. bird hunting season, yes, but it was the other way around for the birds that showed up in minnesota. brad bergesen was on against the minnesota offense, bergesen got the big out. he would end up with a shutout. ty wigginton got the big home run, the defense game up for the ground ball plays as bergesen's sinker was working and the birds were all happy. two today.

. is the orioles on masn and we welcome you back to the newest ballpark in major league baseball, the home of the twins, target field. two games to be played today, this one and another one later tonight. orioles looking to make it a sweep of three. hi, everybody, i'm gary thorne. they get in the win in the first win. they got the win but with just two runs it means the offense still struggles. and with the struggling offense a number of oriole starters who are on a list they'd just as soon leave. david hernandez, 1.72, millwood going to the day 2.48 even zach -- let's have some fun, what's all that about? >> they're trying to relieve some of the pressure with guys on base. i tell you right now, it's like

it's this whole team when they come up, it's that added pressure they're putting on themselves and just makes it tougher when you're not having fun, so they have to get back and have fun and maybe they'll get a if you hits. >> you see some of that going on? >> absolutely. that one game they could possibly win, maybe 8-7, loosen them up for the rest of the season. >> in the game they come early sometimes at key moments. you thought you saw one early. >> sometimes the most important pitches in the 9th inning -- great out of the chute in the 1st inning trying to establish that sinker which he's been knuble to find so far. runs it out to the 3-1 count and gets a borderline pitch that establishes the low strike zone and the end result gets a line drive to the center field.

that really sent the tone for that game. jeremy guthrie will have to find that again. players certainly pitchers are creatures of habit and i could see why he would with v-done it. >> great to have eddie murray with us for the ball game. we are ready to go. when we come back, amber will join us with the pitching coach. ertz test cc1

ertz test cc1 >> gary: overcast skies it's going to be a very cool day and a cold night for game no. 2. we'll check in on how the weather is going as we move along here today. game 1, they're going to clean it out, put a whole new group of fans in and play another one

tonight at 8:00 eastern time. amber had a chance to talk with rick kranitz. >> gary in a span of two starts we saw jeremy guthrie lose his command and find it again. i asked rick kranitz in that one mishap against the yankees was a matter of jeremy getting out of his own head. >> he just had one little bump in the road. you know, he's throwing five out of six real good games. he's pitched much better than that. i expect him to follow suit just like he just -- just like bergesen did. he has it in fronts of him so obviously he's got to get the ball down here. again, there's a lot of left-handed hitters, so i expect good things from him. >> these hitters won't let you make mistakes, will they in this twins line-up can stack up against some of the best in the league. >> they are. what they've got is a couple of

guys that have high walks. they'll wait you out and you have to be aggressive early on. you have to go strike 1 because they'll put you in hitters counts. they have speed and power and you really need to keep the first two guys off base. really what bergy did the other day, he kept the top two guys off base which slows things down for them. you know he needs to keep the first couple guys off base because these 3, 4 and 5 guys are pretty good. >> jeremy guthrie talked about last year the fact that he could not find the feel all year. this year, do you see that or do you see different from him that's allowed him to have five out of six starts? >> i always said last year, you know he got himself into some rough habits coming out of the world baseball classic. he just wasn't the same guy, and he did, he struggled with it all year. that's a stuff thing for a pitcher when you don't have that feel and you know what? he found it, i would say his last couple of games of spring

training, we did a couple things in the bull pen that got him back to feeling pretty good. so he's feeling good, he just has to trust it. and when he trusts it, his stuff is as good as anybody's in this league. it really is. he just has to trust his stuff and relax and make pitches and not try to overthrow and over do things. he's throwing five out of six real good and anybody in the game will take those odds. >> jeremy guthrie coming off a good start against the yankees last weeks, gives up just four earned runs. i'm sure the orioles would like to see much of the same today but they're going to have to give him some run sport. >> gary: all right: a little change-up in the line-up, still looking for that lead offbatter. julio lugo is going to be there. why? dave trembley talked about it. >> i got to try something.

it's been -- been very, very, very difficult trying to find somebody to be a leadoff hitter. >> gary: so today, try something else. let's take a look at the starting line-up brought to you by southwest airlines. for the orioles today it will lugo in that no. 1 spot putting jones back to the 2 nachlt march kawasaki markakis. >> the scouting report the pitcher of the month in april in the american league .0393 e.r.a., no home runs allowed in april and ault way back to last year he's got 38 and a third innings without allowing a home run. a long road home for lure yano. he has put it all together much like he did when he was a

