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you go back to .260 and .270. big numbers. ferguson is the pick, same as jones. first year, five wins, then ten and 16 and then has to adjust at the major league level. as long as he keeps the sinker, he will continue to win and he will get better the more he sees the teams he faces and learn more how to use that sinker. , when to go to the other pitches and he has to use a curve ball and a straight changeup. so far he hasn't needed it and is outstanding. >> they will hold him to it. the all star selections are in and for more, let's check in with amount we are theoharis. >> amber: tom, good news for adam jones. he has been selected to his first all- star game. he was selected by joe madden

because he had a choice who he would spend it would be adam jones. he found out last night before game and, boy, did he play up to an all- star level. 3 for 4 with two rbis. he had a very good season and made tremendous strides since last year. look at his numbers, batting .307 with 12 home runs is and 46 rbis i talked to adam about his selection. >> i'm happy i was selected amongst my peers and my manager, joe madden. still a lot of work to be done and happy up to this point. >> amber: is that why it's more special, you were selected by another team's manager and it has to do with fan vote peers and everything like that. >> yeah, especially the manager in our division who saw me this year and lastier, the progress and growth i have been making so it's a cool honor. >> amber: where do you feel you have grown the most?

>> just overall better, a little more discipline. still going out there and swing but, you know, a little more to the swing. just between the ears it's a little better. >> amber: could adam jones be an oriole great one day or 15 years into his career? he is 23 when he was selected to his first all star game and here is how he compared to other. cal ripken premier at 22 and brooks robinson was 23 and jim palmer was 24 so he has good company there. tom >> thank you. the orioles lost 11-4 despite a 4-0 lead in the first half. we will look at the highlights and begin in the orioles third. roberts will come through with an rbi double. zaun scores. >> one of two doubles on the season and looks like robbie is getting the swing back.

very streaky so far this season. last night, brian seemed to get it together again and put the orioles on top. >> adam jones with a shot to score a run and the orioles will round up getting a run on this base hit >> adam jones, three hits on the night. two got rbis for the orioles so it was a big night for jonesy and looks like he is starting the second half with a pretty good game, too. >> 4-2. check this out. ball drop between roberts and markakis and the tie-breaking run scores. >> a little lack of communication cost the orioles big last night. they held in there with a 4-0 lead. the angels came back 4-3 but was a big inning when the ball falls and the dam breaks. >> angel with a three-run 5th and 6-run 8th. they are 1-4 against the angels and 6-15 against the west.

now, brian roberts told amber what happened on the juan rivera ball to right. >> it was a flyball and shallow right field and i was going after it and thought i heard him and didn't and unfortunately it falls. > [ indistinct ] >> i mean, you know i think we both caught it many times. just one of those times where unfortunately neither one of us caught it. >> i took the blame for it. in that situation, you know, it's easier for me to come in on the ball. it was just, you know, miscommunication. he was coming back. you know, i was watching him instead of the ball and, you know, unfortunately probably not going to be the last time. that's baseball and stuff like that happens. but, yeah, i was -- you know, easier play for me to come in and i should have taken it. >> brian roberts is 3 for 13 with two doubles. adam intelligence 4 for 11 with a couple of rbis.

aubrey huff is at first base and luke scott is the d.h. as for the angels, torii hunter bats third. guerrero knocks in four last night and will be in right field instead of the usual d.h. position. when we come back, we will have the latest on tillman. that and more when o xtra returns on masn. fios guy! where ya headed?

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>> welcome back to our studio now. tom davis and rick dempsey

joined by rock from masn sports.com. school of rock. wearing a tie today. he is worried where he tied it right. [ laughter ] >> am i even? >> you're perfect. >> clip-ons are easy. >> jason berken pitched four innings. how about his rotation? >> he had a very odd outing. four scoreless outings and didn't get an out in the 5th. when you're in the rotation and throwing 85 pitch in four innings, that won't cut it. they feel they have no options so he will have to run out there. when he keeps the ball down and double on the changeup like he is toll to do, he is fine. that fastball lay in the middle of the plate like a tee and is hit. it's 92 or 93. it's not slop but looks like it's on a tee and is hit hard because of that. this part of the season is

