adam dunn is at the plate. you know with dunn, he's going to see a lot of pitches. obviously, he saw exactly what he was looking for. with the way the game ended when he got the hit and the run scored, you guys ran out like it was the seventh game of the world series. >> i tell you what. there were tired legs out there. we were pretty fired up. that seven-hour rain delay yesterday getting in at the 3:00 in the morning last night. i think we were ix sided and this team really cares about each other and if we can start winning some games, it will be really fun around here. >> josh beings one other thing i want to talk about on that force at home when zimmerman made a heck of a play at third, i thought for sure it looked like you ghoot guy at first base. >> you know, that's not -- all i can do is throw. you know, james hoye does a good job. he's a good umpire. i was 90 feet away from t i can't tell. it's a bang-bang play. you can't say enough about what zim did. that's a great job to catch it, set your feet and make the throw. we were hoping that blajs doesn't run real

dunn squirts it foul. manny acta may be surprising the blue jays there, but thinking dunn would make contact and sending nick johnson.  two outs. in crucial situations tonight, the nationals have not been able to make contact with the ball. that's six strikeouts in the last three innings. here comes gonzalez. >> rob: he challenged him with the heat. and he went. >> bob: this is interesting. if the count and strike one is important with this in mind, if the count would work in the favor of the nats, they could hit and run with this hitter he's such a great contact guy. as long as accardo stays ahead, not much they can do. tapper by the mound. that's it. we're going extra innings and extras have not been good to our boys this year. 1-1 after nine. (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 fast

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

down at 1st base dunn -- dunn at 1st base, gonzalez at 2nd base. elijah dukes steps in. his average at .262. 1st base umpire rings up dukes with a called strike. >> rob: took a lot of heat last night for getting picked off 2nd base. but as he said he was trying to get a secondary lead. he does have 59 steals in his career. dunn has some wheels. not just a big, slow player. he can run a little bit. >> johnny: owings delivers. the flip to second to brand don phillips and the inning is over. we will talk more and debbi is going to have more on adam dunn. we go to the top of the second scoreless in washington. úúpp÷÷ >> we are back and scoreless we move to the 2nd inning. 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 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?

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 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.

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 without throwing a strike on a two strike count. he got zimmerman fishing, dunn fishing, obviously the first time the nationals have seen this pitcher, and here's austin kearns zero for two in the series as a pinch hitter. kearns has been on 15 rbis for si

dunn was not. a serious crossup almost resulted in a disaster double play. >> rob: elijah dukes is running on this play. 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.

a breaking ball called strike three.  and dunn, dunn is going  to andy fletcher about that. take a look at this. >> rob: a fastball, gets ahead, another fastball in there, down low, carefully puts a fastball in, another fastball, and a frustration ball. i don't know, pitch track.  . >> johnny: dusty bake trip out to the mound and arthur rhodes is done for the night. we'll step out, a call to the cincinnati bullpen, we'll be back in just a moment. they let you put whatever you're watching down here, while you check out local traffic, weather, even your news up there. i've got a news flash you're out of mayo. how did you get in here? door was open. you'd have tons of ways for you to search for content: by actor, director, any word at all. what about chicken? chicken's fine. any word. no i mean do you have any chicken? i want to eat some chicken. one of the coolest things you can do with fios... ...is stream your music and your photos from your computer to your tv. slideshows look and sound better than ever.

dunn is right there. and detwiler five shutout innings and a big assist with one out and a man already on base. willie harris, a beautiful catch again. 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-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. . >> reporter: nationals base brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip. and by acura. acura, advancement beautiful night for a romantic cruise on the potomac, after the game, of course. in the bottom of the 5th inning coming up. celebrate father's day here blue jays-nationals. first 10,000 fans 18 and up receive the free gym bag presented by geico. player autographs before th

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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

