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up next on c-span2, a look a border security and u.s. efforts to combat the drug cartels along the border and mexico.

next a hearing on security efforts along the nation's southwestern border. the witnesses are the heads of custom border protection of immigration. david price of north carolina chairs the appropriations subcommittee on homeland security. this is about two hours and 20 minutes. >> the subcommittee will come to order. this morning we will be focusing on the southwest border and the challenges the department of homeland security continues to

face in that part of the country. our southwestern border region possesses a rich history, shared culture over the centuries and lands and surpassed natural beauty. it's not a faraway lehane please put an inextricable part of our homeland. with many of hard-working families and bright and diverse economy. the cross border trade is an important part of the picture. 80% of mexico's exports and half of its imports are with the united states and 10% of the country's overall trade is with mexico. however these trade statistics exclude illicit drugs. over 90 present of the cocaine entering the country is estimating to pass through mexico which is the country's largest supplier of marijuana and math and science. the u.s. appetite has nurtured powerful corrupting cartels with billions of dollars in criminal

proceeds. these international criminal organizations routinely violate the borders to cut it drugs and weapons and money to smuggle undocumented aliens. but it's the violence of these cartels and the fear and disruption that now dominate the news. over 18,000 people including 79 americans have died in mexico since president calderon come from to the cartels. the brutality, the mob and disregard for by standards including women and children and the apparent impunity with which the cartels have operated is appalling. the question we've reason prior hearings will explore today whether to what degree are we making progress against the cartels, making our borders harder to explore, exploit and reducing the risk of violence will spread. i believe there's not much point debating what he extent cartel violence has spilled into the united states. our close relationship with

mexico means we cannot ignore the violence regardless of when and whether it crosses the land physically. the march of three persons in juarez associated with the u.s. consulate intensified assaults against border patrol agents including the murder of two. the kidnapping and murders of u.s. residence in texas and other recent homicide of an arizona rancher all remind us of the threats of marco violence. the truth is the cartels are engaged in criminal activities every day in the cities and communities on both sides of the border and not just along the border. we need to focus on meaningful ways to deal with cartels and their violence on the border and beyond. this hearing falls on the first anniversary of the administration's announcement of its southwest border initiative. secretary napolitano to during her recent visit to mexico that

the cbp and i.c.e.'s enhanced efforts have resulted in record seizures of drugs, firearms and smuggled illicit cash. she also cite the unprecedented cooperation with mexico on information sharing, joint training, cross border communications and trade. today from our witnesses we want an assessment of how successful the dhs are or can become. and we will pose such questions as how would you great efforts to prosecute drug and trafficking cases in mexico given that mexico has its own immigration issues. will our cooperation helped produce security against attempts by all mexicans to enter the u.s. through mexico? the fiscal year 2011 budget aníbal cdp nicoe to sustain a long-term effort to counter the cartel's? how effective hour joint efforts with federal, state and local agencies including backing them up when they are seriously out

manned or outgunned. we also want to understand how investments we've made to date are complicating life for the cardinals. these include the secure border initiatives, the border enforcement security task forces, the deployment of air and marine assets, tunnell detection and the establishment of forward operating locations or checkpoints. our subcommittee is pleased to welcome this morning commissioner alan speed of customs in the border protection and assistance secretary john morton, the director of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement. to bring us up-to-date on the status of this initiative in light of expanded staffing equipment and other resources negative the congress has provided to enable the agencies to work with federal state and local partners as well as with the government of mexico to overcome the cartel's. assistant secretary morton appeared here last november on this topic. this is commissioner bersin's first time before the

subcommittee. the commissioner, we welcome you. we expect that your initial year at the dhs along with your unique law enforcement and personal experience has given you a realistic perspective on what can be accomplished on the border. we look forward to hearing from you from both of you today. we will insert your complete statements in the hearing record. so ask -- we will ask you to summarize your presentation in a five minute oral presentation. we will begin with commissioner bersin followed by assistant secretary morton. but we first want to turn to our distinguished ranking member, mr. rogers, for his comments. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and thank you for this hearing, because there is no more important topic for american security and the southwest border. commissioner bersin, as the chairman said, this marks your first appearance before the subcommittee.

given your extensive experience working in southern california and your service as this administration's's borders sadr over the past years i look forward to finally hearing your views on border security. and welcome back to assistant secretary morton. we meet again. i appreciate you being here and look forward to hearing your strong views on border enforcement as well. as the chairman noted, it has been over, just over a year since this administration launched its southwest border security initiative, an effort that has surged resources to further enhance our border security and support the courageous actions of the mexican government against the cartels. while this initiative has resulted in some noteworthy seizures of drugs and cash and modest introduction of weapons,

the murder rate continues to soar. the purity of marijuana and methamphetamine remains stubbornly high, and mexico appears years away from sufficiently reforming its customs and immigration services as well as sustaining the resilient local law enforcement. in fact, the cartels appear emboldened as ever, demonstrated by the continued escalation of violence and the recent assertion of a well-known drug lord, mexican drug lord to the media that, quote, mexico's war on the drug trade is utile even if the cartel bosses are caught or killed, end of quote. so sobering. according to several published reports from mounting drug violence in mexico has killed more than 19,500 people since

president culbert roane launched his effort against the cartels in 2006. furthermore, the pace of homicide continues to escalate. most notably in juarez says the chairman said where the average number of murders per month to purchase 200. more than six murders a day on average in one city on the border in mexico. just as this drug war seems to be reaching a tipping point i fear though our political resolve to sustain this fight is on the verge of slipping. the president's fiscal 11 but not only curbs the cbp operational resources and reduces funding for border security technology and infrastructure it also severely cuts the coast guard and its

drug interdiction capabilities to the point where the amount of cocaine seized will decline by an estimated 11.3%. explain that. such reductions to operations will undoubtedly in power the cartel's and put more pressure upon the border. in the midst of this drug war, when our border under siege how can we possibly support a budget that is knowingly letting our guard down and allowing more drugs, more eagles and contraband to flow across the border into this country? how can we justify this? and apart from the dhs full fiscal 11 budget request there are other pressing questions.

how can we accept the administration's recent pronouncements on the troubled sdi net program when we have yet to receive the legislative required for the plan for the next fiscal year 2010, current fiscal year. and why does the administration repeatedly assert, quote, violence is not spilling over. when our own justice department admits the cretul network's reach all across this country and to every city and now almost every village direct cartel organizations all across this land not just on the border. number two. against the border patrol continue to increase and an agent was murdered in cold blood

last year. another with its face caved in a few days ago. a well-known arizona rancher murdered last month on his own property. a u.s. consulate personnel murdered. another, it bombed just this past weekend. and as "the washington post" reported on april 4th the cartel's contract killers are operating with near impunity on both sides of the border but including the u.s.. contract killers hired by a foreign cartel murdering americans. what are you going to do about that? and beyond the search efforts of

the past year and escalating violence, what are the next steps that need to be taken against this threat? if there is one thing i'm certain that from my experience as a state prosecutor in kentucky for 11 years, the d.a., and my years here in this body, it is that drugs pose a grave and unrelenting threat to the health and safety and security of the united states. therefore we must do all we can to secure the border to thwart these cartels and put a stop to their savage criminality and their murderous ways so the challenge presented to the dhs by this drug war is clear. my question which is the same 1i posed during the hearing none border violence last november is whether or not we are up to the

challenge. and when i pose the question i am not wondering whether we have the proper resources in place to simply disrupt this organized cross border crime. i am wondering just as i did last november whether we have the will to actually break its back and. i realize that is a tough chore. i am quite certain it is a worthy fight and surely this country has the capability to protect our border from organized criminal ventures spreading its tentacles across every inch of america. this is a serious, serious problem securing the border is not a mere luxury. securing the border is a worthy

fight and we must win. as of today mr. chairman i'm not only interested in assessing the progress in this fight with the cartel's, i'm interested in learning what more we can do to combat this clear and present threat to the united states and its citizens. thank you. >> thank you. all right, we will now begin with the commissioner, commissioner bersin. >> good morning, chairman price, ranking member rogers, members of the subcommittee and staff. i appreciate this opportunity to provide an update on our efforts to combat the threat of violence along the southwest border and to discuss my vision for the southern border as customs and border projections new commissioner.

