for cal ripken, sr. and his son, jr., he ran every ball hard. wright's got to go so far. cora no chance, then wet infield. if you don't run hard, you don't beat this out. it's certainly not routine, but he's going as fast and as hard as he can, he beats it easily. >> gary: the orioles get the lead-off man on. the first hit of the ballgame for reimold. wieters who delivered his first major league home run in the second inning off tim redding stands in with nobody out. the throw over and just kind of a fall back into the bag. seven hits in the ballgame for the o's. game tied at four. bottom of the sixth inning. a meeting will take place at the mound here, the bullpen has not been active in this ballgame. but they're going oh get it going. they may want a little time

right here while this meeting goes on. >> jim: probably see -- of course they were sitting next to each other before he came out there. the time of the game when you get through the line-up for the second, third time, you better focus. throwing over there on a rainy night, reimold may be going, what are you thinking about? one thing if he's a base stealer, he's got a pretty sizable lead. once stole 14 bases in the minor league. not it recent years. >> gary: this has been a seesaw ballgame as the orioles got one in the first, got tied up in the second, took a lead in the bottom of the second, tied up in the fourth, took a lead in the bottom of the fifth, tied up in the 6th. wieters takes it.

it's a strike. showers are in and out. >> jim: we go back to the fastball up and away. then walked him the next time. >> gary: a lot of base runners, seven left on by the mets, five for the o's so far. reimold off first base. long look and the 1-1 delivery. wieters will take that one away. it will stay at 2-1. tim redding has stayed away or at least tried to, in the inside part of the plate. anything on the inner half to matt wieters in the ballgame. >> jim: most of the hits left- handed have been middle in. and he took it the other way. >> gary: redding is going to be close to the end as wieters gets the three ball one strike count. wieters, limited at-bats so

far. bear in mind it is only his 14th game, and just closing in on the 50 at-bat figure since being called up. reimold off first base. tim redding with the 3-1, runner goes. center field, adam, just picked up now by reimold. he'll make his way back to first. having to touch up on his way back. wieters hit it all, but out on the play by beltran. >> gary: and redding is done for the night. but he battled on. he'll be responsible for the runner on at first base.

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understanding what's important. >> gary: upcoming games thi series. we'll conclude tomorrow, then the team will be on to philadelphia for the weekend set. it will be hill, bergesen and

guthrie in philadelphia. >> jim: bobby parnell, we saw him last night, faced two batters, they both got up. he did throw in the upper 90s. big, tall right-hander. starter last year at double-a affiliate for the mets. >> gary: a breaking ball that comes in hard. hard slider to robert andino. andino is 0 for 2, a fielder's choice and has struck out. 31,906 the announced attendance. they're seeing a heck of a ballgame tied up here in the bottom of the sixth inning. throw over again. reimold back to the bag. one down. parnell is a flamethrower. even the breaking balls that he

throws tend to be really hard, like that slider you saw. 33rd appearance, he's done a lot of work. here's the 1-0 delivery. check swing and a ball inside. a strike called. that was close. >> jim: last year he was 10-6. then went up to triple-a, he was with the mets for five innings at the end of the year. but he does have an awfully good arm. >> gary: taken in the air to center field. beltran is there and he's got it. and there are two down. >> jim: the mets come in with a 3.18 e.r.a. that is the best in the national league. their e.r.a. at home and on the road a lot

different, because we told you, citi field is not like yankee stadium. good place to pitch. >> gary: the runner at first, remains there, two down. we have one, two, three, four, five, six, seven put-outs. i think for beltran so far in the ballgame. he's been busy. two down. bobby parnell delivers and it will be taken by brian roberts. brian looking for his first hit in the series. 0 for 3 tonight. if reimold is going to think about running, it's now. roberts gets the advantage while he's there of that hole between first and second. slider misses.

a real struck he will for these two ball clubs. -- a real struggle for these two ball clubs. roberts will take it away. 3-1. parnell, control problems. at least against brian roberts. you have jones waiting on deck. as he works against the left- handed switch hitter for the orioles. roberts taking all the way. that is in there for a strike. >> jim: ninth round draft choice. you have overpowering stuff and you hope anywhere in the strike zone they call it. >> gary: roberts to second

base, castillo, and that will do it in the inning. 

