manny, 0 for 1. he walked and grounded out as manny continues to work his way back to the big leagues. july 3rd, he's currently on that 50-game suspension for performance enhancing drugs. manny running out on the field, or should i say, jogging out on the field. his first at bat. manny would jog to first with a four-pitch walk. second at bat, routine groundball to the shortstop. and manny's night would be over. two at-bats, a walk, and a ground out. manny, exhausted. and he'll play again tomorrow. is so it's the dodgers and the white sox. manny's team, the dodgers, ten games over .500 while he's serving the suspension. but the dodgeers getting shellacked tonight. 10-3 the final. the long ball working well for the white sox. and alexei ramirez, jermaine dye, josh fields, not once, but twice. all have gone deep. first time since 06. the white sox have done that. the yankees and braves have gone final. jimmy carter, eating peanuts no doubt in attendance. big braves fan from georgia. gardener, picked off

and manny ramirez in the first and manny ramirez in the first a.b. hits a home run. - ( cheerful tune playing ) - learned how to change my own oil. think i did something wrong! but you know how pricey these german cars are to maintain. right? max: actually, volkswagen has no-charge scheduled carefree maintenance. even the cc. ( chuckles ) ...no charge. even on the cc. bus: you know what they say about the best things in life, amigo. that's awesome... for volkswagen owners. ( cheerful tune playing ) ( "big mac chant" plays ) ♪ ( "big mac chant" plays ) big mac. you so want one. ♪ ba da ba ba ba >> welcome back to "espnews." live coverage of every manny ramirez at-bat. and ramirez suiting up for the 66ers, of the california league. manny batting lead-off. the first time up, had a home run against nick schmidt. introduced a smattering of boozing with some cheers, and some fans with dread locks and blue bandanas. and the sell out crowd. the only available tickets sold for $6 allowing the fans to sit in a grassy berm of the chosy stadium. there is man

that's manny. it's an astonishing circumstance that he is allowed to do this, that the agreement allows someone under suspension for 50 games to start this "rehab" assignment prior to the expiration of the suspension. what kind of common sense is that? what kind of suspension is that? it should start after. the clock should start running when the 50 games are over. in our did you to albuquerque on friday for as long as it takes. you take your batting practice against the high school team or lasorda or koufax or whoever they want to trot out there now . but the idea that he can prepare to come back is outrageous! >> well, it's being presented now to the casual fan as like he's coming back from an injury. like he's going down to rehab assignment in the minor leagues, coming back from an injury, and that's, again, donald fehr, the brilliance of how they negotiate this had thing to make it look like it's not a crime at all. the new way of handling steroids -- we talked about it a lot on this program, b

two balls to manny. and because of california league was on its all-star game break monday through wednesday, the start of ramirez's stint with inland empire he went to albuquerque, new mexico where he went hitless in three at-bats and stepping in and ramirez takes the cut. and it appears that manny flew out in his third at-bat nowhere, it actually dropped in for a single. so manny ramirez 2-3 with the walk. now this is what is awaiting manny in the coming days. he will be facing rancho cucamonga on sunday, monday and tuesday. and he is scheduled to return to the dodgers on july 3rd against san diego. of course, "espnews" will have highlights of all of these games and we will continue to bring you live at-bats here on espn. >> and down the line, it is hard to tell there. >> phillies and blue jays, top of the first no score. jayson werth crushing it into the upper deck and the 14th home run of the season and 6th career multihome run game. it gets better for werth. the upper deck 139th in the history of th

go, manny. >> and manny ramirez, this just moments ago at the batting cage in isotopes park. he will start his rehab stnt tonight, a week and a half away from being eligible to return to the major leagues. >> if i can interject, it's amazing to me, we just heard diana taurasi. the last thing she said is, "go, manny." it's amazing his popularity. a 50-game suspension for performance-enhancing drugs. maybe that's where we're at now with baseball in the steroid era, but it just doesn't seem that the fans mind. >> they're going to have a full house. >> a full house in albuquerque. we see manny in the cage now. as i said, he looks slim. he looks trim, and we'll be very interested to see these at-bats tonight live on espnews. keep it here to check out manny ramirez. >> that's right. we'll have more on the celtics' trade rumors. chris broussard will lend us his insight next on espnews. >> trades and trade rumors permeate the nba on this eve of the eve of the nba draft. we welcome in espn "the magazine's" senior writer chris broussard to help us sort through it all. now, espn.com is

