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>> jim: it is a warm andhumid night in n miami as the orioles get set to take on the marlins. final game of the three-game series as the others look to bounce back after dropping the first two to the n. l. east marlins. hi, everyone. i'm jim hunter. thank you for joining us tonight as the orioles close out the national league on the road portion of the interleague play before heading home. of course, for every major league manager, they take losses very, very tough. last night, especially so for the orioles skipper dave trembley because not only was he not happy with the loss, he was not happy with the effort. here is what he said after the game. a lot of the success we've had recently has been because we've played very good baseball and because we've played all 237 outs. we gave away some outs and that was really the difference in the game.

joined now by buck martinez. buck, you always want to be able to control your effort and trembley felt last night orioles didn't do that. as a result, that led to the defeat. >> buck: yeah t-sure d it was part a a depart injury from what we saw in philadelphia when they swept the reigning world champ the philadelphia phillies. each of the three, rich hill, brad bergesen and jeremy guthrie pitched into the seventh inning. the defense was on their toes because the pitchers threw a lot of strikes. a lot about standing defense and clutch hitting. close ballgames, it makes just one or two good the difference. in florida, a different story. brushing mistakes. fielding -- baserunning mistakes, fielding to give the marlins extra outs and they took full advantage of it. matt wieters' first error and emilio bonifacio would score from first base when felix pie held the ball too long. that was the difference in the ballgame. when you look at the two series, it's quite a departure. 3-0 in philadelphia. they've lost the first two games here and scored five runs

per game in philadelphia. different story down here and they only hit .240 against a very good florida marlins pitching staff. they have to grind and win this game. a 4-2 road trip isn't bad, but it's not as good as you expected when you start out 3- 0. >> jim: nick markakis last night in right field picked up another outfield assist gunning down a runner at the platement for ach an every day player, a hitter might going into a slump. day in and day out, you can help your team defensively. >> buck: you sure can especially when you throw out a runner at the plate it makes you feel like you've hate home run. nick markakis has been consistent with his defense. mechanically, he dawz lot of rings things right. he charges the ball well, he has a strong, accurate arm, and he's always given the infielders a good throw to make plays on. last night he picked up his ait's eighth assist of the evening. he's halfway to his total a year ago. he led last the major leagues last year with 17 assists. nick markakis takes a lot of pride in what he does. i asked him what his check list is as he prepares to make a throw to the plate.

>> anytime you have run aer on second base, you're always thinking, anticipating what if the ball is hit to me trying to position yourself. you know, when it's hit to you, the main part is executing and it that's always the the -- always the tough part and you have to think scenarios in your head before it actually happens. >> how much does it matter the score, where you are in the game, who the runner is? for instance, hermida last night probably an average run her in your estimation. >> yeah, aid chance to play him a lot younger. you know, it was one of those inbetween. he kind of -- you didn't know if he was going to fall or not. he ended up going and third base coach ended up leaving him. i put a good throw in. [ no audio ] we told him you find it, you keep it. this is so sexy. but macs to me are

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difficulties. you don't expect a power failure to occur right in the middle of going on the air, but that's exactly what happened right in the middle of nick markakis talking with buck about defense the power went out. we have some of the power back on and we're able to get back on the air and bring you this finale. fortunately, buck, we have not miss add pitch. >> buck: yeah, it was some of my best work, jim. [ laughter ] >> jim: i smell emmy. >> buck: yeah, here we go with big sean west. 6'8", sean west, big left- hander that has come back from shoulder surgery. he had labrum surgery in 2007. he is 6'8". the rest of the pitching staff, they can all play power forward for the miami heat. they're all over 6'6" except ricky nolasco. sean west is 6'8" can be a very intimidating opponent. >> jim: jung young man just 23 years old and he began the year in double-a. here is another one of the pitchers, buck, double-a baseball, phone call away. there's a need on the big league club, you come up and

get chance. >> buck: one thing marlins have done over the years is draft and develop power arms. this is another one of them. we mention, oftentimes we hear people, and i guess you could say probably 70% of the pitchers that we've seen over the last several years have had some sort of surgery, but shoulder surgeries are very difficult to come back from. as you'll see during the course this have evening, sean west has come back very effectively. >> jim: had that surgery. miss all of those seven. in 2008, he spent the entire season in a-ball the florida state league at jurpter. we're under way as he misses low to brian roberts. brian has been really hot on this road trip. he has hit now in six straight games including all five on the trip. there's a strike, 1-1. >> buck: you can see brian is going to take a few pitches and get an idea what he's dealing with tonight with sean west. this is the first time they have seen the big left-hander. >> jim: down and away. 2-19 count. the weather was unusually good in the sense that there was not the usual late afternoon shower, so it was a normal day

at the ballpark. marlins took their bp. orioles took their bp. ball three. brian has not only hit in six consecutive games. he has scored a run in five consecutive games. getting on base trying to here to begin the game. the pitch is there for a strike. he took all the way, 3-2. west is out of houston, texas. dave trembley looking on from the orioles bench. a pop foul out of play. so, now, six pitches into the at-bat, brian has seen pretty much everything that west can throw. >> buck: yeah, he's a big, strong kid. they're going to watch his pitch count. he's only gofn over 100 pitches once three starts ago against the giants in an eight-inning, two-hit effort. >> jim: another pitch to roberts. he got a lot of it, but foul. orioles have lost two in a row. as buck mentioned, they are 3-2 now on the trip.

