hot bath. he delivered his 16th homer in a ball game last night. bases loaded. and the pitch will be taken inside for a ball. for luke scott, as we head, the home runs do come in streaks. a couple of games above go, before the orioles left, he delivered that one at home, and then connects on this one in the ball game last night. >> jim: and then in baltimore, he missed, what, two home runs by maybe 8 inches each off the right field scoreboard. >> gary: breaking ball inside corner, strike, as santana continues to ride him inside. so you see the home runs last two games. third time this year he's had back to back homer games. you see how the streaks go. 26 games, he had 4 and then 7 and 7, and then 23 with 3rd p, the last three he's had 2. 1-1 delivery to him. that one drilled to right field. that ball is way back. washing track wall! it's going to hit at the base of the wall. two runs have scored. third one will be held up. it will be a double for luke

scott and 2 rbis, and it came with two down! and the orioles have a 2-0 lead! >> jim: yeah, it is very difficult to throw the fastball buy look scott, and that's what ervin santana tries to do. you can see right there, 94, 95 miles per hour. watch him center the ball. saito    . >> gary: two mor position. here is melvin mora. takes it for a strike. didn't like it, backs out. he has been out the last two

games. mora has good numbers agenesis. he's 5 for -- numbers agenesis. 0-1 deliver. santana. >> jim: there's that high strike again. >> gary: mora with runners in scoring position at .346 on the ball club, so he's right up there at the top again in that department, and for melvin, trying to really just solidify his third base spot again. ty wiggington's hot bat one of the reasons he didn't play in the opener last night. now get this chance against santana. 1-2, two down, aubrey huff off an third base, scott on at

second. santana takes a long time, and melvin mora will back out. >> jim: and you want to get one of those angel hits right here. they just kind of peppered the ball last night, line drives, soft line drives all over the ballpark. >> gary: and that's back foul. i believe we're going to see all of the runs score understand this inning, how many there are be, unearned. the official score her decide whether or not a run could have scored on that base hit that was picked up by huff or not. 1-2 count, two aiwa. the delivery on the way to mora, and that one fouled off again. >> jim: i think the pride of melvin has been challenged here. sitting south something he's not used to doing. >> jim: no, and he is in a contract year. there's some options for his services last year.

he's been playing very well at third base. the pup numbers are down, the batting average down a little bit. he's probably about 20 -- maybe 18 points lower than his lifetime average. >> gary: swung on and missed, santana got him, so two big strikeouts, and the two runs are unearned coming a on couple of hists and an an error. see the high life is about celebrating, not separating. we are coming for your vip's and we ain't the paparazzi. we are looking for the little fuzzy rope, uh huh. how you doing, yea we're not on that. i guarantee that. excuse us.

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 . >> jim: the angel team, this  team doesn't hit a lot of home runs, but they lead in average, and they pick the ball. >> gary: john figgins, 3 for 4 in the ball game last night. shea switch hitter.

hers pitched to him -- hernandez pitched to him, taken for a strike. breaking ball to him. his manager talking about his play in the field before the ball game tonight said figgins has to be in the equation for a gold glove if he continues to play this way for the rest of the year. he's been that good, at least mike scoscia feels, who gets to see him every day. figgins takes the breaking ball away. it's 2-2. >> jim: yeah, he made a play last night, i said i didn't realize you had that kind of arm, where have you been. most third basemen don't make that play on jones. but he's really the brian roberts of this ball club. i mean, he steals bases, has the most steals. 24, been caught seven times on base. he and brian robbers both have the same amount of runs scored, so that's your job as a lead-

off guy. >> gary: you'll note the red hats been worn. they're been worn around baseball for the 4th of july. bobby abreu coming up. oriole fans know all about him from last night. >> jim: yeah, high change-up the first time, only a solo, and then watch this swing. got that front arm, and you can see the body language kind 0 tells you jacoby guthrie thought he made a great pitch, and it was until it landed in the bleachers. >> gary: guthrie said i thought that was a fly ball that would stay in the ballpark. the fact he was able to pull that bat back in, which he loses all of that leverage of arm extension for power and still drive it out of the ballpark -- >> jim: well, they have

