two. >> bob: yeah. we should have that highlighted and that's what we should be seeing. >> bob: the issue is my number is not going to change. >> justin: two balls, one strike the count to jay bruce. high. 3-1. going back for the dodgers, look at what weeks has done. >> bob: not heaping problems on to don mattingly and the dodgers organization but what do you do when carl crawford and matt kemp come back? >> justin: a two-out walk issued to bruce. >> bob: nice problem to have, too many good players. >> justin: too many good players, all of them with pretty big contracts. you got crawford a big contract they took on from the red sox, matt kemp, that big $160 million

contract a few years ago and andre ethier, arizona state guy, he has a big contract as well. two out, runner on first and todd frazier at the plate. a look back at bruce, who is 2 for 4 on the season in stolen bases. >> bob: todd frazier at the plate takes a lot of good natured ribbing from his teammates. he will occasionally take the ugliest swings you can see. he is so strong, he can take unorthodox, unbalanced swings and still hit the ball out of the ballpark. >> justin: slider misses. one ball, no strikes. and todd frazier this past week, james gandolfini passed away from a heart attack and he had the theme song of the "sopranos" as his walk-up music as a tribute to the late gandolfini.

i thought that was a pretty cool gesture. ground ball to shortstop. that will do it here in the fourth. no runs on no hits. one man left on on baseball night in america here in the desert. it's 1-0 reds. ♪ roundup ♪ i'm a loving husband and a real good dad ♪ ♪ but weeds just make me rattlesnake mad ♪ ♪ now roundup has a new sharp-shootin' wand ♪ ♪ i'm sendin' them weeds to the great beyond ♪ ♪ roundup yeha! [ whip cracks ] ♪ ♪ no need to pump, just point and shoot ♪ ♪ hit 'em in the leaves, and it kills to the root ♪

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like to watch jumps outfielders take. >> justin: parra grounded out to first base his first time up. you look at the numbers he's putting up and the defense he plays in the outfield. 1-0 change-up is in there. one ball and one strike. i think he's one of the most underrated players in all of baseball. >> bob: how underrated you might ask? he's not even on the all-star ballot. he was projected to be the fourth outfielder for the diamondbacks this year. >> justin: one away. >> bob: adam eaton was supposed to be the every day center fielder with kubel and ross flanking him on the corner sports and parra was going to be the guy we have to find a way to get 300 at-bats. because of injuries to cody ross and jason kubel, parra found himself playing every day, filling that leadoff role with the team and has done an outstanding job. only the cardinals have scored

more runs out of their leadoff spot than the diamondbacks. >> justin: so one away now for willie bloomquist. and there is eaton. bloomquist in the air to left. sounds look a broken bat. two outs. we talk about one underrated player. here's another one, paul goldschmidt. what he means to this team is remarkable. look at his numbers in the wins versus the losses. >> bob: 22% of the rbis for the diamondbacks this year, the highest percentage in the major league. and really has done it without what you would call protection in the lineup. eric chavez had a real nice run for a while before he was injured, went to the disabled list, miguel montero has recently started to heat up. but it's been a one-man band as far as driving in runs in the middle of the lineup. >> justin: supportive fans here in arizona.

one ball, no strikes to goldschmidt who flew out to left field his first time up. missing outside with a fastball. two balls and no strikes. >> bob: kirk gibson had some great things to say about his first baseman. said you can't confuse him. he has a game plan, he knows exactly what he wants to do at the plate and he sticks to it. now, he will listen to anybody and everybody, but he filters out the things that don't apply to him, sticks with his game plan. that's a very impressive trait for a young player. >> justin: 2-1 going the other way. jay bruce retreats to make the catch. and that is now 12 in a row retired by mike leake. he does it here on eight pitches. 1-0 reds.

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2-1 is down low. now three balls and one strike. >> bob: we heard brandon mccarty talk about it. corbin likes to work quickly on the mound. it's miguel's mondjob to slow h down if he thinks he's working too quickly. let's check in for a game break. >> watch this. carlos quentin at the plate, first time he's faced greinke since he charged the mound. greinke gets the punch-out. >> justin: so a strikeout there. greinke going low and outside. for some reason i don't think that's over. >> bob: carlos quentin has a o propensity to get hit by a pitch anyway but i think he feels greinke has taken had to the

