>> with rich hill's delivery, there are a lot of moving parts to it and we've not seen him battle his command as much as he has here today. 1-2 to davis, just outside. >> missing on the borderline pitches and there is a patient approach here. they've seen a lot of pitches. curveball is fouled off his foot. rich hill already, buck, is at 37 pitches and he's still not out of the first inning. >> yeah, it's been a real battle for him. and we mentioned his last start, he gave up a leadoff double to ichiro, he went to 3rd base on the error by reimold but then he got out of the inning, stranding the base runner at third. and this is a heck of a game, 7

innings. >> the starters in the first two games in the series, berken and guthrie, lasted a combined four innings. guthrie went two-thirds and berken last night, 3 and a third. 3-2 is in side, ball four and there is another walk. and that will load the bases again. hill thought that was a strike. here is dave trembley coming out. and we'll get brian bass in the first inning. so another starter goes just two-thirds of an inning. so he asked weiters, wasn't that a strike? so rich hill will leave. brian bass coming on. trying to keep this a 3-0 game. ♪

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>> jim: rich hill out two- thirds of an inning. and there is the line for the starters in this series. 18 earned runs in four and two- thirds for guthrie, berken and hill and the three men on base are hill's responsibility. and there is a strike to gregorio petit. brian bass comes on and inherits three men on. bass has been pitching very well. and two down and the bases

loaded. and line down the rightfield line. slicing, foul. orioles got a break there. davis, the trail runner at first base may be the fastest runner on the team. he was already around second base when that ball landed foul. >> buck: this is obviously a big at-bat here with two outs and you have to finish them off and save these three runs. bass were -- worked a good inning on friday night. he got three outs and no damage. >> jim: called back to the big club on may the 30th, playing triple-a in sacramento. hitting .267 in triple-a. he did get some time with the

athletics last year, played in 14 games. and he's out after venezuela. 1-2 the count. fouling it off to stay alive. >> buck: kind of pacing that breaking ball way outside. and brian bass has been throwing the ball very well. he's been in multiple roles. he's worked early in the game and been able to pitch, three, three plus innings. he can give you some late- inning closure. >> jim: castillo just -- just off the plate, but it was outside. and 0-2 on petit. bases loaded. two men down. three runs in. hard hit to short. he flips to wigginton and bass comes on and gets the orioles out of it. after all of that, three runs

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first inning which saw four balks and a hit batter, a three- run deficit. not bad. it could have been worse. >> buck: and they got the first problem where salazar lost contact with the bag. >> jim: mora will lead off. and salazar and weiters. and then mazzaro who allowed a single out and now a three-run lead. mora's bat is beginning to slowly come around. a four game hitting streak working. one of them in each of those games. the orioles would like to see mora's bat get going. >> buck: just six base hits all season long. hopefully he'll get it going. and you would expect somebody

will break out of this, the entire team has been sluggish, except luke scott. >> jim: melvin has gone now 19 consecutive games without an rbi. there are his numbers this season versus a year ago. he had 10 home runs at the same point last year. and outside. but the other number that is really beginning to grow, buck, is 24 games without home runs, and that's 94 at-bats without it. that was when they played minnesota. and a new bat. >> buck: there is that inside fastball that mazzaro throws so effectively. and as we talked about cahill yesterday. he had a sinking fastball that went straight down. mazzaro's fastball runs in on right-handers with a lot of

late movement, moving along the plain of the bat, but it will jam you. >> jim: hard hit ball towards short and there is orlando cabrera. one away. oscar salazar called up to sake the spot of izturis who underwent an appendectomy. he was hitting well for triple- a norfolk. did get into 34 games with the orioles last year. >> buck: he did a pretty good job filling in. and throwing a little bit at third base and a little bit at first base and had some production at bat. off to a great start in triple- a. 10 home runs and 4 rbis in those few games. >> jim: and a strike. 1-2 the count.

salazar is one of those guys, but because he can hit sh you know he'll find a job. he was not on the orioles roster, but just a phone call away at triple-a. hit toward second base and a bad bounce but kennedy stays with it and just get it's to first base. two men down. >> reporter: matt weiters is 2 for 13 on the road trip andine though he's getting used to hitting at the big league level, dave frem -- trembley is encouraged by what he sees. >> he's not swinging at bad pitches or chasing bad pitches and he's working the count and not taking it behind the plate. >> reporter: and tonight the orioles hope he brings the ability to get the bullpen through the next couple of innings. jim. >> jim: amber, thank you very much. there is a high, flyball off

the bat of--- weiters. has a play. and then a 3-0 lead and a 3 up, 3 down inning. the oakland athletics with a 3- 0 lead. ?

