toe. when your pitching coach and someone is throwing that well, you will measure that drag. when you're a coach and you check out how your pitchers are throwing, these are things you mark down in your book when he's throwing good. >> gary: liriano right now as tough as anybody in the game in the majors pitching. hitting only .206 off him overall. wigginton grounded out his first time up. each team has left a couple on base, two-run homer for morneau, two rbi single markakis in the third fortunate o's -- in the third for the o's.

: he got him. >> eddie: well, yeah, it depends if you got a couple of hits you wear those same pair of shoes and at one time i was wearing everybody's friend. i was wearing nike, adidas, poniys and also par laid me into a nice deal with brooks there for a while. >> mike: but then you were trapped. if you went into a slump, you couldn't go to another company. >> gary: here is matt wieters. weet rs flied out his first time up. >> eddie: but it was the thought of having somebody pay you to wear their shoes. >> gary: just the thought of it. that was a strike on the outside corner. why are the dh numbers down, eddie? just the quality of dh hitters? >> eddie: i really got no idea because i tell you it's in the college game and you know, in

some certain minor leagues have it. the guys aren't hitting, the pitchers. >> gary: that's going to be a base hit. that will hit off the side and come out in left field. wieters wants two and he will get it easily. matt wieters gets the double and the orioles have a runner on at 2nd and one away. >> eddie: i've always been fond of the designated hitters because it was my first job. and knowing it's your job, you should work hard to be good at it. he's digging. i know he was glad to see that ball go to 3rd. they would have had a play if he went to 2nd. >> gary: kubel never thought about throwing to 22nd base. one down and the pitch is a strike on the outside corner, garret atkins the strikeout victim first time up. >> mike: i think the modern

manager doesn't want to be trapped into one guy for the dh role and he wants to use that position to rotate his bench players. >> gary: that one in the air to center field, span. atkins is retired and there are two down. there doesn't seem to be much question that the game is returning to a time when defense and pitching mattered more than the three-run homer and the big blast. if you will, beyond the steroid era, because from '09, you see the numbers are going down, the average, the runs per game and i know it's early, the e.r.a.s better but that's been a trend that's continued now for the past three seasons at least and there's no question, getting the drugs out of the game has taken some of the muscle out of it and has required the teams to go back to playing tighter ball games, closer games and to rely on pitching and defense. >> eddie: there are some guys who really hated to be the designated hitter and it's really a mind set.

you have to find something to do with your time when you're in ta locker room and not up at the plate. you have to go in there and stretch, you have to do something to stay loose but when you come out, you feel as if you're in the game. you got to get your eyes adjusted at night to the light. it's a job. you got to do the things it takes. >> gary: you really do have to find a routine, don't you? >> eddie: absolutely. >> gary: liriano's delivery, reimold down the line, right field and that's going to be a foul ball. nice catch by span down there. >> mike: talking about hitters who have been the designated hitter, i'm pitching four times today and some hitters are just not comfortable pinch hitting. >> gary: orioles trying to get another run in here and get the lead. nolan reimold with h-a single scored in his first at-bat. reimold will take the pitch

inside. wieters out there at 22nd base, he'll go on contact with two away. orioles have already done something nobody else has done this year and that's get a run off liriano in this ballpark and his era is 1.5. the orioles got two. thought about it. 3-2. >> eddie: that pitch was only 88 miles an hour but it looked awful hard. >> gary: reimold, .292 off the lefties, .143 off the right-handers. dave trembley said today reimold is going to play. he's got to find out whether or not he can hit. we gont to find out whether or not he can hit. trembley said i'm going to keep him in the line-up. he's going to have to get over it or we'll have to make

decisions. center fielder span moving two or three steps every to right. reimold's been late on that fastball. and that's up an he walks him. first walk surrendered by liriano, two up. >> mike: certainly made him work, up to 62 pitches. good way to get an outstanding pitcher out of the game is get the pitch count up. >> gary: liriano has beaten boston, cleveland, detroit and cleveland again for the 4-0 record that he has. two on, izturis single, scored first time up. takes the pitch for a ball. izturis hanging around that mendoza line against both right

