the orioles are in chicago to open up the second half of  this season, and the second half is about improvement individually and as a team, and stay away from that end of the season swoon. for chick ago, it's about getting back to the playoffs. game one of the second half coming up from chicago's u.s. cellular field.

>> gary: the orioles have a three-game set here beginning a long nine-game, 10-day road trip. and it is mull it night. it's much easier and probably safer than the demolition disco that took place here and burned most of the old co missky up. great to have you with us as we begin the second half of this season. for the orioles, it is about improvement, and improvement is what it has been if you take a look at the first half of the season and cut that in two.

there, the orioles have improved in virtually every category, the offense, most importantly for the orioles, that era number that's down there, hitting with runners in scoring position has always been a solid number for them, but that's what the orioles wants to see happen again as we go into these games after the all star break. >> jim: is i think you're finally seeing lie at the end of the tunnel for the orioles. if you play in the east, .500 is not a very good record, but if you haven't had a winning season now going into 12 seasons, you would take .500. bust what i like is three rookies in the starting staff, you have reimold coming in to play left field. guys that shouldn't have been starting are now in the bullpen. so all in all this is a better club. and they want to take that into the second half. >> gary: it is what it always is about, jim, pitching. >> jim: it is, and the orioles don't have to worry about their

defense. at the end 0 of the day, they're 14-27 on the road. if you look at the second half, how are you going to get closer to winning more games than you lose, they have to play better on the road. the one thing they have to do, though, is pitch better, and it really starts with your starting pitching. we've seen the bullpen has been pitching well. >> the ones that are here are here, and they've got -- that gives them a real shot, especially the likes of jason berken who makes the start tonight. >> yeah, he has one six in a row, but has fines in those start -- but he has nine runs in those starts. he battles you. he struggled with his breaking ball, but he's very competitive, and we're going to

see if his stuff translates into winning ball games at the big league level. >> gary: one of the constants for the orioles all season has been the top of that order. among the top three offensively in all of baseball, and it still is. >> well, roberts is near the top in runs scored. and. adam jones, what more can you say. helped the american league win the all-star game. suit 23 years old. his first all-star game. let's hope he has a good second half. >> and the out field looks like it is set. this is a pretty darn good outfield. re gets the start in center. markakis gets the start in right field, and jones. those three put up big offensive numbers. >> when i walked down on the field today, day said, boy, you've got yourself a pretty good out field, not only they good, but they're young. when i look at markakis, he's going to hit home runs, even

though he's not a home run hitter. golden glove right fielder, and reimold has been going through a little bit of slump, he's going to have to make some adjustments, but that's what playing in the major leagues is all about. >> and reimold is the man we had a chance to talk to a few moments ago. we want to pay for. on top of it all, we're still trying to put away some money for the future. th been we want.sh lisn and still have enough to cover the day-t0-day. plus, the savings engine helps our money grow. and that's something we need and want. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way.

 . >> gary: we, talking about  reimold saying the break came at just the right time. so how does he view the second half? is here is what he said. >> a fresh start. have a little break, start the second half, it's a whole new season, and just play some good baseball. >> what did you think abit over the break, as far as the first half for you playing was concerned? >> for me, i think i did all right, you know, ran into a little speed bump here recently, but we'll get away from baseball for a few days, start fresh, and start playing a little better. >> for the ball club, what do you see in the second half? one of the problems the o's have had is the last couple of months have not been pretty over the last few years. what do you do to try to aadvised that and help the team do that? >> i think just come ready to play every day, as the season

wears on, just start today and keep it going to the end 0 of the year. >> did you watch the all-star game? >> actually i missed it. i heard jones did pretty good, i guess. i love the break, but obviously you aspire to get to the game, so that's definitely a place where you want to be as a player, but, you know, can't complain about having a break, though, either. >> no, comes in handy. how about the play in left field. will you continue to do extra work out there as far as defensive work is concerned? >> yeah, every day in bp, t- bone hits me balls and i just try to improve. >> what as been the most difficult part few for you in left field? >> just a new position, but no excuses, i've been playing

there for a while, so if i crew screw up, it's on me. >> have you found any key secrets plays out there in baltimore? >> just listen to jones. he'll take care of you. let him go get the ball. no, just look in, have the right positioning, and make the plays. >> i suppose with him in center field, there is a lot of talk that goes on, because he's always talking, right? >> yeah, most of the time he's trying to talk to me, it's, like, i can't hear you. his he's trying to have a conversation, but i can't hear him. >> and that's what goes on in the outfeed, and if you know adam jones, you know it would be true. the orioles face danks. >> yeah, he won 12 last year, came over in from texas in a huge trade. he's won three of he last four. in his first start, he walked

the first four batters of the game, and then settled down, only 2 of the next 19 made first base. >> gary: brian roberts will lead it off against the 24-year- old left-hander.    danks falling behind on the  count, 2-0. nice count to  third, maybe this play and get this out. roberts is retired. let's take a lob at the rest of the line-up for the orioles.  

 for the first h is a left-hander pitching, markakis gets moved up to the number two spot, and that's the case tonight. >> jim: yeah, of course tonight you have a couple of lefties, huff and scott in your line-up. the left-hander on the mound. >> gary: nick is hitting .257 off the lefty, and .315 against right-handers. the orioles are going to see a lot of left-handers. they're facing a left-hander here. they are tied for the most decisions against left-handed starters in the american league. they've had 7 consecutive lefties that have gone against them. markakis is a strikeout victim, and danks has two quick outs. >> jim: yeah, the orioles got here yesterday and worked out. the white sox, they had, i guess if you wanted to show up, but compulsory workout before

the game, and right here, so nick hit yesterday, and at least through the first at bat, perfect pitch on a two-strike count. that's what you try to do, get ahead, and then even the best hitters will expand. >> and that will bring up the all star adam jones, whether got the game. winning rbi. he was all smiles in st. louis. if there was anybody there that truly enjoyed the opportunity to be at the all-star game, it certainly was the orioles center fielder. he, of course, did not start, but came on late in the game and got to play in right field, and he did get the sacrifice fly that brought in the run that would ultimately win the ball game and secure home field advantage for the american league in the world series. danks' delivery is hit hard, outside of third base. got way around on that one, and the count stays at 1-2. adam now back to try and help the

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 . >> gary:  let's take a look the starting liningup for the chicago white sox is, presented by southwest.  

 1-8 on podsednik. that's what he does right there. he's just taking the ball where it's pitched, and trying to put it in play. and he's doing that successfully. a lead off single.

now ramirez is retired on one pitch. last near 31-1 4 the home record. dramatically different this season. >> jim: yeah, and you hope the second half things will change. historically, this is a great place to hit. maybe not the april and early

may, but as the weather heats up, so do the fly balls here. >> gary: trouble is the weather hasn't heated up. >> jim: well, that's a good point. >> gary: what was the temperature to start this game? we'll find out here what the temperature is. it's very unseasonably cool here. here is jermaine dye, and the pitch is taken down low for a ball. 58 froms at game -- 58 degrees at game time on july 17.

podsednik on first, one away. >> jim: both of those pitches very, very close. obviously not close enough for tim we willingy, or would have been called strikes. but most will either give you the low pitch or the high pitch. if they don't -- >> gary: runner not going. mora up. they get the double-play! - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on.

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 . >> gary: great to have you chicago as we go to the second is inning. white sox enter with a two-game win streak, winning four of their last five. aubrey has had good numbers in the first games against the white sox, he had a couple of home runs and four rbis. and that one will be popped up right in the middle of the infield. who wants it?

getz is there and gets it. >> amber: adam jones had very good showing in this year's all star game, drove in the game- winning run. and i asked him just how special it was to represent baltimore. >> you know, that's what i was saying, it was better to wear baltimore across my chest than the orioles, because i'm representing the city, and this is a historic city, and hopefully we can bring winning back to it. >> amber: and he took ground balls in infield with derek jeter. remember, adam was a short stop coming up, so that was a lot of fun fun for him. >> he did. he had a great time. he wases a bubbly as anybody there. that's the way you love to say it. there were 30 first-time all stars, but he was one of the youngest. and the pitch will be taken by luke scott. luke up with an 11-game hit streak coming into the second half of the season, has upped his average to that .305.

