the orioles return home to camden yards for the final time before the all star break on friday. the three-game series against the bluejays. friday night, fireworks night. enjoy a dazzling display after the night and it's stunt night friday night. students purchase a left feel upper deck seat for $6. orioles.com or call for your tickets. four in a row retired to begin the game. and there's a breaking ball to rivera. that's the first hitter that did not see a fastball on the first pitch. rivera, a very good pickup for the angels. he was to be a backup, a roving outfielder, if you will. instead he is playing every day. gary matthews the forgotten man amongst the outfielder >> jim p: he has 999 hits? we have seen him every night. you see him down there and you said, you get to play? he said, i don't make out the lineup but he is ready in case

somebody gets hurt but rivera is having a terrific year. going back where he used to be before he broke his leg. you know, that was after the 2006 year when he hit 23 home runs and went to winter ball and broke his leg and it has taken him awhile to not only get in the swing of things but get healthy. >> jim h: how about the side arm curveball? where did that come from? >> he had it a couple of spots before. >> jim h: popped up on fastball. huff will move in and two men down. the one thing that you see with the approach of rich hill today, he is pitching backyards where what he was pitching which now is the normal fastball in terms of what the pitchers try to do. >> jim p: i said, okay, he steps to the side but i saw real good fastball and we haven't seen that on a consistent basis so he worked hard with rick kranitz to try to, you know, he said bob

gibson, big wind up. i said, you're a big guy. you don't have to pump your arms although you want to get going. he was so passive. i think he was more worried on what happened on the backside of the rubber than what happened when you actually throw the baseball so he worked very hard and you know, you give up nine runs against the red sox and you don't get a loss. and the orioles come back to win it. it's a negative, obviously, with the earned run average and whatever but i tell you, he didn't go away. he worked hard. he worked on the windup yesterday, unusual a day before you pitch. >> jim h: inside. 2-1. talking about rich hill and pitching backyards, here are numbers. after 1-0 when it should be difficult, around .221. you're supposed to be aggressive and in control. >> you're supposed to be making good pitches. he was having a horrible year. we saw manny when the orioles

were in milwaukee. he isn't the pitcher he was last year. there's a walk and obvious i may think about walking napoli because he is hitting .400 against left handers so you pitch around him with a one- run lead. >> jim h: the walks hurt rich hill, averaging six per game. here's morales. he will bat right. he is hitting it .283 and you see a nine-game hitting streak going. rich hill is averaging per nine innings, 16. 5 base runners for game. 16.5 and the moral of that story is they can't score if they don't get on. against hill they are getting on. >> jim p: that's what happens afterwards. how do they hit with runners in scoring position and are you attacking the strike zone. kranitz and alan dunn were in the organization so they know rich. any time you have some success

two years ago, you know, he wins 11 games with a lot of strikeouts and hurts his back last year with a calf problem and lou, short fused, 99 wins. whatever, 98, the cubs won. he is in the minor league. confidence shot so then he had the elbow problems early on in spring training so it has been a tough year. the one thing say they said he is not a command guy. the strike zone for him may be bigger. just getting it over and then hoping your stuff is good enough. >> jim h: back-to-back throw with the catcher at first base who has two steals for the year. the orioles have had two throwing errors on pickoff attempts. guthrie on his start and last night, bass. 1-1 chopper. tough play. they will have to hurry. throws off balance and got him! morales and scioscia will come