and left handers. .231 overall. and the fastball is going to miss away. liriano, you can hear almost a little growning in the seats. this may be the toughest start he's had as far as having all his pitchers and control working. >> mike: trying to figure out, you try to figure out why he's coming off a start where he's thrown the most pitches he's thrown in a long time. >> gary: up the middle and a base hit! the orioles have the score as wieters scores. izturis delivers with two down and the orioles are up 3-2. >> eddie: there's a happy dugout. i tell you, just a few knocks with some guys on base can cause everybody else start to relax just a little bit. just getting by the glove of

liriano. >> gary: with two down wieters running, scored easily, so izturis picks up rbi no. 5 and the orioles now have three runs on six hits off the left handed starter. >> mike: also talked about it coming in the erdz where the twins have just come off playing the tyingers in a real big series, they played extremely well against the tigers. they may have had a little let downwith the orioles coming to town. not a people around down have a whole lot of respect for our club, but i think they're gaining some for the last couple days. >> gary: going out to talk. orioles having more success than any of those previous ball clubs. here's lugo, 1-2 with a single, first and second and two down. and that one will miss. and he falls behind 1-0.

orioles are doing it with a base hit. the wieters has the extra base hit. 1-0 pichl hit hard, reimold, this will be tough and here's the throw, jason kubel on the money but not time. the call at 3rd and around comes reimold and the orioles take a 4-2 lead. base hit lugo. >> eddie: that ball was hit very hard. the left fielder had it, kubel before it got to 3rd. i tell you, he made not a bad throw, just a little off the line. >> gary: great to see reimold running with that back heel problem that he's had all year. so the orioles now with seven hits, big inning and these are two-out rbis that the orioles are getting. something they have not done this year.

still 2-1. jones 0-2 is popped out, grounded out. >> eddie: this is a time for adam to start looking in. they're busting him in hard. if you don't hit it, they're going to live in there. >> gary: 1-0 delivery. fouled that one back. >> eddie: good swing there. >> gary: had one to hit right there. so the orioles 3-6 with runners in scoring position. they were 0-18 coming into this ball game. and in two-out rbi situations, that's been a real struggle. they were hitting .176 with two outs and runners in scoring position. the orioles here in this ball game, markakis, two rbis, they came with two down. towards the hole, knocked down, not in time. they do not get

the out. good hustle down to 22nd base went lugo. jones is on and the bases are loaded. >> eddie: we call that heads-up play, mike? it was really just a close play at 22nd base. this was really a close play here at 2nd. >> gary: nix punto grounded from 22nd base from the shortstop side where he's playing 3rd base. tas hit, so jones has got a single. he gets out of an 0-14. and nick markakis gets another chance with the bases loaded. >> eddie: that's one where they have to keep an eye on the board, make sure they don't change it later. >> gary: markakis has another chance. right back in the 4th inning they're loaded again. >> mike: a lot of good signs for the orioles.

just an assortment of bloopers and hit a couple balls on the butt this inning but i'm sure liriano is pretty confused how he got to this point with the orioles having as many runs and hits on the boortd they do. -- hit on the board they do. >> gary: get some runs you don't -- 0-2 count. two down. orioles with a big 4th inning. liriano a walk and two strikeouts, the walk to reimold and this inning is scored. markakis will take it away. already in the bull pen, net up. here's the 1-2 delivery.

