you that opportunity to score, you make ground ball contact up the middle. just make contact up the middle. they re conceding the run. if they have everyone back. but you have to be able to look out there and kind of survey the field, see what everybody s giving you, see if they re shifting one way. if they re shifting one way, they re pitching you away, plan your way. it s all a matter of acquiring knowledge and then using that knowledge to your benefit. one guy martis did have success against tonight, only took him like 15 pitches to get rid of luke scott. struck him out a couple of times. we picked this match-up and ironically it worked out great. you should see when martis is effective. in the first inning, he throws a sinker to scott for the ball. he comes back with a running fastball away. then he throws the change-up and he swings at a bad ball. luke scott got himself out there. it wasn t because martis threw great pitches. he takes that pitch for a ball, takes ano
it out. bob: forest gump with a glove, he can outrun anybody. detwiler throws a strike and that s fouled. alex rios, a first-round pick for the blue jays, 19th pick overall taken in 1999 i since the fireworks didn t go off last night, do they go tonight? bob: i don t think so. that s one time where ryan zimmerman had to play for the hop. two outs. bob: how about that, only four earned rungiven up by the starters over the last five games. steve mccatty, you have done well, sir, but so have your young kids. ultimately, it s their responsibility. 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 pitch
vo: geico powersports bob: early this afterno josh willingham in the batting cage taking some cuts. welcome back, josh willingham from bereavement. great to have you back. tonight, the nationals trying to run their winning streak to 4, facing the blue jays. i m johnny holiday along with mr. baseball in d.c., phil woods. great to have you with us. and a great crowd on hand as the nats extend a winning streak. happy you are along with us tonight to enjoy this ball game on a perfect night in washington. and there is a great buzz in the city about this ball club. they won three straight. we can t say they have quite turned the corner yet but they are closer to that point than they were a month ago. johnny: hard to believe, last night, the first extra ening victory for this ball club after going 0-for-8. when you talk about heroics, how about the 11th inning the way they battled and battled to get that run across. cristian guzman comes to bat in the 11th anding and knock
he is battling for his hitters and he is battling and all those guys are battling, he is quan of the quietest most do sile players. you see his brother play baseball, rick eckstein saying that was terrible, that was terrible, that was brutal. he didn t use any expletives. he jumps the rail, getting out there, you can read him. he says that s terrible, that s terrible. and it was brutal. rick eckstein there fighting for the nats in a 3-2 loss for the reds. look at the draft picks, stephen strasburg the number 1 with a bullet for the nats and we break down the reds game number 1. stay there. welcome to chili s. something new is on the grill. try chili s new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at just $6.99. like our bacon-ranch chicken quesadilla, flame-grilled tortillas layered with all white meat chicken, applewood smoked bacon, jack cheese, and ranch dressing. they re crispy on the outside, melted to perfection on the inside. you ve never tasted quesadillas like this be