2-1. what s byron doing in there, writing in his mem wars? bob: working hard in there. rob: 2-1 take right here is low and outside. that one looked like it came back out across the plate. . bob: rob has problems wi that pitch and he did a great job of laying off to fill the count. thanks for staying up late with us on masn2 tonight. we have had the baltimore yankee audience join us. thanks for being with us. it s a 2-1 game. rob: put another pot of coffee on and join us until the wee hours of the morning. bob: 3-2 and he walked h will nieves just conld a bullet going through the zone. rob: i think he stole one right here. there is the plate. no, no, he bob: kept the hands out in front of the bat. . rob: notice my drawing hasn t improved with three days off. bob: good pitcher in his own right. buddy black, dar recollection balancesly. livan hernandez, along with elij
holding a hijacked ship off the coast of somalia. opened fire on a u.s. navy helicopter. senator edward kennedy today began his final journey through the streets of a state that elected him to the u.s. senate nine times. good evening. i m jim vance. i m wendy rieger. doreen is off this evening. senator kennedy was taken from his family s home on cape cod to the jfk library in boston. he arrived late this afternoon. steve handelsman is in boston this evening to talk about this. reporter: good evening from the jfk library in boston where senator kennedy s coffin has arrived. been taken inside and nearly 100 members of the kennedy can t are paying their respects. when they come out, there is a big line of the general public here. one security officialed 1600. it could be many more than that. the line stretches off into the distance and thousands of others in this area have already paid their respects and as the senator s motorcade made its way here. senator edward kennedy
a base hit, a run. a suicide squeeze bunt for an rbi. he has been the consummate lead off man so far. prince fielder grabs that one. it was labeled for the right- field corner. cristian guzman is next. 1 for 2 with a home run. rob: tough to get it by the big man at first. fielder gobble this one up and he just stepped on the bag. bob: guzman, two hi six at-bats in this series. rob: he had that pinch hit last night. hopefully that got him going today with a home run. bob: guzman in ten major league seasons and there s another line drive. he hit 60 career home runs. and when he gets going, he is the line drive machine and hey, rob, maybe all he needed to do is switch to the other side of the plate. rob: most were born right- handed hitters because of their speed. they turn them over and make them switch hitters. bob: from my observation of him over the last three years and he didn t play one year here he has more power from that natural right s
bottom of the 6th inning. two on, two out. nationals on top 8-2. ronnie belliard has two rbis today. the biggest two of the game, really, turning a one-run, bottom of the 1st into a three- run frame. he walked in the 3rd, grounded in the 4th. rob: come on, make this guy pay for hitting the hammer. bob: they play belliard like a hammer. nobody cheat on him anymore. i mean every one of those guys is deeper than the kind of spot we see in the grass spot in the month of august after the grass starts getting pounded by the sun and the conditions here on a daily basis. all three of them are beyond those spots. they play a regulation hitter. there s mike cameron behind that bare spot. the ground spot will take care of and it have it greened up when the guys get back but these field take a beating this time of the year. from rain to extreme humidity and sunny conditions. they have to keep the dirt infield hosed down at times to keep it from turning into a rock. 3-0 and belliard
that. he has a lead to work with and faces prince field in the top of the 2nd. by the way, this is the first time on the homestand the nats have had a lead since the 2nd inning on tuesday night. they led colorado for one inning 2-1. up the middle and craig s got it! waits for dunn to get to the bag and a great way to start the game. well done. rob: talking about the starting pitching it s also you have to go along with the game and your offense is busting their butt. that should make you kick it in a notch. and, you know, ramp up your energy level and i just haven t seen it out of the starters. you can t just be happy to be in the major leagues. hey, i m a rookie! that s not what it is all about. you have been pitching for 15, 20 years, some of these guys. you know how to pitch. go out and do the job. bob: i know when we cover college athletics there s a point in the season when you say he s not a freshman anymore. he s not a sophomore anymore. rob: exactly. bob: th