there. >> jim h.: if you live up in the country, those kind of things are good. there's a walk. so aubrey huff is on and the orioles have two on and two down. let's head downstairs and welcome in amber. >> nolan reimold is back in the fifth spot. he told me it's where he feels comfortable. dave trembley said realistically he could have been bumped up to the fifth spot about a month ago but he didn't want to overload the rookie with too much too soon. he's a power hitter but he doesn't free swing. he shows discipline. he can draw walks. he can hit to the right side of the field. dave trembley said he credits his ability to listen and also his nature with why he's been able to develop so quickly here in the big leagues. >> jim h.: thank you very much. you see he's four out of his last eight. eight home runs on the year. he had nine in triple-a before his call up in mid may.

joined the team in kansas city. moving up to number five, more responsibility. he's got a good batting eye. >> jim p.: the great thing if you're a starting pitcher is when they get you two runs before you even go out there, because at least my theory was, i've got to give up three runs before i'm going to relinquish this lead. you don't command your stuff, all of a sudden you're going to allow the orioles to get some guys on base. they've already done that. and you get into hitters counts. you got a guy on deck who can hit the ball out of the ballpark with one swing, you can be trailing. what did you say, not question your stuff, not going after him. probably pitching more defensively than you'd like. >> rob: he starts nibbling. there he had to come in, 3-1 fastball. to a guy that can hit you out of the park right here and take the lead. >> jim p.: we saw last night,

reimold after the good change- up from detwiler made a great adjustment. >> jim h.: fouled off the other way. >> rob: the release point of shairon martis right here. you see his picking up his target. nice follow through. this morning i was watching tom davis, phil wood and dave johnson doing their radio stuff. in the minor leagues you're hitting 4th, here you're hitting 7th or 8th because you're not going to knock markakis or aubrey huff out of that 3-4 area. >> jim p.: reimold had one of those great springs. he led the team with six home runs. he quieted things down when he came back up. he can let the ball travel a little bit longer, pitch

recognition. steve out to have a little conversation. >> rob: and this won't be a pretty one either. it will be one of the things i've talked to steve about is challenging people with your best stuff. not getting beat with your second or third best pitch. but if you fall behind every hitter, you're going to get killed. you can't pitch like that at the big league level. >> bob: you were talking about hoping a young pitcher doesn't think too much. i'm wondering, here's a guy after seven starts was 5-0, over his last seven starts, hasn't won. >> rob: jack armstrong was with me in cincinnati. he won 11 games in the first half of the season and one in the second half. he started the all-star game. i truly believe, your mind is the worst thing for a pitcher. when you start to think and start to dissect what you're doing out there, you're going oh get into trouble. >> jim h.: there's a called strike on the outside corner.

>> jim p.: he's trying to dissect that call. we're pitchers. if you're martis, you want that pitch, even if it's a couple inches outside. the difference is, you take that pitch if it's 2-0. the numbers, even when he gets behind. talk about martis. 2-0, they're hitting 3 for 15. >> rob: it's that equalizer, the change-up is deadly from him. but already you've thrown everything in your repertoire in this first inning. there's no mystery to what martis features tonight. >> jim h.: and he's out on strikes, so martis gets out of it. ú hi, my meeting got moved up. i need to change my southwest flight. woman over phone: no problem. you know,

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 >> jim h.: so we go to the second. we'll see if guthrie finds his stuff. >> rob: do we have a contest to win one of these shirts? our shirts and our electric blue shirts?

>> jim p.: i'm rooting for extra innings and we can be a crossing guard tomorrow morning without even changing. >> rob: all you need is that orange strike across. >> jim h.: we like to push the envelope a little bit. ground ball towards the middle. there's andino. one down, as austin kearns is put aside. >> jim p.: this is really different. >> jim h.: this is a classic orange. >> rob: it matches the masn colors. >> jim p.: or the orioles colors. orange and black. >> bob: there it is. >> rob: got to be observant. >> jim p.: they did a better job on masn on my shirt than they did on the uniforms earlier on in the year. is it spelled right? what, did they forget the t? >> rob: that was the "o" on adam dunn. >> jim h.: a long throw, he got