tremendous core strength, all of the core exercises now, and if you look at golf, you wonder step house do they hit the ball so far. yeah, they have a ball that goes farther farther and the equipment and whatever, but the rotary move is probably the best illustration i've seen all year ever somebody just kind of rotating. >> gary: he did on that one. here is the 1-1 deliver to him. percent will miss outside witt it. for hernandez, he is 1-1 at home, 0-1 on the road. left-handers 3-16 off of him, right-handers .349, both of these pitches have big advantages against them. the rotation, which for t of starters generally s more diffi, too, somewhat of qtchin %% numbers. >> jim: well, and i think that's true. i know when i came up, guys would get on, i didn't want them to get on, and then you better battle, and he's done that. he has good stuff.

i think what i remember -- of course it was just last sunday against the nationals -- is you have a game plan that says okay, get adam dunn out with this, and ryan zimmerman out th that. well, if the report is curveballs and sliders, and you don't get them over, you're going to get the trouble. >> gary: tha first base. pretty good hop right there, and aubrey huff stays with it and gets the out, and there are two down. >> let's look atf the defense here in anaheim. andino, great short stop for a youngster. roberts, and you can see the light affecting the first baseman and second baseman at it the i point, and then the young rookie, matt wieters behind the plate catching. snoop hernandez would love to get off to a good quick inning here. hunter is tearing it's up again at the plate. torii hunter last night continued the streak with a 1 for 4. he is 5th in 

with 17. he will take that one for a strike. no question since guerrero has had his struggles, huntser has the 1147 delivery, pops it back. but it will go upstairs as a souvenir, and the count goes to 1-2. >> jim: if you mess around in the strike zone, it better have some extra on it, because he is a tremendous high paul hitter. hanging breaking ball, see how far it goes. oh, where is that pitch? >> gary: just missed on that one. does not get the call. the count will go to 2-2 on hunter. torii hunter, 7-game hit streak, in which he has gone 8 for 28. swung out and missed, and a good inning for david hernandez. he retires the side in order. we've completed one here in anaheim. the orioles have the 2-0 lead. s your final boarding call. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour.

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 . >> gary: an atom ball, hun is there. dave trembley said after the ball game last night, one of the things we have to do to

win, don't hit balls to steckel hunter. >> jim: you so that that look, already we're doing it again. >> gary: here is robert andino. a 7-game hit streak for him. andino just continues to get on base in that number 9 spot, gives the orioles a chance to put some runs up on the board when he does so. he's hit safely in 7 straight. 17 of the last 23, and that's all part of the opportunity to play every day. izturis is back and working out with the ball club. he took batting practice yesterday. took batting practice against today, and dave trembley said that izturis should be back in the line-up in the final series before the all-star break when the orioles are back home against toronto. that's the date here aiming for right now for izturis to be back. the orioles, as a result, will

have an eve stronger bench with the work of andino, and there he is getting on again. this time the walk, with one away. >> jim: and then the challenge when caesar comes back, when you're young, he prove head can play -- proved he can play, and hitting getting better, now can you play as a utility player? for a young player, this that is a very difficult thing to do sometimes. >> gary: santana having to work hard here early in the ball game. his first walk. runner at first. brian will take the pitch inside for a ball. sofa sha was asked before the game is santana on any kind of a pitch count? and he said, well, won't be over 145. >> jim: that's what mike pumper said, not at all, that's up to -- mike butcher said, not at all, that's up to him. >> gary: 1-0 delivery on the way. >> jim: but if you're the

orioles, what you want to do, and we know about this bullpen, back better in the middle. get to the soft under belly of this bullpen. it's not just the orioles, that's certainly what the angels are trying to do to david hernandez. >> gary: 1-1 count. there goes the runner. inside, throw down. mathis has a great arm, get this out, and there is the dill elma for mike scoscia. there the guy who has the glove and the arm behind the arm in this game. napoli was behind the plate last night. >> jim: again, but not a very good jump. it's not even close there. that's just a young kid who hasn't really learned to steal bases. doesn't have blazing body is, but -- almost like that pass was a hit-and-run. >> gary: if you follow the joe

