a young player. he didn't -- he didn't mean -- there is that etiquette. you have to know who you're playing against and who you're going to oh fend and not offend, what kind of mood everybody is in. >> justin: jordy mercer at the plate. making the first pitch for a strike. we were doing the tigers/royals about a month ago in kansas city and rajai davis now planked the tigers. i told you a story how in aa rajai davis was on at second and justin verlander was on the mound. and with two outs davis stole third base. well, the next time he came up, justin verlander drilled him with 57 mitch fastball in the rib case and i was wondering if you remembered it and you brought it up to him. he remembered it like it was yesterday. >> eric: because he was the

hitter. you definitely remember it. hitters remember who threw at you, who knocked you down. i tell you. what i can remember that a lot more, who would throw at me and rushed at me than hitting i got. you didn't forget that stuff because you knew you were getting back in the box. >> eric: he stole third with two outs. on a single, he's scoring anyway. so he wasn't happy about that. he took care of it. ground ball to third base. thought about second. now goes to first and gets the out. down to second base goes tabata. two away here in the eighth. i'm going to take this time right now to say congratulations to jacob and sandy allman on the

birth of their son david born last thursday. everyone is doing well. >> eric: do it, jacob. one of the guys at fox, been there for many years. good man, good man. except he went to usc. >> justin: outside to chris stewart. stewart's 2 for 3, a couple of singles and a flyout to right. chopper to short stop. turner makes a nice hop. throws it across. that will do it in the eighth. we head to the bottom half of the eighth. it's 12-2, dodgers. avo: waves don't care what age you are.

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who else, hanley ramirez, 4 for 4, call of home runs, tying a career five rbis, one of the keys of the game according to eric caras and he came through. >> eric: he had a nice game. he was due. he was due. he and matt kemp both contributing today. looking back the lineup, ethier and puig not doing a lot up at the top. but ramirez, kemp, adrian gonzalez, they came to hit. >> justin: he was on the season, has appeared in 14 seasons.

the bull pen is the strength of the pirates team. pitched on the outside corner, 0-2. figgins' numbers for the season, made a name for himself playing in anaheim for the angels. then he signed that big contract for the mariners. and here he is now with the dodgers. watch out in the dugout. that might have been mark mcgwire. >> eric: he was in the camera well. that ball had mark mcgwire written all over it except for the netting in the front. >> justin: 0-2, chased and

missed. one away. time for a game break. let's check back in the rob stone in the studio. >> here's your tampa bay high light of the night. the outlaw. kevin kear mar drives it deep. jackie jr. hits it. he would stay in the game plapd on. it would be the second park homer but it's all sox in the eighth. >> justin: here in eighth, it's a 12-2 ball game. >> eric: jamey wright getting an at-bat. that doesn't happen very often. apparently it happens a lot with guys in the bull pen getting at-bats. if he gets a hit here, he'll be like, yeah, i was there last

night. >> justin: don matingly as manager. he looks around. i kind of grew up watching. they're part of staff stats. last year you think about the brawl between the d'backs and the dodgers. i mean the coaches who were going at it. those were an all-star team in the '80s and '90s. ma mcgwire, mattingly. >> eric: i'm much the same way, you know, in covering these games and being down on the field and seeing some of the

coaches. some guys, i ran into last week, the marlins, the hitting coach, frank man quijano who i played with in oakland. he's a fine hitting coach there. doing great job with the marlin ball club. jeff branson working with the pirate s. wally joiner. they're probably looking at me like, that's the tv guy. >> justin: that's the guy with the hair. >> eric: that ee that guy doing one game a week stuff. the at-bat here by wright. taking advantage of the opportunity. he's not up there. he's getting his axes.

>> eric: eighth coming up. we saw wright before he drop thad breaking ball against morris, i wonder if hughes did the same to him. is that a ground ball to shortstop. mercer is there. two outs here. in the eighth. fans, follow every game at mlb.com/atbat on your favorite phone or tab let. upload from the mlb store today. two away from gonzalez. gonzalez has been on base three times today. rbi double, single, two outs and a foul to left field.

one ball and one strike. probably the keeflt thing of all is getting an assist right here. >> now 65 years. in honor, it's incredible. got to meet him yesterday. just hearing him tell stories and roberto cle membership tay and how he would throw down, drop down and throw from never. this is the view that vince scully has every night in l.a. it's just so cool. >> eric: if you think about it,

he's a living breathing google. there isn't anybody else that's been around as far as baseball is concerned. you think of the los angeles dodger that's ever played hire. but when someone has a run for a job of 30-plus years, you're saying that's run. my dad just turned 65 this year and vince scully has been broadcasting for the dodgers my dad's entire life. that boggles my mind. a two-out single for adrian gonzalez.

