this is marks the second time the orioles have got a cleveland indians number one draft choice. the other was jeremy guthrie. we'll take a look at the florida marlins hitters. that story next when we continue. "o's xtra" here on masn in a moment. fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. (announcer) switch to verizon fios tv, phone and internet today and get an ultra-sleek compaq mini netbook. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities orr you're watching batting practice as the orioles get ready to face the florida marlins in game two of the three-game series. "o's xtra" here on masn being brought to you by at&t, your world delivered. time now to take a look at the orioles starting lineup. felix pie gets a start in center field. adam jones gets a rest. luke scott in left and aubrey huff hitting .311 with two home runs and th

about cleveland and also like talking about great experiences on hand like when i was a little kid and i listened to the 1948 world series and the broadcast assets will over the p.a. system and the indiansn. [laughter] it's been a long time since cleveland has won a championship. [laughter] they bombed out like lebron james didn't make it to the finals of the nba championship having the best record in the league. but i guess if you know about the cubs -- [laughter] >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, harvey, paul, he elizabeth, me, studs. thanks for coming, by this book. [applause] >> thank you for attending today's discussion and supporting the chicago tribune's commitment to literacy. a book signing will take place in the arts room as you exit this room to the left, it is the first room on your left. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations]

cleveland indians with their cy young award winner cliff lee had 10.er than that, everybody had single digits. roy halladay, a.j. burn net did a great job. >> bob: where was that? my goodness. brian gorman's strike zone right now is the size of a shoe box. that was right over the plate. where are the knees on this one? overbay walks after a bunch of near misses by zimmermann. that's right on the corner. runner at first. >> rob: nice framing by josh bard. what that means is you see how he catches the ball and kind of frames his body around it to make it look better for the umpire. sometimes they don't go for it. >> bob: here is barajas wrajs, -- rod barajas, the opposing catcher who hit a home run for the jays. he has one a game in philadelphia for them yesterday, his sixth of the year. he's 4-9 of his last. we've seen rod barajas in this league with the diamondbacks and phillies. evidently, it's a high strike zone. >> rob: evidently, make them beat you with your bat. challenge the lower part of the batting order. see if they can hit the old number one.

than the others, the cleveland indians. they're at 5.27. the only american league club with an e.r.a. above 5.00. >> buck: very difficult to have to think about scoring minimum of five runs every night to win a game. that's the case when your e.r.a. is at 5.00. cleveland's e.r.a. is going to stay up because they've given up the 10 spot tonight in pittsburgh against the pirates. they trail 10-1 in the eighth. -- in the eighth. >> jim: 2-1 on coghlan. check swing. there's a strike. either the marlins have -- marlins have very high opinions of their strike zone knowledge or theeg having a tough problem with chad fairchild because there's been more than a few looks back at the umpire on the strikes called. uggla looked back at fairchild. he swings through it and inning ends. a big insurance run. we go to the ninth. account orioles do it again? they come to bat down by three.  >> jim: orioles baseball brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by acura. acura advance. our

louis cardinals and cleveland indians. wfs organized as a preseason game, sfwended to commemorate the civil rights movement in the united states. memphis was selected for its important role in the histthroif civil rights movement. this year's city host, cincinnati, ohio, has a long and rich history in both the game of baseball and the field of civil rights. cincinnati was an important stop in the underground railroad and is the home of the national underground railroad freedom center located adjacent to the ballgame. it's also the home of the negro league cincinnati tighters from 1934 to 1937, and it was in cincinnati that the first night baseball game was played in 1935. mr. speaker, baseball has long been considered the great american past time. it was part of our culture. it reflects the values of team work, competition, fair play and the pursuit of excellence. baseball was once segregated, as was most of the rest of the country, until branch rickey signed jackie robinson to player in dodgers in 1947. the rest of the na

royals and indians in cleveland, that's gil meche, 4-9 in his career against the indians, looking good there, shin-soo choo swinging, mark derosa looking, for meche, 11 ks in seven innings of work. alberto callaspo crushes one, this blast came with the bases loaded, and we call that a grand slam. his first career slam since may 5th, olivo with a home run, the 11 ks for meche is a career high. just the fourth win in the last 19 games overall for the royals. >> and updating you, phillies-mets, they've got to extra innings, bottom of the tenth, and we have one out, and they are 4-4, cole hamels gave up four runs to the mets, 11 hits, five innings of work, in the bottom of the seventh, the mets got three runs against sean green who just relieved mike pelfrey to tie it up, the mets frustrating fans, they granted 15 base runners through the first nine innings, a season high, so 15 hits so far, but only four runs. pirates-rays, dog night at turner field. some barking going on. >> dog night? >> didn't you see the little doggies. >> i did. i find that an odd promotion. >> all right. a key playe

. >> meantime, in cleveland, the reds, facing the cincinnati. ryan -- facing the indians. o's, seventh home run of the year, harang winless in his last six starts. they've dropped 7 of their last road games to cleveland. trady sizemore, four straight games with an rbi. >> nascar rolling into new hampshire this week. how tony stewart won the poll without taking a lap. after flirting with the 50s in yesterday's first round, kenny perry was dodging raindrops in connecticut. like the rest of us. we'll tell you if he's still leading. would you like to see our new menu? look at this! (laughing) - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! yo, those things are so-o good. mmm, amazing. you think anybody can eat that whole thing by themselves? it's like i hit the lottery in food. now get big meals, like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. - here's your check! - look at that! (laughing) - small price! - we just feasted for 5 bucks! the big eat tiny price menu. now you're eating america's favorite pizza. pizza hut. >> espne

royals and indians in cleveland, gil meche, 4-9 in his career against the tribe, but meche looking good, shin-soo choo, nope, next batter, mark derosa. nope. he's looking. meche 11 ks in seven innings of work. alberto callaspo bases loaded off carl pavano, that is his third of the season, his first since may 5th, and first career grand slam, guillen 2 for 3, he also had a home run as well for meche the 11 ks set a career high. let's check in on the tampa bay rays over the angels, 9-5, pena solo shot, his 18th home run of the year, aybar has added an rbi single and a home run of his own as well. >> meanwhile the phillies and the mets, they're in the bottom of the eighth, and still tied at four. cole hamels trying to get his fifth straight decision, fifth straight win, he gave up four runs and 11 hits, plus the mets came to tie it, three runs against sean green after mike pelfrey gave up three straight singles to load the bases. feliz and ibanez and rollins have the rbis, pelfrey one, and castillo, another one. taking you out to atlanta, dog night at turner field. start a barkin'. two on,

indians, red sox, orioles, marlins. >> bob: so his 5-6 might be perfectly understandable if he gets the win tonight. >> rob: absolutely. new york second in the american league in offense, cleveland third in offense. he faced those who teams four times already this year. red sox, fourth overall in offense in the american league. florida marlins, fourth best in the national league in offense. >> bob: i had one young nationals pitcher tell me today that he thought he might like pitching in the american league because he wouldn't have to bat. i told him, i said, young man, be careful what you wish for. >> rob: i brought it up last night, i'll bring it up again. seven teams in the american league have over 300 runs scored already. only two in the national league. big disparity in run scoring. >> bob: isringhausen was known for having a killer curveball, in the prime of his career. >> rob: excuse me, .306, the colorado rockies have the third highest total in the national league now. >> bob: elijah dukes 0 for 3. he's popped up three times tonight. the rays are trying to go two games over .500 and eight over here at home. willie harris is next, then austin kearns, here in the ninth. a