he's in his second season. takes low again, ball 2. the rangers are at 76-59. they have gotten 28-20 since the all star break. back to back three ball counts to start the ining, and moeller is out for a visit with guthrie. >> rick: i think this was one of the thinks that the orioles have really looked for in their catchers, and communication with the pitching staff, and you see moeller kind of recognizes that jeremy guthrie has thrown a couple of pitches that don't seem to fall in sync right now. he's going to go out there and change the tempo of the game a little bit, and i think that's a smart thing to do. >> jim: and guthrie misses high, ball four. there's his first walk. comes with one down in the 5th inning. so guthrie now will go to work

on teagarden. the rangers catcher. teagarden bounced into a force play to end the second inning.

teagarden pops its up. pie charging in from center field with the sunglasses down. felix gets there for the second out. >> rick: the orioles have really improved their minor league system so much over they have last two or three years, that i think you're starting to see a lot more position players come up here. the pitching is starting to get stacked up down there, too. we still have a lot of good young pitchers down there that have had some outstanding seasons. big numbers down there coming out of our pitching staff. that's what the orioles really need more than anything is the pitching prospects and the defense. >> jim: vizquel hits it

towards the corner. that a foul ball. >> jim: there are just not too many teams in baseball anymore that can do with the boston red sox and yankees can do. whatever they need, they can go out and buy that. every other team realizes they have to develop from within. the orioles themselves are a team that feels that way, too, and they're really starting to do that. you see them big trend changes in baseball, because they're tired of seeing the same teams, we it. >> jim: vizquel flies out. 6-0 birds. 

 there is cruz battling glare. has it for the identity. one down.

>> rick: he can hit site hard at times, it's amazing. shea strong, strong man. >> jim: 5, 6, and 2347 the orioles line-up today has scored five of the six runs. and moeller in the number 8 spot has two rbis. so good production from the lower part of the line-up in this game. as wiggington gets a hanger and drills it to left center field. that rolls to the orioles bullpen. wiggington will get into second

base with a one-out double. it is incredible how quickly major league hitters adjust to mistake pitches. that one hung, and he was on it. >> rick: that's right. he gets lobbed in. we talked earlier about how he's a guy that used to skin as hard as he can, but hen he gets locked in is when he backs off a little bit, drives this ball to the gap in left center field. another double. not unusual for him once he gets if his groove. >> jim: >> so wiggington has two hits, both doubles. he's two out of three. his 26th mull toty hit game. here is jeff fiorentino, who is getting his first start since coming up from aaa, and he's had a perfect day. takes a strike. fiorentino walked with two men down to keep the second inning going, and then scored on moeller's double, and his last at bat, he singled to drive in a run, and came on to score.

swings through that one, and it's 0-2. >> rick: doing my catcher league duties, jim, you almost have to notice that fiorentino has made some changes, and it tells me something about what's happening in his career. he used to choke the bat, at least three or four inches, and just try to lay the head of the bat on, it now i notice he's down on that knob a little bit, and that's probably why he was in double figures for home runs in aaa this year, starting to hit the ball with more power. >> jim: looks over one, to too tight. blocked by teagarden. 2-2 on fiorentino. >> rick: he's always been a very disciplined hitter at home plate. not a guy that swings a at lot of bad pitches. he really had a good idea of what he's trying to get

accomplished. he's going with the pitch, but he's driving the ball a lot more. he's really starting to become a good solid major league hitter. i love the open stance like that. so anything middle in, he can pull, not just trying to soft the ball out anymore. >> jim: knocks it foul the other way. fiorentino left the orioles on a waiver claim. he went to cincinnati, and then he went to oakland, and the orioles got him back the same way, by claiming him on waivers. 2-2 with wiggington at second. again, a foul ball. >> rick: little bit unorthodox swing, although it's a good swing from the waist up. the bottom, he tries to get that front foot on the ground as soon as possible. that stabilizes his head, keeps it rout right on the ball, and then really uses the lower half

of this body well. very quick with the bat short and quick to the ball, to too. >> jim: wiggington at second, orioles trying to had to their lead here in the 5th. and he got him. boy, a good pitch by nippert, as fiorentino couldn't reach it. >> rick: toughest pitch in baseball to hit there. fastball down and away with a lot of movement on it. you see it there, hit looks like a strike right off the bat to fiorentino, has no chance at all on that pitch. you see he took a little off that ball to get more movement. pretty good job on his part. >> jim: here is chad moeller

whose had a good day. it's a breaking ball for a strike. moeller has hit four in a row, and he he has six rbis since coming back from aaa. he was promoted back to the orioles to become the backup when greg zahn was traded to tampa. too tight, 1-1. nippert has some life on that fastball. >> rick: has some nice movement on it. still likes to try to fall off. i never do like to see umpires -- i mean pitchers that fall off with that head going to first base, like right there. >> jim: he's a big guy. goes 6'8" and 224.

2-1 on moeller with two down. wiggington at second base president there's a base hit! wiggington will be sent. the slide, out at the plate! no nelson cruz with his 9th out field assist cuts downty runner at to the plate, and that ends the orioles 5th. two hits and one left. cruz perfect to teagarden, and wiggington out to end it. 

 . >> jim: there's a strike o the inside corner.

bail and two strikes on andrus. grounded toward this hole, and that is in for a base hit. that one hugged the ground past andino. >> jim: fastball for a strike. he thought it was outside.

staring at the other batters box after joe west called strike one. kinsler snapped an 0 for 12 drought with a 4th inning single. lined to center field. there's another base hit. so kinsler is on with his second base hit. texas has two on with only one down. because of their home run potential, this team is never out of of a game regards of the score. 6-0 game, but here cops marlon byrd. >> rick: the next three guys you face in the order have almost 70 home runs between them, that's why you see chad moeller going to the mound right away, and this is beautiful, this is wattth you want to see from your catcher, communicating with jeremy guthrie telling him what we have to to do to get out of this inning. we need a ground ball. let's stay down here. let the defense do their job

and get the double-play, so don't try to change anything at this point. >> jim: that one misses outside to marlon byrd who is one out of two. see the pitch count by inning for jeremy guthrie. the second inning was the tough inning, that's when texas got two base hits and ended up stranding two. just missed outside. >> rick: okay, now he's starting to try to guide the ball a little bit. this is the kind of delivery that got him in trouble for most of the first half rushing through, just trying to pick that outside corner. just relax and do what 85 been doing so the entire paul game. keep it down, let the ball move, and it will take care of itself. >> jim: byrd with a big healthy cut fouls it back. >> rick: is it going to hurt him right here even if he does give on base hit in this

