catching. 1-4 in the ball game. very solid season for him at .283 with a couple home runs and 18 rbis. .256 at home .307 on the road. and take a pitch inside for a ball. >> buck: suzuki has an awful lot of confidence behind the plate. he's taken his catching to another level as far as game calling and defensive skills. he walked onto cal state which is really a challenging move. they have so many established athletes and recruits that they have lined up for a couple years he walked on and made the team and became a johnny in 204. >> gary: berken gets the strike corner. 32% for suzuki behind the

plate. here's the 2-1 delivery. ground ball to 3rd. two down. >> buck: both of these guys can get a lot of quick outs on the grounds balls when they pitch down in the zone. berken more velocity than his could want part cahill. we mentioned he throws that two seam fastball across the narrow seams and generally a pitcher will throw it with his fingers in line with those seams but berken has made the adjustment according to how he feels and that's where he gets the most dramatic movement. >> gary: cunningham will stand in. for a moment ball out of the sun into the shadows. sun goes down. cunningham will take the pitch for a strike making the start in right field. he's got a five game hit streak. 1-4 in the ball game last night including two rbis he picked up on a bases loaded single. and will chop that one foul

right on top of it. 0-2. >> buck: this is what berken does. pounds the strike zone with all his pitches and then throws down and in to cunningham. see young pitchers like this and berken her man doze, they seem to have a feel for pitching. >> gary: very poise the. and a breaking ball will miss outside. berken's minor league numbers he won 25 and lost 18. those are his minor league career. .374 earned run average 6789 only gave up 27 home runs in the 66 starts that he had. 375 innings. and that ball is chopped foul again. stay 1-2. >> buck: when he was at clemson pitching, you have to believe he's going to get stronger and stronger has he builds up more innings. >> gary: the orioles certainly

hope so. 1-2 delivery and that will be taken down low for a ball. lefties have hit him just .190 pace. right handers .280. two starts. one home run he surrendered went to a left hander. 2-2 count. two down, nobody on. cunningham waiting. right field into the sun. markakis and he's got it. and a 1, 2, 3 inning for jason berken. and here in oakland as we go to the 3rd inning a's lead. and this is your movies on demand screen.

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back in oakland, quick update on cesar, underwent an appendectomy. we're told he will rejoin the team to travel back to baltimore. dave said his recovery time will be a minimum of two to three weeks. it's been reported and believed to be oscar is the one who will get the car up from triple a. of course he's not a shortstop. so dave said over the next couple days ty will be the back up shortstop. also quick update. he's expected to return to the rotation against seattle when the orioles return home. june 11 is the projected date. that's the third game in the seattle series. >> gary: thank you very much. now back. said before the game today he was on the phone this morning

with izturis said he was in good spirits and said he felt very good. got the appendix out of the way. >> buck: and it was done so no major incisions. hopefully recovery time will be reduced. >> gary: that one foul. came up and hit him right in the mouth. >> buck: i thought it hit him in the throat. got his hand over his throat. wow. fastball got out in front of it. caught him right on the adam's apple. ball hits right off the plate and comes straight up. ouch. boy. that's the last thing this club needs. certainly any kind of an injury playing a player short right now. see those things all the time. down on ankle on top of your foot, that one right off home plate and came straight up and caught felix pie right in the throat. >> gary: scares you as it takes

your breath away. hard to breathe. can really scare you. >> buck: and it's really a vulnerable position. no protection there right on the windpipe. >> gary: ironically on this date in 1941 the first head gear was ever worn in a baseball game in major league baseball. plastic hats. new york giants were the first team to ever wear them. and it happened to be on this date. even that wouldn't have helped this. >> buck: the catchers have the extended mask that comes down to protect you from this type of thing. it's not very often you see batters dealing with something like this. the trainer is looking. catchers can hit like that you're always afraid of

crushing that adam's apple. causing problems -- he appears to be all right. he's regrouped a bit. but you're right first thing is panic sets in because you can't catch your breath right away. looks like he's collected himself and ready to proceed. >> gary: the assistant trainer for the orioles may have had the all time line of the day when i asked him how cesar was doing. he says some people leave their hearts in san francisco, some leave their appendix. pitch is taken outside for a ball. felix pie will try to resume here. he's at bat with a 2-2 count. cahill tossed a couple while waiting there. the delivery is swung out and

miss. cahill off to a start here as he's got three strikeouts already. one down in the 3rd inning. >> buck: that's a pretty good combination. that looked like a fastball that just got up and away from pie. with two strikes he chased and couldn't make contact. >> gary: the orioles struck out nine times in last night's game without getting a walk as we were talking about earlier. both sides of the coin have changed for the o's as they were not striking out at all. in fact they were leading the american league in fewest strikeouts. they are striking out and they are not getting walks. he knows he's going to be in the line up now on a daily basis until izturis can get back. he played outstanding defense in the ball game last night. batting is just .239. 0-3 at the plate. cahill's pitch is in there for a strike. 2-1. orioles on this road trip just

