second ball carlos pena hit hard this series. he hit a home run earlier in the series. he's been kind of quiet with a couple of bunt hits. >> bob: 5-11 in the series with two bunt hits. there's a lot of pressure on the nats bullpen. the nationals have scored one run in this series after the 4 4th inning that was an earned run last night. their bullpen has been outstanding. zobrist 0-2 with a walk. his job if he can't score the runner is to push him to 3rd. this guy is a big, strong power hitting 2nd baseman with 13 home runs. >> bob: popped up, left side, up near in b ring. it doesn't hit anything. willie harris just ran into our bullpen catcher as he was trying to make that play. >> rob: just when you thought it was safe to go after a foul ball, you run into your bullpen catcher and can't get near it. nelson tried to get out of the way. willie harris, right into him. >> bob: a hazard of having the bullpens on the field. somebody down there has got to tell those guys to get out of dodge. >> rob: the problem is it should be our pitchers protecting the catchers instead of

. >> bob: carlos pena leads off for the rays. detwiler 44 pitches in his first 3 inning, thanks to two very important double play balls. front door breaking, stays in. >> rob: they spotted ross a nice 4-0 lead. see what he can do with it. second time through the middle of the line up. >> bob: pena with a bunt hit first time. the shift is still on willie harris is near 3rd. another shattered bat on a line drive foul. the top of the bat lands half way between 1st and 2nd. that was last night's bunt. he ended up scoring on a home run. today that didn't work so well. moving longoria to 2nd. detwiler able to pitch out of the jam. there you see another maple bat exploding right there. >> bob: mike wallace said they're longer, thinner in the middle. you have a 35, 36-inch bat. ash is on the right. maple with the swirls on the left. it's basically the grain you see right there. the grain is going the length of the bat. on the maple, it's swirling all the way through it going around the bat. when it break, it snaps at the swirl. >> bob: 3

pena. jordan zimmermann. then he comes up the next time and lays down a bunt. >> bob: 0-2 to gross.  >> bob: having to soak up inning-plus work here for colome. he's given up two runs on three hits. and that ball out to left center. willie harris is tracking it. waved off elijah. the rays go in order, bottom of the 7th.  >> bob: beautiful evening in st. petersburg, florida, especially for the rays fans. they lead it 8-2 as we go to the 8th. you can follow the nats on your iphone and ipod touch. featuring play-by-play, video highlights and live audio broadcasts. visit nationals.com on your iphone or ipod touch to purchase. anderson hernandez, cristian guzman and nick johnson. andy sonnanstine, seven innings, 77 pitches. he's well on his way to his second career complete game. this guy pitches like this, it's hard to believe he's only had one. >> rob: i watched him a lot last year and he was really tough down the stretch for this team. when he's on, he

so now you're up to date and carlos pena hack as foul ball. to begin the bottom of the fourth inning. nationals by the way have austin kearns in the line-up tonight. you might have heard by now that the nats are without josh willingham. byron kerr will have more on that shortly. a tragedy in the willingham family, and josh left the ball club this morning to go back to alabama. we'll check in with byron shortly. pena, disoab rift, burrell. that ball is going to leave the yard, way out of here. almost to the scoreboard. and pena's 20th of the year gets tampa bay on the board here. he becomes only the fifth player in the major leagues with 20 home runs. >> rob: this is going to be a 95-mile an hour fastball down and in, it's supposed to be down and away. that's what happens to those pitches when you throw them down and in to a lefty. you throw that hard, you're going to give up home runs. shake it off, come right back. attack the strike zone some more. >> bob: the rays have hit their 82nd home run, starting the day third in the american league be

. >> bob: we know carlos pena can tush on a fastball. >> rob: are you kidding me? a perfect bunt for a base hit. i'll actually as a pitcher take that, if he's going give up an at-bat and take a single, more power to him. this guy's one of the best power guys in the game. you want to hit for a single, go right ahead. double play's in order. he clogs up the bases without speed. two thrower men on their team on the bases right now. >> bob: i saw the first base coach smiling, silent george probably told him, i would have never done that. >> rob: give up an at-bat for a single? i don't think so. >> bob: but it is a one run graham. that could be big for the rays. and ben zobrist is going to make this 4-2 tampa bay. manny acta takes jordan zimmermann out, three batters later, three runs for the rays. >> rob: zobrist, the 93-mile an hour sinker, gets plate coverage and he just kills that ball. >> bob: ben zobrist adds to his career high with his 13th home run. the rays have scored four runs tonight, driving all of them in with the long ball. and they lead by two. >> rob: i