situation. the most they could probably get is one run. but you still need to get the ground ball. keep working the ground ball till we get this double-play and we can get him out of the inning. >> jim: 2-1 is fouled back. so guthrie trying to win his 10th game. he won 10 games last year for the orioles. he was 10-12. he would be 10-123-13 with a, we here today. >> rick: this would be a good time for that sinker, force him to go after this ball. stay out of the middle of the plate. that would be the. i for me. don't want to see him go 3-2 here and give the hitter an advantage. here is his innings -- pitchings by innings. that second inning, you were talk about, jim, 26 pitches. that will have an effect later

on in the ball game, but most of them have been around that 10-pitch limit, which is very good. you want to kind of stay under 13 to to 15, right in there for most of your innings, will take you deep into a ball game. >> jim: he has averaged 17 pitches per inning on the year. if you average 15 pitches per inning, that gets you to 105 through 7 innings. 2-2 to byrd is high. looked like he aped that one. 3-2. hendrickson and albers now in the orioles pen. 3-2 the count on marlon byrd. and he fouls that one back.  

 guthrie is trying to be 23rd pitcher in the american league to win at least 10

games. 3-2 holding on marlon byrd. another foul ball. or is eight swing and a miss? >> rick: to me it looked like a swing and a miss. into that's exactly what it was. joe west did come up with the thumb. so byrd is down on strikes on what will be a wild pitch, the runners advance, but two men down. >> rick: it didn't look like he crossed moeller up, bust he may have done that on this pitch. we're seeing the wrong thing on the swing and bunt to first bates. >> jim: so that is strikeout number 4, and on the wild pitch, the runners advance to second and third as andrus goes to third and kinsler to second. and rick kranitz is out for a )

visit here gist to give guthrie a break and to get back on track. 1-0 on blalock. high fly ball to right. markakis near the corner, and has it for the out. so guthrie does get out of it. a couple of strikeouts and two out on this beautiful sunday labor day. let's get out on the inner harbor. @x@0@p@0@6p)@)@)p,

 . >> amber:  welcome back. checking in on the minor leagues. there are some good things happening down there. monne st. is batting .375 in this rehab stint there. also brandon irby gave up just one earned run yesterday. did get the win. he has a 5-3 record. and just a reminder we be the season ends tomorrow for the minor leagues. so on tuesday, while the team is in boston, we should see a about three or four more

players join the expanded roster. jim? >> jim: the minor league season is winding down. strop is in to pitch. 4 years old. he24 years old. he's a converted infielder. pitch is low. >> rick: oh, anybody can pitch

anyway, right, jim? kind of like yourself, you were a pretty go shortstop. >> jim: no, second baseman. >> rick: didn't you want be to pitcher? >> jway back top to center field. wel verybdy watd t be a tcr.    look, they're doing  now as if on cue. they're twittering. >> rick: they're taking a picture of you, jim. that's what they to were trying to do. >> jim: no, they're twittering. >> rick: they're twittering. >> jim: to first, and two

quick outs in the orioles 6th inning. amber was talking about the minor leagues and the season ending tomorrow. the bay sox are at home against harris burg. they're plain playing the nationals double a team this weekend. and johnson has struck out six. >> rick: he has really done a food job since he has come over here. i live what i see-his father is very proud of him, of course, dave johnson, and keeps us all updated on are the internet as to what he's doing every single pitch snoop and the throws strikes. >> rick: he does. i love the way he throws. hide this ball well. that's what i like. >> jim: strop gets there to get pie. nicely done by strop. so three up and three down go the birds on this beautiful sunday. the orioles enjoy a 6-0 lead. sam adams boston lager

is my favorite because it has so much flavor. so i wanted to design a glass that would enhance the taste of boston lager. we did a laser etch on the bottom.

it releases the hops aromas this bulb is for collecting aromas. there's a little ridge on the inside. and that allows you to sense the hops as it enters your mouth. the way this hits your tongue, you really get the full flavor out of sam adams lager. having a boston lager in this glass was like tasting a boston lager for the first time again.  .

>> jim: here is guthrie in the 7th inning facing cruz. falls behind, and that one is outside, ball 2. cruz has one hit, he's one out of two. he'll be followed by davis and teagarden in the texas 7th inning. there's a strike. fastball right in to there. guthrie 2-1 in this last three starts, be and has a 6-0 lead here today. little bit low. ball 3. >> rick: right now the only thing you don't want to do if this ball game is walk anybody, so jeremy guthrie on the verge of walking his second batter of the game. >> jim: cruz was look fog are a pitch over the plate, and he gave it a healthy cut and missed it. he is tied for third in the league with this 31 home runs. and now has a four game hitting streak with an infield hit here today.

and strike three called at the knees! >> rick: boy, that is a great pitch right there, right at the knees. not much of a chance for cruz to even get a good swing at this ball right here. you see the glove at the bottom of the knees, just a hair down there, joe west right on it, right from the very begin wrong it goes through that strike zone sometimes is a little bit better than what you see on that retrack, but, wow, great pitch by jeremy guthrie. >> jim: it was a good angle the activity view from center field. it did go through the strike zone as a strike, then it dipped as it got to moeller, and credit to joe west for calling the pitch as he saw it, not where it ended up. additionis fouls it back, it's 0-2. 11-man bullpen for this

game today for texas. guthrie has five strikeouts. he's walked one. the walk didn't hurt. and he has allowed four hits in this game, all four hits singles. maybe that five hit singles. moeller fires high to wiggington who was able to hold on. that was a tough play for moeller. he had to throw it through the runner, almost, and wiggington grabbing it for the out.  