and the latest on manny. five innings, three at-bats. >> just a minute or so ago, manny stepped into the cage. we showed you when he was standing outside looking in, and then just as quickly he got inside, ask -- trying to get his swing back. the fans out in albuquerque love it that manny's around. they got little kids running around with the manny wigs and even the governor called it, what, one of the greatest things for new mexico. there you have it. >> up next, rick sutcliffe to break down alex rodriguez's breakdown. that's next on espnews. - ♪ five - ♪ five dollar ♪ five-dollar footlong - ♪ f-f-f-five - ♪ five - ♪ five dollar - ♪ footlong - ♪ g-go - ♪ goin' strong ♪ strong at subway, subway ♪ the famous subway $5 footlong anthem rolls on. and america's loving every note. many of your favorite regular footlongs are $5 each, all day, every day. including the bold cold cut combo... and the oven roasted chicken breast. subway. eat fresh. >> i like what he does on the field. >> the last n

. >> bob: manny was visibly shaken this afternoon when he got together with the media. to give us the details of what had taken place, so our very best to josh, his wonderful family. and a very difficult weekend for them, losing josh's younger brother john. here's pat burrell, the dh. >> rob: our thoughts and prayers go out to the whole willingham family and the clubhouse. i've been in touch with a lot of guys from the angels when nick adenhart was killed earlier this year. that's the kind of thing that can really pull a team together. it's never easy when one of your own loses a young brother like josh. josh willingham is one of the nicest people i've ever met. number two, when you lose a family member that quickly it's difficult to even feel like you can do anything about it. >> bob: willie harris under that fly ball, and two outs. >> rob: so we just have to support josh willingham and his family right now. >> bob: the nationals have called up corey patterson, who was hitting .302 in 39 games at syracuse, with six home runs and 23 rbi's. corey patterson, 29 years of a

in manny's case, i happen to be a big fan of his. i have always from the beginning supported manny. i can't predict whether he'll work here, but i think he will. i think he is going to serve as a long-term manager here that is my hope. that was his comments taken from the national press club speech that the president of the nationals gave just a couple of days ago. >> he mentioned bobby cox. bobby cox has been with the atlanta braves now for 20 years, and this is a man looking for stability. stan kasten is looking for stability. when you start making changes with your manager, we've changed pitching coaches, all of the coaches last year, the one thing stable thing that i have seen in this ball club, not the one alot of stability, but -- is manny acta. you make a statement, and it creates stability for the organization. >> i don't know how he has done what he has done, but he has done wit smoke and mirrors. it is time for the stay in the game -- brought to you we our friends at just for men hair color. take a look at tyler cliffford. he comes in out of the bullpen last night a24-year

people don't like manny like we know manny. we had a conversation and he is probably one the most fiery people and one of the most respectable people. you may not think that he is fired up or he gets on his team. he does privately. he has a lot of fire inside. he is like charlie manuel. they are very reserved. they are not like lou piniella who i played for. he is more like pete rose where he is very reserved, you don't know what he is thinking but he notices everything. there is nothing that gets by manny acta. i think one of the worst things this organization could do is fire this man at this point. he is not responsible for what's happened. >> bob: and in a world we live in today, where celebrities constantly make fools of themselves by throwing tantrums and emoting in public, i find it quite refreshing. >> rob: and i was one of those tantrum thrower as a player. i was a poor loser but manny is not about that. that's not his style. i can tell you, he privately -- which is very classy and respectable and that's how you get re

second time up, manny got three pitches, and, well, struck out on three pitches. officially 1 for 2 in this game. his suspension ends later this week, july 3 he joins the dodgers. >> angels and rangers, juan rivera, big stories here. rivera, crunching this, padilla pitch, right down the middle of the fair way, 13th homer of the year. morales, also right down the middle of the fair way. this is his 13th home run as well. look at the sparkies collide. angels win 5-2. >> next show, jonathan and mark, who is that garth brooks married to? i'm draw inging a blank. >> trisha yearwood. >> i was thinking all kinds of strange names. those are the top stories, manny all night long, wimbledon, yao ming, all the baseball highlights. lincec ♪ ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy.

