. >> ichiro. >> ichiro. they transfer the weight to the front foot so they have to keep their hands install where the bat head comes through right here, as a back leg hitter, luke scott for instance, if you notice him, and when i'm going good, i'm the same way. when i'm going good, i get back. luke scott stays there and his head doesn't move the whole time. maybe a little bit of that and just get it's right here. he still stays inside the ball but the head is out. so there is a different way to hit. a lot of guys are back leg hitters and you see more front foot hitters than you did back in the day. >> this is one of your most productive rbi years. congratulations you have the energy going. and i love to see it and keep it going for the rest of the year. thanks for joining me on dempsey's dugout. >> he had a batting cage when he was a kid his mother bought him but didn't take a look to liking profession and didn't take into baseball until he got to the university of miami. >> there are a lot of guys that don'

and we mentioned his last start, he gave up a leadoff double to ichiro, he went to 3rd base on the error by reimold but then he got out of the inning, stranding the base runner at third. and this is a heck of a game, 7 innings. >> the starters in the first two games in the series, berken and guthrie, lasted a combined four innings. guthrie went two-thirds and berken last night, 3 and a third. 3-2 is in side, ball four and there is another walk. and that will load the bases again. hill thought that was a strike. here is dave trembley coming out. and we'll get brian bass in the first inning. so another starter goes just two-thirds of an inning. so he asked weiters, wasn't that a strike? so rich hill will leave. brian bass coming on. trying to keep this a 3-0 game. ♪ ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ always feel like mebody's watching me. ♪ ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving wi

you see ichiro 1 for 3, ichiro has a personal 14-game hitting streak against the baltimore orioles. more on this game a little later in the show. >> the sacramento kings hired paul westfall as the new coach for two years plus a team option for a third season. the kings offered the job to kurt rambus hours before game three of the nba finals, but rambus passed. westphal has compiled a record. he led the suns to the 1993 nba finals in his first season as a coach in the association, westphal coached five seasons at pepperdine. as a player he played with boston, seat, and the. >> nick:s. >> the orlando magic may just be back. coming up shelly smith a report on the lakers and rachel nichols who is with the magic. phil mickelson makes an emotional return to the pga tour. >> and let's cluster score as we like to say. national league, pirates with a two-run lead over the braves, the pirates three losses in a row, top of the ninth, four outs away from the win. reds-nats in a rain delay, the reds with a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the ninth. the mets have tied up the phillies at four after cole

a great first inning when he got a pop-up, strikeout, and a pop-out to get out ichiro.asn't been the same today. >> what hill could use here is a double play to get out of it. here is the catcher, kurt suzuki, the 6th batter to come up in the 1st. three consecutive walks and th -- the athletics have a 1-0 lead. and a curveball well off the plate. the athletics have dead last in the american league in team batting. you wouldn't know it by this series. the 9 runs on 10 hits, 9 runs on 12 hits in the first two games and that curveball. rich hill really having trouble with his command in the first inning. >> boy, he sure is. and again the curveball has been a bread and butter pitch for him, one that he could almost throw at hill. and dave trembley struggling to figure out where he goes next. and the bullpen is going to start to work. and it hit him. suzuki hit by a pitch. that will force in a run. jack cust will come in. so three consecutive walks and a hit batter and thisinning is really beginning to deteriorate for rich hill. a based loaded walk and a bases loaded hit. th

ichiro and pujols, how both are closing out inter-league series. >> and rev up your engine as left-handew hampshire. we'll get you caught up on the sprint cup series. >> here is adam dunn taking that one deep. sending it back to d.c. bounces up and hits the warehouse at camden yards. the nationals avoid a sweep on the road and finish off the series with the orioles by losing four of the six games. 5-3 on this day. the rookie in the national rotation is now 3-0 in five june starts with 2.19 e.r.a. >> the indians facing the reds without one of their best bats in mark derosa. with can baker's crew do? plenty. ramone hernandez takes the pitch over the left center field for a triple. and phillips easily wins this one by final of 8-1. brandon phillips was in a two for 19 slump heading into the game. three hits, three rbis and three runs scored on this, his 28th birthday. huff losing for the first time in his last four starts. >> here is what is happening around the majors this afternoon. the top of the ninth and two-run shot. the difference in this game and the game with the astros. there you

the year before that, he stole 45 and tied for third in the american league with ichiro. he was the fourth oriole to ever steal 40. he's had speed. only apachrio and bumbry had done that. he got some hash on that. >> rob: a little too close to the unmentionables. >> bob: 1-1 game. this would be huge. nats warming in the bullpen. hanrahan is in the game beimel is throwing. he changed up on him and struck him out. the nats are having contact problems here in the second half of this game. 1-1 into the ninth.

