five over. i think he has to recognize he's a high school player, signed out of high school. very young player. his advance made it double-a all-star team last year pitched in the futures game this year at the all-star game in st. louis. he has progressed nicely. he's kind of anxious to see him come. he's worked on a changeup last couple of years. a power pitcher as you would expect big frame the 6'6" fastball, breaking ball and good changeup. >> gary: alex gordon, 1-1 delivery to him outside. there will have to be a roster move obviously to get him on the roster. no announcement today on that. you wait until you have to do it. with rich hill, the issue is he going to have to go on the d. l., that might take care of that tomorrow if that happens. two ball, one strike count. alex gordon struck out first time up. he's got a five-game hit streak going. gordon will get another one.

six-game hit streak making the turn heading over to third. callaspo, no play there for jones. there are runners at first and third here in the fourth with two away. gabbard contributes his comeback off the d. l. with trying to get his swing back. had his first multihit game in the ballgame last night. >> buck: yeah, he had five good trips to the plate last time in. he struck out his first at-bat, but there he picks up his first hit in two trips tonight. >> gary: the ballgame tied at 2- 2. royals are outhitting the orioles now 5-2. and here is betancourt. he gets a chance to put kansas city back on top. popped out first time up. betancourt will take the pitch inside for a ball. betancourt just getting his feet wet with kansas city only his 11th game. he's hitting just .143 with the

royals, .236 his overy'all average. -- his overy'all average. -- overall average. 1-0 delivery to him will will be taken down low. came from seattle for some couple of minor league pitchers. july 10 the date of the deal. >> buck: he kind of got sideways with the management in seattle. he was benched earlier in the season and felt he might be better off somewhere else. they moved him to kansas city. crediteddeno has taken over the shortstop for them. >> gary: got to go to first -- got to go to first. long throw. got him! good play at both ends. izturis and huff combined not only to end the inning, but save a run. watch how far he has to go. he had no play at second. the short hop played by aubrey huff. pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers...

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it just kind of blew by. not too much rain here. >> gary: nick markakis flied out his first time up. looking for his first hit in this series. he has had an 0-5. 1-0 delivery. one of those ducks had a flock of 12 and this got two blocks inland and we had to get them back into the water the right where you saw right there. there you see the o's with 100 plus hits, markakis, roberts and jones with markakis on top with 116. here is the 1-1 delivery on the way. his slider is taken inside. >> buck: that's the benchmark. that's halfway point obviously. the major league benchmark for hitting prowess is 200 hits. you get 200 hits, you'll win a batting title eventually if you're that consistent. ichiro has hit 200 hits every season he's been here in the major leagues. >> gary: nick putting up

consistently strong numbers. and will take the pitch inside. so, bannister surrenders his second walk. other one came in the first inning as he had retired seven in a row since the last walk. now, the orioles get the leadoff man on in the tie game here in the fourth inning. nolan reimold coming up. reimold drew that walk and was stranded in the first. a couple of hits in three at- bats. here in in two-game set so far. >> buck: nolan reimold really commits to his swing. he's very patient. he waits till the last possible moment, but he drives both hands through the hitting zone. you watch him during batting practice. the ball absolutely jumps off his bat. i think you're really going to see the power continue to grow as he gains more experience.

>> gary: here is the 0-1 delivery on the way. the check swing. bannister catches the inside corner. looking for his seventh win. bannister had a tremendous rookie year a couple years ago and then it kind of fell apart on him last year when he went 9- 16 with an e.r.a. of 5.07. 0-2 count. interesting thing is bannister didn't start with the big club this year. he was down in the minors for the first month and then brought back up again. that's pretty heady stuff for a guy who has the kind of rookie year he had to have go down again. >> buck: yeah, two of their prominent pitchers from a year ago. they sent the message we're not just going to take you because you were here before. >> gary: >> gary: 0-2 count. inside. his rookie year he went 12-9

with a 3.87. last year, 9-16 with a 5.76. that's been a rocky couple of years. his 16 losses were tied for fourth in the majors last year. pitch is outside. nice job done by pena to hang on to that. and a two bawn ball, two strike count. reimold with a runner at first and nobody out. orioles try to get it going against bannister. only a couple of hits in the game. they were the first two hitters for the orioles in the first inning. roberts, a single. and jones, the home run. 2-2 delivery to him. that's in the hole. that's a base hit. runners at first and second, nobody out. five-game hit streak for nolan reimold. >> buck: i just don't think nolan reimold ever thinks he's in a hole even with two strikes, he's got the confidence he can find a base hit somewhere. if you're going to do this when you're a rookie to fight off changeups with two strikes,

pull them through the hole for base hits, that's got to really fuel your confidence and give you encouragement that things are only going to get better and better. >> gary: 25-year-old. he is the only rookie with more than five home runs and five stolen bases this season. he's got six stolen bases. the orioles with runners at first and second and luke scott grounded out his first time up. here is where the orioles have not been getting their big hits. and luke scott will take the pitch. orioles went 2-8 with runners in scoring position last night. this is the first opportunity they've had in that department and for kansas city, that's a phenomenal number 5-19. 19 chance in one game. they pounded out 14 hits. 0-1 delivery is swung and -- swung on and missed. count will go to 0-2. >> buck: i talked to luke scott today about his hitting woes. he said when i was so hot,

everything seemed so simple. right now there are so many thoughts in my mind. is my hand in the right spot? is my foot down? is my weight back? i've got to get back to looking for the baseball and try to hit it wherever it's pitched. >> gary: 0-2 the count on him. runners off first and second and swung on and missed. those are not confident swings for him. that is unusual for luke scott. he is out of there, one down. >> buck: he's just going through a tough time right now. he's not seeing the baseball out of the pitch he is -- pitcher's hand. he swings at that ball before he ever locates it. the commitment to the swing well early and he's out ahead of the breaking ball. it wasn't close to being a strike. he's got a lot of things going object in -- going on in his head. he needs to clear his bed and -- head and think about the baseball again. >> gary: that will bring up melvin mora with one down. he flied out to center first time up. in the dirt. pena again goes down to stop

it. ballgame tied at 2-2. melvin mora throughout his career with the orioles has been one of the best average numberswise average with runners in scoring position and this season he's had an even .300 right now. even for him, that has dropped down some 40 points about the last nine weeks. here is the delivery to him. bannister buried that one down low. 1-1. >> buck: yeah, you talk about bannister. we talk about how much movement he has. he has that cut fastball. the breaking ball throws quite a bit. changeup is good. probably the pitch he has the leefd least confidence in just a regular old fastball. his fastball moves so much when he cuts it it looks often like a breaking ball. one ball, one strike count. melvin mora the chopper to the hole. betancourt, relay to first and

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batting practice from the field and even meet some of her favorite orioles before the game and got great seats for tonight's game behind home plate. check out orioles.com for the next v.i.p. experience contest for your chance tone joy a night at orioles park like never before. >> gary: amber, they couldn't get any closer to the action. they're right down there behind the wall on the entrance way out to the field. those are great seats. bergen -- berken going back to work in a 2-2 game as we're in the top of the fifth inning in the top of the order. david dejesus has grounded out and flied out. berken's pitch is going to miss inside. falls behind 2-0. jason berken a-walk, couple of strikeouts. home run off him by butler in the first inning acould the -- accounting for the kansas city runs. adam jones responded in the bottom half of the first inning and all the offense has seld settled right there. that's going to miss inside and

a 3-0 count on dejesus with bloomquist and then butler due up. jason berken and the 3-0. lays that one in. >> buck: when we talked to jason berken about what he needed to accomplish to stay here and be successful, biggest thing was consistency. he talked specifically about repeating his delivery. we'll get into why that is so important for a pitcher. >> gary: 3-2. >> buck: the batter sees the same motion time and time again, but it allows you to master the strike zone. your hand is coming through the same point. your release point is the same all the time. the same amount of exertion so you're always going to have command of your pitches. >> gary: 3-2 delivery fouled away. that is obviously the problem he's had. he's not had that kind of command with those pitches.

>> buck: what you want to make sure is that cliferry -- delivery is the same all the time. so many pitchers, the great ones especially, clemens and pettitte and maddux all talk about alignment where you setup just as if you want to drive the ball right to your target. it's so important to have a good delivery. >> gary: 3-2 delivery on the way and walked him. that is a lead off walk for dejesus in the fifth inning with the game tied. walked in the first inning by berken. >> buck: one of the best pitchers i was ever associated with was a young david wells in toronto and his ability to repeat his ability was remarkable. most people remember him as a big, beefy guy. avenues very good athlete and had the ability to basically close his eyes and throw strikes because his delivery was so sound mechanically. >> gary: one man on, bunt

shown. up and in. bloomquist has singled and flied out. he scored ahead of butler and a home run. let's see if if kansas city tries to get the runner moved up. >> buck: you mentioned the fact that kansas city doesn't have a lot of pop in their slowp they can play bunt, play hit-and- run, do a lot of things w dejesus, they have a speedy runner at first. >> gary: does not show bunt. takes it right through the hole. bloomquist. markakis up. so, he got it done the other way. dejesus goes down to second base. bloomquist has his second hit of the ballgame. more dates have been announced for you to enjoy baltimore's hottest new address at 2110 eutaw street presented by philadelphia first mortgage. you can join nick markakis, adam jones fans in the new fan section. you get the bleacher seat and exclusive i live at 2110 eutaw

street t-shirts ahl august 15. tickets at 888 -- 888-848-bird or go to orioles.com. here is butler. the home run on a ground ball out. and a strike on the inside corner to him. he's been a very tough out obviously and came into this series with a hot bat. lifetime he's a .385 hitter against the orioles. three home runs and 13 rbi's in 14 games including this one. the count goes to 0-2 on him. some players have ball clubs against which they have big numbers and inexplicably so sometimes. we've see -- we'll see if butler in his career continues to do that against the orioles. he's certainly started that way. 0 had been 2 -- 0-2 count.

two on, nobody out. and butler will chop that foul. >> buck: butler is just 23 years old. he's a guy that has taken his lumps here in the big leagues coming into this season he played 216 games, but it's pretty advance number for a guy that's so young. they drafted him number one out of high school in 2004. the big knock on him was he hadn't developed any power. he doesn't have his man strength yet. he's just a kid. he will learn how to hit the ball out of the ballpark's gets older. >> gary: 0-2 delivery on the way and a scoop made by matt wieters. and will hold the count at a ball and two strikes and hoat hold the runners as well. when you're talking about jason berken and finding that delivery that he can continue to repeat. he said we trieded to do that at the major league level. 62 game, 59 starts at the minor league level. he's trying to learn that with major league hitters. here is the 1-2 delivery.

it's shat -- a sharted -- a shattered bat. they turn the double play. >> buck: you can certainly see the athleticism of jason berken as he makes a great pitch to billy butler. watch how aggressively he goes after this ball. charges, sets up, finds his target at second base. brian roberts. they turn it easily. big double play on the jam shot comebacker. makes a good throw to second to roberts who turns it quick three get butler. >> gary: big play. get that double play. runner at third now. dejesus with two down. mark teahen with the 0-2 in this ballgame and 2-7 so far in the two games. teahen will take the pitch down low for a ball. so, potential go ahead is on at third base. now you've got to get him in

with a couple out. mark teahen .222 with runners in scoring position and two away. it's going to stay there as he'll record the out. no runs, one hit, no errors and one left on base. camden yards, the site. 2-2 the game. um... which gives you more bandwidth than cable. so you can upload faster. so it's like comparing a horse and buggy to a sports car. am i the, uh, horse? (announcer) it's a whole new internet. makes uploading as easy as downloading. because your internet's not fast unless it's two-way fast.