where you build. he the not getting out in the 1st and 2nd. we're learning about hill. this is a time to learn about jason berken. however, he is at least two notches below bergesen and probably below hernandez. he has options and hill doesn't. guthrie isn't going anywhere so he is on the shakiest ground. the club will have to decide if there's another. trembley said who else is there? >> i got to say one thing on his behalf. we have to look a lot closer and give him more starts. we're not going anywhere at the bottom. i liked about his performance -- and we will keep an eye on him last time -- he is miss in the strike zone and getting hit hard. they have all done that. even bergesen the first two or three times. last night he missed at balls, low in the strike zone. when you start missing low, he starting to make the adjustments you want to see.

i'm not count him out now and is better than he looks on the mound but i think in the future he will be an asset to us. >> and then that will lead me into my next question -- what about tillman? he is wait in the wings and is pitching well now. >> down the road he may force berken into a relief role, which i think he would be good at. there's talk the last few days tillman is the next guy up and i believe that. he is on deck now, the next young gun that will come up. that doesn't mean it's immediate and trembley was talking about that earlier, you know, this kid is pitching in the futures game and i think he will stay down in norfolk a little while but clearly, even at age 21, is ahead of some guys like pat with a 2.96 e.r.a. and forget the record of 6-5. he department get much run support after coming back from the groin injury. i think they are hitting .315 off patton. tillman clearly is the guy who

has moved up and if they will make a move, chris tillman will be add to the rotation. he will be shut down after the minor league season. he moved ahead of everything else but that doesn't mean we will see him in the next couple of days. >> with robin deno playing well, will he get as much playing job as before? >> we're at the point where he is ready to come back. we were told it was after the break. all of a sudden he takes b.p. in anaheim. he will report tuesday and wednesday and play shortstop and bat leadoff and then rejoin the team, apparently next friday when they play toronto before the break. you will have to make a roars move. what is that going to be? people said the pie experiment is over. i don't buy that. he is a backup center fielder who has done pretty well in the limited role he has now. they have gotten something out of him.

they're getting something out of hip. and he is out of options. i think he would stay. salazar is only here because of the appendectomy and is here without a position and out of options. dave trembley loves his bat on the bench snap good bunch hit we are pop and runs and place hard, doesn't have to be toll to rush. now we're going back to berken again. maybe he goes because his next turn is thursday and then the all star break. they don't nieve five starting pitchers now so you could send him down because he has options and when you need the fifth starter you can decide if it's him or tillman or whatever. maybe berken is the guy. they could get away with 11 pitchers. >> tell us about the 16-year- old killed out of the dominican sought by the pirates but the most recent story is sought by the orioles. >> they love him. he worked out for three days. he has a swing like cabrera,

which similar pressive. they like him. the twin reportedly the third team because they don't have a lot to spend. andy mcphail said there was nothing immediate with the international players. they like him a lot but there's an age thing. mlb is investigating whether he is 16 or not. if he is 18, no big problem. but if he falsified birth certificate, he is three there another year it could be another year or two years. they won't spend big bucks on the kid if he can't join right away and what the investigation will show, how long it will drag out. we were heard $5 million or $6 million. maybe it's more like $3 million. andy mcphail won't open up the checkbook or stay we should spend the money on the kid if they can get him. apparently you have to prove his age. they expected bones -- they checked his birth certificate.

they will cut him in half and cut the rings. >> three children could be a key. [ laughter ] >> i think so, two. >> and the social security checks. >> maybe he is 26 for all we know. >> and could be an upgrade. [ laughter ] >> does he know tejada, by chance. check it out, masn sports.com. we'll have another edition of dempsey's dugout. >> i'm brian bass and better looking than ty wigginton. >> many feel they are look- alikes. that story with dempsey's dugout next on masn. geico's been saving people money on car insurance for over 70 years. and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it?