ichiro with two hits. he's now reached base sufficiently in 53 of his last 54 games. >> we told you about milton bradley. you heard what lou piniella had to say. in case you forgot -- >> those who live in glass houses should not throw stones, right? >> bradley, let's put it this way, he's had his share of onfield incidents. >> all right. we've moved past milton bradley, and we're talking about the angels and d'backs right now. the angels put up eight runs in the second inning and have not looked back. the eight runs in the second the most they've scored in any inning this season. >> padres in town for three with the rangers. 9-1 texas. hank blalock likes what he sees. his 14th of the year. texas wins its third straight. kevin millwood gets career win number 150 for the rangers. >> a.l. central-leading tigers putting their seven-game win streak on the line against the astros. top nine, tigers down 5-4. latroy hawkins gets the ground out. astros hang on to win 5-4, and s detroit's seven-game win streak is ov

ichiro has ascored twice. top of the 7th. they're up 6-2 in baltimore.kees just tied it up in boston. kevin millwood with a defensive gem you're going to see tonight on "baseball tonight." energy. that's just some of the games going on in major league baseball. >> a great field on hand including philha mickelson. back for the first time since his wife's breast cancer diagnosis. this is mickelson's first hole of the day. not a bad t start. land just a few feet from the hole. would tap that in for birdie. he double bogied 18 on the front nine. he would turn it around. he would knock that in for a birdie. solid start for phil. john daley, back after a six-month suspension. he's lost over 60 pounds. he'lling good. talking the game, and playing the game earlyou on. he would birdie that, and go to 1 under. however, the 7-iron just a little bit too much. he flies the green. and a great recovery from the drop zone. he would bogie the hole. finish the day 2 over 72. brian gay a solid 64. top of the leaderboard after day 1. >> got off to a great start. thought it

ichiro 1 for 2 reaching base safely in 53 of his last 54 games. >> angels and d'backs, angels put up an eight-spot in the second inning, most runs they've scored in any inning this season. now lead arizona 9-3. billy buckner gave up eight earned and 7 hits in 1 2/3 innings. the angels right now in good shape, up 9-3 in the fifth inning. torii hunter a two-run home run for the angels. >> start of a nine-game home stand for the rangers. the padres in town for three. bottom four, rangers up 9-1. hank blalock, get outta here. his 14th of the season. texas goes on to win 12-3. padres have lost 13 of their last 15 interleague road games. >>> nhl draft, the islanders took center john tavares with the first pick friday. tavares led the ontario hockey league with 58 goals this season. he also broke the ohl's record for career goals. he's the isles fourth overall number 1 pick. pick >> the flyers have acquired defenseman chris pronger from the ducks. in 2007 he won a stanley cup as a member of the ducks. >>> straight ahead on espnews, she's got the last name, but what about the game. tiger woo

that's jorse lopez, the second home run of the game, eighth of the year, the ms win it, ichiro suzuki on a 14-game hitting streak, against the orioles. seattle has won six of its last seven, hernandez gets the win, 4-0 in his career at camden yards, and the ms win it 4-1. let's go to fenway. tying run on second, top nine, papelbon, posada. flies out to left. and that is that. papelbon with the save, the red sox have beaten the yankees seven times this season without a loss, eight times overall in a row dating back to last season, 6-5 is your final, papelbon with 15 saves on the season. you see all the home runs, youkilis goes yard, so does lowell, teixeira a big night, damon and posada also with home runs. 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 ca

the ms have suddenly won five of their last seven, ichiro with a personal 14-game hitting streak against the baltimore orioles. 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 t

ichiro was just looking. >> hit one in the air to rightfield. luke scott way back. run. >> and the bat of luke scott continues to be hot. >> and a towering pop-up, first base side. and he got it. nice play. >> to short and andino, a great glove. there is one, relay. and a double play. ground ball towards short andino again, and there is one and there's two. andino playing a spectacular shortstop in this game. hill, 2-2 delivery and he got him. here is the 3-2 with the runners going and he's gone. a check swing and a breaking ball. and that is in there for a strike. >> the top five plays of the week. and here are the top for the orioles. luke scott with a couple of home runs, batting .353, adam jones .333 and burgess son, striking out three and that's the past week in baseball. >>> looking at the american league score board. yankees have won. the 20th comeback victory. swisher with a home run. joe girardi with the win. texas win over boster, beating the red sox 6-3. nell on cruz with the 10th in the last 10 games. and toronto shut out kansas city, holliday with the 1