 . >> jim: to threw is drive to center. base hit for teagarden. he gets his first hit. >> rick: this is something you haven't seen jeremy guthrie do to often through the course of the season, is get stronger as the game goes on.

in to that 6th and 7th inning is where you started to so a little weakness in this game for the most part, but as of these last four starts now for him, he's starting to get stronger and stronger. you're starting to see him really get settled in with his delivery. i think he's been looking for this all season long. >> jim: joe west called time and staired into the orioles dugout as if somebody on the dugout yelled something out. there is movement off the orioles bench. pitch taken for a strike by omar vizquel. omar vizquel still going strong, 42 years old. he made his professional debut in 1984. >> rick: what a great play attorney able to go to if his role now as a part-time guy. you know, a mentor to all of the young players. he has been an outstanding defensive and offensive player. he's been in pennant races. this guy has been one of the best guys at his position for a

long, long time. omar vizquel did thinks that boggle the mind, some of the plays that this guy has made. >> jim: the 0-2 is fouled off. guthrie has struck out six, he has walked just the one batter. >> jim: vizquel batting with teagarden at first, and two down. just inside, 2-2. >> rick: perfect game plan for jeremy guthrie today, staying ahead of the hitters, make them swing the bat. you're going to get what you just got. breaking ball in the dirt. these guys realize they have to swing the bat today. bethea ask on his game. >> jim: mora looks to second, instead goes to first. omar vizquel is out, and that ends the inning. so a base hit, and a man left,

and the orioles at the 7th instretch enjoying a 8-0 lead. and now on this sunday afternoon, we'll go to david mcyouen and the public address. >> for the brave men and women who serve our nation and defend our freedom, we ask you to join us in singing god bless america. ♪ god bless america, land that i love ♪ stand beside her and guide her through the night with the light from above ♪ from the mountains to the prairies to the oceans white with foam ♪ god bless america, my home sweet home ♪ god bless

america my home sweet home ♪

  . >> jim:  this is one of tho games you like to write up more times than not. >> rick: timely hitting is what you need for to putt a couple of runs on the board, or give jeremy guthrie a chance to relax and make pitches. he has kept the ballny the ballpark today. that's something he has needed to do right now. everything fell in place for him today. perfect tempo for him today. no a lot of movement on his pitches, particularly in the strike zone. >> rick: staying ahead of the hitters. when he gets ahead, he can throw the fastballs up in the

strike zone. had six strikeouts today. he has had them swinging at balls in the dirt. that just goes to show how effective he is today. >> jim: ranger came in here red hot. the orioles on the verge of winning a second consecutive game as craig guthrie craig gentry comes into center field for texas. ron washington getting a couple of his regulars out of the game, and we have a new pitcher coming on as well. first pitch swinging is reimold, fouls it back. guillermo moscoso comes on here in the is 7th inning for texas. reimold, markakis, and mora will be up for the birds. there's a breaking ball inside. 1-1 the count on reimold, who is 0 for 2, but does have an rbi and a sac fly. >> rick: pretty good situational hitting on the part

of nolan reimold today. big sacrifice fly back in the 4th inning. drove in a run with that, and that helped the orioles put up a big four spot. that's been the difference for gigahertz today being able to relax with a six-run lead, instead of just two. >> jim: 1-2 on nolan reimold. reimold to center feed. there's gentry, has it for the out. one down in the orioles 7th inning. time to text in your vote for the player of the game. here are your candidates. jeremy guthrie, ty wiggington, and chad moeller. next okay text in your vote few and have your voice heard.

so here is nick markakis now. nick is 0 for 3 on the day, and he takes a strike. >> rick: got to be a pretty good feeling for jeremy guthrie sitting on the bench right now, knowing he only needs six more outs in this game to post another win. feels pretty comfortable about the way everything is going. >> jim: ball and a strike on markakis. >> rick: i saw him last night over at ocean air restaurant, in baltimore, and he was getting ready to get his bike, but he was a little upset with a guy because he couldn't get valet parking for his bicycle. >> jim: he's amazing with that bicycle. >> rick: rides it everywhere. >> jim: stays in shape. there's a lesson in there. and markakis takes outside.

ball three. albers still getting loose in the bullpen, so looks like guthrie's day may be over. and that is outside, ball 4. so one-out walk, and markakis gets on base for the first time today. here is melvin mora. >> rick: pretty good, melvin mora has really started to swing the bat a whole lot better than he did the first half of the season. talking to him in the clubhouse, he feels like he is totally healthy at this point in the season, that early on he had some nagging injuries that really helped him to kind 0

mess up his swing a little bit. >> jim: and melvin takes a strike. 1-1. jo one thing is for sure. melvin mora is -- has been one of the. best hitters for the orioles with men in scoring position. that was something that really showed up the most over the second half of the first half, was that melvin stopped hitting with men in scoring position. he just like totally lost his swing for a while, the rig. and the timing. he was get jammed a lot. some balls off the end of the bat. he just didn't feel himself, but now seems to be getting it back and putting up some hits and numbers. he gets a couple of hits in the ball game, usually some big ones. now hit something home runs. 7 of them here at camden, driving in some more runs.

>> jim: moscoso gets him to foul it back. 2-2 the count. moscoso out of venezuela. so a couple of natives of venezuela battling here. 25 years old is guillermo. off the end of of the bat to right field. nelson cruz misplayed it, battling the sun, and has it for the out. he came in too far, and then had to back up, and that was a tough play, because as he was backing up, the sun became a factor. >> rick: take another look at it. you see cruz coming in, thinking the ball was hit more off the end of the bat than as the, and he picks it up late, shades him from the sun and his eyes. pretty tough sky today. that's very white out there. >> jim: yeah, the glare of the

mid-afternoon. here is ty wiggington. check swing and he fouls it off. >> rick: entering day would take cabrera out of their paul game today and a few of their other big players, considering this ballpark, six runs, you get a little something going here, and six runs is not that many to put up. the orioles have put up six or more quite a few times this season. >> knew fastball stays inside. 1-1 on wiggington. the rangerrers head to cleveland after the game. they have a clear-game series beginning tomorrow night. -- a three-game series beginning tomorrow night. actually they have a late afternoon game tollin' tomorrow on the labor day holiday, 4:05 eastern time first pitch. >> rick: wiggington today with two doubles to left center field. one of them was a bullet. the other one was a long line drive, but that first one shot

past the shortstop the blink of an eye. >> jim: fouls that back. guillermo moscoso, the fourth pitcher used by ron washington today. 2-2 on wiggington with markakis at first. oh, good cut. fouled it straight back. moscoso was acquired from the tigers on december the 8th. he was part of the deal of which gerald laird who was the rangers starting catcher last year was sent to -- he has been in pro ball since 2003. most of that was spent in a ball with the tigers. last year, he finally got promoted to double a, and he