markakis takes it outside. and a two-ball, two-strike count. you can just see the confidence has come back to nick markakis once he got through that first month. i mean, taking pitches like that, he's very confident, sure of himself. >> mike: right after his last 27 at-bats hitting .450 or better. . >> gary: runners off. ground ball to the middle, knocked down, no play, throw to 3rd and back in time to avoid the final out. crossing the plate is izturis. it will be another rbi for markakis, another hit that did not go out of the infield and the orioles have a 5-2 lead. >> eddie: this is an amazing game and i'm sure liriano just has no idea what to do here. he's making pitches, that pitch was over the middle of the plate, but what a play by hudson. >> gary: what an inning, huh? >> eddie: oh,

yeah. >> gary: wow. >> mike: you can see the look on liriano's face, i'm not actually sure what happened. >> gary: i the orioles have nine hits, five runs on him. he has not given up more than three runs in ball game, not more than eight hits, that was in his last outing against the indians of the orioles have surpassed both the run an hit numbers and the base are are still loaded. the orioles have batted around with tejada standing in, two down. and down to 1st, hard shot. wouldn't you know it. the hardest hit ball of the inning ends up being the out. all the others ended up going in for base hits and a big inning are to the orioles now leading. [upbeat whistling continues]

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and our hot, tasty soups, like chicken enchilada or the new chicken and green chile. slow-smoked chicken topped with ripe avocado and fresh cilantro. plus, enjoy our new house salad with hand-cut romaine topped with fire-roasted corn. all with unlimited refills. it's chili's bottomless express lunch for just $5.99. for a limited time. only at chili's. . >> gary: take a look at our geico game highlights, it seemed like it was a start familiar for jeremy guthrie, but three hitters in, morneau goes deep, up 2-0. liriano retired the first seven hitters but after that, all nine base hits coming after retiring the first seven with five runs on the board and nine hits. what an amazing turn of events. >> gary: that one to left field is out of here! good-bye home run! first pitch michael cuddyer! and he gets one of them back.

5-3. >> mike: there's that first pitch. splits the middle of the plate. cuddyer has always had a good swing against the orioles. plants this one quickly. a little history in momentum. >> gary: cuddyer makes it a 5-3 ball game, two home runs now off guthrie accounting for the three runs. cuddyer really cranked that one. that gets him out of an 0-10. taken inside. jason kubel popped out his first time up. >> eddie: tell you once he gets started, this is going to be a monster.

i think it might run neck and neck with that yankee offense. >> gary: really good ball club. they're going to pitch well and play d well and ron gardenhire getting the runs to go with it. >> gary: that one if it stays in the air could be trouble. it is a foul ball. that one died out there. >> eddie: i know at lo of people are worrying about that ball club coming out of the dome but i tell you ron has a baseball team. these guys play everywhere, they weren't just a turf team. >> gary: that one to 1st base, guthrie getting over. atkins will flip to him and gets the out. one down here in the 4th inning. make your plans now fortunate first fireworks of the season. it's going to be friday at the indians game, 7:05. every friday is at&t student night. all stints get a upper left field reserve seat.

come and enjoy the fireworks. jason kubel retired for the first out and here's ramos, grounded out his first time up. jammed and fouled it out. one ball, one strike count. in this one, the hitters are finding a way to get some runs. >> mike: ramos really burst on the scene getting seven hits in his first two major league games. nobody has done that since maybe somebody you know. >> gary: that one, foul territory. he's got it.

so for jeremy guthrie the worst runs award in the american league, wells, and the orioles have hernandez, guthrie and millwood. millwood pitching in game 2 tonight. >> mike: that's a list you don't want to be on if you're a starting pitcher. >> gary: he may soon be leaving this list if this continues. those hot bats. >> gary: liriano 4-0. two starters in this game. guthrie's delivery is going to miss brendan harris, flied out to right his first time up. he's 2-8 lifetime off guthrie. 1-0 delivery to him. harris will take it outside for a ball. slow roller, fouled outside to 3rd base. j y hardy, regular -- j.j.

hardy regular shortstop out of there. brendan harris getting the time in at short. hit .261, played 123 games last year. popped down to 3rd base, tejada right there. and gets him. so guthrie vein ders the lead off homer 2 to custody ya, but retires the next three.