seeing the offense disappear. taken down low. showed you the numbers hitting .213 his first four games of this road trip. they've had nine runs in the last six games. this after they had been tearing it up. 3-1 delivery on the way and he swings over the top of that one. 3-2. >> buck: you can only blame pitching so long. what happens is once you run into tough pitching like they did at the end of the home stand, then you try to make up for it by expanding your zone. see where they rank road average they're last at .230. a lot of base runners. >> gary: that one to short. another ground ball. and he is retired. cabrera makes the throw. two away. >> buck: percentage haven't been getting on base. the average this month. it's kind of a situation where they got off to a great start and scoring so many first

inning runs that everyone assumed it was going to continue and then one guy tries to pick him up and creates a steam roll effect and everybody falls into a collective slump. >> gary: pie will be attended to out there. roberts flied up first time up. >> buck: couple hits last night. staying his first at bat little flare to get it going and then a sharp hit into right field in his first two at bats. hopefully that will be a sign of things to turn around for him. >> gary: takes that one to center field. all kinds of room and he'll put it away. so cahill retiring the side in order for the second time and that's eight in a row he has let down. a's have the lead 1-0. change it up a bit... and you're sure to get a reaction. [ motorcycle engine growl ] ♪ don't let erectile dysfunction slow things down.

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the throat. we hope pie is all right. that ball popped up. short shallow left. one away here in the 3rd inning. lead off double by cabrera moved to third on a fly ball. that's the oakland run. oakland won four in a row. orioles lost three in a row. oriole bats have been very quiet on this road trip. last night found their offense hitting nine runs and ten hits. davis up. davis had a 1-4 and rbi in the ball game last night playing in center field.

>> buck: played double on the first batter he pitched to. scored on a ground ball to 1st base. >> gary: playing with ryan sweeney out with a banged up knee. sweeney's still bothered by it. he has a sprained medial collateral and mild tendonitis. they are hoping he will not have to go on the d.l. while that's going on the speeder davis gets to start in center field. one down. bases empty. jason berken's delivery to him. that's ripped into the gap. he's going to be flying. you can hear the fans saying think about three. he'll go to 2nd base and stay. davis is on with a one out double. >> buck: hits both doubles by jason berken and this was a breaking ball that just didn't break. stayed up out over the plate.

might have been high on the strike zone but davis collects his second double of the season and set us up the top of the order. >> gary: and he can fly. so anything that's a base hit you'll be tearing around trying to get home on it. cabrera had a double and scored in the first inning. now hitting .229 he's had two hits, five at bats in the series. roberts will hold the runner close at 2nd base. it's a strike. >> buck: curious bunt attempt in a situation like this with a chance to drive in a runner from 2nd base. >> gary: cabrera .250 with runners in scoring position. that first hit he got just his third of the month of june. he's 3-19.

makes the spin. no throw. >> buck: if you can shorten him up by a foot or two at 2nd base should there be a base hit you've got an extra foot at home. there's good arms in the owstled with markakis and jones among the leaders in the american league. >> gary: delivery on the way. inside foul. two strikes. the oriole pitchers right now until the offense starts showing it is alive again, berken and company know they've got to keep things very tight for the best. they just don't have any breathing room. >> buck: that's very difficult to ask rookie pitchers to make adjustments and pitch i guess you could say a little more aggressively. but at the same time they have been very effective. >> gary: 0-2 count. step off this time. the orioles like this oakland

team going with rookie pitchers. four of them in the rotation for oakland. 0-2 delivery. that will be in the dirt. davis claps his hands. wishes he could take off at 2nd base. you don't go immediately you don't go. >> buck: yeah. once you hesitate you better stay put. tom did a good job of getting on it quickly recognizing the speed of davis at 2nd. >> gary: berken against the hitters fourth best ratio in the american league. ground ball to 1 st. play made by huff. that will move the runner over. but there are two down here in the 3rd. nick markakis, adam jones both in the running for a position on the all star team. you can vote for your favorite orioles at orioles.com. don't miss your chance to vote orange and save green. by voting for the birds maximum 25 times you get a free upper

reserves seat. vote early and often. for details go to orioles.com vote orange. number two hitter kennedy flied out. first time up. runner at 3rd base. berken trying to get out of this with davis on a third. and the pitch is inside for a ball. davis will get as far off the bag as he can at 3rd in case the ball gets away from the catcher. he'll be off. kennedy lifts it. going to be a tough play. and there is none. and it gets by jones. kennedy on his way to second. backed up, an rbi single. and a 2-0 lead for oakland. probably an error on jones allowing the runner to go to 2nd base. >> buck: kennedy has delivered big hits for this team and this

is just a flare sinking and getting away from jones in center field. kind of overran that ball as it had spin on it and kicked back to his left. kennedy delivers the rbi as davis comes in to score. >> gary: kennedy's hitting .440 with runners in scoring position for this ball club. now has 16 rbis. there's a big two out hit. here's jack cust. rbi and a ground ball out his first time up. pitch is away. this oakland offense while it has struggled and struggled, they get 44% of their runs on two out base hits. one of the highest numbers in all baseball percentage-wise. they get another one right there. take it down low. 2-0. i guess they've given him a double.