a 4-2 trip if you had said that before heading to philadelphia, you would have said to dave trembley, hey, how did 4-2 go, he'd say ok. here is the 3-2. swing and a miss. he got him on a wreabl. very -- breaking ball. very good pitch by west. one away in the oriole first. >> buck: one thing you don't expect when you're facing a young starter is a 3-2 hook in your first at-bat. he drops his slider on him. a very good slider and a -- in a good spot down and in. brian swings over the top of it. west has a good fastball at 94 miles per hour and a good late, breaking slider. >> jim: he is averaging since coming to the big leagues, this is only his seventh start. just under six strikeouts for every nine innings he works. here is nick markakis. slices it to left field. on the move, he can't get it! he goes into a dive and it got by him. markakis heads to second base. coghlan a good effort but

couldn't reach it. >> buck: nick markakis taking advantage of the brian roberts' at-bat e got to see a lost pitches from sean west. jumps on the first fastball. chris coghlan only played one game in the outfield before they called him up to the big leagues. he's an infielder. he's done an ok job. that's a real challenge for even a seasoned left fielder a line drive off the bat of a left-hander is going to sleight slice awhich from you. -- slice away from you. >> jim: orioles have a chance to getted on board here in the first. here is one of the best hitters on the team hitting in these spots with runners in scoring position. adam jones was given most of last night off. he takes low, 1-0. jones is batting .367 with runners in scoring position. that is second best in the american league. i think kevin youkilis the only hitter in the league ahead of adam jones. he pops it up.

right side of the infield. the second baseman dan uggla calls off cantu. uggla has it. two men down. in in at-bat, jones can't get it done. markakis at second with two away. >> buck: one thing ding different with this ball club in this series compared to the philadelphia phillies series, they have not come one key hits. they've had plenty of scoring opportunities especially in the first inning and last nightate's game. they had a runner at third base and couldn't score after brian roberts had hit that leadoff bathe base hit and pie had a base hit hient behind him. first and second, nobody out and you end up with nothing. >> jim: two down. here is ty wigginton batting cleanup. he's playing at first base tonight. aubrey huff the early part of the game off. it's low, 1-0. we'd like to apologize for the technical problems as we came on the air doing our open to the telecast. there's a bay here where both the marlins and the orioles television trucks where all the transmissions are generated from. the power in that entire bay went down.

the marlins television truck still does not have their power. they're having difficulty. they just did now get back on. we apologize. our technicians are working very hard in the truck to get all of the computers back up and everything going. it's not what you expect after you go on the air. it's like somebody pulled the plug except nobody did. two out. wigginton a-strike. 2-1. >> buck: second time we have seen sean west throw breaking balls when he's behind in the count. he's got a lot of confidence. boy, he has been a real pleasant surprise since they called him up from double-a. as jim mentioned, his seventh start. >> jim: he was a compensation pick after the first round in 2005. wigginton pops it up. again, it's uggla at second base. he waits. it's a mile up there. it finally comes down. he makes the catch and the inning ends. a one-out double, a man left. we'll head to the bottom of the first in miami. no score.

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blowing out towards center field. another warm rand humid night. southwest airlines startling lineups for the marlins. coghlan, bonifacio and ramirez. cantu, uggla and paulino. cody ross in center field. big time series 6-9, a couple of rbi's including two doubles. brett carroll gets a start in right and sean west the pitcher fwats bats nineth -- bats nie ninth. fredi gonzalez has stacked his lineup with right-handed batters against rich hill. coghlan at the plate is the only left-hand batter of the position players. bonifacio, who is on deck, is a switch hitter. he'll bat from the right side. there's a strike as rich hill comes back. 1-1 the count. >> buck: time for the pnc scouting report for rich hill. fastball, curve ball, changeup. he made a great, early adjustment last night owm -- time out against the phillies and had a couple of good at- bats that led to an rbi. might be an asset for him tonight as he'll get chance to

hit. >> jim: he even pinch-hit one time in this series because dave trembley ran out of position players. there are the numbers for rich on the year making his eighth start. 1-2, he got him. good curve ball down and away. coghlan down on strikes. one away. >> buck: can throw a lot of striems strikes with his fastball. you're going to see a lot of these ugly swings on his curve ball because nobody can stay back. it's a big, wide sweeper. you don't see many big breaking balls like rich hill's. that's why it's so effective and allows him to retire coghlan so easily to start the game. >> jim: rich is without a doubt a strikeout pitch her in large part because of that big curve ball. he's averaging 7 1/2 k's for every nine innings he works. bonifacio shows bunt. he takes a strike. the other thing that rich hill has done a very good job of this year is keeping the ball