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>> david hernandez signing the autographs for fans. joe saunders pitches for the angels today and the orioles counter with rich hill, looking for his fourth win.

welcome back. if it's sunday, it means it's another edition of dempsey's dugout. what do you have for us? >> rick: we have to forget what we saw on the mound in anaheim but you have to think of what the young man did at the beginning of the season and what he has been doing most of the season. i talk to brian bass about the adjustments that made him a better pitcher this year. we have to talk first about the start of the season because that's really what -- you know, defined what happened with you. it wasn't a good start and things didn't seem to be going all that good and all of a sudden it clicked. and you started pitching very well. what was the difference? >> i think it just -- we've tweaked some mechanical things in the last couple of weeks of spring training and it wasn't quite there and i guess kind of took a couple of weeks to get use to that and figure out how to get guys out again. >> rick: i know out of the minor leagues you were a

starter most of the time and that's what a lot of people start to say because when you started pitching well at the beginning of the year, then everybody was saying, you know, hey, we may like to see brian bass as a starter. do you think you would like to see yourself as a starter again? >> i don't know. i'm pretty comfortable where i'm at right now. obviously with all the young arms we have, there's not really a need for another starting pitcher at this moment so i enjoy what i'm doing and if the organization wants to make a change, maybe a different direction but i don't see that happening now. >> rick: you talked about the changes you made at spring training that paid off a couple of weeks into the season. can we go over to the mound and maybe have you show us what you did? >> yeah, absolutely. >> rick: good. because i think really, you know, whatever little mechanical ching all of a sudden click in, it really made a difference because your slider was one of the pitches that is unhittable. >> right. i mean, it's not a huge change we made. it's just the fact that the ball is coming up from back here instead of up front.

my pitch have a lot of life. i'm up in front with the good arm slot and coming down through. >> rick: what do you mean "coming out of here?" >> when i'm on time, my hand comes out in front and release is in front of my face. >> rick: you can see it? >> right. it comes up here. when i'm on time it's back here so the ball -- you never get a chance to get in front. >> rick: casting -- >> right. absolutely. >> rick: is there a way you hold your slider that could be different from the other guys in the bullpen? >> it's a standard grip. i go on the back of the horseshoe and my pressure points where my middle thinger and thumb. >> rick: you take the index finger off the ball. >> it's on there but more of a guide than anything else. my pressure points are here and here and i try to get in front of it and pull down. >> rick: i don't think i can ask you anything else about pitching. we had wiggy and talked about

look-alikes. there's no relationship at all between you two. >> not at all. >> i have to say i'm the better looking of the two. no doubt about that. >> i'm surprised he said that. >> rick: any feature about you that sticks out better than him? >> jim: think i'm overall better looking. [ [ buzzer ] ] [ laughter ] >> nothing else i can say about that. thank you for joining me on the empty sis east dugout. keep that buzzer going. >> thank you to rick for another edition of dempsey's dugout. rick dempsey's scouting report is next when os xtra pregame continue, brought to you by at&t, in a moment.

>> how about the weather in southern california? 77 degrees. winds out of the southwest at 4 miles per hour. 45% humidity. no chance of rain. never rain in southern california. [ laughter ] >> ♪ never rain in southern california ♪ >> time for rick dempsey's scouting report. >> rick: i love richie's curveball, one of the best i have seen in the major league since maybe mike bottacher or steve sloan. tough to control and very tough to get it over but when he gets it over, he is very tough to beat. i think he needs to get a two- seamer and then he can buy that new beemer. okay, that rimes a little bit when you you win ball games and can make money in this game and what he needs to do is find something that moves away from right-hand hitters and i think it will set up that curveball a whole lot better. >> how about jesus and? >> living the dream.

saunders is 5-0. everybody like to go loserless. he would like to win every game against a team he faces and so far he is 5-0 gwen the orioles with over a 4 e.r.a. i think they are due to feed him today. right handers are big a trouble for him. he has given up a lot of home runs. 16 of 18 have been to right- handed hitters. 44 of 47 runs scored off him are off the beat of right-hand hitters so i would stack the line u with every right-hander. he is tough but can be beaten. >> rick dempsey's key to the games. >> rick: don't forget magic mike sciocia. i played for him three years and coach with him for six. he likes the razzle-dazzle. you get in a close inning, 7th through 9th innings, he will make something happen. he hasn't sent anybody in on a

squeeze so we have to really do a lot of things -- anything to counter so they don't get some easy run off some razzle- dazzle. >> rick dempsey's player to watch. yesterday was adam jones. >> rick: nolan reimold. he is doing well against left- happened pitchers, 17 for 50 and hitting .340 and what they don't know about him will work in his favor toe day. he is relative unknown. he is my pick to have a great day. i will go on a slim and say he will hit a home run. how about that? >> you have to watch the postgame show for sure. >> rick: absolutely. >> that will wrap things up. orioles try to get a split as they begin the second half of the season. jim hunter and jim palmer standing by. thank you for watching. see you here after the game for more orioles baseball here on

