and dodgers, j.w. stoourt will be here and ready to xwloe. geico's been saving people money on car insurance for over 70 years. and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar?

b.j. upton will walk back to the dugout. >> bob: he did side wind it. it also had a strike to it. it was not a fast slider. here's burrell with two outs. just off the dl a couple of days with a neck strain. he's 1 hive 8 in this -- 1-8 in this series. >> rob: josh bard has been flip flopping the catcher. >> bob: 2-0. here's the hook again. tavarez misses. these two have seen each other a lot. years with the phillies. >> bob: a fastball misses. [cheering and applause] you hate to see evan longoria bat when it could have been a one, two, three. try out the grand slam flex pan. five plans to choose from. go to the website for more information. >> bob: we'd love to see the nats grab this final game. it would make the weekend for our manager better. manny is shaken by the willingham news from yesterday. and all the news of his job status. it can't be easy being asked about that. that's a good man in that dugout, a good baseball person. >> rob: he's a stand up man. >> bob: he's got one going today. 0-2. make sure you keep that baby down. >> rob: i wish i was younger. i would love to pla

fastball to b.j. upton who

. >> bob: here's b.j. upton the lead off. do the numbers mean he's tipping too much early in the game? they're seeing everything he's got in the 1st round? >> rob: not necessarily. he needs to finish strong with the catcher before he follows through. as the game goes o he -- goes on, he gets tired and lazy. that arm lacks and gets him behind in the down. gallon. >> bob: b.j. upton 2-8 in this series. th always huge when you can keep him off base. this is detwiler warming up today. >> rob: notice he throws across his body. see where he lands over here on the side. he should be landing over toward this is side. he lands over that side. then he delivers the ball. as long as he stays over the top of that foot while he's throwing towards the catcher, he's fine. we've talked about this. they've tried to break him of that in the minor leagues. they couldn't do it. he still throws 97 miles per hour. he's got to be conscious of throwing it towards the catcher first then recoiling. >> bob: a changeup, getting a foul ball against burrel

it was b.j. upton on that play. the same situation. >> bob: there he goes. throw to 2nd. that runner will be out. kapler on the back end as crawford steals 3rd. >> rob: great job by josh. it's the second time in a week we've thrown behind the runner, gotten the guy going from 1st to 2nd on a double steal. perfect throw. >> bob: you don't worry about the runner at 3rd since there are two outs. navarro, number for -- number 37 for crawford. fast one right in there. first pitch was a ball. it's even 1-1. great change up by beimel. j.p . howell last two saves. next due up bard, hernandez, and harris. two switchers and a lefty. don't forget guzman is on the bench today. by the time em 2-2. >> rob: great job by bard getting his body out there to get it. you have to get out and get off your behind so to speak and get over to get it. if you just reach out, it probably would have gotten by him. >> bob: got him with a changeup. rays will settle for one run and lead 5-4 into the 9th. a few years behind me, it seems i've got three times the bills i used to. and they're getting in the

ball slicing away from b.j. upton. upton didn't run the greatest route to that ball. his speed enabled him to catch up. >> rob: i don't think he thought the ball was hit as hard as it was. it started to tail away from him. >> bob: because of of nick johnson's good base running play, he's at 3rd and still could be at 1st. >> rob: he turned the wrong way. he lost it and had to recover, turn the other way. that great speed enabled him to do that. heck of an athlete. >> bob: johnson at 3rd. nats have a chance to get one of the runs back they just gave up. first time joe maddon has played all infielders in today. they're moving longoria two steps closer towards the base runner. >> rob: maybe they're thinking adam dunn might bunt like carlos pena. i don't think so. >> bob: adam dunn 1-2 today, 2- 7 with an rbi this weekend with two walks. a great chance for rbi 46. [cheering and applause] strike out total on the rise. at 66 right now. that ties for the 3rd in the league.

