now, dave trembley told the press today that he and rick kranitz discussed what was happening with koji in the sixth inning of yesterday's game. they knew he was fatigued. they didn't want to send him back out there. now, there are no tests or mri's scheduled to check out coaj's arm -- koji's arm. they believe it is just fatigue. when asked whether or not koji would make his scheduled start on sunday, dave trembley said that's up to koji. so, problems with koji as far as the hamstring, fatigue, dehydration. you add that whether or not they're considering putting koji in the bullpen and not force him to go six or seven innings. dave trembley says as far as he discussed, he has not discussputting him in the bullpen. they're trying to get him through the all-star break and we'll see what happens after that. tom, rick? >> thanks to amber. amber rejoins us during the game and on our post-game show. when you look back, koji pitched six innings, allowed seven base hits in one run. rick, did you think he was possibly gas add little last night. i asked you on the post-game show. you didn't feel

rick kranitz and alan dunn a- couple of influential people. i guess that had an impact with rich hill coming to the orioles with both those coaches in place. >> well, quite, quite truly they are his professional foundation. when rich was in double-a and triple-a, they entrusted him with his mechanics. they trusted him to be able to execute as you can see some of his mechanics are a little bit different from traditional mechanics. they trusted him to be able to execute against that. so, coach kranitz and coach dunn have dawn tremendous job with him and it's a great reunion for rich. >> jim: lloyd, final question. what is it like to have someone from your family be able to not only excel at a sport but make it as a professional and get to the major leagues? what is it like being a sibling and it's your younger brother, your kid brother literally 19 years younger in the big leagues. >> that is really hard to put into years, but the journey rich has taken us on has just been truly, truly remarkable for every family member from my own kids going do

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mora thinks about a throw, but no throw at first base and now rick kranitz is trying to slow down themarlins here. four hits in the inning after the lead-off home run. four hits in the inning including the lead-off home run, i should say. >> jim: and all four of those balls hit very, very hard. don't forget on friday the orioles are back home at cold. it is an interleague match-up against the nationals. state of the union night presented by at&t. students of any age can receive a left-field upper reserve seat for just $6 with your valid school i.d. it is also fireworks night. all fans are invited to remain after the game for a spectacular fireworks display. for tickets, 888-84-bird or online at orioles.com. so there are the runners, baker, miller and coghlan and it is emilio bonifacio at the plate. a high pop-up. foul ground. mora over hoping for a play and he runs out of room. bonifacio again going after a first pitch. >> buck: that is just bad patience at the plate. he steps to the plate. he hasn't delivered anything with the bases loaded and chases the first pitch and pops it out o

. >> well, a walk is not what pitching coach rick kranitz wanted to see especially after berken's last outing after he was able to get back on track after two tough outings back in june. rick said he was able to get back on track. he said after the game against the mets on the 18th, he saw -- he repeat his arm slot and release on his pitch is at the same point for every pitch. if we can see that delivery repeated tonight, rick kranitz says he likes jason berken's chance against the marlins. jim? >> jim: amber. thanks. there's strike one to emilio bonifacio. he's the number two batter. bonifacio scored the game- winning run last night getting on on a leadoff walk. that was in the 12th inning against brian bass. just outside. 1-1. buck, this is the kind of a hitter when you look at his numbers on the year, he is a hacker. >> buck: the 20th time proved to be the biggest run of his season as he came around to score last night in the 12th inning. >> jim: all with a strike on him. berken taking his time steps off. coghlan has four steals on the year. he has not yet been caught. mora in tight

so again, young pitcher, rick kranitz is going to come out and talk to him. nobody is up in the oriole bullpen. pitch count at 88. but again, it's up with of the nights where you better be in shape. just hot and humid, maybe ns hot as it's going to get, but the humidity is way, way up. >> gary: and he'll try to work through the 6th inning with ryan church who grounded tout twice coming up. there's the pitch count. second time up to the 18 mark. he has the 7 strikeouts and just one walk in the ballgame. jason berken with the game on the line, trying to get his second win of the season. and the mets threatening here as ryan church stands in. >> jim: he's a little away frm his changeup. [ indiscernible ] if you throw it, boy, is it great when you're getting it over. >> gary: church is 3 for 9 in this series at second base, beltran, sheffield out at first. 0-1 delivery. that will miss outside and a 1 count. the bullpen will be activity now, and the way berken seemso be struggling a bit for the first time, this will pr

