1-2 pitch and ramirez has it. he comes across for the first out in the o's 4th inning. that'sdy the 3rd ground ball theo's have hit. v@ñ@>mmy he reminds me g when he came up. they are both wiry with well over 3,000 hits. the way they play shortstop, they remind me of each other. ball one to luke scott. luke is 0 for 7 in this series. his batting average has dipped below 300. contreras will strike out about 7 per game while walking

3. split finger pitch is effect effective when he gets ahead in the count. >> that splitter goes down. it's a fast ball and there's your pitch to hit. it's a high fast ball. of course when luke is hot, that's the ball that crushes. contreras has 4 wins and -- 2 4 wins and 2 on the road. that splitter stays outside. deep count, 2 and 2. he's approaching 70 pitches in the 4th inning already in the game. popped it up, center of the diamond and beckham is the third baseman and he has it for the out and two men down.

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you have to retool your swing and it's worked. he came in 4 for 8 with a couple of doubles. this is going to be a tough play. ramirez won't get to it and that's an infield hit! that was a bouncer right off the plate. once it got over the plate, you knew it was going to be tough. ramirez rushed to it but couldn't grab it. >> contreras was going down towards home and ramirez can't handle it either. the o's continue their trend early on here getting a base runner in each inning. the o's have 3 this afternoon with base hits.

contreras is altering the delivery to the plate. >> gregg is on with three homeruns. what you hope here is there will be a distraction because of the three stolen bases. maybe he'll make a mistake. they play shallow in outfield. rye mold has the speed to score. eymold has the speed to score. reymold is a very good base hitter. he has those long strides. reymold makes the

turn and will hold it at second base. >> we talked so much about left-handed hitters taking advantage of that avenue into right field with runners being held on. gregg does exactly that, just kind of a routine grab. the first baseman is holding reymold at the base. nice hitting. it's another chance. as for location, we use used to play across the street and they had a lot of left-hand hitters. that's what they do. they look for a ball to hit into right field. you better command the ball in the outside part of the play. you get a lot of double plays if they hit that

same pitch. >> 1 and 0. ball two 2. 76 pitch pitches already for contreras. the white sox's team pitching is 4.19. that might not sound respectable but it is. they are 5th best in the league. ball 3. their starters have good numbers. the relievers are a little bit over 4 runs a game at 4 .03. that gets you an idea of how good those teams are. that's how you win. >> put it together. >> i like the way you describe it. if your starting pitcher can allow only three runs a game, of course that's the goal, we're going to have a chance to

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 he broke in with the brs when they were having their good run '1-1 game.   he broke in with the braves when they were having their good run in the '90s. he was drafted in '93 and as a young playe, they traded him to kansas city. that's where he became a star and got too expensive for the royals and traded to oak skphrapbd then came over at the to the white sox. >> he's capable of hitting around 300 with 30 to 40 homeruns.

he's a real good outfielder. it reminds me of george henry who coaches first base for the rays in tampa. we saw that yesterday with ferguson coming in on him. he put the white sox at head with him. it was a long drive to west center field. >> dye bats here in the 4th inning and guthrie is getting together on a sign. 8-game hitting streak against the o's and ties for the longest active streak against any opponent. >> one of the fascinating game, why certain players perform well against certain teams even when the rorsers change -- rosters change. >> yeah. it's not only 8-game streak but they are looking at the percentage that's way up

there. >> he's a tall guy. great arm stand. i thought he was a terrific -- he hit a high pitch with great low balls. the fast ball commands. today, the very very velocity is down. other than the changeup to wise, he's been able to stay out of the middle of the plate. >> not a lot of sliders today yet. >> 3-2 pitch and he got him. >> that's the 3rd strike out for guthrie and two away! it's more about location. dempsey was talking in the game about overthrowing and you usually don't command your stuff. the fact there's two strikes remains chases. one thing he's done well today is

avoid the base hit with two strikes. he had a tough time with that on the year of the 12 hitter he's faced. he's gone stwaoeubg 2 on 8 -- strike 2 on 8 and none have been able to get a hit. >> the frustrating thing for jeremy is konerko didn't hit it. >> that's the guy in this lineup. averaging over the last 20 games where they have gone 14 and 6. it's about 6 and a half runs a game. that is struck to right field. it's off the wall. that's the longest singles you'll see. >> it's a hard single for sure. >> nick was trying to get a read on it.