18 homers, and 51 rbis. danks pitch swung off, off the end of the bat, gets it back, the second baseman has it. >> jim: you can already see from john danks, the previous three starts, 19 scoreless innings, and after that, what, three base runners reached as of the last 19, so he's been on the roll. this is guy that won 12, and 9 the year before, his first year coming over from texas, which was really kind of a -- what do you call it? they strong-armed the rangers. that's the way you do it down there in texas, sentence it? >> yeah. >> gary: for brandon mccarthy, and took danks a a year to pitch in the big leagues, but he was great last year. in 8 innings shut out the twins in that playoff game. of course tampa bay took care of the white sox last year in the first round of the playoffs. >> gary: john danks one of the reasons they believe they have a legitimate shot at catching

the tigers and staying ahead of minnesota. they think if they can get one more pitcher, maybe, and ozzie would love to have one more starter, but who wouldn't, as ozzie said, look, everybody needs another starter, and we're no different than anybody else. we've got four who can get the job done. the 5th position is a little bit up in the air, but wire willing to go with what we've got here, and i think he's justified in saying that. >> jim: is yeah, they hope that colon, if they can find him, so he can do his rehab starts. but what i like about danks, he throws strikes, has a good changion, and over the last year, pitches in and out, and an occasion breaking ball. that's what luke scott popped up, but he has the change-up that makes that fastball even better. >> gary: melvin mora is 1 for 5 against him. carlos quinton is not back. he could be up as early as

tomorrow. though the white sox have made no decision. but if they can get him back, and he plays well, that he bring a great bat into the line- up. 3-2, and now the walk. now reimold will get a shot at the plate against danks. for difference, the right- handers, .231, left-handers, .240. so not much different. and that is a strike taken. so danks is tough. >> jim: he really is. looks like the wind is blowing out, at least the flags are

here in chicago. >> gary: big fastball that time that he could not catch up to, and reimoldle falls behind on the count now two strikes. nolan saying i just got into some bad habits before the all star break. i would keep be my body square, had my head moving around too much, said i just needed to get away, settle it back down, i know what the problems are, and now i need to correct it. fastball taken up high. 1-2 count. >> jim: what did he call it a speed bump? when you get in one of those, what happens is they're going to test you, because he was the rocky player of the month in june in the american league. home runs, power, very -- very selective at the plate. as you membered, playing a good left field, running the bases. there are the numbers. so again, they're going to make an adjustment. that's what the game has always been about. you have a great hitting instructor, terry crowley with the orioles, so they work on

it. >> gary: i like the fact he used the term speed bump. you like to hear that from a young player. he's not overwhelmed by it, has enough confidence in himself to just say i've got to adjust, break at the right time, know what i'm doing wrong, correct it, and everything is going to be fine. and he means it. he's very quiet, introvert kind of a guy, so when he says things like that, they're things he honestly believes, because you're never going to get a lot of huff and puff out of reimold, especially about himself. >> gary: that one ripped down the left field line, podsednik over to guest it. mora on his way to third. he's have to stay. reimold has got a double, and the orioles have runners at second and third with two down. >> jim: yeah, you can't hit a hanging change-up any harder and keep it in the ballpark. i mean, he is all over this chest-high double. now, watch him just stay on it. there is your level swing, and he rips it in the corner. as a matter of fact, he hits it

too hard, and podsednik makes a nice play getting to it to quickly. melvin running a lot better. he actually ran pretty well all the way to third, but no chance to score. >> jim: so the orioles will try for a two-out rbi, with melvin mora the lead runner, and it will be matt wieters. see the numbers for matt wieters. better off the left-handers, .281. one of his three homers off of lefties. & danks pitch will be taken down low for a ball. >> jim: the one thing danks does well, with runners in scoring position. wieters is four for his last 12. >> gary: wieters takes that one to short, played by ramirez. who will gun it over to first

base for the out. so the orioles leave two in scoring position. 

 . >> gary:  25-year-old jason berken ready he kind f he's lef field. the berken family is what jason leave. most of those had to be paid for. they weren't free. >> jim: well, at least the minimum salary has gone up, especially since i played, but used to get free tickets back then. i mean, just imagine, you're 25, this is your first major league, you just got to face

jim thome, and now you have cabrera konerko coming up. >> jim: he will take the pitch down low. a lot of hot hitters in this line-up, kerko hitting .421 in july. konerko waiting on the 1-1. he'll take the. i inside for a ball. you see ic -bar of the any  jells, the best average in july, and then konerko and ramirez, and then followed by jeter and matsui. good news for the yankees in that department. 2-2. >> jim: collectively this white sox team, 12-6 in the

last 18 games, and they've averaged 6.4 runs per game. so, again, that's a lot of offense. 42 home runs, hitting over .300 as a team. >> 2-2 delivery will be fouled back again. the home offense has picked up. they have the best average on the road, and the worst average at home in the american league. but, ozzie's team prior to the all star break, they went 6-2 at home with a batting average of .314. that's a heck of of a lot better than the .217 average they had prior to those games. that will be fouled off at the plate by konerko. so everybody is kind of wondering, especially the white gold themselves, who are we.  

 konerko will foul that one off again.  got that one! say good-bye. it's a question of how far. good-bye, home run!

paul konerko. white sox take the lead. >> jim: he had a trick at bat. jason berken making a lot of good pitches, but then made one bad one. it's a hanging change-up, and he just keeps his hand inside the ball, and it sails out of here. watch this change-up just stay up the strike zone. you can see he didn't quite get on top of it, so it doesn't have any finish. but great extension, and there you go, home run number 17, rbi number 61 for the year. >> gary: a 1-0 lead. one down. pierzynski up for berken. a solo shot here early in the

ball game, and the second hit the white sox have picked up. pierzynski with a big cut, and very late on it. >> jim: well, remember, and this is the 10th start for jason berken, rick kranitz, the orioles pitching coach, everybody says is has to stay down. while that seems to be effective five or six innings, you don't want to be if the strike zone. >> gary: way up high in that one, and no way pierzynski is even going to get a shot at that. >> jim: and really the konerko bat to me is a microcosm of what it's like to pitchny the big league. you have a guy up there who is red hot, he sees 8 or 9 pitches, you make a mistake, and he makes you pay for it. >> gary: pierzynski is one of the many on the ball club that has the bigger numbers on the road. his .345 batting average on the road is one of the best in the league, but drops down to .244

at home. the delivery on the way, 2-2. great pitch by berken as he came in and got him. the first strikeout for jason berken. two down in the second inning. >> jim: well, we've talked about the crispness of his stuff, and when he has problems, the curveball rolls. not this one. this is the perfect curveball. aren't seen it. belt high to chest high, and then the finish strikeout curveball. perfect pitch. >> gary: two down, and here is getz. getz in the first three games played against the orioles, was a terror. he went 5 for 10 in those three ball games. the orioles did win two out of the three earlier this year. town the left field line. reimold was playing in, won't have time to get over, and would have not mattered, and getz has a 1-1 count. getz is only 25 years old.

won't turn 26 until august. spent four years in the minors. playing second base. >> jim: and playing it well. there's a good change-up. he leads rookies with hits with 62, and extra base hits, he's tied for that lead. he's done a lot of good things. >> gary: getz will slash that one to short. izturis up. and just in time with some pretty good speed going down the line. konerko delivers the long ball for the white sox, they take the 1-0 lead. ?

 . >> gary: izturis grounds t ball to getz. one down. >> jim: the orioles with 31 of their 74 games remaining with tampa bay, sox, or yankees. >> that's the division. yeah, it is, that's tough. >> gary: brian roberts grounded out his first time up. >> jim: yeah, beckham probably took a sure double and turned a ground ball into an out. >> gary: roberts looking to bunt and test him again. he's going to win this battle. perfect bunt. we're going to look this up now. when was the last bunt sing isle that brian roberts got? and for the first time this

year, the third baseman wasn't playing in! >> jim: right, and you take advantage of it. again, we've never suggested, when you talk about a guy second in the league with doubles not to swing for the doubles, but right there, you want to get the batting average close -- what did mike scoscia say if he bunted, you're probably look act at guy that could win the batting title. i don't know about that, because you have suzuki, mauer, and all that, but a great batter. >> gary: robbers is on with one away -- roberts is on with one away. >> jim: this infield grass is like the rough of the british open. >> gary: as good a grounds keeper as there is, next to the one in baltimore. i told roger that. roger's grandfather, roger's dad, and roger himself have

been involved around the world in the growing of great diamond grass, playing fields of all sorts. he's even grown grass for the shaw, and a number of the kingdoms over in the middle east. >> well, they have irrigation. >> we want to get out before the grass burns, though. nick markakis, a three-game hit streak coming, and will take by pitch outside from danks. >> jim: no, i highlighted on my score card in to yellow that bunt for roberts. we don't have to talk about it the rest of the year. >> gary: he did it, we know he can do it, and now the scouts reports will have the third baseman in for the rest of the year. he has 18 steals, caught five times. brian start this second half 10th in the american league in stolen bases. brian did not do a lot of

running in the first half of the season. the orioles would like to see a little more of that in the second half to try to generate some offense. markakis on a check swing. he wasn't ready, wasn't gonna swing, and then decided he should, and it was too late. >> jim: the one thing you can do on dangs, remember, he is only 24, so he hasn't had enough experience to come up with one of those great moves. so a guy like that, you go on his first move. of course brian very adept at doing that at first place. >> gary: he swivels that front leg a little bit. almost starts to the plate, and if you make a move towards the plate, you have to come to the plate. >> jim: and you're supposed to step towards the best. >> gary: he just barely does that. >> jim: there's a slide step. >> gary: and that one is a

towering pop-up, and it will be a foul ball, the count will stay 2-2 on markakis. >> jim: i think a lot of people think you slide step to control the running game, but if you're nick markakis and you're at the plate, a little bit difficult, more difficult timing the windup. usually get a high leg kick, love looking for where the release point is, and sometimes you get leftiors righties, they jump at you. >> gary: 2-2 delivery on the way, and that's going to come inside, so nick markakis has worked the count to 3-2, with brian roberts on at first. the orioles have late have hit into a lot of double-plays. >> jim: well, you know he's going to be running, and that's the difference between 2-2 and 3-2. >> gary: runner not going. that one down the line in right