22-year-old. >> gary: so the orioles offense today, eddie, we'll have have a time of it. he has given up nothing here at home. no runs against him in this ballpark. >> yeah, well hopefully lugo can get on and that would cause adam jones to get some pitches up in the strike zone. yesterday he swung at a few bad pitches and hopefully somebody on, he'll relax. >> gary: we are ready to go and lugo is going to start at 2nd base. obviously the bat of wigginton has to remain in the line-up for game no. 1 here, ty wigginton is the designated hitter. and lugo gets the start at 2nd base. we are ready to go. lure yano on the mound. we're under way, breaking ball. it is in there, first strike. lure yan -- lure yan o will throw a lot of those.

iriano will throw a lot of those. >> well, if left field we got young, span in center, harris at short, hudson and morneau. the young catcher back there ram os and liriano on the mound. >> gary: j.j. hardy their shortstop, he is also unlikely to play in this series as this is a real short bench for the twins. those two players are not on the dl, but not able to play. o for his last 13 at the late. adam jones back in the no. 2 spot will do a little dancing there and a 1-ball, 1-strike

out. >> trembley hoping hitting him in front of markakis will help. >> gary: and a ground ball to third again, and there are two down. >> it's a twins infield has just had a terrific season. they do lead the major leagues with the fewest amount of errors. nobody else is even close with single digits in errors. >> gary: ron gardenhire, they are three games up in the division. here's nick markakis and he will take the pitch inside. markakis with a 1-0 count, two down. hitting against a left-hander here trying to keep the hit strike alive.

hudson is going to have a tough play. running throw, got him. and a very close play. some pretty good d on the infield mike was talking about. we'll take a look at the starting line-up against guthrie whether we come back. achievement: makes big moves... ...and takes baby steps. it helps you keep the lights on... ...and it knows when to turn them off. achievement: is all around us. a part of our very lives. at pnc, we help make achievement happen. pnc. for the achiever in us all. st: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? did the caveman invent fire? ♪ sweet times knocking at my front door, what else could i ask for, tonight. ♪ ♪ better times knocking...

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morneau, thome, cuddyer leads the twins 22 rbis. >> mike: scouting report, road cooking for jeremy guthrie is 0-2 on the road but outstanding e.r.a.. simple plan, follow the lead of bergesen and be orderly. >> gary: and he'll miss with that pitch, ball 1, span leading it off the speedster. guthries numbers on the year, 17 innings. 17-2/2 '3, sorry. >> gary: he pitches well. >> mike: he really has been nonsupport, you have a case for that. i don't think it's just the year, seems like over the years he's been knuble to get the backing. >> gary: span will take some

pitches and the speed ster. in the 1st inning. ster. in the 1st inning. trying to get span, two ball, two stibeg count and that will be fouled back into the screen. span's a tough out. he's drawn 20 walks, struck out 16 times, hitting .274 and with that great speed, he's already got two triples, five doubles. >> eddie: it really is important to get out early and score. >> gary: they got him. and span's out of there. any time you get him out there leading off an inning, that's a

major victory. >> mike: maybe he will be a key at bat like bergesen the other day. let's look at the pitch. right out in the inside black. >> eddie: like we used to say when we played, mike, early and often. you want to score early. >> mike: and for me, i needed to score often. >> gary: he wanted both ends of that deal. one away and nobody on. here's orlando hudson, 7th in runs. he's been a good table setter for this ball club, 7th this the league. he had an o-fer. we'll take a strike. because the lefties are hitting .329 off him and the right-handers, .194. i mean, an enormous difference for guthrie. 1-1. that one will be fouled away. getting that leadoff batter out is always important for any starting pitcher. you see the twins as a staff, third in the league while the

orioles are 12th, not a get differentiation there. the o's did retire all nine on thursday. pretty amazing. >> mike: that's one of the keys certainly of throwing a shutout. >> gary: bergesen retiring only 35% of leadoff batters and while he was in the ball game, we got everyone of them. >> mike: that is a very significant number. >> gary: hudson with a two-ball, two-strike count, guthrie and that's a base hit. >> mike: orioles defense will be reimold, markakis, lugo will play 2nd this afternoon. atkins at first and wieters behind the plate. >> gary: they've surrendered 1