the ball was hit over the head. you don't know if it's going to sink. the ball gets massaged off the wall. >> that's the swing that turned the game around on friday night by entree son. this one -- jay. it's a long single with two men down. for the first time in this game, guthrie pitches from the stretch. >> here's konerko who think rang drive. -- who hit the long drive. konerko comes in with 315 lifetime home runs. a lot of power in this lineup. >> he's been with the white sox since '99. after having see and

wrist problems he's back to where he usually is, which is somewhere around 30 and 35 homeruns. look how quiet he is at the plate. not a lot of movement. reymold moves in on it. the wind gets a little bit and reymold has it. we'll head to the 5th. good game in chicago. o 's and white sox, tied at 1. ?xx÷÷

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today. another 3-2 pitch. it's fouled off. wise has a long run and runs it down for the out. roberts is another pass and wise runs it down. one away in the 5th. >> it appears the ball is getting knocked down if it's in the air to left center field. the wind, you can see it blowing across. if you hit it low

enough, it won't effect that. pitch count is 87. adam has 7 steals on the year. he's very fast and a good base runner but has not mastered the knack of stealing bases yet. >> he's not the only guy. nick talked about that early on and not being able to do that.

another throw to 1st. the white sox have yet to catch a potential base stealer on the year with contreras on the mound. he stopped. maybe he slipped. wasn't getting enough traction. >> big league, yeah. you have that situation where he worries too much about him and make ace bad pitch -- makes a bad pitch.

>> here, it's hard to go 1st and 3rd with dye. dye is in right field and very much like nick, an amateur player. he was more of a pitcher in college than a position player. he has that strong arm. 2 on with 1 out on the 4th walk allowed by contreras. two good base runners on for the o's. >> the o's are in scoring position. they lead the league. they are the

break down for the o's. these numbers are revealing. huff fouls it back. >> you were talking about a tough month. he's 8 for 52. again, this year is the first year that he has played primarily in the field. >> right. we'll see how that effects him through the month of august and september. luke scott has been the primary dh out there. there's a line drive to center field. that's going fall for a base hit. adam jones had to wait to make sure. wise plays so shallow and did a good

job decoying. o's have the bases loaded with one down. >> from up here, i can hear the ball more or less on the trademark. moore is coming up and he's starting to get hot and it keeps the double play in order. >> adam is talking with third base. >> if you're going to become a good base runner, you have the coaches out there. you want to learn how to steal bases and talked to the guy that adam jones is talking to right now. cooper is in the bullpen.

>> he's talking and said you don't want to use them but not in games where they pitch well. to him, that makes total sense. >> well, it does. he was going bring him in a close game on friday night. this is close. 1-1. >> he's a real good feel for the game. melvin moore takes a strike. he is a terrific player. he understands game situations. and he won the world series. that helps, don't you think? >> absolutely. >> mel vin moore is at the plate. >> you have the splitter that's going down. there it goes. fouls a way from the catcher and

here's jones to score. the o's get the lead back. each run has come in on a wild pitch. >> a couple of wild pitches and errors for the catcher. right here, you drop down and there's that bending at the waist. not even close. he's trying to block it some way because the ball bounced so far out in home plate. that takes away for the chance of a double play. o's are 2 and 1. the 1st baseman is konerko. >> he was trying to throw a double play ball. he wants to strike him out.

