jew likto think - >> jim: he elevates this ball, hadn't done it that often, and aubrey huff gets that front ft down, and there is no better p and out over the plate hitter than aubrey huff. you like to get him out with slow stuff, and try to get him out on his front foot. couldn't do it there. >> gary: now melvin mora.

he had a single first time up, 6-game hit streak. 5 for 14 off hernandez, and that's to shortstop. on you'll come to oriole park for the debut f 2110 utah streetright center s named for nick markakis and andy we are. for $21, you can get a and recen t-shirt. hope you show up. for the opening of 2110 utah, right there. two down. and luke scott who delivered a single p stands in with the bases empty. >> jim: one thing that livan s

done well, low numbers of runners in scoring position. >> gary: he has an incredible good record, 5-1 for an oppont batting average to go with itf .295. >> jim: he does know how to pitch. i get the feeling he will ph around people, he can do thatn any citi field, because that'a pitcher's ballpark. he has a great field for pitching. last year he started out the year in the american league, struggled, got picked up by colorado. >> gary: interleague games, a magnificent 19 win mark. >> jim: i think what, mike mussina with more wins? >> gary: it wasn't in the stre zone, and it's 3-1. >> jim: if you're going to cal

this when it received by santos, it's a ball. but where did it go over in relationship to his knees? probably, maybe was very clos. >> gary: 3-1 delivery. that is on the outside corner for a strike. and it goes to 3-2. >> jim: luke, who is a very respectful guy says you know what? it was outside. and i think it was. but that's the way the strike zone is tonight. >> gary: tonight. yeah. it's been that way right from the get-go. so hernandez, see what he does 3-2. comes back again. butts that almost right down the middle of the plate. luke scott is really upset. can't believe it as he he wals away, flips the bat and helmet. not quite. ♪ when i need a tasty treat ♪ ♪ a pick me up that lifts me off my feet ♪ ♪ i know what can cool us off! ♪

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wisconsin company! kenosha. everything is close in wisconsin. >> gary: santos, we're covering the bases. and that's the man, jason berken. >> jim: he's done a terrific job. another thing you have to consider is he has been with - both wieters was in double a, and so was jason. there's a great connection. >> gary: and another great off speed pitch. that's the one working for him tonight. santos a strikeout vehicle at this point, one walk, six strikeouts, and one hit for te mets. that was a single by castilo that came in the third inning. >> jim: we are seeing a lot of body language from the hitters. every time a close pitch is called a strike, you see the shoulders drop, and again, he threw him a great 0-1 curveball, but the first juan, omir thout was high. now it's 0-1, threw him a good one, 0-2. now hitting behind. it's a big strike zone, you

better not take the borderline pitch. you'll be grabbing air and heading back to the dugout to get your equipment on. >> gary: 1-2 delivery. that is swung on and missed. by far for jason berken, his best outing. >> jim: even when he throws a backup slider. watch wieters, it just spins, but hitters will tell you. you think, you anticipate it breaking down and away. it spins, backup slider kind of comes toward you. >> gary: here is the leader board by firestone, a tradition of innovation. fewest strikeouts, this is by the hitters. these two teams have struck ot the fewest teams, houston, seattle and yankees. yet tonight, berken has 7 strikeouts against this mets team, which has the fewest strikeouts in the majors that he's doing it again against. martinez grounded out his firt time up. and that one in the air to let

center field. jones coming over. >> jim: mr. bobblehead. he got a new glove today. it weighed about 7 pounds. i said you cannot use that glove. it looks pretty, he goes no, that's just -- they send it to me, and i said don't bring it out. nobody will want to dance with you out there with that glove. >> gary: here's castillo, and the unusual shift as they move scott over to the line way in. jones in center playing like a softball center field. markakis straightaway in right. and it is inside. two down. castillo has the only hit for the mets, a single that came in the third inning. other thing berken is doing he lasted 4 and a third, and 3 13

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now. i don't think he's going anywhere any time soon. >> jim johnson, there's lots of questions, he's been pitchingo well as a reliever, but the question was asked, could we e him in another role? >> i've been asked would he be a starter again? doesn't sound like they have any rotation to put him in the -- we were asked about what he coul, would he be a closer. that's something that trembley left as an option. he has the makeup to do it. that bulldog mentality, so mae if shell was moved, -- sherrill was moved, he would be the most likely. they love the setup now, but he could be a closer. >> sherrill is about five or x years older than jim johnson. and. >> he needs to get out of here and -- [ indiscernible ] he'll go to sarasota.