unearned runs. they have given up more than any other team in the american league. now here is morneau. morneau with a #-game hit streak. and he is 3-9 lifetime with a home run off jeremy guthrie. guthrie has given up a couple of runs, six hits in the 1st inning in the previous six starts that he's made and as mike said, nothing wrong with that. he certainly wants to get out of this one. there's one problem for the oriole pitchers, because the offense isn't moving, they just know they don't have a lot of room giving up runs. here's the 1-1 delivery and that one to right field. that goes way back at the wall. good-bye, home run! >> eddie: here's i guy here you got to love the way he goes

about doing his job, justin morneau. day in and day out, he's out there. here's that pitch again. right down the middle. didn't quite think enough. >> gary: morneau continues to swing the hot bat. that is home run no. 7, roibs 20 and 21. the fifth home run off guthrie and all of them hit by left handers, so the lefties have start etd out doing the damage. jim thome with the shift on, he will take the pitch inside. >> eddie: i think we're lucky to have mauer out of the line-up here today but you got to fare a little bit better than right now. >> gary: the twins go back to what we were talking about for the 7th time this the last eight games, they have scored two or more runs in the 1st inning. >> mike: back on track. >> gary: jim #240e78 designated hitter. he had -- jim thome designated

hitter. >> mike: managers are very much aware of the trends and if you see someone is hitting such a dramatic difference with right-handers and left handers, you're going to stack your line-up with all the available lefties you have. >> eddie: hope jeremy doesn't lose his composure. the pitch really wasn't that bad. >> gary: morneau's third home run in this ballpark and followed up by a walk. jim thome. guthrie has not walked a lot of hitters. here's michael cuddyer. cuddyer's been their big rbi man, he's 7th in the american league in runs batted in. he's got 22. four home runs on the season. and he will take that pitch away. michael cuddyer is already in love with target field.

all four of his home runs have been hit in this ballpark. thome's on at 1st base with a strike taken. one ball, one strike count. thome not a big lead at 1 std. cuddyer on the sweeping breaking ball, called strike. >> eddie: jocking around the other day with thome, telling me he has to feel the talent to get a stolen base and he did indeed. >> gary: i think he'll be in the back end of one. swung out and missed and gets cuddyer. two down. both outs on the strikeouts. >> mike: let's go back and see how guthrie works. cuddyer starts him off away and down, trying to stay on that outside corner. going to throw a fastball and breaking ball, change-up coming back and was able to work his

way through. throwing an assortment to cuddyer. >> eddie: some very touch pitches right there. >> gary: two down, they'll play behind the runner at 1st base now. that pitch is taken away for a ball. 2-0 count. atkins back behind the runner at 1st base. in the air. infield. 22nd base. and that will be played. so the home run by morneau is the damage after hudson had a single and the twins take the early 2-0 lead. frsz [ male announcer ] let's take the garden into our own hands.

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. >> gary: on our doubles board leading the orioles, nick markakis with 11, atkins, reimold and luke scott with five and miguel tejada who's going to lead it off here. tejada has continued to have a solid consistent bat. we'll work against liriano. he will foul that one back. most of these hitters have not

gone against liriano. and if they have, it's only been two or three at-bats. it's only his second career start against the o's. last time was in '06 when he got a victory. and that pitch is going to miss on the inside corner. >> eddie: let's hope he tas to be a good trend hitter for tejada. he's got the highest average of daytime hitting, he's hit .500 and also hitting against left handers. >> gary: good streak going and fouls that one straight back. >> mike: he's swinging. >> gary: yeah, he has. he goes up there, dave trembley was talking about it this morning, how every at-bat for tejada is a new chapter. he looks at the defense first because that tells him how they're going to pitch and he goes after them. that right shoulder went --

>> eddie: got in a little bit too tight here i think. >> gary: pretty good pitch. liriano, here's the 2-2 delivery to tejada, he'll get the popup, shallow right. cuddyer's got it. tejada is out of there. designated hitter today, ty wigginton, wigginton he won the ball game offensively in game 1. >> mike: back in the double figures now in home runs, no. 10 for wigginton, gave the orioles a 2-0 lead which bergesen and the rest of the pen were able to hold on. he's got 8.7 at-bats for every home run. that's pretty good. the best of all times if we can keep it up. >> gary: that was a great piece of hitting there. he looked for that breaking ball, didn't get overexcited and put a nice easy swing on it. >> gary: the orioles one win,

eight losses against left handers on the season. orioles as a result seeing a lot of left handers. wigginton will put that one to 22nd base. hudson, that's the fourth ground ball liriano when he's on, it's a 2-1 ground ball pitcher to fly balls. >> eddie: you got to get a little better swing on that one. i think that ball might have tailed a little on him at the end. >> gary: q shot on that one. two down, nobody on. here's matt wieters. matt had an 0-3 in the opener. orioles .243 off lefties, .248 off right-handers, the team average coming into the ball game. liriano with that four-0 mark,

