hit tonight off of logan kensing, and that kid had a heck of a night tonight, bob. he deserved the curtain call so the two lead-off guys go a combined 7-9. lots of total bases, especially mccutchen, and nyjer morgan also walked once. he was on base four times and hitting over .400 as a nat. it is hard to believe if these guys are still together, nyjer morgan would be in left field and mccutchen and we d still have last last, but my point being the pirates didn t want to spend the money. our gain is their loss. but you sometimes think nate mclouth, mccutchen and morgan in your outfield, you d have one heck of a fast and very good hitting outfield. and not to mention jason bay who departed last year. so, guys, a tough series so far in pittsburgh, and the nats young pitchers are finding out life on the road is difficult, whether you re in milwaukee playing a contender or in pittsburgh playing a last place team from another division. thank you very much, bob and rob from
and harper sirleaf. funded by thomas shippers and 1734 and chartered by the va 1762, is the oldest town in the state. today, shepherdstown is home to a division of the u.s. fish and wildlife service, a bureau of the department of interior. that is where q&a cameras went in late april to talk with historian, douglas brinkley, about his upcoming book on the influence of our 26 president on the history of the conservation movement. the book is titled, the wilderness warrior theodore roosevelt and the crusade for america. host: doug brinkley why did you want to start our conversation about your book at this center? guest: this is the national conservation training center. this is where biologists get trained, make sure that our rivers and that are marshlands are taking care of, that manage endangered species. it is the headquarters of u.s. fish and wildlife but conservationists leaders from all over the world come here for seminars and to learn proper methods and techniques
bob: many, many suspension bridges across all these ri here in beautiful pittsburgh and pirates lead 3-1, bottom of the fourth coming up. it could be more. your assessment of john lannan? he s been rather hittable lately. rob: yeah, he s thrown too many pitches in the zone tonight. he neets needz to get farther in on the righties and take more off the breaking ball to the left yits. lefties. he s doojd couple of bullets. that s good thing for the nationals. alberto gonzalez on that play didn t hurt the nationals after he went to the plate, but you ve got to be a little more head s up. we re going to get our chances against ohlendorf, so you ve got to keep plugging away and hopefully john lannan will settle down the second time second time through the lineup and give us an opportunity to win. bob: first baseman steve pearce leads off for the pirates. his leadoff double led to their first run in the second. pirates have 43 wins on the year. up until about three
. bob: yesterday ryan zimmerman received his first all star selection ask then went out in delivered in the first inning. the nats left home on a modest win streak. tonight the scene shifts to denver, the rockies in are are the thick of a wildcard chase. stammen faces all star marquis. the first of three on masn. it s been a mixed bag of weather in denver today. beautiful all day, a big-time storm about an hour and a half ago, and now it s nice again for the nats and the rourkeys here just east of the foothills. bob carpenter and rob dibble, the nats beat the rockies three out of four in this ballpark last year. big gaps out here. it will be a lotth of fun watching nyjer morgan play center field. rob: yes, we do have a very good center fielder finally. a fee with a lot of speed. speed never goes out of style, and you can do an awful lot of things with it. and you better get the ball home in a hurry. and then on defin fence, me hand run it down. and then finally, go
slht faster and slightly stronger willie harris type player. rob: agreed. he needs tomake his percentage rise to put him back in the big leagues on a permanent basis. bob: 0-2. he will pull the ball. nice job. he was behind in the count. he moves dukes to 3rd with one out. well done. as he passes by, alberto gonzalez steps in. this kid hitting .308. you like him in this situation because he s a contact hitter. he s struck out twice this year in 65 at bats. rob: that s very nice. bob: now the rays will play the middle infielders back. a ground ball past the mound is an rbi. longoria and pena on the other side with their respective bags. there s a ball. that s going to be over the leaping pena. the nats have the lead for the 3 3rd consecutive time in this series. they have scored early. for gonzalez, his 10th rbi. rob: this was a great at bat here. good outside off speed, looked like a changeup. itself actually a curveball. drives in a run. even better, it s a single