recovers in time to get melvin mora by half a step. melvin really stretching out for that bag. he's frustrated for two things that he hit it so sharply and couldn't get it by bonifacio and then he's out by half a step. >> jim: that's the big all important first out when you come on for a save. one out, nobody on. here is luke scott. first ball swinging. fly ball to left. right there is coghlan. two men down in the orioles ninth. let's get an update on our at&t player of the game voting. brian roberts, 79%. melvin mora, 6%. bonifacio, 15%. still time for you to text in your vote and have your voice heard a, b or c to 51862 and tom and rick will have results coming up on "o's xtra" post- game. so, here is matt wieters representing the orioles last hope. remember, last night it was two out, nobody on when the rally got going. the differences within the divisions and the quality of the teams in the a. l. east and the n. l. east. the phillies tonight are trailing in tampa 7-1. that game in the ninth inning. the rays have the lead. right now, the marlins with a win would go one game

melvin mora, that one lost in the light. how about that? a chopper lost in the light. ee melvin looked up, and as he saw the ball, he saw the lights. >> buck: and obviously the stadium is constructed, as you mentioned, for football and you don't factor in how the baseball game might be affected. he is looking straight up into the lights of the stadium over the first base dug out and he had no chance. watch him. once he gets into the lights, it is just a guess where that ball is the official scorer has credited ross with the base hit because of the ball lost in the lights. there is john baker. >> buck: i can't tell you about the difference of chris ray. the quality of his pitches night and day from what we saw. the velocity was good in the year, but everything was up. and now it looked as though he has found his arm angle and he is pounding the bottom of the strike zone. >> jim: baker fouls it back. the official scorer, buck, has had a change of heart. it was a hit up on the scoreboard and then he thought, he lost anytime the light. it doesn't matter. >> buck: 0yeah, he

not much melvin mora can do there. he had to make sure he got the out at first. >> jim: uggla is retired for the first time tonight. he's 2-3. here is ronny paulino, the catcher. takes a strike. paulino did not agree with the call, but he's making a friendly gesture in his conversation with john hirschbeck. 0-1 the count on the right- handed batting catcher. hill misses outside. amazing thing about this game, marlins have a 6-0 lead. we're only in the fifth. they've been retired three up, three down twice in this game. really maximized their scoring chances by grouping the base hits. of course, a pair of two home runs doesn't hurt. 1-2 on paulino. cantu at third. he drove in a run this inning with an rbi double after hanley ramirez doubled. hill got ahead of ramirez and couldn't put him away. fastball is a little high. paulino is 28 years old. very good numbers in these situations with a runner in scoring position. before the game today, buck and i got out to the ballpark early and came up to the booth and i noticed th

melvin mora had two singles, an rbi.rian roberts a-double and a single and -- single and hanley ramirez, two more rbi's tonight. that came in the first inning off jason berken. hanley ramirez now with 42 runs driven in. hit total the same. error totals the same. orioles trail by a run as matt albers takes over here in the seventh. >> jim: so, albers becomes the third pitcher used by the orioles. a pinch-hitter will face him first for the pitcher's spot and chris coghlan and emilio bonifacio. veteran right-handed batter ross gload will pinch-hit for ricky nolasco. >> buck: ross gload pinch-hit in the seventh inning and got a hit to right field part that have five-run, four-hit seventh inning last night. >> jim: and albers misses low. ricky nolasco goes seven innings. he allows two runs. they are unearned runs. it's been a one-run game. gload fouls it back. >> buck: 3-4 starts since his return from the minor leagues has been good. this marlins pitching staff has a lot of promise. if nolasco can recapture the form he had a

nick markakis and aubrey huff, melvin mora in the -- melvin mora in the middle with luke scott in left field. nolan reimold not starting tonight. matt wieters in the seven spot. 2-4 last night and a solo home run and an rbi single. robert andino at short and jason berken on the mound will bat for the first time as a beleaguer. >> buck: now, it's time for the pnc scouting report for the left-hander ricky nolasco. he has a -- right-hander ricky nolasco. he has a snappy hook. one if you're not aware of it. throws over the top a 12:00- 6:00 breaking ball. he's been more aggressive. he was optioned to the minor leagues may 23 and made two starts in trim and at got a little more aggressive. he was tentative. he was pitching around the plate not being aggressive enough. it really cost him. you could see his e.r.a. is 7.15 for the season rand the league has hit .315 against a guy that won 15 games last year. behind nolasco, this team committed one error last night. they have r57 on the season. coghlan, ross, hermida out there last night. same defense with bonifacio, ramirez, uggla and cantu th