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

dunn to third, willingham to second. and the nationals have the tying run at third base immediately here in the sixth. >> jim p.: lead-off walk, then the 2-0 count to a guy that can pulverize the fastball. >> rob: and he gets it up and in instead of maybe down and in. check out the x-mo, 500 frames per second. shows you the bad location as gregg zaun goes up to try to catch it. josh was out on bereavement, his younger brother was killed in a car accident. >> jim p.: i read about that. that's a horrible story. >> rob: this kid has come back and been amazing. >> bob: he has more extra-base hits than singles now, doubles and home runs combined. here's josh bard. if you're manny acta, who would you rather have up in this situation than this switch hitting catcher. >> jim p.: it's a perfect hitting situation because of the 1-1 orioles lead. they're going to play the infield back. as matt albers will get loose again. >> rob: i might even walk bard to get to belliard. >> bob: they might be about to do that, 2-0. >> rob: no, uni

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

pretty good numbers in the 7th inning or later for dunn. walk, struck out swinging and flew out to center. i know how nice it is for adam to have his mom and dad watching this ballgame today in person. swing and a pop up on the infield. and there's one down. so, hairston with an easy grab at third. zimmerman staying at first and elijah dukes will step in. struck out the last two times he has been to the plate. 0-3 afternoon. dukes hit that homerun on tuesday night. along with guzman. but now the idea just to get a base hit. just getting some guys on base. first pitch swinging. a high fly to right. but bruce will handle this with ease and there's two down. 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

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

clubbing and scratching every night. 0-2 to dunn now. romero is about to go through seven innings, fanned five, walked three, erased one of those with a double play, but only given the nationals two singles and one double since the 2-run second inning. so he's shut them down. he gets dunn with a fastball. nats had a man on with one out. that's it. on to the 8th inning, 6-2 toronto. at jeep, we build skyscrapers. we build fish finders. we build battery chargers. we build base camps. we build transporters. we build sanctuaries. we build the technologically advanced jeep grand cherokee. come see what we've built for you. >>> one out, overbay retire looks like we'll see john mcdonald. they have a new player. they'll have to check on this. blue jays made a move today. in fielder outfielder russ adams recalled from las vegas. can you imagine toronto having their aaa in las vegas? >> i wouldn't have bet on that. >> toronto was the long time team that had the syracuse chiefs, which is now the nationals aaa. they were in syracuse tore -- for

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 game, not quite as good as detwiler. elijah dukes is hitting .290 with runners in scoring position this year. you are looking straight north, right up the left field line and right up south capitol street on a beautiful night at the ballpark, warm and muggy, 85 at game time but that wind coming right down capitol street has died somewhat. 20 mile-per-hour winds, 15 to 20 coming from t

. >> the dunns are a close-knit family and they live on dunn lane and here's more from his mom. >> dunn lane is in porter texas and that is where we all live. it is all family. we have all our christmases and thanksgiving there. it is probably about 80 people. >> rachel tells us about adam's love for history and the military. she said high school really important to him. both -- it is really important to him. both his grandparents served in world war ii. >> johnny: thank you, debbi. trying to get on track. once he gets going again, look out. leads the ball club in rbis and homeruns. the thing with micah owingses -- >> rob: he flicks it in. he reminds me of ken hill who used to short-arm the ball like that. kind of deceptive. used to seeing that big pendulum swing behind a guy. >> johnny: adam pops it up behind second. long run for taveras and he's got it. two down and gonzalez retreating back to first. talking about guys getting hit, accidents. remember herb score got hit in the face with a line-drive. never was the same after that. >> rob: bob feller was on memorial day and he talked a

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

dunn, duke in center. willingham will have his first career start in right field. >> they don't want to keep moving dunn around to left one night, right the next and 1st the next day. >> i played growing up. i was center fielder, leadoff guy. i switched left, right, used to be able to play every outfield position. >> johnny: fouled up, one quick out. first pitch at 7:07 tonight. 77 degrees here at game time this night. hairston went 1-3 last night. i noticed how you got all state in soccer without missing a beat. >> rob: i had to prove i had skills. you know how they do the little -- i wasn't all that good. i was 180 pounds back then. >> johnny: that's minus a few now. no balls two strikes to willy. line drive to left. dunn has a beat on it. two quick outs here in the top of the first. hernandez will be working behind the plate. we wish him well. scott at first base. andy fletcher will be working at 3rd. did you see eckstein come out of the dugout? he was after andy on that call on kearns last night to end