appeared in only six games. in 2003 and 2004, he pitched in the dominican summer league for the tigers, and then finally made it to the new york person league ask the gulf coast league, and last year lakeland again before he was promoted to erie. so taking some time for him to make his mark felt. markakis goes. 3-2 bounced towards the middle. and that will be for a base hit. wiggington has his third hit. markakis ends up at third. first and third and two out. >> rick: wiggington has had some pretty good streaks this season. this is his third hit of the day here. but at one stretch, he had a 9- game hitting streak. so he is used to putting the bat on the ball. into center here. during that fine-game hit streak, 16 for 34, .471 batting average. so he's a pretty good guy to

have coming off the bench. even if he's just a platoon player or pinch hitter. >> jim: well, fiorentino gets another shot. middle of the line-up has been very productive here for the orioles. outside for fiorentino, 1-0. he has singled, driven in a run, and score aid again. so two runs. 1 for 2 officially. and there's a strike taken by fiorentino. well, if you're not supposed to rush prospects, moscoso is an example of that, taking all of that time to to finally make it to the big leagues. >> rick: boy, he has begin them a steady diet right on that outside corner, trying to get to him hit the ball to the

opposite way. >> jim: 2-1 on fiorentino. and there's a strike, 2-2. moscoso has been up and down five different times this year with the rangers. and in the minor leagues, he split the season between aaa oklahoma and double a frisco in the texas league. >> jim: he's used up more options than you have. >> jim: there's a line drive to center field. there's a pace hit for fiorentino. here is markakis to score, as fiorentino has a big two-out base hit. he has a two rbi game, and a 7- 0 orioles lead! >> rick: this guy has just proven what i've always said about him, what an excellent hitter he is. he gets a little bit more. he goes he's going for that outside corner again right here, and a tougher pump to hit, just drives it right up

the mid-. good eye-hand co order nate nation, good solid hit there. >> jim: pat that bringsupp moeller. he was with the orioles until matt wieters arrived, and then back to aaa, and then was called back up when greg zahn was traded to tampa. shea good guy to have on your club and in your organization. 0-1 the count with two on and two down. >> rick: well, you know you're going to have to a tough day when you have guys like wiggington, fiorentino, and moeller, seven hits for the ball club today. a lot of production out of that part of the order, and then you have to face roberts, and pie,

reimold, markakis, and the upper half. the best half of the lineup hasn't even posted really. robert has a couple of hit. snoop chopped foul. 1-2 on chad moeller. boston now has a 3-0 lead on chicago. and the angels are still leading in kansas city. it's now 7-2 angels in the 5th inning. >> rick: boy, all of a sudden, the white sox are really struggling to stay in that race, aren't they, jim? >> jim: a game below .500 in chicago. here is the 1-2, he got him. couldn't reach the fastball. so down on strikes goes moeller, but the orioles add a run. we'll head to the 8th. 7-0 birds. 

  . >> jim: guthrie is now in li to win his 10th, and he gaves way to matt albers cocomes on here in the 8th inning. >> rick: matt albers has been pitching hot and cold on season

long. struggle amented a little bit, went back to aaa ball, but it together, came back to the orioles put it together for a little while, but lacked the consistency that you really expect out of him. has had some arm troubles towards the end of last season. don't know if he has been totally strong all season long. >> jim: he has appeared in two games since being called back up on september 1st. here is julio borbon. >> jim: roberts waits on the hop. borbon is out.

>> rick: albers has been a bit of a mystery so far this year. when this guy is on, he really has outstanding stuff. good movement on the fastball, good breaking pitches. he has within a starter with houston. but look at the movement on that fastball. if you keep that down in the zone, and that sv that movement, there's really no excuse for you to have any bad streak at all. matt albers has added a little trouble. but, boy, when he's on, he's excellent. >> jim: andrus takes low. andrus 21-year-old rookie facing matt albers in his second season with the birds.

2-2, as albers misses. sharply hit to third. mora, back hand, fires across to get him. >> rick: what a great play this was. that ball came up on melvin. always said, it to, one of the best guys going to his right at

third base in the league. you see it right there, too. comes out of it, makes a good strong throw to first base for the out. >> jim: so albers gets two ground balls to begin the inning. bottom relief of jeremy guthrie. here is to bat for the first time. guthrie if you go back over his last four starts, he's in line for a win here. 7 scoreless innings. his combined era in this last four games now is 1.33. just outstanding work lately by jeremy guthrie. four earned runs in 27 innings over the last four starts. and today the second time this year he did not allow a run. the other, vow to go all the way back to his second start of the year, in which he pitched six scoreless innings against

tampa bay. but in his last four starts, he's allowed one run, one run, two runs, and no runs. >> rick: pretty good. only four earned runs in the last four games that he's started. >> jim: and today he had the combination of guthrie being in control and the hitters giving him run support. >> jim: 3-1, as albers misses well off the plate. german draws a two out walk. >> rick: these are the type of at pats i just don't understand from matt albers allowing this hitter to get away. all you need to do is throw that fastball. you can't walk people in these

situations when you're up 7-0, you have a big run differential like you've got so far today. the only thing that's really going to hurt you is the walk, so you guard against that. to tell the hitter what's coming, throw it right down the middle of the plate, let it move. he's most likely going to get himself out as it is. >> jim: and here is a big moment for craig gentry, as you saw, his first major league at bat. he was promoted from frisco. he led the texas league in stolen bases. so a reward by the parent club to promote him after a fabulous year in double a. albers gets

ahead of him, 0-2. outside, he lays off. gentry played in college at the university of arkansas. he was a 10th round pick in 2006. so this is his fourth professional season. >> rick: that's a pretty wide spread he has got in that batters box right there. he's not going to move too far. >> jim: this is a very unusual wide stance. >> rick: most of the time when players look at this, he's from one end of the batters box to the next, doesn't like a lot of movement in the head or the body, that's why they spread out that far so that they can't overstrike.

>> jim: 1-2 is outside. appears to have a pretty good batting eye. last year he played in 76 games in double a, and 18 in aaa. and this year the full season in double a in the texas lead. 2-2 hit towards third. mora gloves, goes to second, there's the force on german, and the inning ends.  