him. and back-to-back outs on ground balls and two men down. here's your chance to save on tickets to upcoming o's games and pick up some exclusive memorabilia. you'll save on tickets to four upcoming games of your choice, including a prime game, plus for a limited time, purchase who tickets and receive an autographed photo of nolan reimold. if you purchase four, you'll get an autograph picture of matt wieters as well. so guthrie has now retired three in a row going back to the double play to end the first. back to the top of the line-up is willie harris. the bunt towards third, it's a beauty, melvin will let it roll and it's a foul ball, it just missed hitting the base. melvin gambled, it almost cost him. >> jim p.: i think he realized if i don't scurry after this one, because he's not going to catch him, he's not playing in,

which i'm not sure is a great idea, but now he's thinking this could be a double. he could keep going. you have to go back to that play against the marlins where he stole second, kept going as feel is pie held the ball and ended up scoring. so melvin is going i don't think with two outs we want willie at second base. >> rob: he's got some wheels. >> jim p.: he did that night. but it's not like you don't know it. it's not like it's the first time you've ever, if you do your due diligence, you know that willie harris, he's a little like mickey rivers, he can bunt. steal bases, contact guy. and you remember -- you weren't pitching back then, but when the reds played the yankees in, what, 1975, in the world series, pete rose had mickey

rivers about halfway up to home plate to take the bunt away. >> jim h.: high fly ball, left center field, reimold in. and the left fielder makes the grab and a good comeback inning by jeremy guthrie. a few years behind me, it seems i've got three times the bills i used to. and they're getting in the way of things i'd like to do. with the money bar, i can move my money around instantly, so when there's more bills than usual, it's no problem. and i use the wish list to put any extra money aside for anything i want. being in control of my money feels good. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way.

 >> jim h.: nationals grabbed a 2-0 lead in the first. >> jim p.: a big night for melvin. over 150 at-bats without a home one -- run, but last night,

rbi's all over the ballpark. ended up with four which was more than he had all month long. so there you go. the orioles are hitting over .300 as a team. >> jim h.: first ball swinging. pops it foul down the right side. slicing back towards the crowd. and it's in the stands. zaun on deck, then robert andino will follow. we'll have a look at the leader board presented by firestone, a tradition of innovation. there are the orioles on top at .304, the only team in the major leagues in their home ballpark above .300. >> jim p.: what melvin said, it's not about one month. it's about the year. his manager said, well, his hitting instructor, but his manager said, hey, i was patient. i've got to do what's best for the team. moved him to second place and what did he do? he got four rbi's.

martis trying to do what you think most people would try to do, they didn't do it last night is try to run the ball in on melvin. likes it out over the plate a lot better. doesn't mean he can't hit the ball in, but you get enough base hits down and away, they start pitching you in. if you're swinging well, that's what terry crowley's hitting drills are designed to, short to the ball. >> rob: i think hitting and pitching are the same. they're over 90% mental. you put a guy in the seven hole and he relaxes a little more. >> jim p.: it's not like he's not hitting well with runners in scoring position. he just has not had as many opportunities as other orioles. >> jim h.: 2-2 on mora. >> jim p.: doesn't really matter if he's hitting 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8. he came in hitting .320 last night. >> rob: some guys don't want to hit 4th. some guys don't want to hit

lead-off. >> jim h.: harris is there, backs up on it. has it for the out. one away. if you look at the three rbi leaders on the team, huff has 50, markakis 47, jones 44. all season long, those three hitters have hit just in front of melvin mora. so sometimes you get those base hits after the other guys clear the bases. >> jim p.: the orioles have done such a splendid job of doing that. huff's has had 63 chances, markakis 85, jones, of course he's had 54. the numbers, if you look at the first six, seven hitters in the orioles line-up, they're almost all of them hitting over .300. >> jim h.: zaun swings through it. >> jim p.: that is with runners in scoring position, so they've done a terrific job. >> jim h.: martis looking for

