lead. scioscia apprehensive about the pitching. usually good pitching stops good hitting. >> gary: the angels in the all- star break they have increased the lead, the tigers have lost the game and the big switch at the break the red sox were up 3, the yankees up 6 1/2 since the all-star break. that's one largestest turn arounds you will see in that short a period of time. ground ball the 2nd base. play made and there are two down. >> jim: the yankees have thrown up 22 and 6 record. there you go. >> phillies, cardinals and dodgers had the lead at the all- star break and stay wit. teams with the lead at the all- star break the numbers since division play came into existence. 70% of the teams leading at the all-star break win their division. 70% of the time. that's holding true for the moment, there are some good

races going on. we'll see. >> jim: is interesting thing to me, is that. >> gary: that will go the right field, abreu condition get it. it will get by him. mora will have a double. >> jim: nice night. melvin the first time he tried to hit one over abreu's head and he made a nice play. right here can't get it to. the ball tailing away. you can see that bobby can steal bases but not that speedy in the outfield. melvin on for a double. one thing you leaded to, the other teams in the american league west out pitch the angels. if good pitching outdoes good hitting that's what will happen in the playoff. >> one of beautiful things about this season if you love baseball and things that are not suppose to happen. texas is out pitching the angels.

who would have said that at the start of the year. >> jim: nolan ryan. >> gary: yes, he d. he said you better or i'm going the release you. >> jim: a different work ethic and expectation level. >> gary: orioles another chance to get to lackey with two down, runner at 2nd base. pie has lined out, hit into a fielders choice. he will take the strike, 1-1 with a runner at 2nd base. the orioles have been a hit away a number of times from cutting this lead to, you know down by one or two more. they have not been able to get it against lackey and credit lackey. >> jim: .247 with runner in scoring position. pretty good number. last inning a runner at third, got markakis to strike out or the orioles add another run. the back end of bullpen good for angels. the middle can be soft with the

exception of palmer. >> gary: pie will foul that away. lackey on the road this year has gone 3-1. he's 4-4 at home. his e.r.a. on the road almost the same. .393 to the road. .383 at home. not much difference. you see the number of pitches he's thrown career high, in the last outing up to 97 in this one. mora on second. 1-2, pie will take on it the inside corner that's that. lackey getting his fifth strikeout. no runs, one hit no errors and a base runner left. on 5-1 angels. 

 >> jim: guererro with a wal with the bases loaded. rivera with a single up. getting one run, 2 runs instead of one. 3-0. quinlan with another base hit. strong throw. couldn't get the play at home, and cla meredith with the bases loaded and strike us out river e -- rivera. >> meredith will work in the 7th inning as kendrick, quinlan and matthews are due up. kendrick, 2 single, rbi and ground ball out.

howie kin dreck is hitting.-- kendrick is hitting .276 this season. the angels had contribution from everybody in the lineup one way or the other, gets on with a hit or walk and scoring. now meredith has to hold them down as the orioles have had chances. the orioles had someone on base against lackey in every inning. they have left 7. ground ball back to the mound. meredith has it and gets the out on kendrick. keep up with the latest orioles news to favorite social networks. facebook.com/orioles and twitter.com/bird land. >> gary: one down, quinlan two singles, did not play in the ball game last night. has picked up an rbi. >> jim: we're going to see

morales come in and pinch hit. and go out to play 1st base. that tells you not only hits home runs with a lead you don't mind putting him out for defense. 22 of his 25 home runs from this side of the plate. >> gary: 1-0 count. and he will foul that one away. >> jim: only 5 home runs behind mark teixeira who went to yankees. >> gary: a lot of power, whether it's on the bench or on the field. eventually everybody, every position player for the angel's team contributes. the pitch is taken outside for a ball. 2-1 on morales. 2-1, one down. and that pitch will be taken down low for a ball.