 . >> jim:  here is brian robert who has had a two-hit game. his 45th multi-hit game of the year. >> rick: where would guthrie be if he didn't have somebody

back there guiding him. >> jim: oh, is that how it works? >> rick: that's right. nice going, chad! >> jim: if it were that easy, where you just -- you're the suggester, right, what we call you guys? >> rick: we are the suggesters,. >> jim: that you would make those kinds of suggestions day- in and day-out, a team would, we the pennant. >> rick: absolutely. totally agree. it's a huge part of it right there. >> jim: all right. now, in contrast, mr. catcher, team has the high effort era in the league, so i'm any the pitchers aside on this one, it's all your fault. >> rick: only if palmer was on the mound. >> jim: german has it. will get roberts for the second out here in the 8th inning. so jeremy is three outs away from his 10th win, which would

make it back to back double- digit win seasons. it's harder to win 10 games than you might imagine. jerry would. own the 23rd pitcher in the -- jeremy would become only the 23rd pitcher in the league. 27 starting pitchers at any one time, and only 22 up to this day with 10 or more wins. it's tough to win. in particular because as a starter, there is so much you don't control. ion, you can pitch well and maybe a play isn't made behind you, or maybe you're that guy the staff which guthrie has been, not this year, they have supported him well enough this year, but in the past, run support. there are so many thing toes a starter cannot control in trying to get a winning decision. >> rick: well, how about last year with jeremy guthrie

leading the ball club in wins with just 10? >> jim: dave trembley looking on. the starters have really pitched very well as of late collectively. the youngsters gain more and more experience. now, guthrie is the one guy out there with any kind or experience -- tough play, and an infield hit. very late in getting over there, and once that ball took the big hop to davis, the race was on. >> rick: he deserved that hit because the he ran hard right out of the batter's box. look at that, second or their to stride, he is full out. he knows he has a chance for a base hit. all to the way through the bag. no chance to get him. good speed. there is another shot at it again. right from the very beginning, he knows he has a shot at it, and he runs hard. that's what i like too about his ball club. i think nolan reimold has had a

huge impact on this ball club as far as hustle is concerned. he has run hard every single out, every base hit, double, triple, you name it, the game gives you 110% every day. i love this. >> jim: michael aubrey is pinch hitting for reimold, who is 0 for 3. does have an rbi in the game on a sac fly. the chopper hit throw slowly to first. dave list charge and will tag out aubrey for the final out. a collision at first base. pie had an infield hit. o's have a 7-0 lead. 

 . >> rick:  he has really wor on his member an effects. this guy has great movement on his fastball.

>> jim: mickolio's mechanics are so critical. >> rick: you're right. those first 10 innings that he pitched were outstanding, but now is starting to throw a little more across this body than he had been, and he doesn't have that movement that he had. he was unhittable for the first four or five outings that he made. unbelievable. they're going to have to find him a little bit, and get him

back on track again. find out what it is that makes him start falling off and losing his balance, because this go, oh, my gosh, he could be a closer. he has that good of stuff. >> jim: he came back to the orioles on august the 18th, and had three consecutive just outstanding outings. five innings, no runs allowed, but in his last three outings, he has allowed four earned runs. four-pitch walk begin this inning. there's a strike to cruz. >> rick: we were talking about doing that voting yesterday before the game, the voting. hit two sandbars. -- the boating. hit two sandbars. >> jim: a base hit for cruz. so texas not going quietly, pie has to nobody it down. that hit was blustered. >> rick: that's more than nick markakis has hit today.

>> jim: so cruz is two out of four. moeller out to change the signs with a runner now at second base. here is chris davis, who has struck out twice and. walked. davis has 64 hits on the year, 28 of those are extra bases. he has only 36 singles. 11 doubles to go with his 17 home runs. fouled back, 0-1. >> rick: he would be a fun guy for me to work with, with the staffs that i got to catch for the orioles, about fiscal you watch him through the course of his swings, wherever he sets his hands, they go back and down, then just upper cuts to the ball. don't let him catch a fastball about middle of the thigh. there to they go, down and a straight-up cut. fees like that, jim, you can pitch them up in the fast zone

with that good high fastball, and they have a real tough time catching it. and another thing is don't pitch to pena. he is the same way. he even has more of an upper cut than this guy right here. you don't want to mess around down in the zone with hitch too much back to back pitching. up top, you can. >> jim: robbers to second, take this sure out. blalock to third, cruz to second, out in with one counsel. and mickolio get this part out here in the texas 9th inning. the red sox still leading in chicago on the white sox 3-of. boston has the wildcard lead by two games over these rangers. the angels are hoping to go up by 5 and a half in the al west. los angeles leads in kansas city 7-2 now in the bottom of

the 6th inning. teagarden takes a strike. teagarden is one out of three. he has singled. and also pounced into a forced play and flied out. fastball misses, too tight, 1- 1. 97 miles an hour. >> rick: 97 mile an hour sinker. wow. >> jim: hendrickson once again getting loose. >> rick: do you know how hard it is to throw a sinker moving that fast? this is how good this kid can be when he gets on balance. few that's a lot of body going tar this plate. arms and legs. >> rick: how tall is he?

>> jim: 6'9". >> rick: we have a pretty good basketball team out here if this bullpen alone snoop yeah, we do. pitch misses outside. 2-2. well, back in the day, teams used to have the off- season basketball teams, and they would go around and play charity games, but now everyone scatters. >> rick: until a player snapped his achilles tend machine half, and that was the end of that -- tendon. in half, and that was the ends of that. you take a look at mickolio's delivery again. watch that front to leg. he really closes up, and then there it goes. a little bit -- that really wasn't as bad as i have seen him, but the key do his delivery is keeping his head still. don't go to first base with it. whatever you've got to do to keep the head still, don't close up so much. there it goes.