the committee has been extremely supportive of the cdp over the years in meeting their difficult mission and we are grateful for your support and you're continued guidance. a significant investments that you have made in cbp helps protect the country from a variety of threats including those generated by organized criminal organizations operating transnational and mexico. before serving as the cdp commissioner i worked many years as a prosecutor on the border and other positions with dhs and the department of justice. during this time, i've worked closely with both u.s. law enforcement colleagues at all levels, state, local, county, federal and tribal as well as with our counterparts in mexico. the level of cooperation that we see today between the united states and mexico under

president felipe calderon is unprecedented and provides us with a historic opportunity. president calderon's willingness to address the growing problems of drug cartels is nothing short of heroic. it presents a unique opportunity to expand deep toward needed law enforcement operations between the country. we recognize this is a journey that will not be accomplished overnight but the important point is that it is a journey in which the first steps have been taken. having worked and lived most of my life and border communities, i recognize the concerns of our citizens. regarding the drug-related violence that has taken place on both sides of the border. it has been and continues as a deeply serious threat. most recently the tragic murder of an arizona rancher and a leader in his community is an

outrage and a tragedy. it points to the continuing problem. secretary of napolitano has committed significant resources to bring this killer or killers to justice. immediately after the shooting, cbp provided air and marine assets and trackers to find signs of the suspects. furthermore, cbp dispatched additional mobile surveillance systems, supplemented regular surveillance and transferred and .64 additional border patrol agents into the area. while individual incidents of violence are not a new phenomenon along the border, we are determined to prevent that continues to take place every day in northern mexico from crossing over into the border -- crossing the border over into the united states and the forum which it appears in mexico.

in march 2009 secretary to paul tunnell announced a comprehensive southwest border strategy aimed at preventing spillover violence and helping the government of mexico crackdown on drug cartels in that country. over the past year cbp supported that the initiative by adopting the doctrine of the code responsibility acknowledging the drugs coming north as part and parcel of a cycle of violence that involves cash and weapons going south. to deal with these issues, national security issues for both countries cdp has increased cooperation with mexico to coordinate border inspections of law enforcement operations. we have enhanced our information sharing and continue to build on intelligence cooperation. we have developed a joint strategic approaches to our common problems and we continue

to increase capacity building at ports of entry. just last month cbp opened the operations of intelligence coordination center in tucson arizona. this new facility serves as a centralized location for gathering and disseminating a real-time data, actionable information to help increase security along the southwest border and to put information into the hands of our agents on the ground. since last november when acting commissioner jason a durham to beat testified the cdp has continued its efforts on the altbach operations to prevent weapons and currencies in fact he will drug-related violence that continues in mexico. as a part of the strategy we've expanded our license plate reader program, the lpr program and invested in non-intrusive activity and deployed additional border patrol agents on the

scene. we've also deployed mobile response teams, canine teams and other resources looking at what is leaving our country as we concentrate on what is coming into the country. these outbound efforts have been successful. they are an important step in the right direction. since the southwest border initiative was launched last year cbp has seized more than $30 million of illicit south out cash along the southwest border. together with our cooperative efforts with i -- i.c.e. the numbers are greater and growing. let me take a concluding moment to address the future strategy. in addition to keeping america's borders safe and secure, cbp recognizes that we must promote economic competitiveness throughout north america. security and trade and commerce

go hand-in-hand. security comes first but we can be economically competitive as we enhance our security. we will adopt strategies that simultaneously improve security and expedite legitimate trade and travel. smarter targeting and risk segmentation allow law enforcement authorities like cbp to focus energy on the relatively small amount of delusion and cargo at crossings that pose a threat to the public safety as well as to our economic prosperity we can have enhanced security while reducing the cost and inconvenience to legitimate goods and lawful travelers. cbp has made tremendous strides in this area by implementing trusted traveler programs such as the fast program, the free and secure tree program and the secure electronic network for travelers program on the southern border.

these programs complement the glenchur program at the airports and the next program on the northern border. the expedite entry for low risk to travelers and cargo while allowing our officers to focus on more high-risk individuals and shipments. working with our public, private international partners we believe we can continue to have greater security and greater prosperity. finally, let me thank you again for this opportunity to appear here in my first test money as the cbp's new commissioner. i'm honored to be able to share with you the good work the men and women at the cdp do each day to safeguard the nation's security. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. mr. morton. >> mr. chairman, tester rogers, members of the committee, thanks once again for inviting me to appear before you to testify on this subject. let me also take a moment to

welcome my new colleagues, commissioner bersin to his post alan has great insight when it comes to mexico and i look forward to working with treen i.c.e. and cdp on making the quarter and much more secure and safe place. since i last testified, we have as both chairman and mr. rogers noted witnessed several acts of violence against u.s. citizens and in particular we have seen the autrey jeff skilling three individuals associated with u.s. consulate in juarez and to cover the murder of the arizona rancher near the mexico border. first let me just say on behalf of i.c.e. on extend heartfelt sympathies to the families of leslie, her husband as well as jorge alberto and to the family.

while i can't get into the specifics of the open and ongoing investigations into these cases, i can assure you of one thing. both i.c.e. and cdp acted swiftly and aggressively in response to both sets of killings. we are working with partners in mexico and the united states as we speak to try to solve these murders and to bring the killers to justice. in the case flexible i.c.e. is the lead for allegiance the assisting the county sheriff's office with the investigation. we have assigned special agents full-time to the case. we've devoted the full resources of the office in mexico to it and we have offered a reward to bring the killers to justice. negative it today is simple. i.c.e. shares the concern that many have over the presence of organized crime in mexico and

along the border. we are committed to vigilance and to sustained attack on the craughwell networks that seek to smuggle drugs, guns, money and people to have from mexico. this cut that is more than a rhetorical. thanks to the increased appropriations we have received from this subcommittee over past two years, they're has never been in the history of the agency's more i.c.e. agents and deportation officers devoted to the southwest border. and the results are promising. let me start with our staff. approximately a quarter of our special agents are devoted to our five offices in the four border states. the same is true of the detention and removal officers, a quarter of our entire staffing. we have now ten of our 17 border enforcement security task forces on the southwest border. two in california, three in

mexico, excuse me, to amend mexico, three in arizona and three in texas. we have the 11th being formed in mexico city itself. by the end of the year we will have 40 i.c.e. agents in mexico both in mexico city and in border cities along the border. again the largest presence we've ever had in any country in the history. we have six special assistant united states attorney's devoted to prosecuting border cases and border u.s. attorney's office is and i am personally committed to significantly increasing the number and we are in the process of working with the deputy attorney general to do just that. to give you some flavor of the results over the past year, we have seen in the houston office is 64% increase in drug seizures from san diego, 23% increase in drug seizures, 40% increase insert currency and in phoenix a 15% increase in criminal convictions and overall 11%

increase in administrative arrests of criminal offenders along the southwest border. as welcome as they are we intend to do more. the drug-trafficking cartels remain a very serious threat to both mexico and the united states, the violence and lorna's and elsewhere in mexico. this is a fight. it is a very real and nasty fight and it's one that will take deep resolved and deep commitment to work but we have to win. there is no rational alternative. rac is aggressively going after the cartels and other organized criminals and mexico in many ways. first, we are preserving and as it is along the southwest border to stop the drug trafficking firearms trafficking or and we are also attacking the alien smuggling industry and transnational gangs that operate on both sides of the border and in this respect we are increasingly giving it hand-in-hand with our other federal law enforcement partners namely the dea come atf and fbi.

