himself. if the paul stays down, he's just going to catch it waist high and tag the base. so watch this hop right here. a high hop. it's hard to tell from that angle, but about five feet toward this outfield, and he almost surprised brian roberts. i don't know -- brian with a lot of throws coming across the bag, not setting his feet. it's hard to get a lot on your throws. you certainly get out of harm's way. >> gary: so it ends up being a fielder's choice. now runners on at first and third, and only one down for figgins, who grounded oust his first time up, and back to the bag, aybar on his belly, so figgins gets an rbi chance.

figgins 323 with runners in scoring position. >> jim: it's a good combination, because huff has to hold aybar on. he's five out of seven with stolen bases. figgins doesn't hit into a lot of double-plays because he can run so well. this is his best side hitting, right-handed, not a whole lot of at bats, not nearly the numbers, and of course the angels just want to get on the board. got to start somewhere. >> gary: 5-0 lead for the orioles. david hernandez a long look to first, and that one in the air, and it's going to be in the infield, right behind the bag. andino hauls it in, a big out, figgins retired, and hernandez continues to do what we showed you in the numbers. the tougher the situation, the better he pitches. >> jim: if you're rick, and you're his pitching coach and you have a guy that can run, and you see a 23-year-old pitcher hold the ball to make sure the guy stunt get a

running lead at first base, it also messes up the timing, and this is what pitching is awithout, figgins, then he makes a real good pitch. so this kid is just not somebody the game speeds up when runners get on. the numbers show it's just the opposite. he's able to slow the game down. >> he has a chance to get out of it, but here is bobby abreu. he will take the pitch on the outside corner for a strike. 14th career multi-homer game last night, hitting two. reached the season high of 4 rbis in a ball game day again. 0-1 pitch, a ground ball to second base again, played by roberts, david hernandez works his way out of it. first two are on, they do not score, and the hernandez family on hand here in anaheim celebrating. i mean celebrating! 5-0. @@úpxx÷÷

 that one is popped up, and that will go into the seats. see of red down there, and a

foul ball off the bat. >> gary: andino a braking ball down and away. 0-2. starters for the angels have held them in ball games, their bullpen hasn't. but their starters have generally gone pretty deep in games. they've had to use 12 of them, the most in the majors, including 10 rookie pitchers. that's tied for the most rookies used. so scoscia has really had to juggle the staff. the strikeout, andino. one away here in the 4th

inning. >> jim: yeah, five strikeouts. and that's ervin santana. watch this slider go down. trying to make the starters go deeper, that make foss are a better lackey, a better santana. >> gary: 1-1 count. brian roberts bounces away. brian has struck out and flied out. he's not an 0 for 6 going, and these two ball games so far. brian has only had two hits in

his last 29 at bats. he's got himself a base hit right there. solid single in to right. abreu will get it back in, and the orioles with one away, and v roberts on at first base.   been    figgins up to get t jones wondering, i know i have one hit here, but what do i have to do in this ballpark? >> jim: allege you can to is go up and have a quality at

bat. >> gary: he got robbed twice last night. one with a pitcher on a play that's been shown a billionle times already, and another one by figgins at third base. he could have had two hits last night, instead was 0 for 4. does have a hit in this ball game. two down. roberts still on at first base. markakis doubled and reached on an error. and he'll take the santana pitch for a strike.

>> gary: nick markakis and adam jones are the the two that trembley would like to so on that all-star team. knowing they're not the only two who have had the first half to deserve it, but realistically trying to get a couple on for the orioles is probably all that can be hoped for. >> jim: and yeah, and george sherrill, i was going to the festivities, the last one at the all-star game in texas stadium, and along with our producerton, we ended up taking a car down there, then george starred in the all-star game, american league won that, getting the home field advantage in the world series. >> gary: all star game has

added kind of quietly, they have expanded the roster now, there will be 33 players on the roster to be announced on sunday. they've added an extra pitcher, obviously. >> jim: so there's 13 pitchers now. >> gary: yeah, after the debacle tie game two years ago. into and next year's game right here in anaheim. >> gary: big contingent goling from the front office here in anaheim in order to see how they do in st. louis and just gather information. >> gary: i know they had an all-star game, i know brooks play in it. the most strikeouts, i think, right here in '66 or '67. >> gary: 2-2 delivery on the way. ground ball to first, foul. >> jim: i think ed rungy was the home plate umpire. one of the great home plate umpires. would give you the first two