>> jim: and he got him! so he goes to the breaking pitch, and teagarden swings over it for the second out. >> rick: you know, the good thing about this pitch is he stayed with it long enough where he really didn't three himself off balance. the bricking ball, perfect position down on the outside corner. that's what you like to see. if he can just wait long enough before he releases the ball. but any release point before you have to, and it really throws him off balance. >> jim: omar vizquel is takes ball one. omar hitless on the day. he's been doing a good job in his reserve role for texas. michael young is out of the line-up with a hamstring pull. that a big loss for these rangers. two of their top hitters not playing in this series.

blalock at third, cruz at second. now with two men out. high fly ball to right. vizquel got a lot of it. markakis is back at the wall, he makes the catch, and the ball game is over! so vizquel gave it a ride, but it died right in front of the scoreboard. and the orioles complete the shutout. a 7-hit shutout combined. final score from orioles park at camden yard. birds get two to out of three from the rangers. orioles 7 and the rangers 0. 

 inviting you to stay tu for o's post-game. what a game for guthrie. >> when you look at what he's been able to do over the last four starts, you hope he continues this for the rest of the year and right into spring training next year. >> we'll also take a look at the bottom part of the order

for the orioles. that's in just a moment. the orioles shut out the texas rangers 7-0. let's go back to jim and rick. >> jim: all right. tom, thanks very much. let's head downstairs one of the big men at the plate today, ty wiggington is with amber. >> amber: well, ty, the rangers come in here in the middle of the playoff hunt. what does the role of spoiler do to be able to pull out a series win over a team like that? >> i think it's just -- you get the feeling that it's a real important game whenever you're if these situations. the series is tough when you have two teams that aren't really if the race. >> amber: for you, you have come along with the bat to the last couple of weeks. how much has just playing a little more regularly helped? >> jim: >> it helps a lot. if you have a pad day one day, you can get back if there to straighten it out. >> amber: nice to see these call ups. today was jeff fiorentino.

>> oh, just a great approach at the plate all game long. >> amber: and jeremy guthrie appears to be finningishing up the season strong. >> yeah, think his last few starts have absolutely been outstanding, and whenever guthrie is throwing that good sinker and using the fastball a lot, he always seems to be ahead and doing what he needs to do. >> amber: all right, thanks a lot, ty. >> jim: all right, amber, thank you very much. we invite everybody to join us again on tuesday night. game one of a two-game set against the red sox tuesday at fenway. david hern an connecticut will take the mound against buck hotels. so long from orioles park. today's telecast has been a masn presentation. a lot to talk about in this one. let's head out to o's extra. tom davis and dave johnson.  

 welcometoo o's ext- game brought to you by verizon. birds take two out of three. finish the season against texas 5-5. put a little damper on the rangers possible playoff hopes. when you look back at today, what a game by the bottom three in the order ner in the orioles line-up. >> yeah, i think when you look at the line-up, it was a sunday line-up and some guys playing who don't norm toally get a chance to play. they came through. they were the he ones who were really catalysts in this whole thing. we've seen that happen to the oriole this year where they've let the bottom third of then line-up kill them, but today the orioles turned the tide against a pretty good ball club. >> jim: chad moeller went 2 for 4. >> great day. working well with guthrie of course, but with the bat, big time. >> ty wiggington, two doubles

and three hits. >> yeah, wiggington did a nice job, and of course fiorentino getting a chance to be out there, drives in a run and puts he mark on with be about he's trying to make a mark after being bake if the minor leagues. >> you can tell wearing number 70, he told me to reduce that number don a little bit. >> didn't like to that number. that's not a nice september call-up number. >> the orioles did a great job today. the wind really blowing up here. let's go back up stairs to rick dempsey. when you look back at chad moeller's day, seems like he has hit well since being brought back up. >> he has been solid as a hitter. you know he's going to do a good job back there behind home plate. he's a veteran guy. but as of late, he is really picking up the ball club with some good hitting. fastball out over to the corner today. two men on base. fiorentino got a walk right in

front of him. scores all the way from first base. he puts the first two runs up on the board, and i think that's all the orioles needed today was to get an early lead. here guthrie finally relaxes. you begin him some runs, and he does a pretty good job at holding everything together. chad mohler today big part of that, not only offensive, but defensively, called a very good game every single type that you saw guthrie get into some trouble. he was out to the mound to communicate with him, and really got him back on track. he's the star of the game today for me. >> rick, with chad moeller doing such a nice job with jeremy guthrie and working him through the latter part of this season, what is it, other than, yeah, we know he communicates, but what else do you see that chad moeller is doing to help jeremy guthrie get through a season where he didn't throw well, but is coming on of late. >> well, there are lets mechanical things. win of them was giving him a target. that target was almost on the ground today. one thing you noticed about jeremy guthrie, he didn't have

to get too many outs in the air today. i think he only gave up like three or four fly ball outs all day long. everything else was on the ground. that's a key for him, is keep the tempo intact, which he did by communicating with him, but also talking to him with his glove, and i mean by that giving that good low target the in the strike zone. keeping him focused down there. ail day long, though problem for jeremy getting through innings. 5 of the 7 innings today were clean innings, pitched his way out of trouble on the others. but that's to key to have someone back there working with him every single batter, and you saw how well he pitched today on account of it. >> we enjoyed your comments during game as the game progressed, and & enjoy your comments here on the post-game show. alf wades a pleasure working with rick dempsey. the orioles in this game shutting out the texas rangers 7-0. when you look back, it was an interesting game, because it sort of developed, again as we talked about at the bottom part

of the order, and we have the box score for you, look at the bottom part of the order. you had jeff fiorentino, 2 for 3. and ty wiggington, 3 for 4, two doubles and those guys really contributed immensely today. >> rick: >> they did, and when you take bite the bottom half of the order, we talked about the bottom third, burt go a little more, you have wiggington of course with the two double, and melvin mora contributed with a base hit as well. so that's the key. i think when you look at the tomorrow have the guys at the bottom of the order be able to help your club, and not always rely any that top third or top half, it does allow through other guys to relax. >> interesting thing, also, think is in the last four games that jeremy guthrie has started, chad moeller has been the catcher, and it just seems live moeller is stressing a lot 0 stuff about keeping the i

ball down to any pitcher that he throws. >> k chad is a veteran guy. look, i'm telling you, as a pitcher, there are certain guys to that you like to throw too. there are certain guys that in the end, when it comes down to it, you would rather throw to day-in and day-out, and for whatever reason, chad moeller, it's not that you don't like the other guys, but for whatever reason, visually and mentally, you work with a certainly guy better than others, and in chad moeller and guthrie can pitch out there like that. you throw them out there every time. time now for the dave trembley press conference. >> well, to beat texas, you know, they have a real good team, you have to make pitches, and that's what guthrie did, he made pitches, he made big pitches. he pitched well. he was down, and he pitched a