melvin mora for a strike. so feliciano who was brought in to get the left-handers out gives up a single to markakis and a two run homer to aubrey huff. melvin mora, a single in three times to the plate. a chopper towards the middle and another base hit. so a two-hit night for more ra. and the orioles keep it going against feliciano here in the 7th inning with only one down. and more action, brian stokes up in the bullpen. >> jim: the irony is feliciano has given up four home runs, three to lefties, even though the numbers have been that low. it's really about making quality pitches. you know, the markakis ball, to nick's credit, he hung in there with two strikes. then he hung a slider, then melvin mora found a hole. again, that's -- i don't think the first what, 101 games is only a microcosm of the way huff and markakis can hit, because they really hang in against them. power numbers go down from just about every lefty. but they are tough outs for left-handed pitchers. even to specialists like feliciano. >> ga

luke scott, melvin mora on with the second hit for the orioles. scott, .323, 12 homeruns, 32 rbis, trying to move mora around. what a season so far for the orioles' usual dh, starting in left field in this game. braden's pitch, pops that one way up in the air. kurt suzuki coming back, does not have a play. >> buck: luke scott is so confident right now, it does not matter who he faces. first game back from d l, he faced halladay and took him deep. 0-2 delivery on the way, breaking ball, that got him. he got jelly legged on that one. that will be strikeout number 3 for braden. >> buck: difficult to hang in there as you take a look at a guy you have not seen in a while. what's the reaction? luke don't think so. looked like it was borderline up as well. this is not a great breaking ball but certainly not one that he would expect to have called strike 3. you can see his reaction. >> gary: you saw ty wigginton shadow standing, trying to time it. ty has a four-game hitting streak. he has 3 homeruns, 15 rbis and getting the start tonight at first base. and

talking with john baker right now about the game plan for melvin mora. knows him very well. he was a pitching coach with the orioles. >> jim: melvin has one hit tonight. an infield hit. you see bonifacio at third. so, he's now hit in three straight games. this would be a good spot for the home run drought to end. it's now 144 consecutive at- bats without a home run. mora represents the go-ahead run at the plate. good breaking ball. 0-1. >> buck: looking for that first pitch fastball. nolasco starts him off with a breaking ball. melvin had a good run against the marlins hitting .348, 13-15 last games against the marlins he's collected hits. >> jim: takes outside. 1-1. nolasco has allowed nine home runs on the year. markakis at second. huff at first with two men down. five by lefties, four by righties. 1-1en melvin mora who probably would be happy for a ball to the gap. line drive. base hit left field. markakis being sent by juan samuel. bawl ball bobbled by coghlan. that will be an rbi single and it's a one-run game. melvin mora with a big two-out base hi

. >> rob: well, just like we saw with melvin mora, athleticism. this is just a reaction, almost like a third baseman right here. this is a line shot off the bat going away from him. brian roberts hits towards the middle. he jumps up. all great timing right there by alberto gonzalez. we talked about this. defense really gives you confidence as a pitcher. >> bob: i don't think we can count that as an adam ball. >> rob: that's an adam rocket. >> bob: the kid can really play some short. he replaces cristian guzman as the shortstop tonight and guzman has had all kinds of problems this year going to his left of all places. not going into the hole, but going up the middle on balls. >> jim p.: if you're manny acta, you're saying, okay, we need to have more offense so we leave guzman in. unable to come up with it. you have to hurry, but you hope that you help yourself defensively, but you still have guzman to help your offense. so, again, very tough play there. i know that he knew he had to hurry, just couldn't make the play. >> bob: it appeared that ball

here is melvin mora, washington in double play depth. that ball into right center in front of dukes, and baltimore will lead 3-1. ross detwiler got the ball up in the first inning. he kept it down in the second and the third, but the orioles are flairing line drives off of him right now. >> jim: and elijah dukes takes one of the drop steps. he didn't get a good read. i think we'll see the x-mo here. you can see it down on the end of the bat. >> rob: and even when his right hand came off of the bat, so he has no power. >> jim: he takes a step back and by the time he got to the ball, reimold scores to make it 3-1. >> rob: you talked about that, throwing it out there on markakis' infield single. i say the same thing when it comes in. you throw it in the outfield perfectly and nobody can catch it. that was one of those. >> jim: rob, you know as well as i do burt of good pitching is playing defense. mat wieters -- matt wieters. e he is a double play candidate. he has hit into three of them already. in his first 20 major league games. >> rob:

