bat, but certainly picking it. rob: pick it in the field if you re not doing it with the bat. belliard will be leading off next inning. there you see him spin, take at least the fastest guy off the base pads in felix pie. at least they reduce that number. jim p.: here s gregg zaun. ground ball towards the hole, the other way, this one gets through. gregg zaun has a three-hit game. jim p.: he s been around long enough to know, hey, that s how tony gwynn did it. two of those tonight. he tricked him early on. you re going pitch me away, that s where i ll hit it. he s had a pretty good night. jim h.: he s also able to help the orioles pitchers get out of some serious jams. rob: that veteran leadership behind the plate, doing his best to get the most out of pitchers. he s been a clinic at the plate. doesn t get a lot of playing time. you ve got the new rookie sensation wieters in there almost every day, and he contributes with three hits. jim h.: may be a coincidence,
and if you missed partúxx hi, everybody. happy sunday afternoon to you. nice to have you along with us. nats xtra pregame here on masn. as the nationals try to salvage game three of this big weekend beltway, battle of the beltway series at camden yards, after an 11-1 loss and a 6-3 loss last night. kind of an interesting news coming down last night about the situation involving craig stammen who had started seven games, now he goes to the bullpen for the nats. i m really happy for him. i thought he threw well enough to remain up here and i think it was the right decision to make. he can throw the ball over the plate. he s got the curveball, change- up, that sinking fastball, and i know that he s going to go out there and be able to throw the ball over the plate. he s our first true long guy that we ve had here since i ve been here. davey johnson used to call him the 6th starter. he was a guy in a anytime the game got out of hand early, you had somebody to come in there
boss: no, no. we can do this. gecko: oh dear. vo: geico. fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. jim h.: here is an update on the voting of today s at&t player of the game. oscar salazar a surprising leader. voters not impressed, 19%. still time to text in your votes. tom and rick will have the results on o s xtra. back here at orioles park. orioles need two to tie, the closer for the nats has come on. mike mcdougal trying to close it out an get john lannan a win. rob: mike has done a great job since coming back up. pitched in middle relief, setup role, now he s assumed the closer s role. got his first save hins kansas city the other night. 2 for 2 so far in save opportunities. throws mid 90s. he s going to bring the heat. jim p.: reimold is right- handed along with scott coming up. rob: great kid. they ve had to turn over the bullpen earlier in the season. a lot of they throw maybe a few too many strikes, but they ve done a much bett
test test. welcome back, everybody. nats xtra here on masn. ronny belliard will be in the nationals line-up tonight. he s only got two base hits this month, looking to break out of a 4 for 35 slide. his 17th start and first since june 10 against cincinnati. the rest of the nationals line- up tonight will go this way. cristian guzman will be the dh. in the number two hole tonight, ryan zimmerman at third, then adam dunn, then willingham. belliard will be at second, and austin kearns goes to right tonight. ronny belliard s first start since june 10. now for the orioles who clobbered the nationals last night 11-1, leading off will be brian roberts, hitless the last couple ballgames, after a six- game hitting streak, leads the american league in doubles, he s knocked out 25 doubles this year, he drove in a season high four runs against the phillies one week ago. the birds line-up goes this way, roberts leads off at second with a .288 batting average, then comes adam j
it is the final week of interleague play and the washington nationals will face off against a familiar foe tonight. the 2009 brat l battle of the beltways wraps up in baltimore as the nats and o s once again renew their rivalry with local bragging rights on the line. a month ago the birds from charm city took 2 -2-3 from the nationals at nats park and the men from d.c. are looking for pay back. tonight the star also be out at camden yards as zimmerman, dunn and guzman take on roberts, markakis and jones. right here on masn! time for nats xtra pregame. tom davis along with the silver fox, ray knight. this will be take two, chapter two. the next three ballgames, the weekend series at camden yards, the nats against the orioles. our show is always brought to you by our good friends at the verizon wireless. the nats coming off a heck of a win against the boston red sox 9-3 while the orioles got racked pretty good down there in florida. they got swept by the marlins and ye