. >> announcer: the following a masn presentation. . >> johnny: maybe last night's game was never meant to be finished. nearly 5 hours after it began the cardinals left town with a rain-shortened win. tonight the nats welcome the padres with every intention of getting back in the win column. it's a nice warm evening at ball park, folks are coming in for a weekend series between the two teams that are struggling the most in the national league, the padres and the nats, and for some reason the nationals really struggle against this team. since '05 the padres have won 19 out of 24. ouch. >> wow. >> johnny: time to turn that around. how about sophie fence, josh willingham and mr. dunn 8 for 13 the last two nights. >> we need to get some people out in front of them. you know, josh willingham has been swinging a good bat and adam dunn is hot, when he is up on base and hitting up at the plate you got to have some people on second and third so he can drive them in. finally there was some people on base the other night. there he is getting a gapper. the more people we can get on in front of josh willingham and atam dunn, this is not a great pitching staffer for the is san diego padres so this should be a great chance to win the series. but when josh willingham is swinging a good bat, the same thing with josh willingham, everybody gets better when they get good. >> johnny: these ball clubs are a combined 51 1/2 games out of first place in their respective divisions and the padres have won only 37 games, you saw adegree an gonzalez, matt lay toes goes tonight for them then the united states getting ready trying to increase that 28-win total behind garrett mock in national's park. . nats baseball on masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by wendy's. it's way better than fast food, it's wednesday deals. this is going to be way differently than last night. a beautiful night at the ball park. the southwest.com lineup for san diego, worst in the league in hitting and in runs they are batting only .230 but kevin guzman kouzmanoff doing a good job and he has been very good in his career here at national's park. the padres took 5 out of 6 and swept a three-game series last year and he was right in the middle of that with a guy named chase headley. here is garrett mock, fifth in a row since returning from aaa. so rob dibble, from what you recall what does he need to do. >> rob: he needs to pound the strike zone. this isn't a good hitting ball club, you have to be careful of adrian gonzalez obviously or kouzmanoff but other than that they are not a home run threat, not a great average team or on base percentage team, so throw strikes, attack the strike zone and give your team a chance to succeed tonight. johnny i know the padres have the lowest batting average in major baseball and the worst on base percentage. there is a kid named gwynn though starting off and just a little hayes overhead, pretty clear, 83 degrees. it's nice. and matt goes 2-0. >> rob: that was the last thing. don't help these guys, don't walk them, don't put them on base. challenge them. attack with the fastball. >> johnny: tony gwynn hitting .289 with a on base average of .259. willingham to cut it off and the padres are in business here in the top of the first. padres defensively still last in defensive categories, playing a little better lately. willie harris gets the start tonight, nothing to be concerned about, a night off for nigel morgan. he has been waiting to pick a spot to give more fan a spot. told him he was gonna do that three or four days ago. cabrera the shortstop. 22-year-old switch hitter from nicaragua. he was originally signed by colorado at the age of 17 in '04, they got him in the trade last november. and that ball gets away from josh bard. some things out of sync here on the first six pitches of the game. that's gonna be a fastball. >> rob: got to be, hit some leather, and a little extra movement at the end and josh lets it get by. that will happen every now and then. . >> johnny: he'll leg out a on three hops, mock, high throw, slow throw, cabrera beats it, an over to third is gwynn. sacrifice, fielder's choice, first and third, nobody out. . >> rob: well one of the thi tonight looking for is don't help them, that's going to help them right there, the bad throw, the sacrifice bunt, you take it, two-hopper back to you, throw it, you got to step and throw, you hear a lot of coaches say that, you lob it and you've got a quick kid like cabrera beat that out, now you have pain coming up here with pedro gonzalez. >> johnny: gonzalez batting a puzzling .248 although kouzmanoff's numbers pit hitting only .282, so he