frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> well jay bruce's two-ru homer the only difference in the ballgame. reds lead the nationals. time for the aflac trivia. we've got to question to see what we can do with this. >> rob: gift -- give it up. which switch hitter hit the most home runs in a season? one down in the top of the 5th 5th. >> rob: eddy murray never played? >> johnny: no. >> rob: pete rose was a switch hitter. probably had 280 hits one year. i think -- >> johnny: let's get him on the cell phone. >> rob: i think carp started when frank howard was still playing. >> johnny: i was in fifth grade when i heard bob do a game. i loved him. it was great. in miami florida. >> rob: was that the toughest three years of your life? >> johnny: toughest three of my life. ryan hanigan, reds' catcher. 30 hits, 95 at bats. in last night's ballgame, 1-4 strike out. once again, the nationals can't get them to light up tonight, second straight night. >> rob: in the minor leagues one year, he thre

coors light freeze cam brought to you by frost brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >> rob: cristian guzman slaps it to third. freeze it. hairston catches it. does he have a shot at the plate on willingham, maybe. but he chooses to just go over and take the sure out. and they would get out of that inning. keep the score 2-1. coors light freeze cam. >> johnny: and the reds with a run in the second, a run in the 4th. they have got a 2-1 lead. josh willingham. he has had base hits his last two times up. he has 2 of the nationals five hits. throw back to first and zimmerman back safely. austin kearns waiting on deck. zimmerman not a big lead off 1st base. carlos fisher delivers high and outside. bottom of the 7th with a runner on. check swing outside for ball two. >> rob: reds have done a solid job of changing speeds on our hitters. given them a lot of hard stuff to swing at. that is the key. when you can add and at-bat instruct on your pitch -- subtract on your pitches, keep the other team thinking, bag on their heels. they have thrown

it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> bottom of the eighth. the red sox coming to town. there's the big fellow from oklahoma on your left. coverage begins with nats extra hosted bijani halladay and ray knight. >> he's one of the first pitchers new york born to beat both new york teams in one year. >> first since jason marquis from long island back in '05. >> so you got the red sox and the kid from new york. something's got to give. >> may as well go after new york and new england while you're at it. >> that's right. terrorizing the eastern seaboard, john lannan here's austin kearns, zero for one, but been on base twice. >> a lot of guys think we should have taken two out of three with the rays. >> the nats could have swept the yankees. tuesday night's game they had the lead. kearns batting .1 ninety two, but on base up around .330. hit by a pitch and a walk. fastball up. 3-0. hits it well, but it's going to slice out of play. we saw jeremy in two scoreless innings friday night. he g

it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> rich hill pitches his way out of the first inning. orioles collectively only two hits of the day and still lose 3-0. >> nothing good happens after a walk. we'll be back to talk about that. we'll rejoin you in just a moment. let's go back down to jim. >> jim: all right, tom, thank you very much. so the athletics win it by a final of 3-0. we invite you to join us again on tuesday, more orioles action. it will be game one of a three- game series against the mariners. burgess on will be on the mound against hernandez. coverage begins at 6:30. jim hunter saying so long for the oakland coliseum, this has been a masn presentation. tom davis and rick dempsey and o's xtra. >> the e's complete a three game sweep, and rick, before we get into the orioles we have to talk about vin mazzaro. he hasn't given up a run in two professional games in the major leagues. >> he was 15 and 6 comes into the game and he doesn't strike out a lot of people but he doesn't giv

frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> a little bit of everyth we've seen in this ball game. the one thing we'd like to see a little more of is nats offense against the rookie pitcher, romero. your dad was a long time journalist in new england. >> yes, he was. my father was a newsman, unfortunately passed away about 13 years ago, but he passed on the voice to me. i don't personally love the voice, but my dad had a low voice like this. he went all the way back with bob crane from hogan's heroes fame back in the 50s when bob crane was on radio in new york. there's a lot of news in my blood, although i happen to play sports. >> my dad was a welder at the shipyard on the mississippi. he didn't pass along many welding skills to me, but he did teach me what hard work was all about. >> that's what my dad taught me, work ethic. >> yep. >> my dad often holding down two, three jobs to support kids that could eat a lot. >> that's hard to believe. >> my two sisters were almost as big as me. >>

frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. . >> jim: here is your opportunity to meet adam jones, next wednesday from noon until 1 at the wendy's right near the airport. get online, masn sports.com for more information. next tuesday, it's the amateur draft and joe jordan and his staff very busy. jordan is about to go through his fifth draft as the orioles scouting director and he already succeeded because four of his selections are currently on the orioles' major league roster. i spoke to joe jordan at the ballpark and asked him his philosophy and the philosophy of the scouts when they go scouring the country looking for talent. >> i told the staff from the day i came in here that we're going to look for at leads, we're going to look for tools, for those two things and also guys that are baseball players. >> jim: you have the fifth pick which means only four players will be gone. we pretty much know who is going to be number 1. that leaves three other players. will you line it up with your sta

it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> we continue to the top the 12th. you see the lines. take a look at that time bullpen game this is year for what this staff has done, what a turn around they've made. >> rob: they've done a great job turning this around. going to go down a lot tonight in era. see that batting average. that's what a bullpen should look like. they're starting to pitch like their job depends on it. i'm sure that's what the coach versus explained to the gentleman. >> johnny: speaking to one of the older veterans. ron villone comes on. he has tossed 17 scoreless innings. to start off the 12th inning with jay bruce. he drew in the only cincinnati runs way back. five hours 4 minutes ago. >> rob: 9 scoreless innings by martis at that time. >> johnny: bruce with a two run shot. seemed like only moments ago. >> rob: that's a good spot for most lefties. bruce lights it in. that was his 14th home run after last season. >> johnny: one of the interesting things about this gu

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it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> we are back at nationals park. right outside the red porch is the plaza area way lot of statues and history. come out here and you'll learn a lot more. johnny, rob. >> thank you very much. >> johnny: nix, hernandez and nix to face martis during the top of the 2nd in this scoreless ballgame. first pitch right down for a strike. >> rob: we told you last night some of these guy versus a lot of home runs off right handers. this guy has a lot of pop. >> johnny: didn't play in last night's ballgame. 7 homer, 18 driven in. when you compare the two team's batting averages, the nationals have better than the reds .250. >> rob: a lot comes down to close games. they're the top five bullpen. when you have a bullpen like that and you're playing a lot of close game, you're going to win the bullpen. they spent an awful lot of money on him. sometimes for a specialized position like closer, you're going to have to fork out big bucks. >> johnny: the thing you lik

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by coors light, the world's most refreshing beer. listen to somebody holler got 'em when ryan zimmerman hits the ball. he centered that one, and the coors light freeze cam centered that one. that went into the second deck. and now it's a souvenir. run around, they'll get it. got a little jack from dunn. that was funny. >> bob: diaz is a stays in to replace coghlan in the left field. with the rain falling, top of the ninth. dan meyer, a rather inexperienced closer. especially has one major league save. it's for the marlins this year. >> bob: it's possible he could get the first two hitters, then nunez could come in to face zimmerman because he's warming up. fredi gonzalez is mix and matching his bullpen here with matt lidstrom on the d.l. >> rob: he loves room service. >> bob: 27-year-old lefty. two games for atlanta in 04, oakland in 07-08. guzman flies one out of play. cristian guzman has to lay off of that pitch. he's not going to hit it out of the ballpark. the nats need him slashing ground balls and line drives. >> rob: don't hel

it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >> all right. and updating you in the national league, some games have gone final. the pirates beating the braves 3-2, cards battering the marlins, 13-4, the astros, a dramatic win 2-1 on a geoff blum rbi, but the phillies and mets continue to battle it out, top of the 11th inning, tied at four. bobby parnell on the mound. they just hit a home run. the phillies have. and so we have a 5-4 lead in that one in the top of the 11th inning. at least breaking that 4-4 tie, 2-0 reds-nationals, and they're three outs in the win, but in a rain delay. will they get to finish that one? >> more updates for you. looking to win his seventh straight decision. he was stellar. fourth inning, jermaine dye swinging at a curve, jim thome, looking at a curve. fifth inning. paul konerko, what do you have? fastball, strike three. tigers up 2-1, verlander going for the complete game, thome strikes out, wow, verlander nine ks, one earned run in the complete game, his fifth car