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

i think the nats really would like to leave adam dunn in left. with austin kearns slumping, he's going to get a chance to play over there when he gets back into form. he will also get in an at bat because it's a double switch. facing aaron hill, one for four and two for 15 in the series. two balls, one strike. field lights on here at the ballpark. it's been cloudy for a while, but comfortable for our fans. well played. guzman to his left. better hurry. close play, one out. our buddies would like you to join the party, thursday lady night and spectacular post game fireworks on saturday. this year also new, the solute to service tuesdays. all military first responders and teachers get free tickets. it's uncle slam's stimulus package. our potomac nationals.com, real baseball, real close. here's vernon wells, over the dugout. >> nice catch. little sister, look at her. sweet. probably dad's little one, nice. he was a young-looking dad there. off-speed pitch. another change-up, nice. >> guzman, two outs. nice circle change-up he throws. when you're loo

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

dunn walks in the 6th inning after zimmerman grounded out. they're down 2-0. you never get that secondary lead. bart hits a bullet down the right field line and tremendous job by jay bruce getting that ball in and not allowing the run from first to third. gonzalez hits. how well is he swinging the bat off the bench. line drive to driving that run. we had some opportunities early and we said that so many times and can't get the big day. >> i'll use p for pop up in my score card. that four seem fast ball was really forceing the guys to undercut. it was riding and we kept on it up there and we kept hitting it and popping it up. >> 2-0 lead for cincinnati early on. the nationals defense stepping up as both teams did throughout the game to keep it a tight ball game. >> it started with zimm. he made a tremendous play and guzman made a shot in the second inning. i don't know how he made that play. he makes the play. i don't know how he makes that ball. this kid can flat out fly. he stays down and then nineth play going hard to the wall catching up getting the ball ba

dunn will stop at 3rd 3rd. elijah dukes is putting on a power display today. >> rob: how do you like me now? looks like a hanging curveball. it is. 85 miles per hour north on the pitch track. it's a double off the wall. second one of the day. >> bob: the ball got out there so quickly. adam dunn who could see off the bat it wasn't going to be caught couldn't get beyond 3rd

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

and that's the same thing with adam dunn. whether he is hitting or not he makes the lineup that much more dangerous in the other pitcher's mind. >> johnny: when you look at this lineup with zimmerman in front of him and dukes behind him you can't quite pitch around. >> rob: no, both those guys are going to get better, the more confidence of what they get regardless of what adam dunn is doing, they are going to light up this league. >> so the nats with runners at first and second, two down here in the bottom of the first. >> rob: we have seen a bit of what he can do buddy lie gentleman has quick hands to the ball. he can't get it inside. he crushes that pitch. >> johnny: he has a home run off johnny cueto in three at- bats against him. and check swing and the count is two balls and no strikes. zimmerman down at second, dunn at first, and there is two down and a scoreless ball game. bob carpenter taking a couple days off. johnny holiday happy to be with mr. deductible today, tomorrow and thursday. . >> rob: well you and

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.

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 covering the bases today with adam. cal ripken, sr. all stars. log on to ripkens senior college baseball.org. nationals with a 3-2 lead in the last of the 8th. and they are still alive. dukes fouls it off to the left. zimmerman at second. dunn at first. fisher goes one inning and gives up one hit. nick masset now on the mound. >> rob: you just see how important it is

zimmerman being waved home by pat listach ands he will score. 1-0, nationals on dunn's 54th rbi. in this ballpark, left fielders will plate hitters pretty far off the line. well, that time -- >> rob: that was a little too far off the line. this guy is over in left center field. coghlan takes forever to try to track it down. when you have a shift on and you see ryan zimmerman, two outs running on contact, come on, ryan. come on. you can do it. scores easily. very nice. a couple of two-out knocks right there. >> bob: with that run, marlins have given up 55 runs in the first inning this year more than any other frame. that's the hall mark of having some young pitchers on your staff. here is josh willingham. josh put good swings on the ball last night. 2-4, flied to center. hit the ball pretty solidly, but that ended the ballgame with two men aboard in the ninth. nothing like two-out hits. maybe the nats can cash another one here. josh has driven in 16. over his last 18 games, he's hitting .407. look at that hit streak averaging almost two hits a game. he's hitting ..33 over his last