he's looking for a ball he can hit in the air. 1 and 2 is the count. he fouls itbac aga after hat idpthhwasstingn the bench of the dugout. >> i was wondering what's going on here, the walks. jones had a routine ground ball and found a hole and walked mark. he lookslike he's coming out ang a pitching change. scott is on that ones melvin moore. you can see that slip out of his hands right into the

follow through and contreras checks the baseball. melvin moore will head to first base. the bases are loaded once again. >> 7 of the 9 outings have been scs. le are hitting 5 for 14. there's the ball tt gets away from contreras. it's not a good matchup from statistical standpoint. again, if you come in and you want to look at how they do with runners in scoring position. you look at young guys out of the bullpen. he will rather go with a veteran. the bases are loaded. that's all for contreras. we'll see aaron. contreras will leave and he goes 4 and a third and the o's are

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  luke scott, you can see, he's a big guy. poreda is a big guy as well. he's wearing out left-handed pitchers. >> swings through and it's 1 and 1. >> poreda has the 1st round pick in '07. this is just his third professional season. last year, he began at the carolina league and promoted to birmingham and double a. that one sales 2 and -- ails 2 and 1 -- sails 2 and 1. you have to

trust your stuff right here. i can't imagine that he's going to be throwing breaking balls. but you never know. good hitters count is 2 and 1 with the bases loaded. side ball 3. so, ebb we can disregard everything in the morning paper here in chicago. i don't want bring them in tough situations. reymold was on deck. he's given up 13 runs in the last 13 and a third inning. >> that's a foul ball. it just kept spinning away from podsednik and it's a foul.

>> he has to throw a strike. he will turn 23 on october 1st. >> this is how i came up, starting pitcher in a ball and you hope your stuff is good enough to translate into getting guys out when they bring you up. ball 4 and he forces in a run. >> the o's are taking advantage of all these extra base runners. scott gets the rbi and it's a 3-1 lead, o's. >> couple of wild pitches, three stolen bases, two hit batsman. here's reymold in a big spot. >> and guthrie is pitching a good game. >> low, and it's 1 and 0. >> yeah . the numbers support

poreda being better than corr -- castro. >> he was on the mound when call picked up the 3,000 base-hit. >> 3 and 0 on reymold. you have a youngster that's lost command of the strike zone and a switch hitter waiting on deck and gregg is on. it's outside, ball 4. back to back walks with the bases loaded. it will be a two-batter appearance for poreda

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 the first games, 1.29 ad has struggled even though coming off a scoreless outing in minnesota. in fairness in talking about poreda, he's so young and i don't have confidence in him o. you're trying to. --. so you're trying to find the right place for him. that was not the right place since we walked a couple of batters. the o's have more base runners that way by base hits. >> they have had 16 doubles in

the last 14 games coming in. if they are not going to throw it over, we have seen this happen where you bring in guys that maybe don't have their feet on the ground and the other teams take advantage of it. >> it's amazing that the white sox pitchers have those strikes. yesterday, the o's did not draw a single walk. today, it's 6 walks. >> i think it's a atstatistical odding. >> yes, it is. >> 47 for the sox and 41 for

the birds. 2 and 1. high chop up, back to the plate. he runs out of room. >> he's trying to get a ball in the air. castro wants a reich out or double play ball -- strike out or double play ball. >> the key runner, obviously, is a runner at 1st. reymold has a chance to get a big lead unless it's a ground ball right at ramirez and he can catch it and touch second base. there's the 2-2. inside, ball 3. that was a good eye. you can see he wanted to swing and held back. 3 and 2, nowhere to put him.

all the runs in this inning charge to contreras. >> he has allowed 4 runs and 3 earned. the run in the first inning was unrunned because of the throwing by castro. >> castro has been around. he signed back in 1997 with the o's. he played with cleveland, pittsburg, arizona, kansas city and signed by the white sox back in '08. >> line drive and base hit for gregg. luke scott is held at 3rd and the o's keep adding on has gregg delivers a base hit. it's a 4-run inning in a 5-1 lead. >> it looks like a fast-cut

ball. >> nice approach. you can see castro reach for it but he just hangs a nice drive into left. the ball hits so sharply. >> the o's have batted around. >> how many times have we hard the starter not going deep enough? >> the run comes in to score and the run will count. >> great play. if they are thinking double play, the minute he stops, he stops a rookie from throwing an out. scott scores the 5th run of the inning to make it 6-1. guthrie has a big