if manny acta and earl weaver was his manager instead of manny, he said, hey, can't get beat until you get somebody on. of course or they can't tie it up until you get somebody on. real negative-positive things. >> jim h.: there's that batting average. >> jim p.: and i know he's an orioles and i know we're doing both games, but have you seen a loft young, he just identifies that breaking ball and that's a pretty good breaking ball. >> rob: he does a fantastic job. you talk about batters eyes. this kid as good as any of them. >> jim p.: i guess on friday down at the cage, i was talking to nolan, i said, were you always like that way. hitting instructor said, well, most guys will learn how to hit for power once they get to the big leagues, he's already figured that out. watch him get back on his right foot. and that little toe tap. that's the smoo.thness of the swing. reimold down on strikes. >> rob: that last one was a 96- mile an hour moving fastball. hitters will let you know how you're throwing. that ball just runs away and down. you can't hit a two run homer with nobody on base. >>

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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'm sure manny will be asked about pulling zimmermann after 92 pitches. it was a long five innings for him.

manny ramirez will rejoin his dodgers teammates. after a quick break we'll let you know how he performed on a final minor league tune-up. wimbledon, we'll take you to center court next. you know what i like about tennis are the rankings. i like to know exactly where you stand at all times. yeah, it works for us. yeah. hey, if they ranked "sportscenter" anchors, where do you think i'd be ranked? - i don't know. - come on. i'd rather not get into it. come on, pick a number between one and 10. well... i'm not sure you'll be in the top 10. i'm in the top 10, roger.

manny might let him start the 8th. he has only thrown 93 pitches. >> rob: once again, i talked about the pitch count and what the rangers are doing and the way it used to be and he relayed this wisdom on it. when he used to warm up hall of famer steve carltop, every time he started a game, 120 pitches to warm up before a game. >> bob: wow! >> rob: 120. so he basically threw two games. >> bob: on to the 8th inning. nationals 3, blue jays 1. ♪ ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ always feel like mebody's watching me. ♪ ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. . >> bob: it's amazing how things can change in the game of baseball from a week ago or a week and a half ago. it's amazing, i was talking to some of our bloggers, it's amazing how we are watching almost two different teams. >> r

you've got a feel for manny acta. nobody wants to win more than him. >> win as good all about becoming champions. our ball club has not played well. the first year we came in here, i say with nationals came in with 13 arms out of the spring training in which two or three people knew. ic they overachieved. last year not getting a good read on the ball club. last year, manny says this is the best team we've had. then the bullpen is awful. >> winning changes everything. time for the stay of the game hold of the game brought to you by just for men hair color. most holes in inner league play

and manny acta changing things up. 3-2 reds bottom of the ninth, 16,274 braving the elements to come out for this game delayed almost two hours at its start time of 7:05 to almost close to 9:00. and the count is three balls and no strikes to hernandez. >> rob: i would take another pitch right here. >> johnny: make him throw strikes. >> johnny: again hernandez, back to background outs to second base. >> len: this could be the possible defining moment, given up a home run, strikes out with a man on second, david weathers, strikes him out beg strikeouts from the reds' bullpen. could be their defining moment. austin kearns going to try change all that. >> johnny: the reds one out away from winning their 16th game on the road, their 13th over all. the first time here in this city since july 26th, two batters of six have lost their last three games at rfk. their last three here last year at national's park. they have got a 3-2 lead with two outs here in the bottom of the ninth. austin kearn is down to the nationals last hope. it's a strike. tomorrow it is going to be harang andlen lannan a