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eddie murray joining us, amber theoharis, we go to the bottom of the 2nd inning with a 2-0 lead on the board from the morneau home run. wilson ramos has the plate, he's doing the catching. he will take that pitch. he's had had a 1-4 in game one of this series. as we said, mauer remains on the bench. gardenhire is in no hurry to get him back in because they want to make sure he's 100% so, probably will not play in this series. ramos will ground that one to 3rd base, miguel tejada. and we want to remind you baltimore's hottest new address is back presented by home savings of america. next sunday you can get a reserve utah street bleacher street, the exclusive 2110 t-shirt, only $21 for all of it.

fans can enjoy special promotions and prizes and more. jones and markakis. 2110. brendan hairies is getting the start at short today. hardy out of there. harris getting some playing time. and he's actually a right-handed batter. lo and behold. >> mike: the twins are actually very thin on the bench with the number of injuries. not enough to put him on the dl but long enough to be out. average after a ball one count. >> gary: it's an amazing number. >> mike: he should be throwing ball 1 first. >> gary: pitch backwards. >> mike: you can play upon the greed of the hitter. i don't mind going for 3-0. let the hitters hit himself out.

it's probably not a good habit to get into overall. >> gary: no. 3-ball, 1-strike on harris with punto to follow. dark clouds as they look up. the game time temperature, 43 degrees for the day game. we have another game tonight at 8 eastern. the temperatures are going to be close to freezing. >> mike: how close? 33? that bird will have a jacket on. >> gary: right field and the gap, markakis is there. >> eddie: i wond whaer that -- wonder what that 0-1 this h-to do here. it's a new ball, are they trying to be overly aggressive in hitting it out of the park?

>> gary: 3rd base, tejada, nick punto to bunt. he's got some very strange numbers. the first pitch is the one he struggles the most with stars hits are concerned. that's going to be a base hit into left field. punto punches that one out there. and that will be the third hit of the ball game for the twins, comes to two down, turns the order over. you see the orioles pitchers on the season, the opponent batting average on the 0-0 count is the highest home runs, second highest extra base hits, second highest on the 0-0 count that first pitch. and one of the reasons for that is guthrie, because hitters are 12-20 off him on first pitches, it's the highest average of any

count and it's the noncount. >> eddie: i guess if you hear it enough, the biggest thing is falling behind hitters and he's trying to get that strike 1. maybe these guys are saying i'm going up with the thought of hitting. >> gary: they are doing that. denard span, a strikeout victim his first time up. two down, almost. that was close. >> mike: the twins are the type of club that will do some running, but guthrie very quick to the plate. there hasn't been 245 many chances of foot work against punto getting back. >> gary: he's 2-0 in stolen bases. it's kind of the ideal time to steal. give it a whirl. >> mike: got a couple of outs, you're not successful you have to top of the order the next half leading.

it is one of those better opportunities to run. >> gary: matt's done a good job, wieters 7 out of 17 throwing out base stealers. span will take it. it's outside. span gets ahead on the count here, 3-0. you really don't want to go down this line-up with runners on base here with hudson and morneau due up. >> mike: you can see the effect of taking pitches has, they already have guthrie up to 40. this is what the better offensive clubs can do to you. >> eddie: i really wonder how him and his mom's relationship with after he hit her with a foul bail in spring strange. i would have been afraid to go home. >> mike: his mom is living in l.a., that's how far eddie could hit them. >> gary: he drills it to right field. markakis back, has time and he's got it. no runs on one hit, no errors

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this new stadium but he misses the old metro he dome. he said the one year he played there, he had kirby puck et in there as a fly ball pitcher. >> gary: if anyone could run him down in any ballpark, kirby puckett was in that category. one of the statues around the ballpark. ironically, 1984 on this date, kirby puckett played his first game as a minnesota twin. back in '84. >> eddie: well, i know gary is looking for that first home run. new team, kind of important. you know, maybe he's going to give him one today. >> gary: liriano is dealing, isn't he? >> eddie: yes, he is. >> gary: seven in a row. this is amazing. this is his record at home this