his first win since the game against san francisco, san francisco traded him to the nationals for a left-handed pitcher mike stanton. >> rob: he's pitched 39 innings since then, 29 runs have scored and he's walked 19. given up 37 hits. he just has not been as sharp, and it's almost like he won five of his first seven starts and he started thinking about it. hey, i'm tops among rookies in wins. well, he's been at five for six weeks. you and i talked about this the last time we worked together. job one for a starting pitcher, go six or seven innings, nowadays, back in your day it was a complete game. try to give your team an opportunity to win. some starting pitchers have lost that kind of focus where my first job is to the team, to get to the sixth and seventh inning, be the bridge to the bullpen and not blow number the first few innings. >> jim h.: ripped to right field, down the line, fair or

foul? it is a home run! it got out, just by the foul pole. gregg zaun stays hot, the orioles get on the board. >> jim p.: it got around that foul pole pretty quickly. he pulverized this 2-2 fastball. you could see, down the middle. boy, does it get out of here in a hurry. >> jim h.: so zaun hits the home run, his third. he is now 7 for his last 10 with a couple of home runs. robert andino batting now and it's a one-run game. >> jim p.: real good defensive player. >> jim h.: nice hop there for alberto gonzalez, and he is

retired. two away here. >> jim p.: what an arm. >> rob: he's got a great arm. he's really changed. made a bunch of errors earlier in the year. got sent back to the minor leagues. came back, shortened up his swing, he's become more of a contact hitter. he's trying to put the ball in play. he's done great and his defense has improved also. >> jim h.: two down, here's brian roberts, his second at- bat. he swung at the first pitch in the bottom of the first, popped foul for the left fielder and he takes a strike. we were talking about brian roberts and willie harris both being drafted by the orioles in 1999. they were teammates in that 99 season and they each made their big league debut for the orioles in 2001. he was a shortstop still then and he came you and started at shortstop on june 14. willie was a september call up and he came up and started in center field. the tie between those two, as

melvin mora still with the orioles, was in each of those games, the game willie started, melvin played shortstop. the game roberts started, melvin played center field. then after that season, the orioles traded willie to chicago for chris singleton, and willie went on to have some good years there. played for the braves, now with the mets. >> rob: and willie was an integral part of that world championship team in chicago. then picked up by the nationals after that. he's a great clubhouse guy. he'll play anytime anywhere, and you saw the graphic a little earlier in the game. hit number almost .300 since he got back in the line-up every day. he was hitting under .200 when he was playing once a week. so you've got to get repetition. it's very difficult to be sitting on the bench and getting four or five at-bats a week, like gregg zaun. he was joking today with dave

trembley standing there, he goes, i was overexposed in the first six weeks. >> jim h.: that ends the inning. gregg zaun gets into one. his third home run. gs we all lk forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. boss: come on in, i had some other things you can tell people about geico - great claims service and a 97% customer satisfaction rate. show people really trust us. gecko: yeah right, that makes sense. boss: trust is key when talking about geico. you gotta feel it. why don't you and i practice that with a little exercise

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he will be assigned to bloomfield where he will go to the appear latch an league and begin his career and trying to make his way up through the minor leagues. as cristian guzman, hits it into right field. he is two out of two and the lead-off runner on here in the third inning. >> jim p.: that's the one thing brad bergesen was able to do early on last night. he got guzman out early. other than in the second inning he was very good about keeping that lead-off runner off the base. >> rob: this is the hitter the nationals have oh get going. had a great streak earlier in the season. has really struggled with power in the last month. >> jim p.: you think that is because when you're that hot, they adjust? >> rob: absolutely. you have to adjust. they've been throwing a lot of breaking balls away. a lot of fastballs in. if you don't adjust, move closer to the plate or move closer to the mound, they're

going to make the adjustments and make you go into a slump. they'll put you in a slump. >> bob: guthrie gets ahead. guzman has only one steal on the year an he's been caught three times. one run game, 2-1. bounced foul down the third-base line, past pat. >> jim p.: the nationals don't do a lot of running. 16 caught stealing. orioles come in at 37 steals, been caught 22 times. both these teams pretty much station to station. compared to some of the other teams in both of the leagues. and that's jeremy, 0-2, he misses the glove. i think that's a product of maybe overthrowing a little bit. the stuff is so good, and to me, 91 to 94 moves more than 96. >> rob: couldn't agree more. >> jim p.: for some guys. >> rob: but you could throw 98