 >> amber: welcome back to oriole park at camden yards time to ching check in on news and notes around the league. trade deadline is looming. we see movement. white sox again mark kotsay. red sox get brian anderson. brett myers could return to the phillies as a reliever there and padres get right-hander sean gallagher from the as. that completes the strayed to send scott hairston to oakland. now they sent oscar salazar to san diego, but haroldson has been mentioned. he said he would rather stay in baltimore if it was up to him. >> calling the kids up at a --

bringing the kids up at a greetd pretty good rate and seem to be able to handle themselves pretty good. i think we're heading in the rye direction and would love to be a part it have. >> amber: george said the benefit to being traded you could have a chance to play for a team who has a chance to go to the world series this season. he says this team he feels is heading in the right direction and he would like to stay here. >> gary: no question one other teams are looking at probably more as a setup man than a closer. >> buck: yeah, most have a close her in place. they're looking to complement that closer to have a second left-hander. thing about it, if your name is being mentioned at this time, good teams are looking at you. that's a good thing. >> gary: matt wieters leading it off for the orioles. he has grounded out. izturis and then roberts. second base. and a base hit. callaspo may actually have done

a little overdive on that one. he got there and ball looked like it was back closer to his body. >> buck: yeah, i don't think this ball was as far away from him as he thought. watch, he does dive over the top of it. looks like he got a piece it have with the thumb of his glove. it sneaks underneath into center field. >> gary: matt wieters has five- game hit freak as he delivers a single. bannister with a leadoff man on base now in 3-5 of the innings. izturis grounded out his first time up. shows bunt. charging in alex gordon at third base. we'll see whether the sign stays on. izturis grounded out his first time up. he's got the advantage with a runner held in that hole between first and second. and a good contact hitter. gordon coming in deep at third. throw over. izturis doesn't signal whether he's going to bunt again or not.

izturis hitting .369 right- handed and .195 left-handed. he does clear. he tried to drop it and fouled to have. >> buck: often tiements when you have arunner who is not fast at first base, you try to be too fine with the bunt and run it into foul territory. izturis could bunt it up the first-base line. it's not going to take much of a bunt at all. right-handed throwing billy butler coming down after holding on the base runner. so, the optimum bunt would be up the third-base line first- base line. moves wieters to second. >> gary: izturis has a couple of sacrifices both have come batting left-handed. here is the - delivery. oh, my gosh. alex gordon was halfway down the line. izturis was trying to pull the ball the other way and a one @al two strike count, so gordon will backup. >> buck: that will make u swallow hard if you're coming down the third-base line as you --@@charging and theizturis

swings away. it was foul with the plate. thank you very much. >> gary: now he will gladly backup. strikeout. izturis will take the pitch away. bannister will even it up at 2-2. bannister has retired the side in order a couple of times in theond and third innings. he's had to throw pitches to get there. 68 pitch right there outside. full count, three balls, two strikes. >> buck: he hasn't had much consistency at all with his ability to throw strikes. he's been all over the place. although he's held the orioles to just four hits, he hasn't had too many pitching counts tonight. >> gary: three balls, two sto. here is the delivery -- delivery. wieters goes. that will be to center field. it will be a base hit. wieters will stop at second.

so, izturis delivers again his third hit of the series and the orioles again as they did in the fourth inning had the first two on. now the orioles get the top of the order, brian roberts. bannister with a a talk with gordon on how they want to play this. with nobody out. >> buck: the pitch letter get the bunt defense vernal loo -- verbally at third baseman passes the signs around to his infield mates n this situation you expect if brian roberts does bunt to bunt it up the third-base line. his assignment is to go up the third-base line. >> gary: they coming at first and third looking for the bunt by brian roberts. brian does not show bunt wand everybody moving, brian has

virtually the entire infield on the go here. you have first and third coming in. shortstop going over to cover second and the second baseman is cheating towards first. here is the 1 had been 0 -- 1-0 delivery. that is taken down low. bannister can't get ahead of him. >> buck: this is a great time for roberts to be hittingment knock out. count in your favorite -- hitting. count in your favor. adam jones has already gone deep today. >> gary: 2-0 count. roberts will foul that one back. count goes to 2-1. bannister's only win against the others, his only encourt are against them came last year. he broke a 12-game losing streak that kansas city had against the o's when he pitched shutout baseball. good performance. orioles got right back at him though in this ballgame.

with the jones home run in the first. roberts, the off-speed pitch foul tipped it said marty foster the home plate umpire. 2-2. >> buck: one of the missed changeups that bannister has thrown here tonight and he really had roberts out in front. so, he has fought his way back into this at-bat. >> gary: two balls, two strikes, nobody out. game tied at 2-2. roberts. just missed with it. 3-2. very, very dark camden yards. big, old storm clouds have moved in. that makes these chances probably even more important. three ball, two strike count. here is the delivery. roberts a-chopper to first base. it will get the runners moved up. butler will play it to the bag.

wieters moves over to third. izturis goes down to second with one out. >> buck: it's the sacrifice. roberts has to tampa bay the -- take the at-bat. he moves the runners up 90 feet. that's what they wanted -- wanted him to accomplish at a minimum. >> gary: now, adam jones with another chance. game tied since the first inning. jones has had the home run. his 16th in the first. there you see the dark skies and jones is not going to get a chance here as the intentional pass will be issued with aubrey huff waiting on deck. >> buck: this ought to rattlethe cage of aubrey huff a little bit. it suggests you're setup for the double play. walking a right-hander to get to a left-hander. aubrey huff has been scuffed. this might get him going a little bit. >> gary: aubrey has not had an rbi in the last eight games. he's had only two rbi's in the

last 16. he's going to stand in here though with the bases loaded. there is ball three. little bit of the irony as huff was moved to the three spot as markakis was moved to the cleanup spot. here huff is going to get the rbi chance batting third. so jones draws the intentional pass the second he's had this year. aubrey huff with the bases load this had season has gone 4-9 club including two doubles and 11 rbi's with the bases loaded. one down. takes it for a strike. >> buck: he has that borderline strike with the bases loaded.

wieters at third, izturis at second, jones with the intentional walk at first base. >> gary: after his 200th home run, 0-1 delivery to him. that's the first great stop. butler gets the out at the plate! no comeback as pena had to make sure he touched the plate, so he had no chance to go to first. so, the force out, two down. >> buck: that ball was scalded. anywhere but right at the first baseman and it's just kind of catches billy butler. he makes the throw to the plate. pena comes off home plate. he's aware enough to go back and retag the plate, gets the force out, but you can't hit a ball much harder than aubrey huff just hit that ball. >> gary: there really should have been a double play on that. you got aubrey huff who does not run fast, but pena wanted to be sure and never even tried

to make that throw back to first base. >> buck: yeah, once he stretched and lost his balance, there was no rhythm to turn two. >> gary: bases loaded. two down. here is nick markakis. slider will be taken down low for a ball. nick has had a 3-14 with the bases loaded this season. one of thoad those a grand slam home run. orioles have picked up three grand slams this season. game tied at 2-2. 1-0 delivery. markakis the slow roller foul reaching for that one. 1-1. >> buck: another off-speed pitch bannister used effectively to brian roberts in his at-bat. you mentioned last night, gary, pivotal points in ballgames. this is obviously one here in the fifth. >> gary: orioles 0-4 with

runners in scoring position here tonight. here is the 1-1 delivery on the way inside. a two ball, one strike count on markakis. o's have been so successful all season long picking up these hits when they had a chance to score somebody trying to find that part of their game yet one more time. still hitting .294 as a team with runners in scoring position. markakis can't believe that call. it is 2-2. >> buck: there's been a liberal strike zone on the outside corner to left-handed hitters to both of -- through both of these first two games. marty foster checks out markakis to check out his reaction after that was a called strike. >> buck: two balls, -- >> gary: two balls, two

strikes. izturis the lead runner, jones at second, huff at first. waiting on the 2-2. >> gary: fans up. there's the 3-2. markakis the ground ball to second base. callaspo and bannister works his way out of a no runs on a couple of hits. the orioles leave the bases loaded and the game stays tied at 2-2. s i used to. and they're getting in the way of things i'd like to do. with the money bar, i can move my money around instantly,

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 >> gary: aubrey huff feeling the intensity and frustration. he hit a ball hard ended up with an out at the plate on a fielder's choice. weapon he got down to first base, he was slamming his hand on the top of his helmet upset at himself and jump seth at the fact the frustration builds up when he's not hitting. he hit the ball hard and didn't get anything out of it. >> buck: you can't guide it that's for sure. he smoked that ball. it's not been that many opportunities where he's really hit the ball that hard, but he's got a couple of hits last night and he wants some results. >> gary: yep. so, re wey we -- we remain

tied. fouled back. determined baseball. hang with them. >> buck: that's not what you want to hear right now if you're aubrey huff. hey, aubrey, you hit it good. >> gary: no, you just hang with them. you'll be back. you'll get another chance. one strike count. callaspo will take that one for a strike. >> buck: the one they used to give me all the time the old coach would say, buck, that guy has been standing there 100 years. thanks a lot. >> gary: glad you let me know that. appreciate the help. and that pitch is taken up high. left-hander. mark hendrickson in the bullpen. jason berken has held kansas city down and worked out of a couple of jams. callaspo fouls it away. berken looking for just his

second win as he has had a tough road of it trying to earn himself a start somewhere as part of the pitching rotation of the orioles. he's not entirely dependent on tonight, but it certainly has great weight. 1-2 delivery. that will be lashed foul and it will stay at ball and two strikes. >> buck: there's been a lot made about the last two starters, rich hill last night, jason berken tonight. everybody is saying, boy, it's a lot of pressure. they know something's got to change here. it's professional sports. you're supposed to succeed. there comes a time if you don't produce somebody is going to take the job. that's the reality of it. >> gary: yep. >> buck: there are players all overt field that feel that way every day all over the field, but you have to handle it. the rewards are great. at the same time, you have to understand it's not a freebie here. you don't get to go out and play just because you're a good guy. >> gary: 2-2 delivery on the way and a chopper. brian roberts, short who has

it. one away sixth inning. join the orioles wives, wjz tv and the oriole advocates 23rd a- year-old orioles reach food drive coming up this weekend against the red sox. it's to benefit the maryland food bank. there will be representatives at each gait gate to collect donation. we hope you'll bring in cash or donate nonperishable items that goes to food kitchen bs add -- kitchens and emergency shelters throughout maryland. call 888-848-bird or go to oriolesreach.com. that's friday, saturday and sunday, so pack a little extra, would you, when you come to theballpark this weekend. here is mike jacobs a-1-0 count. jacobs has struck out and lined out. 1-0 delivery on the way to him. off-speed pitch. big cut at it. 1-1. >> buck: that's a good example of a breaking ball thrown in a good location. it was not over the plate. it wasn't tumbling.

it was a late breaker that started down in the strike zone and broke down inside on mike jacobs. >> gary: one ball, one strike count to him and jacobs will lift that one foul. you can tell by the cut that jacobs looks to be a power hitter. he's got a pretty good uppercut going in that swing from the left side of the plate. he does have the ability to launch it if he gets the bat on it. that has ban problem .216. another off-speed delivery gets him. jason berken, he has three strikeouts in the ballgame now. >> buck: look at the target down and in. he delivers just barely ever in the strike zone a very effective pitch with two strikes. jacobs tries to protect the strike zone, but he can't. swings and misses. >> gary: so, a chance for a 1-2- 3 inning.

he had one in the third. down low for a ball. pena had a single and he's flied out. >> buck: seeing so many more quality pitches in the milled innings from berken now as even the fastball has a little better movement down like that. that's what you're looking for. early in the show, we heard from jason berken talking about staying tall and creating a downward angle. that's exactly the kind of movement you want to see. you can see the pitch count after that first inning is very manageable and an exceptional inning in the third just six pitches. >> gary: 1-1 delivery to pena. he grounds out to second base. brian roberts has that one. he's out. berken retires the side in order. to the bottom of the sixth at oriole park at camden yards tied 2-2. 