year. at 3-0 mark in e.r.a. that doesn't even exist, opponent batting average is .10 #. i mean, almost like going out there and throwing an nobody's in the batter's box. >> mike: he really is something else right out of the shoout this year for the -- chute this year for the twins. >> gary: nolan reimold, 0-3. >> eddie: like you said he doesn't just work in and out on the plate, he works in and out on the rubber out there. obviously there's something to it. he's got everybody's number so far. >> gary: down to third, off the bag and a literal base hit. so reimold is on. there's the first hit of the ball game for the orioles right off the bag and it went the other way on nick punto, the third baseman who was coming to the line. >> mike: this is perfect

placement. came off the bag and hit the shortstop area. >> gary: the orioles have their first hit and here is izturis. down to .221 as he's o for his last 16. and he will foul that one away. he had a hot streak for about a week where he put up a hit streak and then after that ended, it has been an 0-fer for him. he'll try and get it going here in target field. two games today, bear in mind. we'll be back on at 8:00 eastern time, masn hd, as they did not have enough tickets to play a double header because they're sold out. so they brought the 39,000 plus in for this one, they'll all leave and 39,000 more will come

back. >> mike: the same exact 39,000. >> gary: the same number of people. liriano's pitch fouled off and game 2 your starters. >> mike: millwood and scott baker. millwood trying to get on track at minnesota. he's never won here, one of the few places he's traveled. >> eddie: that was a pretty good pitch there by liriano. count 0-2 and won't let him put one in that hole. >> gary: cuddyer coming, not going to have a play. he'll try for the force at 2nd. that skips away but it's backed up by punto. base hit, izturis. not exactly two blasts but they're two hits and they're two on. >> eddie: that inside pitch got him another pitch and he was able to get it to right. >> mike: pretty good serve. just sort of flips in. they are playing pretty shallow in the outfield.

this one perfect placement. >> gary: so the orioles get a couple on and we'll try and get the first are run in this ballpark this year against liriano. see if punto is going to stay back at 3rd. lugo in the leadoff spot, grounded out his first time up. there you go. >> eddie: pay attention to what's going on, fellows. i had julio over there in l.a. and it was something with him, everybody had just a creature of habit and seeing him come up in this position, i kept saying it, that's julio. >> gary: he can get the bunt base hit. >> eddie: it was given to him. >> eddie: nothing in his last 18 with runners in scoring position for the ball club. for the orioles, that's their

number, 0-18. here's theo-1 delivery. lugo to right field. cuddyer is coming, can't get it. reimold the late tart is going to have to stop. so station to station here in the 3rd inning and the orioles load them up with only one away. >> eddie: they're not hitting those sure base hits, those balls that land up there in the air and the base runners have to free up on those. >> mike: it's a rally, if you're on the mound, well, there's the 3rd base bag and two somewhere between the 3rd base and right field line. a very tough customer with liriano. >> gary: strung them together, they wouldn't reach the wall but it doesn't matter. the orioles have jones coming up with only one away and will try to desperately stay out of that ground ball double play. >> eddie: here's the time where you got to have a game plan. you got to go up and look at the fabl first pitch, you --

fastball first pitch. you must hit this ball in. >> gary: 2-0 lead for the twins. jones, did he good? gorman said he did. the orioles .236 with the bases loaded this year. adam jones has had one shot at it, 0-1. liriano got him on a ground ball to 3rd his first time you up. and jones a strike on the inside corner. >> eddie: well, mr. liriano is not being thankful out there at 3rd with mr. jones. he's keeping that ball in on him. won't give him that ball down the middle. >> gary: reimold, izturis and lugo the base runners. that one is popped up. probably not deep enough to get anybody in. it's handled by harris, infield

fly rule in effect. so big out and again, the orioles knuble to punch it. >> mike: that's more of a liriano's amazing numbers. even when you get in this sort of situation, it's been almost impossible to score on that. just 1-13 with runners in scoring position. never mind the bases being loaded. able to turn it up a notch. most pitchers pitch the game wide open. liriano is able to add once he gets in trouble. >> gary: nick markakis will try to do it with two down. this is nick's first shot with the sacks full. they want to check it at 3rd. these are the opportunities that have passed the orioles. there's the check swing. >> mike: that check. he's a little confused, don't bother me, i'm up here on 3rd

today. i had a day off. >> gary: strike taken. one ball, one strike count. markakis, runners in scoring position, 316 for the orioles. two down, runners will be off on contact. so a chance to get a couple. what eddie murray was mentioning on liriano is that movement on the rubber. he goes from one side to the other on the mound depending on righty or lefty. he's moved towards the middle if not towards the 1st base side with the left-hander up. with a right-hander, he'll go over to the third business side of the rubber. 2-1 delivery, that's going to fall in for a base hit! roam old scores izturis will score and this ball came is tied up! a two rbi single consistent with the other hits in the inning, the dying quail ties the ball game up. >> eddie: couldn't describe