second, we are going to continue to match our power of investigation seizure and deportation with the cbp's and prez of power of inspection and interdiction. between the two of us, working closely, we can make the border and the transit zones both on the mexican side and thugs u.s. side hostile places for criminal networks. third, we will increase joint address of mexican law enforcement to investigate cases, share intelligence and improve professionals through training and i really want to focus on the concrete here real cases, real criminals. fourth way to develop much better intelligence sharing among our federal and local law enforcement agencies involved. and finally, i want to harness the awful power of local law enforcement powers on intelligence offices and the tin southwest borders. all of these are described in more detail in my submitted written remarks but they just

reflect the absolute commitment we have to try to get this right. since my last testimony here we've also stepped up our specific efforts in and around juarez and el paso. this involves taking such extraordinary steps as stopping all removal of criminals and on criminals to juarez expanding the illegal drug program in which we prosecute with the mexicans individuals in mexico for offenses that occurred in the united states and we are working with the mexican equivalent. let me close by saying we [inaudible] i can assure everyone here we are mindful of the seriousness of this problem. we're spending an enormous amount of time trying to think about getting it right, doing things differently, being more innovative. it is a very, very serious challenge to which alan and i talked about a lot.

we both supporting individuals, we are not pretending in any bid that this isn't a challenge that confronts the nation. we have a long call a long history in federal law enforcement and ultimately that is going to be an important, the son of the power of the federal government, cooperation with state and local law enforcement and much better improved relationship with mexico that will lead to success at the end. thank you. >> thank you and thanks to both of you for your testimony. i want to focus an initial question on the something you both reference to extensively namely the cooperative efforts underway with the mexican government to get him to elaborate a bit on donner results that has produced and what you expect from it and what you hope we can accomplish in that regard because we all know that cooperation is absolutely

essential. secretary napolitano along with her counterparts of state and defense met with their mexican counterparts in february and march. they signed new agreements on intelligence sharing, border and air security cooperation. we would be interested in your take on the significance of those agreements and what difference they will making your work and what kind of results you would anticipate. but let me be a little more specific. i would like first customer bersin to ask you about the efforts on the site to beef up military presence in those parts of the country. when the president calderon took over in 2006 keep the mexican military in charge of security

and police and for juarez and other mexican areas and was reported at the time the local police were demoralized and there was corruption problems and they were overwhelmed by the cartel's. now there is any replacement of those military forces or at least a number of them with federal police have now arrived and warnings as of april late db28. but can you conclude from that is that good news in the sense of signaling enhanced capacity from the police? what mix of forces are we looking at here and what would be your assessment of the way on the mexican side this -- these forces have been deployed? >> mr. chairman, of the remarkable changes that have taken place in mexico and the bilateral relationship with regard to confronting organized crime, one of the most extraordinary was the

recognition and public acceptance by president calderon that much of the mexican machinery and much of its judiciary if not all of it was subject to corruption and that corruption and the tentacles and the influence of organized crime had tainted law enforcement and the judiciary tall levels of mexican society. since that time, since 2006, they've begun under president calderon's leadership the transformation of law enforcement into a reliable instrument of public policy focusing for the most part on the federal police and the federal enforcement authorities. ssp, the secretary of public safety and garcia leni i think

is a very positive step and one that will overtime began to produce dividends. secretary napolitano as well as secretary morton and myself have been to the headquarters in mexico city which in a climate and technological sciences is an president indicates the commitment that has been made fiscally to build up a federal law enforcement presence. the plan is to move toward 20,000 federal police and what we have seen recently in juarez was the decision that recognized while the military because the lack of local law enforcement of a role to play dealing with organized crime that in fact the long-term solution was to substitute of military presence with law enforcement presence and that is beginning to happen in four areas in which the primary enforcement duties are being transitioned to secretary

garcia with the military remaining but in a protective stance and i believe that is the way ahead the will show significant improvement in fun near term as well as over the longer term. -- your assessment is that is number one on the mark of increased capacity greatly improved capacity on the part of the police and secondly that is the optimal long-term pattern that the military would remain in that but would not be the primary force. samet yes, mr. chairman, i believe that is the strategy and it is a sound one. >> let me turn to the controlled substance public project, that is an agreement between the mexican attorney general, i.c.e. and cbp that enables them, the mexicans come to prosecute drug smuggling cases wind for whatever reasons the cases are

declined by the u.s. attorney's office. there is a similar program for aliens and other prosecutions known as the oasis program. so assistant secure morton, your testimony refers to the first to convictions from this new drug prosecution cooperative program. you don't make any reference to prosecutions for alien smuggling. what can you tell about the impact under way or the impact you anticipate from the two cooperative programs? is there reason to believe the mexican authorities are able and willing to accelerate prosecution? what kind of specific reports can you give? >> i can tell you that the initial results are very promising here. in less than a year we've gone from having no pilot programs addressing drug prosecutions on the mexican side to two and we

are in active discussions with prosecutors office of expanding at. the basic idea is simply this, that we have a number of drug offenses that occur on our side of the border particularly ports of entry that for a variety of reasons i.c.e. is able to investigate with assistance from cbp but are not accepted for prosecution and that mexican federal law provides fairly significant penalties for that conduct, reaches that conduct assuming mexicans were involved and the mexican standards of prefer different and allow prosecution in certain instances where we can't do it. so it makes a lot of sense and so far so good and we've done the same thing with smuggling offenses for quite some time now through oasis.

i'm cautiously optimistic we are going to stop considering fees as pilots and move to a broad based prosecution broken hand in hand with the mexicans for low level offenses involving mexicans on their side and as we've seen they are starting to convict people and send them to jail. >> thank you. mr. rogers? >> thank you, mr. chairman. by every account, public and private, the threat on the border is increasing. the violence is increasing. the audacity of and the bravado of the criminal cartels is growing by the net -- the minute. according to the department of justice's most recent drug threat assessment released in

february of this year, the cartels are not only can't welcome the single greatest trafficking threat to the united states, quote, they also have operations in every region of the u.s. and are expanding into more rural and suburban areas according to the cnn reports and the cartels, according to that report have partnered with u.s. street and prison gangs for drug distribution to such an extent that, quote, a mexican drug trafficking organizations control most of the wholesale cocaine heroin and that did that and distribution and the united states as well as much of the marijuana distribution, quote. do you agree with that, commissioner?