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 ♪ >> it's orioles baseball on masn on a typically beautiful sunday california sunday afternoon. the orioles and angels get set to wrap up the four-game series, first looking for a win to earn a four-game series split. hi, everyone, i'm jim hunter.

thank you for joining us as the orioles begin the second half of the year. last night was their 81st game of the season and this is a season of transition that continues as we expect it will continue even more. since andy mcphail took over as president of baseball operations two years ago, there has been a traumatic shift in the personnel not only at the minor level but the major league level. since andy took over, 17 of the 25 players active today were new, not in orioles uniforms when he took over. of the players on the current roster, nine have been draft and develop by the orioles including three of the five starting pitchers, the three rookie in the rotation. joined today by jim palmer as always and jim, with the turnover of the team, question know it will continue. what is the next step for mcphail as you want to get first competitive and ultimately in contention? >> we go to the bottom of the list, the three out of five starters. hernandez pitched well a couple of night ago. obviously you have berken who pitched yesterday and i mean,

bergesen has been outstanding, one run over eight inning with the red sox and probably see tillman before the summer is over but at the end of the day for the orioles -- and we know they have adam jones and reimold. you have markakis signed long- term and brian roberts -- you have the core players that understand how to play but at the end of the day it's about pitching. the starters have to pitch better. it's something that obviously has been wanting over the last couple of years and begins to change. >> jim h: one of the big acquisitions, adam jones picked up in the trade with seattle for bedard, a big day today. named to his first american all star team. >> jim p: you will not find a nicer kid. mcphail on the trip -- i said, boy, did you hit the jackpot with a closer and one of the best 21-year-old starters and a five-tooled players and he show that this year with nine home runs and already does well. he struggled a little bit, hitting 22 or 29 in june as the league made adjustments.

hi is off to a good start in july and can beat you with his feet or glove his arm and if you look to markakis, the same type of player and big surprise is reimold. she come back today. you have three young outfielders and is a gigantic step forward. >> jim h: one of the biggest attributes jones. he wants to coach and learn and is named an american league all star. today the angels fan show up for daytime baseball as the orioles and angels play the final game of the four-game set. lineups and first pitch are next. as boston lager. the sam adams lager goes beautifully wh a lot of ethnic spicy foods. the maltiness and hoppiness work well with indian food. samuel adams boston lager is strong enough to support a heavier meal and it's balanced enough that's it's not going to overpower a lighter meal it could compliment a salmon dish with a little bit of spice to it. whether at a restaurant you're at home if you're having great food and you need a great beer,

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 >> jim h: orioles baseball masn is brought to you by -- what a beautiful day in southern california. good day to be at beach or ball game here. angels stadium in anaheim. finale of the four-game series.

let's look at the southwest airlines starting lineups for the orioles as the birds look for a win to complete the four- game series split. joans and hard may kiss in the clean stop. reimold will bat fifth. he gets the start even with the day game after a night game. weekers and andino round it out. >> let's look at the pnc scouting report. saunders -- not that he has anything against texas it's. doesn't like the ballpark. if you look at his other numbers he is 1-5 on the road but not there. he is a pitcher, not a thrower. a great change-up and maybe the velocity down last year, coming off the 17-7 record. there's his record this year as you look. and again, you know, the one thing he can do is beat you so many different ways. he can be a powerful guy but again for the orioles, they're gonna have to solve the fact that, you know, he knows how to pitch and again, a young guy.