field! that is back, and good-bye, home run! nick markakis! a two rbi shot! and the orioles take a 2-1 lead! he kept it in at the 335 mark! >> jim: you have to go back to the 16th of june, the last home run that nick markakis hit. so looks like an off-speed pitch. brian robbers -- brian robbers doesn't run. he doesn't have to run right here. let's take a look. maybe a change-up. >> gary: his first home run in 29 games, nick markakis gets his 9th, and danks surrenders his 12th. only the 5th to a left-hander. showing bunt now is jones as

beckham playing way back. tanks is getting his pitch count way up in this ball game as the orioles have been patient in taking pitches. a towering fly ball. jones retired. two away. >> jim: he bet i run those balls out a little more. all star or not, you need to be at second base. he did hit the ball off his leg, which we couldn't really tell at the all-star game. to me, may be listening a little bit. but have to be at least around first heading to second. >> gary: they had a little problem there. podsednik came on and kind of hesitated. those are the kind of plays that can drop in and you can get an extra base. aubrey huff popped out his first time up. he will take the fastball from danks, that is in there for a

strike. off-speed pitch. he took it. there is nick, who is a .270 hitter in this yard, in the 81 games played here. -- 11 games played here. good pitch down and away. 1-2. >> jim: yeah, aubrey probably happy he didn't put that one the play. she one home run away from hitting number 200. next home run will be the 200th of his career. >> gary: 1-2 delivery on the way, strokes that one to right field. jermaine dye. he's got it for the out, but the orioles get two runs on two hits, and leave nobody on, as nick markakis got ahold of one off john danks is put it inside that fair pole at the 335 mark. if you're like a lot of people, you have high blood pressure... and you have high cholesterol.

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 . >> gary: we talk about jas inexperience, fear starts at aaa. he is not very adept at pitching in off the plate, rightiors lefties, and that's why we've seen in situations where he's trying to go in, he just goes in too hard, and of course before doesn't really get out of the way very well, just goes you know what? we're down a run, i'll just go down to first. >> gary: and there he goes, and it will be fouled back. beckham is the first of the 2008 class to make it. that's how quickly he has come through. he's not had a full season at the minor league level. >> jim: well, he got 58 at bats last year. >> gary: clearly ready to go. >> jim: apparently so. and playing a position that normally came up and at least drafted as a short stop. >> gary: and obviously has some pretty good speed, as he took off on that one. wise at the plate, runner not going, and wise will foul that one off. dewayne wise has been on the dl, separated shoulder, so he maced a good segment of the he

missed a good segment of the first half. as you see, the numbers are not very good, wise getting a start in center field. things will change when carlos equipmenten is back, which may be tomorrow. the delivery, a fastball, wieters wanted it up high, and that's where it was, and a 1-2 count. matt conditions to do that with the. i pitchers. he literally stands up behind the hitter and holds the glove up around the hitters head. obviously not here. slow tapper. morris going to go to first. does so to get the out. beckham goes down. dave trembley talking about the likes of jason berken on the mound, the young pitchers, how they'll be treated for the year. >> we don't put any pressure on them. it's not a tryout, it's not make or break. they're not getting bumped.

we have what we have we look for them to get better each time they go out. we look for them to give us a chance to win. we try not to draw a lot of attention to the numbers. i think everything kind of 0 shakes itself out and everybody takes care of itself. >> i thought it was interesting, he said, and obviously it's not just when dave speaks, it's not just him, obviously discussions within the organization, that they do not want to go down and call up any more of the young pitchers, at least not now. they want to stay with what they've got at the moment. that's great for berken,, it gives him a little rope, a little leeway to try and improve, get better, work on the things he needs to work on, because he hasn't won a ball game in 8 starts. >> jim: well, you're right, and he has pitched maybe better than his record indicates. but he does compete. >> gary: 1-1 delivery. mercy! great store, nowhere to go, but

saves a run. that is a base hit for podsednik who is 2 for 2, almost put berken out. >> jim: le, be, another hanging change-up. you'll see right here what it's like to pitch, and that bullet right back one and almost goes in the glove, and then right there, izturis saves the orioles a run, and even though ramirez is going to walk to the plate with very good speed, a possibility of turning a double- play ball. >> jim: wow, that was so close to do something serious damage against berken. now with one down, first and third for ramirez. >> gary: and a lot of pressure on matt wieters and jason berken, because podsednik can steal bases. not a high percentage, but 13 out of 20. >> gary: and ramirez one of the hottest hitters in the line- up that you're going to go up against has good speed. he is tough to double up on the

base paths. tonight he flied out to center field. comes into the ball game with a three-game hit streak. quick throwover to get him back. lead runner, beckham who is on at third base watching all of this. that ball gets away, he takes off. and part of learning how to be a starting pitcher at the major league level is to avoid the big inning. sometimes you give away a run. but you think get a double- play, get an out. if they score a run, what's the worst-case scenario? game is tied, but at least i'm not trying to overthrow. and again right here, we'll see how the orioles play it, if podsednik does decide to run. >> gary: .321. wieters goes down to block it. no move to take off over there at first base. you've got the heart of the order coming up now for this team.

they don't want to commit an out on the base paths if they can prevent it. ramirez at 1-2. podsednik being held by huff, not extending his league. he leans towards second is. >> jim: really for a guy that's pretty adept base stealer, doesn't have that big a lead. >> gary: ramirez has grounded into nine, ground ball double- plays. orioles set for that on the infield. 1-2 delivery, not this time, left center field, going back is jones. he has it, backing up is beckham. it is a sac fly, and an rbi for ramirez, and ties the ball game up at 2-2. ramirez gets his 43rd run batted in. >> jim: the white sox take advantage of beckham getting hit, just like a base hit or a

walk. again podsednik gets him to third base, and ramirez gets him in. >> gary: well, ramirez tie this ball game up. podsednik had to stay at first. now if he wants to run, a shot. berken has thrown 6 of 11 first pitch strikes, trying to stay ahead of the runners almost caught him off balance over there. podsednik back in on his belly again. jermaine dye coming pup dye hit into a double-play if his first at bat. he has a nine-game hit streak to start the post all-star game section of the schedule. and will take the slider, looks like, outside, on off-speed pitch. >> jim: yeah, if you're ozzie guillen, i guess you have to make the decision. if you look at dye's numbers, that's 10th in home runs. he's 5th in slugging. 16 of those 20 home runs against left-handed pitching. but do you want to take the bat out of his hands with the

chance to stop podsednik at first. >> gary: probably not, not as hot as he's been. >> jim: well, especially in this ball pack. i know it's a little cooler than normal, but again, it's a very good-hitting ballpark. >> gary: dye with a 2-0 count and 2 down. runner on at first base. game tied. he will take that pitch for a strike. dye here at home hitting .315 and .291 on the road. he has just been exceptional, long ball. just some really strong numbers. he's been one of those to carry this ball club in the first half of the season, with quentin out. 2-1 count, 2 down delivery to him. that's going to be a base hit into heft field. reimold over to get it. they're going to wave him home. reimold throws, replay, throw to wieters, not the time, backed up by berken, but goes off his glove, and the run her go to third. dye will get a double and an rbi, and move up on the flow to

the plate, and it is a 3-2 lead. >> jim: yeah, breaking ball. he's just going to rip into the corner. there's your curveball. again, you threw him one early on, he makes a nice adjustment, down in the corner. tough corner right here, nolan reimold had to take a little longer to get to it because of the carom, and podsednik with good speed scores easily. and izturis stunt even hesitate. but there wasn't going to be a play at the plate anyway. >> gary: they apparently are going to charge an error on the throw by izturis, allowing the runner to move up. here is jim "the mount" -- them -- thome.  

 thome will take a strike  the inside corner as we back at tim welky on the call. there you see the rbis, american league as dhers. jim thome and luke scott are 1- 2.    1-2 delivery, foul  holds on, and that's a strikeout. so berken out of the inning, but not before a couple of runs score, and chicago goes on top. pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down.