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well, what do you do on the fourth of july weekend in southern california? head over to santa monica beach and you jump into the pacific ocean and enjoy a beautiful day at the beach. or you show up here at angels stadium and watch the orioles and angels. birds have a 1-0 lead on brian roberts leading off the game. >> jim p: a lot of people do that. they averaged 40,000 per game at anaheim. >> jim h: saunders miss low to wieters. andino and roberts to follow. wieters sat out last night. zaun had a good night behind the plate. 1-0. down and in. wieters back in the line up and really holing his own as he tries to adjust at this level. >> jim p: he does. he has a high kick. the throwing has gotten better. he will even get better as he feels more comfortable and you have to come up and learn your staff and the opposition. kind of a mark man. you can see some of the home

runs, left half handed and both of them to left center feel. he runs pretty well far guy of his size so he will be a four- tool player. committee throw, catch, hit for average and probably hit for power. there's four of the five. the only other one is can you, you know -- what kind of running ability you have. >> jim h: he is patient and watches walk. >> jim p: he said, i like the stroke because he doesn't overswing and let's the ball travel. just think about it. you get all that money and all of a sudden you're a mark man, the number one prospect. david price is number two. you play the game the right way. you take the walks when they're presented to you. so he is on the cover of just about every -- you know, baseball-type of -- there's andino trying to bunt his way

on. there's a tendency to try to overachieve but i think wieters is, from early on, played the right way and will continue to at the major league level. >> jim p: and there's the other part of being a major league player for the first time, how to you fit in with your teammates? i mean, in particular with everything you just described -- here's the guy who has been anointed come in the clubhouse. >> jim h: andino, tapped towards second base slowly. ken rick drops the ball and everybody is safe! another example of the player thinking of two instead of settling for one and on the other your, something going with two on and no outs. >> jim p: he thinks of getting the lead runner and right here, uh-uh. this ball just hit too slowly so again, get somebody out. the 1-0 game. that's an out. except it's an extra out for the orioles. we saw last night.

they could score runs. they're not up for the leaders but they're -- number ten in runs scored so, hey, get an out and kendrick doesn't do it. >> jim h: roberts bunts. it goes foul. in this series you have two of the best leadoff men in the american league and here's the comparison, jim, between the orioles' roberts and figgins of the angels. >> jim p: they scored 60 runs to lead the american league. so you can see figgins obviously a higher batting average now because brian has been one of these short slumps, extra base hits. we give to it roberts, stolen bases to figgins so far although brian is capable of stealing 40 to 50, which he has done on occasion. doubles for brian. he is 48, 50, 52. finished second to dustin pedroia of mvp in the american league that led with doubles last year. i would still like him -- not in this case and i don't know if you need to sacrifice -- i

just know if roberts would bunt and somebody, eight or nine years ago, toll him how important it is to be a leadoff guy, his average would go up and runs scored would go up and mean more to the ballclub. so far, dave trembley or the orioles haven't been able to get to him. i don't mean take the bat out of his hands because he is an extra base guy. sometimes you're tired. bring the infeelers in and hit it by him and all of a sudden you're more productive. >> jim h: 2-1. low. ball three. small ball as a team can help you and here's a perfect example. angels tied for first in the west. they're in small ball. orioles, not so much. >> jim p: going from first to third is misleading although they do it so well. mike sciocia said you run through the base and decide whether you're going to the next base. that's what you have to do to go from first to third. >> jim h: that's going to get down for a base hit. wieters will score and andino

to third. roberts goes to second. the throw home -- he is safe! at the plate! he got the foot in before the tag of mike napoli so roberts comes through to drive in two and has all three rbis and the orioles now with a 3-0 lead. >> jim p: that's why you don't always sacrifice. so right here you can see -- there's your double cutoff man and watch this ball short-hop because if it's not a short hop, napoli doesn't come out in front of the plate. we saw him if the other night. he took the plate away so great slide by robert andino because he has to come out if the throw is further -- and it's difficult to do sometimes -- block the home plate because mike sciocia did that as well as anybody and he is the manager of the angels. >> jim h: adam jones and there are numbers as he improved to all- star status through the first 81 games of the year. 12 home runs and only four a year ago. roberts takes off and has third

base stolen easily as saunders didn't give him a second look. >> jim p: that won't make mike sciocia very happy. certainly dave trembley will be all smiles because now -- see how they play it when they're down by three runs. looks like they will play back. a lot of times you will see, actuallying bring the infield in and make mike jones a better hitter. if he was at second base, jones has to give himself up. now he can become an rbi guy and a power guy. >> jim h: still nobody out in the inning and try to get a ball hit. fouls it back for roberts -- by the way, his second steal in the last 12 games. 17th on the year. he is so good at stealing third base and really has the knack for getting the jump. >> jim p: it's very difficult. i remember when rickey henderson and amos otis -- they make you almost balk because they get the jump. it's hard to hold them on.