>> yes, sir. >> the report also says greater levels of heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine are flowing across the border than ever before. and projects availability of such drugs to increase. have i understated the threat that is there on the border? >> i think what mr. rogers. spec then how can you justify coming here to this congress and asking us to decrease the amount of money and personnel the border patrol faced with this ever-growing threat to security how can you justify that? >> congressman, with regard to the fiscal year 2011 request and the level of border patrol agents we have seen a remarkable

growth thanks to this committee and that growth will continue to increase while we saw a slight decrease from 09 to ten, 20,000 to under 94 -- 21,000 to under 94 cdp officers including the and 20,019 border patrol agents we will maintain a level of $20.163 over 20 love and so in effect with regard to the border patrol's budget calls for a maintenance of the unprecedented levels that this committee has been instrumental in providing on the southern border. >> you are still cutting air and marine operations, right? and coast guard. >> the cut in the introduction agents but not the assets is its

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we'll look at the start from brian malt us. a win over -- malt us. matusz 2-0 and he will visit with amber. brad bergesen is on the mound for the orioles as the birds open up a 3-game series. it's the o's and mariners and o's extra on masn right now. >> good evening. adam jones and the orioles are

in seattle tonight the second stop to 3 city, 10-game road trip. >> the orioles try to make it back-to-back wins and a big series for the orioles as they try to get a positive roll going. bergesen against fister tonight. welcome in, thanks for staying up with us. orioles for a second time this year have a chance to make it back to back wins. won in tampa, lost in the home opener. >> more injury news, more on the injury, pie is expected to be out now, two, three months. i'm confused what did he hurt. >> a muscle. a big muscle in your back which is responsible for your

shoulder extension. your shoulder abduction and the rotation of your joint. it means broad, the broadest muss nell the back -- muscle in the back it's a severe strain of the shoulder and he can't extend and that's the problem. >> hopefully he will come back from this. maybe surgery, maybe rest and rehab. the orioles will miss him. a guy off to a fantastic start is matusz. yesterday he won as the orioles were able to snap the 2-game

losing streak. we'll get more in seattle. >> that's right. brian yesterday the team breaks out of the 9-game losing streak. just as a team, we were in the clubhouse together after the game, what was the environment like. >> it was loose. it's nice to get a win on get away day. it's nice to get that off our back. we're feeling good. it's a loose clubhouse and we will continue to roll with it. >> one thing i did notice about you and the team in general, it didn't seem that anyone was panicking. what was the mentality through the stretch? >> it was tough, we knew we were playing well. we were giving it our all and coming up short. we played everyone tough. from the get go. and to get over the hump and to

get a win is nice. because now we get to have fun with it and get all the pressure and all that out of the way. now have fun and play game to game. >> going into the start in oakland, what was your mentality, did you think i have to put my team in the position to win? >> for me it was treating it like any other game. you can't think about your record, you have to go out every game and focus on what i need to go to put ourselves in a winning situation. i was excited to face up against anderson, he's another young lefty and it was fun to go against him and get the win. >> the fans enjoyed that. rick said one thing you're doing differently is attacking with the fastball. last year that's what you wanted to do. what did he mean? >> last year i had more nerves

and i was unsure about pitching in the big leagues and tentative about going after guys with the fastball. now i know i have confidence and i'm able to attack the zone in and out. going in on guys has been effective for me this year. i've been breaking a lot bats and moving the ball from corner to corner consistently. we got a good game plan and it's nice to have the confidence and not be so nervous every game. matt and i have been working well together. i think i've only shook him off 3 times all year. that shows the page we're on, we're on the same page and mixing it up and getting after guys. >> one thing that fans are buzzing about. if you watch the games you pitched in. i went to tampa bay and a strike out of longoria and pena, i looked at the mound as if you surprised them.

it happened yesterday with eric chavez. he was not expecting the curveball. when you get a batter of that caliber looking back at you what does it feel like. you know that you had them fooled. and i think that's the approach i've been able to do real well, is keep guys off balance. that up to chavez was intended to be a slider. i was trying to get him chasing and got round more and broke hard like a curveball, which was fine. got him off balance. getting big hitters out is a lot of fun and nice to be in that groove and continue to do it over and over again. >> good to get the batters off balance when you don't know what you're going to throw. that was fun to watch. one of things you did receive the other pitchers have not

received is run support. what's it like to see the bats come alive. coming into the season the belief was not that the offense would struggle. >> it's tough right now. we did a great job yesterday with 2 out. izturis started with a 2 out hit and we continued to go with that. to get the 2 out hits and score like that is huge. now we know we can do it and we can get things going. we ran into unlucky times where guys have hit the ball hard, right at guys or diving plays left and right. i feel we had a lot of gems against us. get the unlucky plays out of the way and now we can play our game. >> brian matusz 2-0. the fans are looking forward to seeing you at the yard. >> thanks brian. >> back to you jim and rick. thank you very much. brian matusz leads the american league in strike outs.

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welcome back, it's been an interesting last year for steve johnson. last july he was acquired from the dodgers part. george sherrill trade. then he was lost to the giants. he went to spring training with the giants.

halfway through march he was offered back to orioles and now he's part of the rotation for a team off to a good start. we asked steve about that experience of going to big league camp with the san francisco giants. >> it was a blast. i got the hang without with lincecum, zito and cain. you don't get that much. i was able to be around their organization and it was a lot of fun. i got in games and pitched against big league hiters. >> last season with the dodgers and the orioles steve combined to go 12-7 with a 3.41 e.r.a. he racked up 154 strike out in 145 1/3 inning. he's been around baseball his entire life. his father was a starting pitcher with the orioles. steve told us about his father's influence on his

career. my dad taught me everything i knew. i didn't see him pitch much. disappointed about that. he all the me everything. he's a big influence. i have to say that my favorite player is cal ripken. just because hometown guy. greg maddux is who i want to be like. i don't have the command he did or some of the pitches. that's the kind of pitcher on i want to be. steve johnson is a strike lower. 0-1 on the season. he was the losing pitcher tonight as buoy played 5-3. the first runs he's allowed all season. he's gone back-to-back starts without a run.

no decision on each. the bay sox did not score the runs. 12-7 and e.r.a. 3.41. you talk about a stir plus of minor league pitching talent. you never know how many will make it. steve johnson has what you want. you want a guy that as aggressive and has command of the pitches and throws strikes. >> what i like when i watch the film of this guy throwing. he stayed behind the ball. so many are not able to do that. when you have a good day, you stay behind the ball and feel good, you have a lot of sink and movement to ball. this is what i see in johnson. steve has very good mechanics. maybe his father through across the body he finished up perfectly. this kid is following in his footsteps and better than his father. >> that would be a dream to pitch at camden yards.