that one any better. >> mike: fastball on the inside, one of the reasons that liriano moves over to that side so he can get the ball in, but many times if you're stuff is as good as liriano's, it's kind of hard for your defense to play because they're really not centering anything. >> gary: so the orioles break the o-fehr. they also break liriano's mark of no runs having been scored against him in the ballpark this year. tejada flied out his first time up. >> eddie: he's given up four hits but he is making some tremendous pitches out here this inning. two earned runs so far and with tejada up here swinging. >> gary: oriole hitters would say we are doomed. first and third, two down. inside to tejada. >> mike: i'm sure there's not a whole lot of empathy for liriano this that oriole dugout. they've had some tough goods of it with line drives at people.

here they've strung together an sorment. but they'll take it. >> gary: miguel will take the pitch down low, two-ball, one-strike count. orioles with one out, reimold, izturis and lugo had singles. jones popped out and mash r markakis came through with a base hit and two rbis to tie the ball game up. here's the 2-1 delivery on the way. tejada fouls it off. >> mike: i tell you it's got to be something for him to pitch on that side of the rubber, getting in on those right-handers. >> gary: it's got to look like he's throwing right at your kitchen. >> mike: it's very unusual. for pitcher, that's somewhat like being a pinch hitter, have to get used to one side of the rubber. remember chris bozio who pitched

with the red sox but most pitchers aren't able to do this because it's two different visual tracks to the plate. but the strength of it, the strength of it is being able to pitch in. the toe to toe, there's a straight line to the inside corner when right-handers are hitting and that's always your highest way of being accurate. it really is straight line from that left toe. you watch where he lines up to where he lands, it's a direct straight line to the inside corner: he pitches the majority of his pitches or the highest accuracy of his pitches would be to the inside of the plate. >> gary: two-ball, two-strike count. tejada fouls it back again. well, it certainly has worked. liriano last year went 5-13. this year, 4-0 already with a 1.5 e.r.a.. so something has really made a difference for him. >> mike: we talked to some of the twins people, they said winter ball helped. he suffered from some arm

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morneau, he delivered the long ball. >> mike: wasting no time. really hasn't seen much of the power of the minnesota twins offense. >> gary: big scoop shot on that one. one ball, one strike count. morneau on top with seven are the twins, thome, cuddyer, hardy

and delmon young. it's the second career home run morneau has had against guthrie and he's 4-10 lifetime against him. two-ball, one-strike delivery and morneau will queue that one away. >> eddie: he may have one of the biggest bats in the game. this would have been a normal bat back in my day. i tell utoday's game that's huge. >> gary: most of them down 31. and a great pitch, came inside, foul tipped, held on to by wieters. >> eddie: the one thing the reason why they're swinging so light a bats is they start with the aluminum bats and it's just the thing of why they can't get used to that wood. wood needs weight and that's one thing that really makes that ball fly across the field. >> gary: excellent pitch by guthrie who has three

strikeouts. here's jim thome. 0-1 delivery. thome will take that, it's outside. check swing, no. dhs are way down. the numbers have fallen off in recent years as far as averages are concerned. they are really low this year. talking to dave trembley about that before the game and the skipper said i thought it was part of the game changing back to pitchers and defense and not having these big hitters who have to learn how to dh he said. you just can't put a guy into that role and expect him to succeed and he said right now, there's not a group of players that have played and then moved to the dh role and moved to the role, it's kind of an empty role

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. >> gary: good ball game, tied up 2-2. >> mike: you see this is the left shoe of liriano, there's been some discussion about why his left shoe was different tant

right shoe. that's a normal pair of spikes that an everyday player would use but you put it on his left toe a layer of glue when it comes, because he dragz that left foot when he -- that savers the wear on the shoe. >> gary: it was always -- >> mike: then i did it because it was for luck. actually that shoe, pair of shoes ended up in the hall of fame because my cy young year i ended up pitching with my toe sticking out of the shoe. >> gary: very good. >> mike: it was more like a san dal by the end of the summer. we weren't superstitious. >> eddie: i wish i had a bat long enough that i could call it my favorite. >> gary: that was a foul ball just missed. >> eddie: he had to run that one out. it was that close. >> mike: that's what we're pushing off and dragging that