you've got a first baseman playing very deep if you're thinking about a b.j. upton down that way. scott rolen is on the grass at third. you don't want to bunt it near him. that hit him in the batter's box where it's a foul ball. came back up and hit him you know, the place you want to bunt the ball is down the first- base line. make the pitcher match you step for step for about seven or eight steps. if you do it right, there's no way he'll throw you out. >> rob: if you can get by the pitcher when he delivers the ball and you can just get it by the mound, second baseman has no clans to of coming in, catching the ball and throwing corey patterson out at the same time. >> bob: rod barajas will have to tie his shoe here. with the flap over the foot. >> rob: old catcher's trick. break the momentum by faking like i'm tying my shoe. i used to do that on the mound sometimes. >> bob: that's ball one. count even to corey patterson. 1-1 with a steal tonight. he had a base hit to left with two outs in the eighth. after stealing second on an 0-2 pitch, guzman struck out. now, that swing will h

b.j. upton singles to center. steals second are 2nd. nick beat the ball to 2nd. no throw. this guy is electric. hitting .211 coming in and doing all that. in the 4th, fly ball to center field. kapler singles over gonzalez as he tags up there. kapler not only hit the home run, he was out of baseball a year ago. he came back and managed in the minor leagues. hernandez gets over there. that plays the tying run. in the 6th, pena pops to willy at 3rd. looks like the inning went smoothly. on 5 pitch, he walks gross and clothes line on a fastball. actually a changeup as i see the 83 miles per hour there. ground ball to 3rd, 5-3. ross putting up good numbers, didn't strike out anybody. he came in as they talked about the walks. he loses a little concentration. he's got really good control. he kind of hits the spots where he walks people. you've got to throw more strikes. i don't know how he gets in and out of rhythm. he'll be retiring 10 out of 12 hitters and then walks two in a row. >> we'll be back with nats postgame. 5-4 rays win it despite alberto gonzalez driving in two runs.

bottom eight, 3-3 game, bases f loaded for b.j. upton. going to bounce off the base of the wall. rays win 7-3, as florida's five-game win streak comes to an end. >> ramirez homered in the loss. he went homerless in a span of 26 games, but bounced back with a vengeance. now has four home runs and 15 rbis in his last five games. >> giants-brewers, the lone interleague game on the ledger on friday. j.j. hardy, his seventh of the year. kean, not 1 of his better starts of the season. later in the game, sausage race. bengie molina, look out for the wienerschnitzel! >> that never gets old. >> tony stewart crashed during practice, and will drive his backup car sunday in new hampshire. >> meet the tigress. cheyennewoods making her pro debut in rochester. second-round action, that's ms. woods out of the bunker on to the green. she would par on the par 5 fourth. this is woods' fourth shot. she sticks it to within 2 feet. she says her goal is to make the cut. she's at one over after 10 holes in round two when play was suspended due to darkness. >> rumor has it amare is going to the warriors,

bottom of the eighth, bases that loaded for b.j. upton. the wa that's hit all the way to thescs wall.avarro t two score on the double. rays win 7-3. florida's win streak is over. ramirez went homeless in a span of 26 games, but bounced back with a vengeance. now has four home runs and 15 rbis in his last five games. >> giants/brewers, the lone interleague game on the ledger friday. matt kean trying to be the n.l.'s first game-winner in the third. j.j. hardy deep to center, his seventh of the year. oh-oh. bengie molina can't avoid it. brewers win 5-1. that's good comedy. tony stewart crashed during practice and will drive his backup car sunday in new hampshire. the points leader, stewart earned the position when qualifying was rained out. because the engine from his primary car will be used, he won't start at the back of the pack. >> taking a look at the starting grid, set by the point standings. defending race winner kurt busch will start fourth. montoya holding down the 12 and final spot in the chase for the cup. >> guess we can call her