inside strike. you could get a bigger lead at second and if you are going to try to control, one of the infielders has to get closer to second base than they would like and put more pressure on the defense and that's what bryan brings to the table. >> jim h: 1-2 on jones. foul the opposite way. adam fouled out his first at- bat. it's not unfair for dave trembley to call brian roberts into the office -- i know they had a meeting -- and stay you know what? the way you go is the way we go. that's how good a player you are or you can be and we rely on you. that's why we signed you for four years. you're an impact player. 1-2 is down and in as saunders tried to get the inside strike again. he is trying to strikeout adam jones here. >> jim p: and you can do it -- count back to 2-2 but got ahead early and is trying to hit the spot. adam is trying to get the run

in and they will come back up and in. >> jim h: bounce towards third. roberts will have to hold. figgins fires to first to get jones so the one infielder not to hit the ball to because roberts couldn't -- [ indistinct ] -- figgins makes play and one out. >> jim p: a great pitch by joe saunders and he was able to do it because he got ahead and didn't have to pitch over the plate. >> jim h: that's where adam jones likes the ball. 12 home runs versus nine last year. people are starting to crowd a little bit. pitch in him because of the great extension where the power is. you saw with one down, mike sciocia will have the infield play in with markakis up. he struck out his first at bat. and he takes low. 1-0. nick has been drive in the runs somewhat quietly. he has 14 rbis over the past 18 games and there's one sitting

out there at third base. >> jim p: he is another candidate -- had sherrill out of the bullpen and he could have been another outfielder because of his ability to throw and hit lefties and righties. there's the numbers that are important. right here you don't have to get a base hit. fly ball of any department. depth. hitting on the .264. >> jim h: foul the other way and 1-2. saunders gets ahead of back-to-back hitters. joe saunders -- beat the orioles in his other start against the birds on april 28. that game at camden yards. only two runs earned because of an error. and he has never lost to the orioles in his career. this is seventh career start. he is 5-0. 1-2. sliced foul again as

markakis protects outer part of the plate. >> jim p: mike sciocia knows about joe saunders. three are really important times of the game where you came out. you don't want to see the scoreboard, 364 of but they are credit -- 3-0 but they are critical times because they will test your heart. he is in a position where he tries to strike out markakis. >> jim h: bouncer over the head and that is a base hit and roberts scores and the orioles have a 4-0 lead. so you pull the infield in. markakis hits a bouncer and the ball bounces right over the head of morales. >> jim p: the fourth day the orioles have seen -- a very, very fast infield. and again it's very hard to so the ball maybe is pretty routine in some of the ballparks in the american league, an rbi single so good pitch. but even better swing, made

contact bat by markakis. >> jim h: only one down in the inning and here's aubrey huff. >> jim p: how important is that stolen base by roberts? >> jim h: you're right. that's an out. orioles have had base runners in each of the first innings and now a 4-0 lead. last night they were hurt. try to do a better job today. markakis is chased back. talking about joe saunders and his five wins against the orioles -- he has seven wins against oakland, his most against any other team and six against seattle. but those teams are in his division so he has so many more opportunities. tied against the orioles, a team from the east. >> jim p: he can pitch. and you like a guy, obviously, to win whenever you can but in

