here is kevin millar hitting .246. kevin did appear in the ball fame last night, 8th inning as a pinch hit and flied out with the bases loaded. the nats made big pitch after big pitch last nightpreventing toronto from winning in regulation and can you do the same thing for the blue jays' bullpen until the 112th inning. that was some battle last night. 2-1, taking four hours to play 11. 14 pitch first that game last night. 14 pitchers in that game last night. good - looking fastball. detwiler just missingwith that one. kevin millar, in his 12th year, .277 career hitter. >> rob: great guy to have on your ball club. >> bob: just ask the marlins, red sox and orioles. >> rob: did everything the way it is supposed to be done. >> bob: and if you are not doing it as a teammate, he will tell you to cowboy up and do it the right way. one of the best lines ever. kevin millar knows what it's like to value being a professional ballplayer. had he to make his way through the interleague for a while. a one-hop tore cristian guzman. ro

. >> bob: kevin millar, 1-for-4 with a business hit tonight. zimmerman really guarding the line at third. nick johnson holding the runner. that's a nice breaking ball. >> rob: it is. >> bob: it's about the speed of a change-up, 84. >> rob: he threw a 93 running fastball that was off the charts. now he comes back with an 83 mile-per-hour change-up. he turned that over like a screw ball. no telling what julian tavarez has learned over 17 years in the big leagues. >> bob: they used to get all over him about the debris that accumulated on the bill of his cap. he got thrown out of a game one time. that's inside and strike 2. >> rob: he accumulated a lot of knowledge over the years, why not a lot of goo. >> bob: look at that. good location. that will now allow the runner to mu. at first is adam lind. on deck, raul chavez, the catcher. breaking ball, low and away, two on, two out. now a base hit could put toronto on top. chavez, 1-for-4, opposite field base hit. and the play of the game by willie harris with millar aboard leading off the 5th, the reas

that run gets by him, millar definitely scores. this is the x-mo. great job, guys, on this shot. >> bob: that's beautiful i. it's beautiful -- that's beautiful. i tell you, he has great landing. i heard some of my flights could land like that. >> rob: and you heard manny acta talking about it. the pitchesser pitchers are more confident with their mistakes in the zone because of that. >> bob: willie harris, i think, gets the best jump on the ball on any of our outfielders. i think kearns goes back on the ball the best and has the best arm. that was a good bunt for about 20 feet and then it hit the lip of the grass and went foul. strike 2. and the nationals got josh willingham today. he wanted everybody to know how much he appreciated the expressions of sympathy and love for his family he has received this week. he says it has been a very difficult time his mom and dad left on a vacation yesterday to get out of town, just for a change of scenery. that was josh's only sibling that he lost when his brother was killed last week in that tragic accident. a

former red sox are and oriole, kevin millar. >> rob: a very clutch performer right here. you're joel, you want more work, you've got to get some outs. that a boy. pump it in there. get ahead. >> bob: kevin millar this year is 0-7 as a pinch-hitter, .428, four homers, 28 rbi's. rios at third, overbay at second and barajas, first. 0-2! he's been great in situations like this. i'd say most of those numbers did not come when the count was 0-2. fastball fly ball. got to be caught. willie harris and joel hanrahan might have just saved the game in the eighth inning. we shall see. >> rob: nice. ange 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 ) >> rob: we're back here a nationals park all locked up. toronto blue jays-washington nationals at 1-1. follow the

i like it, too, because anderson earned has great speed, millar playing almost on the grass. if there is a foot race, i'm going to give it to anderson. >> bob: the outfielders can't play so deep because there is a runner at second base. >> rob: and he has to be moving on contact. two out. crack of the bat, you are going. >> bob: he wasn't swinging at the first pitch after he walked a batter. anderson as a pinch hitter, 222- for-5. when he plays, it's usually a starting role. that's a breaking ball in there. started outside, came right back in on the inner half. >> rob: see the movement of this side winder curve ball right here. all right. now, you have to be protecting. >> bob: the swing, close enough, based on the strike 3 called to adam dunn. the nationals leave two. they stranded 5. oh, yeah, extra innings again. p 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. . >> bob: top of the 10th inning. toronto blue jays are 4-4 in extra inning games and nats are 1-8

lind, rios and millar, the former oriole, ken millar, here in the 2nd. detwiler working upstairs effectively so far. adam lind leads the american league in double. 25-year-old outfielder from muncie, indiana, via a good baseball school, the university of alabama. tried to pull that outside breaking ball did lind. alberto gonzalez throws him out. and three in a row for detwiler since the walk to aaron hill. and then alex rios is next. he is hot, eight-game streak. >> rob: this kid, rios, he reminds me a lot of justin maxwell, tall, thin, very good outfielder. >> bob: they. they list him at 6'52"15. >> rob: a couple of years ago, this kid was crushing the ball. they gave him a long-term extension. >> bob: 14 homeruns, -- 24 homeruns, 84 rbis in that season. he played 1161 games. and .291 with 71 rbis last year. ynoble, port rico. if you know how to pronounce it, it's there. hey, it's up to me to fill in the blanks. >> rob: that's why i throw those out there. i didn't know what he hit that year. >> bob: i'm still trying to find. >> rob: what? >> vernon well