he turned 28 earlier this season but again, coming off the 17-7 record. >> jim h: on this beautiful sunday afternoon let's head to visit with am deer. >> amber: well, jim, brian roberts is looking to get on track in the season. he had a tough night defensively but he hasn't been himself offensively. look at the numbers. his batting average steadily declined he started out strong .356 in april but in his last ten games hitting .179 with 12 strikeouts. trembley talked to brian about his struggles and he feels some factors get in his head that shouldn't. he realizes he is the catalyst for the team and feels like he lets team down but he is a two- time all star and look for him to get on track today. >> jim h: thank you very much here's brian batting right- handed. high and 1-0. underway in

anaheim. 79 degrees here in southern california and as usual, the sun is shining brightly. saunders out of springfield, virginia, and misses outside. ball two. 2-0 on brian roberts, with a very modest but still a streak -- a two-game hitting streak going. 3 out of 9 in the past two games. >> jim p: because he was 3 for 32. >> jim h: towards the gap in left center field. that ball is gone! it got over the wall! rye bran roberts hits it out and the orioles just like that grab a 1-0 lead! so talk with the skipper about turning it around and he turns it around, turns on it for his eighth home run. >> jim p: hitting better right- handed this year, not for power but right here in anaheim, all of southern california, whether it's dodgers stadium or san diego, in the daytime, the ball carries better. so this looks like it may be off the wall but sails over it towards the rock pile here at

anaheim. the orioles take a 1-0 lead. >> jim h: joe saunders, batted around for four home runs in his last start tuesday at texas, allows a home run for the first oriole as adam jones fouls it back and the birds grab a quick 1-0 lead. here's you're your representative for the all star game and deserves it adam jones, .307 batting average. he has the second-best batting average, jim, in the american league in day games. a .415 average. he loves playing in the sunshine. >> jim p: i think he loves playing. he grew up down the road in san diego, 90 miles, maybe? 90 miles down in san diego. >> jim h: adam jones, high fly ball to center field. hunter got it and in front of the wall as it gets the out. dave trembley before game asked about adam jones, the all star. he talked about adam jones, the player. >> he is a legitimate player

and his upside will come quicker than we all thought. i didn't think he would have this many home runs at this time in the season. but he has been a good player. a better player. >> jim h: jones skies to deep center feel for the first out and what an honor that has to be to be told you are an all star. it's so difficult to succeed at this level, not only an all star on the orioles, getting one representative and you're that guy. >> jim p: yeah, and come in his second full year although we're not fully through the first -- the second year but it's his second year he will be a regular in the major leagues. i made my first all star -- game -- or team -- back in 1970 when i was 23 years old, same age as adam. >> jim h: 0-2 on markakis. >> jim p: i thought i would have a good time. earl weaver managed.

not only did i go, but he said, well, you're gonna be starting and jim palmer will be the next 30 game winner. i never won 20 games at that point and willie mays led off and bench hit third, rose his second. i think aaron hit fourth. mccovey hit fifth. i think what you find out is that -- i mean, they were the best player in your league and frank was there greeting everybody and you're trying to beat the gnarl league, especially now. because it's deciding who will have the hold field advantage in the american league. so very exciting and adam jones is, you know, will be 24 in august but is a young 23. i mean, he is a fan of the game. obviously five tools and orioles had a chance to see those. >> jim h: 2-2 to markakis. a low ball. a full count. that aspect of the game going to the all star game, you just describe to me, for the first time in particular, has to be the best because he will walk in that american league

clubhouse with the elite players of the league and now he is their equal. >> jim p: he is one of them. >> jim h: 3-2. markakis down on strikes as saunders get him. two away. >> jim p: let's look at the angels defense. rivera, the eight-time gold glover who is -- he is going to be in his third all star game. guerrero got off last night and hit a monstrous home run. eye bar, kendrick back from the myron leagues. more ramless and napoli. >> jim h: huff takes a breaking ball for a strike. he d.h.ed last night, back at first base today. tied for eighth in the league with those 55 rbi and fouls it back. >> jim p: we have already seen fastballs and brian roberts hit one for the home run. the one thing he is due to hitters like aubrey huff and

markakis, who are left-handed, they have the breaking ball. that's what he got markakis to swing through. also the team two-seam fast ball to change speeds. >> jim h: down and away. saunders home versus road -- the wins are equal but there's the difference, jim, the e.r.a. inflate by that start in texas. >> jim p: well, there's two of them. >> jim h: given up 15 run in texas. there's the groundball to kendrick. orioles down in the 1st but not before brian roberts get his eighth home run leading off the game to give the orioles a 1-0 lead. two beers! you got it!