 >> buck: time for the geico game highlight. swung early, one out in the first hits a home run, it's a two-run home run. then in the bottom of the first, adam jones answers with a home run of his own. hits a fielder's choice to home plate. nick markakis grounds out to end the inning. the orioles 0-5 with runners in scoring position tonight. both pitchers getting -- giving up two-run home runs notice first inning. after that, have settled in very effectively. bannister has walked three, struck out two, allowed five hits while jason berken has walked three and struck out two. >> gary: the right-hander 28-

year-old brian bannister and that's going to be a base hit. out of the reach of a diving alex gordon and reimold again has a multihit game a-five-game hit streak, he's 2-2 with a walk in this one. >> buck: multiple hits in each of those five games. it's a first pitch breaking ball. he stays back. stays on it and rips it through the left side. people who say, well, he's hitting .300 but he has a lot of singles. the power is going to come, folks. let him get his feet on the ground. >> gary: he now has 17 multihit games, four three-hit ballgames, 13 two-hit ballgames so far. you've got to be impressed with the work pena has done behind the plate. again, he does a little knee dancing to come one that ball. he's getting some chances now. it's only his nineth -- ninth start behind the plate. runner on at first as the orioles have equaled the royals

with six hits. luke scott strikeout victim. lifts a towering fly ball to right center field. bloomquist beings look out. it's the right fielder. teahen makes the catch. bloomquist, the center fielder really had called for that, but he was too short. orioles fans when it comes to tickets, you deserve major league service. go to stub hub, official fan to fan marketplace of the orioles. >> buck: two more games left in this series. tomorrow on masn 2, 7:00 p.m. great matchup. zack greinke leading the american league in e.r.a. chris tillman making his major league debut 7:00 p.m. and thursday afternoon masn hd12. 306789 p.m. red sox are in town for three games beginning friday. >> gary: orioles try to find a way to get the lead. they trail 2-0 top of the first. tied it up 2-2 in the bottom of the first. nothing since for either team.

reimold being recognized now as somebody who will and can steal a base. he's gone 6-6. melvin mora will foul it away. melvin has hit into a double play and flied out. >> buck: you saw jamey wright down in the bullpen warming up for the royals. a big right-hander as bannister works in the sixth inning. >> gary: starters against the orioles for kansas city this year win and two losses with a 4.9 earned run average. the bullpen which has not beenthat good for kansas city has a 1.56 e.r.a. against the orioles in the previous five games. a 2-0 record for the kansas city against baltimore. melvin mora, the 0-1 waiting. >> buck: yeah, the orioles bullpen has been abused here lately. 1-8 on the home stand for the royals. all the while, the bullpen gave

up 27 earned runs in 26 innings. they have not been able to protect some leads. >> gary: bannister's you 0-1 pitch, that's about as hard a pitch as he's thrown. he had movement on that, too. they say it was only 86, but it looked pretty quick. count goes to two strikes. bannister right now coming into the ballgame with the 3.76 e.r.a. that's the lower than any of the previous seasons e.r.a. even that fine rookie year. chopped foul. stays at two strikes. >> buck: he's whittled about a four run off his e.r.a. from a year ago. bob mcclure the pitching coach, bannister spoke a lot over the winter how he should improve including the ability to throw that cut fastball. mcclure simply said you've got to throw more strikes. you've got the stuff. >> gary: 0-2 count.

runner not going. took something off that and missed up high with it. the other thing he's done, he's lowered the slugging percentage against him. that number is also the lowest he has ever had at .366. he's not giving up a lot of extra-base hits. he has given up 10 home runs. that is a number that is lower than previous year. he had been sub it -- subject to a good deem of long ball hitting -- deal of long ball hitting against him. 1-2, runner goes. that's a fair ball. only play is at first. gordon gets it over there. reimold goes down to second base moving on the pitch and there are two down. so, matt wieters will try to get the go ahead rbi. 0-5 so far tonight for the o's.

0-3 for the royals as both those home runs came with a runner on at first base via a single for both teams in the first inning. matt wieters will take it inside for a ball. matt is .208206 with runners in scoring position, #-34 -- 7-34. bais base hit right here. -- base hit right here will give the orioles their first lead of the ballgame. 1-0 delivery for him. that is for a strike. in new york, they wrote a story about him being a big catcher and he talked about comparing himselfside sizewide with -- sizewise with joe mauer and sandy alomar, jr. and writing about the catcher for the yankees is a big catcher. that pitch taken inside. we were kidding him around the cage because he said in that

story that it's my first love, catching. knowing that you're going to have to be a part of every play. it's something i really like. it's always something i really wanted to do. so, i said that to him today and wieters said, yeah, except on days like this when it's 89 degrees and the humidity is 100%. that one is blooped and in to right center field for a base hit and an rbi! matt wieters gets one and the orioles have a 3-2 lead. >> buck: matt wieters had an rbi base hit in the fifth inning that tied the game up last night. nolan reimold was gunned down at the plate. this time off the etched of the bat. you can see how he just puts enough on the bat to hit it over carrasco. he was gunned down last night on that hit. tonight, he scores the go-ahead run. >> gary: so, wieters blood pressures one out of the -- bloops one out of the reach

ofcallaspo at second base. here is izturis. hits that in the air. shortstop betancourt will put it away. orioles get the lead as they get a run on two hits leaving a base runner on. matt wieters for the moment with the go ahead rbi. she wants to make up. we decide to turn in early. we just know. announcer: finding the moment that's right for you both can take some time. that's why cialis gives men with erectile dysfunction options: 36-hour cialis or cialis for daily use. cialis for daily use is a clinically proven low-dose tablet you take every day,

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has a perfect 2-0 record with an impressive e.r.a. been hitting just over .200 against mark hendrickson. he has done a nice job. he has a wide assortment of pifl pitching. he has the confidence to throw strikes. right now he's trying to protect the lead for jason berken as he comes into the seventh. >> gary: how about the clans for jason berken to get the win's bents if -- benefits from that run picked up. so berk-hope the bullpen can hold down kansas city and he can get his second win of the year and credit him with settling in. tough start in the first inning he gave up one-out single. run to butler popped -- home run to butler followed. >> buck: how do you feel about the group of young players? i feel personally they're not intimidated. he could have crumbled in the first inning after billy butler hits a two-run home run given what's at stake, but he didn't. he kept trying away. >> gary: i think to a man for

the young players, buck, the confidence level of the young orioles is one of the most impressive parts of what they've done so far. here is alex gordon. he will take the pitch outside for a ball. >> buck: i think of the word savvy a lot when i think of those kids. they've got a savvy about them. they're not cocky. they're very confident. they almost appear as though they've been here before. >> gary: one balm, one strike count. one -- one ball, one strike count. one-run ballgame. orioles have familiar by one- run games. 6-7 loss loss have been by one- run games. orioles have lost 6-7 ballgames to kansas city coming in take the opener last night. hendrickson will try and hold kansas city right here. gordon has singled and struck out. jf speed breaking ball has been

fouled right back. out of the bullpen, wired wednesday clay will join us. we'll have a chance it to ta to him and a chance to meet him the newest of the orioles. he'll sit down now. here is the 2-2 delivery on the way. breaking ball hit in the air to right. it is deep warning track. markakis with room. alex gordon retired. >> buck: just enough room as markakis takes it off the warning track. hendrickson had a great month of july. one of the moments he's had this month beings, but he's hand his role effectively. >> gary: 23rd relief appearance for him. yuniesky betancourt will take the pitch for a strike n relief, he's given up 11 runs, 32 in 2/3 -- 32 2/3 innings.

that's a 3.03 e.r.a. out of the pen compared to an e.r.a. of 6.30 as a starter. ground ball to short. right in front of it, izturis. two down. visit orioles.com right now to register for an upcoming orioles baseball summer camp for boys and girls ages 7-16. four-day programs, professional instructors, giveaways, free orioles ticketsment current and former o's on hand. ty wigginton will be at hereford high school on saturday and a new camp at park school in baltimore begins august 10. campers get a chance to play at oriole park later this season. details at orioles.com. david dejesus, 0-2 and a walk. hendrickson's off-speed pitch up high for a ball. dejesus, .244 off the lefties.

.269 off the -- for the right- handers. leadoff hitter with some pop. seven home runs. the count goes to 1-1. hendrickson wanted to be in the starting rotation and was. didn't like leaving it. just personally didn't like it, but realized his role in the bullpen and has taken that with some aplomb for the orioles. here is the 1-1 delivery. good pitch. 1-2. >> buck: great location. great, late life to that fastball down and away. now he has several options. he can throw that breaking ball that's been so good for him and dejesus has to really try to hang in there against it. >> gary: jason berken, two runs, six hits over six, a couple of walks, three strikeouts both runs surrender in the first.

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so maybe i'm better with money than i thought. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way.  >> gary: seventh inning stretchtime here at camden yards. orioles have the 3-2 lead as we go to the bottom half of the seventh inning. gary thorne and buck martinez. for jason berken, he knew what was on the line here tonight. obviously had to be sweating in the first inning with a home run and a couple of runs up, butsettled back. i think he earned a chance to stay here and do some more work. >> i think -- >> bob: i think you're right. it would have been easy for him to really kind of cower and become timid and tentative. he didn't. he continued to throw a lot of strikes and ended up with a six- inning outing tonight. >> gary: orioles trying to find a way to get the lead hoping the bullpen can hold the lead. now the pitching gets a little bit better with the young players and the offense struggles to find some runs. >> buck: we've got two more

months for them to come together. hopefully, they will. you see tonight, adam jones with his home run the second consecutive night he's homered. nolan reimold continues to get hits. he has two more hits tonight and now has a five-game hit streak and matt wieters for a secretary consecutive night drives in a big run here tonight. all the kids starting to contribute with the bats and off the mound. >> gary: and playing in tough ballgames. while they may not want want to be in those necessarily, you learn a lot more than do you in the big spread games boughs because you have to focus on the big game. >> buck: you sure do. it's easy to focus in fenway park and yankee stadium, but you have to realize you're a last place team and you have to focus every night and have to scratch and claw to beat the other teams. think that's what we're starting to see. the young players focus add little bit more understanding there's only one thing do you. that's come to the park every night expecting to win the ballgame. >> gary: and they are homing to -- hoping to do that here tonight against kansas city. bale is out of the bullpen now to do the pitching as bannister

is gone. 27th appearance. a hit per inning basically surrender. orioles will try and add to their lead as we go to the bottom half of the seventh inning with the top of the order up. brian roberts, a single, run scored, 1-3. brian will lift that one in the gap into left center field. he has a base hit and he'll make his way to second base. no play from bloomquist and a leadoff double. >> buck: 35th double of the season. 290th double of his career as he closes in on that 300 double plateau. brian roberts leads it off in the seventh inning trying to get some insurance batting from the right side for the first time tonight. looks like he got a cut fastball slider on the i be i had -- inside part of the plate and rips it in the gap in left center. >> gary: so, the leading doubles man in the american league adds another and brian roberts

potential big run in the ballgame as adam jones will stand in 1-2, intentional walk and his 16th home run and two rbi's that came in the first inning. orioles now with eight hits in the ballgame. they'll hold roberts close. swung and -- and missed. brian, by the way, those 35 doubles a-couple ahead of adam lind of toronto who has 33. pedroia, butler of kansas city with 31 and then nick markakis who has 30. there's nick. he and brian are in the top 10 doubles in the american league. roberts jockeying around. the delivery fouled off the other way. jones wanted that one. >> buck: yeah, he sure did. he got a good pitch to hit. he was looking for something away. he was just a little underneath

it. he can get them over. he can get them in. he is targeting the gap in right center with robertson -- roberts leadoff double. >> gary: he's hitting .257 off left-handers this year. rbi opportunity. callaspo, the second baseman holding roberts. here is the pickoff. kansas city has tried that a couple of times in two games. the timing hasn't been very good. >> buck: no, it's very deliberate. it's slow in developing. he looks for a sign from the catcher because when he initiates his turn he doesn't look at second base. brayan pena gives him a sign and indicates it's time to go, but he's a little bit off in the timing. >> gary: jones to short not where he want it had to go. betancourt will hold the