very good game. we had some very good situational at bats. i thought two key ones were fiorentino and andino's walks, and roll the line-up over and get some big hits. nice way to end the home stand and a nice way to win a series against this team that is probably going to be right in it until the end, but they have a very good hitting club, and guthrie had to make some pitches, and he had a real good rhythm, i thought, and maybe in the to 5th, after the long ining there, thought he got a out of sync a little bit, but he got it back. came off the mound and said i feel real strong, and i'm okay, so good game. go ahead. >> do you think guthrie has picked up the tempo a little bit from what he was maybe doing earlier in the year, working a little more quickly? >> i think his delivery is better. i think tempo of the game for him is better. sometimes he does rush, he gets

off his balance point, but for the most part, think what he has done is he's stayed balanced and gone over his front leg a lot better, and he's not jumping at the hitter. but i would agree with you that his tempo is better. >> before the home stand, you talked about the -- being a spoiler, you know, taking two to out of three from texas, at least maybe shows guys are still in it, still up for games like this. >> well, when you play at home, i think you should, you know, be president to play, and i think we scrapped yesterday, and, you know, think we'll play 27 outs, and it's a nice atmosphere, and it's good to compete against the best teams now. we've played a lot of good ones, and, you know, it was a good rebound after not playing

so well against the yankees. >> you have seen glimpses here and there of jeremy pitching well, but out in it's four straight quality starts. do you see this as like the best stretch to he's had, and do you portfolio like he's kind of starting -- >> well, this is probably the best stretch he's had his year. last year he had a stretch where he had 10 or 11 quality starts, but inch think this is the best stretch he's had since coming back from the all star break this year, and i think it's because the location of this fast bail has been a lot better. hasn't been pitching up so so much bob is probably one of the best starts he had was in minnesota, he had his breaking pitches. you know, and then last time he pitched, he kept us right in the game and got us done, and against a good line-up, and today was equally as good a line-up. they are a very good fast- hitting club. >> do you think he's kind of close to what he was at some

point in 2008 now? >> i think he is. you know, think she physically, too. i think he likes to be a routine guy. he's had very good sidelines. i think he's close to where he was. i would like 0 see him run off a few more. that would be good for him and god for us, if he runs off a few more. >> dave, it was only your third shutout of the year, and first you guys have had in more than three morns. ful with aim of these good young pitchers that you have, are you sort of surprised you've had so few. >> well, i guess you would have to give credit to the team they're playing that they're very good hitters, but you've got to do an awful lot of things right to throw a shutout. you have to throw it, catch it, have to make calculate pitches all the time, can't have any letdowns, have to stay away

from to walks. can't give four-out innings. i don't know, rich is trying to spoil my day here. the guy just tried to pitch a shutout today, and now he's telling me we've only had three all year. well, i'll take three more. i'll tell you that. we have a young pitching staff. we don't have a whole lot of complete games. you know, a lot of our guys don't go deep into games, and they probably won't for the remainder of the season, because we're trying to protect some people, but it's encouraging to see the way guthrie pitched today. very encouraging. >> speaking of keeping the encouraging thing going, you had spoken a little about (inaudible) before the game. >> that was the key at bat in the fame was his walk, i thought. we've southeastern him before. that was a nice match-up, lift against left. i'm sure everybody was wondering why i was doing that today, but he deserved a chance

to play. he hung in there. we're all happy for him. he's coming off a very good year in trip tole a. he know hoss to handle the bat. and he had a very nice game. he had a very nice game. >> dave, when the subject comes up of possible veteran leader amongst your starting pitchers, since there are so many young pitchers, is jeremy the type of person and player who could fulfill that role? >> he could. he could. you know, he might be reluctant somewhat to do that. he's -- he's rather private. i don't think he says a whole lot unless people ask him. but i think he has something to offer, because, you know, his whole background, he was a high draft pick, and he went through the thing in the minor leagues, highly touted, and kind of stumbled a little bit, the one

shot he got with cleveland in the big leagues. he's got some experiences that he can refer to. he's pitched in this division now, you know, for three years. so he does have some things that he can share. you know, the other guys are smart enough, they should ask. i think if they ask, he'll offer. but for the most part, i see jeremy as -- you know, he's a heck of a worker. he has a lot of pride. he takes things real to heart when things don't go well for him. he's been a good guy here. been a good guy. when he pitch. s, you know, everybody kind of gets behind him, because they see what he does in between starts, and i think he earns that respect, works his butt off. i'll see you in boston. that's dave trembley after the orioles win over texas 7-0.

time to take a look at the at&t player of the game. guthrie 76% of the vote. that is look at the at&t player of the game. it belongs to jeremy guthrie. the birds shut out the rangers. fans very happy here.

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 welcome back. birds shut out the rangers 7-0. >> i think the center fielder didn't give him enough credit because he drove the ball in the gap. >> fiorentino with a single to left field. in order will score. 3-0 birds. >> fiorentino did a nice job there. took to the ball the other way, just needs to put it into play. which he did. >> brian roberts, wiggington

and fiorentino score. birds have a 5-0 advantage. and well, brian was my guy i thought would be the guy that came through, and i did. right-handed, of course, against the lefty. drove in couple of runs there. the orioles just ran with it. >> the orioles shut out texas 7- 0, split 10 with the rangers, take two out of three his weekend. jeremy guthrie west the win, his 10th of the season. brian robert, a two-rub single, and reimold a sacrifice fly. welcome back. joined now by chad moeller. chad, when you look back at jeremy guthrie, know you've caught him the last four starts, what has impressed you with each of the last four starts? >> jeremy has within of those sperm arms. facing him last year, i was just impressed with what he's -- one of those special arms. facing him last year, i knew he has the a stuff, and today he was able to go out there and command it. at time his has been up in the zone this year, and not had

control of his off speed. pitches, but today he had it. >> is there anything that you specifically do with jeremy that you know that makes him tick, that allows him to be successful? anything in particular with him? >> yeah, there's a few. and it's going to be different with each guy president. jeremy can get to going too fast out there. it's know okay when tohim back. -- knowing when to throttle him back. he can get ahead of himself, so it's knowing when to slow him down, when to let him go, and when to pick his spots out there, because he he has that special stuff. >> how much conference goes on during the game when you're in the dugout and talking to guthrie in between innings? >> we'll talk about different things, what i'm seeing, what he's feeling. why we went with a pitch, why

we didn't. it's not about every pitch, not necessarily about i at bat, but there are a couple of things each inning normally. >> do you normally go out of your way to make sure you talk with any of the pitchers your working with in between innings, or is it just as needed? >> it's more as needed tip feel like i need to let them go, i let them go. but some guys need to be patted on the back each time, and other guys need to be kicked. it's just a matter of what that guy in particular and that day in particular. >> we don't want to admit the fact you had a pretty good day offensively. and sense you have came back to the orioles, you're like 9 for 21. >> no, that's always a nice plus. they put me in there for the one side, and when you can con tritt any the other, it's nice to be an asset. >> great to see you play.