he told me july 2nd, he'll be in because which, making his first -- bow which, making his first injury rehab appearance. >> gary, jim? >> gary: amber, thank you. she's yelling! >> jim: she's right here. >> gary: we can hear you. you can't miss rock. got to see some old country land, her family coming back from greece, family members fm the old hometowns in greece. that's great. got that one to left field. curve to the pole, and it will be a fall ball. -- it will be a foul ball. >> jim: and --

>> gary: here's the deal. i'd say, gather -- i was over a.m.ed. -- i was over amped. >> gary: put that in the baseball vernacular. >> jim: yes. >> gary: off the end of the b. oh, my goodness. he stopped it before it went foul. believing it wasn't going to. wigginton is on. >> jim: if he picks it up, its not an easy play. even though the runner is supposed to be in the last --f he just picked this up, it's n 

 

throw to get the . hernandez makes up for the play he didn't make at first by making that one on wigginton t third to get the lead runner. >> jim: if you're going to commit yourself, you better make it. maybe just a little hard, nt down the line. another five feet towards the third baseline. he's got to go along the way, and then you got yourself, we know wigginton can run, becaue you said he could.

he is but that's a conventional plays, you throw the ball, you cover third, you can see write stay back, he goes back to the bag. if you don't make a good bunti guess andino is more of a home run hitter. >> gary: runners on at first and second. brian roberts coming up. orioles with just the 1-0 lead on andino home run. roberts down the third, that s a fair ball! that will bring home matt wieters it is a 2-0 lead on a brian roberts double. >> jim: a nice judgment by the orioles, second, third time through the order. -- nice adjustment by the orioles. just slicing it into left f. roberts can do this in his

sleep. terrific bat head to the ball, and wieters is going to score easy as andino goes to third. and roberts at second. >> gary: brian coming in third in the league in doubles. he picks up the rbi. the orioles get the 2-0 lead, still just one away, and two e still in scoring position. >> jim: and they are going to bring the infield in for thy with the best numberses with guys in scoring positions. will take the pitch from hernandez away, so he has the big advantage going with the infield drawn in. >> jim: the first six orioles tonight in the lineup have batting averages over .300 wih runners in scoring position. and adam leads the pack. i said it's simple. you're struggling a little bi, expanding the strike zone, and if you swing at balls, that's what you're going to get. he said i know. that's what keith hernandez

said. the swing looking a little , and it always looks long if you're chasing balls. especially with the power arms that the mets have shown in te couple of games. >> gary: andino is hardly off the bag. jones hitting .362 with runnes in scoring position. markakis .324, and reports .302. and that's the pitch he's been chasing that he needs to stay away from. and he gets ahead on the count. >> jim: we saw it off bobby parnell who throws from 93 to 97. he went 1-0, swung at a balp and in. if he takes the pitch 2-0, he's not throwing them a slider. >> gary: he's got that 2-0 cot he wants. and there it is again, outside. first base is open here, but u got nick markakis waiting on deck. hernandez, left-hander .278 off him, and right-handers .313. 6 home runs with an one hit by markakis, 6 by lefties, five y

right-handers. so not a significant differene in any of those departments, right or left handed against hernandez. 3-0 counts. see if he has a green light. he takes it, it is there for a strike, as he moved it in a little bit. 3-1. >> jim: the number for livan hernandez. .184 with runners in scoring position, that's an amazing number. that is how, as you said, high batting average, been able to get out of trouble. >> gary: 3-1 count. outfield deep, very deep with the infield in. 3-# delivery, and jones will -- 3-1 delivery, and jones will foul it back. the other back yards number that hernandez has that stays trueo what jim was talking about is with runners on base, hitters are .240 against him. when the baits are empty, they are -- bases are empty, it's .338.  jim: we've seen a 89-mile n hour fastball tonight until that

pitch, 3-1 count. good hitter. there are the numbers you're talking about. a huge difference. any time you get that kind of swing, this tells me this is a veteran guy that can have -- subtract a little, try to get you out front. and when it lulls you to slee, try to throw one by you. this would be a slider down ad away, i would imagine. >> gary: jones had to wait on it. a hanger that was up around hs eyes. >> jim: livan hernandez is fortunate here because he hangs it kind of clint eastwood her. hang em high. he can't quite get to it. >> gary: wow. >> jim: we saw santos strike off berken on a backup slider. sometimes you see it, you try to wait, and you just can't quite do that. >> gary: 3-2 counts, one down. jones takes it and bases are loaded. they want 0 a check, but he didn't go.