strikes, and you had to earn the third one. and he would tell the hitters that. >> gary: 2-2 bouncer. good stop made. throw down. quick snap throw, not going to get them back in into the bag again, brian roberts. mathis has got an arm, already has picked up one caught stealing in the game. that ball got away, but he kept it out in front of him. mathis 7 out of -- 8 out of 32 now, catching base stealers. roberts not too far up the bag with a lefty up, morales playing behind the runner, and then babs off in a hurry. the goes roberts, that one hit into right center field. hunter is not going to get that one either. roberts is going to be waved

home. a play at the plate. here is the replay throw. he is safe. and close play in what looked like a pretty early call by bruce peckman the home plate umpire. that's what the fans are booing about. >> jim: well, i think brian must have gotten his hand in there. watch him block the plate. now, watch the left hand, grab this plate, at least that's what bross thought. and the arms go up in the safe position. a great throw, and you could see, this is mike scoscia right here, three feet up the line. you're going to have to go around me, that's what brian roberts does. so again, the swipe tag, and right there, must get the edge of the plate. so -- >> gary: and never got a him with a glove. did not make the tap on him. but he did make him go around him, and it's difficult to reach back and tag the plate. >> gary: the orioles have made it a 6-0 lead with markakis now hits on all three times to the plate. that is his 53rd, let me check

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 . >> gary: hernandez back to work here with the order up. torii hunter struck out his first time up. certain-game hit streak for hunter, and a check swing on that one. did he go? yes. first base umpire paul emmel. on these check swings, he doesn't take much. >> jim: no, and he swung at that. you can see. much, much farther than reimold earlier in the game. >> gary: hernandez on a breaking ball, got him to pop it up, center field. adam jones is there. he's got it. and hunter retired. one away here in the 4th inning. orioles hosting a series of

baseball camps designed for boys and girls 7 to 16. appearances by current and former oriolest. there will be instructors, autograph says, lunch, and complimentary orioles tickets. go to orioles.com. guerrero popped out his first time up. that one is going to be foul, i think. it's up almost over the foul pole. it is a foul ball. >> jim: if you have watched guerrero hit, had a chance to watch some games, i wasn't broadcasting, and they're just trying to pound him in, but right there, he walks in, and when you look in and still get the ball in, i mean the different -- and in, it's hard to hit it fair. so he hit it hard, but pulled it foul. >> gary: inside and high. he's going to be in the out field sooner rather than later when i talk to mike scoscia. said he wants four outfielders,

wants "vlad" to get in the out feed, and we'll just play the guys who are hot with rivera, hunter, and abreu, and guerrero, three in the out field, and one with the dh. she problem he's worried about with vladimir is that the slugging percentage is way down. and he said we have to have the extra base hits out of g. now, "vlad" will be a free agent after this season, totally. >> jim: yeah, it seems like he's older than 34, but he's had knee problems, taken care of that. probably running as well as he has in a couple of years, and then had the pick torial tear, so he miss over a month. how do you know? a lot of times your are legs feel good, but maybe your upper arms, you're swinging differently. looks like he's cheat nothing. in other words, the bat a

little slower, so he's trying to get out in front. >> gary: that one to center. adam ball, jones. that's what mike said, scoscia's words were he's not comfortable yet in the batters box. that's what i'm waiting to see, and i haven't seen it yet. >> jim: and he's always been a free swinger. reminds me a little bit of roberto college enday, and college enday in the hall of fame, he'll swing at everything, and he has such long arms, and he's always been been able to hit bad pitches, so now all of a sudden when you're not hitting them and swinging at balance earl balls, it's difficult to change your habits. >> gary: two down, nobody on, here is rivera, and a breaking ball in there for a strike. hernandez has given up two hits, to singles, third inning, izturis, mathis got them, and he worked his way out of that, leaving two on. orioles have the 6-0 lead. outhitting the angels 7-2 in the ball game. >> jim: if their advance scout