your division, you will play teams 18 times, maybe 189 or 19 -- they have four team in this division so maybe longer. i didn't look at that. i will have to count these. we know what it is in the american league because there's five teams as there is in the east, or the central. >> jim h: huff is called out on strikes and a pitch on the outside corner. two men are out. there's strikeout number two for saunders. >> jim p: i think aubrey and napoli does a nice job. set out. you can see him suddenly frame it. remember the old days. send you off to sing sing. not my fault. i got framed. >> jim h: there's reimold. floyd out his first at-bat. flied out his first at-bat. this will be the 27th pitch of the inning and there's a

strike. >> jim p: it's kind of amazing the angels, a first place team, realize they got a slow start and they had all of the off feel feel, in particular the death of nick aden heart, that took awhile to get over. they are 12 knot league pitching. usually you don't see team that far down in the e.r.a. in any league. 4.69 is the team e.r.a., 12th out of the 14 teams. >> jim h: and the bullpen is last in baseball, which setted down over the last 20 games. pops it foul to first. morales has the play and it for the out and the inning ends but big for the orioles. seven men come to the plate. three runs score on a beautiful day in california. oriole have the lead. fios guy! where ya headed?

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>> jim h: a little easier. >> jim p: oh, it is ever. kendrick will come up here and work the count to 3-0 and this is the same score later in game they trailed last night off of berken. kendrick makes the error and leads a couple of unearned runs and was sent to the minor leagues. scioscia is a good manager. they are use to winning. four of the last five in the division but he is into tough luck. >> jim h: groundball sharply into third. gets its to first. one down. space has sold out for the july 12 game. the fan club celebrate markakis and jones but new dates for 21 and utah street have been added. join your fans on august 15, august 30 and september 5 on each day for just $21. you get a reserved utah street seat plus an exclusive i live

and t-shirt. for the details, call or orioles.com. fouls it back. >> jim p: izturis gets afternoon off, at least initially. he was hitting .409 against lefties in the month of july. 8 for 16 so the orioles are happy she not playing today. they would like to win. >> jim h: going to seattle won't be easy because the mariners all of a sudden are red hot. >> jim p: pitching. >> jim h: 3-2 over the red sox. >> jim p: keeps you in ball games. that's kind of our theme to our opening. a lot of young players for the orioles but at the end of the day, how well they pitch will dictate >> i a broken bat line drive to left. a base hit. aybar with a big turn. holds with a one-out single. first base hit for the angels

in the game. >> jim p: contact hitter. nine bunts. 16 infield hits. he is trying to make contact. a good pitch to hit. doesn't hit it well but in front of reimold. they're gonna get their hits. number one average in the american league. not that powerful but they have guys that are contact guys. they can run and hit doubles and steal bases -- second behind tampa bain that category. >> jim h: figgins fouls it back. >> jim p: it looks to me -- because that pitch was at 898 -- i don't know if rich will throw over 91 but he just seems more confident with his lineup today. a little more -- maybe there's going to be more late and as you mentioned early on, more fastballs. because it does set up your breaking balls. >> jim h: onto start ago at florida, two starts ago at

florida, it was pretty obvious that there were too many curveballs because the florida marlins livery other tch. they went looking for the curveball. he didn't have a very good one that night. they hammered him. >> jim p: i think also gave up a couple home , one on the changeup. he doesn't throw the third pitch very much and then i think there was another fastball when he got behind to try to establish the curveball thit. >> jim h: 1-2 on fig gwens. >> jim p: there are guys -- alan dunn and kranitz coming from chicago, the coaches said the curveball is better but when you throw one that rolls, kind of hover in the hitting zone. kind of like sinker ball and you drop them down. it kind of movralland you not

disturb but you disturb it. >> jim h: ball three. full to figgins. ggins has 30 multi-hit games. let's see if mike scioscia, gun 4-0, start trounce it. he does n and ball four. single now and walks and the angels fans start to get back in this one. two on and one out. >> jim p: last night mike sciocia said the drop pop-up cracked open the door. more like san andreas fault, the way -- [ indistinct ] -- it was the winning run and added another six runs in the bottom of the 8th to win 11-4. in a game you have a 4-0 lead. the second time through the order. it's not the base hit. it's the walk. or the fact that you don't challenge a hitter or you don't