. >> jim: now melvin mora will come on, mora has hit into a double play and flied out. lvin does have a five-game hit streak going. they have been mostly singles. as he has hit safely in 14 of the last 17 ballgames. the long ball has deserted melvin. he did get out of the rbi funk. for the orioles this season, two out rbi's initially they found a lot of them. that has dropped down a bit. orioles .241 with runners in scoring position and two away. it had been up around the .280 mark. mora will try and get one here. markakis on for the single, he's at second, huff on at first. orioles up by just one. a very light drizzle continues to fall, but the clouds are just ripping on by. >> jim: and they really put a shift on melvin mora. >> gary: grounded towards the middle and he's got a base hit. markakis will score, huff at second gets back and the orioles have a 4-2 lead on a two out rbi base hit. >> jim: melvin has done a nice job of hitting the ball all over the field. this is the 14th hit up the middle and 11 to right. the infield has been speeded up a little bit here at cam

ball one to melvin mora. melvin has a modest two-game hitting streak going. he has not homered now in 37 straight games, 142 at-bats, 37 games that he has played in. 41 team games since his last home run on may 7th. here is a bouncer to third. bonifacio wide to the bag gets it across and cantu with fancy foot work off the bag. mora is retiredment one away. >> buck: -- retired. one away. >> buck: bonifacio is a second baseman. he's playing third base because uggla is the second baseman. cantu makes the play. cantu himself also a second baseman. there are four second basemen defensively on the field for florida marlins. uggla, cantu, bonifacio and the left fielder chris coghlan. >> jim: with uggla, the others don't have a chance at second base unless it's a day off. here is luke scott. fouls it off. >> buck: luke scott had one of the big hits in the ninth inning last night. he came off the bench and delivered a base hit up the middle. it was part of the five straight singles in the ninth tied up. >> jim: high pop-up. foul ground near the oriole dugout. the catc

melvin mora. moompl has struck out and grounded out -- melvin mora has struck out and grounded out. >> jim: because you take the bunt, wright playing about a step behind the bag. easier to think by him. >> gary: and moves in another step on the pitch. >> jim: yeah, david kept look in the dugout to see where do you want me to play. even though melvin bunted the last time or attempted to t- does cause your defense to make some adjustments. talk about a guy that won a couple of gold gloves. >> gary: david wright trying to adjust to mora. mora trying to stay out of that double play ground ball situation. and there is the double play ground ball. cora, castillo, murphy. two down. >> jim: the old reliable. part of the scouting report. the sinkerballer. when he's been good tonight, he's been able to get the grounderment exactly what he needed the orioles didn't need. >> gary: so, melvin mora grounding into the double play. that will clean the bases with two runs in and now two down and luke scott. luke h

jeremy guthrie. >> jim: 2-0 on melvin mora. there's a bloop to right field.harging in on it is carroll and he makes the shoe string catch! he got there u just in time. so two walks in the inning don't hurt pinto as he got a double play and a fine running catch by carroll. the bottom of the 10th we go tied 6-6.  >> buck: koji uehara made h 12th start of the season tonight. he had a one-run lead early on. he then got a big double play off after bonifacio a1-2-3 double play to strand base runners and he was matching pitch to pitch. and then the bullpen came on and the marlins broke it wide open, and the orioles responded and scored three in the bottom of the ninth to tie it. uehara was good. >> jim: here is brett carroll batting for the first time. bounced towards short. wigginton, a long throw and he got him. wigginton has looked so smooth at shortstop. he just doesn't look like a shortstop, but he makes the plays. >> buck: you know what? he takes a lot of pride in his ability the play all over the diamond, and because he can do that,

melvin mora 1-3 in the game last night. down low for a ball. >> buck: when you shake up the line up and everybody gets pushed down a little bit should make the line up better overall once everybody gets back to their approach. >> gary: 2-0. >> buck: one thing we haven't seen they haven't had a walk. something dave would like to see more patient. but it's kind of contradictory. at the same time it's tough to hit balls that are borderline strikes. >> gary: last time the orioles went two consecutive games without a walk was june of '07. ground ball to short. cabrera. cahill's getting the ground balls we were talking about in this inning. two away. and gregg zaun will face him. zaun back in today the catching in tonight's ball game. have the back up role and get a game plus a week maybe. hitting .306 in his last 14 starts including five multihit games in those starts. obvious an adjustment as he now rather than playg every day and having all those at bats try and hit one out of six days or so. cahill's delivmisses down low. 2-0

. >> bob: 3-2 to dukes, melvin mora to his left with a good play and two outs. right back with you here tomorrow night and it is brought to you by m.&t. bank, understanding what is important. shairon martis coming off a rough outing. he was scored upon early and often by toronto sunday and jeremy guthrie, 5-7, trying to get that e.r.a. down. in fact, both of them over 5.00. >> jim: guthrie coming off a good start where he beat cole