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 . >> gary: pitching change for the orioles, brad bergesen will make the start tomorrow, an guthrie will go on sunday. play made to the bag by konerko. scot is

e in the4th inni jim:ot have be danks hoping to do ngs, such ayime, ast dn't do. make the guys behind you think they have a to win, and part of is just if ey score you runs, you come back out, and you're aggressive, and i'm sure that jason berken meant to do that, but again, inexperience, hit this first guy, and all of a sudden in heart of the linion, an they f of runs. >> gary: mora will take the pitch down low. danks is doing something he's had problems with, and that's retiring lead-off batters in the inning. he's gotten all four. first half of the year, 56%, not ere you neas ul off, wow, did that ever catch tim welky. home plate umpire took that one, and pierzynski will make

the walk out little aave been shoulder. no matter where you have the protection, the ball will find the place that you don't. >> jim: and that's why umpires, they really try too direct themselves by hiding behind the catcher. >> gary: listen to this. >> jim: oh! yeah, i think it got the right shoulder protector, at least it sounded like it. >> gary: pierzynski checking with him to make sure he is all right. >> jim: either that or it's tim welky, man of steel. >> gary: mora will stand back in. i want someone to hit a ball over the head of wise here. that's gonna be a base hit, and mora has got a single. just saying that because wise is playing so close, it would be fun to watch him go back.

nolan reimold coming up. he delivered a double his first time up. the orioles continue the drive on youth, getting younger positionally. you see left field, it was peyton and scott last year. reimold now at 25. hernandez doing the catching was 32. wieters 23, working behind the plate only 31 games at the major league level. so is a progression to what the orioles hope will be a competitive ball club of the future is underway. good turnover pitch there as danks puts it down and away from the right-hander. 0-1 on reimold. >> jim: well, part of getting hitter out is trying to get them to execute your pitches. the last time he hits a changeup, comes back with a double, comes back with the same pitch, puts it in a better spot and better motion. >> gary: and then gets the fast ball in the inside corner. >> jim: i haven't figured out tim welky.

just seems to me, and danks, maybe he's earned it because this is his third year in the big leagues, and getting a couple of those close pitches called more than jason berken, especially back in the first inning. >> gary: that's ramirez knocking it down, and to play, and that will be an infield hit, and reimold is 2 for 2 in the ball game, and that's great news, as we were talking with him before the game, if you saw it, about how he had gone into a little funk, a bump in the road as he called it, going into the all star break. >> jim: ramirez knows he can't catch it, but at least knock it down. he does that, and it doesn't get buy him. mora, i don't think he's going to go to third anyway. yeah, anytime you're 3 for 32, 4 for 36, and you get to have three or four days off to clear cube head, it can be confused. >> gary: now the orioles get a shot here trailing by a run. now have five hits on the board. here is wieters who grounded out his first time up. he had a chance with two in scoring position in his first at bat.

he has another one here with two on, and a strike called on the outside corner, as danks has thrown nine out of 17 first pitches for strikes so is far. danks stepping off to look back, as ramirez wanted time to dust off a little at short. 0-1 count on wieters. got one inside this time, and came around on it, and the count will go to 0-2. >> jim: you can see if, out, in, out, the curveball, the change-up. >> gary: danks has a win against the orioles this year in his third start. he had a strong game in baltimore. he went 7, gave up just a run on four hits in that game. no walks and three strikeouts. his record is 2-2 career against baltimore. mora hat second, reimold at first. reimold, 0-2. and out again.

fouled that one away to keep it at two strikes. >> jim: y, nothing like pitching well and then your team also getting 8 runs. that's what happened that night in baltimore. >> gary: that's one of the problems, danks' record 7-6. he team hasn't hit well at home in his games. his record at home 2-4. his er is a a run better at home, though, then on the road, but on the road he's 5-2, because they score more. >> gary: ramirez gets one, relay over to first, not the time. mora stays at third. so wieters legs it out, and the inning stays alive. >> jim: you can see ramirez, he's thinking double-play, and you can see getz, low throw, snap throw, and going to be a tie, going to the runner. matt wieters is in the a speedster, and you can see that foot gets down as the ball is coming into the glove, and danks thinking maybe i got the

call. no, have to get another guy out. it's going to be izturis. >> gary: down the line, and its by him! mora will score as izturis is thinking about two, and he'll go in with a double, as wieters moves over to third. so all of that action of wieters beating out the feeders choice, the third baseman moves in recognizing izturis's speed, and izturis takes advantage of it. >> jim: yeah, good short to the ball, and because of that gets by him. of course john danks is throwing his gum or whatever, because he thought he could have been out of the inning, and there is cesar with a double. don cooper is going to come out and is have a little talk with john danks. if the orioles tie it up. a chance to go ahead. >> gary: all of the little things than in a ball game have

happened here if this inning. a double-play that was almost, didn't got the call, extends the inning. you have the hitters, like -- if brian roberts bunt base hit early on, and a couple of other orioles looking down there, it impacts a game. even though it didn't impact that particular play, because it got beckham's attention, so is he moved way in on izturis. otherwise, he probably stops that ball. >> jim: that's the reason you at least show them, about before you get the one right, that you'll bunt. >> gary: ball game now tied at 3-3. >> when i talk about brian bunting, and obviously this is not a kiss of doing that, it's because i've faced guys like brian that made it difficult, more difficult to get them out, if you had to play your infield in. >> gary: the orioles could use a run right here. this is one of those big moments of the ball game.

>> jim: the orioles, nobody does it better in the american league. they came in at least totally, which is .302 as a team with runners in score ising position. >> gary: they have with of them out there right now. here is the 0-2 delivery. roberts fouls it back, and danks has been up in this inning on the count. he's gotten ahead, 0-2, 1-2, but the or yeahs have been able to battle if these at bats against him, and put on run, and now have a chance for a couple of more and a base hit. both right and center fielders, wise and dye, have moved in on roberts. fastball taken up high, so if he gets a base hit to right or center, they're not very far away when it comes to the runner at second base trying to score. >> jim: yeah, podsednik not a great arm in left, and haven't seen a whole lot of dewayne wise. i know jermaine dye has a

rocket in right field. so what you want to do is get a base hit, but also make them move a little bit. >> gary: 1-2 there are way outside, and this has been danks' problem in the inning. >> jim: yeah, radar gun, he's not overpowering. that's why he's had to use all of his pitches. 88, 89, but again, in and out with the change-up and curveball. really hasn't used his breaking ball that effectively tonight. >> gary: brian will take it up high, and danks talking to himself as the count goes to 3- 2, closing in on 65 pitches thrown so far in the ball game for danks. and amazing with the number of counts he's gotten ahead on that he would have a number that high during the 4th inning. >> jim: well, it's what the orioles have talked about all year long, just those gutted out at bats. >> gary: and he walked him! 0-2 count, and he walked him. the second walk that he has surrendered in the ball game, and the orioles now have loaded

the bases with two down, and it will bring up nick markakis, who already has the dinger. >> jim: and it came on a change-up with brian roberts on base via the bunt. first of the year. >> gary: markakis has gone 3 for 13 with the bases loaded. he does that one grand slam home run this season for the o's. >> jim: brad penny up in boston on a curveball, dead center field. >> gary: got a shot at it here against danks. any hit would be big, obviously. the pitch is taken for a strike, and again danks gets ahead in the count, 0-2. that

has not proven to be the where with all to an out for danks, but maybe it will be here. bases loaded, two town. markakis, fouls it away. markakis the delivery, takes it up high, 1-2-  

 now markakis trying them home. here is the 1-2 delivery, bricking ball, had him fooled, but it was outside. 2-2. >> jim: well, you get ahead 0- 2, and then can you execute your pitches. you could see pierzynski trying to frame it, but it was about a foot outside. so he hasn't executed his last two pitches, and now with the bases loaded, nick is getting back into the count. >> gary: 2-2. markakis a ground ball to second base, getz is up, and gets the out, but the orioles come back with a run. they will leave the bases loaded. this ball game is tide at 3-3. e - goes wherever you need it to. - ♪ shoot up the station - ♪ tv's dead... ♪ - one taste and you'll find - the summer state of mind. - ♪ where's there to run? ♪ - bud light lime. - ( vocalizes )

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 . >> gary:  friday night. some of the teams started last night, of course back in action tonight post-all star. this one tied at 3. jason berken to paul konerko. one down and nobody on. >> jim: well, nine straight years of 20-plus. can get as high as 40. usually in the 30 range. last your all kinds of injuries, ligament and his knee, right wrist. there you go. as it heats up, so do the home runs. >> gary: he is 6th in rbis. 5th in average with runners in scoring position, and pounces on that one, and fouls it off. he has 8 home runs and 18 rbis in his last 19 games. that's how hot konerko has been going into the break, and now

out of it. grounds that one to short. izturis. konerko is retired, one away here in the 4th inning. jo i think jason berken home run makes a quality pitch there. and this is part of the process of winning to in the big leagues, being successful. it's about making good pitches. not always about how hard you throw the ball, whether you have a curveball or change-up, but can you throw those pitches out of the middle of the plate. >> gary: here is a.j. pierzynski, a strikeout victim his first time up. oh, my gosh. what is this tonight on berken. izturis will make the play. that is the second shot that has either hit or gone through berken tonight. >> jim: well, again, if you are a line drive hitter, pierzynski is, he hits this a little bit i think off the end of the bat, so a lot of spin,

and you could see it almost spinning to izturis's right, but again, it's one of those throw and duck nights. one of the great stories, when i played a ball, davey leonard who went 16-4, went to hopkins, played for the orioles, he forgot to wear his predictive cup, and was having a bad night, and when he was backing up home, he said can you go home and get my protective, this is a night you need to have that protective cup on. >> gary: 0-1 therefore is taken inside by getz. chris getz. 1-1 count. two down. it was funny at the all-star game, tony larussa never leaves the dugout, coaching first base, and went out and forgot to put on the helmet. so they had to bring one out to him, find a helmet at first base. he wasn't even thinking about that coaching at first base in

the all-star game. 1-2 delivery, hit if the air to left center field. jones, reimold, jones, reimold, nobody. jones will back hand, it and going into second is base is getz. he has a stand-up double. >> jim: well, again, we talk about berken has to be down for that exact reason, because you're going to play a guy shallow, and you can see how shallow jones is in center, if you elevate the ball, that's what they do. so this is just a fly ball, but because of your out field alignment, if you're playing three or four steps, it's a pretty routine fly ball, again, you're going to play a guy that's a line drive hitter to shallow, you better make him hit the ball on the round. >> so that will be hit number 5 for the white sox. the orioles still outhitting them 6-5 in a ball game that's tied, ask here is beckham hit by a pitch and scored his last time up. he is just 22 years old. first round pick, 8th overall