and the count go to 3-1. great season for morales. 25 home runs, 76 rbis that's a lot of punch. >> gary: 3-1 pitch away. 3-2. >> jim: that's what you try to do. we talk about andy and what he's trying to do here, again with zaun you get a right- handed pitcher. they let teixeira going they think morales gave them a bonus. had a terrific year last year. the opportunity to prove he can play at the big leagues. >> 2nd base. roberts making the play and morales is retired. there's two down in the 7th inning. >> jim: you bet irv a good veteran presence. aybar or ennis touris, or even

izturis. they will helped morales. it's a mental part of the game that sometimes is overlooked. >> gary: 2 down here and gary matthews, jr. is 0 for 3 in the ball game. one for 6 in the two games. bear in mind this is a 4 game set that the orioles and the angels are playing. day game tomorrow with guthrie skins against o'sullivan, and then monday night, it will be be hernandez and santana. 2nd base again, roberts getting the out. meredith retires the side in order. 7th inning stretch brought by jack daniels. tennessee whiskey, police drink responsible -- please drink responsibly. ♪

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3 runs or less 8 out of 9 of his last game. he's been good tonight. brian maltoses will go home and say i -- matusz will say i wish i didn't do this. this is baseball. the angels have a great offense and took advantage. tell you what it's a good start. it's hard the say, that 7 strike out. all the walks happened in that inning and he has to be proud he didn't throw up the white towel. >> gary: he had good hitters like abreu and guererro looking at him with the look of respect. especially abreu. he had a lot of hitters fooled. >> jim: he lost his command. every time lack eaton seems like he -- lackey tonight needs an out. he got a strike out or pop-up whatever. this guy, 98 lifetime wins and brian matusz has one.

it's not on paper a fair match up and the better offense as we talked about morales pinch hitting and going out for defense. all in all not a bad evening format azine -- for matusz matusz. not like you want to turn it off and on. he's been pitching so well. the guy that was hurt the first 6 weeks. not that it's easy but does not look difficult with the kind of stuff he had tonight. roberts goes to 2nd base on the ground ball. kendrick makes the play. so two quick outs in the 7th inning. time the text in your vote for the player of the week game. there's candidates tonight. markakis had an rbi double,

single 2 for 3. adam jones a triple and run scored and for lackey a chance to pick up his eighth win as he continues on the mound, a walk and 5 strikeout so far. text in your vote a, b, c. >> jim: when you're a veteran and john lackey is that, 30 with all the wins. you're not going to let the other team get back into the game unless they earn it. you're not going to walk guys, you're going to get ahead of them. you're going to try to have those shut down inning so your team, can get back out and there give you more run support. that's what he's done. >> gary: pitch is high, jones takes it a one-one count. and up for the fourth time tonight. scioscia made a great point tonight as a catcher there's few who know more about the game than does mike scioscia. mike was toshing about jerode

weaver. what i told him after the game. the first strike is important but the second strike is more important. don't get a first strike and go 2-one. you can go 1-1. but get the second strike and don't get in the hitters strike. weaver did that last night and you can't do that. that's the first time i heard a baseball guy say the second strike is more important than the first one. the third strike is the really important one because it ins the at bat -- ending the at bat. >> jim: i look at all the numbers again john lackey. 2-1 10 for 27 if they put it in play. other than that the count. 11 for 33, 2-0, he had not done that all night long. >> gary: a 1, 2, 3 inning as the play is made by aybar. the first time in the game the orioles have been retired in order. in the dark.

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times. >> jim: you are frustrated you got out of sync, we look at henderson who who's come on. there's been more innings as the starters have not gone as far as they would like. much more comfortable out of bullpen than he was as a starter. he can use his pitches and they don't stack up in the lineup against him. >> gary: mark hendrickson's last outing came on 12th. gave up a run on two hits and gets the fly ball on this one from mathis behind 2nd base. roberts is there and he's got it. one away in the 8th inning. between innings, the pitching coach taking on the lackey, a

wave of the finger, a punch in that number 4. lackey a bulldog, and when he's got the game face going, look out. mike scioscia came over to have a chat as well. scioscia does not let those go by if he sees them happening in the dug out. mike made a great point about his catchers tonight, especially napoli. mike was saying catchers are like pitchers when you have a staff that's struggling it's tenser they try to do things they can't documents one of problems for -- can't do. napoli has tried to make it too fine for the pitchers and he's supposed to be on the outer third of the plate he's in the black and the pitcher thinks there's something wrong. we had a meeting and said relax, let's make it simple. go back to what we've down all year. don't try the press and do