it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. . >> bob: that little la enjoying a night at the ballpark, so are we. great pitching. bob and rob back. ross detwiler saved himself some pitches right there. >> rob: absolutely. great first pitch change-up to alex rios, a hot hitter. normally, when a guy is hot, he is seeing balls better than others. that actually worked out to detwiler's advantage. one of the big things, bob, that we talked about, last night, zimmerman, all those first-pitch strikes. sometimes, you come out, don't have your best stuff. detwiler is not throwing to his velocity up in the mid-90s like he is normally, but he is consistent. he is pitching. he is getting hitters out and that's what it's all about. >> bob: nick johnson has been on base eight consecutive times. johnson, zimmerman, dunn, bottom of the 4th against brett cecil. not far from home, one dirk, maryland, and pitching very well so far. nick johnson and base, ties castilla and dmitri young for a nationals reco

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it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >> gary: koji uehara staked a two-run lead now, 3-1. orioles have the lead for the second time in the ballgame. luis castillo batting in the number nine spot will take the pitch for a strike. the speedster has done a good job getting on base in the bottom of the order. he was 1 for 4 in the ballgame last night, and quickly a two- strike count. >> jim: he lost 17 pounds last year, probably the lowest batting average in recent history in his fourth year. they won 89 games last year. he's got to be healthy, he's got to steal some bases. seven steals out of nine attempts. >> gary: he's a switch hitter. .254 left-handed. slash-time hipper. tried to punch it and fouls it back to the screen. he has a 16 game hit streak going against the orioles that goes back to the year 2000. the highest batting average against the orioles since that season. offerman 408 against the 80s and castillo .405. that's not many at-bats in interleague play. nevertheless, the 16

frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >> i just wanted to set that as a goal, go to college, and to be honest, getting my degree from clemson, i graduated there in business, and that was more gratifying than anything i've ever done. >> gary: we are covering the bases with jason berken, who s the starting pitcher for the orioles. martinez is up. 0-1 count. berken delivers. a chper foul. we are joined by kevin owe sullivan. who was the coach at clemson. how are you doing? >> doing good. my pleasure. >> gary: an overview. i know you really liked, o like jason berken. tell us about your experience with him and the kind of persn he is. >> well, i can remember back, he was a kid from wisconsin that wasn't highly recruited, and. [ indiscernible ] recruited jason, and immedie impact. [ indiscernible ] >> he had the tommy john surgery. when he came after it, a lof times we talk in the major league, guys will throw better afterwards. can you

frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer.  >> jim h.: time for you to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. here are the candidates. text in your vote now and have your voice heard. to bring you the best, there's our x-mo camera, there's neal, he has on his official masn batting helmet just in case there's a check swing and a foul ball right at him. there's the dedication of the masn crew. >> jim p.: and go home on his motorcycle, doesn't even have to change hats. >> jim h.: mike mcdougal comes on to pitch in the 8th inning. >> jim p.: pretty good numbers. his best year, made his all- star appearance his first year back in 2003. i just remember he threw close to 100 miles per hour. then had some finger problems, elbow problems along the line. >> rob: this year he stranded all his inherited numbers. last pitched against boston on wednesday, perfect inning. he has been very solid since is being brought back up to the big leagues. >> jim h.: luke scott will l

it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer.  >> jim h.: no score, one base runner through one. there's david hernandez back with the team. koji uehara officially now on the disabled list and david back. this is his fourth appearance. gets ahead of ryan zimmerman, 0- 1. he was looking fastball and he swung through it. >> jim p.: that's that well located fastball. it was out of the middle of the plate with a little bit of giddyup on it. >> jim h.: david hernandez has always been a strikeout pitcher coming up through the minor leagues. popped foul, wide of first. huff hoping for a play but it stays in the stands. that's a strike for 0-2. he had 614 strikeouts in 530 innings in the minor league. >> rob: very impressive. >> jim p.: i struck out 14 back on the 22nd of may. on the year, 3-2 with a very low earned run average. not a lot of run support down at triple-a norfolk. >> rob: the one thing i do like, 18 walks. not just a power pitcher. >> jim p.: i watch his windup. he's one of the

frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> nats' treax post-game show on masn brought to you in part by verizon fios. over 100 hd channels and the fastestest. this is fios and this is big. >> game one of the three-game series in camden yards. baltimore comes out on top. a thrashing of the nats tonight 11-1. he's tang take a look at how the nationals got that run. >> we didn't do a whole lot. >> willingham singles to left field on a fastball right between third and shortstop. he is swinging the bat. >> and dukesy get as base hit and bard singles. he continues that hot hitting. what a sweet stroke that is. the fastball stroking it down the left-field line. the rbi sick single. dukes, ill advised running on that play there. he was safe. >> he is safe. >> he's safe! >> but he ended up in the dug- out. so he was -- >> he was safe. no question. >> all right. >> in fact, i think as you listen to the telecast an bob and rob and jim and jim all agreed he was safe. >> they don't count, though, johnn

frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer.  >> bob: both of our ball clubs return to league play tomorrow. scott olson and ricky know lasko will get you going at 6:30. o's welcome the red sox here. jason berken and jon lester. game coverage at 7:00. we have all the access you need to the nationals and the orioles, right here on masn. john lannan's 41st pitch of the day. aubrey hufup thr >> rob: if you're going to give fourth home run in the same game that mark witten hit in cincinnati. and i had given up a home run in the first game of the double- header and i was just trying to get my stuff back together, i fell behind him 2-0, i was like, oh, geez, he's already got three home runs. you can't not challethis y. he hit that ball of the four home runs it was by far the farthest was just an absolute bomb. was about 480 feet. sfoonf e first times my career i was happy okay, i d hit or a walk to this guy, he did what i wanted to do. if yocan hit it, let's see you hit it, e did.

it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> news travels fast. we just learned tonight in washington d.c. at the ritz karlton the 51 st annual emmy awards were held and proud to announce masn won award for best color analyst and our own gary thorn also won for best play by play announcer. masn is so proud of you. proud to have you part of the network. congratulations. back up to you both. >> thank you. that is very nice. >> buck: thanks, amber. quite an honor. congratulations partner. >> gary: you too. great crew that covers these games. there are none better. that's where it goes to. the pitch is a strike taken. cahill cruising along here with no walks and four strikeouts. the orioles with just three hits. grounded out. one at bat. everybody else in the oakland line up, everybody in the line up has had at least three plate appearances. 1-1 delivery. i wonder if there will be a change in the schedule and batting practice. >> buck: something the orioles haven't done is they kind of commo

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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: turning into a nice comfortable evening here in south florida. still a threat of rain in the area. but okay for now. three and a half innings in the score book, it's a 2-2 game. uggla, ross and ronny paulino for the marlins, bottom four against scott olsen. 40 pitches, not a bad count in three innings, 28 of them strikes. but he made some location mistakes in the third inning. he struck outlawing swinging first time. the breaking ball is low. a fastball. interleague of course is over for another year. i'll give you some of the final numbers after this at-bat. kind of interesting with the american league winning the whole thing again. things were most even in the west, where the american league west and th

the second time cristian guzman got the coors light freeze it, freeze frame. >> bob: coors light is the world's most refreshing beer. julian tavarez against michel hernandez, reid brignac and b.j. upton for the rays, bottom of the 8th. >> rob: julian tavarez worked a couple of innings for his 50th win in the major leagues. >> bob: guys like mariano rivera, hoffman, wet they ares on that list. >> rob: i think arthur rhodes is on that list. >> bob: threw his bat at the ball. it will be uncatchable down in the bullpen. >> bob: is that ludacris? >> rob: throwing his bat? that's what you call throwing the bat head out there. literally. >> bob: the line on andy sonnanstine who will go 7 1/3, six hits, a walk, five strikeouts. he threw the same number of pitches in 7 1/3 that jordan zimmermann did in five innings, 92. did he go? the appeal takes forever. paul shriver finally says no. >> rob: check this out from the side view. he may have held up. >> bob: that bat broke the plane. look at zimmerman. he always starts the glove down low and then sweeps it up right into the ball. beautifully done

it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> markic is batting average. 2008 career highs 17 out field assists and a .346 average and that is our player profile of the orioles brought to you by the u.s. army. >>> and rick dempsey on sunday as the orioles get ready to face the a's. and i always mention on sundays, if it's sunday it's meet the press and here on masn if it's sunday it's another edition of dempsey's clubhouse. >> he was voted the most valuable player in 2008 and received a silver slugger award for d.h. he's had an enormous amount of jobs to do and he's excelled add every one of them and it was so much catching up with aubrey huff. >> i think for me, i love hitting fourth. there's no pressure there for me. especially with the top three guys i have ash me. roberts, jones is having, markakis are having -- a then -- a then om nall year. >> you thought you were going to get a day off for the nationals and you got the second pinch hit that organization has had all season long. but wha