would have told the angels david hernandez, good fastball, second pitch change-up. couldn't get his curve bomb over against the national. tonight, every time he throws it, almost every time, like john lackey for the angels last night, getting it over, and it's been a pretty good one. >> gary: has the hitters off balance. >> jim: yeah. oh, he does, and you can see, he can go right up to 95, 96. dave schmitt told me that 92 looks like 95, 95 looks likes 97, because he has a deceptive -- >> gary: that one is going to be fair intoty corner. rivera on his way to second base. reimold good get it to the cutoff man. third hit. >> jim: so i was wrong on the curveball. gets one in the middle of the plate. and juan rivera, 27 rbis since the first of june.

he's like abreu, been driving runs with the best of them. >> gary: they are 1-2 in that department, he and abreu, that's why they're winning paul games. >> gary: runner on at second base. there are two down. we'll see in hernandez can too what he has done so often, get those outs with runners on. orioles 3 for 5, any angels 0 for 3 with runners in scoring position in this ball game. morales will take the pitch away. during he hit streak, he has hit .370 during the 7-game hit streak. much better hitter here, 315 at home, and only .250 on the road this year. >> jim: and a much better hitter from this side of the plate than right-handed. >> gary: that's away, and a 3- 0 count on morales with izturis

waiting on deck. orioles have not beaten the angels this year. they are 0-3. there are the differentiations. >> jim: look at the slugging numbers, left-handed versus right-handed. >> gary: not even close on any of them, so morales is on at first base available there. first walk surrendered by david hernandez in the ball game, and izturis coming up. he singled his first time up. >> jim: he certainly would like to get them on the board. >> gary: m izturis, half brother of the oriole, caesar izturis, who is watching from the dugout. izturis had a 2 for 4 last

night. a switch hitter. a couple of good plays at second base. rivera, morales are on, and the pitch again is taken away. that's going to be six in a row out of the strike zone. >> jim: well, sometimes you kind of get ahead of yourself, what happens, you benefit the guy, rivera with a double with two outs, and then you're saying well, i have to are to be perfect and forget the scoreboard. >> gary: fast paul right at hill, 2-1. >> gary: that one in the gap. they were playing shallow. runner come tong the plate, runs through the sign. have a play at third, and not in time! as the cutoff was made, andino had a chance at third base, as morales made a big turn, but he

gets back. it will be an rb irrelevant double. >> jim: looks like a fly ball, but it cares well. rick now out to have a little conversation. all of this happen with with outs. angels trying to again get to hernandez and get to the orioles bulge pen. >> gary: 26 rbis for izturis, as he's on at second base. mathis now has delivered a single, has runners, two of them, in scoring position. as the double is picked up to make it a 6-1 ball game. and math list take a high --

math list take a high strike. mathis with a base hit first time up. 1-1 delivery to him, breaking ball toward this hole. melvin mora cuts it off. play made to first, gets the out. so one run scores a on couple of hits. with are left on base, and the orioles have a 6-1 lead. 

 >> taken to right field. bobby abreu. he's got it.

>> gary: that one in the air to center. torii hunter steps in. >> jim: you have to maintain the fact that there are going to be nights when you don't pitch as well as you would like, but you still give everything you can, and you try to keep the ball club in the game as long as you can, and of course the orioles with a three run inning in the third, two in the said, you just try to slam the door and hope that

something positive can happen. >> gary: melvin mora standing back in. he has struck out and hit into a fielders choice. two very quick outs here in the inning. orioles are looking for their first win against the angels this season. the orioles have lost four consecutive games on the road, so they would like to put both of those behind them. this has not. an easy place for the orioles to find a win, since '04, angels have a 19-7 advantage in games that have been played here in anaheim. the orioles have a 6-1 lead in this one, and two town. melvin mora, on santana, now five hits in 17 at bats, including one home run against him. jammed. that's the second time in this ball game that santana has had a pitch right in on mora where he has sort of hoped this i ball would hit the bat and not him. smiling a bit about it right there, but both those occasions