manny acta can only do so much. pitching is great, they have plenty of offense but you got to do it as a team. >> johnny: and it's a one-two- three first inning against the reds. nick johnston, ryan zimmerman coming up. the ocean doesn't care. so grab your bag. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. . >> johnny: quick one-two-th for the cincinnati reds at the top of the first. detwiler sets them down. the lineup for the nats they'll go this way with cristian grews man in short, nick johnston number 2, ryan zimmerman, adams out of the clean-up spot with elijah dukes, willie harris center, hernandez in second base, ross detwiler. they have the .340 average in wins. he is 24 years old and has tremendous poison the mound for such a young guy. >> rob: yes he does and that's one of

manny acta's nats, 16-42 on the year. this is the interleague stretch that we have been looking for, 15 in a row against the rays, the yankees, the blue jay, the red sox, and, again, the orioles. first pitch scheduled for 7:38. we are about a minute late here as garza throws to guzman. 90-plus outside today and very comfortable, low 70s in here. so guzman batting at .327, on base average at .343. home plate umpire, joe west, tight little zone to start things off. joe west is one of the deans of umpiring in major league, crew chief in his 32nd year. paul nart, paul schneider and paul rapuano. the rest of the crew. >> rob: he can go deep in the ballgame. >> bob: guzman only walked five times this year. >> rob: you can hear the glove popping over our mikes, he throws low 90s, mid-90s, but he will throw a lot of fastball. he does not even believe that he needs to throw a lot of offspeed stuff. he likes to attack hitters. >> bob: how refreshing is that? >> rob: it's fun for us to watch the young kid, could watch him all night.

will manny stay with the veteran left hander here? not many get to go to the all- star game apt world series as a rookie. >> rob: bob, there is your answer. they're going to walk longoria and pitch to peqa. the fans are going crazy, moo. >> bob: that's about the only way that ron villone ever walks anybody. >> rob: 19 homeruns by carlos peqa this year. >> bob: he has been pretty much all or nothing this year, came in batting .229 with 78 strikeouts, the second most in the american league. manny acta runs out and he is going to call his infield in and will go over this. that's a big out. coming up, how the nats were able to get to matt garza early, 3 runs on four hits, 1st inning. craig stammen did well against the bats, not so well against the speed. tomorrow, jordan zimmerman back in the line-up. the game starts at 6:05 but we cannot join you live until 7:05. >> rob: 13 against righties, 6 against lefty for peqa this year. >> bob: shift is on. zimmerman is the only defender on the third base side. anderson hernandez is in a very inte

manny did play four innings. he went 0 for 2 with a strikeout. in his time on the albuquerque field. and for ramirez, he is scheduled to play two more games, too. five innings on wednesday, and six innings on thursday, then fly back to los angeles for friday. manny of course rescheduled to join the dodgers on the field july 3rd when they face the padres in san diego, the firsts game after his suspension comess to an end. >> all right. so the dodgers with one eye onnt albuquerque,e,e,eye on chicago and the white sox on tuesday. region. inflicting suffering of its own people and many others. to be sure i am aware and international affairs old wounds do not heal easily. however if we look closely at iraq political economics potential is clearly in the gulf nations' strategic interest to support the government and people of iraq. iraq neighbors should lend support with intelligence sharing and increase border control efforts. especially those nations that have thus far failed to live up to pledges to tighten border crossings. iraq moreover should be

manny ramirez lit up the minor league with his presence. we'll find out if he lit up his final league start with his bat. the toronto blue jays couldn't be happier, with the a's going for win number 11. >> what's up? welcome to "our house." keeping you current on espnews. i'm the coach why, don't we start with the two best national league teams out west. >> the dodgers await the return of manny ramirez later in the week. l.a. opened a three-game home set against the rockies. colorado having won 20 out of its last 23. the team can't seem to put a run on the board. randy wolf the starter for the dodgers. the dodgers 8-1 against the rockies this season. l.a. has lost four out of its last five overall. >> monday night, manny ramirez made his final minor league rehab appearance. dhg for class a. a single in his first at-bat. second at-bat not as productive. he struck out on three pitchers. ramirez expected to work out at dodger stadium on tuesday and wednesday before rejoining the dodgers on july 4. >> san francisco, a game and a half lead in th