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coors. the banquet beer. . >> bob: nationals baseball o masn brought to you in part by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. by aflac. we've got you under our wing. and by acura. acura, advanced. lots ever curly w's to choose from or you might wear your own cap. bottom 8th. copyrighted telecast provided by authority of the washington nationals, may not be reproduced and any description of this game may not be disseminated without the expressed written consent of the washington nationals. josh willingham against b. j. ryan. new pitch e new hitter, bottom of the 8th in a tie game. josh told me he was only able to swing the bat one day of the week he has been gone, still shaking off the after effect of that viral infection that left him very weak in his muscles about a week and a half ago. good to have josh back with the ball club. he says he is glad to be back after a very, very difficult week. b. j. ryan, meanwhile, a 5.71 e.r.a., 19 hits in 17 innings. a lot of money fo

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. >> johnny: our coors light freeze cam brought to you by frost tee coors light, the world's most refreshing beer. >> rob: while ross detwiler has made some adjustments. see this back door ball. freeze it right there. in about 2 seconds it's going to be strike three. here is another one. right there, tavares, phillips, frozen by the back door breaking ball. actually harrison, excuse me. but that's a great adjustment to the right-handers. earlier in the ball game, in the first lineup through the top of the order they started hitting at that, but he hasn't gotten away from it and gotten afraid. that's something steve ma catty and i have talked about, even if you give up a hit you can't go away from your best pitch. sometimes it's painful to watch but sometimes you got to stay with it. but if they hit it. >> i love his line. somebody asked him on his first day here with the ball club what's your advice to all these guys in the bullpen, he said "throw strikes" just throw strikes. okay? a line drive between the gap and left and center. willie harris will run it down, slides into second

. >> bob:  the world's most refreshing beer is coors light. here is our grease guam coors light. willie harris robbing alex rodriguez. last night, he made another great play. and that's what he did to raul chavez tonight. he is some athlete, isn't he? >> rob: and the thing about it is that once you make the commitment that you're going to go for, it if it gets by you, it's devastating. could be one, could be two, could be in the parker. you have to be 99.9% think you're going to make the play or at least smother the ball. willie has made some amazing plays. >> bob: i say one thing for the 30-year-old who has a birthday in two days from cairo, georgia, he is not lacking in confidence. >> rob: oh, no. >> reporter: willie has a little swagger to him. >> rob: he is still one of the most unselfish players i have seen in a long time. reminds me of guys i used to play with and that's how you win. >> bob: this guy is a player. >> rob: he is not sitting there moping when he doesn't play. he is routing for his teamates. when he play, he is all in. >> re

coors. the banquet beer. >> byron: we are at nationals park. welcome back. byron kerr and ray knight with you. manny acta and the media discussing the win. manny was asked about 11 come from behind wins for the nats. >> i thought it was key at-bats. will harris and hernandez put together there and then gonzalez. obviously not only a big base hit but also the hard slide at 2nd base, which you know was very nice to disturb phillips a little bit. >> your bullpen continues to impress. what do you think of them? >> they continue to pitch well. they have been for a while. we have got to get our offense going again. we struggled again with runners in scoring position. we know we can do it and we are just trying to take that next step. we continue to win a ballgame and take a step back. we need to take that next step and win another ballgame and build up a little winning streak. >> alberto's slide was so key because of the fact the way zimm hit the ball, hit it on the nose but right at the guy. it winds up being a big play. just goes to show you don't quit and make

coors. the banquet beer.  >> bob: two runs on s seven innings with seven k's for scott olsen last night. a sheikh shame they didn't win the game the way he pitched. >> rob: yeah, seven spectacular innings. he came back so sharp. give you an example how awful jon smoltz was a year after a layoff. this is only about a month layoff. maybe a little morement he came back with a great changeup, great breaking ball, good velocity. maybe debbi taylor can do a little digging to find out how the kid's arm felt today and his shoulder. bottom line is, no walks, seven punch outs, seven innings, but he had command of the game the entire time i liked his attitude coming off the mound. -- i liked his attitude. coming off the mound, hot under the collar and and mean. great when he's on the field. -- off the field. when uehara you're on the field, you have to be all business. >> bob: here is hermida who was at the plate when hanley ramirez thought he would further embarrass the nationals by trying