the drop-down. he said one of the things he was most looking forward to was actually getting a taste of it, finding out what stories scully's mentioned and wondering how he actually got the information about it. >> eric: he is the best, no question about it. having an opportunity to play in l.a. and having vin call my name. that's something i'll always remember. >> justin: matt kemp, first pitch swinging foul down the third base line. 12-2. "baseball night in america" here on fox.

the pirates took the first two games of the series, won thursday, 6-3, last night, 2-1. and the finale of the series is tomorrow, edinson volquez versus zach greinke. the dodgers trying to snap a three-game losing streak. i saw a shot of don mattingly with tim wallach on the bench. bounced foul, 1-2. i asked vin scully yesterday about yasiel puig and does he remind you of anybody. the only player for the dodgers that he reimmediatemotely compa

one player. the arm in the outfield. >> eric: i don't think there's any question. i definitely agree with that. i had a chance to play along side him and he -- i was looking at their numbers the first two years. puig gets on base at a better clip, but i -- i think puig has a much higher ceiling. his grade and athleticism, you know, he hit 30 home runs a couple of times, never drove in a hundred. now, he played right field like puig and he could throw. i mean he tattooed on his arm el canon and had a cannon on his ham. the sad thing was he could do

it. a lot of times the guys do it and you're like really? they should put a pop gun on it. >> kemp goes down to end the eighth inning. 12-2, "baseball night in america" heads to the ninth here in l.a. with the dodgers trying to snap a three-game losing streak. announcer1: well harper is coming up to the plate. you know i don't believe it but he signed that two year contract that puts him on a limited hit plan announcer two: absolutely terrible he gets fined for getting too many hits. announcer1: and he's already over his monthly hit limit. and there's a base hit up the middle. announcer two: and here come the overages.

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first pitch for a strike. >> eric: in the dirt, one ball, one strike. >> justin: he moves over from right field to center and there's jamie row mack in right field. one ball and two strikes. two balls foul. how about jamie romak in right field. played 1,069 minor league games over 12 seasons and then he got the call-up earlier this week.

pinch hit a couple of days ago and now is playing in right field. you talk about perseverance. ground ball to second base. gordon. one away. fox sports is proud to collaborate withstand up to cancer. created to accelerate innovative cancer research that gives research quickly. visit foxsportssupports.com. one out here in the ninth. and josh harrison steps to the placement. >> eric: josh harrison has been there all day. >> justin: the way he's playing, i don't think he ever wants to come out. >> eric: i think you're right. if you're a manager and watch,

that makes you feel good. he's out there. busting it up. he's acting like this is the final game of the world series. he's playing hike you wou ininge everybody would play. >> justin: there's romak making a catch by the warning track. two away. >> eric: romak did a nice job of running that thing down. he hit the route and it was kind of in and over at first. romak took a beilein to deep right center and made a nice catch. jamey wright has done well too. a three-inning save. >> justin: the pirates, you just put that one in the boog as

didn't get the breaks, didn't go well. again, he didn't throw all that bad. a lot of ground balls. you can go back. i mean how could you say one play changed everything. that challenge play in the first inning because they couldn't challenge the fly ball. like drive center field, goes back. catches it. that will do it. the dodgers take game three of the series, 12-2. the king play of day brought to you by burger king. it's hanley ramirez in the fourth inning. a monster shot to center field. and then he comes through again.

a breaking ball. and that's gone. two home runs on the day. a four for four ball game for hanley ramirez. a 12-2 vick interest i for the dodgers over the pirates. coming up after this break, we'll get you back to studio where rob studio is standing by. the dodgers take game three of this four-game set.

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america" postgame show. rob stone, frank thomas back with you. let's talk about the red sox versus the defending champs are back after that ten-game losing streak. now it's six straight victories. >> you heard the thing, don't poke them withe bear. they're back. with this type of momentum, they're going to find themselves back in the race. >> they're leading toronto. they flipped to l.a. dodgers. the story there, hanley ramirez. 4 for 4. two home runs, four, five rbis on the day. >> today we saw it. two home runs, big home runs inspired that club tonight. they've got get going. it stretches at a time.

>> they got off to a very quick start. >> i think they realized it seven games back, it's time to play baseball. they were picked to win. >> they go 30-27. big win. they're continuing roll as the race continue to spiral in the wrong direction. next saturday on fox it will feature the red sox and the tigers, the yankees and the royals or the a's and the orioles. next it's your late local news following by a double episode of animation domination. enjoy your weekend.

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