morgan rule, if you steal a base, you never look back, he looked back twice, which would indicate that he thought it was a hit-and-run. brian roberts is really struggling right now. swings and is misses, a strikeout from santana, his third of the bomb game. orioles lead going to the bottom of the second 2-0. we just know. announcer: fding the moment that's right for you both can take some time. that's why cialis gives men with erectile dysfunction options: 36-hour cialis or cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day, so you can be ready anytime the moment is right. tell your doctor about your medical condition and all medications and ask if you're healthy enough for sexual activity. don't take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. don't drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, delayed backache or muscle ache. to avoid long term injury seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than 4 hours.

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 here is vladimir guerre he he l takeny pitch inside for a ball. he went 0 for 4 last night. against the orioles lifetime, .343 batting average, 17 home runs, 55 rbis, and a towering pop-up. at the plate. wieters may have room, and he does. want to welcome those who were watching the nashs game, atlanta coming away with a 9-8 win. bonus coverage as we are in anaheim. orioles have taken the 2-0 lead in this ball game. orioles benefited from an error that set up the bases loaded situation against ervin

santana. luke scott took advantage of it, as he delivered a two rb irrelevant double. markakis would reach on the error. avalanche santana making the start against david hernandez, the rookie for the orioles. here is juan rivera, leading power hitter for the on jells. 2 for 4 in the paul game last night. >> jim: yeah, and he's 31 today. so the or yeahs, they, wish him a happy birthday, just hope he doesn't have one, against them. >> gary: well put. 0-1 delivery. let the celebration be after the game, eh? >> jim: yep. >> gary: what a season he is having for this ball club. we talked about those who have helped to carry the team. he certainly is one of them. he is leading the american league with 27 rbis since june 12. overall, his .347 batting average is 1st best, and he has been a second half player for the most part, meaning the second half of seasons is where

he really turns it on, in his career, .263 in the first half, and 311 in the second half of baseball seasons. >> gary: 4th was one of those highly touted yankees, and his best year was 2006, then he goes to winter ball and breaks his leg. last year was just trying to come back and have hope that the leg would recover. >> gary: another one put up in the air, second base. brian roberts is there, and he's got it. a couple of popouts, rivera retired. two down in the second inning. >> gary: and already he has a better breaking ball than against the nationals in his last start. it's only his 4th major league start. this kid has a great wind up, great arm. never really been wild. you can see why, because again, a good windup allow use tow throw strikes, and he has good enough stuff not to be afraid

to just throw strikes. >> gary: that will bring up morales, 1-0. i understand that our ad, that carolyn has a birthday today, too, and it's the same day as tom cruz, which actually they're a great couple, don't you think? i mean they are, naturally are. so -- oh, she's married, sorry, sorry. >> jim: every time we go somewhere, carol will jump up on the couch when we go in a hotel, kind of like tom did, remember on -- >> gary: oh, that one hit in the air to left center field, which may fortunately bring this discussion to an end. >> jim: well, it was oprah, come on! it was oprah! >> gary: it was oprah, that's right. well, if any event, come on out, it's hollywood. how 'bout a laundry day you can look forward to?

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 .  >> gary: that one in the air to left center field. nick markakis over, and he's not gonna get that one! the ball rolls to the wall, jones at third is going to be held up as hunter gets it in, and that was very ungold steckel hunter-like right there, . >> jim: i think the reason that adam doesn't score is because he thinks he going to catch the ball, and then he doesn't, second and third for

the orioles. >> gary: and appropriately so that he would think that. so again the orioles have runners in scoring position. now have four hits in the paul game. santana will face aubrey huff who is 6 for 15 off santana. take this first pitch inside for a ball. >> jim: we see this all the time, gary. second and third, nobody out, if you hit a ground ball to the right side where the infield is is back, look at thes willed, they're conceding the runs. there's your second and first base man. that get this run in and the run over. >> jim: and aubrey huff is getting pitches to do that on, jim, as santana is working him inside. >> jim: and then what happens is you force mike scoscia to say, okay, am i going to bring, with reimold coming to the plate, am i going to bring the infield in. so you could force them to hit, and really force the issue you. >> gary: 1-1 delivery to him,

stayed inside and misses again. good-bye, home run! orioling take a 5-0 lead.  

