>> rob: last night that ball would have bounced over his head, but tonight it's buried in front of the plate. ryan zimmerman makes a great play, then falls over the mound. nick johnson getting a night off with a bad foot, a bad shin. i told him before the game, i said, you know what, nick, i said i think you're just going to start hitting every part of your body so you can't hit off the pitchers anymore. he just laughed. >> jim p.: if he was a race horse, they'd give him a lethal injection. >> rob: they'd have to put him down. >> bob: not our nick. here is brian roberts, having a very unusual series. he's 0 for 7 with one walk and four strikeouts. >> jim p.: then he got robbed the last time, gonzalez making a terrific play. >> bob: josh willingham made the good pick on his foul ball.

on the first pitch that shairon martis threw that, ball stayed down for adam dunn. orioles are done in the sixth inning. 

 >> bob: celebrate the fourth of july weekend next week at nationals park, the braves are coming in. saturday, first of 20,000 fans receive many u.s. flags.

sunday, family fun day. post-game the kids get to run the bases. you can buy your tickets anytime. top 7, still a one run game. hard throwing right-hander jim johnson is next for the orioles. >> jim p.: on his birthday, he comes in with a one run lead. he does have a great sinker coming off a good road trip. he just turned 26 today, 6'5". born in new york. lives down in sarasota. wants to be a carpenter if he didn't play baseball. handy around the house. if you're dave trembley and you want to bring him in. >> jim h.: three scoreless innings in the interleague series at nationals park last month. >> jim p.: he's got a big curveball and a change-up, he's probably using a little more because it does slow the bats down. >> jim h.: that's the swing we're used to seeing from alberto gonzalez as he goes up

the middle. tying runs aboard. washington now, lead-off men aboard five out of seven innings tonight. >> jim p.: johnson doesn't want to be there. of course gonzalez takes advantage of it. he wants to be down in the strike zone. >> rob: at the beginning of the year, he would have been swinging for the downs, he would have miss that had pitch. now he's cut down. they do teach you a lot down in the minor leagues and adjusting the attitude to what kind of player you may become is part of it. >> bob: and really good defensively. willie harris, one for three tonight. harris bounces the double play ball. the nats are doubling themselves to death tonight. that's the third of the night. and the other two came with -- with the bases loaded. >> jim p.: i think early in the count it really comes down to, do you want to swing at a pitcher's pitch, and that's what this is. good sinker, tailor-made. andino has been an all-star

dealing shortstop for the orioles since izturis has been out, he's been that good. harris chases johnson's pitch, rolls over. >> bob: all three orioles pitchers who retired a hitter have registered a double play in the ballgame. here's guzman, 2 for 3. batting average up at .347. he has his 8th multihit game in his last 10. >> rob: it's an easy. >> jim p.: last year he was the 8th inning guy. >> bob: guzman tries to pull that tailing fastball. bad throw by roberts. dug out by huff. p hi, my meeting got moved up. i need to change my southwest flight.

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 welcome back to camden yards. moments ago sources told me that craig stammen will move to the bullpen with scott olson starting monday in florida. now, craig has struggled through the line-up the second and third times through. the numbers say it all. their opponents are hitting .250 and .415 against him. that is definitely factored into the decision. before the game as a starter, craig told me he wants to work on his mental approach and he also wants to pitch backwards more and that should apply to the bullpen as well. who gets sent out? the likely candidates are colome and joel hanrahan. to me, colome is older, joel has more of an upside and he's younger, so expect colome to be designated for assignment. >> bob: thank you. big news for the nationals bullpen as we approach the bottom of the 7th here at camden yards.

both of those pitchers have struggled mightily. hanrahan probably slightly more struggling than colome lately. here's tavares for a second inning, facing jones, markakis and huff. >> jim p.: he certainly hasn't struggled. talking about tavarez. >> bob: that ball is jacked to center, willie harris is after it. and he'll run it down. that's indicative of the center field he's played for the nationals. >> rob: that ball was hit, then that ball was run down. that was a pretty good play. willie harris gets on his horse right there, gets after it. and the walls come on you pretty quick here in this ballpark. >> jim p.: probably the toughest field it play here is left field. when the late johnny oates managed here, he moved brady anderson. he said i'm going to put you in left, and manny acta after that great catch by harris tries to