runner. jones is retired. >> buck: let's take a look at the sequence of pitches delivered by john bale. first pitch swinging, a fastball he misses. that's the one he wanted the fastball away. he rolls over the changeup and hits a harmless ground ball to the shortstop. >> gary: one down and aubrey huff 0-3 in the ballgame. couple of ground ball outs and one was a fielder's choice and he has struck out. now betancourt will hold the runner and the pitch is taken outside for a ball. aubrey hitting .225 off left- handers compared to the .270 number he had last year. he is a frustrate the liert now with a chance with the bases loaded. hit hard right to first and got the force out at the plate. 1-0 delivery to him. that's the kind of pitch he has seen for the month of july. off-speed breaking balls. >> buck: yeah, he's a little

anxious and out on that front side because he's trying to get something going at the plate. that makes him extremely difficult a slow breaking ball especially from a left-hander. >> gary: .249 overall on the season. takes a strike. but july just .165. you seat numbers on the season and those july numbers just way down. he's a .300 average hitter in the secretary half of the season. >> buck: yeah, that's what's so frustrating for aubrey huff. he's always been a great second half hitter. >> gary: 2-1 delivery to him. that will be taken. the count goes to 3-1. brian roberts with the orioles up by one. a potential run. huff trying to get limb home and get his first rbi in the last nine ballgames three ball,

one strike count. john bale, the left-hander on for bannister who gave up the three runs on seven hits over six innings. long look. bale wants to talk about it. pena will come out boirt. >> buck: there was a little indecision on bale's part. he called the catcher out. he wants to make sure they were on the same page. bale had agreed to the pitch and then decided it wasn't exactly what he wanted to throw. >> this bullpen of kansas city, e.r.a. of almost 5.00. second highest, only cleveland's pen has a higher earned run average. here is the 3-1 delivery and walked him. so, aubrey huff goes down to first. first and second now with one away with markakis warming up

in the bullpen. nick markakis, a walk a-slide out, flied out and grounded out. nick is .263 off the left- handers and the discussion will go on here. mcclure heads out to have a word with his reliever. >> buck: yeah, this is a two fold visit just to give bale instruction o'as to how he wants to work markakis and to give colon a little more time should he they have to deal with nolan reimold. reimold has been a hot hitter. they want the right-hander ready for him should he get a chance to hit in this inning. >> gary: this kansas city bullpen has given up 31 runs in 30 innings of work since the all-star break. >> buck: that's a pretty high e.r.a. >> gary: yeah. >> buck: they have not pitched well. they had many leads since the all-star break. the bullpen has coughed up big runs, big innings, six and seven-run innings.

here are the rankings for the royals bullpen. 28th in the major leagues in e.r.a. almost five runs a game. they have 16 bloap savers. just nine wins last in the big leagues and they have allowed almost half of the inherited runners to score. >> gary: that's why robinson tejada's performance last night was so fortune to them. four shutout innings only the second time that's happened this year. the other time was way back in april the bullpen of kansas city worked four shutout innings in a ballgame. that's how tough it has been. orioles trying to get to that pen right here. nick markakis, roberts at second, one down. off-speed breaking ball in there for a strike. >> buck: bale is doing a good job keeping his eye on brian roberts as he initiates his delivery while he's looking at brian roberts and brian is unable to get that extra couple

of feet off the bag. >> gary: here is the one strike delivery on the way. another off-speed pitch. markakis way out in front and an 0-2 count. >> buck: roberts can't get a big lead and bale drops that breaking ball away from markakis. >> gary: nick came into today's play tied with six others with most extra base hits since the all-star break. four homers, he three doubles. 0-2 delivery to him. markakis lifts that into right field. that has pretty good wood back at the warning track and up and another nice play! teahen will gun it in. no play over at third. that is the second time that mark teahen has made a fine play in right field. one coming in and that one going back to nick markakis. >> buck: a couple of balls hit

hard tonight just didn't carry. it's a hot, muggy night that. ball got hung up in the heavy air. teahen times his jump perfectly. looked like it would be up against the scoreboard. nick markakis frustrated. he thought he had at least a ball off the wall, but teahen robs him of extra bases and that's going to be it for john bale. >> gary: terry crowley was talking about that tonight, orioles hitting instructor. they had some early batting practice for some lul sluggers like luke scott and he said the ball is just not carrying here tonight and it didn't during batting practice and it's not carrying here during the game. orioles have the lead. -- to the pen, kansas city. 

 >> gary: this copyrighted telecast presented by authority of the orioles may not be reproduced or retransmitted any any form and the accounts and description this have game may not be disseminated without express written consent of the orioles. >> buck: right-hander roman colon comes on to pitch for the 22nd time this year. he last worked sunday against the texas rangers and gave up a couple of inherited runs and then had a 1-2-3 ninth inning. it was after the fact he came in and continued to give up runs out of the bullpen. we mention this had royals bullpen has given up runs almost 50% allowing half the runners to score that they inherit coming into a game.

>> gary: let's see what happens here as the orioles have runners on at first and third. nolan reimold can celebrate his t-shirt night with a three-hit ballgame and maybe an rbi or two -- two right here. three singles and a walk in the ballgame. he's hit -- hitting at .294 on the season. colon's delivery to him a fastball in there for a strike. there they are. the fan club. they leave littledown doubt about how they cheer for. the 29-year-old, 6'6", 240- pounder. into center field, back on it bloomquist. he's got room and he hauls it in. no runs, one hit no, errors on a couple -- and a couple are left on basement bewey completed seven at camden yards. 

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rightsidefoundation.org. note, that is dot-org. the new foundation setup by nick and his wife this year. >> buck: so many of the young guys are getting involved in their communities they plan to make their careers here for the long haul and the families are getting involved. they're giving a lot back to the community. i think they're really starting to develop a relationship with this city and the surrounding area. >> gary: we'll be here -- and will be here one would think for sometime. jim johnson oust bullpen. mark hendrickson a solid seventh inning retired all three that he faced. willie bloomquist, middle of the order and inside for a ball the number two hitter nchses, a couple of singles, 2-3, he has a hit streak and run a scored. billy butler delivered the home run in the first inning. two rbi's shot. that one in the air to left center field. going back is jones. warning track wall and good-bye home run, tie game. bloomquist greeting johnson

with a long ball. >> buck: third home run of the season for willie bloomquist and that one-run lead evap waits in -- evaporates in a heart beat. pretty good movement. watch how high this pitch is. belt high, inside part of the plate. it didn't sink t ran inside a little bit. bloomquist ran his hands in and put the barrel on the ball. >> gary: so, a couple of home runs in the ballgame and we are back to a tie. here is butler who has the other one. three rifns runs, eight hits for the orioles. three runs, seven hits for the royals. down to third, mora playing the line. burt retired. one away in the eighth inning. for jim johnson, that is a tough start in his 41st

appearance in 45 innings pitched. five home runs against him. mark teahen had as -- has had an 0-3 in the ballgame. he's made two fine defensive plays in the outfield. the fastball down low. ball one. tough, tough games for the orioles in the month of july. they won only seven, 7-14 this month. that's in the air to left field. reimold going over. makes the catch in fair territory. there are two down. time to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. here are your candidates tonight. jones has delivered the home run. his 16th a-couple of rbi's. berken is now going to be nondecision, but two runs on six hits over six in the

ballgame. wieters, who delivered a couple of hits and an rbi, text in your vote a, b or c, to 51862. callaspo, alberto callaspo extended his hit streak to 10 games with a single. he's 1-2 and a walk. callaspo strung together some pretty good games. he's had six hitting streaks now that have been in seven or more games this season. he's really taken advantage of the ballpark at the moment where he hits .330. >> buck: if they had their entire complement of hitters, it would be a heck of a complimentary nirt this order. they lost their shortstop mike aviles who hit over .300 last year. they lost their right fielder judge. trey hillman has been without their leadoff hitter coco crisp out for the season and

potentially next year. >> gary: here is the 2-1 delivery on the way. that will miss outside. the count goes to 3-1. so, jim johnson now the pitcher of record along with colon on in the last inning. a towering pop-up to left center field. jones coming in and he's got it. a leadoff homer by willie bloomquist has turned this game to a 3-3 tie. hey mom i need some minutes.

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 >> gary: freeze cam brought  you by frost brewed coors light, the world's most refreshing beer. >> buck: mark teahen, the right fielder takes away an extra- base hit against nick markakis high against the wall in right field. frustrating at-bat for nick markakis. thought at least he had base hit, possibly extra bases. >> gary: well, there is nick. frustration showing through a couple of times tonight and understandably so for the orioles as teahen has done a fine job out there in right field. here is luke scott an 0-3, 0-7 in the two games. luke has had two hits in his last 30 at-bats. that pitch is going to be taken away for a ball. colon stays on. he worked the final out in the

seventh inning. the orioles want to battle back here late in the ballgame. they'd love to get that run right here. in the air knocked deep left field. dejesus. scott is retiredment one away. more than -- >> buck: excuse me. this has been a very difficult inning for the royals relievers. they have given up 17 earned runs in the eighth inning. that's really critical because they have a very good closer in joakim soria who saved the game last night. the eighth inning has been a real challenge. rusty kuntz who is moving the defense around. >> gary: melvin mora. mora 0-3 in the ballgame, 1-6 in the first two games of this four-game set.

tomorrow night 7:00 and the day game 12:30 on thursday. -- 12 a chopper. bloomquist had to play it off the side of the mound. two down. betancourt, rather. did play. that ball took a hop on betancourt. it came off the third base side there. so, two outs, matt wieters. george sherrill and the bullpen. the orioles could get a lead here he'd be in. >> buck: he might come in to pitch the ninth no matter what given the fact that you've got the power-hitting mike jacobs, the left-hander, then the switch hitter brayan pena and alex gordon. two out of the three scheduled batters are left-handed and two of them have power. >> gary: skips all the what you through. wieters, two singles. rbi's last time up gave the orioles the brief lead up 3-2 before bloomquist delivered the home run and tied this ballgame

up again. again tonight, the orioles, they have left eight on base. four in scoring position. >> gary: 13 rbi's in a .263 batting average for the orioles catcher. the 2-0 delivery to him. he takes that to right field, hit it hard. that's going to take a hop just shy of the wall. it will be a long single. back to first, wieters is back. wieters feels like this is his home ballpark. three hits for wieters. >> buck: yeah, matt didn't get this in the air high enough because it he hit it high enough to go out of the ballpark. it has top spin and bounces off the warning track.