in the 2008 draft. last year, got a .310 average in the 58 at bats he had. that's it. called up to play at the major league level this year. fouls it off. university of georgia, sec player of the year, all american who hit .400 with 28 home runs in his junior season. played at shortstop and dh last year in the minors,, and few the third base job is the one he has taken. boy, in the a lot of experience in pro ball, just in the college ball and the great last year and early this year. and a slow roll that mora is going to have to really hustle this, and can't do it. could .get it out of the glove kick enough, probably would have not mattered anyway. beckham will have an infield hit, getz goes to third. >> jim: he'll take this

infield hit. wise play by melvin mora who took one look, and beckham pretty quick down the line, and right here, maybe, maybe able to get out of the inning, but getz gets back to the base. so there's a base hit for the youngster. >> jim: so few it's the white sox threatening here with two down. and wise, their number 9 hitter, be who grounded out he first time up, will stand in. as jason berken trying to find the out, keep this game tide at 3. wise will take it for a strike. 11 out of 18 first pitch strikes for berken, so he's keeping that part of the count up. wise looking don to third. melvin mora staying back here with two down. dewayne wise a fastball. that is in there. berken gets ahead of him, two strikes.

white sox have left only one runner on, that came in the third inning. sir is enderring a -- surrender a run at third base. runners will go back to the bags. wise steps out. 0-2 count. beckham off first, and a slapper towards second base. brian roberts is up. make this play, and berken works his way out of it. two are left on. ball game tied in chicago. welcome to chili's. start your three-course meals with a shared appetizer. for a second course, choose two entrees from over 15 chili's favorites, like our big mouth bites -- the mini burgers with giant layers of flavor. or a half-rack of our triple-basted baby back ribs. then save some room to share a decadent dessert. a lot of bold flavors, for a limited time only. chili's --

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by the ke. >> jim: u get the nd colake erie, it would drop in a hurr gar jones chasin struck out, flied out. third in average slugging. and roberts, markakis, and jones. danks delivery to him is outside. the 0 for 2 in this game now. jones is 1 for 9 lifetime off the chicago left-hander. 3-3 ball game. s been some offense and there's been some shutdown pitching. had to reap for that. left field, polyuretner. go, an'll go amber. thhave r: ell, tomorrow whmark

faced, be and aubrey huff and markakis have been talking about what an impact this might have on their power numbers. look at his slugging percentage. drops dramatically when he goes up against left-handed pitchers. so aubrey huff looking to get through these left-handed pitchers. >> gary: slow roller, bobbled, and play not made! it will be an error on getz, and huff is on, and this is one of the big problems that chicago has got to get corrected in the second half, their defense. >> jim: yeah, not as easy play, because you have to come in, playing very deep, but again, just boxes it off the he'll of his glove. he's playing -- he started almost on the grass, so chris getz, to aubrey's credit, never a guy with exceptional speed, but he runs hard. otherwise, that's a routine out, ask that's why, even when you ground out, what you think

is a routine play, doesn't always turn out to be that. >> gary: 65th error committed by the white sox, and the 7th against getz opens the door, and the orioles get their hot hitter with the 11-game hit streak, luke scott. he's 0 for 2 in this game. he is, again, top of the pile for designated hitters. and the pitch is taken for a strike. and the problem for the white sox, these errors have cost them, for a long time in the first half of the season, the orioles had given up more unearned runs than anyone. well, not anymore. the white sox have given up 47 unearned runs. >> jim: so that's why that earned run average, at 416 is a little misleading. >> gary: luke scott trying to tee up on that one, fouls that back. >> jim: that's your home run swing. the thing about luke, what's he's been able to do, and amber was talking about the slugging numbers, well, for him, 8 of

those 18 home runs, after only hitting 5 all last year, are against left-handed pitching. .215, now hitting .333 this year, so for him, that healthy akilly tendon really helping. -- achilles tendon really helping. >> gary: one town, runner at first base huff, ball game tied at three. dave trembley saying before the game today about the fact these lefties are pitching aagainst the orioles, luke scott in particular said, look, he's not a platoon player. he's going to have to face lefties. we're going to face a lot more of them in the second half, so luke scott is going to be in there. 2-2 delivery, swung on and

missed. scott wants to know is it a strike or not from tim welky, just for his own purposes. it is the third strikeout, two down. >> jim: yeah, the first since the first inning. just a cutter, town and away. slides away from him. so it starts out somewhere around the corner, and just keeps going. nice deception for the second out. >> gary: danks has struck out with a three in this ball game, 92, in 106th innings worked. he is 9th in the league in strikeouts per 9 innings. fastball will ride up high now against mora. orioles have a runner on at first here in the 5th inning, in aubrey huff. >> jim: and remember melvin second half last year, comes if hitting only .204, coming into tonight's game, on the road, but 56 rbis in his last 40 -- i think 48 games last year. so red hot second half. >> gary: the orioles have to

avoid what everybody in the organization is concerned with, is that swoon that over the last decade, the orioles have gone into in the last month and a half, to months of of the season. that's what the orioles do not want to see happen again. line drive up the middle for a base hit. pitchers beware if this ball game. as mora has been on three times, and the three that he's been up, and he's got two singles. huff went down to second, two on, two down. danks looked like he wanted to reach out and catch that thing, and almost thought better of it on the way by. that will bring a visit to the mound. >> jim: yeah, cooper coming out again. he was out there last inning.

now reimold will try and take advantage of the error that has kept this inning alive. anything scored in this inning is going to unearned, and that will be perfect for the orioles.

2-1 delivery to reimold. wieters waiting on deck.

3-1 delivery to him, and he walked him, and the bases are loaded again. so banks with his third walk of the game, load this bases again for wieters, and wieters is due.

>> huff, mora, and reimold, the deliver to him, up high, a fastball. danks cruising towards the end of his appearance. 93 pitches throne. another one of those jam shots. one of them might come in here

in wieters is able to come through. pitch outside with a fastball. and it's 2-2. both of these pitchers have had to work very hard if this game. 2-2 delivery on the way, and a pop up to shallow center. wise. and he's not it, and that will retire the side. again, the bases left loaded by the o's. 3-3. úúxx

 jason berken if a 3-3 game. this is, he tends to run into problems. he has kept has pitch count fairly well under control here at 63, but it's right here when the 5th in, the 4th or 5th inning where he has run into trouble, and dane trembley was talking about his need to become something more than not just, or smoring than a five-

inning pitcher. >> jim: yeah, and i think the way you command that is pitching to both sides of the plate.    . >> gary: here are,  game. you're trying to get your curveball over, don't get it over. you've thrown four pitches,

three of them breaking balls, and now you walk him. so this is a young pitcher. again, any young catchers that are trying to pitch toy the scouting report, can sometimes get away from what your strengths are.

>> gary: ramirez. fouls that one straight back. ramirez hitting 408 over the last 1 games going into the break. al pers is up in the bullpen. podsednik, he's going to take off, and he's going to make it. >> it really doesn't matter who get this error. he's at second base, and that's

the go ahead run. >> gary: airer charged to berken on the throw. now ramirez with an rbi opportunity. shows bunt. oh, mercy. got around very late, and almost took that off the hands as he walked right into it. ramirez will try to get the runner over. ramirez thought he had a chance with a base hit, laying one down on that late showing 0 of. the bunt. two-strike count on him, and ramirez goes down swinging.

dye with a runner at second, and ty will take it outside for a ball. he has doubled, picked up on rbi in the ball game, extended his hit streak to 10 games with the two-base hit-base hits he has. it's 2-0. taken up high. no reason to believe this series won't be like this game, grind it out ball games. both of these teams coming in

with some pretty good offenses. >> jim: and the bullpen, especially the closers, jenks and sherrill pitching well. orioles bullpen has certainly settled down. >> gary: tomorrow's game is a fox game, by the way, fox national broadcast, part of their regional coverage. and then right back here on sunday. it will be 4:00 eastern time tomorrow, and sunday is at 2:05. jeremy guthrie and contreras the starters on sunday. podsednik back on his belly. count stays at 2-0. tomorrow bergesen and burly go. bergesen has been outstanding in his starts. >> yeah, won that 6th game on sunday against toronto. >> gary: nice pitch on the

outside corner. dye leaning out, let it go, and a 2-1 count from berken. >> jim: see, when berken can live if that zip code right there, pitching is going to become a lot less difficult. the knee high, low and away fastball. >> gary: runner on second, podsednik. 2-1 delivery. 2-2. >> jim: because at the starting point, again that's the most difficult pitch for a hitter to cover, that's down and away, it takes the perfect swing, and also takes the perfect wind-up. that's why it's so hard for pitchers, and so difficult for mitters. if you can locate there, day-in and day-out, especially if you have good stuff and you're smart and a competitor, and jason is all of those things, all of a sudden you have some success. >> gary: here is the 2-2 delivery to dye, and that's outside, and the count will go to 3-2. orioles have brought