manny acta knows one thing is for certain. pitching and defense wins ballgames. >> i don't think it's a secret that pitching and defense wins ballgames. the fact is that we haven't played good defense, and it goes both ways. if you play good defense, it makes your pitching better because there's a thousand of errors that they don't shoip on the box score. fly balls that we don't get to. fly balls that we don't catch. ground balls we don't get to that some of the guys get to it. it goes hand in hand. >> and ben goessling joining us from the "the washington times" in the hot corner segment. defense especially the series up in new york really got everybody's attention. >> yeah, it was different than anything we've seen this year. not only were the errors not there, they were making plays to save the game. you saw austin kearns throw out a guy. willie harris makes that catch to save a base runner that would have ended up scoring. cristian guzman robs derek jeter of a hit. it was striking to see it not only that there weren't -- th

. >> 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 couple of hits and manny took him out, that was still chafing at him when i ran into him this afternoon. i like that about craig. he was not happy pitching only 5 1/3 innings. dukes into right center. that will be run down by b.j. upton. p boss: so you've been doing a nice job out there helping people save money on car insurance. gecko: aw thank you, sir. boss: but i think there are a few other things you can say about what a reliable company geico is. gecko: right. uh, well maybe how geico's the third-largest car insurance company in america? nice tidbit there. boss: exactly. and i've been thinking, looking a bit more businesslike might help too. gecko: oh my. uhhh, no it's, what's, what's the word... vogeico. 15 minutes could save you 15 percent or more on car insurance. >

have the best record in baseball, really have not missed manny at all. right now trailing at home to the padres 3-1. and an rbi single for the padres and 0-5 at dodgers stadium, a 3-1 lead in the top of the forth and we will keep you posted. >> he may have said it best, when i was dead broke i couldn't picture this. to be in college. mark sanchez, the college quarterback playing quarterback at u.s.c. he was an nfl player drafted fifth overall by the jets. wednesday he game a very wealthy man. sanchez agreed to a five-year deal worth $50 million. $28 of it guaranteed. the quarterback with a record-setting performance in a rose bowl win over penn state completing with clemmen to be the starting quarterback. and he doesn't have a ton of experience. and sanchez hasn't thrown a pass in an nfl game yet and kellen has a passer rating below 60. >>> and ed reported that the vikings gave brett farve a deadline to report this week if he wanted to play for minnesota. and wednesday brad childress said unless his wife wants him out of the house the vikings did not ste

manny and i are throwing out the first ball and they're giving out manny bobble heads and we'll be around to talk with the fans. come on out. >> like manny says, he hasn't got time to worry about rumors. he's the manager of the ball club. the way they've been playing, the yankee and this series for a long time, we hope. let's go back and show you what happened with the nats offense today. they came right back and made it an interesting ball game. harris, the man of the hour last night, doubles to center field. runners on second and third with bard at the plate, and bard hits the ball up the middle off the shortstop's glove that drives in both runs, two rbis for josh bard. then they got it cranking again in the ninth, a little too late, but bard doubled, three hits on the day here comes the slide into second base by bard. wellingham strokes the ball out to the wall, a 2-base hit scoring bard. guzman comes to the plate and gets a base hit. nick johnson comes up and hit the ball. actually, that's the dunn single with the rbi. and then the game ended with duke's pinch-hitting and flying out t

manny loves that about nick. i do, too. not many guys are that patient. it's kind of like a safe cracker. >> bob: it makes him ideal for the number 2 spot in the order. >> rob: yes. >> bob: you are not going to lead nick off. you have to have something like guzman or anderson hernandez type hitter. but get this guy behind him and then if you had a leadoff guy who was a bona fide base stealer, nick johnson would be even more productive because he takes pitches. guys like lou brock who had sizemore hitting behind him, murray wills who had junior and -- will tell you how valuable it is to have a number 2 hitter who has the ability to make things develop and given time work in the count. base hit. 9 in a row. he set his own record. a new nationals record for nick johnson. 9 times in a row on base. 11 games in a row and 19 of his last 21. >> rob: as you talked about, bob, he got to a 3-2 count again. brett cecil having to work really hard to get to this count. to get back to what you were saying, for the 3, 4, 5 guys to get basically two leadoff hitters in fro