teahen plays it very well. wieters had his eye on the right fielder and decides he better shut her down and takes the single. >> gary: wieters, his second three-hit ballgame. comes with with two down. orioles ninth hit of the game. izturis has singed, -- singled, 1-3. wean three down, dpoord gordon is playing on the grats grass at third base. the delivery taken up high. count goes to 2-0. izturis has done everything. he doesn't get a lost look at

because of all the young players. he has really done a job for the orioles both at the plate and in the field. 2-0 delivery. he's done everything asked defensively at shortstop and i think a little bit more than expected at the plate. >> buck: yeah, you know what? we dent talk about the shortstop much because it hasn't been an issue. he made all the plays. after last year and the revolving door at shortstop, cesar izturis has been a breath of consistency you really enjoy. >> gary: two ball, one strike count. wieters off first. 3-1. he just wants to get on here to move that runner up to second base. >> buck: turn the lineup over. with the lineup tonight, you have brian roberts in there, adam jones and aubrey huff a little bit of a shuffle. just randy wolf to -- love to get the top of the order up here to hit in the eighth inning. 3-1 delivery on the way. he tried to cokes ball four

oust that, but marty foster would have none of it. >> buck: take a look at pitch counts with the 3-1 fastball. plenty at the plate. cesar izturis was trying to talk the umpire into ball four. >> gary: only six walks for izturis and only 16 strikeouts. 3-2. wieters is running. izturis is hitting. center field. that's going to be a base hit. wieters on his way to third. so, izturis a two-hit ballgame. first and third, two down in the eighth. >> buck: dave trembley has always talked about the number nine hitter getting tough hits to turn the lineup over. izturis has done it consistent this year. wieters running on the pitch. ball is in front of bloomquist bli. he goes over to third base and orioles are threatening to take

the lead. >> gary, so brian roberts will take the chance. brian has faced colon before. he's 1-3 against him. one of only three orioles has had an at-bat against this kansas city leave. they're setting the defense with two down. roberts doubled, singled, 2-4. colon, fastball is in there for a strike. the orioles with a clans to get that lead and go to the ninth inning. they can get a base hit here. wieters and izturis the base runners. 0--- 0-1 delivery to roberts. now 1-1. >> buck: now roberts has the count where he can look for a fastball. a ball and a strike, very tentative delivery on that last

breaking pitch. the split-finger fastball and colon didn't throw it near the strike zone so roberts can eliminate that before he gets to two strikes. >> gary: roberts .300 with runners in scoring position. the 1-1 delivery. 2-1. >> buck: again, every ball allows brian roberts to be more selective and sit on the fastball. >> gary: dave trembley hoping orioles can find one right here and get wieters in at least wieters with the go ahead. izturis at first. and the 2-1 delivery. roberts will foul it away. 2-2. >> buck: looking for the fastball, but it was a good fastball in the upper 90s. 97 from colon and roberts even though he was looking for it

was a bit late. know you don't have the luxury to do anything but protect the zone. >> gary: runners on first and third. here is the 2-2 delivery and roberts again will fight that one away. wow. how about that. >> buck: back-to-back efforts. he was perfect mark buehrle was his last time out against tampa bay. >> gary: 14 perfect innings thrown. and against a team of some substance in the twins. two ball, two strike count. two down. delivery. roberts takes it and he's gone. colon gets the called third strike. orioles, no runs, two hits, no errors. two are left on base. we go to the ninth inning at

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hope all he needs is three outs for a w. >> buck: a little bit of a rough month for george sherrill this month. he saved 3-4 opportunities. e.r.a. over 4.00. they've hit almost .300 against sheryl, but he's had anotheroutstanding season. he last pitched on saturday at fenway park. sherrill came in and worked a 1- 2-3 ninth inning. >> gary: george has not had a save since the first of the month. on the 12th, he got one against toronto against boston. he had -- he had an 1 1/3 worked in that last outing against boston. now try to -- trying hold to him down here. miguel olivo will be the pinch- hitter coming on for jacobs in the d. h. role. jacobs had an 0-3. bloomquist the home run in the eighth inning tying the ballgame up after the orioles had taken the lead in the sixth on an rbi

single by wieters. sherrill's delivery. olivo will take it for a strike. olivo has done a lot of catching this year take the dh role for a couple of games then out of the lineup tonight. going for the long ball and a good count. >> buck: he's got some pop. he's trying to give this royals team the lead with one swing of the bat. he's hit 13 home runs off him. >> gary: he's had a home run off sherrill. takes a quarter cut and fouls it off with two strikes. >> buck: that was a kind description. quarter cut. just not full cut. there was a quarter c.u.p. cut. >> gary: it wasn't anemergency swing. >> buck: no, just a quarter.

>> gary: 0-2 count, olivo. one-run ballgames this year, orioles have a .500 mark of 11- 11 while kansas city has gone 8- 15. that's a sign of the bullpen problems that -- problems that they would have lost that many games and won only eight in one- run contests. 0-2 count. olivo to short. izturis. pena and gordon due up in the top of the ninth inning with jamey wright and the closer joakim soria warming up.

catcher had a single. he flied out and grounded out. batting at .286 on the year. sherrill bouncing that one. sherrill working out of that stretch. it's got to be tough for the hitters to pickup the ball because especially right- handers, he's turned almost towards second base. you don't really see the baseball till he let's it fly. >> buck: that's a move he made in may when he was getting hit hard. you can see how he hides the ball from the hitter. he can't find the release point. it was by design. he was getting hit hard early in the season. he felt like the hitters were seeing the ball for a long time picking it up early. so, he closed up his setup and turned his back to the hitter. you can't see the glove. certainly, if you can't see the glove, you're not going to pickup the baseball until late. that's when he became really consistent and much more effective.

>> gary: 2-0 delivery to pena. that's a strike on the inside corner. pena not agreeing with that. a two ball, one strike count. he defected while in venezuela in 2000 playing for the cuban national team. picked up by atlanta. played in the atlanta organization all the way through last year. 2-1 delivery to him. it will be fouled away. and it is a two ball, two strike count. i still want to own the franchise that opens up in had a vaughnia, cuba. -- havana, cuba. it will happen. maybe not in my lifetime. there will be a baseball team there someday. >> buck: i know who has -- >> gary: i no who that is, right. >> buck: i want to be his president. >> gary: two -- he will be the president. >> gary: two ball, two strike count. >> buck: yeah, it will come, too. they're going to open up one of these days and change the government, change the

philosophy. cuba will become an open country again. weapon it does, baseball is going to look right there at havana. there was a great team in triple-a for years in havana called the havana sugar games. >> gary: they'll fit right n it's into the long trip. just outside. pena thought about going after it. stays away a three ball, two strike count. >> buck: trying to go backdoor with a breaking ball and pena offered at it, but checked his swing in time and the ball came around the plate. >> gary: so, 3-2, bun down. pena battling here fouls away. >> buck: ball four. did georgia favor as that fastball was up and away. >> gary: this has really begun a -- been a grind it out game. each team getting two runs in the inning. royals getting one in the eighth to tie it.

now we are tied in the ninth inning. three ball, two strike count, pena. 3-10-0 for the orioles. 3-7-0 for the royals. 10 left on by the o's and five by kansas city. george sherrill doing battle right here. again, the 3-2 delivery. pena base hit. there's a quality at-bat. so, pena gets his second hit. 2-4 ballgame and he's on at first base. we will get a pinch-runner here as pena will come out, ryan freel will come on to run. >> buck: what a good at-bat for pena. he leaves the game, gives way to the much better baserunning ryan freel but they battled and pena won against george sherrill. >> gary: only one away. freel on and a very dangerous

alex gordon coming to the plate. he has singled, struck out and flied out. has hit successfully in the last six ballgames. he is 0-6 against sherrill. oh, gets away. huff will track it down and freel will stay. that was close. >> buck: it sure was. obviously, freel was aware of that step off snap throw from george sherrill and aubrey huff got enough of it. watch the effort by huff as he gets it in the end of his glove. keeps it close enough to keep freel at first base. that ball gets by him and freel is going to end up at third with one out. >> gary: alex gordon, only 45 at-bats on the year coming off the d. l. lob tossover. even that one is a little wide.

>> buck: aubrey huff had an adventurous night last night taking throws from brian bass. he threw one over his head and had a pickoff he really had to stretch to play. >> gary: snap throw again. gordon is the number eight hitter. betancourt behind him. you're thinking about whether or not you want to chance it here in the ninth inning with freel the pinch-runner on at first. check swing. did he go? no. >> buck: he used the slide step very effectively and threw a slide step breaking ball. generally when players see a side step, they associate it with a fastball because you're trying to pitch quickly to eliminate the chance of a steal, but when you throw a slide step breaking ball, it

can be extremely effective. >> gary: 1-0 count. gordon will take it up high. the count goes to 2 had been 0. now it's -- 2-0. now it's gordon. gordon got his first multihit ballgame last night when he got the 2-4, came back on july 14 from the rehab and sherrill will step off. freel has not increased his lead. 2-0 delivery to gordon. he is going for the warehouse on that one. 2-1. >> buck: yeah, upstairs fastball. george sherrill set it up effectively. he had thrown enough breaking balls in this at-bat to put that in gordon's mind. when he elevated the fastball,

it was only 87, but it was a little quick for gordon. >> gary: alex gordon only 25 years old. another one of major league baseball's young stars. 2-1 delivery on the way to him. good jam shot's got that one in a bit and the count goes to 2-2. yet another player learning at the major league level. he came up with only 400 plus at-bats in the minor leagues. 2-2. and he got him. battles back from a 2-0 count to get the strikeout on gordon. >> buck: good job by sherrill and wieters after using the breaking ball early, they came with the fastball and threw three of them right by alex gordon. george sherrill tried to get him to -- get him to chase the

breaking ball early, fell behind and battled back with good fastballs. >> gary: now two down in the ninth inning of a tie game. freel remains on at first base and here is yuniesky betancourt. who takes the pitch inside for a ball. betancourt has popped out and grounded out twice. he got gee denied a base hit on a fine play that was made by izturis back in the fourth inning. 1-0 breaking ball in there for a strike. betancourt 1-4 off the oriole closer in his career. 1-1 delivery to him. another breaking ball. betancourt sometimes almost gets a running start at the plate. he moves both feet especially

on a breaking ball. he almost runs right into it as he begins his swing. not something you'd want to teach. here is the 2-1 delivery on the way. that will be popped up to second base. brian roberts. no runs, one hit, no errors. one left. game tied bottom of the ninth inning. adam jones, he'll be leading it off. he's already delivered his 16th home run of the season. another one on the orioles win.

  >> hi, everybody. jim hunter, rick dempsey. we're getting set for "nats xtra" post-game. the orioles have left 10 men in this game. the way it works out, right spot of the lineup it come up. >> orioles down two run -- two rubs in the first inning. adam jones comes back with his 16th home run of the season to tie the ballgame early. matt wieters, three hits on the night and the orioles take a tie into the bottom of the ninth. >> jason berken solid in a no decision tonight. let's head back to the booth.

the exciting conclusion, gary and buck. >> gary: gentlemen, let's see what happens in this one here as kansas city will go to the bullpen again. colon worked 1 2/3 inning, bale, 2/3 of an inning gave up one hit, one struck out. john buck will come on to do the catching and we'll have a new battery with jamey wright out of the pen. >> buck: the big right-hander jamey wright. he has bounced around. started out in colorado and had a couple stints in texas and on here to try to keep this game scoreless. >> gary: avenues work horse with the rangers. 75 games last year and was the most ever by a right-hander in the texas-washington franchise history. jamey wright will work here. jones, huff and markakis due up for the orioles. a 3-3 ballgame. the orioles have a clans to win here in their last at-bat. home run came in the first

inning. jones, 1-6 lifetime off jamey wright lead offing in the bottom of the ninth. the fastball is in there for a strike. adam coming into the day with a .323 average against right- handers, the 10th best average against righties in the league. 0-1 delivery to him. he's trying for the winner right there. the perfect game is no more. mauer with the rbi double, buehrle pitching for chicago had a perfect game through five again. >> buck: yeah, a walk and then the double by mauer has tied it up. the white sox going into this

-- going into this game has lost 12-14 last games going into the metrodome. >> gary: they won't be sorry to see the outdoor park come along. 0-2 count. wright's delivery. i saw a note today on the twins. i couldn't believe. the twins last night had a home run. they've got 112 home runs in their 100th game. that's more than they hit all of last year and in this decade the only other major league team that has had that many home runs had that kind of an increase is toronto in 2006. the twins have just gone to the long ball this year. there's the 0-2 delivery on the way. jones up the middle. betancourt over. one down. boitd of. >> buck: yeah, twins. mauer increased power production. morneau have noarlg knowing mvp type of season and joe creed giving them added pop -- crede giving them added pop.

sloan will be out for the rest of the year as he had wrist surgery. >> gary: making a deadline trade maybe essential for minnesota. >> buck: one thing you don't hear, the twins players speaking out. joe nathan, joe mauer and justin morneau all spoke about a trade need in minnesota. >> gary: look out. aubrey huff fouls that one off. >> buck: it was interesting ron gardenhire asked what he thought about his players speaking out. he said, it's america which makes me think he'd like to say the same thing. >> gary: exactly. exactly right. here is the 0-1 delivery to huff. dejesus. two down in the bottom of the ninth inning. nick markakis moved into the

cleanup spot in this game. he's gone 0-3, a couple of fly balls to right, ground ball out and he has drawn a walk in the game. >> gary: two away, bottom of the ninth. you have a chance to vote a, b or c results on "o's xtra". markakis takes the fastball for a strike. you said this bullpen even though they've had terrible numbers on the year against the orioles, they've done real well with a 1.56 e.r.a. and a 2-0 record this year. wright's delivery. markakis will foul it off.

bale worked 2/3, now wright on. runs charged against against the starter brian bannisterment three runs on seven hits no, diseg decision. jason berken, two runs on six hits over six nondecisions. jim johnson gave up the other run on the homer by bloomquist in the eighth that tied the ballgame. >> gary: 0-2 delivery to markakis. we go to extra innings. so, wright comes on and shuts the orioles down here in the ninth. 1-2-3. 10th coming up. announcer: what are you waiting for?