hasn't been hitting good. >> rob: kind of an island on this team. >> johnny: hitting .233 against the nationals. medium left center, gwynn scores easily and just like that the pads have an early run. and for adrian gonzalez his 55th r.b.i. and his seventh career against washington pitching. game notes, the rain delays just keep on coming. look at that. the equivalent of more than one full day, now, we have sat and sat and waited for rain. adrian gonzalez is in a big- time siesta, with power lately and the nats in scoring position. evidently some fireworks woke him up on the 4th of july. that's a good number. here is a big guy with lots of power, kevin kouzmanoff. the runner at first started, then stopped. padres expecting a little h tomorrow. they may have david eckstein back. he has been nursing a hamstring. kouzmanoffff a big, strong guy who hits for power. now the runners going, bart's throw right into the runner and a stolen base. bart cabrera, his ninth of the year in 10 attempts. . >> rob: well, usually when a guy gets this much of a jump it's off the pitcher, you saw mock as soon as he looked home cabrera took off. and he was way off first base. he -- you can't allow a guy to get that much of a lead, you have to throw over to keep him closer than that. >> johnny: on the pitch before that he had started about 4 or 5 steps and then came back. now it's 0-2 to kouzmanoff strikes out a lot and a breaking ball low and away. kevin cues ma november 27 years of age. >> rob: all right bob, let's look at the lead. you can't let him get that much of a lead. if he gets that much of a lead you have got to throw over to first base, he was a good step past that cut off near first base. >> bob: that's what defines a big lead or not, the edge of that grass. >> rob: usually i always liked to look at the runner and see if he took two big side steps. if he takes that two side steps and then a third you gt to throw over. you can't let him get that much of a lead because that's an extra step on the catcher when he tries to throw him out. >> bob: 2-2 pitch and a breaking ball, kouzmanoff strikes out for the 890th time this year. two down. kind of a high breaking bal right here by garrett mock but quite effective when the guy swings underneath it. >> rob: sometimes a backup breaking ball is your best friend. you don't want to make a habit of it because sometimes it will leave the playing surface. that one was most effective and you could hear kouzmanoff on the way back to the dugout, "darnit," not exactly what he said, but you knew what he was thinking. >> bob: we know what he was thinking. who is he, and 6 for 14 gets the nats last year, a former second rounder by the padres out of tennessee. >> bob: headley, headley lamar. i knew we were going to get a blazing saddles reference tonight. oh, harvey corman one of the best ever. oh, tiger. what's the matter. . >> bob: chase head lei, rig field, that's trouble if it's fair. it is. san diego leads 2-0. headley to second base. some of the nats' young pitchers are having bad first innings this week. garrett mock against the cubs on sunday gave up a run in the second after a double in the first, a double play, got him out of that. but things got ugly after that and he got him right on the trademark and headley did a good job of getting the bat head out. >> rob: i don't even have to say it, you can't throw it out there any better if you're a hitter, basically if you're standing at home plate you try toes to it in between the first baseman and the right fielder. >> bob: look at the size of this guy. kyle blanks. he is 6'6", 285, out of sutter ton, pennsylvania, and the padres took him five years ago in the 42nd round of the draft. >> rob: you sure it was the padres and not the chargers? this guy is huge. >> bob: could have been. he is a rookie. he hit .307 in four full minor league seasons. >> rob: oh, monk go like candy gram. >> bob: he drove in 107 runs in the texas league. he is on a three-game hitting streak. how about this guy, three-game hitting streak, the other biggest guy on the field has a six-game streak. >> rob: played with a kid named press well pratt in the minor leagues from the bahamas and he was as big as this kid. he hit 25 in the florida state league. not easy. >> bob: up in the air, right side, nick johnson, not quite. >> rob: remember that field there was that building out beyond left field in spring training for the cardinals. he hit that building in the air. over 550 feet. >> bob: that building is the bay front center for basketball and football and all that sort of thing. >> rob: press well pratt, when he hit it, went a long way. i bet when this guy