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 roberts is there. he gets it to 1st. one down. >> the o's are hosting a series of baseball afternoons for boys and -- camps for boys and girls. it's a 4-day instructional program plus professional instructors, give aways. register and get all the details. one down and here's beckham, the rookie. beckham is just 22 years old.

beckham pops it up and guthrie is waiting for somebody to take charge. he gets there before the out. gordon is in the big leagues, playing an unknown position to him. he came up as a shortstop. guthrie will get that pop up if no one else was going to get it. >> he was there. >> 2 down in the bottom of the 5th. this is a good side of how well guthrie is pitching today.

the o's got five runs and they were about to have a shut down inning. >> he's clown a lot of -- thrown a lot of strikes. you have this backdoor slider. it's been effective. i am not sure we're going to see changeups in the middle of the plate anywhere. strike three called. wise doesn't like the call. it's s trike out number 4 for guthrie. strike 3 ends the 5th and the o's have the lead. fios guy! where ya headed?

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 here's a look at the upcoming schedule. night game is tomorrow and tuesday. day game on wednesday for a get away. the o's head to board boston. day game is next sunday to close out the 9-game road trip. >> the red sox, we saw them pitching against the o's last

sunday. >> roberts fouls it back. a lot of letters. you have the first major league win. >> roberts, jones, and mark. leadoff single and stolen base and scores on a wild pitch. white sox are trying to make a run at the tigers. roberts has a good eye. they gave up late

runs and tied 1-1. roberts goes down on strikes. one away here in the 6th inning. >> white sox began a dame game and a half behind detroit. >> good movement. runs to the corner and starts at the middle of plate -- of the plate. >> 3 1 games last year for the white sox. breaking ball outside to jones. the play that ended the 5th inning does get an rbi.

>> it was a smart decision by gregg. it looked like it was hit. by stopping, you end up getting it out at 1st. it's an rbi and doesn't get doubled up. you get an extra run. it's all the way back to the screen. >> it's a little different arm angle. it's back there in left center. you just bend at the waist. it doesn't always work. here's another . how is that

spine? adam jones has back to back hitters and goes deep in the count. i get embarrassed they don't get the home run. he was in town here in chicago. i saw him and every time dennis would do that, he will get out of synch with every hitter. the relievers -- there's a good fast ball. perfect pitch out. back to back strike outs for carrasco. so the o's are on the

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 you had a great set up. here's a lead off walk. castro draws it. >> thinking back when you had randy johnson going houston and you have car low and garcia and the big tall left hander, john.

they went 9 and 1 or something like that. >> there's a risk. >> i'll give you five of the best players and if we don't win the world series, i want them back. >> at least you have them for the hopeful run at the world series. >> we have los angeles in orange county. there's a strike recall. they don't like that call. i think he's had a pretty good

day, very consistent. >> here's another fast ball, breaking ball. >> yeah. >> let me ask you the hall of fame pitcher, obviously when he's reacting to is they caught it. it looked like it hit the strike zone before it sank. >> so did brian. >> the only thing that matters is the guy in blue. >> well, black and gray! you can't call it blue anymore. >> hey, you. >> it's fouled down the left field line. guthrie has five truck outs and three have been called strikes. >> he's pitching like most people expect him to do. if you look in the mirror, he's doing what he feels like he can do

every time. he's shown us he can do that, no matter who he is pitching against last season. then they had shoulder impingment. >> that's a broad term for your shoulder breaking down. it's a shoulder impingment. >> all right. >> ground ball towards third. robert is back to 1st. there's a double play and guthrie has another strong inning. we played 6 in chicago. it's a 6-1 lead, o's. 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.