millar, flyball to right. lee -- elijah dukes. i always love it when the starter gets to hear the 7th inning stretch. and ross detwiler is almost there. raul chavez coming up. cecil, 93 pitches, 62 strikes through 6. but detwiler, a total turn around this evening, even though he has given up a run. but that was solo homer. he was really attacking the zone. >> rob: he has not broken that change-up out too much tonight. i think in those couples of innings where he was economical, got the big outs on the change-up. for a young kid, he is doing much better at not throwing all four pitches in the 1st inning, first time through the batting order so they can see exactly what he throws. >> rob: for people who don't know what we do, we are talking for the opposing announcers to find out what the pitch erythros. they do exactly the same thing for us. they want to know what they throw. nick johnson will make you three everything in your repertoire because he will stand right there until you throw a strike. >> bob: 2-1 to chavez. flyball, cen

kevin millar pinch-hit. got him out. then, got a couple quick outs and then a wonderful play by willie harris on another fabulous catch out in the outfield two nights in a row. possible two game savers depending on the outcome this have one. >> bob: and joe beimel takes over. he'll be the sixth flannels pitcher of the night. -- nationals pitcher of the night. the toronto blue jays in extra innings, 4-3, 1-2 on the road. i'm too frightened to give you the nationals ledger on that one. 0-8. 0-8 and seven of those at home. i'm not sure i ever watched part of a team going 0-7 at home where you have the final at-bat in extra innings. that's unbelievable. here is the first pitch strike to scott rolen. top of the 10th under way. >> rob: hey, it's contagious. you start playing well, you don't want to be the guy that fails. young pitchers have start this had deal going on the road trip and continued into this home stand. >> bob: right in there. a lot of those extra inning games were see saw affairs, high-scoring games where you s

. >> aubrey huff has taken over for millar for the 2009 orioles clubhouse cut-ups. another edition of rick dempseys clubhouse. >> i'm aubrey huff. >> and i'm rick dempsey. >> dempsey's cutups coming up. >> inside the game with another edition of dempsey's cut ups when we come back. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. mazaro. mazaro. as the rockies. 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

ken millar handles the duties at first base, raul chavez behind the plate and bret cecil, from dunkirk, maryland, gets the start tonight with a team batting average of .238. that is second in the american league. nick johnson had a great night. 3-for-3, has had 19 multi-hit games, 10 straight ball games has hit safely. here is the rest of the line- up.  nats' patting am as a tea .257 tied for 9th in the national league. we are lucky to have a terrific first base coach with us and that's a legendary ballplayer who made his name with about six different ball clubs, just retired a couple of years ago. i had a chance to visit earlier with first base coach marquis grissom. interesting that marquis grissom is getting his first coaching job in the major league after retiring only three years ago after 17 great years in the major league. you are doing something. you are giving back to the game like you gave back to the kids in atlanta. >> that's right, johnny. that's a great opportunity for me to get to that next level. after i retired, i went home and started

then kevin millar comes to the plate and he hits a flyball which is caught in right field. then he gets another flyball here in still by chavez. he had a ety low pitch count. first batter, bautista, the pinch hitter, singled into centerfield. at that point, mapy acta came in and took aim out of the game. this is a quality start. this is one of those outings that they expected when he drafted him in the first round. >> johnny: dwight, two earned run, six hits allowed, threw 99 pitches. when you talk about the nationals' offense tonight, it seems like a highlight reel with willie harris taking the leading role in this particular movie. >> phil: again, thank goodness he did because some of his teamates were not getting the job done offensively. willie hits one to deep centerfield. then he steals third base without a throw. watch him here. stole that right off the pitcher. they didn't even bother to throw. and then your old friend, wil nieves, hits a sac fly. then in the 6th inning, an all doubles inning for the national. cristian guzman comes to the plate, strokes the ball dow

because -- again, one of the great dialogues used to be when kevin millar used to go back to fenway park and -- fenway pawk and talk to curt chilg schilling and it's going to be real simple. i'll throw you two foul balls up and in. let you yank them foul. kurt could command his stuff and they were in off the plate. you can't hit them fair. if you do, you'll break your bat. >> gary: 0-2 delivery. way up high and away. 1-2. orioles bullpen, danys baez. orioles are in this. first game of three. guthrie a little offensive help here in the inning to make it a 4-2 lead for the mets and scott will take the pitch down low and a two ball, two strike count from pelfrey. pelfrey does a lot of wondering out there. he always comes off the mound entirely to get the ball back. obviously tonight if you're going to put your hand to your mouth, it's got to be done off the mound so he does that. then, walks around, gets back upon the first base side. 2-2 delivery. fouls that one off. took a little off that pitch. stays at 2-2. >> jim: think about it. the only other way to get moisture and it's the way i le