>> buck: melvin mora thought he had a legitimate shot of getting the pitch here and he threw the ball into the dirt and handcuffed brian roberts. a good reaction by uehara. his responsibility is the third- base line that's where he breaks, and he is able to cut the ball off, spin and fire and strike to mora. watch mora's reaction. he breaks right back to the bag. he gets himself in to position. he gets the lead runner and then tries to double up the pitcher through late the first and rushed his three a bit. i don't think they had a chance after you see where miller was in relationship to the bag. >> jim: now with one down, so the sacrafice is unsuccessful. here is chris coghlan, the lead- off hitter. here is an off-speed pitch for a strike. 0-1. you can see how he was frozen on that pitch. coghlan last year played in double-a, and he had 34 stolen bases for carolina. they're in the southerly league, the marlins' double-a team. that looked like the split inside. >> buck: coghlan is is a good hitter. he came to camp and he is a second baseman. you look around the club and say, 2áb, i do

and what a play by melvin mora to knock it down initially. and that saves one run for sure.zar goes across the bag. >> and it looks like the orioles got a call as salazar's foot was not in contact with the bag as he received that throw from melvin mora. >> and obviously the first base coach had a very good look at it. todd steverson saw it and that's why he protested and that brought the manager out of the dugout. >> and it cost bobby crosby a base hit. so good footwork by salazar because he got the call. his foot was not on the bag, whatever he did, he sold it. so it's a 3-0 game and the orioles get a huge break because there still should only be one out and the bases still should be loaded. and here is rajai davis, the 8th batter to come up in the 1st inning. foul down the first baseline. a hanging curveball. >> well they send 10 batters to the base on friday night. and a different approach, but still three runs in here as they've been able to get just one hit and that was the leadoff hit. and there is a strike. >> rich hill get as head of davis. no balls and two strikes.

bonifacio has it, throws off balance and the bounce, safe at first base is melvin mora. that ball gets away from cantu, but no advancement for melvin who is on with a leadoff single. tonight, it is wired wednesday and adam jones, who is getting at least the early part this have game off, joining us now from the orioles dugout. adam, what's it like to get a day off? we're used to seeing you out there? >> oh, man, i don't know. it's boring. i think right now it's needed for me. >> buck: yeah, it's a little boring. tell us why it's needed in your mind. what's going on with you that you just look forward to a little break right here? >> well, just at the plate over thinking myself thinking way too much up there instead of just seeing it, hitting it and swiking at bad pitches. i think just sit here and watch a little bit of baseball might help me out a little bit. >> buck: adam, -- adam, obviously you got off to a great start. you think back to what you were doing at the plate early in the season to give you good thoughts and a game plan for when you get back in the lineup? >

melvin mora got the rbi he needed to end the big o-for epps he had going there. now he's looking for the long ball. mora has not had a homer in 31 games. his longest homerless streak is 43 set back in 2000-2001. >> jim: how about david wright in 100 at-bats this year yet leading the league in batting average. i think the same thing applies for melvin mora in the fact he's a better hitter when he hits it all over the ballpark where. did he get that rbi? hit a softball into center field even though he was hitting the ball extremely hard before that. got four hits saturday night. >> gary: he's got 16 rbi's on the season so far. orioles would like to see that picked up as melvin hits in this number five spot generally and has chances with people on base. melvin has a four-game hit streak. lays down a bunt or tried. it will be a foul ball. believe me. he caught everybody unexpectedly with that bunt as wright was way back. >> jim: yeah, if you're going to bunt, you'd like to do it with no strikes because then you get wright who is playing back behind the bag. remember,

the shift was on and that is a long run for melvin mora to make that play in foul ground. >> jim: when melvin came over from the mets, he started with houston, he was a shortstop, center fielder. but right there you're playing third base, but you're playing shortstop. there is melvin and there he goes. a big out because dunn looked like he wanted to try to get on, two runs down. >> rob: that is adam after the play. he is oh-fer three. >> bob: and here is willinghamham. >> jim: i don't know if brad bergesen hwas sent out early. he had a great spring for the orioles. josh willingham wthe grand slam when the orioles went to play the nationals off of alfredo. >> rob: the exhibition game. >> jim: so i think they all know as you look at matt albers. sinking ball right-handed. and the right-hander getting loose. >> bob: josh willingham, nine homers, 16 rbi's. at one point last week he had nine homers and 13 rbi's. there just hasn 't been anyone on base this year when he has hit his home runs, and he is third on club. >> rob: a couple of pitches away from 100 now, bergesen. >> jim: and he is a