command your stuff and that's what is happening here in the 3rd inning. >> jim h: abreu takes strike. that ball kind of floated in there so he was able to throw a strike to a guy that very rarely swings at the first pitch. unless he feels confident he has you timed and probably not the case. there's another one. swing and a miss. that's a good one. >> jim p: now what will they do? >> jim h: first time through the lineup, .234, then jumps to .355 and he adjusts. .273 third time through. this is now the second time through as abreu struck the first at-bat. a second look at rich hill. sidearm curve is outside. >> jim p: really not any close. i think it's nice to show a hitter and in you're going to -- if you're going to show him,

at least you didn't ping it so in other words, another arming anrelease point abreu has to deal with. >> jim h: lead runner aybar at second. aybar at first. flyball to center feel. will go. up against the wall. two runs will score. here comes the relay throw towards the plate and the tag by wieters is safe at the plate! figgins got the hand in before the tag. >> jim p: curve crazy. abreu gets the short hop to the wall. here's double. throw by andino and right there -- nice job of throwing and

helps daughterring with the safe sign. helps darling with the safe sign. >> jim h: hunter takes a strike. this is, queen gwen, the re-- again, the recurring game. trembley talked about it, the reason they're 12-25 on the road. they get early leads and don't add them but the bottom line, e.r.a. is six runs or more. you cannot win on the road when your e.r.a. is six runs per game. it won't happen. when that improves, the orioles' fortunes will get better. hunter flied out his first at- bat and takes the strike. it's pretty obvious why numbers are so important if you're a team and your team e.r.a. is 5.05. that means each day they go to the park, they need six to have

a chance to win that day and it's very difficult to average six runs per game. curveball is ripped. that's a base hit down the line. abreu will score. torii hunter heads to second base. he got a hanger on an 0-2 pitch and he rips it for a double. and just like that, it's a one- run game. >> jim p: kranitz will come out and talk. there's the deal about curveballs. you can say -- you called it exactly right. it hovered around the hitting zone and the all star for the third time, torii hunter, doesn't miss it. that's why we talk about fastball command being so well and so important because you can command your fastball on a daily basis, every fifth time out, better than a curveball. you want to throw your fastball in and out of the middle of plate and then when you get ahead, 0-2, if you're going throw a breaking ball, throw it

in the dirt. we have seen rich hill having problems doing that. so again, he hasn't adjusted. the angels adjust to climb in the ball game. >> jim h: still only one out. kendrick led in the inning. four straight hitters reach and here's impureerer roe. >> jim p: the only way to work on the fastball command is a commitment to it and part of that is work on your wind-up so you can do that. and right now rich hill is incapable of doing that through the first three months of the season. >> jim h: guerrero takes the strike. i guess is question is, does he throw so many curveballs because she in love of the curveball or because he doesn't have confidence in the fastball? >> i think that's the case. >> jim h: 0-1. it's popped up. shallow center field. jones will have to come in. that hung a bit but vladimir didn't get the good wood.

two men down. >> jim p: today he has a better command than i have seen. except i don't think he is aware of that. you have a hanging curveball and hanging curveball and all of a sudden the angels are back in the game. right there he threw a better breaking ball to an aggressive hitter, guerrero gets the out. >> jim h: two down. here's juan rivera coming up. the angels left-fielder popped up to the first baseman aubrey huff his first at-bat. and that's in there for a strike. 0-1. rich hill has three wins and all three have come on the run. torii hunter representing the tying run at second base. now two outs. he won his oriole debut in kansas city and then won in seattle and won at philadelphia.