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 something happen. >> yeah. i don't think effort has been the problem here. and th

with the best record in baseball continue to chug along without manny. trailing at home right now to the padres 2-1. and ethier who is outstanding in manny's absence with an rbi single in the first for l.a. and the seventh rbi in the last games. and they have catching up to do and we will keep you posted here on "espnews." >> might have said it best when i was dead broke i couldn't picture this, works to be in college. and the college student playing quarterback at usc. and an nfl player drafted by the jets and wednesday he game a very wealthy man. sanchez has agreed to a five-year deal worth $50 million. $28 guaranteed. and a rose bowl win over penn state and competing to be the team's starting quarterback. and look now at the jets' quarterback situation, doesn't have a ton of experience. sanchez, and he hasn't thrown a pass in an nfl game yet and clemens with a passer rating below 60. >> and tuesday, ed reported that the vikings gave brett farve a head line to report this week if he wanted to play this season. and yesterday, they said unless his wife w

you've got a feel for manny acta. nobody wants to win more than him. >> win as good all about becoming champions. our ball club has not played well. the first year we came in here, i say with nationals came in with 13 arms out of the spring training in which two or three people knew. ic they overachieved. last year not getting a good read on the ball club. last year, manny says this is the best team we've had. then the bullpen is awful. >> winning changes everything. time for the stay of the game hold of the game brought to you by just for men hair color. most holes in inner league play in the last years. walker 11, dan winger with 11. those relievers kept their team in the game. you too can stay in the game with just for men hair color. we'll step out while he steps to the mound to get ready for hopefully his first major league -- ♪ ♪ 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

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he keeps producing whenever manny acta calls on him. that's going to drop into left center. 3-for-5, alberto gonzalez. let's see if willie harris can do anything on top of the amazing defense he gave us earlier. get catch by willie harris, then a double, stole third and then a sac fly by the number 8 hitter, wil nieves. that lasted five minute and then wells hit a homerun. and then the nationals came roaring back. if willie hit it down the first baseline, you have a left handed throwing first baseman in lyle overbay who can flip that thing to the shortstop. so this will not be an easy bunt if willie has that in mind. he pulls the bat back. can't bunt a pitch that up and away. that's ball 1. the switch hitter follows in josh bard. then you have the pitcher's spot and the only player available is ronnie belliard. runner going. down the line but it's hooking foul. and willie harris flirting with a long ball for the second time tonight. >> rob: willie harris. >> reporter: it looked good for a while and then it had that big hook. >> rob: the

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manny's suspension runs through july 2nd. joe torre and the pros and cons of manny being with the team. >> we want to see him. i would like to have him here on a regular basis, but again, i want to make -- i'm all for whatever makes him comfortable. as long as he's working out. that's the most important thing. i told him, next week we would talk about his rehab, and when he's going to go, and where he's going to go. we still have to look at the schedule on that, but that's -- that's my number one concern and i pretty much think everybody here -- i don't think they need to see him every day, i'm more concerned with manny and what makes him comfortable at this point. at 40-20 the dodgers have the best record in baseball. top of the first. bases loaded. kevin kouzmanoff, grounder to short, rafael furcal's throw to first pulls james loney off the bag. kouzmanoff is save, tony gwynn jr. scores. chase headley, broken-bat single, kouzmanoff scores. clayton kershaw lasted 2 2/3 innings, three earned, walked four, threw 83 pitches. gr