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

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 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

dunn hit that grand slam off him. a pretty important cog other than your closer. >> bob: nick johnson, 0 for 7 in this series. it will be ryan zimmerman with two outs, bases empty hitting ahead of adam dunn. john lannan in a position to pitch pretty deep into this ballgame, through six he's had 84 pitches. manny acta hasn't been able to hand the ball from a starter to a closer only a time or two this year. >> jim p.: what was that stat yesterday that the nationals in this month had scored four or less runs, what, 18 times? so it's 19 out of 23 games. they're right at their limit. i don't mean that. i'm just saying, so any run. >> rob: you're just being honest. >> jim p.: i'm just looking at the numbers here. >> bob: in april the first half of may, they scored 7 or 8 a night and kept losing. >> jim p.: when the orioles came in, they were like fourth in the national league in runs scored. >> bob: two weeks before that, they were in the top two and top three in batting average and runs. >> jim p.: that's when the bullpen

dunn will get there. four in the first for toronto, and the nats have a long road back against a rookie pitcher. it's on. - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. (tucci) count on the nation's fastest 3g network. at&t >>> 1-1 to guzman. fifth in the legal .332 and four consecutive multi-hit games. 25 games with two hits or more for guzman, and that's fourth best in the league. ball 2. mets have an early run at home against tampa bay. the phillies are reeling, aren't they? baltimore at philadelphia. they just can't win at home. >> guzman lays one up the middle . >> how about your scouting report on ricky the rookie. nine home runs and curveball the number two his best pitch. he will change speeds with it, but he can also give up the long ball. nine strikeouts against the phillies in seven innings last outing. >> johnson has had a great series, five for seven, an rbi, four walks. nick stepped out of bed t

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 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

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

he has rung up adam dunn twice. jordan zimmermann has he -- has returned the favor by ringing up evan longoria twice. not a fun night for the big power guys. home run leaders, adrian gonzalez. we mention now that carlos menna has hit his -- pen qua has hit his 20th. ryan howard will be the next evidently and adam dunn will be right after him. adam right now, 5th in the national league in home runs and rbi's. 17 over 45. number one in walks with 50. lifting that ball to left center. it's got some carry to it. it will stay in the yard and it's run down by carl crawford. those two statements go hand in hand. if it stays in, carl crawford usually catches it. two outs. here's elijah dukes with two outs. the bats have gone quiet again here. >> rob: manny may allow zimmermann to go back out there. >> bob: that's down the line and foul. craig stamen told me something interesting today. he was very upset at himself for not getting through six innings last night. he got longoria to line out in the sixth last night, gave up a

nice curveball. >> bob: adam dunn now. he is fooled on that. dunn strikes out for the 66th time. flag day today. a military day here on mssn. happy birthday to you. pizza! we got pizza! - i'm john, from papa john's. - oh, my gosh! papa's in the house! how about some papa john pizza! ( cheering ) papa's got something for every taste. the meats-- loaded with 5 real meats. or our tuscan six cheese. your choice-- just $10.99 each for a large. ( chanting ) papa john's! the meats or tuscan six cheese-- $10.99 each. group shouting: better ingredients! better pizza! papa john's! whoo! >>> nationals failing to sc tampa bay rays 3rd in the league in the american league hitting .273. 263 runs. down there in the 6th spot, gabe gross is hot. 7 games in a row with 8 rbis. he's 2-6 with a home run in this series. >> bob: crawford the notable absence today. that might help ross detwiler. here's ross in his 6th major league start. the opponents batting average you would call it respectable at .268. >> rob: let's give you the break down here. first inning, got to be more economical. he's throw