>> jim p: those last two games -- 1-0 up in seattle. a close game in philly. and a very difficult ballpark to pitch in. >> jim h: there's the 1-1. inside. ball two. >> jim p: dropping his arm. maybe not comfortable and you can see velocity drop four, maybe five miles per hour. >> jim h: the seventh batter he faced in this inning. [ crowd cheering ] >> jim h: 2-1. called foul. that one over the plate. >> jim p: another hanger. take a look. high shoulder and again, if you don't get over the side, the ball will be up. it's all timing. torii hunter is not going anywhere. two outs, in scoring position. soso you have time to get that front put down and get up over it.

>> jim h: chopped towards third. mora to his left will get to it first to end the inning. each team with a three-run 3 and the oriole have a one-run lead. éa,

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scott. 2-0. there's a strike. luke without a doubt a streak hitter but has been much more consistent this year. the ups and downs have not been as dramatic. >> jim p: well, he is hitting well against left-handed pitching. .215 last year. anything over that is bonus but he is healthy. he is getting a lot of quality at-bats. i remember when i did "monday night baseball" and darryl strawberry was coming up. the third year when he hit 39 home runs -- 3 out of 5. of course darryl was very young. luke was more of a veteran. if you're not healthy -- and last year achilles problems on the push-off leg -- it's tough to be as good as you want to be. he changed the windup and made same justments. >> jim h: pops it up. aybar out behind second base. and has it for the out. one down in the oriole 4th

inning. another good crowd on hand on this sunday afternoon, fourth game of the series. >> jim that three-run third really energizes a guy like saunders that has a good feel for the pitching and there are the numbers through 81 game. melvin has as good a second half as anybody with 57 rbi and 48 games. so let's see if he can pull that off again. >> jim h: mora takes ball one. bounced out to a double play his first at-bat. melvin is trying to find that stroke. strike. fastball.

sawners, 28 years old now. saunders, 28 years old now. a big guy, 6'3," 210. fouls it back the other way. >> jim p: that's your home run pitch. it's not he is trying to hit a home run. he is trying to hit as hard as he can in a hitter's count 2-1 and drive it right center or left center. this year, maybe not getting to the pitches he used to get to. whether you're 27 or 37, you have to prove you can hit. you have to do it every time they pencil you into the lineup. it's now 45 games plus today. and now 171 at-bats since his last home run on may 7 against minnesota. outside, ball three.

>> jim p: are you getting extra base hits? only nine extra base hits on the year total. >> jim h: orioles leadoff hitter has 37. >> jim p: we're not trying to be critical. that's just reality. >> jim h: 3-2 is outside. ball four. very good for mora and that's the third walk allowed by saunders. >> jim p: what happens is when you try to hit home runs -- i mean, to me, that's a bonus. you take the walk given to you. if you're walked 17 times on base percentage is down to 32%, again, that's not melvin mora. one thing leads to another. well, i better be more aggressive. i will get myself out versus the pitcher to get you out. needs to get back to where that's what is happening. >> jim h: we'd wieters takes

a strike. [ indistinct ] the orioles would love to somehow get saunders out of the game and get in the angels bullpen, even though last night the angels bullpen was very effective. the numbers suggested you would rather face the relievers than this guy. they are dead last in the american league, a team e.r.a. amongst the bullpens. 5.15. >> jim p: over the last 21 games -- 25 games they were 17- 9. they're r.a. is much better. three -- their e.r.a. is much better. 3 runs per game. there's no reason they shouldn't succeed. you have to locate your pitches and you have to get the experience. they have some power arm in the bullpen. the problem for them has been, when you lose your -- your guy you know is going to come in

and pitch well -- and that's scot shields, to a knee problem -- that puts a problem in the bullpen. >> jim h: wieters fights it off. >> jim p: a good change from saunders and matt does about the best thing you can. there you go. consistency. one thing about matt wieters, from everything i read, everything he has gone, if he struggles, he figures it out and that's part of the process in the big leagues. >> jim h: he foul it off to stay alive. the angels' roster right now, they made a move following the game last night and sawn o'sullivan was sent back to aaa so right now they have a five 46 man bench and four starts who are active. that doesn't mean they may not make a move later in the week. they have a day off on thursday coming up. wieters fouls it back. they're on a very long