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 >> jim h: here come the angels. bottom of the 1st. starting lineups for scioscia's club. 44-34 for the team. fig begin in the leadoff spot, just killing orioles 5 out of 12. a couple of rbi and four run in the series. ken and aybar round it out. >> jim p: and the scouting report on rich hill, 6'4" and creates arm speed. if we go back to our second one, morales overanalysis and curve crazy, the one thing that, you know, he can throw curveballs when you have a good one. didn't have a good one, gave up nine runs against the red sox.

he was trying to say, okay, i will be a little more energy going to home plate. he was very passive and said, i tried to work on my windup but forgot about speeding my arm up so he is working on that hard between starts. >> jim h: figgins shows a bunt. 2-1. >> jim p: the one thing about rich hill, he doesn't mind getting away from camden yard where his e.r.a. is 14.34 and on the road it's 4.5 runs per game. >> jim h: you never know in the rotation how it will fall but he had the majority of the starts on the road and the windup jim is referring to for the 6'5" left-hander. >> jim p: he is trying to get more -- he gets the front side up and i think, you know, so does andy pettitte, having a marvelous career. and i think what happened was he said he would, you know, he is not doing it already today, steps off to the side. he was trying to be more direct, north and south but he

forgot, he tried to do that in his next game and his shoulder got up and there was no impetus to go to home plate so not much on the pitches. >> jim h: plays the hop and guns it across to get figgins. one down in the angel 1st inning. looking at the oriole defense, tough to play because you did not play well last night defensively and lost a game you may have been able to win. very good outfielders. andino made a good play at shortstop. roberts and huff and wieters back in the lineup. the rookie sensation. or soon-to-be send casingization, most people think. abreu is dhing today. good numbers. .3025 batting average, 49 rbi and a fast ball for a strike. 0-1. so each of the first two hitters begin with a fastball. >> jim p: what does abreu do?

gauge the speed. he doesn't care about radar gun. he wants to know the movement so that's why he takes so many pitches. 630 first pitches out of 383 at- bats. an amazing number. >> jim h: 1-1. at the knees for a strike. 1-2. >> jim p: gary darling give hill the low strike. the other thing that abreu did, other than the 20 home runs and 100 runs score and 100 rbis for yankees last year, 87 two- strike hits. >> jim h: there's the good one. >> jim p: if you're not getting over your front side, they give you a 10-inch mound to throw downhill and again, i mean, hill wants to throw down the hill. he did not throw down the hill against the red sox. maybe a little bit better with power numbers than the angels but the angels lead the american league in batting average. >> jim h: torii hunter swings at the first pitch and get one

to center field. adam jones is back on and it has it for the out. so three fastballs to the first three hitters and retire in order as jones goes back to the wall to haul it in. after the second in anaheim, a 1-0 orioles lead. what is it to lead? at pnc, it's doing what most benefits our customers. whether that's building more certified green buildings than anyone on earth. creating online banking tools for the next generation. or making a 10 year, $100 million investment in kids. it's how we've always done business. and will for a very long time to come. pnc. leading the way.

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off tickets for every oriole hit. you can have a chance to win as well. enter by going tomasensports.com and margaret has already won bought brian roberts home run. >> jim p: there are the flags. roberts led off the game with a home run. you saw hunter take adam jones to the base of the wall so fly balls will travel this afternoon in anaheim. >> jim h: reimold takes low. he is not in the lineup last night but in this is his third start in four game in the series. continues to adjust here at the big-level level. >> jim p: that's a good way to put it because they're adjusting. popped up to right field. guerrero calls and has it for the out. rye mole is retired. you know, the rookie of the month, as he was, hit .320 and a bunch of home runs and not only drove in runs, he scored