>> buck: no error posted on the board. because the ball came sprinting back behind him, kennedy with a double. not necessarily agree with that. >> gary: rbi chance here for cust. jason berken misses with that one and the count goes to 3-0 now. >> buck: you've got to be aware that jack cust is going to have the green light here. base open. right-handed hitter up against holliday on deck. can't just lay one in there. >> gary: six of his nine home runs have been hit here. he will take that one inside for a ball. berken surrender the first walk he's given up in the ball game and put runners on at 1 st and 2nd base. >> buck: this is the third start in his young major league career and gregg zaun caught him for the last two games. had a great game with zaun behind the plate last sunday against the tigers. pitched seven innings. gave up four and only one run.

that was a solo home run. and unfortunately for berken and the orioles they were matched up against jackson who was terrific eight innings of two hit balls and shut out the orioles. >> gary: berken now trying to keep this at a 2-0 oakland lead with a run in here in the 3rd. holliday flied to right his first time up. he's been red hot. two on, two down. last night holliday delivered the long ball. >> buck: three run home run against hendrickson. hendrickson gave up that base hit to kennedy and he walked cust and set up matt holliday. >> gary: 1-0 delivery is bounced. kennedy will stay at 2nd base. holliday slammed that home run last night. what did bob say, the hang time 6.1 seconds. >> buck: he's a big man. doesn't make a difference where he's playing.

people count his numbers because he played in colorado. doesn't matter where he plays he's going to hit. two down, two on. delivery way up high. way up high. holliday hitting .455. he's had eight rbis in the last six games. if you're looking at a line up here's the guy in the lineup right now. 3-0 count. check swing. did he go? check at first. no. so two walks have loaded them up. >> buck: matt holliday came close to swinging at that pitch. but they don't get called and bases loaded now. tough jam for berken. use all your pitches you can't be one dimensional now. time to throw a strike you've got to pitch with your full

arsenal. gosh giambi coming up. already a run in. kennedy the rbi double now at 3rd. the walk to cust at 2nd. the walk to holliday at 1 st. giambi grounded out his first time up. stands in with the poll. shift is on. dangerous situation. giambi 1-4 with the bases loaded this year. two down. and going for the slam my right there. >> buck: that's the one place you can attack giambi fairly confidently is up in the zone. back for a little extra fastball 94 miles per hour guilty or not guilty big moment in the ball game for the orioles. that one drilled to the right field corner. it is a fair ball. kennedy scores.

cust scores. here comes matt holliday. the throw not in time. a bases loaded bases clearing double for giambi. [ cheering and applause ] >> buck: that part of the line up jack cust, matt holliday and jason giambi seventh double of the season clears the bases and puts the a's out in front 4-0. giambi right back with the fastball. got on top of it keeps it fair just inside the foul line all the way down on to the corner. kennedy, cust right behind him and finally matt holliday comes in from 1st base. >> gary: that's 30 rbis for giambi now to go along with a .217 batting average. he's at 2nd base. and yet again two out rbi. and a 5-0 lead. five runs on four hits for oakland. hard to believe this ball club came in not hitting. suzuki grounded out his first

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>> gary: the series will conclude tomorrow. the afternoon game 4:00 game time 3:30 for o's extra. rich hill who is 2-0 will take the mound for the o's. and then will work for oakland. they'll have monday off and open up a series at home against seattle. berg against very gas, and probably o'hara will make the start on thursday against ryan smith coming off the d.l. the orioles get back against seattle playing six times in seven days. orioles need to battle back here. down 5-0. markakis has the only o's hit so far. cahill sing the in the first

inning. the orioles offense is going on the downside at the time the oakland pitching has a big upside. the orioles stabbed in april. .371 in april in may went up to .5.08. here in june they're at .184 e.r.a so far in june. >> buck: were a bunch of kid pitchers. only by age they pitch with a lot of savvy. cahill 21 years old, then ben who will pitch tomorrow he is 22. will be 23 until september. >> gary: 1-2 delivery. kennedy over. a's are doing what the orioles are doing only their rookies are younge