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 . >> bob: yesterday ryan zimmerman received his first all star selection ask then went out in delivered in the first inning. the nats left home on a modest win streak. tonight the scene shifts to denver, the rockies in are are the thick of a wildcard chase. stammen faces all star marquis. the first of three on masn. >> it's been a mixed bag of weather in denver today. beautiful all day, a big-time storm about an hour and a half ago, and now it's nice again for the nats and the rourkeys here just east of the foothills. bob carpenter and rob dibble, the nats beat the rockies three...

 . >> bob: the mats were in position to win last night. craig stammen helped his own cause. adam dunn made a lot contribution but the marlins fought back. hanley ramirez provided the two big hits. and then the rain washed away any opportunity to respond. today, jordan zimmerman tries to deliver the win for the nats while josh johnson has other ideas for the fish. ♪ jiets' another salvage operation for the nationals. welcome to land shark stadium. a lot of kids on hand. camp day at the ballpark. sean burnett, first one out of the car. there is nyjer morgan. burnett getting...

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 m...

last year he had the seventh lowest run support. so the record to me doesn't mean anything. >> rob: you put that kid on the red sox, that kid is 15-9. >> jim p.: kind of what francona said about managing. he said, well, i'm still a dummy but now i've got better players now that i'm with the red sox. it's a great line. i think a managers -- a lot of managers will tell you that. >> jim h.: low ball four. there's that battling eye of nolan reimold. lannan a lead-off walk. >> jim p.: i think it's very comfortable when you're a nolan reimold, even if you've only been in the big leagues fo...

toronto tie in here. >> rob: going to say vernon wells. >> bob: no, vernon wells hasn't done that. oa a minute. now wait a minute. he did. it is vernon wells. >> rob: so vernon is one of them. >> bob: griffey do you think? only problem is vernon wells has only had 100 rbi season since. >> rob: vern, hey, vern. >> bob: bouncer by the mound. hernandez to get it drops it. in his haste to make the exchange probably his sixth error of the year. first two outs. >> rob: knits there. he had overbay here by a few steps. plenty of time. overbay wasn't even really sprinting down the line. the ...