13 runs and balked 13 times -- everybody pace attention. there's more pressure on you in the sense they will really work on you. so we have seen up and in and breaking balls away. still been pretty disciplined as we look at luke scott. >> jim h: fouls it back. the other hitter i notice with the orioles as of late that is getting different pitches andino because she playing every day so there's more of a book on him. not as many fastballs, especially in early at-bats. >> jim p: roberts has been able to hit with runners in scoring position, right at the .300 mark. it hovered around .250, but to me he proved andino is good a shortstop as you need at the major league level. if anybody needed somebody to pickett, luke scott at the plate and you can see the numbers he had, with power -- robert proved he is the big

league shortstop. can he prove he played as the utility player you won't get the same at-bats izturis has when he comes back. >> jim h: napoli is the catcher behind the plate. 0-2 and fouled back. saunders out of springfield, virginia, drafted out of high school by the phillies but he wanted to go to college and he was a big-time pitcher at virginia tech in his home state and the angels eventually drafted him in the first round in 2002. he was the 12th overall pick. fouls it off. the one thing about his number that jumped out at me -- i hear you talk about how many starts does the starting pitcher get a decision in because that means he is likely around deep in games. he made 80 starts and has 60 decisions in his career. he has 40-20 in the big leagues. >> jim p: he pitches deep in the game and one of our pnc

scouting reports keys to the game was basically here's not a thrower but a pitcher. that's why he was the 12th guy pick in 2002. >> jim h: frayed labrum which is a lot of pitchers have. he didn't pitch in 2003. >> jim p: he has an idea, except in texas. [ laughter ] when you have given up 12 home run in 24 1/3 innings -- arlington is a big ballpark until you start pitching. he was flat and gave up home run. >> jim h: scott battling here and is 2-2 and fouls it off. texas in the division with the angels so they get to see them quite a bit. >> jim p: his average on the road, even with a couple of bad outings, 15 against the angels down there. he averaged almost six innings -- 6.88,in the 7th inning. >> jim h: luke scott worked

count to 3-2. one out and none on. trying to extend his hitting streak but get on base. he hit six here's the 3-2. curveball and inside. ball four. wrapped around the plate. that is a call often the pitcher will get. saunders looks upset he didn't get it. >> jim p: you knowvery clondyo ho plate umreto establish early. let's take a look. see, it's inside gary darling, for the first time i maybe a week or so, we're getting an umpirewill make plate because t were some really big he baltimo nice job thsday night. the last couple of jobs the last couple of nights, maybe the strike zone wandered a little bit. maybe darling will be consistent this afternoon. >> jim h: mora back in today.

he didn't stain the first game of the series. j p: kind of interesting. hunterys him three steps to the right and rivera place straight away and left so there's a huge gap in left center feel for melvin. h: 1-0. outside. good eye. the orioles are being very patient against joe saunders, who doesn't walk a lot, averages three per game. not a strikeout pitcher by today's standards, averages five per game but has the ability to strike you out. of course he doesn't want to be pitching in these count. i don't know if too many do. he can pitch from behind. in order, throw breaking balls -- in other words, throw breaking ball. back to saunders. go to second. back to first and out there. so 1-6-3, the double play ends it and the orioles down in the 2nd. 1-0 orioles lead.

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 >>  guerrero played in 40 for the year. look at this last night. >> jim p: well, it's almost on the ground. not only was it a home run, it was a monstrous home run over the bullpen and i thought -- [ indistinct ] -- maybe it was the oriole bullpen a couple of years ago. he had a 2-1 lead and all of a sudden it evaporated. he has done that quite often.

395 lifetime home runs, trying to get 396 right there. i saw him in spring training in ú96 or ú97 and felipe alou was coach in canada. >> jim h: foul. >> jim p: it was against the orioles when he fouled off -- broke his foot. was going to make the opening day roster after play in aa the year before. he was hitting them over the towers and right center and left center. alou said, not only can this guy hit -- he was putting on one of the great exhibitions i have ever seen in 40-something years. he said, see those pines? if i told him to go climb those pines he would do that. >> jim h: curveball. left center feel. not that deep. jones moves over and angles to protect himself from the sun. and he has it for the out and one