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 >> gary: george sherrill ou after working an inning giving up a strikeout. >> buck: danys baez had trouble of late really mastering that great split-finger pitch. he hasn't been able to command it and get the hitters to chase. he did pitch in the series in boston. came in friday night and pitched an inning. had a 1-2-3 eighth inning and then he came in here last night. gave up a hit. gave up three hits and run a. that came in the eighth inning. he's on now in the 10th inning trying to keep the royals in check. >> gary: so, we go to extra innings in which the orioles are 4-3. kansas city's 3-1.

these two teams have not played extra innings against one another prior to tonight. david dejesus at the top of the order. and the pitch from baez is in there for a strike. dejesus has drawn a walk otherwise 0-3 in the ballgame. bloomquist and then butler top of the order for kansas city. 0-1 delivery. breaking ball in there for a strike. bloomquist 1-3 off baez. left-handers against danys hitting .239. too short. izturis. one down. bloomquist in the number two

hole delivered a single in the first inning and scored on butler's home run butler at that point was 6-6 in these games. he's got 11 home runs on the season now. bloomquist shows bunt, takes strike. hitting at .276, the home run he hit in the eighth inning, his third, tied the ballgame up. that is on the outside corner for a strike. 0-2. strike zone has stayed very consistent. marty foster, it's been fairly large. pitcher strike zone tonight both ways. the 0-2 delivery right field, markakis.

>> buck: danys baez is locating the pitch effectively. willie bloomquist had to lean out and slap it to right. good arms gathering over the mound gets over that front leg and drives a fastball to the other part of the plate. >> gary: two down, nobody on. billy butler. best headline of the day. wish i could remember the paper. the butler did it. that was good editing. >> buck: major league high 5-5 last night. he drove in three runs, hit a pair of doubles and continued that hot streak with a home run in his first ab here tonight. >> gary: can he do it? izturis, yes, he can! butler retired on a fine play. nolan reimold going to the bottom of the 10th inning will lead it off. he's got a five-game hit streak. he's continued it in this ballgame with a couple of hits. let's see if he can get another when we come back.

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 >> gary: fortunately, it is warm, summer evening here at camden yards. the reimold crew on hand. signage provided free of charming for nolan. as we go to the bottom half of the 10th inning, reimold has had two singles a-walk and he's flied out. on t-shirt night, can he get a game winner? wright on the mound and a breaking ball for a strike. >> buck: manny ramirez hit a

grand slam on manny ramirez bobblehead night. he just won a solo home run on nolan reimold -- we just want a solo home run on nolan reimold t-shirt night. >> gary: we ask so little. hitting at .293, reimold, did you see the story on that game? manny didn't play that game. he was on the bench. he was in his street clothes under his uniform. can you believe that? >> buck: yeah. >> gary: i couldn't believe that. he hits a grand slam. here is the 1-1 delivery. reimold fouls to have at the plate, 1-3. >> buck: yeah, i was in milwaukee with the dodgers and brewers a couple weeks ago having a conversation with joe torre? his office. manny ramirez walks by with nothing but a towel on him. joy looked out and goes, there's my guy. [ laughter ] >> gary: what else you going to say? that's about what there is to it. here is the 1-2 delivery on the way. reimold will foul that one off. have you ever heard of a

baseball player having his street clothes on during the game under his uniform because he thought he wasn't going to play answered wanted to go home early. >> buck: yeah, go quick. i don't know. some of those have to be made up. >> gary: no, it's manny. i believe them all. >> buck: i don't know. that's a -- that's a little bizarre. >> gary: 1-2. he delivered to reimold. seab. callaspo has it. one away. tampa bay beat the yankees 6-2 and boston has a lead in the eighth over oakland. those two teams more and more are looking like they're going to do the annual run away from everybody else in the east. coming into the play today, the yankees had a 2 1/2 game lead over boston. yankees nine wins in their last 10 ballgames.

luke scott. boy, would he like to get out of his funk with a long ball right here. luke has had an 0-4 in the ballgame. an 0-8 in the two games. only two hits in his last 31 at- bats. outside. one ball, one strike count. >> buck: you've got to think that jamey wright is going to try to stay away from luke scott aware of that short porch in right not giving him anything he can putt pull. >> gary: 1-1. that's what he's doing. 2-1. >> buck: even though luke is settling right now, everyone knows how much power he has. you don't want to give him anything on the inner half especially when a guy is going

bad. he's going to take care of the pull side of the diamond first. >> gary: scott is 0-3 off wright in his career. 2-1 delivery to him and stays away again. 3-1. >> buck: yeah, there's really no reason to give in to luke scott here. he's got the right-hand hitter on deck in melvin mora and even though scott has been struggling. he's still a threat to leave the yard. >> gary: luke's last home run on the 11th of july against toronto. three ball, one strike count. we're in extra innings here in the 10th. 3-1 delivery on the way. luke scott a-ground ball to short. betancourt hustles it over and there are two down. two down, melvin mora. mora has had an 0-4 in the ballgame.

melvin hitting about .250 withone home run in the month of july. it is the quinteros -- quints birthday. that is a strike on the outside corner.   there's the 0-1 delivery on way. mora slaps that one towards second base. big hop. callaspo over to third. we go to the 11th inning. it will be four, five, six due up for k.c. pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you.

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 >> gary: going to the 11 th inning, it's 3-10-0 for the orioles, 3-8-0 for the royals. nolan reimold t-shirt night and they're getting free baseball as we go to the top of the 11th inning. clearly, they're tired, sleepy, want to go to bed. they're still swinging on the railings. >> buck: yeah, have another cotton candy. [ laughter ] >> gary: mom and dad are sitting there going go ahead. keep it up as long as you veep sleep in the carment here is

mark teahen hitting a .291. heel take the strike. baez worked the ninth inning or sherrill did. 10th inning for baez. retired the side in order. teahen tonight had an 0-4. a couple of hits in nine at-bats in the two-game set. two more tomorrow night and the day game thursday at 12:30. chris tillman will make his major league debut for the orioles as the starter against greinke tomorrow night. off the end of the bat just cued that one back. 1-2 on teahen. teahen has gone 1-6 against baez in his career. baez ready with a 1-2 delivery.

boirt. >> buck: fretty -- pretty good pitch just a bit low. good fastball. very difficult to tell the difference between danys baez' fastball and his split-finger pitch because he will throw that split-finger in the low 90s. >> gary: fair, fair, fair, fair. how about that one? >> buck: it got stuck inbetween the grass and the foul line and looked like a line drive tomorrow but, that one just -- that ball just hugs that chalk line. matt wieters was hoping it would kick off that fwras into foul territory, but it never happened. >> gary: so, teahen leads it off with the 30-foot single. now let's see how trey hillman plays this. callaspo with a 10-game hit streak extended with a single in this game. he's 1-3 with a walk. mora playing the line and has moved in at third. alberto callaspo does not show

bunt and takes the pitch for a ball. >> buck: a lost managers will not use the sacrifice on the road. melvin mora just even with the bag, but he's guarding the line to prevent that ball from going down the left-field line. managers don't want to give away that out on the road. >> gary: callaspo does not have a sacrifice this year. takes that pitch up high. baez not happy with the first two and the count goes to 2-0. callaspo has raised his average to .303 with this big hit streak he's in, 10 games worth. and rick kranitz is on his way out, pitching coach, to have a word here after baez after that last pitch looked a little disconcerted at himself. rick kranitz wants to get him settled back in. >> buck: just to get him focused again. now he's fallen behind two

balls, no strikes. manager trey hillman of the royals has the upperhand with callaspo. he's the second toughest to strikeout in the american league behind dustin pedroia. he puts the ball in play so could you start the runner at first and try to go first and third here at least get teahen to second. >> gary: there he goes. swung on down the line, left field. reimold over. he's got it. callaspo tried to punch the ball. that's all he wanted to do into left field. he hit it too hard and got it up in the air for the out and teahen has to come back to first base. >> buck: just dropped it a bit. came off that back shoulder and create add fly ball swing. >> gary: olivo came on as the pinch-hitter for jacobs in the d. h. role. he's up with a runner on at first base and one out. olivo batting at .234 on the season. there goes the runner again.

wieters will throw and not in time. a stolen base for mark teahen. >> buck: teahen is a perfect 6- 6 now. not a bad throw. you can see baez never made teahen hesitate. the throw is a bill bit high, but it was a strong throw. wieters gets on top of it. that's not much of a chance as teahen got a great jump off baez. >> gary: so, olivo with an rbi chance asks for a time-out and got it. baez delivers the pitch anyway. that's about as late a time-out as you can get there. 1-0 count with one down and run aer at second base. we're in the 12th inning of a 3- 3 ballgame. bloomquist tied it up with a home run for kansas city in the eighth. 1-0 delivery. each team got a homer in the first inning. butler had a two rbi shot. his 11th of the year answered

in the bottom half by adam jones who got a two rbihomer his 16th of the year. orioles would get another run from weirds on a single in the sixth. 3-2. blifts in the eighth leading off his third home run of the year off jim johnson. a tie game. that's where we are. here is the 2-0 delivery. splitter. >> buck: yeah, probably a splitter. it was a late-moving pitch. that's a split-finger fastball. baez throws it very hard and when it's down, it has movement on it. that might have been just a straight fastball. you have a splitter in the low 90s. >> gary: two ball, one strike

count. in the dirtd. wieters has it. the count will go to 3-1. >> buck: matt does a got job at 6'5" you really never get the feeling like a ball is going to get by him. he just has a knack for getting -- getting the glove on or getting his body in front of it and he hasn't allow today many wild pitches to get pass him. >> gary: 3-1 delivery. he helped him. a van ryn up the ladder on a one ball, three strike count with john buck on deck who has not had an at-bat yet. >> buck: this is out of the zone. 3-1. no chance at all to catch up to that one. >> gary: runner on second base. one down, 3-2. olivo stays

alive. grind it out baseball. 10 have been left on by the o's. six by the royals. baez checks and 3-2 again. olivo to third base. melvin mora, runner stays. two down. >> buck: jmu john buck will bat for the first time tonight. he came on after ryan freel pinch ran for brayan pena. pena singled in the ninth inning. freel came on as a pinch-runner and buck took over behind the plate bottom of the ninth inning. >> gary: herniated disk problems limiting buck's play this season out 32 games.

he's back trying to get it going. he's batting .407 with runners in scoring position. swung on and missed. indication the back is ok if he can take that kind of a cut and remain standing. >> buck: yeah, he has been not on rehab and tested the back and he's going to ease back into catching and see if he can't get the stroke going a little bit. appeared in seven games in triple-a. hit .250, caught a couple of games and dh'd a couple of games. >> gary: that will be a base hit, right field! am nick markakis with a runner coming home! here is the play at the plate and it hits the mound and bounds all the way to the backstop. heading over to third base, wieters up. the throw is not in time. john buck delivers an rbi base hit. a potential play at the plate,

but the throw took a hop all the way to the brick wall and that allowed buck to go to third. >> buck: this ball is not on- line. it hits the mound and kicks right over the top of everybody. it goes all the way back. it was up the third-base line. there wasn't going to be a play on teahen. see where wieters is and that ball goes over his head. he was well up the third-base line as that throw was off line. >> gary: so, a single and an rbi for buck. error will be charged on markakis on the throw allowing buck to move over to third base. >> gary: and the royals take the 10-had 3 lead in the series. alex gordon wrawner at third. he has singled, 1-4 buck gets

his 20th-22nd rbi of the season and important now baez to hold this right here and get the out without allowing another. joakim soria, the closer getting ready. splitter will mid-miss inside to gordon. 1-1. >> buck: well, kansas city has proven to be a tough opponent. the thing they had good at-bats throughout the first two games of this series. >> gary: for a ball will you be that's last or next to last in almost every offensive category, five hits on 13 hits in the ballgame and four runs on 10 ships far in this ballgame and chance with more with buck at third. baez behind the mound.