in the ballpark. he's allowed over his first seven starts just one home run and that was by ryan zimmerman of the nationals in the interleague series in dc. ryan zimmerman hits home runs against against a lost guys. that's the only home run he allowed all year. >> buck: yeah, it was a two-run home run in spacious nats park. other than that, he hasn't given up too many long, fly balls. >> jim: bonifacio swings through it. he's counsel on -- down on strikes. back-to-back k's. for the first time tonight, let's head downstairs and welcome in amber. >> a lot happening with koji uehara. we told you last night he's experiencing soreness in his elbow. toofs it had determined -- today, it was determined when he goes home to the orioles, he will see the team dr. he will examine him and determine whether he's healthy enough to make the scheduled start sunday against the nationals f he is not, most likely it will be david hernandez recalled from triple-a norfolk though dave trembley did not confirm that. he said it was pretty self-

explanatory why hernandez was pulled from the game in norfolk last night. >> jim: as dave trembley was asked that, he looked at the reporter about david hernandez and he said, well, he was pulled after four innings. i think you can figure that out as amber said, self- explanatory. hanley ramirez swings through it. it's no balls and two strikes. >> buck: obviously, the president of baseball separations -- operations is on the trip andy macphail. there's a lot of conversation going on about preventative moves and whatever you might have to do should the news not be good after the examination tomorrow. >> jim: 0-2, he got him. what a start for rich hill. three strikeouts, three swinging strikeouts, and marlins go in order, three up, three down. so, rich hill looking for his fourth win gets them in order in the first. and a few things we want to pay for. on top of it all, we're still trying to put away some money for the future.

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it back. melvin has a modest three-game hitting streak going. the orioles try to get one in the series and go 4 2-on the trip before heading home to face the nationals tomorrow night. here is the ball hit haul hard to second. uggla is right there and gets it to first. one down. mora is retired. one away in the second. here is the southwest airlines starting lineup for the orioles. roberts, markakis and jones with wigginton batting cleanup. melvin mora, .375 over the last nine games. reimold, wieters, andino and rich hill the pitcher batting ninth. nolan reimold now in the number six spot. takes a fastball high. mentioned last night that reimold and luke scott will be thrilled to get back to baltimore for tomorrow's investigate. there's only three games left in interleague and they will be american league rules at camden yards this weekend which means

reimold can count on being in left field and luke scott cancount on dhing or at least have the option to do so. orioles will face yet ano left-handed pitcher tomorrow. so, dave trembley always has the option of putting wigginton in there, but you get the hitter back. >> buck: it's been an unbelievable stretch of left- handers they have faced lately going all the way back to the seattle series on the west coast. >> jim: sheer base hit to right eld for nolan reimold. good piece of hitting there going with it and he's on with a one-out single. the orioles have their and nd brunner >>let's take a look at the pnc scouting report for the big left-hander sean west. fastball, slider, changeup. he has a very smooth delivery. that's a problem for hitters because you don't anticipate he's going to throw 96-97 miles pehourmenteapon he keeps his fastball at the knees and lower, he's practically unhittable. there's great, late movement down in the strike zone, but if he elevates a bit, you'll see bathes base hits just like nolan reimold.

>> jim: matt wieters, switch hitter batting right takes low. wieters number seven in the lineup hitting at .261. numbers against sean west this year pretty interesting when you look at the left-handers versus right-handers. very few left-handers face him. in fact, there have been now with markakis in this game only 20 at-bats by left-handers ragainst west. they have seven hits. wiers deep to righfield! back it goes! carroll at the wall. he has it for the out. reimold hutt hustling to get back to first base. so, wieters just missed -- ses it t the opsite way and plong fly ball out and two down. >> buck: now, that's a big, powerful swing from the right side. we've seen him hit power to the opposite field as a left-handed hitter. now he shows an awful lot of power. this ball is out over the plate

and he really drives it. got underkneed neat it. good extension through the zone and drives it through the wall. brett carroll is an outstanding defender in right field made a catch on the warning track and he's got one of the best arms in baseball so reimold has to hurry back to first. >> jim: two down. here is robert andino playing again at shortstop. reimold now at first with two down. there's a strike with a fastball. the left-handed batter 7-20 against west. that's a .350 batting average. most managers seem to stack their lineups as dave trembley did tonight with right-handed batters against west. he held righties to a .190. >> buck: the lefties that stay in the lineup against west are the better hitters like nick markakis. the every day players. he just heabt hasn't had his feet on the ground in the big leagues to draw a conclusion from that because he is jucht just trying to get comfortable and throw strikes and not

really finishing off his pitches to left-handed hitters at this point. he's an intriguing guy. here he is 6'8", creates a tremendous age throwingdown downhill which is always a problem for a hitter. he throws 96. he has a good slider he'll throw anytime and has a changeup that complements those first two pitches. >> jim: ball and a strike on andino. high fly ball center field. back on it is cody ross. he has a lot of room out there and he has it for the out. the orioles go down in the second. one-out single and a man left. tonight, we are covering the bases with rich hill back to his little league days in massachusetts. no score. we head to the bottom of the second. commute.

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