things you can't do. >> jim: it's a sent of pride. you want your guys to do well. >> jones over the get it. that s a base hit for figgins. >> you take it personally and you do overreact. that's a good point. >> gary: you don't forget the orioles going to have the youth sports day coming up sunday september 20, any of your sports teams be it football shall lacrosse, basketball, football. take part in a pregame parade around the yard. that's coming up on september 20, youth sports day. >> gary: here's aybar, runner on at 1st base, figgins, aybar fouls it off. he's had a couple singles. aybar has a 3-hit game with a double, 2 singles and a walk.

he's on at first. aybar with an 0-one down. breaking ball fouled off again. meredith worked an inning and a third. matusz 5 runs 4 earned on the 11 hit, 3 walks and a season high 7 strikeouts. >> jim: how about figgins on base 4 times tonight. what a best. that's his job and he does it well. >> jim: does he ever. i said to him, talked about his contract. he said no. never brought it up. my agent let it play out. not that i want to go anywhere. 30 years old. >> gary: he's playing the way he is only going to go up, right. 1-2. anderson's delivery. >> jim: didn't want

distraction. this is a team that won a hundred game last year. with the tragic death of nick adenhart it took a long time to recover from that. a young pitcher with promised life ahead of him. killed in an automobile accident. there's been a lot of stuff. he wants to play it out. >> gary: 1-2 delivery. hendrickson, inside, outside and aybar getting enough to keep the at bat alive. >> jim: that's why he's a tough out. hitting almost the same, over .300 righty and lefty. that's how you maximize the bat. cut your swing down. hope the single in to right. hope he getting a better pitch to hit. that was a good curveball. >> gary: right handers -- runner goes. figgin going, the throw not in

time. no chance the get him. >> jim: right on the first move. a couple steals tonight. 35 and 36 for figgins. wieter will talk about the science they -- signs they will use. there you go. amber doing to talking about warner and talking about how they worked to footwork. it's never been about arm strength for wieters. >> he had no chance on figgins with that one. crawford leads and ellsbury behind him. hopkins 35. figgins moved ahead with 36. 2-2, aybar runner in scoring position. figgins held by roberts as he will take off for third. >> jim: if you don't think speed is a factor. joe madden, look where brian is playing. he doesn't want to play there, maybe he wants to talk to chone figgins. they are having a conversation.

he needs to be over a couple steps. >> he will move back. >> gary: down to third. morris, and getting him. mora picking one right there. xylem like he was maybe a little bit distracted by figgins. he gets the late jump. izturis there, a late jump and the short hop. nice play. >> gary: getting the last infield error in july 18th. the orioles infold other a -- infield on a major run. >> gary: abreu another rbi chance. bases loaded in the third, reach a walk. came up with a run nir the fourth strike out and in the 6 struck out. now he has ren derics -- hendricks to mound and a runner on 2nd base. two down. talk about figgins getting on base. that's more amazing is that

bobby abreu has a better on- base percentage than chone figgins. abreu is third in the league behind mauer and youkilis. bobby abreu not only gets the rbis but he helps getting on scoring runs himself. breaking ball is taken down low and the count goes to 2-0 just bobby is saying i don't know how pronounce the young left- hander for the orioles. i don't know how to spell his name. i don't want to see the curveball again. george scott, boomer, he used to, dave mcnelly -- he didn't care. he knew they could pitch. >> gary: a 3-0 count. hendrickson got guerrera. waiting to deck. >> nobody up in the bullpen. two more games in this series.

both of these teams have got a lot of games consecutively to be played. 3-0 taken for a strike. the angels because of rain outs have lost two of the off-days the rest of the season. they have 50 games in 52 days through the end of the year. the orioles will have 4 days off between now and the end of the season, they are in a string of 20 consecutive ball games they play. 3 ball, one strike on the way. taken for a strike. couldn't pull the trigg near 3- 2. >> -- trigger in. >> one of those against oakland and have to come back the new york, one of the rain outs in may. who wants the play the yankees the way they are playing. we do. >> it's a nice challenge especially here. a lot of people come to see them play. >> gary: with reason. 3-2. 2 down. 2nd base figgins.