extreme. he's hit him four times in his career. for a guy who is known for his command, to hit him four times, carlos took control of that. >> justin: did you ever get hit? >> bob: no one threw at me. i actually played for frank r robinson in my career, who got hit with regularity for no apparent reason. frank said there's other ways to get your payback. that was puig who get hit. greinke then got montero after missing twice. benches clear and it got ugly in a hurry. a lot of punches were thrown, a lot of words exchanged, a lot of suspensions handed down. ian kennedy began serving his

ten-game penalty this week. henke appealing his five games. a couple of relief pitchers, a coach for the dodgers received suspensions. there's some controversy out there. there's a free eric hinske campaign. it's not all done yet. >> justin: down to shallow center. and it's another 1-2-3 inning. it's still 1-0 red over d'backs. those of you who are set to watch the texas rangers take on

the st. louis cardinals, as you can see, it looks as though the delay is about over. the tarp is off the field and we are getting set for the first pitch at 7:20 p.m. central time right here on fox. you'll have a chance to see one of the top right-handers in the game, shelby miller, e.r.a. barely over 2. minutes away from the first pitch there in st. louis. this is a world series rematch from one of the great world series ever, in 2011. a final in d.c., the rockies win 7-1. the yankees get a big pinch hit rbi double from vernon wells. that was the difference in the bronx, 7-5 the finals. the blue jays, two better than the orioles, bautista. the jays are red hot. the royals lose to the red sox by a run. the giants in extras win 2-1. the phillies battle back to hold off the mets.

8-7 the final score. and how about the brewers. their pitching getting the job done lately against the atlanta braves. 2-0 the final score. again, we are set for baseball in st. louis. the rangers taking on the st. louis cardinals. the cardinals the best record in all of baseball. updates throughout the broadcast. enjoy the game right here on fox. and this is baseball night in america. we're in st. louis where it has been raining. it was nasty early and just about start time it picked back up again. so the tarp's been off the field. now it's off. a 1:04 rain delay. shelby miller, the hot shot rookie getting ready to start

for texas tonight on fox. i'm joe buck, tim carver and ken rosenthal coming up. if the texas rangers are in slust. louis, people are going to think back to game six and seven of the great world series in 2011. but the players on these teams in 2013 couldn't care less about it. the cardinals are the best team in baseball record-wise. we'll talk about texas. they've had such issues with their starting rotation with injuries and they're not getting wins lately. >> three of the top five guys who start for the texas rangers only two months ago people were talking about how the texas rangers had the best team in baseball and you could really make case for that. but until they get their starters back, the starters, keep in mind, have won one game in june.

until then they've got to hold the fort down. >> the cardinals have been racked with injuries in their rotation but they keep calling kids up and the rookies have pitched brilliantly so far. >> the rookie pitchers are the envy of baseball, 18-8 on the season. one of those rookies you'll see work tonight with an earned run average that's third in the national league. >> so there you go. there's the matchup before we have baseball. and obviously we look back at 2011 and one of the greatest world series we've ever covered and game six one of the greatest world series games anyone has ever seen. but now it's 2013 and these two clubs are playing good baseball. texas a game out in the a.l. west, the cardinals with the best record in major league baseball. baseball coming up next on fox. both tylenol and bayer back & body

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>> joe: it is 70 degrees. we have a forecast of possible thunderstorms. we've had some today. the opening pitch brought to you by budweiser. from may to july buying budweiser benefits military families. shelby miller, the right-hander, is getting set to go. and he brings with him a record of 8-4, an e.r.a. of 2.48, the

fourth best. >> tim: he's working on the two-seam fastball in the double play situation. a lot has been said, joe, about how shelby miller should have an economy of his pitches that is not a problem. so says shelby. i think those that talk about that should drop the subject and we'll talk more about it over the next nine innings. >> joe: right now the starting lineup for the rangers brought to you by taco bell, sometimes you got to live mas. ian kinsler at second, elvis andrus, nelson cruz, adrian beltre, mitch moreland, david murphy, leonys martin, and the rookie will make the start

tonight. what that does is push nick tepesch to tomorrow night. just over an hour for the delay, about an hour and five or six minutes so these players starting a little bit over 7:00. this is when their body clock is ready to go anyway. and we're under way. kinsler and then nelson cruz for the rangers. that is ripped foul. >> tim: speaking of body clocks, it's hard to believe that ian kinsler is 31 years old today. the former university of missouri product, he's had some career. the rangers really missed him when he was on the d.l. >> joe: had a rib injury. he is a week back in the lineup. came back last sunday. there's a breaking ball from miller and the count is 1-2. this team, the rangers, are 30-16 when he makes a start. they don't have the four games