runner off third base. here is the 2-1. three ball, one strike count on gordon. teahen started this with that 30-foot nubber down the linement swung on and missed. 3-2. teahen has come around to score. he stole second. with two down, buck came through with the rbi base hit. >> buck: yeah, just a little dribbler up to first base. it looked like it was going to kick into foul territory, but just stayed between the foul line and edge of the grass. >> gary: teahen had a big ballgame. two fine plays in the owfls outfield. 3-2 delivery on the way and swung on and missed. baez will get the strikeout, but kansas city gets the run on a couple of hits, an error and

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kansas city. soria looking for the save. he had a save if last night's game. for soria, that was number 16. >> gary: soria has three saves in his career in six appearances against the orioles. he's given up only one hit in 5 1/3 innings lifetime. so, orioles will try and come back one more time as matt wieters, izturis and roberts will be due up in the bottom half of the 11th inning. kansas city trying to make it two in a row against the o's and extend their series lead. they are up 3-2 at the moment. wieters has had a three hit ballgame, all singles including an rbi base hit that gave the orioles a brief 3-2 lead in the ballgame. that pitch is down low. joakim soria falls behind. 2-0. wieters' second three-hit

game. soria is going to take a little walk here as he falls behind. 2-0 delivery on the way. a two-ball, one strike count. >> buck: good cut fastball right in on his hand. had late life. even with the 2-0 count, soria was able to jam matt wieters with that late movement. >> gary: two ball, one strike count. soria get that one in there. soria had a strikeout retiring the side in order. in the ballgame last night. wieters will foul it back. two ball, two strike count. >> buck: soria won't be in the

same class of the hard-throwing closers like gossage or special pim pitch like mariano rivera or trevor hofman and his changeup. what he does have is exceptional control and he has the ability to throw breaking balls over at any time. >> gary: 16-18 in save opportunities this year. launched it to left field. dejesus is not going to get it and a big turn but going back to first base with his first four-hit ballgame, matt wieters a leadoff single in the 11th. >> buck: well, matt wieters with another first in his young career will give way to the pinch runner felix pie. all you have to do is get on base. it's a changeup down and away. he puts the barrel on the ball and flares it to david dejesus who is coming hard. the ball falls into fair territory. that's a start. >> gary: let's see if the orioles can do it in the 11th

inning. in at third base is gordon, izturis shows bunt. takes the strike. izturis had a two-hit game. -- game. he's 2 #-4 and 4-8 in the two games. average now at .262. alex gordon still thinking bunt will stay in. pie will be held by mark teahen, the throwover. brian roberts, adam jones in the order if it goes that far. orioles now with 11 hits in the game. 11-10 outhitting kansas city. izturis does indeed bunt. just out of the reach of buck. >> buck: he got a piece of it. he had great reactions as he came out of the chute and just

tipped it. that's difficult reaction. first place you're thinking about as a catcher is out in front of home plate. watch how he changes directions. ball up to his left and justgets a piece of it. just off the end of his glove. >> buck: had very little time. that wasn't very high in the air. pie at first base. 0-2 count. >> buck: on this roster currently with the orioles, there has only been one hit allowed by soria and that was the wieters flare to left. >> gary: you think he's tough? >> buck: he's tough. i know he's tough. >> gary: the 0-2 count, izturis. gordon still in at third base. and the pitch will be taken inside for a ball. so, even with two strikes, kansas city kept their third baseman alex gordon five or six

steps in. he backed up even at the at the bag as he is now. as soria got ready to pitch, he creptd -- he crept in. obviously f-izturis is not bunting, that gives izturis a little room on that left side of the infield. 1-2. swung on and missed. so, soria with a strikeout. one down. >> buck: again, the inability to get the bunt down and soria comes back with a good fastball right at the bottom of the zone. being able to take advantage of that leadoff sing toll this point. you turn the lineup over again. brian roberts has had two hits in five trips tonight. >> gary: double, single and he has scored a run. pie with outstanding speed at first. roberts chops that one.

right off the catcher and a one strike count on brian. joakim soria, a couple of at- bats against him by roberts, 0- 2. 0-1 count. easy throwover. pie back. >> buck: john buck has only caught 2-29 base stealers. that's a high-risk gamble. pie at first. he has not thrown out many runners. >> gary: roberts will take it for a strike. only reason i wouldn't do it here would be because you've got a chance to get jones up again. >> buck: and you also have a chance with brian roberts to hit a double. if you hit a double in this situation, felix pie should score.

roberts has already hit a double in this game and he's got 35 on the season. leads the american league. >> gary: 0-2 count, orioles trail 4-3. bottom of the 11th. 0-3 delivery, roberts takes it and the count goes to 1-2. a very tempting pitch by joakim soria. >> buck: yeah, you could he see brian slap his front leg's got a little anxious and jumped out at that pitch. he wants to stay anchored on the backside. >> gary: 1-2 delivery. >> buck: better approach. he stayed back on that pitch. it was a good fastball in a good location. he was able to spoil it. >> gary: dave trembley hoping his orioles can come back and

hoping they can win this extra inning game. brian roberts taking a look at the bat. pine tar up there? >> buck: possibly got pine tar up there. saw some dirt. >> gary: one ball, two strike count. roberts to left. dejesus under it. there are two down in the 11th inning. so, adam jones will come to the plate with a rupper at first. -- with a runner at first. his home run in the first inning, his 16th, two rbi's. since then, an intentional walk and three ground balls to the shortstop.

>> buck: it's an interesting alignment in the outfield right now. all night long they played adam to the opposite side of center. now thee shifted to the pull side. that's mitch maier the replacement in the hole in short. there's a lost room for an extra-base hit in this area. you hit one throughout between the center fielder and right fielder, pie should score easily. >> gary: jones might score. >> buck: just hit it out so we don't have to worry about it. >> gary: 0 had been 1 -- 0-1 count. there are two down. fastball, it's 0-2. it is a warm night seeing these pitchessers wiping the perspiration off. two strikeouts, two down.

kansas city up 4-3. way outside backhand by buck. no small play there to hold that runner at first base. pie with the lead at first. 1-2 delivery. jones swings. to first base, gordon. force at second. gets it there in time and this one is in the books and kansas city has taken the first two. they come away with a 4-3 win in 11 innings. wright will get the win and soria will get the save. baez takes the loss. game three tomorrow, chris tillman his major league debut against zack greinke. potential cy young award

candidate comes your way tomorrow night. our coverage. 6:30 exroos by at&t, the game at 7:00. for buck martinez and amber theoharis, i'm gary thorne. thank you for being with us, everybody. this has been a masn presentation. kansas city, four. orioles, three. a look how it happened, "o's xtra", jim and rick right now.   well, kansas city for a second consecutive night to begin the series, walking off the field celebrating a win as the orioles allow a lead to get away in the eighth and then kansas city comes back to win it by the final of 4-3 in 11 innings tonight as they come back and the bullpen in this series for kansas city has been fabulous. hi, everybody. jim hunter and rick dempsey. welcome in. it's exroos post-game presented by verizon fios. when you look at the numbers in this series for the bullpen for kansas city, you talked about how maligned they have been on

the year. 13th out of 14 bullpens in the american league. high end of the e.r.a., not best. the high end. in this series n-back-to-back games, nine scoreless innings now for the kansas city bullpen. really, that's the difference in two close wins. >> you look at their bullpen coming into this series. they are 28th in the major leagues with a 4.90 e.r.a. you dent expect they're going to come in and be able to shut the orioles down host best hitting team in baseball at home, the best team batting average at home. it's just like the orioles just don't seem to be able to get those runs right now. the timely hitting is not there. when you let a team like the kansas city royals stay close to you, anything can happen. the swinging bunt ended up being the hit that ended up beating them. that's what happens when you let teams that don't offensively matchup with you stay close in ballgames. you don't take advantage of the little things. they come back to beat you. >> swinging bunt tonight after five infield hits last night. as rick points out, orioles had chances all game long. they just couldn't get the big

hit through the crooked number and kansas city for the -- forces the tie and takes it in the 11th. sheer adam jones coming up. he gets into one. his 16th home run ties the game at 2-2. >> the hanging slider. jones really a powerful swing hits this one a long way. last night, the same thing too. just a monster home run to left field. you see how far back that ball went. adam jones is really pick up the pace with the home run ball. >> still tied 2-2 in the sixth. here is matt wieters broken bat. he'll take it. there's a flare, an rbi single to give the orioles the lead. >> one of four hits on the night for matt wieters. he, too, is starting to make good, solid contact with those four hits now he ups his average quite bit. >> and jim johnson comes to begin the eighth to take the lead. first batter he faces is willie bloomquist. bloomquist hits it out. that home run ties the game at 3-3. it spoils the possible win for jason berken. here we go in the 11th.

the base hit by john buck who came in the game as a defensive replacement and kansas city gets the go-ahead run. >> you see nick markakis probably one of the worst throws that he's made in his entire career. you always expect nick to be close to home plate. it hits off the mound. goes into foul territory and the royals get the extra run. >> so, 4-3 the final. each team in double digits in hits. one error in the game charged to the orioles on that throw by markakis allowing john buck to advance to right. two perfect innings in relief. danys baez allows the run in his second inning of work and scroor comes on to earn the 17 saves. adam jones homered in back-to- back games. billy butler after the 5-5 night gave kansas city an early lead with a two-run home run. we'll led back to the masn phone booth and welcome back in buck martinez. let's talk about the start of jason berken. without a doubt, he was under the mike scoan scope and did exactly what he had to do. i thought it was an especially telling performance by berken because three batters into the

game, he was down 2-0. from there, did he not allow another run. >> jim, jason berken is a tough kid. he could have crumbled after that billy butler home run. he didn't. he hung in and made good pitches. what we haven't seen for a while is he got his fastball down in the zone and then the breaking ball was very effective. he can't pitch upstairs. that's where the ball was to billy butler. he got the final eight batters he faced retired. he got the big double play on the comebacker. i think overy'all jason berken must be pleased with his start. it's not about being close. it's certainly about winning a game. he made a dramatic adjustment from his last start. six innings of six-hit ball. ' loid two-run home run to butler in the first, walked three, threw 88 pitches. this is a pre -- pretty good start for jason berken considering the situation with everybody knowing there's an extra spot in the rotation now. too many pitchers for five spots in the starting rotation. >> a bad bath for orioles right now, you have to look hard for something happening positive

inside that lineup. tonight, reimold two more hits. had seven hulett multihit games since the all-star break and matt wieters, two rookies in the lineup that seemed to be putting their offensive games together. >> they sure do. i think nolan reimold is a real surprise here because we really saw a guy in the spring who had a patient approach. i think right now nolan reimold thinks -- nolan reimold thinks he's going to get a hit every time he goes to the plate. he's covered the breaking ball very well. he's taken some tough pitches. we saw him get a walkoff off papelbon in the ninth inning in boston and matt wieters has done a great job. his first career four-hit night tonight. he's covering the ball -- covering the ball from both sides of the plate going the opposite field, pulling the ball off the wall in right field late in the ballgame. i think both of these guys have done a nice job and they're starting to gain more confidence as they see some of the tougher pitchers around in the american league. i think we're going to see these guys grow even further as the season unfolds deeper. >> buck, the other aspect of this as rick pointed out before the orioles getting base hits galore especially tonight 11

base hits. you go back to last night, eight men left on base. all of those against the starter bruce chen. tonight, 11 men left on base. i realize aubrey huff hit a rocket at first base, but they still got the force at the plate. orioles are not taking advantage of their opportunities. when they were winning and playing well, those add on runs were the key. all of a sudden, those add on runs have evaporateed. >> they sure have. you have to be concerned we you face the kansas city royals who have one of the worst bullpens in baseball, five innings of shutout ball against the bullpen and they could only muster four hits. it's a real concerning time right now. you come 40e78 off a long road trip to start the second half and have kansas city. sometimes you have a tendency to take these teams lightly . we have see seen kansas city come in ready to play. they came off a long losing streak. they napped is that -- snapped that on saturday and won the first of four games here in this series. >> buck martinez from the masn broadcast booth. kansas city gets the first two. uh-oh, zack greinke is on the mound tomorrow night.