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terrific play. great angle. the agility you must have. everybody. they turn a double play. needed it. >> reporter: got it. >> gary: right hander, jeppesen will come out of the bullpen as lackey has completed his night. going 7 inning a chance to win his eighth ball game. this is the part of the bullpen we have talked about that has done a decent job for a bullpens that struggle. >> last year at double-a and struggled early on in the last 18 outings only 4 earned run. good stuff. they also got bulger to get to brian. >> jepsen worked in a couple games. hasn't given up anything. he will work against nick markakis as we go to bottom of the 8th. markakis an rbi. the only for the orioles. he had a double in the 3rd

inning. 2 for 3 if the game. >> jim: you can see power arm at 98, first pitch. except it was a ball. the orioles have to be pleased with lackey. good-bye. >> markakis foul. one run, 7 hits off lackey in 7 inning. one walk and struck out 5. johnson up in the bullpen. >> his last appearance was on tuesday getting a save again oakland. >> 3-2 win for the orioles. >> gary: 1-1 count. markakis toward the hole. great stop, morales and gets the out. >> jim: what we talked about earlier, you have a 5-one lead. you pinch-hit for quinlan you trust the defense of a home run hitter. looks like albert pujols here. pujols was an outfielder made

himself into a gold glove quality first baseman. they speed up the bat with a breaking ball and morales turns it into an out. >> gary: huff will stand in. aubrey has an 0 for 2 and a walk in the ball game. mike scioscia even though it's been the offense that carried to ballclub, to him it's defense. first and foremost. pitching, defense. that's how you win ball games. no matter the score he will make the changes. joking about that with his catchers and talking about them and said, my number one decision is who gives me the best defensive game behind the plate. that's the only thing i'm thinking about what i talk about who'll catch the ball game. here's the 0-1. s that inside. the count goes to 1-1 on huff. >> jim: the last two years for mathis catching tonight. it was 91-50. notice on the at-bat.

napoli, not that he's a -- naply's hit saying bone neuse figgins the closest and no play. >> jim: in the pregame, dempsey and hunter taking on the mickey and jim hunter said, do you have advice for matt wieters he said get the best on the of your staff and all the hitting is a bonus. in spite of expectation. that's what it about. drive in runs when you can. throw the runners out. try the steal when you have a chance. that's getting in that direction. 2-2 count with one away. jepsen 2-2 to huff and getting him with a high heater. >> jim: if you are going to judge a guy's fastball, when you can throw it by aubrey huff who's a terrific fastball

hitter the guy has something special. he walked it by him. >> 2 quick out here. update you on the voting for the player of game. jones on top, markakis and lackey your choices. you can vote at 51862. results on the o's extra postgame show. two down. and a slider strike on the the outside corner. reimold has had an 0 for 4 night. last night 16 runs on 19 hits the scoreboard loaded with extra base hits and runs scored. tonight one run in for the orioles. in the third, triple by jones followed by the markakis double. >> jim: good pitching stops good hitting. tonight all you had to do was look at the scoreboard. >> gary: here's the 0-2 on the way to rye mole. he will get a base hit.

reimold designated hitter on in the 8th inning. 2 down. rbis for the angels all coming in the 3rd inning go guererro, rivera, kendrick and quinlan, one run scored on an error, one unrun everyoned run on the board -- run earned run to the board. >> as has happened throughout the game they have come with one or two down making it tough to get an inning together. the only time the orioles had the lead off was in the 5th inning. knocked down. play made. no runs one hit and one left on base. 5-1 angels. @x@0@p@0@6p)@)@)p,