rick kranitz is out now, i'm sure, checking on the well- being of guthrie and this is where jeff mi hasest with him. he says he is fine but that's a situation where you get hit that hard, and obviously, there has to be some after effects. you could hear when it hit him. you certainly knew it hit him on the flesh. he never got his glove on it. he threw his hand up in self- defense. he has to know that that hit him very square in his forearm somewhere. >> gary: the orioles starters have been the bright spot over the last six games. starters have a 2.9 e.r.a. in 6 starts. jeremy guthrie, however, struggling in this one. second and third, only one out. cunningham stands in. darren cunningham will take the pitch. a call-up from aaa last saturday. second time he has been with the ball club, has started each of the last six games since the recall, 4-for-22 in his major league debut last year. that ball up the middle. that's going to be a base him one run in. going to try and score. jones' throw to the plate. not in time, down to second, not in time. the two-rbi single for cunningham. and a 5-0

. >> jim: you saw rick kranitz looking skyward there. he was looking for divine intervention. he was probably looking at the scoreboard because the pitch count is mount there had and that scoreboard faces directly to the orioles' dug-out, so he can keep a gauge without having to look at the chart that is kept ton bench. another 2-2 pitch is bounced to first base. aubrey huff gets the hop and he'll go to the bag unassisted. koji was late getting over. no harm done. so a double and a man left. south beach in miami that's a popular spot t-birds have sethe lead. tly, so when there's more bills than usual, it's no problem. and i use the wish list to put any extra money aside for anything i want. being in control of my money feels good. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. >> buck: the marlins have singled and doubled and that's it. >> jim: 1-1 to wieters. hell vin grounded out to shortstop his first at-bat and here is a man who can use a long ball. melvin has not hit

. >> jim: back to the bullpen phone for rick kranitz. here is the pinch-hitter ross gload. this is the pitcher's spot. gloid gload gets into just about every game for the marlins. pinch-hitting. he has found a nice home here. you know, the runner is paulino, ross and carroll, third to first with gload facing chris ray. pop foul out of play. >> buck: yeah, gload hit in the seventh inning in game one here and got a base hit as part of the five-run seventh inning. game two, he came on as a pinch- hitter against matt albers and struck out. that also came in the seventh inning. >> jim: 1-1 is off the plate. chris ray gave up a hit. actually, two hits and bo -- and got a double play in the seventh. five hits and he's still not allowed a run. bases loaded. nobody out. >> buck: ross gload went to college at university of south florida in tampa. going to bounce around. played some in kansas city. he's a pretty good hitter. certainly well suited to play in the national league. he's come off the bench and swing that bat. >> jim: 2-2 skied to left. reimold a long run doesn't get there,

rick kranitz, i think his father-in-law has passed away so he is not with us over the weekend, and he is adjusting, almost like a catcher. you're in the right position. he is one of the more deaccept ty left-handers i have seen. rick is away and we wish him well and certainly con dell lenses to his family. again, it is just a subtle change and this is the same guy that ended up pitching for the orioles in the all-star game and he was a dominant closer, too. he had arm problems. a couple of months of the season. >> rob: you make the point about albers, the more time it takes you to get to your release point, if there is a guy on base and he is a quick base stealer, that is a millie second you're not getting the ball to the catcher. you want to get to the catcher as quickly as possible so he has a chance to throw people out. george sherrill doesn't have to be as quick as a right-handed pitcher, but the righties have to get the ball to home plate. >> jim: bounced to second base off the bat of willie harris. bobbled there and bobbled again and safe at first as harris as brian roberts bobb