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everybody down in the bullpen is available. >> jim: adam kennedy, one the hitters who did not contribute in the rally in the first. 0-1. and kennedy popped foul but melvin mora is first at bat. the orioles off the 18 earned runs allowed in this seares are now last in the league in pitching. the team e.r.a. is up to 5.32 so they have fallen last in the league. and after the way the trip began in seattle, it is very disappointing it didn't carry over here. sharp hit ball, wide to first.

salazar has it and he gets the out. >> buck: one thing bass has done is pitch down in the zone with both the sinker ball and the slider. and that has allowed him to come up for three easy outs since he's come into this game. he's been a valuable part of this bullpen. and the guy that's been very consistent and has been very reliable. >> jim: two down. that brings up cust. walked his first at-bat. and that is a strike. no one on base, the orioles go into the overshift on jack cust. you see the shortstop andino on the second base site and there is wigginton in shallow rightfield. fouled back, it's 0-2. >> buck: you look at the shift,

wigginton out there in shallow rightfield and cust has always been a notorious all or nothing type of guy. he has patience. he'll take his loss but he'll also strike out a lot, but with that you get some pop. >> jim: 0-2. and that's outside. 1-2 on jack cust. who is a former first round draft pick. sliders in the dirt. the draft comes up on tuesday. jack cust, in 1997 out of high school was taken in the first round by the arizona diamondbacks. and he went to high school in summerville, new jersey and was

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southwest.com. and by pnc. leading the way. >> jim: another world championship plaque inside and a 3-0 start and ty wigginton playing at second base today, giving roberts a day off. andino and jones to follow. brian on this road trip just 2 for 21 and that's a 0.95 average. so he gets a day off. and swinging through it. good looking breaking ball and it's a ball and two strikes. >> buck: when you get a day off prior to a team day off, it's like a week's vacation during the rigors of 162 game season, so a chance to clear his head and get his bloody rejuvenated -- body rejuvenated. >> jim: and that ball had the reverse spin. and nearly bounced right past

crosby but he stuck with it and gets the out. >> buck: it shows you his shortstop background because he has good hands and over at first base making his 10th start at 1st and makes a good save for vin mazzaro. >> jim: robert andino the number 9 batter. he'll get a start at shortstop until izturis can return from the d.l. he takes a strike. 0 for 7 on the trip. >> buck: izturis is scheduled to rejoin the team today and fly back on the team charter. he's feeling pretty good and will be able to be comfortable on that airplane. >> jim: the oriole have a long flight home following its game. and they have tomorrow off. and andino goes down on three pitches. there is the first strikeout for vin mazzaro. two down in the second.

today's leaderboard presented by fire stone, a tradition of innovation. and the american league batting leaders with adam jones coming up, who began the day 5th in the league in batting at .343. >> buck: cabrero, ichiro, youkilis and then adam jones 5th. and they'll spruce that up with the first at bat, leading off in the leadoff spot. >> jim: it's kind of amazing when you look at the stretch the orioles are in. and there is another base hit for adam jones. he's on for a two-out single. so adam now with 25 multi hit games on the year and that leads the club. but the way this team can hit, when they are all healthy and in there with the regular lineup, it's kind of amazing with so many of the hitters at the same time in the rbi lineup.

>> buck: and if you look at the pitching, but since may 24th the mariners and athletics have the best e.r.a. in the american league. so they've got the two pitching staffs with a hard time. and the athletics, since may 24th, pitching to a .310 starter e.r.a. seattle is better than that at .231. >> jim: 1-0 on reimold. a high pop up down the rightfield line. a long run for cust. still coming on, and he won't get there. but its foul. good hussle by jack cust. that ball hung up. so reimold will come back with a count of 1-1. mazzaro making his second big league start. and look at that, since may the 24th, the starters only second to seattle. >> buck: and that third team, that's the team that got the whole slump starts sh the

detroit tigers with verlander and edwin jackson finishing up the home stand. so they've run into some hot pitching staffs. >> jim: camden fouled it off. the orioles on this trip in the five games have scored only ten runs and four of those came in the loss last night. >> buck: you just can't compete in the american league when you score that few runs. i don't care who you are, you have to score more runs than that, i don't care who you're pitching against. it's just difficult to keep the american league teams down under 4 runs. >> jim: reimold homered last night. he now has 6. the count is even, 2-2 with jones. and he's down on strikes. mazzaro got it by him for a second strikeout and the

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stop a four-game winning streak. four walks by rich hill in the first inning, holliday scored one of the three runs. and glove by andino, and nicely done. out at first base, salazar tested on his footwork. >> buck: we've seen robert andino make some impressive defensive plays in this series. this is a bullet, popped to his feet and throw it's to the outside of the bag. salazar maintained contact for the out. andino made a couple of great double plays here a couple of nights ago. that was aspects ac -- a spectacular play right there. >> jim: and giambi batting. there is a strike. giambi walked with the bases loaded to drive in a run.

]ao 38 years old. >> buck: he came up and really just established himself here with the oakland athletics, played his way into that free agent contract with the yankees as jim mentioned. and he's a guys that all been characterized as an athletic. >> jim: a high popup into shallow centerfield. jones takes charge and adams gets there and has it. two men down. the high sky and the rough sun, jones taking charge and he caught that ball side ways to get a better look at the sky and the baseball. >> buck: and we'd like to welcome those who are watching the wash nationals. mets beat the nats by 7-0. jim

hunter with buck maine[ ane a amtheoharris sukikes a strike oakland sent 9 people the plate in the first inning. and brian bass has retired all six batters he's faced. broken bat ground ball. to first and brian bass has back to back, three up and three down innings. orioles coming to bat in the fourth. markakis, scott and mora are coming up. ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in-rebate. only from at&t.