 . >> gary: aubrey explaining it. for aubrey huff, that's the 5th home run he has hit in th ballpark in his career. the deliver to reimold, fastball will be taken away,

and the count goes full, 3-2. mike scoscias comment on santana, he said last year he was electric, this year he's very good, and he said he we can live with that if he can be consistent at being very good. right now he isn't. and a walk, and ready is on, let's take a look at our league leaderboard presented by firestone.   did not go around. all of his home runs been against the american

league. >> jim: yeah, in 160 at bats, 161 now after the double. well, you look atta sheerer, pena, and brannion, but zobris out of nowhere. the delivery is fouled away. and that is going to send mathis out to the mound to have a word with his starter here. didn't like the location of that pitch, as scott had a chance to drive that ball. >> jim: well,, of the problems when you try to get luke scott out with breaking balls, and again, if you try to execute them early on the count and miss, then you get back, and have to pitch from behind, where even if you're a fastball

pitcher, which is what santana is, you're going out of your strength, and then you go right to luke scott's strength, and that doesn't always work, not when he's hot. >> gary: runner at firstbase. 3-1 the count to him, on the need is corner, he thought he had a walk, he'll slow town and come back.    santana waiting as  discusses held, but bruce with scott just asking where that pitch was.

reimold, not a particularly big lead being taken over there. santana has the 3-2 count. and scott knew it. he is going to go held up, started down to first again, so the last two, he just doesn't buy, and he's gone. >> jim: i think bruce favors the high pitch. you can see reat the top of the strike zone, so this is a great side angle right there. normally that pitch is not called, and if you throw enough of them, they're going to end up being hit real hard, because that was a hanging cub ball that he got away with. >> gary: now here is melvin mora, runner on at first base and one down. mora strikeout victim his first time up. santana has picked up four ks already in the game. melvin has always done well against the angels. his highest batting average against another team is against

the tigers at .338, but the angels are second. his career average .329 off angels pitchers, followed by seattle, texas, and toronto. 1-0 count. fastball up high. santana all over the place here, and the 2-0 county. >> jim: the velocity has been good. he's at 93-59, but command not where you would like it to be. orioles have taken advantage of it. >> gary: dled twice this seen. long time between starts. fastball strike on the outside corner. santana has always done pretty well in his home yard. he has a 30-15 lifetime record at home with a 3.69 era. not much to go on this season.

>> jim: that ball just off the outside corner. >> gary: santana takes it full again. he has a 2-2 record. there he goes. mora will foul that one back. >> jim: if you stand up and attempt before the ball is

called a ball or a strike in front of the home plate umpire, it's ball 8. so it's the perfect situation. you have a pepper who has to throw a strike. you have a runner that you know -- i mean i think for santana sometimes you just try to pick him off. there's one, and did not get it there in time. ball not hit quite hard enough. it will be a fielders choice to get reimold for the second out.

they are sending that pitch count way up there in this ball game for santana. wieters got fooled on that one down and a way. 1147. >> jim: we talked about john lincecum, about lackey, his change-up started working. santana has a good one working. >> gary: the fastball will miss inside. santana again working behind, 2- 1 on matt wieters. matt's patience building with each passing game of experience and getting to see major league pitching, looking for the pitch that he can hit. short is lead at first.

that one high in the air, again center. this time hunter has plenty of time to get under it, and he will put that one away. but aubrey huff, a big blow for the orioles, his 11th home run coming with jones and mars on, and an orioles 5-1 lead. h. but now that i'm making more, it's time to be a little smarter about how i manage it.. with the calendar, i can scdule all my payments. and when funds are low, danger days help me stay out of the red. i can also transfer money with just a click and a drag. so maybe i'm better with money than i thought. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. okay. (announcer) unlike cable, fios brings 100% fiber optics