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coors. the banquet beer. >>> orioles trailing in this game 3-0. then things went south quickly. >> nick markakis, eighth assist for the season, but the orioles defense let them down tonight. >> we're going to come back. take a look at some of the highlights of the game and review some of the pitching. orioles have made a minor league trade. we'll talk about that when we come back. orioles have made that big move now acquiring a player that could possibly be their first baseman in the not too distant future. let's go back to florida and revisit with jim and buck. >> jim: tom, thank you investment the final score 5-11- 1 for the marlins. 2-7-2 for the orioles. marlins have won the first two games in this three-game series. join us again tomorrow. more o's action. the finale against the marlins, rick shoe on the mound. coverage gibbs at 6:30 with "o's xtra" and the game at 7:00. now for buck martinez and amber theoharis, jim hunter saying so long from tonight's telecast a masn presentation. let's head to the studio and rejoin tom davis and rick demps

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coors. the banquet beer. >>> hello there nationals f enjoying this game tonight. get yourself out to buy a grand slam plan today. pick four and get one free. you can pick your plan, pick your game, pick your seats, get a free game. for information on the flex plans how about calling or visiting www.nationals.com/grand slam. johnny holliday in this evening along with rob dibble. >> rob: brandy had just gotten traded from the mets. during spring training, he was watching all of us warm up. we had the great knuckle curveball. then myself and randy threw 95 miles per hour. he said, all your stuff is nasty in this bullpen. then we had a 9-0 start that year, went wire to wire. the name kind of stuck. the exclamation point was sweeping the -- it never meant we were mean and nasty guys. >> johnny: they got adam dunn drifting off 2nd to tend -- end the 6th. nationals need to get runners on base. >> rob: it shows you how well and how much harang does. >> johnny: fly ball to right field. enough room for him to run it down, one away. >> rob: taveras may not be hitting well th

and our freeze cam brought to you by frost brewed coors light, the world's most refreshing beer. >> jim: there's your first at- bat. a crisp single on a change-up to right field. then this time a fastball. then the third time, and you could see the bat had each of them tonight out in front. >> gary: we're going to get a pitching change. that will be it for parnell in the seventh inning.  >> gary: left-hander against left-hander. pedro feliciano. >> jim: same match-up as last night. and where is jose when we need him. probably singing where. nick markakis. >> jim: back-to-back strikeouts for feliciano against markakis and huff last night. >> gary: three for three ballgame tonight and a run scored for nick. huff has an rbi. melvin mora picked up an rbi. matt wieters two rbi's with the homer. feliciano's pitch is outside for a ball. the count will go to 2-0. >> jim: let's see if nick gets a fastball on a fastball count. last night feliciano was ahead of both markakis and huff, and they saw the big sweeping breaking ball that he has. >> gary: .234 off the lefties. he's taking

frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. . >> jim: the frederick keys at home, a double header with salem and brian matusz to the mound in the second game. a no decision for matusz but he was outstanding, matusz now has a consecutive scoreless streak inning, 23 1/3 inning. he will pitch to a no-decision in that game that is the second game of a double header. here is the line for ryan matusz, 4-2, e.r.a. 3.16. he has allowed fewer hit than innings pipd, 74 strikeouts and 21 walks. he began the night leading the carolinas in strikeouts and has five more tonight. let's take a look at the scoreboard for tonight. bowie was shut out by erie. one out of four. a double for bowie. bowie is scoreless now in three consecutive games and they hurt their cause by committing four errors. frederick playing a double header, lost the first one 72- 1. they are now in extra innings in the 8th. casey kelly for salem, boston's number 1 pick last year. he went against ryan matusz, the orioles' number 1 pitch last