almost sawed the bat off. santana ready. here is the 1-2 delivery to him. mora will pump that one foul as well. yankees got a win today over toronto by a score of 4-2. posada is back out of the line- up with a bad thumb. not sure how long that will last as then yankees continue to shuffle that line-up that has been shuffled mightily so far this year. 1-2 delivery. more are to third. that is a fair ball. right over the bag. it will roll into the corner. he maybe this turn thinking about two, and will make it easily, as rivera had that ball stick down there against the wall, and a double for melvin mora. >> jim: well, we showed you melvin has been an all star. 7th double of the year. watch this, ripped right over the bargain. i think the one thing that melvin has to keep in mind,

last year some physical problem -- as they'll walk matt wieters and take on andino, this is your high percentage play -- is that he had more running driven in the second half than any player in the american league, so, again, irrelevant not like he can't be beader than he has been. power numbers could come back. he drives the ball, confidence goes up, and all of a sudden he has better play coverage, and of course the problem for him is, and i be the dave trembley talked about it yesterday, he said in wiggington continues to play well, i have to find a place for him to lay. he's play against left-handers, talking about ty to wiggington, so melvin may not get as many at bats, be but if he plays well, kevin up in the bull bullpen for the angels, but if he plays well, he's going to play a lot. >> gary: there are two down, runners on at first and second

base. wieters gets the additional pass. andino is is .294 with runners in scoring position. as we've said, a 7-game hit streak coming in. breaking ball down low, so he would like to make the decision back fire right here. the orioles out hitting the angels now 8-4, and two more base runner on. unlike the bomb game last night where the orioles got very few runners on. they ended up with five stranded. here in this ball game, they've been able to get runners on in every inning against santana. >> gary: little different story we talked about in the opening. somebody has to step up from the o's. aubrey huff with a 38-run home run. a lot of people chipping in. >> gary: 2-0 count. santana's delivery to him. that's not what he had in mind. falls behind 3-0 after issues an intensele walk. the next batter, andino, and mike scoscia not real happy. you know, mike is over there

going get on the phone! is he ready? here is the 3-0 delivery, and that is in there for a strike. >> jim: well, yeah, there is mike, their pitching coach. pitch count at 97. >> gary: this has not been a start where santana is has earned any love from his manager. 3-1, two down. runners on first and second base. fouled straight back. scoscia said he probably doesn't need another -- a 5th starter through the all star break. he said we'll see how it goes, but santana is making it look more like there will be four guys used, not five for a while. >> jim: well, like you mentioned, texas creeping up on them. you've got to go with the hot hands, and then, again, that strained ligament, certainly not making this season easy for ervin santana. >> gary: andino puts it in the air to right field. bobby abreu will give way, as

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 . >> gary: that is outside of third base. it will be a foul ball. 6-1 lead as the orioles are on top here, and it is 6-8-0 for the orioles, 1-4-1 for the angels. there's the bunt by aybar. he is fast. hernandez. oh, that is as hard as david hernandez has thrown tonight, and it was first base, and he had to to get aybar.

>> jim: well, for a young pitcher, it a pivotal inning, a 6-1 lead, they got a run last inning, and the first guy bunts at you, so all he had to do was pick it up, then he threw a rocket over there. doing a nice job. the key to winning baseball games, yeah, it's nice to have a low era, is to beat the guy you're pitching against. somehow do it better than he did. that's what he has done through the first 4 and a third innings. >> gary: has a chance to pick up his second major league win. got one in his major league debut, and then had two losses, but still with a respectable era. that is taken inside. one down, figgins has popped up and grounded out. lead-off batter. he takes a lot of pitches.

takes that one away. figgins in the series, three hits now in the 6 at bats that he's had, hernandez has been much more efficient in this ball game, as far as pitches thrown, at least to this point, because that had been a problem for david, running the pitch count up early, and then having to either give in to a couple of hitters, or cop out of the ball game, because he just was exhausted. >> jim: i think a lot of it had to to with commanding those secondary pitches. right there, a good fastball in, and i am sure he sat on the bench and had a little conversation with their pitching coach. >> gary: 3-2 pitch. and figgins will foul that one away. >> jim: if you look at his last start, that was against john land machine the nationals, and lannan pitched extremely well. adam dunn was the big swing.