. >> gary: great new ballpark downtown minneapolis, target field, 39,000 plus. the orioles trying to make it 2-0 against the twins have the 5-3 lead. liriano a walk, couple strikeouts, five runs, nine hits against the left-hander. and it started in the last inning with a ty wigginton strikeout and here he is again to start the 5th. wigginton has struck out and grounded out. 1-1. orioles on the road four wins, algt losses. -- eight losses. this minnesota team have won 9 and lost four here in their new

ballpark. 1-1 to wigginton, he launches that to center. lot of room. span is there. time for mike's favorite portion of the game, our at&t mobility trivia question. eddie murray had his most hits versus which ex twin? >> mike: all right, eddie, what's the answer? >> eddie: i'm going to guess viola, no no. >> mike: i'm going to say morris. >> gary: that one to right field. so it's about eddie murray. tells us what the answer is and mike picks somebody else. that's how good he is. >> eddie: i'm talking -- >> mike: edty doesn't know, i know what he did. we don't know our own stuff. i don't know how many times i beat teams. eddie wouldn't know. >> gary: i talked to both of

them before the game. >> gary: there's a first, we got a trivia question about a player and the player was here and answered it wrong! you'd fit right into our broadcast crew. >> eddie: the only stat i kept up with was my stolen bases. >> gary: how many did you have. >> eddie: 110. >> gary: ground ball up the middle, it will be played by harris. and a very quick inning. liriano responds to the last inning and gets them three in a row.

. >> mike: you see the players that you played against and played against for a number of seasons, what i thought about was giving up the 3,000 hits. his first, second and third career hits on opening day in milwaukee was the first thing i thought about. >> gary: a lot of -- >> mike: it was on his man tell like the first three times in his career. >> eddie: you say this kid's not going to make it. >> mike: i was in the shower an hour. >> gary: short day. jeremy guthrie giving up the three runs, four hits, home runs have accounted for the runs.

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by a life size cardboard cutout of him holding french fries and a burger advertising somebody. so i asked him if he would sign it so i could take it home. he told me he already had but since i was looking at the fronts of the picture, i -- front of the picture i couldn't see it. >> mike: it's on the back, fellows. if you know burt. they used to have a tradition next door when you walked in for the broadcast, you would come -- you would go in with a tie, you would come out with half a tie. >> gary: they would cut it off. here's orlando hudson, he has singled, scored and grounded out. >> eddie: you got to imagine what things will be like wherever burt is. he'll keep you laughing. >> gary: here's the 1-1. i did the world baseball classic and was in puerto rico and he was the pitching coach for the

netherlands. and they played really good baseball. i mean, they surprised folks with the quality of play that came out that have ball club. had he a great time. he really did a heck of a job working with the pitchers. 1-2 delivery on the way and that one to right field. markakis, diving, not going to get it! hudson is on his way to 3rd. markakis up with it. he'll be held at 3rd base. >> mike: a little cut fastball from jeremy guthrie, nick makes up his mind to go for it. >> eddie: yeah he should have boarded that one. diving still two feet short and that's why he wasn't able to

knock that down. >> gary: first triple of the year for hudson. and now justin morneau, potential tying run. he will take it up high. he homered in the 1st inning. >> eddie: i tell you late signing getting hudson here, i think these people here in minneapolis are really going to enyoi watching him play. >> gary: he's a good one. first chance for the runner in the scoring position in the ball game for the twins. the other run came on a cuddyer homer leading off the 4th inning. five hits now for the twins, nine for the orioles. morneau's got an eight-game hit streak he extended with the homer. and the pitch taken away. the nar where the twins have

done pretty good, minnesota's had better #234u78s than the orioles in that department so far. fouled off by morneau. and the count goes to two balls and two strikes. big moment right here for guthrie trying to maintain that lead. and one of the tougher outs right now in the american league at the plate. 2-2 delivery to him. morneau the slow roller, had to reach. atkins will take it to the bag and guthrie gets the big out. a base runner left out. orioles up by 2.