 >> gary: a beautiful night camden yards. i'm gary thorne. the angels have the 5-1 lead. jim johnson will come on. hendrickson worked an inning. one hit and one strike out. >> jim: last tuesday his fourth on the year. these closer now that cherryl is pitching for the dodgers. o'sullivan maybe in case the orioles needed johnson to come

in and save one. >> gary: angels took character had the third inning of -- took charge in the 3rd inning and thers not able to get the lackey. guererro, rivera and kendrick will be due up. rbi and the bases-loaded walk. a single, hit by a pitch and lined out. a little bit of everything for guererro. he will take the pitch inside from johnson. vlade hit .304. 1-0, out the barrel as it went to short. the ball went to third 18 good pick at 1st base. guererro retired. >> gary: it was talk about a jam shot. all over his fist. running fastball. melvin flinching as the ball goes, you don't know this, over his head. the bat, the ball is too him. look where the bat head goes.

good concentration. help me here! >> jim: i can't imagine when you're focus on a grounder you know where the bat head will end up. >> gary: rivera, one down nobody on. rivera has had an rbi single. one for for, rivera .311 batting average, over his .284 major league average coming into this season. he will take the breaking ball a watch a 2-0 count. rivera 3 for 4 in the ball game last night, one for 4 in this one. trying to keep his numbers up, which have been strong again the orioles, 11 hits and 29 at bats and 5 rbis on the season. 2-0 delivery, that will catch the outside corner.

2-1. >> jim: jim saia right to first -- jimmy right on the outside hang gel. you can see him, pitching rubber, 26 inches wide. the plate 17. he's in line with the outside corner. misses there. >> jim: down low. matusz 5 runs, 4 earned 11 hits and in 5 2/3. he could be looser. the winner could be john lackey. lackey going 8 in 5. mads with a 1-1 record. gets the strike to outside corner or get the call. 3-2. >> jim: it's a big strike zone tonight. juan rivera does not like the strike. that ball is 3, 4-inches of the outside corner. that's enough. >> gary: 3-2 jam shot. mora will have to cut this off, does. makes a nice play.

two good plays by mora in the 9th inning. >> gary: orioles magazine is on sale at the ballpark right now. matt wieters. brad berg son, all inside with the favorite future, current and former o's. we hope you will pick up a copy on your next vis it to camden yards. matt is to cover. howie kendrick. 2 out, nobody on. kendrick has had a 2 for 4 ball game. picked up an rbi. johnson will come in with a fastball. the orioles bullpen is getting it done. meredith an inning and a third and johnson trying to finish out an inning without giving up anything. >> jim: kendrick is what you want out of your minor league system. owned up hitting .360 in minor

league. i mean 386, 387. lifetime 300 hitter coming into the season and drafted in the 10th round. though will do it. a 1, 2, 3 inning nor jim johnson. we go to bottom of the 9th. ?

 >> gary: jim here 10 and ri dempsey ready for postgame. what i difference a day makes. yesterday 16 run, tonight one run. >> 19 hits the orioles only managed 8 hits. matusz had a tough time in the 3rd inning. we'll talk about it. >> i have 3 outs to say postgame. let's go back to booth and join gary and jim. >> plenty of time for those

words to come together. know how that goes jim. a 5-1 ball game. bulger will try to the wrap it up a nonsave situation here. 3 out away from giving the angels a win. >> jim: another power arm. 34 the last 40 outing scoreless. righties hitting 200. total .211. in april, 7 2/3 inning gave up 10 runs, since then given up 11 runs in almost 40 games. you are better at the end of the year than at the beginning. that's what you want to do as a player. you want to be goodal year long -- good all year long if you can pull it off. >> he couldn't. shields going down with a knee problem and jefferson parish son, -- jepsen. he work an inning.