good patient at-bat by jones, the first walsh for hernandez. and nick mark will stands in with the -- and nick markakis will stand in with the bases full. nick has struck out and grod out against hernandez independence with the fielders choice, roberts the double, joins the walk -- andino with the fielder's choice, roberts the double, and jones the walk. >> jim: markakis is very much like not a switch hitter, but much like one of my former teammates, kenny singleton. and kenny always trusted the umpire to know the strike zone. when gets called on out on balls off the plate, it from your traits him, but that is reali. some guys have bigger strike zones than others. >> gary: markakis has one grand slam this year, 2 for 7.

that's a borderline strike. once he established that, it is more difficult to hit. >> gary: orioles with a chance to get to hernandez. bull pens is stirring for the mets. 0-1. markakis will take that one y outside. 1-1. hernandez will continue to do the same thing with the bases loaded that he's done with nobody on. same kind of at-ease pitching, trying to get hitters to chase. >> jim: as we look at jerry manuel, hoping that somehow livan can extricate him from e situation, adam jones plays an important part. he needs to break up the double play. or the potential double play. john shelby is telling him that. don't get doubled up. get a good primary lead, secondary lead. murphy playing behind him at

first. >> gary: nick has grounded ino tour double plays this year -- four double plays this year. markakis will foul that one away. wright will give chase, and there will be no play, and a 2 count on markakis. orioles trying to take the series by winning game 3 as these two teams have split 6-4 games in the first two. victory for the orioles would give them a successful home stand, 5-4, before taking off for philadelphia for the three game series there facing three left handed starters. dave trembley noting there wil be five lefties in the next six games against the orioles. which means he'll be, there will be a lot of players coming and going. >> jim: double switches, he ws talking about the opportunityo use some of his bench players. >> gary: markakis goes down swinging and hernandez put t

right where he wanted it that time. >> jim: let's go back to the sequence. remember, he struck out the first time. check out this pitch. that was a ball, but they cald it a strike. 1-1. pretty good swing there on a slider. then once again, once you establish that you can get the outside corner and you can see right there, perfect pitch. .184 with runners in scoring position coming to the point w of being very important for livan hernandez. >> gary: aubrey huff, bases loaded. it is just a 2-0 lead. the home run by andino, rbi double by roberts here in the 5th inning. but a base hit here would chae those numbers in a hurry. aubrey huff with the sacks full this year, 2 for 4, both hits have been doubled. 1-0 delivery. staying outside and missed wih it. and falls behind 2-0. >> jim: i think also if you are

a young pitcher like jason berken, sitting -- this can be one of those roller coaster innings. you think you get more runs. coming up -- it is big if the orioles can add some runs. >> gary: there's berken. the orioles starter. >> jim: he's been magnificent tonight. >> gary: 2-0 delivery. a breaking ball in there for a strike. 2-1. >> jim: did you ever play whiffle ball in the backyard? that's what livan hernandez -- what do you mean? i can command the ball. what a feel for pitching. >> gary: that breaking ball is just moving slowly but moving. >> jim: but he throws it in sh unlikely counts. >> gary: the shift is on. huff will take it inside. no place to put him. and a 3-1 count with the bases loaded. >> jim: well!

>> gary: will he give in? >> jim: not likely. if he does, it will be a mistake. he's doing to try to thread oe of the corners. >> gary: key moment in the ballgame. >> jim: remember what huff did last night, looked for the slider off feliciano. he mate sit on a break ball here. >> gary: aubrey huff -- perfectly positioned at secd base, and hernandez works his way around it, giving up only one in the inning. that's the line drive to end . orioles have a 2-0 lead. 

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