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 all figured out. david weathers is still learning and pitched in 2,000 games. >> johnny: still learning. count is 2-1 to alex gonzalez the reds shortstop. lannan retired the first two batters he faces. >> rob: let's take another look at home numbers. there he is. second right now in the national league in homerun e.r.a. 10 starts. ted lily. >> johnny: lannan delivers to gonzalez. fouled back. count is even at 2-2. reds are 6-7 against opponents from to the national league east. the nationals looking for their 10th win at home this year. 16th overall. rob, we were talking before this ballgame, you were comparing this year's record at the same time compared to last year. and this is a much, much better ball club. line-drive to left field, base hit for gonzalez. and it is hard to believe it is a 15-42 team. >> rob: it is. and this team was nine games better last ye

manny very involved in the d.c. community. he has a heart for kids. he has a heart for those less fortunate. and right now the job number one is to get out of this game without having your bullpen totally destroyed for the weekend. jesus colome will be the fourth washington pitcher. he'll take over here, bottom seventh. >> jim: the good thing about being on the road and down by 10 lune runs that you know that they here not going to bat the ninth inning. again -- well, i mean, you're not going to have to save an inning there. >> rob: you're counting us out already? >> jim: i'm just saying it is leaning that way as albert gonzales comes in to play third base and ryan zimmerman gets the rest of the night off. >> bob: he needs a blow every now. ryan plays just about every inning in every game for the nats. robert andino leads off, bottom seven against yes sus colome. >> rob: sometimes it is easier to come back off of a blow-out loss instead of maybe a 2-1 bottom of the ninth loss. >> jim: i know you were a reliever, but when i lost 2, i didn't sleep well.

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 six weeks. he needs a 2-out hit here in the worst way for his ball club. that ball right-field line, nope. >> rios has it. >> turns into a ruffining for the nats. they're down by 4. but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. >>> this has to be an autom out if you're martis. a tradition o

this will be interesting with zimmerman on deck, does manny acta have confidence in nick johnson to make contact and start guzman on a 3-2 pitch? runner goes. ball four! that's a side door breaking ball that just stayed outside. two on, one out. ryan zimmerman, who is 0-5, gets another chance nick johnson on base for the sixth time tonight. >> bob: a huge spot for zimmerman. struck out with the bases loaded looking. strung struck out one on, one out swinging. chance to make up for those two bad ab's and get an extra inning win for the nats. winning run is at second base. backup breaking ball hangs up and in. >> rob: right man in the right place. >> bob: blue jays have good arms in the outfield all around. slider, 2-0. ryan zimmerman does some dwessing -- gegz up there now and then f he's ever going to get two men on, one out, this will be it. fastball, but he missed. 3-0. adam dunn is next. he misses again. bases loaded with one out and one of the most vektive -- selective, good batting eye hitters in the game coming in in adam dunn. now, they're waving the outfielders in. their defensiv

. >> rob: manny who? they love bay in boston. >> bob: well, he is at times more lovable. kemp against -- camp against zimmerman. ryan hits the ball hard but right at the centerfielder, vernon wells. we go to the top of the 9th inning. it's going to be another one of those kinds of games. 3-3. 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. . >> bob: bottom of the order  for the blue jays, top of the 9th in a 3-3 game. they have outhit the nats 9-8. it's always nice to know that our fans are paying attention on what's going on in other parks. what do you think about peter's question from mac lean? >> rob: i don't think it would fit the evolution of the young staff that we have here but in boston, the reason why they thought about going to a six- man rotation is because they brought in smoltz, brought in penny and figured one of those guys comes back, it's good. but daisuke matsuzaka has been so bad they're goi

manny acta's offense has totally disappeared in the second half of ballgames. since then, one unearned run after the fifth inning of any game. two outs, bases empty. here is corey patterson. a pitch up foul. >> rob: this would be a great time for corey patterson to break out that big whipping stick for a home run. >> bob: he's done it 104 times in his career. this may be a situation more suited for that approach than usual. >> rob: two outs. guys way ahead of you. nobody on base. that's a great swing. >> rob: that a boy. >> bob: corey patterson with his second bathe base hit as a nat. >> rob: that's as good as a double. >> bob: he could be running. this is interesting because guzman steps in. he's not a patient hitter. if you're going to send run aer, you have to send him early in the count and then you have a left-handed batter and a right arm of a catcher real close to each other. >> rob: we talked about this with corey patterson. he can stick with his ball club especially on his defense. he hits a little bit, he'll be in the lineup. goes the other way really