robbie cano hits it hard but b.j. upton tracks it down. tampa holds for a 9-7 win. the yankees this season have dropped 9-11 to the rays and red sox. meanwhile, tampa 10-6 against new york and boston but three games under .500 against everyone else. >> the rangers had their eyes set on a second straight win over boston. jon lester had his eyes set on a perfect game. struck out 11 perfect batters. he was perfect through four innings. more on lester in a moment. bottom sixth, david ortiz facing kris benson. ortiz's second round-tripper of the year, first home run since may 20. red sox go up 5-0. top seven, lester still pitching a perfect game but there it goes. michael young into the gap. young was the only ranger with a hit. red sox win it 8-1. lester is now 19-4 at fenway -- the best home win percentage among active pitchers with at least 15 career home starts. a routine play becomes anything but for the mets. how it became an adventure. >> last year he was the league's m.v.p. what kobe bryant is saying about his game might surprise you. hi there. looks like you fou

robbie cano, b.j. upton makes the catch for the final out of the game. rays hold on to win this one 9-7. new york now 2-9 against boston and tampa, this year. meanwhile, the rays 10-6 against the yanks and sox this year, three games under .500 against everybody else. >> the rangers have their eyes set on a second straight win over boston but jon lester had other ideas -- pitching an absolute gem. ask ian kinsler and michael young, for that matter, and how about andruw jones. lester struck out 11 batters. he was perfect through four innings. more on him in a moment. bottom of the ninth. big papi. second home run of the year. his first homer since may 20. red sox go up 5-0. now top of the seventh, lester still with a perfect game but michael young says, "here is what i think of that perfect game." broke it up. was the only ranger with a hit. red sox end up winning it 8-1. lester, now, 19-4 at fenway park during his career. the best home win percentage among active pitchers with at least 15 career home starts. >> mets -- they couldn't get out of their own w

tying run at the plate, robbie cano drills it to center, b.j. upton an eventful ninth inning in the field holds onto that one. the yankees this season have lost 9-11 to the red sox and the rays. meanwhile, tampa 10-6 against new york and boston but three games under .500 against everybody else they've played. >> the rangers had their eyes on a second straight win over boston. jon lester had his eyes a perfect game. ian kinsler goes down. so does michael young. andruw jones as well. lester, perfect through four innings. he had 11 k's. bottom of the sixth. red sox up 4-0. david ortiz, high, deep, gone -- second of the year, his first home run since may 20. red sox go up 5-0. top seven, lester still pitching a perfect game but michael young hits one into the gap. the perfect game is broken up. young was the only ranger with a hit. red sox win it 8-1. lester is now 19-4 at fenway. the best home win percentage among active pitchers with at least 15 career home starts. still to come, a routine play becomes anything but for the mets. how it became an a

when b.j. upton gets in the base pads, crawford as well, upton got on, eventually we got him out at second base. >> actually right there is the steal. he's so easy. then we do the daylight play, almost get him from the second baseman. a little more safe. i was going say jordan zimmermann being a guy that's so aware of everything going on on the field. which keeps the guy close. after he steals second, second time, almost had him. great release and throw by nieves. we turn and get him easily. it's just the daylight play as a shortstop moves in behind him and just nips him right there. right in front of the corner of the bag. see you, out. >> who is making the call on that play. catcher? >> it could be directed from the catcher, it could be directed from the dugout or it can just be guzman flashing his hand. when the pitcher cease daylight, he throws and it's a timing play. >> because that timing was perfect. >> i imagine it was just a daylight play showing the glove, getting close. making a good

. >> buck: he b.j. uptoned it foul. got a piece of paulino the catcher. not a bad idea. bonifacio was deep at third. sean west has two wins in this his rookie season. he is 1-1 in his starts against the a. l. east. he beat toronto but lost to the yankees. this is his third start in the a. l. east and it will be his last. tampa bay will be hosting florida beginning tomorrow night. the marlins final three interleague games. ground ball towards third goes foul. that looked like an inside-out swing. >> buck: no, that looked like self-defense. [ laughter ] >> jim: come on. work with me here. >> buck: that is in the by design. watch this. get out of there. [ laughter ] that was not an inside-out swing. >> jim: i guarantee it will be as he fouls it back. >> buck: his base hit against the phillies came against the left-hander antonio bastardo, the starter. rich hill had a base hit in his first at-bat in that ballgame. droan drove in a run. >> jim: the count holding 1-2 on rich hill. high fly ball to right. brett carroll has a play now backs up a few steps has it for the outs. ri