struck one and gave up a hit. orioles will have more with pie and izturis due up. melvin with a double and single in the ball game. 2 for 3. and the first pitch bulger in for a strike. the angels looking to even this up for game 3 tomorrow, that will be an arch game, 1:35 first pitch and the gal became on monday to wrap-up the series. high, the count 1-1. the angels have continue to the do what they have done throughout the season and that's score a lot of runs. they are under their runs per game number on the road by 1 1/2, but they have the 5-1 lead and picked up 12 hits in the game. >> they won 17, they are on a roll on the road. 17 of the last 23. over 7 runs a game. >> gary: they bat 20 points

lower against left-handers but look like they will pick up the 26th win against a left-handed starter. >> jim: the orioles have a 50 point difference between home and the road. the angels are even. they are one of two teams in the american league that win both on the road and at home. >> gary: moret -- mora a single. a 3-4 ball game for the orioles 3rd baseman. the leadoff man on in the 9. >> jim: add 2 to melvins a 6 you get 8. it's not over until it's over. >> mora on, pie up after getting the cycle last night. 0 for 3 in the ball game tonight. .248 on the season. bulger, and the fastball will

miss down low for ball one. the orioles will try to get it done against the 30 year old right-hander. bulger had that amazing e.r.a. of 12 in the first month and down to 2.27 and 39 games since then. a significant difference. he misses outside. pounds the glove against his leg. the gown goes to the 2-0. this is the time, pie wants to get on. bulger needs the relax and when you start overthrowing, you lose your feel for pitching. >> that will bring the pitching coach to have a word. >> jim: i saw him pitch before the orioles in early july, went the anaheim, they were playing in interleague playing arizona. marvelous stuff. he getting where he over throws and you lose movement, location and all of a sudden you allow the other team in the game.

he almost blew a 9-3 lead. >> gary: scott waiting on deck is the pinch-hitter for izturis. luke has been out with the flu as a starter. there's brian fuentz the close near the bullpen. bulger with a 2-0 count. pie will back out. bulger faced the orioles two times this year working a couple innings. he has not given up a run and has a victory against the orioles on the year. 2-0 count to buy. mora on at 1st base. and bulger having trouble getting set on the mound steps off. >> jim: you would think that felix would take a pitcher down by 4 runs. cycle or not. >> gary: 2-0 on the way to him. he does. and he misses. that was close.

>> jim: middle of the plate counts. given pitches all night long off the plate. right now he must have thought this pitch was high. it wasn't in or out. >> gary: 3-0 count, pie will take here. he does. he's on. not even close. the orioles in the bottom of the 9th get the first 2 on with a single and a walk. only two walks picked up by the orioles in ball game. lackey had one, bulger surrenders one. luke scott is coming up and mike scioscia is on the way to the mound. you have a closer with 32 saves, 32 out of 36. >> gary: bulger unable to get an out and fuentes the closer is coming out of ball game. luke scott has been announced as the pinch hitter. we'll be back with 2

organization bottom of the 9th. 

 font eases has 4 saves agai the orioles this season. 4 for 4 in this department. he's looking for his fifth as he comes on in a save situation. >> jim: not a lot of orioles bat against him. izturis 12. wigginton 0 for 4. you need base runners. he represents the fourth run

down by 4 runs. and of course fuentes, when you watch him throw he's deceptive. he hides the ball well, they both have breaking balls. they throw fastball. have not seen a lot of change- up. may have one, does not throw a lot. >> second in the major league with saves at 32. and amazingly only the second left-hander in history to have a 30 save season. randy meyer and randell k was the other. 32 for 62 in saves. 62 out of 68. billy wagner in no 30 saves for billy wagner. >> no. >> 2 on, nobody out. orioles down 5-1. wigginton, luke scott never got an at bat. wigginton hitting for scott. taking one to right center

field. centerfielder matthews has it. tagging mora, he will move to third. wigginton retired. one out. runners at first and third. fuentes on one pitch gets an out in the bottom of the 9th inning. >> jim: he's coming in to save the game. how do you do. that you throw strikes and he's deceptive. pitches to the big part of the ballpark. that ball hit to the power alleys it's a home run. skied to center. >> gary: brian roberts the double came in the 5th inning. he has a 5-game hitting streak as a result. and was the leadoff double the orioles could not move around in the fifth again john lackey. they give brian the bunt, does not bunt much, did it against oakland. the orioles at this stage of the game need base runners. >> gary: he's faced fundes once, 0 for one. the guy on deck with glowing