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the two best pitchers for the nationals, tavarez has been very hot and beimel has been pitching great. >> rob: it's been very difficult to get beimel in save situations to be the bridge for mcdougal as bob said. when you're behind all the time. they're working odd innings, they're working behind the lead all the time. and beimel has done an exceptional job. julian tavarez has done a great job. it's difficult to pitch in that situation all the time, but beimel has been amazing. >> bob: he was one of the best left-handers in the national league for three years with the dodgers. when we look closer at his statistics from those three seasons, he pitched a lot against right-handed batters. >> rob: he's got a great curveball, a great change-up, he throws across his body. i don't know how many lefties want to really stay in there, but markakis and huff are two of the best at hitting lefties. here's the 0-1 pitch, throws across his body. you see him land towards first

base. >> jim p.: reminds me of jamie moyer. he's on the third base side. he's not really stepping that much at you. you know, he's way over on this side. that's the angle of six, eight inches across his body as far as where his front foot lands. we haven't even seen the curveball yet. there it is. saw that in washington when the orioles were over there earlier in the year. >> rob: but he just looks like a reliever, too. >> jim p.: he looks like he's come out from a hiking trip. >> rob: my wife likes that look. she likes joe. >> jim p.: he seems like a very likeable guy. >> bob: that breaking ball got out over the plate. markakis had to pull the trigger with a two strike

count. willingham has it. two outs. it will be aubrey huff now. >> jim p.: remember ron, it's an interesting thing about slow breaking balls. it appears that you just look for it. kind of big and looping. i used to watch him and i go, why didn't he just look for that. then i got to hit off him, it was big but it was going straight down. hard to, that a ball can break that much and still, cuellar had one. the big overhand curveball. >> rob: like mussina, for many years had that knuckle curve. >> jim p.: with the spin it's just incredible. >> bob: i've had hitters tell me the pitch may not be coming in that fast, but it's spinning real fast. >> jim p.: he could kind of snap his fingers and flip the ball up. incredibly strong forearms and hands. >> bob: aubrey huff hits one to right, that ball is out of here and the orioles continue to hit home runs. all of their runs driven in

with the long ball tonight. it's 5-3 baltimore. >> jim p.: the opposite of last night when you have 11 on the board and don't get a home run. this is a guy that led the american league in cra base hits last year. >> rob: he's hitting about .280 lifetime off of lefties, right? >> jim p.: yes. >> rob: that's crazy. >> bob: evidently it doesn't have to be ron villone. any nationals left-hander to the liking of aubrey huff. >> jim p.: i asked him today, i said, are you aware of your numbers against ron villone. i said, no, do i hit him well? he said, well, i think you're 6 for 11. i had guys that wore me out. i knew it. the one thing about aubrey, he's pretty relaxed. >> rob: yes, he looks very relaxed.

>> jim p.: he's not an albert e. newman, what, me worry, or one of those guys, but he's close to it. he's one of those guys where if you ask him what's going well or why you're hitting, he goes, i don't want to talk about that. >> rob: it's the same with pitchers. you don't want to know because you don't want to jinx it, bring yourself bad luck. >> bob: a three run homer that turned a 3-1 washington lead into a 4-3 baltimore advantage. >> rob: didn't they have the lead when you came on? >> bob: i'm going to be leaving in a moment, jim. you can talk about me after i'm gone. >> rob: when jim hunter was here we were able to score runs. >> bob: this has not been lost on jim and i. we've talked about this. he called adam dunn's six rbi's in washington and i called the orioles eight run inning here last night. something strange is going on.

>> rob: the battle of the beltway play-by-play. >> jim p.: we're good. you guys are struggling. >> bob: have a great evening. i'll see you tomorrow. 

 >> jim h.: it's time to bring you up to speed with the at&t rapid rewind. >> jim p.: the orals are not looking very good.

they bring in mat albers, with the bases loaded. belliard, can't get a handle on it, but does get the force play. then right here, a really good pitch right there to austin kearns for the orioles to turn the double play. >> jim h.: at&t, the nation's fastest 3-g network. >> jim p.: ryan zimmerman tried to deliver a home run on that swing right there. johnson better down in the strike zone. he was in the launch mode. >> jim h.: the nationals now trail by a couple. as the orioles try to make it back-to-back wins. there's a bloop to right field. markakis charging in, won't get there. plays it on a hop. >> rob: that's a couple of hits for mr. kearns tonight. actually that's ryan zimmerman, sorry. he's another guy who needs to get off the side.