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tonight. adam jones has good numbers against his former team the mariners. ty wigginton at second and markakis in right. reimold bats clean up. montanez in left. lugo at 2nd base and the short stop is izturis. who's your player to watch, you're on a roll, 2 in a row. >> i have to go with nolan reimold. he's starting to heat up, i'm expecting him to break out with the long ball. he's my guy. >> i will go with nick markakis, i base this on over the past 6 games he has 8 base hits and 2 rbis. if the swing is coming back, i think the run production will come back and i'm looking for a breakout game tonight. the orioles getting their first like at the mariners this

year, they are a surprise team many believe by the end of the year they will be in contention. key additions. cliff lee is on the disabled list. bradley, chone figgins, and kochman at 1st base. bun loss beltre an outstanding defensive 3rd baseman those red sox. there's key additions for the mariners on the year. get a look at the seattle lineup. suzuki, highest batting average against the o's since 1954, .365 all time against the birds. chone figgins, gutierrez, lopez, ken griffey, jr., bradley, kochman, johnson and wilson, in the lineup. suh zucky and griffey, one of the guys they have to contain is gutierrez. >> he's put up good numbers

against the orioles. >> 4 for 8 off bergesen he's been familiar at hitting the ball hard off brad. tonight the whole thing is let's keep this guy off base and keep him from scoring. that will be a key. >> opening game of the 3-game series in seattle as gutierrez 21 base hits. if he doesn't get a hit he does not get on base. 7 multihit games so far this year. .571 is average with runners in scoring position. gutierrez is doing it all. opening game in seattle. let's goal the thoughts of dave trembley, how's brian roberts. >> he saw the doctor today, he's improved, but is not close to starting baseball activities

as of yet. he's not doing any baseball activities. i believe that's a few day as what -- days away. >> do you expect a drop off. >> he didn't pitch well last night in triple-a. allen and kranitz spoke about him. he didn't have a good outing. i hope he gets it straightened out, he has a big upside for us. he didn't pitch well last night. >> from luke in spring training that makes you confident. >> get him out there. get his bat from the lineup today. let's get him out there. >> i'm all forgetting peak opportunity. they are -- for getting people opportunity. >> luke scott will be at first. heres are our web question today. who'll lead the orioles in home

runs. wieters, wigginton, jones or reimold. get online masn sports.com and vote. we'll give you the results on o's extra postgame. rick dempsey breaks down the sinker baller who's sinker is not sinking. correct. [ audience groans ] since this competition has been continuing for 48 hours and we have yet to eliminate anyone, it is the decision of this board to declare all 20 contestants winners. you have all competed admirably. admirably. a-d-m-i-r... ♪ ♪

>> that's something i was talking about afterward, he came and checked up on me. we were talking about a few things. something feels off right now, and he has a good feel on what that is. it's something with my arm angle. >> it's been a tough start for brad bergesen. he's winless. this is very important for a

starting pitcher. the adjustments during the game. the opponents batting average, first and second time through the lineup good, look at the third, jumps up to .362. slugging percentage goes up and the strikeout to walk ratio comes down meaning they are getting looks at putting the ball in play. the whole idea is to get the ball to sink. what have you noticeed. >> he said it. something didn't feel right. what i see is his elbow drops too far. he needs to get the arm on top. you see the ball come up. it comes up perfectly for the hitter to see. he's able to get on top and drive it. he's not supposed to throw this way. before it starts to sink it comes up. his arm strength is not there. if he's going to regain it tonight he has to get on top of the ball. ask jim palmer. if that elbow gets up here it's

above the shoulder he can throw down, the sink will be there. >> one theory about sinker ball pitchers i recall scott erickson talking about this. he lived off the sinker and the slider. if you're too strong the ball flattens out. might that be a problem or is it arm angle. >> it's the arm hang old. we -- arm angle. he hurt his arm. the mixagics are not there. it's a -- smoke antics are not there. enable his hand to get out in front. he gets underneath here there's trouble. i mean, it's a matter, if he goes through the right mechanics the arm will strengthen. you throw right, you're arm will get stronger. >> everybody has opinions what may be going on. amber sat down with the pitching coach and asked what

he's looking for tonight. >> he needs to get back to who he is. pound the strike zone with the sinker. he got away from that. he's been using the slider and pitching to more the hitter's weaknesses. he needs to get back to his sinker and getting quick outs. that's one thing he didn't go to first game or the second game. he had longer innings and that's not good for a guy that's relying on the sinker ball. it's not good for a guy that needs quick outs to stay effective. >> bergesen will be on the hill against fister who's had outstanding numbers at safeco field. not as good on the road. he's 1-0 at home, 0-1 at home. look at the e.r.a. difference in seattle. the thing that jumps out he's 6'8". >> it should be easy to stand tall and throw downhill.

a lot of guys have trouble with that. takes a lot of concentration. it should be easy to have a lower e.r.a. he has great out fielders with gutierrez and ichiro. there's no excuse for the e.r.a. being bad in seattle. >> both of the starts have been against the a's. he lost in oakland and won in seattle. tonight is a second start in a row at home. the birds are looking for back to back wins. thank you for joining us. gary thorn and jim palmer has the play-by-play and we'll be back for the o's extra postgame. thanks for joining us as the birds getting set to go. stay up with us. we'll be here. we'll see you on the postgame show. enjoy the game everybody.

>> gary: orioles win, two words we have not heard in a while. the difference, timely hitting. >> we came out swinging and didn't stop. it's a great job of runners in scoring position with 2 out. >> i'm glad it's over. now we can start a winning streak. >> and they will try to do that at safeco field. the first identify 3 against see at -- the first of 3 against seattle. >> gary: it's the orioles on

masn as they continue the road trip against the mariners. first of 3 and the o's hope the offense keeps coming as it did yesterday against oakland trying to make it 2 in a row. i'm gary thorn. a shorter and happier trip to seattle. the bats came alive, the orioles struggled, players on the d.l. or not available. the bench has had to play a pivotal part in what the orioles are doing. none more than ty wigginton. these are the bench players, that is the second most used bench in the american league, only detroit has had to go deeper. for the time being those names except pie are going to get playing time. the benches mattered. >> it has. ty wigginton did not hit a homerun in april.

he did one. it took 162 at-bat to get 3 home runs. he has 4. if you are dave trembley you're happy he's on the ballclub. he can help you out. here's another guy out of minor leagues and a guy that will hope you the most is lugo a veteran. he had .290 last year for the cards and red sox. he can steal bases. >> lugo at 2nd base. another addition, the orioles full season brad bergesen on the mound. >> that he's trying to rediscover the sinker. you struggle you look at film. last year to left he strikes out youkilis. it's the same, kranitz saying we have to get him back to the sinker. almost through 50-50 sliders to sinkers. when you're hit by a line

drive, you're a flinch. not finishing the wind up. maybe he will do that, he's pitched well against the mariners. >> gary: the orioles can go for a second in a row. when we come back ty wigginton.

>> gary: beautiful day in seattle, the roof is open for our game tonight. as we head, ty wigginton has played a vital role, he is 32 years old, it's his 13th pro season. last year with the orioles, 410 at-bat. hit a .273 with 11 home runs and right now for wigginton he's second in average, first

in homers and first in rbi including a 2 for 5 from the win yesterday. how important was that win ty? >> it was huge. but i think at the same time we understand that it is a long, long season and you will have ups and downs, it's unfortunate it was early in the year for a skid. >> you move around and play different positions. how do you stay ready? >> i enjoy it. i try to take, if i'm not in the lineup i take a lot of line balls at short. you have to move your feet more and keeps me ready. >> you love keeping dave on the line putting you on the lineup. >> i want to find anyway to stay in the lineup card. i believe if i get my add bats i'll -- at-bats i will put up the numbers. >> you did get stuck with the tag bench player? >> in all honesty, i don't know

how to answer that. i've played every day of my career, and it's been at different positions. when they see the multiple positions may think i'm a bench guy. you're not. >> i like to play. that's for sure. >> now what, you get a win, it's a long season. what does the club have to do the string ws together. >> we need to stay consistent. when you look at the phillies and teams like that, and they are so consistent on a daily bases, the way they pitch, play defense, that's what we need to do here. >> we talk about teams learning how to win as a team, you can put that into words what that is about? >> i think it's an attitude. i know when i play a game of cards or whatever i'm going the play i want to win and you carry that over on to the ball field. >> is it more about hating

losing than loving winning. that's a good way to look at it. you have the hate to lose. >> gary: ty wigginton is in the lineup. tonight it will be 3rd base. >> jim: with tejada out, he wants to play, miguel talked about getting back tomorrow. dave trembley said because of the abductedder, wigginton gets a chance to play. i don't think he knew how much he was going to play. he came to spring training in better shape. >> gary: he brings it back out here to open up in seattle.

