2-1. and 80 miles an hoon the change-up. and inside corner. that s a dipping engineer zone and left-handed batter. pitch is designed to be low and away. that s a breaking ball actually. rob: slow curve ball. bob: ryan zimmerman hungry for another ab and called out on both side of the plate. 3-2 to nick. gets jammed. center field. will venable. at the stroke of three, it is the third at bat for ryan zimmerman today. hot day at the ballpark. 88 at the start of the game. must be 90 now. muggy. and with fans, and one out here in the sixth. all right. which side the plate will craig fair child give this at bat. ryan has to be under. and we talked about this. rob: you know, he has given liberal strike zone. leads to the half in here. anywhere near the plate. he doesn t want to get 0-2. gaudin slowly working and getting time. he tried to make it happen. and pops it off the end of the bat. and luis rodriguez two outs. and copy righted telecast presented by the authority of of t
almost midnight here. tyler clippard has established a new nats record, seven strikeouts by a reliever. rob: when you get ahead of people, you throw strikes, you throw hard, he s got a great change-up, a great curveball. like i said before, i think that he could go through the order two, three times with that stuff. he s got three pitches he throws for strikes at will when he s behind in the count and i think that s some excellent stuff, after a long rain delay by tyler clippard. bob: nyjer morgan 3 for 3 tonight. there s his box score. cristian guzman, zimmerman, the dunn, the top of the order has done a really nice job tonight. the previous nats record for strikeouts by a reliever chris schroeder three years ago september of 06. chris is now in the oakland organization. chris and cristian guzman is next. rob: i really liked him in the champ, by the way. oh, that was rickey schroeder. i m sorry. bob: look at guzman pardon me, morgan flip one to left field. that l
at&t. the best coverage worldwide. for back to school, get the pantech matrix for $29.99 after mail-in rebate. the nationals had their moments last night. but four big errors in the field, and several missed chances at the plate left them frustrated and confused in the end. tonight j.d. martin s chance to prove he belongs in the show, beginning now on masn. eco friendly shopping b presented by fan friendly major league baseball players. fans coming into the ballpark tonight, it might be zimmermann, stammen or lannan, and kids getting their pictures with their favorite nats. what a nice way to come into the ballpark on a saturday night. now we re a little worried about some weather that might be coming into the ballpark. bob carpenter, rob dibble, we re talking about young pitchers again toontd the nats continue to bring young men to the major leagues like j.d. martin tonight. rob: well, we re in a situation of a rebuilding program that