it was in an 0-2 pitch. but other than that, he pitched well. >> gary: that one up in the air. reimold coming. and he's got it. and that will retire figgins. two down here in the 5th inning. on tuesday, july 28th, you can help orioles support the maryland food bank. find out what your favorite orioles like to cook and how good they are in the country. it will be at the espn zone from 11:30 1:00 for the team's first ever cooking competition. that's on tuesday, july 28th. >> gary: markakis, roberts and zone? >> gary: the. we're going to find out tomorrow exactly what's on the menu. >> jim: yeah, but i'm going zahny, i don't care what on the menu. why in? a veteran, been around longer.

i just have a sense. >> gary: here is the 0-1 delivery. >> jim: pail and bucket type of guy, shows up every day. now that he's my favorite, i'm going to have to help him. officer he doesn't know what he's doing. >> gary: that shows a lot of confidence. i think he's the best, but he may not know what mess doing. >> jim: well, he may need. >> help. >> gary: i would think he would ribs. i think he may be a rib guy. 2-2 count. bobby abreu has grounded out twice in the ball game. 2 for 4, two home runs, two rbis last night, but not tonight. big cut, and he fouls that back, and the count will stay

at 2-2 on abreu. >> jim: four of them coming last night on two home runs, but that was home run 5 and 6. so you can drive in runs without hitting hope runs, and he has been proving that snoop 2-2 delivery an the way to him, and abreu just softly fouls it away. >> jim: le, be 87 hits last near with. >> jim: well, 87 hits last year with two strikes. he said he wants to game how the ball appears coming up to home plate, how it jumps on you. if hernandez that has always been one of his strengthin' strengths coming up from the minor leagues. >> gary: 3-2 count with two down. and hernandez.

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 . >> gary: they to get into the angels bullpen now. hard thrower. big curveball. throws in the middle 90s. ball was pretty straight that day. then he's got a a cutter. threw a couple to justin upton. couldn't keep up with him. there's a pretty good fastball. 96, not bad. >> gary: so santana is out of there. his comeback start.

bullpen, which is dead last in era. with a 5.32 for the angels. they've given up more hits per nine innings than any other bullpen, and have also given up a lot of walks, ranked 11th in that category. >> gary: >> mike describes it as sort of amish emotion in the middle

before you get sort of a mishmosh in the middle. >> gary: brian roberts blocked, figgins, got him. that ball hit so hard that figgins had all kinds of time, even with roberts running, to find it and get up and throw. >> jim: and right here, again, hit sharply, as you mentioned, and we talked about the gold glove capabilities of figgins. you want to. i well, you better have some guys that can glove it behind you. he certainly has that. >> gary: jones coming up, adam got his first hit in this paul park with a sing physical the third, and then lined out. robbed of a hit in the 4th inning. again, down at third base by figgins. so adam jones is trying to get the bat going again. sometimes he's had, coming into

the ball game, an 0 for 10. got rid of that with a base hit. it is taken outside for a ball. and a 2-0 count from jepsen. so santana, a chance to be the losing pepper, he's 2-2 lifetime i against the orioles, will set and watch the rest of this one for the angels. 2-1 pitch. that's that hard heat, and the count goes to 3-1. adam jones taking all the way. it is a strike on the outside corner. tomorrow will be the july 4 ball game and the third of four here. bergen 137 hp 5 1-5 for the

orioles. walked him. well, jepsen surrenders a walk. we've only had four of those in the game, and one was intentional by santana. one down and one on for markakis. >> jim: kind of a funny alignment. torii huntser play $s him out to where he -- plays hip out to where he doubled last time. look at that gap. tells me they're going to probably try to run the ball away from him. no, slider, in on his first. >> gary: right where nobody was. it's a long run for abreu, but plenty of time to get over there. markakis is retired. two down, back to first baseman adam jones.