>> jim: can he bring the lineup card out when he pitches. >> gary: i guess so, why not. there he is back on the bench. let's look at the game time temperature, it's 68 degrees and comfortable. visit train search.com to locate an independent train dealer near you. here's the starting lineup for the orioles. jones, wigginton, markakis, reimold, wieters and scott. the numbers for ty wigginton, 300 and 3 home runs. let's look at the scouting report for doug fister. he loves to pitch at safeco. yet to win on the road. came up last year, very deceptive angle to home plate. he's like jeff of the rays and tough in the clutch. when they get runners in scoring position, something the

orioles have not done well. .189. >> interesting, neither pitcher tonight has won a game on the road. for both of young pitchers the wins have been at home. >> we'll take bit. a great pitchers wall park. a lot of room in center field. the only place with a short porch is right center. i watched him against oakland. he will only throw 89-90. very deexceptive. that front arm will hide the ball. >> gary: adam jones leads it off against the 26-year-old right-hander. the wind up, we're underway. it's in for a strike. mike rile tee home plate umpire tonight, you'll hear a lot of pauses as we wait for the call. mike hides the call to the

front of his body. >> jim: let's look at the defense. the best defensive club in the american league last year, they have changes was the mariners. bradley into left. gutierrez outstanding centerfielder. ichiro with 9 gold gloves. wilson outstanding. chone figgins great range, kotchman 190 some games without an error and rob johnson the lowest e.r.a. as a catcher behind the plate. >> rich: wiggins has moved to the number 2 spot playing at 3rd base with the solid numbers he's put up. the pitch is low.

>> gary: get the starters out get to the bullpen. the orioles have sort of preached that, they have not been able to get that done. dave trembley's team is anxious at the plate. >> it starts with roberts out of lineup. the orioles because of injuries and having a lot of new players they have not decided what they want to be this year. you're last in runs scored you have to have a little bit different offensive approach. >> ty wigginton, 3-1 delivery he will foul that back. and the count will go to 3-2. the orioles come in 11s in the league in average and last in runs per game, while the mariners are next to last.

neither of the teams has scored many runs. the mariners 3.5 and that hit him. that's in a spot where you hopes he okay. that was near the wrist. wigginton went down to 1st base. >> jim: a lot of guys will roll into it. the ball tails and gets him in the bottom of the left wrist. not on the hand. of course you never know. he may chip a bone. trying to get out of the way and getting nicked on the front arm. >> gary: that does hope your on- base percentage. >> hurt yours wrist. >> jim: s that taking one for the club. here's nick markakis. going after the first pitch is the orioles batter that's seen the most pitches coming into the season. jones at .295 and logo in the

ball came. those are the highest averages in the ballpark for orioles batters. and that ball will be popped up to left field. milton bradley is under it and makes the play. markakis retired, 2 down. >> once again another belt high pitch, it looks hittable, but again deception. this is a young kid out of fresno state that's not going to light up the radar gun. that deposition and the fact that, don whack mad sue talked about it it.

dave trembley made clear and said montanez right now is more mobile than reimold. so that heel is not good. reimold will take more swings as a d.h. and not play in the field. >> the irony is he had the bone shaved down. he played all year long, and so, he's more mobile. work on his throwing and nolan gets treated. he thought he would be fine by spring training. >> that heel hurts. >> gary: 3-1 and that ball is fouled back. 3 ball, 2 count like the with wigginton on at 1st base. the orioles won 4 and lost 5 against seattle last year. they played .500 baseball last season. >> that's a statement, only won

25 games on the road and 3 were here again a team that were 48- 33 at home. >> gary: runners will go, 3-2 delivery on the way. reimold will take it away. take a look at the numbers from last year between these two ballclubs. not a lot of differration here with the runs, the average. the orioles didn't hit much against them. runner in scoring position numbers low and the e.r.a. as you would expect better for seattle. >> if you look at the numbers and you want to go farther, the orioles had the highest e.r.a. in the american league and the mariners the lowest. the orioles were 11th in run and the mariners last. they match up well as long as they play the game that dave trembley wants them to play. to do the little things. >> pitching and defense, these two teams will live and die by

that. matt wieters breaking ball, that will miss. see if the orioles can pick up where they left off yesterday. they went 5 for 11 in the sunday ball game, they had been 3 for 47 prior to yesterday. wieters one for 11 in that department right now. matt takes that to right field. it will stay up. ichiro makes the catch. and sieves a couple runs. so the orioles get a couple on, do not score, ichiro with the defensive play. we go to bottom of the first.

>> gary: welcome to those who watched the washington 5-2 win over colorado. we're going to the bottom. 1st inning here. look at the starting lineup brought to you by southwest airline. for seattle: >> gary: he starts driving one down into the left field corner. unbelievable. that's a fair ball, he's on his way to 2nd base. and ichiro 400 plus against the o's the best number anyone has in the history orioles baseball. >> jim: he slices its down the

line. montan yes is off the line. 18-game hitting streak. it was not bad. it tells about bergesen's year. >> gary: chone figgins coming from the angels, playing at second base, switch hitter, looking to give them more defense, more speed. bergesen's pitch is high. that's something he will do. >> let's look at the scouts report. the sinker, you need to have it. that's his best pitch. he talked about i'm thinking too much. don't over analyze this. the third thing is relax. the balls have to be on the fingertips. when you're elevating the ball. last year, i don't think you think it's routine. he was pitching well and the

line drive ended his year. it's been a stretch to get back to that groove. >> gary: he has a 2-0 here. when he getting behind he gets in trouble. jones puts that away. that will retire figgins. >> jim: a big ballpark here at safeco field. montanez in left. jones, markakis should win a gold glove, lugo, scott at first, and matt wieters in his second year behind the plate for the orioles. here's the second best average in the american league coming into today's play. he's been just red hot, hitting .404. 4 doubles and a triple. gutierrez, 7 multihit games and with a runner at second, he's hitting .571 with runners in scoring position.