their young pitchers along. oakland, rookie starts, washington, and the orioles. toronto and atlanta. the most rookie starts this season in major league baseball. >> jim: and you made a good point, only one walk. i mean wouldn't want to do it in a tie ball game in this 5th inning, but again, the difference that i see, and the orioles last year with the most walks in the american league, this year that number has come down dramatically, because their young pitchers have actually been schooled well. they're not bringing guys up. they don't have a chance to be successful here. >> gary: no question, that's been the -- a major difference from what used to be a walk-a- thon in many games last year. 3-2 delivery on the way, and there's another one, speaking of walks. so had not walked anybody until this inning, but two walks here in the 5th, chicago has runners on at first and second base. show you the orioles posele players who are getting younger. same is true when it comes to orioles starters, dropping down

about three years in age, from the starters last season, and those used this year. the current starters. david hernandez will be pack up to pitch again. >> gary: yeah, monday in new york. >> gary: jim thome now. he has flied out and struck out. the ever dangerous power hitter. with runners on at first and second, and one out. >> jim: yeah, 555 home runs, and you can't put the thome shift on because of a runner at second. >> gary: third plays right behind the bag, the short stop, rather than moving all the way over. >> jim: again, if you are dave trembley and managing this team, berken is telling you he is struggling. >> gary: 1st all time if home runs. that one to right field. that is way back, and that is

gone! good-bye, home run, jim thome! good for three. >> jim: well, not a good idea a couple of walks to get to this guy, and then go 2-0 on him. i mean, this is about as hard a line drive as you could hit. hit. three-run home run line drive. >> gary: 556th career home run for the 13th all-time leading home run hitter, and with that berken is out of the ball game. the long ball hurt him. matt albers coming on, the white sox take a 6-3 lead.

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 . >> gary: 1-2 delivery on t way, and a ground ball back to albers. ends the out. konerko out of there. >> jim: the orioles compete. it's not like they throw up the white towel, but when your era hovers around, and you're averaging four runs scored on the road ask over five at home, and you're 26-21 home, that's got to change. they just have to get it

together on the road, for whatever reason. >> we talked to the hitting instructor, terry crowley be i have no idea why. the players do, tow, they have to play better. >> same a mount of outs. >> i think a lot of that has to do with the mentality of being on the road, especially in the american league east, where it's hard to play when you're at yankees stadium and in toronto and fenway park in boston. you're if tough ballparks and tough continues. and that one goes intoty wall there, but ball bounces away in foul territory. >> gary: yeah, that wall

doesn't give. >> watch his hands. >> gary: watch his knees. see, it padded, but it's not padded as high as where i believe he makes contact, and that's with that left hip. >> jim: got that right hand that's moving around. pierzynski with a 2-1 count and two down. struck out and grounded out in the ball game, just kind of turns away saying i wish i had that pitch again. >> jim: yeah, and matt albers, i think when you're throwing a ball and you're pitching, you read the bat, and for matt who is better down in the strike there zone, he says you know what? he has a pretty good swing, i better get out of that zone, sink the ball. >> gary: pierzynski is 00 for his last 12. fouls that one off the plate.

2-2 delivery fouled off. >> jim: he looked a little bit like the guy who helped write the constitution. >> gary: his name was dickerson from pennsylvania. oh, a little later we may show you, but you never know. 2-2 count. >> jim: so what, if you wear a

mullet, you get in free? >> gary: no, you just get on tv. a base hit, pierzynski, nice easy swing. and as a result, will get a base hit here in the 5th inning with two down. another one up the box. one of many in this ball game. that will bring chris getz up. he has doubled and ground out. continues his .500 average against the orioles this year, as he's 6 for 12 in the four games, and the pitch is taken for a strike. hit number 8 now for the white sox. orioles won the gaming played in baltimore, two out of three.

danks was the one who beat them in an 8-2 white sox win, and he is the white sox starter in this ball game as well. >> jim: looks like he will leave this game, but he will leave with at least a 3-run lead. >> gary: albers with a 1-1 delivery, and getz will take the pitch inside. probably a little bit low, and a 2-1 count. an elusive third out here necessary in this ball game. couple of walk, be a home run, and now a single that's kept it alive. jones going back, turning hits back to the plate, gets there, and can't get it. it will go up and over for a ground rule double and save a run for the moment, as pierzynski will have to stop at third base, getz has two doubles in the ball game. >> jim: we told you about this

white sox team, over 600s a game the last 18 -- over six runs a game the last 18. four days off hasn't hurt this offense. you see adam can't get there, a step or two short. a ground ruled double, and blondie is going to have to hold up at third. i took his helmet off today, and i said nice look, but he usually has that look year-in and year-out. >> gary: he he loves it. it's his look. >> jim: and it works. >> gary: whatever that means. two in scoring position, and a check swing and a pitch inside, beckham taking it for a ball. if he can get a base hit right here, this is the 8th batter to hit in the inning for the white sox. breaking ball will miss down low from albers, and the 2-0

count. >> jim: see, that appears to me to be a strike, but i think when you look at dewayne wise on deck, 4 for 14, but beckham is 11 for 28 with runners in scoring position, and you can't afford to give up to more runs. >> jim: he help this cause. >> gary: exactly. don't throw him a strike here. stay out of the middle of the plate and take your chances. >> jim: he chased that one that was inside,al pers a good pitch that ran in on the hands of beckham. >> jim: sounded like he broke his bat. that ball well up on through label. >> gary: not gonna check it. the number one prospect as rated by baseball america in the white sox organization at the plate. 2-2 delivery to him.

again jammed him, and again he fights it off. good pitches bial pers to get in on the hands here, and beckham getting just enough of it to foul it away. here is the 2-2 delivery. another jam shot. mora, running throw, and he got him. so albers works his way out, but three runs in on the big bomb by jim thome, and a 8-3 white sox lead. introducing bud light lime in cans. - ♪ shoot up the station... - the great taste of bud light lime - now goes wherever you need it to. - ♪ '♪ ♪ where's there to run? darlin', don't got to worry ♪ - ♪ you're locked in tight... ♪ - only the superior taste of bud light lime, with a refreshing splash of one hundred percent natural lime flavor, - puts you in the summer state of mind. - ♪ darlin' ♪ ♪ don't got to worry, you're locked in tight... ♪ one taste and you'll find the summer state of mind.

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 . >> jim: well, one swing tu this game around. and that's a 2-0 fastball. 556th home run. ten rbis in his last three games for jim thome. >> gary: at&t, your world delivered. and scott is going to come out of the pen.

>> jim: he has good stuff, and he'll try to maintain here for the white sox. >> gary: the orioles now will have to try and come back as we go to the 8th inning. they trail by 3. it will be izturis, roberts, and markakis coming up against him. izturis thinking about that bunt again. he showed that earlier if the game. he has delivered a two rbi double, as well. nick markakis, a two rbi double in the third inning. those are the three rbis for the orioles. >> jim: yeah, beckham playing in on the grass because of that bunting ability. he'll move back now. but he looks over at ozzie guillen, and ozzie tells him where to play. >> gary: izturis has gone two for seven off linebrink, and with a two-strike count, beckham just backs up.

linebrink, get this fly ball to center. wise has it, and izturis is retired, one down. the orioles are hosting a series of baseball camps for boilboys and girls aging 7 to 16. player appearances by a former and current oriole, professional instructors, autographs, and complementary o's tickets. more information on orioles.com, where you can click on fan forum to register or just get more information. 6 inning one down, nobody on. brian roberts top of the order. he has singled, walked, and grounded out in the ground. roberts, 1 for 3 off linebrink, and 1 for 2 in the ball game. >> jim: the first two pitchers, danks, born in austin texas, the same with scott

linebrink. now lives in taylor texas. john daves now living in round rock. a couple of texans out there. >> gary: linebrink 1-1 delivery on the way. roberts will take a strike in the corner. didn't think so. lifted the participates up, and the count will go to 1-2. five straight scoreless outings for linebrink over 6 and 2:3 innings. he is the hold man for the white sox over the years. and roberts takes that one to the corner in right field, dye going back, and that's going to take a bounce off the wall. roberts on his way in. he'll get a double, and he had to hustle as dye rifleled one -- rifled one on-line. >> jim: he just hustled it over, going to be a curveball, inside middle, and brian

roberts, hen he gets hot, he doesn't miss that pitch very much. watch this throw. just one thing about jermaine dye, he came up with tony carrasco, they were two young players. >> roberts one of only two players to get 250 doubles, and 200 steals in a six-year span. pitch is taken up high for a ball. brian has another double here. roberts started today, both he and markakis are along the leaders in the doubles hitter. linebrink gets it in, keeps it down low, and a 1-1 count on nick. orioles well, striking distance

in this ball game, plenty of time left, and with the ball flying out of here a bit, a home run by markakis, and two by the white sox, even though it was a cool 58 degrees to start the ball game, ball still carrying pretty well. 1-1 delivery. fastball strike inside. 1-2. ,yeah, outside block, inside corner. and a lefty up, might be matt thornton for the white sox. just in case. linebrink, of course, with adam jones, he'll probably go through markakis and jones, and then if he's unable to one or two of those guys out, may see thornton. >> gary: strike the called. markakis clearly didn't think so. linebrink get this strikeout. two down. >> jim: the perfect pitchers pitch. nicely framed. pierzynski slide this glove oh, and half the battle is trying

to be in the zone, and then you encourage the home plate umpire to call it your way. >> gary: pierzynski is one of the best at framing the pitch. matt thornton up. that's why the pitchers love working to him behind the plate. adam jones 1 for 3 off linebrink with roberts on at second base. orioles have a chance to get one of those runs right back. one of the three off thome's homer that came in the last half inning, if jones can pick on base hit. two three ball outs and a strikeout. adam takes that one to right field. he got a lot of it. good-bye, home run adam jones!