homestand to close out first half before the break. texas will come in for three and then the yankees for three. so a ten-game homestand to close out the first half with the day off on thursday. off the end of the bat to center field. fall in for base hit. mora makes the turn and goes towards third and hunter will fire to second base so wieters gets out with a base hit. sounded like he broke his bat. a bloop. but first and third with one down. >> jim p: this goes back to what i talked about earlier. a big bonus kid. we will fight pitches off until we get one we can dump into center field and who cares if he breaks the bat? mora gets a good read. hunter plays pretty deep. that's not critical because he won eight straight gold gloves and hasn't made an error since

august 2007. you have to know where they're playing and melvin has a good read on the soft single. now another chance with an dino who, again, checks out the average who is hitting 300 runners in scoring position. >> jim h: with one down, hunter thought of trying to get mora but instead got it to second base to keep waters at first so groundball for a double play could end the inning. the veteran playing the percentages there. andino on an error the first at- bat. >> jim p: tried to get the lead runner at second. that's on a breaking ball. the curveball he bounced over the head of joe saunders. >> jim h: 1-1 on andino. seance allowed base runners in each of the first four at bats. high flyball.

left field. going back. rivera has a play. mora will tag. rivera has it. here comes mora to score. and the orioles add to their lead. it's now 5-3. good job by robert andino. fly ball for a sac fly and an rbi and the orioles get one of the runs back. >> jim p: joe saunders is not a strikeout guy but was looking for a pop-up strike out and andino said, uh-uh, not with that curveball. he hit it well. servely far enough to get the runner in. certainly far enough to get the runner in. >> jim p: roberts, again -- here's his third at-bat and we're only in the 4th inning. a slow low home run and a two- run double. he stole twice. 1-0. joe saunders has been very efficient in his career consistent. he is 20 above .500 in his career so he had a lot of

success. here's the 1-0 to roberts and inside. he has 19 wins in his career at home and 21 wins in his career on the road so it doesn't seem to matter, except if it's texas. >> jim p: 21-5 on the road except if he goes to texas, a very, very low e.r.a. 2.60, unless you add in the runs he gives up to the rangers. >> jim h: let's look at the firestone leaderboard. a tradition of innovation. the american league leaders in runs scored. roberts now with two today. 62. he takes the league lead over johnny damon and figgins. >> jim p: scutaro, what a year he having. >> jim h: 2-1. hit towards third. the hop and the second to force matt wieters and the inning ends but the orioles scratch out rain. bottom of the 4th and a 5-3 orioles lead.

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 >> jim h: angels stadium in california. the orioles look for a win and look for a split in the series against the a.l. west angels. birds have a 5-3 lead. rich hill allowed three run in the third to allow anaheim in

it but did not surrender the lead. >> jim p: if you're not doing what he wants, they will sent somebody else up. they send you up and it's all about accountability and over the years, that has been what you need to know and do if you will play. >> jim h: it helps to have a good farm system because you can do that. and you can have other guys and, you know, the orioles tried the same thing and when i came up, it was all taught the same way so you could dip in your minor league system and

you knew guys would play the right way. so you set certain standards and get the players to play to the level. earl weaver used to tell everybody, this is what i expect of you. and if you're not going to do it, i will get somebody else and he would do it. and you can see around everything. the problem with -- we watch i'll rich hill and show you the windup. the shoulder is real high. if it go towards home plate, it's fine. if it spins out -- we have seen cut fast ball, that's the problem. >> jim h: inside with the curveball four. there's the leadoff walk. for those who joined us, time to bring you up to speed. >> jim p: he is an impact player. he doubles and steals third so score one of the orioles runs so this is what the orioles