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the nick aden hart memorial fund. and all of you who contributed, thank you very much, and on the silent auction, there were some great items up, the jerseys that had been signed. out front here in angels stadium, here at the main gate. they wear number 34 on both their home and away uniform, and will for the remainedder of the season for their. ier who was killed by a drunk driver, along with two others who also died in that accident. they will remember adenhart all year. they have a uniform. his looker is kept active, and his uniform is is hung in the dugout for each game. >> gary: liz will be on with a base hit. first base runner for the angels. >> jim: i'm sure david hernandez, a couple of good breaking balls and tries to make a better pitch than he ultimately makes. fastball belt high up and over the plate, and izturis, who has

been hitting extremely well, just pinks it in to center field, and again, the angels with the best average in the american league, because they have a lot of hitters who do just what you saw izturis do. >> gary: that will bring up the number 8 hitter, jeff mathis, who is doing the catching in the ball game tonight. he's bunting. a hard bunt, tough play, mora, off the bag. everybody's safe. boy, i'll tell you, melvin mora came charging, but it's going to be a base hit for mathis. there's another one. >> jim: part of baseball is anticipating what might happen, and if you're playing real deep, and that's where melvin is, not even in the picture, so all of a sudden a play that would be pretty routine is difficult. he's playing well behind the bag. the angels taking what you gave them. that's pretty typicalle of what they do. >> gary: 81st infield hit this

team has had. now there are two in scoring position just like that, and here is aybar, switch hitter, batting 9th, shortstop, mora is playing in, looking for the bunt, and stepping off, hernandez, and he wants to talk to matt wieters, so wieters will come out. aybar also with outstanding speed, so he he bunt steps as well. >> jim: i guess that is an option, usually town by five runs, but it is only the third inning, just as the orioles want to get salazar out of there, the -- santana out of there, the angels would like to get to the orioles bullpen. >> gary: aybar has 8 sacrifices on the year. that's a big-time number. the orioles have 8 as a team. aybar has that himself. >> jim: tells you about their

style. look at that, 1 6 infield hits. you've got to play in a couple of steps. >> gary: and he tried to take advantage of that by lining it down melvin's throat on third base. >> jim: well, just think about it, he's a contact hitter. putting the wall in the air, it will usually be an out, but you bring them in and try to hist it by them. >> gary: hernandez trying to get the ground ball to turn a double play here, with aybar tough to double up. delivery on the way to him. just missed outside with it. count goes to 1-2. >> jim: you remember when wally played for the mets. and the late bill robinson, their hit hit instruct every time he would hit it in the air, he would say keep it on the ground. >> gary: heck because he wasn't going to get home runs. >> jim: nope.

>> gary: david hernandez, opened up his major league career as a starter with a victory against detroit, his major league day buy on may 28th. since then, losses to seattle and washington, but those are the only starts that he has prior to this one. 1-2, a look back. aybar chasing one up high, fouls it away to keep it that way. talking about seattle, the next opponent for the orioles, they got a victory today over boston 7-6, and seattle right now, they've got 41 wins. the angels have 43. texas has 42, and sky atle has 41. all of a sudden this division is getting real tight. 1-2 pitch, is that one is going to fouled away. tough road trip against teams that are playing well right

now. >> jim: and they're playing well at home. angels have the same record at 21-15 at home as the mariner tuesday. mariners struggles start when they go on the road, four games under .500. >> gary: long at bat for aybar, fouled that off his foot, and real weil do it again. two on and nobody out. >> jim: has a good breaking ball. let's see what he does with it. right at the plate, hits his hand on the way up. i'm not sure in the home plate umpire saw that, but he did call it foul. there you go, 7 pitches, a couple of curveballs have been up, but he's made some knives pitches to him. >> gary: a ground ball towards short, antimicrobial, there's one, roberts bare handed, won't get it. >> jim: see the high hop? now he can't go