the all star delivers a two rbi shot with two down! and the orioles are back to within 1. it is 6-5! >> jim: holy moley was that ball hit hard. saw him to it early on in the year. so 13 home runs for mr. jones. that is four more. and i'll tell you what, ball up a little bit, and if you're scott linebrink, you're going, oh, it's not bad pitch until it sails into the seats, and orioles now trailing by one run. >> gary: he has hit the ball hard here in this ball game. linebrink surrenders it, right back come the o's. aubrey huff who has reached on an error, popped out and flied out. six runs on nine hits for the white sox, five runs on nine hits for the or yeahs, and the complex of the ball game chains immediately, as linebrink could not do what we were talking about earlier, and that's come on and shut opponents down

after your team has put runs up on the board.    run, though, no, pu off the bag! so aubrey huff may well be credited with an infield hit. we will certainly get him a copy of that to be delivered immediately after the ball game. >> jim: goes with brianrobb roberts bunt base hit. this throw off the bargain. otherwise he's going to be out, so let's not talk about his speed. >> gary: they call it a hit.

they do. it's a hit. an infield hit for aubrey huff, ladies and gentlemen. be not aastounded. here is look scott. -- luke scott. linebrink could have been out of the inning here, but he has coto keep it going, and he's already given up two runs, and a big cut, 1-1. ,well, a little change-up, and again, i'm not sure if you want to miss around up in the strike zone.

knew luke has been off balance tonight. credit that to danks and linebrink. hasn't been able to get the good cut on the pitch he wants, yes. 1-2 delivery. and that one is swung on and missed. play has got to be made, and it is by pierzynski. but the orioles get a couple of runs. they do it on three hits, leave one on. the big swing by adam jones, his 13thth of the year. orioles back to within 1- pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down.

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 . >> gary: welcome to those have been watching the nationals and cubs game. adam jones got a home run in the last half inning for two, so it's 6-5. albers in to pitch

against wise. albers on in relief after berken started. danks is still the pitcher of record for chicago. linebrink came in in his place and gave up that home run in the last inning. >> jim: berken had a couple of walks, fell behind thome 2-0, and he scorch offed one down the right field line for a home run. >> gary: here is the 2-0 to wise. mora, and he puts it away. one down here in the 6th inning. let's check in with amber. ,a quick check any the minor leagues. tillman got the start for norfolk tonight. tillman pitched 6 and 2/3 innings, gave up one earned run and seven strikeouts. also last night in beau you,

mattis gets the win, he improves to 5-0. gary. >> gary: all right. names, orioles fabs to keep an eye on for if not the end of this year, next year. matt albers with one away, and nobody on, and the top of the order, podsednik, he has been a pain for the orioles tonight. two singles, a walk, two runs scored. created an error on a throw and attempted pick-off at first base, done everything that a lead-off batter should do for the white sox. >> jim: well, he gets on, and somehow, as we mention thousand, 32 runs scored in his last 44 games, make it 45 games tonight. >> gary: great eye. he just will not chase pitches, and again, he gets the count if

his favor. he's on again. second walk he's drawn. oriole fans, when it comes to tickets, you deserve major league service. go to stub hub, official fan to fan market place of the orioles. fox game tomorrow at 4:00, and sunday the third game here, and then off to new york for the yankees. monday, tuesday nights, and a wednesday matinee game at 1:00, all coming up. matt albers surrendering his

first walk. one down. here is ramirez. ramirez 0 for 2 and an rbi and a sac fly. >> gary: 21 home runs last year, he comes over -- or out of cuba, and has a terrific rookie year. what was greg walker telling you in orlando cabrera a big influence on him, now playing with oakland, but took him a while to get on track. last year played second, this year playing short stop, and can play the outfield, can play all over. >> gary: he's already got 26 walks, 7 more than his entire total from last year, only had 18 all year. here is the 1-0 delivery. that will be taken inside, and a 2-0 count. al pers is having his problems with the streak zone. -- strike zone. >> jim: well, it's about release point. i'm sure matt is going to try to make an adjustment.

>> gary: the white sox up. one-run ball game. throw by wieters, not in time, big jump for podsednik. he get this stolen base. >> jim: yeah, he might as well hold on to this one, the jump is so huge. again, a big lead. look at that acceleration. and then the ball up and in, so you have to catch it. nice transfer, and the throw on the wrong side of the bag. i don't think it would have made any difference at all. >> gary: that is 14 out of 21 for podsednik, who gets into scoring position. taking all the way was ramirez, 3-1. our leaderboard presented by firestone, a tradition of innow situation, batting average with runner in scoring position teamwise, the orioles and angels. red sox, detroit, and white sox. top 5, in that order. 3-1 therefore auntie way, and

ramirez takes it. so he draws the walk, after a popout, two walks, two on, one down. >> gary >> jim: le, when you're a three quarter pitcher and everything is down and away, that means your arm slot is higher than you would like. shoulder is open. so again, in game adjustment. well, won't matter. >> gary: not this time. so that is going to be foyt are for albers with jermaine dye coming up,al pers is going to be coming out of the ball game. dave trembley trying to keep this right where it is, as the orioles offense has given the team a chance, and now the pitching has to come around here and hold this white sox team down. baez on to pitch. in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not!

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 . >> gary: baez comes on. there are the numbers. >> gary: oh, hit him.

on the head or the hand? wow. >> jim: up and in. and you start thinking -- oh, he got hit in the face. so -- boy, you hate to say this happen. ball just gets away, and watch him duck. try to turn, and you can ethe flap right off that front shoulder. jermaine dye about 6'5", so that front shoulder deflects the ball. boy, right there. now the bases are lost. thome will take the pitch inside for a ball. well, jim thome with a big chance again.

orioles have just -- had just gotten the two runs to make it a 6-5 game, now the white sox threatening to get that and more back. thome on a swing and a miss with a pitch down and away. 1-1. thome has a seven-fame hit streak as he stands in now with podsednik the lead runner. and dye on at first. thome against the orioles this year, already a couple of home runs, and six rbis. and will take the pitch down low, 2-1. >> jim: well, the good news for danys baez is that he does strikeout. came into the game with 71. the bad news is, this batter has 556 home runs, and he's hot. that one to center field. way back with the bases loaded

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call. strike taken by konerko. >> jim: so now 14 rbis in his last three games. >> gary: 7 tonight. >> jim: that's a good way to start the second half. >> gary: jim thome blasting away, and the offense of the white sox has heated up before the break stays hot. 10 runs on 10 hits. they have hit three home runs in the ball game, and thome has two of them, and konerko has the other, his 17th a solo shot that came in the second inning. he will foul that one off. and the oriole batters, you just hope this isn't a sign of things to come, as has happened in past years in my opinion hitters have brought the orioles into this ball game a couple of times, and again the pitching falters. albers with with over an

inning. baez get this ground ball to short, to first, makes the play. konerko is retired, and there are two down here if the 6th inning. >> jim: and you can only guess over the last couple of months that that's going to happen. i think last year, though, when you look at the 7-30 record, there was a reason for it. wasn't just the offense, and it wasn't just the fact they pumped well, they had all kinds of injury. and that doesn't seem to be the case. because you know, and again, what does four days do off to baez? well, it gets him to elevate the ball, and that's not a good idea to jim thome. >> gary: fouled away. danny baez has, on the season now, surrendered six home runs in the 45 innings that he has worked. boy, the long ball has just hurt the orioles so often. >> gary: pierzynski will take the pitch away for a ball.

so a big four-run 6th inning so far in a 10-5 lead. each team with double digits and hits. that one in the air to left field. reimold has room and puts it away at the wall. pierzynski retired, but jim thome delivers a grand slam home run. his second in the ball game, and the white sox extend their lead to 10-5. now that college is a few years behind me,