>> jim: take a look at our summary. major league home run for matt wieters that will make it 3-1.

bases loaded, 4-3 orioles. walk to cora, then the double play ball. hendrickson comes in, gets out of trouble. you could see markakis with a great night. matt wieters with his first career home run. gary sheffield doing what he's been doing forever, it seems, hitting home runs. there are the number for johnson. >> gary: johns you now needs to put in a couple of innings. this is another one of the games with the starter going just five innings, you're asking the bullpen to carry a big load and jim johnson, the rested one, last pitched on the 12th against atlanta and only a third of an inning. gave up a couple of hits in that appearance. ground ball towards second base. beltran retired. so he's been held to a single

in four at-bats. >> jim: you talked about his last appearance against atlanta. came in throwing 97. he had five days off. got himself in trouble trying oh get people out with the change-up and the curveball. he did not do a good job that night of receipt reeding the bats of the atlanta hitters. he's got a good curveball. his sinker is his best pitch. >> gary: now faces wright. wright has gone 0 for 3 in the ballgame, 2 for 8 in the series. he still has the 11-game hit streak. with 31 rbi's in his last 43 ballgames. he's tied for 7th in the league with doubles with 19 of those. he's put up great numbers on the road, as well. that's the pitch that they have been able to get him with. >> jim: koji uehara doesn't

throw as hard. that's 96 diving. jim johnson lengthened his stride last year. the ball will start at the middle of the plate. >> gary: fouled off. wright is having to make an adjustment seeing a lot of pitches that are in and up on him that he can't get up to. talk to keith hernandez about it, that's what the book is becoming on wright, at least for the moment. see where johnson goes. back inside but missed with it. and a two-ball, two-strike count. >> jim: at 98. jim johnson, most tall pitchers, he's about 6'5", they shorten their stride. last year he lengthened it. but it's difficult to pitch in. the one thing about koji uehara, we know about the splitter in our scouting report, but he commanded his fastball very well tonight.

jimmy johnson relying more on the sink. >> gary: he went around on it. an unhappy david wright heads off. good job by jim johnson. wright retired and there are two down in the inning. the orioles have announced a series of baseball camps designed for boys and girls 7 to 16. the instructional program, player appearances, current player, former oral yole. -- form oriole. click on fan forum to register. reimold there. church retired. good job by johnson who gets it done in a hurry.  - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on.

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minor leagues. brian matusz made his first start for bowie to and was it an impressive one. he pitched six innings, gave up just three hits, no earned runs and struck out 10. he is in a position to get his first win. also want to mention, troy patten was promoted to triple-a norfolk, he did get the loss, six innings pitched. gave up five earned runs. >> jim: how about our number one draft choice from last year, brian matusz. >> gary: heading north. yes, he is. >> jim: then troy patten, along with the seven hits, i get three home runs. he still pitched into the sixth inning. mr. bobblehead in a tie game. >> gary: he's due here on his

night. he will work against parnell who delivers that fastball. this is one of those man know y man know situations. leading off here, bottom half of the 7th inning. a walk, a run scored, a ground ball and a fly ball out. the pitch is taken outside for a ball. >> jim: when you're a young pitcher and you miss with a breaking ball, you know adam's sitting on a fastball. you trust your stuff or you come back with another slider. that's going to be about 98. so johnson throwing 98. >> gary: that's something adam jones can drive. >> jim: it's got to be out over the plate a little more. >> gary: gets the arms extended. >> jim: you're hitting off

bobby parnell's fastball anyway because it's that good. >> gary: and that will be fouled away. big averages against parnell, left-handers .359 and right- handers .2906789 so the batting average against him has been pretty high both ways. >> jim: a lot of injuries on this club. so he probably rushed a little bit to the big leagues. it's more about velocity and probably at this jngt tour in his career, more of a thrower than a pitcher. >> gary: got him on the inside corner. no argument there. and our freeze cam brought to you by frost brewed coors light, the world's most refreshing beer. >> jim: there's your first at- bat. a crisp single on a change-up to right field. then this time a fastball. then the third time, and you could see the bat had each of

them tonight out in front. >> gary: we're going to get a pitching change. that will be it for parnell in the seventh inning. 