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 he's back to the bench. melvin moore will bat. carrasco since coming on, he gave up the zone base hit and retired all three hitters last inning and the first hitter this inning. >> we talked agent bullpen numbers and the o's bullpen is really settling down. hughes, we'll see him in the bullpen for the yankees and struck out 6 of 9. yankees won that game

against the tigers. shields gave up 7 runs in tampa bay and were able to win 8-7. today, they brought the young left hander in, poreda and walked a couple o and carrasco gave up a couple of other runs. the o's definitely took advantage. it's nice to have a 5-run inning lead against the white sox. >> the o's are 14 and 29 on the road. they are looking for a 15th win. they were hoping to make it three consecutive series wins and can't do that because of the loss yesterday. >> it's a strange game because you go back and look at the way you play and you could have scored 8 runs yesterday instead

of friday. >> carrasco gets it to first and moore is out and it's 2 down. two away in the o's 7th. luke scott will bat now. he's looking for his first hit in the series. he had a productive at-bat in the 5 th inning. he walked with the bases loaded with poreda pitching. when you look at the numbers talking about winning at home, there's only four teams with a leading record on the road. the only team that does it in the

american league central is the white sox. they are 1 game over 500. yankees and the red sox are over 500 on the road and the angels. there's a 4-pitch walk with two men down. that's the 7th walk allowed. first 5 carrasco was the players that has on team sox. >> it looks a little strange because he has those high-top cleats. >> you can see the sanitary socks under the stir rips. >> a lot of guys don't wear sanitary socks. >> it's a thin sock that you would usually wear two so you don't get blisters. you would wear that over them! he has

them on. >> it's amazing because back in the '70s, the stir rips were so high. >> you could get them extended. >> rare ly you sea see them now. >> -- see them now. >> usual ly it's just black socks. >> in thinking back, whose idea was to say i don't care these anymore. i am not going to wear them. every team used to have the same thing. >> all the players, you would see them. >> i wore my pants a little longer because i had huge feet. >> one and two on reymold. that's tribe three called. carrasco get s the call and the

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confidence builder. >> you look at his numbers, he pitched at 13-anyoning complete game -- inning complete game. how many pitches do you think they threw in that game? >> how many? >> no, i was asking. >> oh , i don't know. >> they don't miss a whole lot. >> we'll go to the bottom of the 7th as dye comes up. there's a couple of twins. one loves the mascot and the other doesn't. >> one doesn't have a choice because the mascot grabbed them. >> it's an interesting mascot for the white sox. >> what is it? >> it's a muppet, it looks

like. >> he's disappeared at the moment. >> it's a big mascot to disappear. >> it's probably -- there he is. he's posing for pictures. he's on the south side. >> 1 and 2 is the count. >> big inning because you're right in the heart of the lineup. a guy gets on and hits a home run and you will get the bullpen up and you put pressure on and that's what the white sox want to do. dye fouls it off to stay alive. so -- i guess the mascot has to be dressed up all the time. that would be boring.

>> one away. >> the red sox have the green monster. >> yeah. he's a i muppet. >> the o's have the world famous bird. >> yes. >> they do a good job. >> it's on one bird? >> absolutely. >> there's only one. >> that's what they say at disney land. >> you mean never see more than one might be -- mickey mouse at a time. >> >> there is only one bird

because that's all you ever see. >> are you on speaking terms with the bird? >> oh, yeah. i get all the info. >> does he live rent free? >> of course. he flyies in. of course. >> ground ball to roberts. thome will be retired. this is two down in the 7th inning. >> ground balls are his enemy. >> that's the one key. when he rolls over, that's a no-no. i don't know if he had a choice today. guthrie has been that good. this has been not too many breaking balls, commanding fast ball, couple of changeups, again only the changeup in the middle of the plate that wise has ran on.

>> this is the same team team that scored -- team that scored 12 runs on friday night. >> he allowed only 3 runs to get the win. but then the angels got a loss and the start the seattle. >> it's a changeup. and then it's an 0 -2 pitch. he made what he thought was a good pitch up and in. you put a better swing on. so there are four of the five runs. again, we always talked about the 1, 2, 3 pitches. that was