. liriano is taking the mound here in the 6th. he's already thrown 83 pitches so the orioles looking to knock him out early. that's something they have not been able to do. take a look at this. in 17 of 29 games the orioles have played this year, they've allowed opposing start toers go seven plus innings. dave trembley said we've had opposing start up against the ropes be we have not been ableo knock them out of the game. let's see if they can get him out here in the 6th. >> gary: add to that lead, amber, as reimold leads off. he's walked, singled and scored twice. bottom part of the inning for orioles has been a big part of

this game. >> mike: they've been on base all four times. something's been done to the orioles for the last week or so. nice to see them do it back. >> gary: inside corner, strike ball. >> mike: last pitch, almost a direct line almost to the inside corner. have to give the orioles some credit today, putting the bat on the ball, liriano -- >> eddie: i've enjoyed watching him pitch today. he's putting balls in spots and it's been an ugly afternoon for him. >> gary: orioles taking advantage of some bloop hits that came in the 4th inning to bat around to get the three runs, five admits. here's izturis two singles, two runs scored and an rbi. >> eddie: that bloopers look

nice in the paper tomorrow. >> gary: popped that one up, 1st base. morneau, two down. >> eddie: i hit a line drive, come run back to the dugout, you see me get a bloop hit, see me smiling just as big. >> mike: i also remember a story at spring training when pat kelly and lee may didn't know who you were, this young kid coming to hit in spring training, they watched eddie put on the xi bugs and the -- sxi bigs and the first words out of his mouth, what position do you think he plays? >> gary: lugo on again. >> mike: went over and grabbed the 1st base man and lee said

oh, no, not me. >> gary: you're in trouble now. >> eddie: i would never trade anything for the first eight years. the guys we had the treatment we got, there was some funny guys, i tell you, we played ball. nobody expected with eight rookies we'd finish two out at the end of the year. >> gary: he's on at 1st base with two down. jones singled his last time up getting out of an 0-14 he had. >> mike: i'm not sure what kind of moves liriano but lugo will cheat over there on 1st base. >> gary: down the line and right, is fouled. >> mike: stolen base, that

broke a streak of eight straight games without a stolen base. >> gary: orioles have done very little running on the season, seven stolen bases and only 15 tries. minnesota not a whole lot more but more successful. they're 16 out of 19. >> mike: you think liriano wouldn't have very good pickup because he never gets to practice for anybody on. >> gary: nobody on base. one ball, one strike delivery on the way. 1-2. the twins come in with the third most runs scored per game in the american league. their pitching has the third best e.r.a.. a little surprising that their starters are actually 6th in e.r.a. while their bull pen is second. and the throw over. >> eddie: he will cheat her. i know julio, i think he's going to cheat on this next move,

first move and he's going to be gone. he is a base steal who are takes chances. >> gary: let's see if he goes. one ball, two strikes. liriano's keeping an eye on him. call coming from the dugout for those throws over to 1st. two down. there's lugo started and stopped. popped him up. middle of the infield. third baseman in and punto puts it away. no runs, one hit, no errors and one left on base. don't forget two games today. there will be another coming up tonight at 8:00. y our famous house-made chips and salsa, and our hot, tasty soups, like chicken enchilada or the new chicken and green chile. slow-smoked chicken topped with ripe avocado and fresh cilantro. plus, enjoy our new house salad with hand-cut romaine

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. >> gary: overcast day, 43 when we started up to about 46, 47 now. tonight, game 2 of this double dip day. jim thome off against guthrie, he's 0-1, popped out and drawn a walk. grounded out, rather, drawn a walk. jeremy guthrie a walk and three

strikeouts so far. take a look at the twins' numbers. a lot there. the home runs have provided the offense with morneau and cuddyer. >> eddie: they're pounding thome in also. >> gary: and he's gone. >> eddie: you know as young hitters come up and they love to go in and watch video, actually have no idea what to watch. you know what you did out there. my thing is if you try to see with the catcher sitting out back, if you watch and see you get an idea of where he's pitching you and realize who can put the ball where they want to, makes the game a little easier. >> gary: guthrie takes that one outside. cuddyer's home run came off leading the 4th inning. had an 0-10 prior to delivering