straight down the middle and they'll hit it. but if you throw 91 that moves all over the place. >> bob: mora has it. back to first. and out at first base on the stretch by huff. melvin had a little trouble getting out of his glove and that caused brian roberts to get that throw rushing on its way to huff and they turned it 5-4-3. >> jim p.: going to get caught up in the glove. the high throw, then brian, high throw to a big first baseman aubrey huff who is bordering on 6'4". you can see guzman does a nice job of trying to break it up. being ahead of zimmerman allows him to get him to chase a ball up and in. >> rob: that's his 14th double play that he's grounded into this year. >> bob: that's not a category you aspire to lead your league

in. >> rob: no, it's not. it's making the adjustment. trying to hit behind the runner. be more of a hit-and-run type guy. nick johnson gets on all the time when he's in the two hole. he's out tonight. it's adjusting your mental approach. >> bob: high foul ball. adam dunn can hit them a long way. >> jim p.: he comes you and in. of course if you're going to go in, you better get it in, and he did. about the only place adam could hit that ball without breaking his bat was way foul, and he did that. >> bob: it's inside. >> jim p.: that's why the late l. rod hendricks would take batting practice. he'd be hitting them in the upper deck at memorial stadium almost over the dugout. used a 38-ounce bat. had to get it started. then what does he do in the

world series, the only ball he ever hit to left field right over the bag in the 70 world series. >> bob: high fly ball, towering fly ball, right center field. jones moving in on it. and adam has it for the out and the inning ends. ♪ sometimes the best way to get closer... is to get as far away from it all as possible. don't let erectile dysfunction get in the way. ♪ viva viagra! viagra, america's most prescribed ed treatment, can help you enjoy... a more satisfying sexual experience. ready to talk to your doctor? find out how at viagra.com ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. don't take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain... as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure.

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nationals baseball on masn brought to you by southwest airlines.   >> jim h.: well, it's beautiful down here by the inner harbor when it's 82 degrees and low humidity, as meteorologist jim palmer was chronicling for us a few moments ago. what a delightful night. >> jim p.: you don't have to be a meteorologist to know it's a lot nicer tonight than it was last night. they call it close. >> bob: for the nationals, the scoreboard would fall under that same heading. >> jim p.: but you've arrived. >> bob: i gave up 10 last night. >> jim p.: i get blamed for a lot ofthings %%--i  misfortunes.

>> bob: i'm just starting to learn. you've been at this a long time. so you've had a lot of -- >> jim . i jus mean% thingsare going wel %- >> rob: i'm very suspicious. >> jim p.: you go talk to tony, and if he lose that night, he goes, i can't talk to you. >> rob: that's the same thing about doing radio. if somebody goes ito a sl they i'mnotcoming  yoursow moe %- you inasump. >> bob: don't dare ask a hitter who is going good what he's doing. >> jim p.: no. >> rob: they don't want to know their earned run average. >> bob: 3-1 to jones who fouls one off on the right side. >> jim p.: he'd have a better series if he thook base on balls. that is the difference. you hit almost .360 in the mmay, high .280s. right there i think you getting aggressive and you start swinging at balls. that's how you get yourself out. >> bob: he hits the ball

extremely hard but rht at ronny belliard for the first out here in the third. it would be markakis and huff the next two hitters. >> rob: i played with reggie jackson who hit home runs in eight or nine straight games, same with don baylor, they'd get so hot, then all of ugre confidence you start expanding the strike zone and you get yourself out of that hot streak. now, this guy doesn't swing at too many balls. nick markakis, that's why he's right around .300, just about every year. >> bob: 43 strikeouts, 28 walks. that's a pretty good ratio for someone who hits with power. >> rob: markakis came ino  tonight hitting .327, five home runs on the year. >> bob: he's one of the reasons the orioles have won 12 of their last 16 interleague games in this blpark. hitting