>> gary: two for three in the ball game, and two rbis, pushing that average up to .274. jones not a big lead at first. throw over, in any event. >> jim: we talked about it in last night's game, maybe two more steals, and, again, mathis has a food throwing arm within just keep him close. don't let him get one of those leads. >> gary: breaking ball, inside to aubrey huff, and a 1-0 count. well, the july 31st deadline coming for trades, aubrey huff's name continues to be wantied about, at least in the rumor mill side of the, ball clubs who might be looking for power. 1-0 delivery on the way.

that is inside for a ball. 2-0. clubs trying to figure out who is a trade or who is a seller, who is a buyer, as you close in on the end of july. going to be a lot of clubs in the running, because of wildcard spots. not a lot of teams who who are going to be willing to get rid of good players. 2-0 count, jepsen's delivery. that one taken up inside as well. 3-0. >> jim: the rangers, apparently there's a fund you can go and ask for money, they had to get $15 million to make their payroll, and people saying yes, they had a couple of high draft choices that they didn't -- they drafted because of other people -- because of signability, yet they probably will not be adding players before that deadline, and it's got to make the angels happy, because they're only what, a game behind in the loss column. >> gary: which could mean i think nolan ryan's name is

going to come up first and foremost if tomorrow hicks is going to have to sell that ball club. ryan you figure is down there running the team as their gm, might, if anybody can put a group together to do it, it would be him, and there have been some talk that he was interested in doing that anyway, so we'll see, but texas, apparently, financially, at least their owner, in trouble. the walk surrendered. that's the second one given up the the inning. jones down at second base get this first one, and now aubrey huff picks up the second one. hose down at first. noel be reimold with with on. he has struck out and flied out in the ball game. orioles with a chance here to start shutting the door in this game to some degree with a 6-1 lead they have already. reimold has had his chances in the game. he struck out with the bases loaded in the first inning. breaking ball will be taken down low. he came up, drew a walk in the third inning, after the huff home run, and now gets a shot

with two on, and two down. >> jim: and this is part of the endocktry nation of coming to the big leads. you have beckett, lackey. pitchers you've never faced before that are this good. and they know about you, because of the great start he's had. >> gary: continues to lead the american league rookies in homers, rbis, slugging percentage, second in average and on base percentage among rookie finance you missed it earlier, he has been named the american league's rookie for the month of june. 1-1 therefore to him. heater, and the count goes to 1- 2. >> jim: andaa good one. one thing about jepsen, he's got good stuff. where whether he hand command it, that's the story. got a cutter, which will just

dive away. >> gary: reimold on another fast ball, and he is gone, and unhappily so. so jepsen get this strikeout, the orioles leave two on base. bottom of the 8th coming up. 8-16-1 o's. 

  . >> amber: before his fame today, many apologized to the fans, and thanks the tomorrowers for supporting him, but never once did he apologize for steroids, or confess to testing positive. >> gary: so he's back, i guess. >> jim: 0 for three. >> gary: torii hunter pops that one up. wiggington, all years. hunter has an 0 for 3, and hernandez continues to survival a very good line-up for the angels. one away. >> jim: well, i think they're probably surprised, and i tonight mean this in a bad way, because if you scouted him, you would go, yeah, this guy has a good arm television just didn't command all of his pitches. that's just not the case tonight. he has made good pitches when

he's gotten in trouble. gotten in and out of trouble a few times. perfect example right here. they pitch to guerrero in. that's on a scale of one to 8, about a 6 curveball, about as good as you could throw it. >> gary: guerrero up, and he will get the pace hit. that's his first hit of the series. 1 for 7 now. a one-out single here for "vlad" "vlad"    . >> gary: mike scoscia will to confuse the pen in some depth here, with the games coming, two more in this series, will try and spread it out, probably.

that ball fouled right straight back. >> jim: watch out rex utler. >> gary: rivera lining that one back into the box. rivera has delivered a double, and the runs scored in the 4th inning. the only one on the board came on the double by izturis to bring rivera home. rivera three hits in these to games now, 3 for 6. and the fastball will be taken away, batting .308 on the season now for rivera. there is rich thompson in the bullpen. angels have picked up the long ball. they started out very slowly. they had 33 home runs in the month of june. they had 40 in the first two months. they have really increased their power pace after they got bay bia first month. they did not -- got by a first month. injuries were one reason they went 9-12 in april. but since then, they're 34-22. >> gary: i think they were 6-

