rob: last night that ball would have bounced over his head, but tonight it s buried in front of the plate. ryan zimmerman makes a great play, then falls over the mound. nick johnson getting a night off with a bad foot, a bad shin. i told him before the game, i said, you know what, nick, i said i think you re just going to start hitting every part of your body so you can t hit off the pitchers anymore. he just laughed. jim p.: if he was a race horse, they d give him a lethal injection. rob: they d have to put him down. bob: not our nick. here is brian roberts, having a very unusual series. he s 0 for 7 with one walk and four strikeouts. jim p.: then he got robbed the last time, gonzalez making a terrific play. bob: josh willingham made the good pick on his foul ball. on the first pitch that shairon martis threw that, ball stayed down for adam dunn. orioles are done in the sixth inning. bob: celebrate the fourth of
bob: some of the young men manny acta was able to visit with from boystown in our nation s capital. i feel like father flanagan with these two up here, jim palmer there, rob dibble. despite a lot of glitches by both pitchers, both are still in the game. jim p.: the score is similar to what it was going in the middle innings last night, then that eight-run inning the orioles were able to come up with. rob: this kind of performance, just what the doctor ordered. shairon martis going out throwing 90-mile an hour fastballs. shairon martis has the change- up and the fastball, keeping the orioles off balance. jim p.: you know this is a game of adjustment. when martis pitched against the orioles, adam jones hit a home run in washington. he is better tonight than he was back then. i know he struggled, but that s what i think you want to see in a 22-year-old pitcher. are you better as the season progresses even though you re going to struggle. that s part of learn
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
they never have won more than 71. they made it into the world series. rob: it s been around for 71 years. you were a red sox fan and waited eight decades, 86 years to win a championship. if you are the cubs, you waited a century-plus now. we are inyear 101 for e o cubs. bob: the washington nationals are in year 5. because major league baseball did this franchise not a favor in the last years in montre. b: ani lked to the general manager who said we only have been in of year team for ie and a half vh. rob: baseball america rated the nationals draft with mike rizzo and sam casten number 1. there is that nasty breaking ball by garza. fastball, fastball, fastball, get ahead, big breaking ball. bob: here is willie harris who bounced out twice. what i m trying to say, my message to our fans is, we know that this is difficult for you. we certainly do. rob: we ll all grow together. bob: that s a great way to put it. then when you win, you look back and say, you kn
alright. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. bob: in between drops, there was randy johnson s 300 win. a chance to meet the newest member of the nats family. can they get on a roll against the rays? 15 straight against the a.l. east beginning tonight in st. pete. bob: when you thought the schedule might be getting a little easier, no way. welcome to tropicana field in st. pete. the league-leading hitting tampa bay. this will be interesting with the yankees looming next week. i don t know if it saved the home stand but it sure left a better taste in everybody s mouth last night. rob: first and foremost, nice to have you back, buddy. bob: thank you, sir. rob: you have the american league east coming up. that s not going to be easy. you have to have well pitched starts from our rotation. john la man had a great start and the bullpen gave those guys the opportunity to come back. you see hernandez with a huge hit on a t