>> jim: as good as he is, there's what we were talking about, off to a great start. had a good spring. let the team with 15 rbi. figgins would loved to get him to 3rd base. >> gary: bergesen's pitch away. the orioles are trying to hold ichiro as close as possible. lowingy -- lugo is doing a dance with him out there. they want to give themselves a chance on a hard base hit, maybe to prevent ichiro from scoring. 2-1 to gutierrez. >> jim: another thing what the orioles pitching coach has talked about, this year with bergesen, and again it's lack of rhythm or maybe not arm strength with the arm injury in december. the slider out of his hand. >> that is drilled foul. >> so when the hitter knows you

can almost in the advanced scouting they look at the film. you don't have to worry. you're looking something straight, probably the best pitch against tampa a game he didn't pitch long and gave up 8 runs, couple 3-run home runs with the change-up. >> gary: he's 0-1 in this ballpark in 2 starts. .364 e.r.a. pitching to 1st base side of slab. here's the 2-2 and that will miss outside. and the count will go full, 3- 2. gutierrez one down. ichiro is on at 2nd base and lopez on deck. >> jim: if you're bergesen, you throw 3 breaking balls. he ripped it foul. could have been a double. >> gary: you know what the right pitch is, it's a breaking ball. he has not commanded it so far. >> and that's going to miss outside. he did not go-around even they

wieters wanted a check. bergesen in a jam in the 1st inning. 2 on and one out, and if you look at the early career numbers on brad bergesen, in those games he has lost, the strikeout to walk ratio is almost 1-1, and the games he's won, it's a 3-1 strikeout to walk ratio. lopez, takes the pitch outside for a ball. he's not getting the first strikes. >> he's not getting the breaking ball over to this point. even in his last game, and that's not a good outing against the rays who are red hot, and right there, you talked about the discipline of a team, the game plan ginsburg sense -- against bergesen make him look for the fastball. maybe it takes a good breaking ball to get the feel and you get back. he's looking fastball, and has

a good swing. again he elevated it. >> gary: 1-1 on the way. ground ball to short. i touris and a big double play. bergesen getting out after the ichiro double. leaves him stranded. no score. ♪ what we'll see will defy ♪ explanation [ male announcer ] remember when you were five and anything was possible. ♪ happy 5th birthday again. ♪ come with me and you'll be ♪ in a world of pure imagination ♪

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>> there's the all time double lead terse orioles with cal on top. then brooks. roberts and boyar. brian done that 7 years, almost 8 years in the big leagues. get him back. he's a double machine. >> gary: that won't be for a while. here's luke scott. and he will foul that back off doug fister. scott, montanez and lugo. roberts has not didn't a thing baseball wise, until he gets started it will be weeks before he can play major league baseball. he had no spring training. >> 19 at-bats. >> gary: that ball to 2nd base. figgins, getting it over to kotchman, high and there's one away. >> jim: he was taking, last year you figured with beltre going to to red sox that chone figgins really played over

wherewith the angels, he would be the 3rd baseman. they moved lopez from second to third. he said it's different the way the ball comes to you at second. you have more time. third is just a reflex position. >> gary: montanez getting another start, he's out in left field for montanez a good day yesterday, his first hit and rbi of the season against oakland. fister pitch for a strike. he keep in after 7 games in norfolk hitting .259 coming off an injury plagued season last year. fister with the fastball, the old fister fastball, much noted around major league baseball. >> jim: here's the 1-2. >> jim: looks like if you -- remember the old sports illustrated. all the players doing tobacco

and cigarette things and the fister special. fister. fister fastball. >> too bad he does not have one. that's fouled back. that's not true. >> jim: he has one and again, in watching him pitch, you're going to see on the right side of the score it will give you the miles per how. he's not throwing 95. he's getting in hitters count and popping them up. there has to be deception. he's a tall guy, 6'8". >> jammed in. he came in with a pitch that was inside. 2-2 count as we said. all his wins have been at home. these are the career numbers. at home good heira. a -- e.r.a. >> 2-2 delivery that will be hit in the air to shallow right field. ichiro coming. the catch made by figgins.

figgins had the boat eran gel to ball. >> you have i ichiro won 9 straight gloves. >> he peeled off. and there's two down. and here's lugo playing at 2nd base in the ball game today. his 4th start at second. lugo batting 8th followed by izturis. the orioles had luck against seattle of late. won 12 of the last 19 games they played. 1-0 delivery and a towering pop- up. bradley coming and wilson will put it away. 1, 2, 3 inning for doug fister.

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that's how he learns by asking. cone griffey, jr. the detonated hitter -- designated hitter. a .314 career batting average with 31 lifetime home runs against the orioles. that's part of 630 that he's hit. fifth all time in homers. and that just misses away. bergesen takes it 3-2. >> he said for a guy that's 40.

has where he is on the list. 30 behind willy mays. 2nd base, lugo over right off the grass. >> jim: the amazing thing when you start looking at the numbers, he started in 89, i don't think he will play next year. he could play in 4 decades if he could. >> gary: i called his first home run. i didn't they that until i heard a replay done somewhere on television. i was like, i'm that old? >> gary: griffey is retired. that will bring up milton bradley. and bradley will take the pitch away. bradly getting the start in left field in the ball game hasni problems -- has knee problems. he has a double, couple home runs and 8 rbis. and a 1-1 count on bradley.

again, 2nd base. sinker working here and there's quickly 2 outs on ground balls. >> gary: great cause. here's kotchman with a 4-game hitting streak coming into the ball game. left-handers hit bergesen at a .467 clip. right-handers .364. not good. that's a .405 batting average in the first two starts that bergesen had this year. that's why he struggled. you know, he only retired 2 of

the first 9 leadoff guys and today the sinker is back in the 2nd inning. >> gary: to second and lugo kind of inning. he will make the play. it's called a line drive out officially. one, go, 3 inning. lugo got it -- 1, 2, 3 inning. lugo got it done. izturis is coming up.

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in the beautiful city of seattle. the orioles open up, no score first two, the orioles fans on hand. it will be david hernandez and vair gas tomorrow, millwood and -- vargas tomorrow and millwood and hernandez. izturis has hit in the last couple ball games. top of the order, jones and wigginton to follow. .265 on the year. he will foul it away. >> jim: with roberts out, you have a guy last year hitting 9th, like the second leadoff guy, his best year, gold glove in 2004 with the dodgers, hit .288. stolen over 20 bases, 25 and 24, as far as bunting you think he should bunt once a game.

or make them play in. with 2 strikes they will move back. >> gary: izturis is gone. there's the first strike out. fister has 7 strikeouts in 14 inning work this year. this is his third start. >> jim: 87 miles an hour and it freezes you. downward plane, occasional change-up and curveball. it's like and there's that deception. what i like about him, being 6'8" it gives you an advantage. his frontside that left arm gets out. it's deceptive. >> gary: jones shows bunt. let's check in with amber. >> jones trying to step up in the lead off spot. roberts saw another back specialist and he has not been cleared to pick up a baseball. he can not do any baseball activity. he has a herniated disc.

i'm sure brian contemplating what his next move will be. he had barely any spring training and he'll be out for a bit. >> gary: lopez with that one. jones is retired. as a result of all of this, look at the orioles infield. you have wigginton, izturis, lugo and scott, one guy, izturis playing where he should be. trembley said not only have i not had a bench all year, we've not had the team together all year. >> jim: the age of run prevention, the mariners did it better than anybody. the red sox got swept by the rays it has not worked for them this year. that's part of the game. you have to pick it, especially with a young pitching staff. they will to make the most out of it. lugo can play the infield. wigginton can play around. >> gary: you will get hurt in the game. you have guys playing out of position and there's no way in major league baseball you get away with that.

>> jim: the other side of coin, you don't have a lot of choices. >> gary: you're asking guys to do the best they can in the positions, 0-2 to wigginton. that will miss outside. 1-2. wigginton hit by a pitch on the wrist, his first time up. and obviously, still in the ball game here, that's good news for the orioles. swung out and missed. second strikeout by fister retires the side in order. no score. [upbeat whistling continues] discover the unexpected beauty and man-made relaxation in northwest florida. fly southwest's new nonstops from bwi airport to panama city beach starting at $99 one-way.