the homer. there will be no play on that as it ends up back in the seats. will be interesting to see how this ballpark plays when the weather heats up. the ballpark because it is set below street level, one might think that there would be very little wind in here but there's a lot of wind when you're down on the field, you can feel it. it really blows. and nobody knows how that's bg to work out when it gets warmer either. >> eddie: you keep using that word wind, that's if it warms up. >> gary: it won't be tonight. >> mike: i thought it did warm up from the other night. >> gary: they called it yesterday early. it rained and last night, it was snowing in the city.

some of the suburbs and outlying areas there were a couple inches of of snow. 3-2 delivery and another long, long shot. foul ball. >> eddie: just got out in front of that. it's good seeing this guy improve year after year, just a little bit each year. that's a guy that's coming to the ballpark to try and prove every day. >> gary: matt wieters, two down. it that hurt? >> eddie: that hurt. >> mike: ball's not carrying that well today. >> gary: no. >> mike: hit one 440 feet, come back and hit one about 4. >> eddie: there we go talking about the wind again. >> gary: good pitch by guthrie

to come in on him. >> eddie: this is really key for this orioles staff right now and we know we got the horse going in the next game, millwood, this could be a special something for everybody. the hitters are getting it going. pitchers have pitched a couple good ball games back to back. >> gary: start #ing -- starting wise they pitch well. lugo makes the play. kubel is retired and a one-two-three inning. orioles on top. it can happen anytime.

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our ford drive of the game. >> mike: there's an assortment for the offense. ford drive of the game. blood spatter -- bloops and blasts. >> gary: so markakis will face the right-hander. for burnett, two and two thirds scoreless, couple of hits, four strikeouts against kansas city. he's been up and down already a couple of times this year, pitch is outside. he got optioned. early april but never appeared for their triple a ball club. they needed him back. here is in the -- here he is in the bull pen again, out of anaheim, california. and a strike taken on the inside corner. markakis, three rbi ball game.

two singles and a ground ball out. started the day third in the league in doubles. and will take the strike from burnett. >> mike: had been a starter all tlut throughout the minor leagues. starter delivery and starter equipment. >> gary: markakis has had only two multi rbi games. that's surprising for nick. he had the big rbi ball game prior to today so he's added to that with three rbi game so far. 2-2 delivery for burnett and he'll miss down low. >> mike: dramatic difference between facing left handers and right-handers. lefties are hitting .353, good thing for markakis who is hitting .292. >> gary: 3-2 delivery.

nick with another multi hit ball game today and that's the # 1th multi hit game he's had. he's had three 3-hit ball games. trying to add to the lead here. a 3-2 delivery. and markakis is on. markakis gets a leadoff walk here in the 7th inning. liriano gave up only one. markakis gets one from burnett, first batter he faces. >> eddie: i know sam is pretty well out there. i tell you may be a little sore after the game waving at the guys over there. >> gary: he hopes he has a lot more to come. the oriole game notes defined him as the lonely guy. just 19 runners have reached 3rd base in the last five games, 12 of them scoring. today the orioles have put five

across, they've had the bases loaded twice. tejada is 0-3. >> eddie: i thank amazing, tejada is at least veteran enough to come up and try to see the defense the way they're playing and actually trying to hit against it. that's pretty cool. >> gary: yeah, he thinks that defines his at-bats. 1-0 delivery and a strike on the outside corner, pretty good movement on a corner and slider. off to a great start for the orioles. he's been a consistent bat in the line-up. 391 left handers, .297 off the right-handers. there goes markakis, that is fouled off. so markakis running.

he'll come back. trembley trying to get him his first stolen base of the year. a one-ball, two-strike count on tejada. kevin millwood is going to try for his first win against the minnesota twins, 0-7 mark. scott baker will be going in game 2. tejada takes it, baker's got a 3-2 mark. coming into the ball game. markakis challenging him to throw over, extends the lead a bit. he does. almost threw it away.