numbers. 2 for 2 with a home run, adam jones. >> gary: fuentes. 200. right handers 277. all 5 home runs off the angels closer have been hit by right- handers. >> jim: arrear numbers against lefties -- career numbers against lefties is .213. robert will take and hope for a walk from fuentes. and may get it. those 3 pitches have not been close. the count goes to 3-0. fontses has 14 gawks surrendered in the 38 inning he's worked. now his strikeouts are 38, the strikeout earning pitch. 3-0 and that's a strike on the outside corner, 3-1. >> jim: the luxury to groove one in a sense, make sure that brian swings the bat.

because of the 4-run lead. >> gary: 28, 770 the announced attendance. seeing the orioles trying to finish one off in the bottom of the 9th. fouled, full count. >> gary: opportunity says closer. the setup man is by -- fuentes is the closer. >> jim: last year it was frankie rodriquez with 62 on the way to 100 wins. 3-runner on first and third. roberts right field. not deep, abreu coming he has it. the runner halfway will stay. not deep enough the tag up for mora. there are 2 down. >> jim: huge job with jones coming to plate. he came back from 3-0 to do it.

>> gary: adam jones you see the 2 for 2 including a home run. a 5-1 lead with markakis the rbi in the third. the only one on the board for the orioles. fuentes one out away from a save. 2 down, jones, will take the pitch away for a ball. adam in the ball game, a triple in the third scored to lone run. one for 4. fuentes trying to scare the 69th win. year for the angels. 1-0, runner going to the second. no contest on it. pie down to 2nd base [cheering]

adam jones will look carefully with a 2-0 count. and takes it. it's in for a strike, 2-1. fuentes doing this the hard way, working behind the hitters in the bottom of the 9th inning. wigginton, one pitch was an out. roberts 3-0, got him on a fly ball out. 2 ball strike one on jones. and adam fouls it back. 2-2. >> jim: you go back to the 5th inning when roberts doubled and jones got him over the orioles inability with the runner at third and one out to get him in. would have made the 9th inning more exciting. the orioles 11 for 22 last

night. >> gary: and there it is tonight. one for 8. even the angel who's came in at .309 with runners in scoring position. 2 for 11. 2-2, breaking ball will miss. jones leaning out watching. >> jim: that's the way george foster used to go across the plate to the look at the outside corner jeer derek jeter will do that. >> 3-2 count, 2 down. the orioles need jones to get on to keep this alive and get markakis up. jones will foul it away. orioles 48 and 67 trying to have a comeback win here. and battling in the bottom of the 9th inning. they have been out hit in the

ball game, 12-9 [cheering] again the 3-2 delivery, jones will fight another one off. since he's thrown everything the question now, what do you think he can get him out. with he's seen all the pitches. >> jim: in the back of his mind what do we want to do. it's a 4-run lead and markakis, you want to get him out but don't want the walk him. >> gary: don't walk him. >> jim: he has good swings you get an idea, 89, 90, quicker than that because of deception for fuentes. >> gary: 3-2 the count. runners on second and third. jones, in the air to right field. abreu backing up and this one is in the books.

and the 4-game series is evend up after two. 5-1 win lackey the winner 8-5. matusz the loss 1-2 and opportunityes with the save -- fuentes with the save. coverage at 1:00 with o's extra and the game at 1:30. for jim palmer. amber theoharis and our crew, i'm gary thorne.   >> the angels win tonight b final of 5-1. o's extra prented

by verizon. this was a game that was decided by lackey's ability to get out of the jams the orioles had base runners all game long, they couldn't get the runs in and as a result the 5-run inning stood. >> it d. he was trying to pitch out of inning and he ran into trouble. the infield couldn't knockdown a couple base hits. if you compare it to the fifth inning when lackey was up there and the orioles made a comeback. roberts starting the inning with a double, gets the next guy out with a ground ball. moves the guy over. markakis goes to place you can get nick, a fastball up and in, 2 perfect pitches and gets the strike out when it could have been easy for the orioles to get back in the game. the vellet earnness of ballclub you're facing --