>> i appreciate it. it's fun to be out there. >> we're going to take a look at the schedule coming up for the ore yells. labor day off tomorrow, and then to boston to play the red sox twice. tuesday and wednesday evenings. our pregame coverage starts at 6:30 on masn. game is at 7:00. and then another off day on thursday, and then on to yankees stadium. then a rare saturday afternoon game at 1:00, so 12:30 pregame show coming up on saturday, they wrap up this i series against the yankees next sunday. we'll be back with more as jeremy guthrie wins his 10th. moeller came through with a two- run double. gecko: uh, you wanted to see me sir?

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 . >> amber: well, jeremy, is getting to 10 wins a good milestone for you, considering it's tough to get to 10 wins in this league. >> yeah, always good to be on the winning end, and it's nice. we played a great game today defensively, offensively, and we pitched well enough, you know, we were able to hold them to zero runs. so it's a great win, you know, for the team, and also individually. >> you've had pockets here and there where you pitched well like last year, now you have four quality starts in a row. do you feel like you're close to where you were last year? >> i've been working on things to hopefully get a better release for the last month, and i think that's been the big difference for me. i think the fastball, i've had more confidence about it because of the extra movement i was used to in the past years,, and i think you do that and you

quit a little more confidence if everything else, and things go much better when you're confident. that's what i've been trying to work at is that type of confidence. it's nice to be pitching at this point of the season for sure, because i have sustained some injuries the past couple of seasons, and i still have hopefully five or six more starts, and i would like to hopefully continue this, improve, get better, and help the team, see if we can't win a few games this month. >> is this the most confident you've felt? >> this season, certainly. >> rick: jeremy guthrie in his last four starts. three wins, one loss, an earned

run average of 1.33. that's spectacular in 27 innings. and check out the walks. congratulations to jeremy guthrie. 3-1 in his last four starts, a terrific job for the orioles as he won his 10th game today. the new mcdonald's bacon and cheese angus third pounder. before taking it on, one must study it first. rushing in unprepared may prove overwhelming...

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the orioles will be headed to boston to to play the red sox. hernandez get this start. what do you expect out of him at this point? >> well, he handled it well the last time he pitched in new york and then boston, so am looking for him to build on he numbers he's had this season. if you look at his numbers, i think he's had a pretty darned good year. he has done a nice job getting his secondary pitches over. i expect a good ball game for him. final 30 seconds, lift talk about steve johnson, did a nice job today. >> yeah, he anyone toished the season strong for to bowie, so going to be a nice off-season for stephen going into the off- season and spring training. >> the orioles shut out texas 7- 0. jeremy guthrie with his 10th win. chad moeller two runs. orioles play again tuesday night against boston.

competitively taking both series to six games. even without a title you could not pass over the idea of john stockton as a hall of famer. >> here are two cold hard facts regarding the latest news surrounding danica patrick. one, she isn't giving up indy cars cold turkey. two, she won't jump into the nascar sprint cup cold without dipping her toes. ed hinton reports danica is close to finalizing her plans to drive some nationwide and trucks races next year while maintaining her tie toss the indy car circuit. tony stewart has been advising her while saying danica doesn't have some misguided idea that it's going to be easy making the transition to stock cars. danica's first stock car race could be the arca event at daytona during speed week next february. sponsorship will not be a problem for her, that's for sure. that's something to look forward

to for next season. for tonight, a big race in atlanta. here's our nascar now crew. now it is all about the chase, who's in, who's out, and from seventh place ryan newman on down, no one can officially call themselves in until after richmond. that's how close it is. carlu edwards, he's relatively safe but relatively hurt. he broke his right foot this playing frisbee. and getting a jump start on the field not above a guy. martin truex jr. will lead the field to green for the second time this season. >> it's been a tough season. we've fought hard. we've had some good runs. we've had a lot of bad luck and just a lot of, you know, unfortunate things happening. but we've tried hard through it all. and, you know, it shows today we continued to work hard and try to get the car up front and get back to victory line for all ouo sponsors and everybody on the race team. so nothing would mean more to me this weekend than to get into victory lane for those guys. >> this is his second pole of

2009. the first pole same the seasonni opener, day done in a 500.u kasey kahne will also line up on row one. there are three hendrix motor sports drivers in the top ten. that includes both the drivers on row two. the biggest surprise in the top ten, how about this one, david trem me who isni starting in the top ten for just the sec time thisu season. i'm nicole manske. the points, they are very close. the two guys immediately outside the chase, kyle busch and vickers, they're only out by fewer than 40to points. what are we going to learn about the chase tonight in atlanta. >> we're going to get a better idea of who's going to make this chase with only two races to go. it's fourth quarter and not much time left. right now these guys from seventh on back are not sleeping at night. they want to get this race going and get it over with. i think it's going to come down to who has problems. who gets a flat tire, a blown engine. that's going to put them outside the chase. >> who gets caught up in someone else's mistake. carl edwards might have made ani slight mistake himself.

he broke his right foot playing frisbee. how is that going to affect him in the car tonight? >> i don't think it's going to effect carl thatch. luckily it's his right foot which is the gas foot. if it was his left where he had to use the brake it would have affected him a lot and been in a lot of pain. carl edwards is so determined, i don't think any amount of pain is going to bother him tonight. >> you have so much faith in carl edwards that you are picking him to win tonight's race. why is that? >> i am picking carl tonight for two reasons. it would be a great story but also he has a specially painted car designed by a little sick girl jody and i really, for her, i want him to win. >> jody lawrence designed the car.gh she's a patient at the affleck cancer center. no matter how carl edwards does he'll donate a portion of his winnings to that affleck cancer center.to and you can see the race on espn, the nascar sprint cup series goes green tonight.to check the action out on espn 7:00 eastern. enjoy the race.

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