morneau gets a lot of credit for his power and hitting, and he should. he's a pretty good 1st base man. >> eddie: yeah, i think he does a heck of a job over there. >> gary: two-ball, two-strike count. nobody out. markakis running in. tejada inside, no throw. >> eddie: you don't put on that minnesota uniform and not handle that ball well. they field. >> gary: so a first stolen base, 1-2 for markakis on the year. >> mike: pretty good jumping by nick, straight steal. no look back to the plate. >> gary: so tejada gets the rbi chance and a three-ball, two-strike count for burnett. out towards short. harris, does not get the runner

moved up. one down. >> mike: shocked he doesn't have a hit yet, 0-4, average of .500 coming in in the daytime. >> gary: ty wigginton has had an 0-3 in the ball game, 2-4 in the opener of the series couple of days ago. he's grounded out, struck out and flied out in there -- flied out in this one. >> eddie: he decides to let it go. nice compact swing working for him. >> gary: he really drove one for the home run in the 2-0 ball game the orioles got in the opener, his two rbis the only ones up. the orioles got the shutout. 0-1 delivery. first shutout the orioles have had against minnesota since

april of 2000. and their first shutout of the year and brad bergesen got it. and as mike said, he's been smiling ever since. >> mike: as well he should be. probably 8:30, quarter to 10, it was very early. >> gary: 8:30, quarter to 10? >> mike: i was wondering if you were going to catch that. somewhere in between #:30 and quarter to 10. just trying to paint the picture for you. but he was already in uniform and smiling, nice going, obviously, found your sinker yesterday. that's where i got out of the cab with him today. >> gary: buck 50 cab ride. >> mike: 40% tip. >> gary: saving money. >> eddie: that's what good about mike, he would talk himself out of it. >> gary: that's going to be a base hit. that's going to bring markakis in to score, wigginton on his

way to 22nd base and ty wigginton gets the double and an rbi. >> eddie: this has been fun. you said you've had trouble scoring? >> gary: until you showed up. >> gary: ran over towards the ball in the stands and had to make a direct stand to get to it. that allowed the ball to get to the wall. ty wigginton makes it a 6-3 ball game. wieters dounld in the 4th inning and scored. ty wigginton is in the dh in that game. he'll probably be at 2nd base in

the second game at 8 eastern tonight. 1-0 count and wieters takes it. orioles really regrouping in that number. 7-12 after being 0-18 coming into the game. out of the bull pen burnett, 1-1. and the orioles have won ball games and they've won a -- their numbers with runners in scoring positions .370. when they have lost 21 times, the number is .118. all or nothing. >> mike: therein lies the story of the offense. >> gary: yeah. 2-1 delivery, and that will be

fouled away. >> eddie: i tell you, i been looking forward to seeing him swing. i heard so much about it him and i see that numbers defensively him throwing out base runners. that's outtanning if echo othat'sout standing if he can keep it up. >> gary: finding the long ball matt wieters. the orioles expected that he would and hoped it woulding sooner than later and he started to pull the ball a little bit, too. >> eddie: that comes with time, normally. if you find a young kid coming up that can hit the ball, it's so much easier to teach someone to pull the ball than to teach them to hit the ball. >> gary: 3-2 delivery to wieters and he takes it. just got tied up by that one. >> eddie: a little breaking

ball there. it dropped in there. >> gary: a little 12-6 action on that one. >> eddie: didn't bend enough to get that far town to 6. >> gary: here's garret atkins. first strikeout for burnett. atkins, 0-3 in the game. he'll take a strike. he's got a four-game hit streak that he continued with the 1-4 in the opener. >> eddie: that's one of those hanging pitches, i tell you these kids refuse to swing at because it's borderline pitch and it's already elevated. >> gary: atkins just tips it. >> eddie: elteleyou, we live for that ball to be hanging around the belt and upper chest