all he's doing is leading the major league in e.r.a. that's why you have to take care of business when you have an opportunity and the orioles certainly had opportunities tonight. i guess you've got to give kansas city credit. they're on the mound making the big pitches. you talk about it all the time. if you can minimize the damage, you're going to have a chance to win, we have seen that day in and day out. well, two days anyway in this first two games of the series. >> it's just one of those things, jim, in the game of baseball. the odds are in favor of the k.c. -- of kansas city winning a couple ballgames. they came in winning 11-12 ballgames. somewhere they have to get a few breaks. they got a couple of breaks. the orioles didn't capitalize on some situation where is they -- where they should have scored only runs and the swinging bunt in the last inning that put a lot of pressure on the orioles bullpen with aubrey huff not really hitting the ball that well and scott seemed to be in one of his -- really that powerness that's in the middle of that oriole lineup isn't there right now pick up some easy runs for them and setting up the table for the lesser hitters in the lineup. >> we're going to head inside. manager dave trembley about to

speak to the media. verizon wireless to bring you the post-game comments of the orioles skipper. >> berken did what he had to do. you know, he left the game with the lead and pitched well enough to win. he really settled down after the first inning. got the ball down. you know, it was just a game that somebody is going to win it and somebody is going to lose it. unfortunately, we didn't get it. it's a tough 1-a real good one if you win it and a real tough one if you lose it. so, that's baseball. that's a tough one. go ahead. >> probably making it tougher was seeing a 45-foot sing toll start the 11th -- >> the game is -- you know, markakis hits one to the wall. we hit a couple other ones hard. that's just the way the game

is, david. that's the way the game is. >> you guys know you need the offense to kind of especially with the young pitching staff to help this team. how concerned ?ru it seems like maybe you get the slump out for two days and you're into it for an extended period. >> we certainly had a lot of guys up tonight in situations where we could have broke through. it didn't happen. it didn't happen. hit some balls good. had some very good at-bats. you know, they got oust it and they made a little bit better pitches. that's all. [ indiscernible ] >> no, look at his record. look what it is. he's not going back out there. they have those left-handed hitters coming up. he's got a one-run lead. he's done. you're going to let him walk out of here feeling good about himself and have an opportunity to win a game. you're not going to put him back out there and let him lose the game. that is a no brainer. that is a no brainer. >> you were going to address --

>> tomorrow starter is tillman. ok? thank you. >> so, manager dave trembley post-game comments. official chris tillman will bepromoted from triple-a norfolk. just to put a wrap on the lack of hitting with runners on base, -- on base, orioles in this game, 1-10 with runners in scoring position and lose it in extra innings by the final of 4- 3. let's get a look at the at&t player of the game as voted on the by the fan. late support. adam jones nearly came back. jason berken had a big, early lead. he holds on and pitched well and went 42%. jason berken is your at&t player of the game. it was nolan reimold t-shirt night here tonight. the nolan reimold fans are still here out in force! kansas city wins it 4-3. ♪ ?

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 . >> back here at oriole park exroos presented by verizon fios. orioles drop it 4-3 in 11 innings. run in the eighth by kansas city to tie it by jim johnson and a run off danys baez in the 11th to get the lead. cesar izturis was signed by andy macphail in the offseason to solidified a shortstop. the feeling at the time was whatever he hit would be a bonus because you're siengd him a former gold glove winner for his defense. he showed he can really pick him tonight. his throws are accurate even when a runner in the hole bearing down. >> he's able to do going to his right and backhand the ball. tonight, izturis was awesome out there tonight. you can see him going deep into the hole here behind third base. comes up with a pretty good throw to first base. aubrey huff with a nice pick. later on in the game when the orioles really needed the play, billy butler, another chance to get a base hit. izturis dives in the hole, comes up with another very strong throw to first base saving the orioles men on base. saving a lot of pitches for the

pitching staff. a great night for cesar izturis. >> cesar izturis definitely having a good night in the field and a guy having a good night at the plate is matt wieters. we're watching matt wieters slowly develop into the player that everybody thought he was. we have to give this guy a little bit of a break because when you show up as the top rated prospect in all of minor league baseball and your rival is as harolded as it was, you have to understand a few things. you know this as well as anybodiment when you're the catcher, you have to remember you're catching and work with the pitching staff and by the way you have to get your four at-bats a game. he's beginning to settle in. a four-hit game tonight. he has a six-game hitting streak. the other part of this he looks so comfortable when he goes to the plate. >> you don't expect a guy who catches every day and has to do what he has to do behind the home splait going to have as good a swing as matt wieters does. all night long, he hit good pitches. a couple of his base hits tonight weren't right on the good part of the bat, but i've often said from behind home plate. a guy that has a good swing may

not hit the ball on the good part of the bat, but he always finds sway to get base hits. this is what they did. good, moving fastball down in the zone. matt wieters tonight got ahold that have one right there. a nice double on that. look at that pitch. a nice sinker on the outside corner. he goes the other way. kind of reminds me a little bit of way am eddie murray used to react to very tough pitches. i'm not putting wieters in that category quite yet. he is off and run wag very good swing and four hits tonight goes to show you what he's capable of doing. >> well, wieters extends his hitting streak to six consecutive games and he has 10 base hits in that hitting streak. so, wieters getting hot and his teammate nolan reimold has been hot. he continued it tonight not only extended his hitting streak to five consecutive games, but it's a fifth consecutive multihit game. you talk about a guy who goes to the plate comfortable. it's as if reimold knows he's going to get a base hit when he goes up there. he knows it. >> it is an entirely different swing from matt wieters. much more powerful and much

more level swing. i wouldn't call it a home run swing. i call it a strong line drive swing. he is on every pitch right now t doesn't matter. i see him throwing them breaking balls. i see him throwing sinkers in on his hands. the curve ball right there. another strong effort right interest. good, solid contact. almost every single 'at-bat. you see with a a threat he has become now in the middle of that order as we get guys on base in front of him. this kid right here, he's got the perfect disposition. he takes everything nice and easy. you can see another multihit game tonight. >> nolan reimold, who had a little bit of a market correction as we like to call t- but he broke out it have when began to use all of the fields again. now he's getting pitches to pull again. we're seeing much the same thing with matt wieters you'ding the whole field, spread -- spreading it around not being predictable. >> the maturity is what jim was just talking about. when a hitter has trouble, it's usually from trying to throe show too much power, trying to get balls and get that top handiworking too much. the maturity of the hitter will be when he goes back to hitting

the small game. take the ball the opposite way. don't try to do too much with it. make good, solid contact and all of a sudden he's back on his game again and reimold vmd out of the chute. unbelievable since the all-star break. >> kansas city wins a final of 4-3 getting the tying run in the eighth and the winning run in the 11th. royals won the first two games in the four-game series a second straight night kansas city celebrates a win. 

 jason berken six strong innings tonight trailed 2-0 after three batters in the game d not allow another run. settled down nicely and gave his team a chance to win. >> you know, he's been hot the whole series obviously. last two games he's made a bad pitch with the fastball up. he's got a ton of power to right center. we're trying to stay down with the ball a little bit and got to give credit to izzy and melvin. they came up to me after the home run and said settle in. that's what i tried to do.

>> do you feel like you could have went after the seventh inning? >> it was hot tonight. it was one of the days would i throw the pitch and see sweat fly off my jersey. i felt like i had thrown my pitches, 85 pitches sore something -- or something like that. i felt good the whole night. i felt like i was done and was good. >> you said you felled like -- felt like you did what towd do and kept the team in the game and settled downed and did what they expected you to do tonight. >> yeah, it's never fun putting two runs in the first and you put your team in the hole. jones gets a home run to get us back to even. once we were back to even, said, hey, keep us in the game and give us a shot and try to get deep in the game. >> the results are starting to come. you have the win-loss record wasn't there for you in some things d it test you a little bit just dealing with it? >> yeah, just not fun looking up seeing 1-8. i wish my wins had loss record was better.

i'll trying to stay positive with everything. it's not easy up here. it's a constant game of adjustments. i'm just trying to adjust and be consistent at the base. i think the thing i lacked the whole year has been too up and down and i'm trying to find a way to go out there and get five, six, seven innings every time out there and keep us in the game. >> you said your -- [ indiscernible ] >> yeah, i felt like i had good starts throughout the year. i think the start against detroit was good and -- but obviously tonight was my better start of the year. hopefully i can build on the start. even my last two starts, hopefully i'll keep building and keep work on it and get ready for the next one. >> so, no decision for jason berken. there are the numbers. he goes six innings, allow twos runs on six hits, walked two and struck out two in 88 pitches. berken over his last 11 starts is 0-8 with three no decisions. the thing about jason berken, rick, i'd like to get your opinion about this. berken knew how important this start was to him individually.

obviously, weapon you go to the mound, you're pink for the team. he was also pitching for his spot on the roster. dave trembley just announced chris tillman is coming up tomorrow. somebody has to go off the roster for tillman to be added to make that start tomorrow night. what does it tell you about him that three batters into this game he's down 2-0, but this fr there he did not allow another run? >> there's been a rot of pressure on jason berken ever since he start this had eight- game losing streak. it's something when you go out there time and time again and things don't seem to fall in place and then he has trouble with his command and his control. something had a he just didn't do in the minor leagues. this guy was a strikeout pitcherment he didn't walk very many people. he never had problems keeping the ball down in the zone. he comes to the major leagues and goes through that little streak. it tells you he's so anxious to pitch well at this level that things really got out of whack for a while. tonight was a good test of his mettle out there. i talked to joe jornd, the scouting director for the orioles and said what is this kid made of? i hate to evaluate a guy in a

short time in the major leagues what his worth is not organization. he he said he's a tough kid. he'll keep battling. i don't see that nolan ryan kind of stuff out there on the mound too, but a lot of pitches are good and have great careers just like jason berken who will learn all of a sudden they get a feel for it and they're able to duplicate that five, six, seven aits eight starts in a row. i think we've got to give this kid a chance down the road. >> the one thing if anything to this point, he's showing the ability to adjust and that's what you've got to have. you have to learn that you need to adjust and then have the ability to go out and do it. kansas city wins it 4-3 in 11 tough loss for the series. elsewhere in the american league tonight, elsewhere in baseball, tampa bay over the yankees 6-2. so, tampa bay bounces back after losing last night to new york. they're in the 10th inning, oakland and boston tied at 7-7. papelbon blew a save as oakland got third in the inning. mariners with a 1-0 lead on toronto. texas at home beats detroit 7- 3. rangers back-to-back wins overt tigers. minnesota in the ninth leads

chicago. in that game, mark buehrle who pitched a perfect game in his last start set a major league record by retiring 42 consecutive batters over a span of three starts. he did not allow a business hit in this game until the sickth inning. prior to tonight, last base runner to reach against buehrle was brian roberts who got a base hit against him in the eighth inning a -- in a game last weekend in chicago and then tonight it was spann with a single in the sixth. mark buehrle sets a major league record by retiring 42 consecutive batters over three starts. white sox trail it 5-3 in the ninth. the third inning in anaheim, it's the indians, two. the angels, nothing. right here at oriole park tonight, it was kansas city overt orioles 4-3-11 as the royals won the first two games of the in the series. (announcer) take your time to find the right time

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