need. he has done a great job. >> jim h: at&t, the fastest 3g network. your world, delivered. if you keep adding runs and earl weaver regime, he would be out on the mound and say, listen. you will force me, if we're gonna keep you runs, whether it's 4-0 or 5-3, if you walk guys i will get somebody else in the bullpen. towards shot. andino gets it to roberts back to first and there's a double play. 6-4-3. two down. bases empty. here's amber. >> amber: dave trembley by not want to see rich hill lead off with a walk. the pitching needs to be better and pointed to berken's performance last night. he was only able get 12 outs and had to work his tail out. you can see he has not gone past the 5th ing but asked whether or not dave has a

viable option to replace berken, he said i don't believe i do. tillman's nametag has been thrown out but the organization is being careful not to bring him up too early. it will be interesting to see what happens if the pitchers continue to struggle. >> jim h: all right, amber. he is on with a two-out single and as far as kris tillman and the futures game, that is an honor. you're selected by major league baseball to go and play in that game and the orioles now in back-to-back years had pitchers chosen. last year it was harrietta. you want those guys to get the exposure against the top minor talent league talent. >> jim p: it's only a matter of time before you see tillman. it's the tenure as far as

arbitration. the innings are important because you don't want a pitcher to have 30 more innings than the year before. i said it probably for the last 11 years. you want this club -- >> jim h: off the end of the bat. rich hill gets out of it with a leadoff walk and a hit. we play four in anaheim. hollywood is right up the road and the oriole have the lead. you know, the beer youhoose says a lot about you. you want friendly, but not pretentious... classic, never trendy. you want a real american beauty. are you talking about the budweiser? or... me? yes. ♪

 >> jim h: time for the freeze cam, brought to you by coors lite. we have a couple of place at the plate. >> jim p: great base playing. andino avoiding the tag of napoli. mighty mouse. figgins came in tied for the league lead. he scores on a great slide to get around weekers who did a heck of a job trying to give him the outside part of the plate. take it away from him. but again, figgins scores one of the runs and you can see a lot of offense. eight runs in four innings between the angels and orioles. >> jim h: scored three of the four at bats and had base runners at all four. adam jones takes ball one. markakis and huff will follow in the oriole 5th inning. only the one home run with the wind blown out -- i think we will see a f more before the ga ends.

line drive and a base hit to left field over aybar so adam jones on the day he was name to the all- star team, gets base hit and a three-game hitting streak. >> jim p: three last night. he came into the game 4 for 11 in july after maybe, you know, a peer of adjustment in june where they adjusted. >> jim h: a market corn. >> jim p: we don't want to mention that. that's what od of adjustment. >> jim h: jones has 90 base hits. roberts has 91. markakis to third. second one. back to first and safe. mar case hustled down the line. >> i thought figgins was a great offensive player that could switch hit and stld bases and, you know, but he has played as well as you can play at third base. i mean, agai this is a potential double and he just

snares it. he is off the line or should be. anbecoa fendnd. mostst turned doubepl. the throw pulls -- that high throw at second base affected kendrick. i thought he was off the base. i guess hwas ab o get there before the throw. >> jim h: theyuf too tight. 1-0. maybe they didn't execute as well as they uld all huff to come up with a runner on. and then guy certainly has the ability toit a home run. groundball towards the hole and a baseit into right field. markakis thinks about it but holds up. jim p: look at this arm. >> jim h: auld all the way to third base and fig gwens corrals it. the ball got past aybar. >> knee problems, the pectoral

pull, his arm. watch this throw. ev! >> jim h: i think he was surprised ball came to him. >> jim p: he is thinking -- >> jim h: uh-oh -- >> jim p: he can't get there because markakis is going back to the bag. >> jim h: reimold with a chance for an rbi as huff as a base hit. fourth hit in the series. reimold is 0 for 2. breaking ball is low. >> jim p: one of the great stories when cat fish hunter, reggie got in the