.: you get both alan dunn who has taken over for rick kranitz, he comes out, matt wieters already headed out to the mound. the one thing about most of the battery-mates that you will see, wieters has caught most of these guys in the minor leagues. but where you come to a different level, they both have to learn this level. >> rob: but the thing i've said about wieters and any young catcher, including our own, you have to learn the opposition. you've got one of the toughest divisions, the american league east. every team is full of bombers and just fantastic hitters. that's one of the toughest jobs for a catcher. learns the ins and outs of the opponents and how they hit. he's got to learn the opposition. >> bob: two on, one out. hernandez singled up the middle first time and was caught stealing. the measurement on the home run, 442 feet. >> rob: that's a bit low. >> jim p.: did it hit the warehouse? >> bob: i think it bounced, then hit it. >> jim p.: my first home run was off the top of dead center about 445 in chicago. and on the line. and it was, i mean it was impressive. you're ever go

rick kranitz has already had one visit here this inning to meet with guthrie. murphy a 1-0 count will have to wait. hes. e seen sam up the difference between here yes, there's an error, base on balls and the quality of pitches have stopped a little >> gary: that e down low tonight's leaderboard presented by firestone innovation. runner in scoring position leaders. orioles at ls. th third are the mets at .279ston and detroit. 2-0 deliry fouled away by murphy. 2-1. infield stays back for the double play. the left-hander mark hendrickson in the bullpen for the o's. jeremy guthrie trying to battle through a tough inning. 2-1 delivery on the way. that will be fouled off the other way. guthrie coming off a loss in seattle. he went six innings. gave up four runs on six hits in that ballgame. the team has lost his last three starts that jeremy has been on the mound. two balls, two strike count. bases loaded delivery. murphy again fouls it away. >> jim: jeremy figuring where can i get him to pop-up or strike out. still 2-0. >> gary: get that double play. it will be a 3-

rick kranitz out to the mound to talk to ashes who has walked hanley ramirez following that play. >>uck: that's the value of speed. you run with your head up. you can make the defense make mistakes. the hesitation by felix pie proved costly. he was aware of bonifacio, but he dfnlt know how to react to it. he didn't know how to negate his speed. here is the break. the ball is behind him. it's going into the outfield. now he tossed it. watch him look back right here. he sees pie with the hesitation. he never stops around third base. matt wieters tries to block him off home. bonifacio had too much momentum and knocks him off his feet. >> jim: when pie was starting earlier in the year in left field, would he do that quite a bit holding the baseball a lot longer than necessary that. time it really cost him. the orioles once again now trail by two. ramirez runs. wieters' throw to second base. the tag, safe. got a good jump, and he stole it on albers. >> buck: matt wieters still hasn't thrown out a base runner. the only base runner he was credited with caught stealing was a boxed scweez squ

minor leagues, they can make that transition, call upon bergesen, insert him in the rotation and rick kranitzows in seeing bergesen in spring training, having confidence in his composure that koji uehara, jeremy guthrie could hold dow th ortunti soeof the youngsters got innings under their belt. >> jim: two down. dan uggla. there is is a fastball for a strike. 0-1. of course if the orioles were to make any kind of a change with the role of koji uehara, somebody then would have to come over or come up and take that spot in the rotation. >> buck: i think there are a lot of possibilities and i don't think andy macphail has made up his mind one direction or the other. i think with baseball being so bunched up at the top and so many teams included in the wildcard race, there's going to be a lot of activity moving around, and rosters shuffling

after i came in after eighth inning, dave trembley and rick kranitz deposit say anything to me so i knew i would go out for the ninth. >> he's been tremendous. i love his approach and the way he goes about his business. he works quick. he trusts his stuff. he knows he has a good sinker. uses his slider, throws strikes and gets ground balls. it's amazing when you look up there every fifth day and he's pitching, you're like it's going to be a good one. we're excited about his future. >> i just tried to like you said pound the strike zone, get them to put them in play. defense today was tremendous. had a couple balls hit hart that -- hard that worked out in my faifert favor right at guys. just keep pounding the strike zone. >> well, bearings certainly has been doing that. look at the numbers over his last four starts. 3-0, one no decision. how about that e.r.a. 1.69 combined in those four starts. bergesen has anchtd eight innings per start. opponents are batting just .193 and he now owns the only complete game victory that the orioles have on the year. jeremy guthrie has the other complete