here's carlos pena with three hits and a home run. >> rob: ross has an excellent curveball. >> bob: here it is. pena will do it again inside the 3rd base bag. >> rob: he's saying, if you're going to give me that, i'll take it. we'll see what ben zobrist can do with it. let's hope ross has more -- he bunts down the 3rd baseline. there you see the break of the ball. >> bob: it's okay. 20 home run, you want to bunt, go right ahead. two out. >> bob: detwiler, first pitch strike, 85 on the straight change. as we mentioned earlier, ross does a good job of keeping the ball in the ball park. only one home run in 27 plus innings. nick johnson is going to grab it. couple of singles, runners stranded. no score after 1 here in st. pete. been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. for the next minute, i'm gonna show you what it's like to have verizon fios. these are your widgets, they let you pu

and carlos pena with the solo shot. and the 100th home run for the rays and the second most -- his 100. and aubrey has the lead in franchise history. >> still to come the rangers appear to be heating up after a drought and texas with eye-popping numbers. and also ahead, cheyenne woods following her famous uncle in the family business. how she compares tiger in her first pro event. and also, rachel alexandra racing for the first time since the last victory and why her jockey says sh >> they have longed lived in the shadows of the cowboys. stories of former cowboys getting page one treatment in dallas. the rangers are stealing some of that. in sharp contrast in the dismal season they had in 2008. and the rangers had at least a share of first place since may 6th. the latest they have been in the position since 1999. yes, the year that prince once sang about. padres scoring the least and up wouldn't know it today leading 7-3 in the top of the ninth. and eckstein with an r.b.i. double. and again a single in the sixth. and da

and carlos pena for the 19th time this season. he's a sandlot kid. look at the effort out in right field by that kid. the rays count out 15 hits and a big win over the angels who have lost 4 of 5 after a big win streak. pena goes back-to-back after the 7th straight game. evan longoria snaps the 19th at bat with a homer in the fifth inning. >> tigers and the white sox wrapping up a five-game set. top 5, 3-1, 3-all. curtis granderson, goodbye. ties the game with his 14th. we go to the bottom of the ninth. and here's your controversy. we saw a game-winning hit off a third. how about a game-saving play by a fan? watch this. nice catch, but did you go into the field of play to make the catch? jim leyland says he did. tigers sigh he did. game's in chicago. later in that at-bat, podsednik chops c it to right. past the infield, and that's the end of the game. the tigers are mad, but they didn't have an out at the time. and who knows if having an extra they would have. still, controversial finish. chicago gets the win. white sox are in milwaukee tomorrow. tig

if adam dunn wanted to get elijah dukes to the plate in the inning, he could play carlos pena and bunt one down the third-base line, but the nats want this big guy swinging the bat. that was a front door breaking ball on the inside corner. >> rob: nice hit by direction by adam dunn. >> bob: so, 47 of the 60, dead center or pull. of course, we remember one of those opposite field picks. a grand slam into the bullpen that beat the orioles. that was really off-speed there. >> rob: here is our x-mo. finally where he wey get our little toy back. >> bob: see how the bat is gone? >> rob: yeah, good breaking ball by tallet right now. >> bob: yeah, that ball right up the middle! it will get through. heading for third base, nick johnson. scott rolen, that was an interesting play. i thought he was going to go after it. then, he slowed up maybe because there would be nobody to cover the left side of the infield. i don't think he had that play anyway. how about done dunn beating the shift with a little ground ball? >> rob: it was a good pitch by tallet, a jam shot. adam dunn is strong enough, watch

. >> rob: talked to carlos pena, the first baseman of the rays, he kind of chuckled and said all our pitchers think they can hit intoit do ours. jordan zimmermann is 0-15. >> rob: he said what i usually say. yeah, everybody can hit at 5:00. can you hit at 7:05. bp pitching throwing it about 60 at 5:00 in the afternoon. and telling you what's coming too. >> bob: that's a chopper that hits in or near the plate and that will do it for the nats. anderson hernandez, base hit. got the pitcher out of the way. we go top three, no score. ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in-rebate. only from at&t. >> bob: on to the top of th third inning. nats have outhit the blue jays 2-1. it's time to look at everything last night. >> rob: they were laying out for everything with the leather and then see the assist from austin kearns at second base, willie harris laying out diving on that warning track. anderson hernandez, cristian guzman, ryan zimmerman from his knees. >> bob: i had one guy in new york last night