>> gary: left-hander against left-hander. pedro feliciano. >> jim: same match-up as last night. and where is jose when we need him. probably singing where. nick markakis. >> jim: back-to-back strikeouts for feliciano against markakis and huff last night. >> gary: three for three ballgame tonight and a run scored for nick. huff has an rbi. melvin mora picked up an rbi. matt wieters two rbi's with the homer. feliciano's pitch is outside for a ball. the count will go to 2-0. >> jim: let's see if nick gets a fastball on a fastball count. last night feliciano was ahead of both markakis and huff, and they saw the big sweeping

breaking ball that he has. >> gary: .234 off the lefties. he's taking and it is in there for a strike. he was going it make him throw a strike. john green, whom we've seen in game one, in the bullpen. aubrey huff waiting on deck. tie game in the seventh. feliciano, the 2-1 delivery. that rides inside. markakis forces him into a 3-1 count. feliciano's only allowed four first batters out of 35 to reach base against him, coming out of the bullpen this year. markakis will take a time-out here.

classic match-up here late in the ballgame. and it will go full. >> jim: he starts way on the first base side of the pitching rubber. he steps at you. the big sweeping breaking ball, we haven't seen it yet. last year led the major leagues with 89 appearances. he was a work horse. >> gary: a chopper, they were playing that way. cora can't get it, base hit. quality at-bat and nick markakis has a four-hit ballgame. four singles tonight. >> jim: i was talking to alex, i said you really came and got that ball last night very quickly. he said because the infield is very hard here. all of a sudden balls caroming through. a little topspin. cora's trying to catch it.

maybe gets off the glove a little bit to slow it down. >> gary: that's his second four hit ballgame of the year. the mets have the potential go- ahead run on with their eighth hit of the night. huff has an rbi, 42 on the year. almost got away. >> jim: look where schneider is and look where the ball goes. nick markakis already, and he's got a big lead already with the steal tonight. i don't know what kind of move feliciano harks but he's very quick to the plate. that's a huge lead. >> gary: one down here in the 7th inning. >> jim: you want to deliver the ball to home plate in under 1.3

seconds. about as quick as you can get. >> gary: orioles trying to get to a number that they haven't reached in a while. that's that four run number. they have had only, they've had more than four runs, only twice in the last 25 games. they've got four in this one. and they've got to get more if they're going to win it. that is inside. feliciano takes the count to 2- 2. feliciano clearly likes to work hitters. trying to get nick markakis to chase a couple of pitches away on aubrey huff. he's come in with that fastball inside on him, trying to catch the inside corner and quick to the plate. huff takes that one to right field, on his way back, good- bye home run, aubrey huff! a two-run shot and the orioles are back on top 6-4.

>> jim: we talked about adjustments. last night he struck out. this time he gets a hanging breaking ball. third home run against left- handed pitching. ryan church took a couple of steps and watched it sail onto the courtyard here. >> gary: so aubrey huff gets out of the home run drought. he gets one here and the orioles are back on top. melvin mora for a strike. so feliciano who was brought in to get the left-handers out gives up a single to markakis and a two run homer to aubrey huff.

melvin mora, a single in three times to the plate. a chopper towards the middle and another base hit. so a two-hit night for more ra. and the orioles keep it going against feliciano here in the 7th inning with only one down. and more action, brian stokes up in the bullpen. >> jim: the irony is feliciano has given up four home runs, three to lefties, even though the numbers have been that low. it's really about making quality pitches. you know, the markakis ball, to nick's credit, he hung in there with two strikes. then he hung a slider, then melvin mora found a hole.

again, that's -- i don't think the first what, 101 games is only a microcosm of the way huff and markakis can hit, because they really hang in against them. power numbers go down from just about every lefty. but they are tough outs for left-handed pitchers. even to specialists like feliciano. >> gary: luke scott stands in 0- 3 in the ballgame. runner at first base, one out. that one to the hole the other way. great stop cora and gets the out at second base on a beautiful pick by luis castillo. >> jim: the amazing thing about major league shortstops, is that you know they don't practice these plays. again, he's kind of going over towards third. he's got to jump back. that's a backhand over your shoulder toss. castillo has won three gold gloves. they ought to give one right there for