12 at one point. of course the red sox also had a bad start and then won 11 in a row. >> jim: knew both teams in first place in their division. 1-2 deliveried, japanned him. the count will stay at 1-2. card first halfs over the reds today. i don't know how the cardinals do it, 7-4. amazing. >> jim: well, larussa has a lot to do with it, and along with that is pujols. came in tonight's game with 30 home runs, leading all of beige. why would you ever pitch to him. he's that good. make the other guys beat you. >> gary: here is the 1-2. and swung on and missed, and did he ever fool him on that. that's about as far as a pat is going to be from a ball on a strikeout at the major league level. >> jim: and you also saw the 38 rbis, and 14 home runs in 33 games. now, if we ran back last night

john lackey come fating thissing the orioles, you would have seen these type of swings at some of his breaking balls. this is a very impressive performance by a 23-year-old youngster, getting the opportunity because of an injury. and to me, this is what the future is about. . if the orioles can bring up guy has no can pitch like david hernandez pitched tonight, and they can start doing it over a period of six months, with the young players they have, they are going to be over .500, and when you get over .500, all of a sudden you can really build on that. >> gary: all of the numbers we have shown you, it has been about the lack of pitching. that one drilled in the air by morales. way back, and good-bye, home rub! morales with a homer, and hang on! it is now a 6-3 game. >> gary: and he is streaking around the bases. again, as the power comes, all of his home runs, now 1 of them

left-handed. watch this. it's like a change-up. and he just launches it. that's on a breaking ball when the angels came to baltimore. full extension. don't get hurt out there in the bleachers. so morales makes things far too interesting from an orioles perspective, as he delivers the 8th home run he has here, 8 of the 14 at angels stadium, and now a 6-3 ball game just like that, and these that home run power we were talking about. it is only the second home run that david hern participate delcarmen has surrendered. izturis goes to the bag for the out. but a big blow with two down, putting two up for the angels, and it's now 6-3. er p.a.: this your final boarding call. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour. almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down.

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he's pitched a heck of a game. city. >> gary: the orioles will try and get to this pen that has had so many problems. here is luke scott, takes it inside for a ball. scott has delivered a two rbi double. he has been called out on strikes and flied out. jepsen worked an inning struck out one and walked two. that fastball just tails away, flying away, and will miss, and the count goes to 2-0. thompson came up from salt lake on the 27th of mae. he's already had two stints with the angels. 2-0 count to scoscia, continues

to try to get this ball pen righted. that will be fumed afouled away. count goes to 2-1. there is room in this organization for people to take positions if the pen. >> jim: normally you would have some guys to be your hold guy. shields had the left knee problems and they had to operate. >> gary: towering fly ball to center. scott is retired. second time he's flied out in a row to hunter, and one away here in the top of the 7th inning. that will bring up melvin more are melvin mora with a double. the angels 3-8-1. huff with a 3 rbi homer, scott with a two rbi double. markakis with an rbi single,

have accounted for the oriole runs. izturis, an rbi double for the angels, and the with-run homer by morales. the three on the board for the angels. >> jim: yeah, that error by aybar in the first inning, the orioles took advantage of it. >> gary: 1-0 count. fastball, will miss outside. 2-0 on melvin mora, who is at .267 on the year. >> jim: so you look at thompson, you look at jepsen, and you look at the radar gun, and their pitch repertoire, and you say all they have to do is execute their pitches. the stuff is good. but the result is not. which tells me that probably not making the quality pitches that mike butcher and mike scoscia would like them to make. >> gary: 25th australian to make it to the major leagues in

the ever-growing diversity of players around world in the mlb family. taken down low for a paul. the counselor goes to 3-1. thompson has only work $13 and a third innings, has walked five in those innings. and has struck out the 16. opponents hitting .283 off the right-hander. 3-1 therefore to mora. that will be looped into right center field. that's going to be a base hit. hunter over to get it. so mora is on. melvin 2 for 4 after being off

two games. now matt wieters. he has flied to center twice, and drawn an intentional walk. and the breaking ball is taken inside. matt in the series one hit now in 5 at bats. wieters checking with down at third. only thing that could be on here would be the hit-and-run. 1-0 count, breaking ball. no, fastball, rather. up high, sailed on hill, and the count goes to 2-0. so thompson working behind hitters. >> jim: you can see a high- energy type of guy. if you watch rich thompson, you can see how many times he inhales, exhales, trying to slow everything down, and for some guys, just a little bit easier than others. >> gary: 2-0 count, thompson's therefore, a fastball, kind of aimed that, and missed, and the miss. so the orioles trying to get back at least one of those two