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 . >> gary:  dotel in to pitch as we go to the 7th. melvin will be followed by reimold and wieters. and the pitch will be taken inside, and a 2-0 count. dotel, ozzie guillen will be walking the floor in the dugout in dotel issues a walk right here. and mora is taking all the way. that will be in there for a strike, 2-1. well, let's see if the os can battle it back one more time in this ball game against the bullpen. melvin mora puts one high in the air left center field. that is back near the center

field. wise hits the wall, so does the ball. going into second with a double, melvin mora, wise is down, gets up slowly in center. mora just missing a homer, gets the long shot into the power alley in left center. >> jim: yeah, this ball, again, a nice hitter's count. melvin lost it, ball is carrying, and he talk about how wise plays very shallow. takes a bat route on it, that ball over his head. that ball ends up going a little to the right. so mora gets a double there, and these 3 for 38 and a walk. orioles pick up hit number 11. so they have more hits than the white sox. matt wieters had a lot of chances tonight. going to get another shot. right now, it's reimold, and he

has doubled, singled, and walks, so he and mora back to back have been on allsen times up. >> jim: the other problem is they've given up seven runs over the last two innings, be and four of them have scored on walks. something they've been avoiding. not always, but at least better than last year. >> gary: pitch is taken up high, and a 1-1 count. this has been an efencive ball game -- offensive bomb game, and it's going to be down low, and dotel coming out of the bullpen, and working himself into hitter's counts, be a 2-1 count. white sox bullpen is 5th in era. they do give up a lot of hits, 12th in that department. not a lot of home runs. 4th fewest. check swing foul ball, and the 2-2 count on reimold. orioles trying to make it three in a row, and five out of their

last six. for the second time in the game, matt thornton is throwing in the ball game for the white sox. mora off second. here is the 2-2. jammed him, and got him. thanksgiving with the strikeout. >> jim: well, dotel has averaged almost 12 strikeouts per 9 innings. it's not about velocity. he got ahead, and then able to get you to chase a ball out of the strike zone. you see dotel trying to catch up with that, high and inside fastball. couldn't do it. >> gary: now matt wieters from the left side. 0 for 3 in the ball game. he's got mora on at second base. and matt will pop that one up, and there will be no play. left-handed, .283, right-handed .229.

wieters still trying to getting the offense going. he was pounding it out in the miners, now trying to find the consistency here at the major league level. wieters with a big cut. 1-2. >> jim: well, they're going to find out in matt cap hit the fastball, both sides. and that's one thing advance scouts will tell the teams as he goes from city to city. the difficulty for him, he has to learn all of these hitters. >> gary: wieters a foul tip, held on to by pierzynski.

two strikeout mass row for dotel. two down, towards second. getz, nice pick at first by konerko. a runner left on at second. 7th inning stretch time bought to you by jack daniels tennessee whiskey. please drink responsibly. 

 10-5, white sox leading the  orioles, and rich hill is coming out of the bullpen now, baez 2/3 of an inning, two runs on one hit, as he gave up the homer to thome for the grand slam. >> jim: well, there is rich as

a starter this year. 11 starts, 11 games. this is the first one out of the bullpen. little tune-up for his next start. >> gary: here is getz who will take the pitch inside for a ball, as we go to the bottom half of the 7th inning, and a 10-5 lead for the white sox. that will ride in from the left- hander. getz has doubled twice in the game, has been left on base both times. 2 for 3 for getz. orioles have surrendered four walk in connection the ball game, and they've all scored. couple of batters have been hit. they've scored. he pitches a strike on the inside corner, and goes to 3-1, so a very opportunistic white

sox line-up in this ball game. thome has set a new mark. there's another walk. rbi nix the ball game. his record had been 6, and that was against the orioles back in july of '06, he got six rbis. tonight he has 7 against the orioles, be a new mark for him. two home runs, one for three, and one for four. >> jim: well, he certainly put up hall of fame numbers, wouldn't you think. >> gary: home runs and rbis and walks. >> jim: and on base percentage. he's a lot like the big hurt, frank thomas, who started his career here. didn't win any mvps and batting titles, but i remember when he came up, charlie manuel was the hitting instructor with cleveland. his first year here, and then, of course, mike hargrove i think was the manager, and charlie had had him in aaa

charlotte, said he was like a man among boys, talking about the big -- and there's a big guy getting loose. >> gary: fouled off to third by beckham who has hit by a pitch, scored, singled, and grounded out in the ball game. a .313 hit i off left-handers. a 22-year-old. the trouble has been here at home where he's hitting .135 coming into the game. inside from hill. well, it's clear at least in this ball game that the time off for the all star break did not affect the chicago hit is, but certainly did the orioles pitchers. >> jim: yeah, and there's a reason for that. you get the time off, but you don't touch a ball, and pitching is feel and touch. >> gary: breaking ball is going to miss up high. >> jim: and it would seem to me it certainly affected linebrink, it asked danks, so tonight it's been a hitters

affair, and white sox at least to this point doing a better job of it. >> gary: all right behind on the counter. runner goes, and that will be foul toed off. so getz was heading don to second base on the 3-2 count. hill trying to get the ground ball for the double-play, see whether or not -- >> jim: yeah, that's tough to do when it's 3-2. >> gary: this one down the line, left field, curving, and it is a foul ball. >> gary: rich hill is very deliberate to the plate. right here he has to throw a strike. otherwise it's going to another walk, so it's the perfect running situation. also a fly ball pitcher. doesn't throw a lot 0 ground balls snoop gets his first chance out of the bull pin this year, and the throw over to

first base gets getz back to the bag. >> jim: and of course chris getz can run the bases, 13 out of 14 when it comes to to steals. he will be running. own yale. >> gary: hill's delivery with the run i going is wrapped. reimold going over, not going to get it. getz will run home. there will be no play at the plate. it will be an rbi double. so beckham, he picks. the 11th run. it's 11-5. another walk scores. >> jim: yeah, and then you hang a curveball. watch this one hover around the hitting zone. big rolling cub ball, and the

rookie takes advantage of it. reimold can't get it. getz with good speed. he wasn't even running, and right now he takes off, the minute the ball clears nolan reimold, and there's jeff cox, the third base coach, sending them home. >> gary: 21 rbied for business in this 35th game. he's on at second base, the pitch is up high for dewayne wise, and wieters will go out now to talk to hill, and so will kranitz, the pitching coach of the orioles. so hill gets touched up for a hit and a double to start here. each team with 11 hits in the

ball game now. 1-2 delivery, another breaking ball hit into right. markakis back to get it. runner tagging, and beckham will move over to third with no play on him, and the first out

of the inning. >> jim: when the orioles come to town, this is team, when you're trying to win your division, and we talk about

match-ups, is, hey, is my starting pitcher better than yours, because then you get into the bullpen. >> gary: mora knocks it town, runner does not go. probably an infield hit for podsednik again. five up, fine were five on. >> jim: you're trying to cut off the run, and pretty fast infield. melvin does a nice job, and again the scoreboard has a lot to do with the fact you're not going to send the runner. >> gary: that's going to it be it for hill as dave trembley comes out to get him. he'll be responsible for for the two base runners on. 12 hits now for the white sox in the ball game. hill out. orioles deeper into the bullpen. but with attention assist your new e-class can actually detect drowsy driving behavior... and warn you. this is the new e-class. this is mercedes-benz.

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their bullpen went from 615eea town into the low 3s. one of the better bullpens. when the orioles straighten out their pitching, they're going to be a very competitive ball club, and it's just about trying to do that over the next couple of months, and and next year. they to have some good young pitchers, includes this one. >> gary: ramirez up, first and third. taking all the way for a strike.

>> jim: i think the orioles, again, if you have a lot of numbers, and andy mcphail always talks about that, saying eventually you're going to find the right formula. and it's a great opportunity for anybody, i mean including the guys that are here. >> gary: ramirez alases that one to right field. ramirez. beckham will coming to the plate. it is a sac fly for ramirez, and a 12-5 lead for the white sox. podsednik stays at first. >> jim: a couple of sacrifice flies for ramirez.

beckham having a good night. again, if you went back and looked at all of the hits for both teams, they are not pitchers pitches. they are got a pitches to hit. both of these teams have taken advantage of it. change-ups in the middle of the plate. markakis hit a change-up that was up. made a nice swing on it. >> gary: runner at first base, two down, and jermaine dye. all kinds of crooked numbers on the board, and in each of the columns for these white sox hitters tonight. mickolio's pitch swung on and missed. >> jim: and the pitch that did not hit jermaine in the head. that's probably one of the more significant things that's going to happen in the second half. the ball that deflected off that left shoulder. >> gary: the injury that didn't happen. >> jim: yeah, that is huge for the white sox. and you never like to see that happens, but we're talking an

inch or two, and he was just able to get that front shoulder up and deflect the ball, and that was the first ball that baez through when he came on in the 6th. >> gary: swung on and missed, got him. so mickolio comes on, get this strikeout, but a couple of more runs are added. i love it! i just want to know it's the right move. me? thirteen days in the future. you get a deal on the car you always wanted. scheduled maintenance is included, it's all good. what's the future like? you love your new jetta. and the suit? you like it? no...i love it!

 . >> gary: 12 runs, 12 hits the white sox. 11 hits, 5 runs for the o's. >> jim: thornton 5th in holds, 5 scoreless outings. and he has dominated lefties. you can see, again, very much like dotel, more strikeouts than innings pitched. hard thrower. they got him out of the seattle organization. >> gary: lefties hitting .127 off him.

brian roberts, the switch hitter stands in. jones two rbis, markakis, couple of rbis. izturis an rbi double, the 5 on the board for the orioles. john danks, the white sox starter, is still their pitch err of record, came out after five innings, but it was 3-3, and they batted in that 5th inning, the white sox did, and got three runs to take the lead, and they've had it ever since, and incredibly thornton surrenders a lead off walk here in the top half of the 8th inning. a lead-off man on for the orioles with markakis coming up. nick's extension of his hit streak to four games came in the third inning with his 9th home run. line drive into the seats in right field, his 9th of the season. he is one for four the ball ty d

ther.300 over the last 25 games. so there you go. 99 at nsr adam jones. markakis' last home run was on the 16th of john.    . >> gary: 1-1 with at first base.