under the .500 mark as this is fouled out of play to the right and the count is still 1-2. so there's a foul ball, which leads somewhat into your point about pitch count, which drives you nuts with these younger pitchers and everybody worried about shelby miller, who usually is around 80 pitches through five innings. he gets a strikeout and that's how his night begins. one away here in the first inning. >> tim: in that at-bat you saw -- well, pitch counts are not important for guys who throw as hard as shelby miller. foul balls and strikeouts. it takes at least three pitches to strike somebody out and more often than not, it takes more than that. if you're going to be effective and throw that hard up in the strike zone, for the most part you're going to throw a lot of pitches and it's much adieu

about nothing. >> joe: 93 miles per hour for a guy who is number four on the all-time list for strikeout percentage in a rookie season. he's striking out, if you want to round up, 29% of the hitters that he is facing. and as tim said, when you rack up those kind of strikeout totals, you're going to rack up high pitch counts. that's just the way he works. here's the 1-1 pitch. that's into center, sending robinson back. and shane getting the start tonight. goes back to grab it. two outs. defensive linemen brought to you by scotts. shane robinson is in center. that's the only change for mike matheny. but shane robinson tonight. he's got holliday to his right,

bell tray to his left. the catcher is the best in the game, yadier molina and he is guiding this young right-hander through this game tonight. here's nelson cruz. strike one. nelson has found his name on this lineup card for manager ron washington in the number three spot. that's just taken place this week. he hadn't hit in the third position since 2010. he's in the hole here 0-2. and late swing that keeps it 0-2. as manager washington told us before the game, i was so worried about protecting beltre that i wasn't hitting cruz where he probably hit best in our lineup, which is right here batting third. >> tim: when you think about it, he could hit third, fourth or

fifth and still be effective. >> joe: he strikes out. it's a quick and easy inning to start tonight for shelby miller. waited over an hour for that first pitch. two strikeouts, no score after a half. all over the world, when the sun goes down, the foodies come out. they cross oceans, leave behind their countries, and their comfort zones. nothing stops them in their pursuit of culinary perfection. except... i'm sorry. no american express. [ male announcer ] luckily, mastercard is accepted at twice as many places around the world, so no matter where you go, you can have a night out that's... [ male announcer ] priceless. wow. ♪ you can come in and get half off the newest smartphones. you know, the good stuff. when you trade in your current smartphone. ♪ get it now for $99.99. ♪

>> joe: let's look at the starting lineups for the cardinals brought to you by taco bell. sometimes you got to live mas. >> carlos beltran, matt holliday, shane robinson, shelby miller has a home run this season. bats ninth obviously. and here is martin perez making his second start of this season. just called up and here he is on a saturday night. >> tim: this is one of the cutest scouting reports we've had. why? because a.j. pierzynski said i've never caught the guy so i don't know anything about him. i don't know anything more than you do. so i'll find out with you. he broke his arm in spring training, that's why a.j. didn't catch him and good numbers in the minor leagues, he was 9-1. >> joe: carpenter takes a

strike. the rangers really need martin perez right now. they need him to continue doing what he was doing at triple a where he was 4-0 with an e.r.a. just over 1. and you can see he's got good stuff. he's got a good, live fastball. mid 90s there and it's quickly 0-2. >> tim: talking to mike maddux, pitching coach for the rangers, he said you don't worry about his arm but you do worry about him getting too excited. really got to relax. >> joe: able to relax to make the catch here is murphy out in left. one out. we'll give you the ford keys to the game for this june 22nd affair between texas and st. louis. >> tim: we talked about people who thought the texas rangers were the best team in baseball back in april and early may. well, they went into a slump but they've won four of their last five games. the cardinals want to keep that consistency since the beginning

of the year. >> joe: they don't have colby lewis, matt harrison and alexi ogan ogando, three guys that they were hoping to have at the beginning of the season. and really the closest guy is joaquin soria. he's a guy they gave a two-year deal to to help their bullpen. a base hit into center off the bat of beltran. we have our first base runner of the night. beltran's on with one out here in the bottom half. and with the injuries and the guys they called up, the three young arms really pitched well early. that's why through may 19th they had the best record in baseball. and they were rolling. they built up a seven-game lead in the a.l. west, under .500 since may 20th at 13-17. that's the fourth worst record in major league baseball. and they just came out of