got to get the confidence back. >> jim p.: it's an important inning for both the nationals and the orioles. the orioles want to get to george sherrill who is 11 for his last 11 and the orioles closer. >> jim h.: adam dunn now takes inside. >> rob: this is it right here. when you have the 3, 4, 5 guys in your line-up. willingham has been on fire, then you have bard who has been on fire, if they don't do it right here, it's going to be hard to manufacturer a couple of runs against sherrill. >> jim h.: lead-off runner on six out of the eight innings tonight. >> rob: give the orioles pitchers credit for working out of a jam. bass got into trouble, loads the bases on a couple of walks and a hit. albers comes in, he gets the ground ball on belliard, then the ground ball on kearns. that's doing the job out of the bullpen. >> jim p.: guthrie pitched in and out of trouble all night

long. >> jim h.: he'll go to second for one, just in time oh get the hustling zimmerman. tough play for andino. he had to battle the bat and the ball and he gets the lead runner, one down. tomorrow, the finale of the series at the game starting at 1:35. receive an orioles cap presented by gap. kids 14 and under can run the bases after the game. it's amazing how many of those barrels of the bats on broken bats have been flying all the way out towards the fielders this past week. >> jim p.: you have shorter, lighter bats, trying oh get more bat speed. if you don't center the ball, it's hard to do it on johnson because of the late movement on that sinker. that was a good hitting situation for adam dunn. ball kind of ran down and away. got it on the end of the bat. >> rob: you need to score a couple of runs here. would you pinch run for dunn? >> jim p.: that's not a bad

idea. it's not the national league. there's that late pitch who are comes in against willingham who has two hits tonight. it's not a bad idea because you don't have to worry about losing position players. >> rob: you've got a lot of speed on the bench. >> jim h.: 1-1 the count following the always typical 6- 5 force play up the middle. >> jim p.: andino, whether he's playing second base in the shift or whatever, has played so well at shortstop. because of the bat. they can not only get the out, they get the lead runner, the double play in order here. >> jim h.: mora throws to second, one, back to first, will not be in time. that was a tough play all around because melvin was guarding the line. gloves it. got the pivot but couldn't get it there in time, two down. >> rob: but they do get the lead runner. mora goes to his left.

takes the force out, gets one. roberts tries to side step 6'6", 275. >> jim p.: paul bunyan coming down the line. >> rob: can you imagine, he was going it start at quarterback at texas. >> jim p.: of course if you're that big. >> rob: all world quarterback down in texas. i think he was major apple white. >> jim h.: charging in is jones, he'll get there for the out. so the lead-off hit an man left. ♪

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star appearance his first year back in 2003. i just remember he threw close to 100 miles per hour. then had some finger problems, elbow problems along the line. >> rob: this year he stranded all his inherited numbers. last pitched against boston on wednesday, perfect inning. he has been very solid since is being brought back up to the big leagues. >> jim h.: luke scott will lead off. orioles look for an insurance run. they make it a bit easier for george sherrill. >> rob: mcdougal is going to come right at you. occasionally throw a breaking baugh. but mostly i'd say 90% fastballs. >> jim p.: doesn't he have a big curveball? >> rob: got a big curveball, but i think guys are probably not going to react too much to the curveball. they'll go after the fastball.

>> jim h.: mora on deck, then zaun in the 8th inning. the nationals will have the lower third of their line-up coming up in the ninth. this is an amazing game. the orioles had gone three straight games without a home run, had hit only one home run over the last five games. tonight they've hit three accounting for all five of the runs. zaun and huff with so low -- solo home runs, and nolan reimold's shot which gave the orioles the lead. >> jim p.: if you're a nationals fan, you know what mike mcdougal's job is, keep it right there. if you keep it within two runs, then george sherrill, first man that gets on, tying run comes

to the plate. >> jim h.: there's the dreaded lead-off walk when you're trying to do just that. so the orioles now can play for an insurance run here in the 8th inning. the orioles wives will be hosting a silent auction on monday and tuesday during the orioles red sox games here at camden yards. the auction will continue through the end of the 7th inning. the proceeds of monday's auction will benefit the university of maryland hospital for children and the proceeds on tuesday will honor maryland native and former angels pitcher nick adenhart to benefit the memorial fund. felix pie will pinch run to get more speed on there. orioles looking for an insurance run and melvin mora takes a strike. melvin, 0 for 3. struck out his

last at-bat. orioles have eight hits tonight after getting 16 last night. a win by the orioles would increase their interleague record to 11-6. and they're trying it put together a winning month. they would also move within a game of .500 in june. they would be 11 and 12 this month. >> rob: they would also go to 13 of 17 against national league teams at camden yards in interleague play. >> jim p.: obviously not all this year. dave trembley knows also when this weekend ends, you're back for at least for a while, you've got three games against the red sox, then you've, you're in and out of baltimore going to anaheim and going to

seattle. then you come back, and play toronto, then the all-star break, then you've got a nine day trip to chicago, new york and boston. so win as many games as you can. >> jim h.: the orioles have won four of their interleague series and lost the one in florida when they were swept by the marlins. a win tear tonight assures they will have won five of their six series in their interleague play. battling mike mcdougal. ground ball towards the hole, diving stop by belliard, throws to second, out at second base. what a play not only to get to the ball, but then to get the lead runner at second base. one down. >> jim p.: strgl