runs they surrendered in the last half inning. wieters so far in these cases, dave trembley has had him taking. here is the 3-0 pitch, and he did, and it's on the inside corner. 3-1. >> jim: how about a year or two from now, he won't be taking that. >> gary: he'll be lashing away. >> jim: bobby abreu walked up tomy today ask said i love this kid's swing, he uses the field. >> gary: and mike scoscia likes him behind the plate. asked mike today about with and you want to hear what he says first when he's talking, and he said what i like is flexibility, said that's a key to a catcher in my mind, especially bigger-size catchers. he said talent is real, hands are soft, and he can move. >> jim: yeah, the own think he told me the only negative, in a way, is that he has to learn just to stay a little bit

lower. he said there's a chute on the way to second base. >> gary: he has himself a pace hit right there. mora will make the turn. wieters is on with a bus hit. two on and one down. >> jim: yeah, he picks on a hanging curveball and just pinks it in. what did abreu say? the ability to get the bat on the ball. doesn't overswing. foot gets down. that's the importance thing, is the ball. again, that's your timing mechanism. he said just imagine a chute out in front of home plate, and he said you have to stay low and go through that. and so again when matt has made good throws, he's been able to do that. last night, of course, the runner got a great jump, hurried, stayed on little bit more. i have to imagine if you're agile and you're 6'5", you'll figure it out, and he certainly has the agility to do that. >> gary: and he's certainly smart enough. >> jim: yeah. >> here is andino, another chance. runners on first and second,

only one away. the pitch is away. texas beat tampa bay by a consider of 3-1 tonight. texas started the day a game behind in the west, so they have chance to be in a tie with the angels if the angels lose this ball game, and see at logical have a chance to be just two and a half games out, as seattle beat boston 7-6 today. 1-0 count. power against power. andino fouls it back off the catcher, 1-1. >> jim: yeah, that was scott kazmir coming back off the disableled list to pitch for tampa bay, and of course we haven't seen each we haven't seen texas in a while. r. hunter started for them. don't know his first time name, to be honest. >> gary: for do i. >> jim: will have to look that up. here is the 1-1 therefore on the way. just missed the outside corner

with that one. >> jim: tommy hunter. >> gary: tommy hunter. oh. >> jim: you know tommy. >> gary: know tom by hunter. >> jim: and of course the talk is that they'll get josh hamilton back, you know, with 130 rr bis last year, so that will be kind of like making a trade. he's been out moist of the first half with the rangers. that one. to right field, bobby abreu backing up, runners tagging, abreu has got it. mora heads to third. staying at first base is wieters. and there are two down here in the 7th inning. so thompson able to get andino on the fly ball out. brian roberts is going to get the rbi chance. brian has had a single. one for four, and he has scored a run. top of the order, which had such a miserable night offensively last night, tonight they have delivered. roberts has got a hit and scored. jones has been on base three times. he has scored tice.

he has a hit. markakis has a two for four, he has scored two runs in the ball game, so top of the order has been there in this one. >> which is usually the case for the orioles. that one for 16, the only hit that thai got was huff. >> gary: buried in the territory by thompson, and a 1- 0 count. thompson has been working behind, jepsen worked behind, and santana, the startedder, spent at bats working behind the oriole hitters. that has been a problem for the three pitchers who have been on the mound for the angels in this ball game. 10 hits now for the orioles. here is the delivery to roberts, and that's going to miss. melvin mora is at third, wieters is on at first. and roberts trying to bring at least one of them home here with two down. and it matters, in light of the two runs picked the last half inning by the angels.

robbers will take the pitch. that is in there for a strike. 2-1 for thompson. roberts ready and the 2-1 delivery. no runs, a couple of hits, two are left on base. orioles up 6-3. 7th inning stretch brought to you by jack daniels tennessee whiskey. please drink responsibly. sam adams boston lager

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