gets into one i bet it could go for a long way. >> bob: not if you don't swing. and mock gets him but he gives up two runs and a couple of hits early for the padres. geico's been saving people money on car insurance for over 70 years. and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. . >> bob: long first inning f garrett mock and the nats, ninth in runs, 10th in home runs, adam dunn is on a little hitting streak here with his three for three before the rain last night dunn has hit in 6 consecutive games, 10 for 21. we don't society big free strikeout home run guys with hitting streaks but atam has got one going. here is matt lay toes. born in alexandria, virginia, lives in florida now, the 11th round pick. >> rob: local boy makes good, pnc bank scouting record, second start, down on the farm. 72 innings pitched, 42 hits, 73ks, let's welcome him to the show, bob, with a big blow out. . >> bob: went four innings, his first start, in fact rather similar to what tomorrow night's nats' starter jd martin did the first time. you'll see a lot of young pitchers in this three-game weekend series. >> rob: i was told he has a great fastball, you can hear it up here, bringing it. up goes the glove. >> bob: willie harris is 0 for his last 12. he needs a couple good ab's tonight, he knows when he gets his bats he gets his base hits. he has walked three times during the over 12 his on-base average is respectable at 3.58. one and 2 format lay does. so is nats are hitting .261 the batting average is the same as the phillies who produce so many more runs with their hits. the padres, in fact, just came from philadelphia. and a 2-2 pitch to willie harris. >> rob: didn't they stay here, drove there and came back. >> bob: they stayed here, had an early bus and a later bus and brought both of them back after the game. 3-2-2 pitch. harris, in the air, left center. tony gwynn is there, first out. padres are in the middle of week defensively. the one thing this young team has done, is not beaten themselves very often, they have made 35 errors fewer than the nationals. adrian gonzalez the most recognizable name out there and maybe tomorrow david eckstein will be back in the starting lineup and on that defense. here is cristian guzman, go base hit his first time up last night, a one -- pardon me -- 0- 21, 1 for 22 and nine for his last 72. he gets on top of that one, hits it a long way to center. that ball is going to leave the park. and the nats are on the board on possibly the longest home run cristian guzman has ever hit as a washington national. that's his fourth of the year. >> rob: good by mr. rawlings. . >> bob: wow. from where did that come? >> rob: now cristian guzman, it's cristian against the padres, enough said there. but he goes upstairs on the high fastball and right to the left of the geico sign, what is that, like a little ambulance or something back there? what is that thing back there? upon bob might be. let's hope we never have to find out. fastball is in there to ryan zimmerman, the nationals have hit their 84th homer of the year. the padres have given up their 109th and it's a 2-1 game. ryan is hitting right-handers at a .300 clip. target away. he goes out and gets that one but that's not going as far. hit hard but gwynn was playing deep and he takes it on the track. three consecutive balls hit to straightaway center field to start the game. >> rob: they have taken that fastball right back towards the middle, goes 95 miles per hour. haveve to come up with something off-speed to pitch at this level, though, young man. >> bob: there is adam dunn. so adam 10 for his last 21, elevating his average to .274, he has a .548 shrugging percentage, top 10 of the league, top homers and r.b.i.s and on-base walks. he is having an adam dunn-type season. . >> rob: how dupree announce name lay toes. >> bob: lay toes. >> rob: lay toes throws straight over the top. very rare in this level. >> bob: why? >> rob: because many more used to do that. it was taught back in the minor leagues, lower levels, college and high school. watch this delivery, this arm is coming straight over, 6'7" coming downhill at you. how would you like to see 96 coming from behind this kid's ear. there is the off speed. remind me a little bit of jeff weaver. used to come over the top and not 3/4. a 2-2 pitch to adam. putted bat. the ball is not in the air very long but adrian gonzalez is there. they get half the runs back on cristian guzman's fourth of the year, a laser beam to straightaway center. 2-1 padres. play. y. pads each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares stay low. 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