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>> back at safeco field. a update on tejada. he's suffering from a strain. he's feeling better. he did move around during batting practice and dave trembley was going to ask if he would be available to pinch-hit tonight. miguel said he was going to tell dave he was available. if it was up to him he would be in the game today. it's easterly he does -- early he does not want the push him. but he expects to get miguel in the game before they leave for boston. maybe the third game of the series. we could see him pinch-hit attorney. >> mig a pacing. 2-0 down.

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-- lugo. >> wigginton is playing in to take away the bunt. the ball gets by him. it gets to his right, and montanez gets to it. wilson is out. the throw is off line and one of those little things. now you bring up a guy you're you're doubled and one of the most amazing things in 9 years runners in scoring position is 338. he's only 2-11 to start the year off. that will get better. >> ichiro had a double and now a 5-game hitting streak. >> that will change. ichiro with the .365 career average against the o's and 7 lifetime home runs continues to do damage. led the american league in

hits. .225 last year. he's hit bergesen hard. 5 for 12. dances away on that one. 2-1 on ichiro. >> you look on deck and chone figgins. he's only one for 5 in scoring position but they got him because he can drive in runs. if you pitch around ichiro you're into figgins and the heart of the lineup. >> gary: 3-one. ichiro, there's figgins on deck. you get the extra runner on base. 2 on, one out. >> jim: look again, you think a lot of times when you face a guy as good as ichiro, set the all time hit record, you have to be perfect. you can see, up and in, down and away, off the corner,

doesn't miss by much. uconn want to give -- you don't want to give in. wieters will take a walkout as that misses. figgins flied out to center field his first time up. small ball played by both of the teams as necessary to get runs. these situations where both ballclubs have got the deliver. when you get people on like this, 2 on, one down, you need key hits. m's are 6 and 7 on the year. 2 games out. 2-0 down on figgins. >> jim: number 2 hitter coming into the game. this is his third start. they are hitting .500. leadoff guys hitting .400. that will miss and bergesen with an unhappy shake of his head. he falls behind figgins 3-0 and

have the hottest hitter maybe in baseball, gutierrez waiting on deck. >> jim: 8 for 14 with runners in scoring position. >> gary: strike. bergesen comes back on him and gets the count to 3-1. gutierrez is one of those, we talked about the mariners taking a lot of pitches. he's one of the best at that. 4.11 pitches per plate appearance and gets walked like that. they are loaded. >> jim: rick will come out, when you're struggles it's hard to find your release point. he knows it. saw bergesen being consistent. you have to understand shall hit by a line drive on july 30th, doesn't pitch again. does a commercial, over does it. hurts his shoulder. never gets into a groove. that touch, this is only his

second year. for any young pitcher no matter how talented you have to not only prove to the opposition but yourself you can do it. it can be a battle and this has been the case this year. >> gary: gutierrez drew a walk to first time up. he's one for one with the bases loaded this year. they are loaded now. breaking ball for ball one. the m's have a chance in the bottom half of the third, they were losers yesterday to the tigers 4-2. they have taken 2 out of 3 here at home. 1-0 delivery. that misses about a mile. if you read the body language you can see how upset he is on the mound. >> jim: this think about it. you can't get the breaking ball over, when you do wilson doubled. you know you have a hot hitter. >> gary: 2-0 on the way. fastball, base hit to left

field. wilson will score. ichiro will score, montanez to the cut-off man and an rbi for gutierrez and the mar mores lead -- mariners take the 1-0 lead. >> jim: you know that he knows you will throw a fastball. even if you get the ground ball, he gets the grounder, again, because it's a hitter's count. the ball is in the middle of the plate where you have to throw it. especially when you're command is all over the place. it's a great hitter situation and gaulterez it's a bad combination. red hot and a pitch to hit. 5 for 10 when the sacks are full.

here's the 1-1 delivery. that's in the seats. 1-2. >> big out for bergesen. >> you hope he does what he did in the 1st inning. get the ground ball and turn a double play. >> gary: if his sinker is working, obviously, that's the kind of thing he can do on i regular basis. >> jim: this is hit to third. wigginton, talked about player out of position. it will be an oregon wigginton -- an error on wigginton. >> you been around you need a double play. maybe you rush it. that just hits. the heel of this glove. you don't get anybody. you have to get the lead runner. and ty unable to do that. huge misplay by the orioles. montanez does not throw on it, wilson had him nailed at

second. you don't get anybody. big trouble for bergesen. >> gary: griffey, jr. coming up. lifetime 15 career and slams he's put up. he had one last one against '06. ground ball. that will be a base hit. figgins will score, gutierrez is coming. here's the throw to the plate, not in time. a 2 rbi single by ken griffey, jr. seattle has a 4-0 lead. >> jim: junior was lamenting i don't get a lot of fastballs. he gets one here. it's down. but it's in the middle of the plate. and when you a guy that's played now, what, 21 years. he's looking fastball, gets one and slams it into right field for a 2-run single. 4-0 mariners. >> 3 rbi on the season for ken griffey, jr. only one away.

and here's milton bradley who grounded out his first time up. bergesen in trouble in the 3rd inning. and the pitch will be taken on the inside corner for a strike. bradley a switch hitter on, the orioles get burket up. 2 for 16 right-handed. you think of this inning. it's not the couple, the double you get a breaking ball in the middle of the plate, a guy hits a ground ball. it's no big deal. it's the back-to-back walks after that. gets extra guys on. >> that in the air the left center field. that will take a hop off the wall. lopez will score. griffey meeks the turn. they have a play at the plate. wieters has it blocked and griffey is out. the relay is there from izturis to get griffey at the plate. one rbi and a 5-0 lead.

how do you execute the cut off. you have the double cut off. strong throw, slow runner. again,, jr. at 40. they nail him at the pleat. -- plate. you didn't want to give up 5 but you didn't want to give up 6. >> gary: now there's 2 down and bradley is on at 2nd base. bradley picks up the rbi. that will be his 9th. despite an average under 150 he has 9 rbi tied with kotchman for the team lead. here's kotchman the 9th batter to hit in the inning as they have gone around here. 5 runs on 5 hits, i mean in the snap of your fingers here in the 3rd inning. 2 down. bergesen pitch that catches the outside corner.

1-1 on do kotchman. kotchman lined out his first time-out -- up. bergesen continues to struggle on the mound. trying to find outs. came in with 11- -4 e.r.a. oh, my. way back. kotchman home run. two rbi. 7-0 seattle. >> jim: talked about the breaking ball. this is in the middle of the plate and speeds up kotchman. doing a nice job of ridding with runners in scoring position before. that a line-drive hitter and all of a sudden he's a home run guy.

didn't want the do it but did. >> gary: he takes the rbi lead back, that's 11 for him on the year. that's his third home run and that's it for brad bergesen. he does not get through the 3rd inning. seattle leading 7-0.

that is the first home run allowed in 38 1/3 innings by the o's.

the last one upton last wednesday. for bergesens that 4 home runs in 10 one third inning. he didn't get a lot of defensive support. berken who came in and gave up a home run to upton. he's pitched well out of bullpen. >> gary: he's been needed as the long man to ball game where the starters do not go deep. especially for bergesen. johnson off the bases empty. johnson started by flying out the centerfield. 9 mariners have come to the plate. bergesen leaves giving up 7 runs on 6 hits. 3 walks and no strikeout. that will do it here in the inning. but the damage is done. 7 runs are put across and it's a 7-0 seattle lead. did the caveman invent fire? ♪ sweet times knocking at my front door, what else could i ask for, tonight. ♪

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