melvin mora was struggling.ys you're going to see in our order that weren't getting on base. weren't getting those business hits or driving the runs in from second base. the other guys will have their days here and there. luke scott was doing outstanding. nolan reimold was doing very good. players like that were trying to pickup the pace. just not enough to overcome some of the pitching performances we were seeing. >> new york mets in town. interleague baseball continues. pitching matchup tonight. it will be mike pelfrey on the mound for the new york mets and jeremy guthrie looking for a win. he's trying to get his fifth on the year. he will go for the orioles. it's the 0s-mets, it's -- o's- mets, it's interleague play at camden yards. getting set for the new york mets. and this is your movies on demand screen. oh cool. (cable guy) so what are you going to do next? who are you? who is he? it's okay. well, i'm going to... activate over 100 hd channels? program his remote? sync his tv with his computer? wow. it's

melvin mora at second base. to shortstop and fielded by orlando cabrera and he gets it across in time and athletics have won to complete a three- game sweep. and the orioles are shut out in the final game. final score, the oakland coliseum, the athletics win it 3-0. two beers! you got it! are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drinking a warm one? if you have the new coors light cold-activated can, you're covered. because now every can turns blue when your beer... is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> rich hill pitches his way out of the first inning. orioles collectively only two hits of the day and still lose 3-0. >> nothing good happens after a walk. we'll be back to talk about that. we'll rejoin you in just a moment. let's go back down to jim. >> jim: all right, tom, thank you very much. so the athletics win it by a final of 3-0. we invite you t

now melvin mora. he's had a single and grounded out. that will be bounced away. strike one. seeg her 29 years old. he's been in the 5-6 in save chances. >> buck: they used him last year. when he first came up he had a phenomenal streak of scoreless innings. 39 straight scoreless innings to start his major league career. >> gary: that one toward 2nd base where kennedy can go to get one and just missed getting two. >> buck: credit melvin mora, adam kennedy with the feed coming across the bag and melvin beats the relay throw to bobby crosby stretching out to avoid that double play. >> gary: now 1 st and 3rd with scott on at 1st base. mora on at 1 st. zaun up the middle. slows down. only play's at 1 st and off the bag. cabrera with a good try but drew bobby crosby off first. the orioles get a run in as scott will score. and it is a 9-1 ball game. >> buck: john hits a bullet right back at him and all he can do is deflect it off his glove. cabrera desperation pulls crosby off the bag. luke scott comes in. >> gary: that will be a single infield hit for zaun and an rbi. his fifth of

an easy play for melvin mora. no time to get the return double play, but mora has made two good plays here to negate the sacrafice bunt attempt. >> jim: now in the seventh inning, fredi gonzalez will go to his bench and here is ross gload, the veteran left-handed batter will pinch hit. so each pitcher will have pitched to a no decision in this game. it is a 1-1 game in the seventh, provided that this game remains scoreless -- i mean this inning remains scoreless because miller could still qualify for a win if the marlins scratch a run across here. here is nunez getting loose in the florida bullpen. >> buck: ross glad is the most frequently used pinch hitter. he is 7-27 as a pinch hitter. gip a nice block by matt wieters on the pitch in the dirt. >> buck: that pitch was way out in important of home plate and wieters is fortunate he is able to keep in front of him. watch where this ball hits. i mean, it hits two feet in important of home plate and he is lucky he actually blocked it with his shin guard. he never reall

.  melvin mora 6 game hit streak. 3 for 8 in the series. fouls that away.atch the shattered bat from aubrey huff from that last at-bat. >> jim: hitting is timing. what is mitching? it's about movement, it's abot disrupting the timing. how do you do it? change speeds, cut the ball, turn can over. livan hernandez can do that. >> gary: that is going to fall in for a base hit, and melvin mora he is a singles hitter, t lots of them. has a 7-game hit streak and i4 for 9 in the series.

melvin mora right off the bag with him. and that is a strike on the outside corner. >> buck: one thing you should remember trying to evaluate jason berken, don't come to conclusions after three starts. we've seen him very good and seen him around a little bit. most of the time he's been pretty good. >> gary: 3-2 delivery on the way and walked him. berken has surrendered three walks in the ball game. putting runners on at 1 st and 3rd and davis with tremendous speed. zaun's going to go out and talk to berken not only how they're going to pitch to the lead off man cabrera but what to do if this runner goes. >> buck: he's looking in the dugout to get the defense with a first and third situation. they'll give him the defense and the throw through cut off back to the pitcher bunt fake. davis as gary mentioned 6-9 so far and can really run. big lead at first. >> gary: big lead. going to have to throw over or step off here and they do. >> buck: berken with the fake for 3rd just to see if he could get davis to break for 2nd. >> gar

belliard was able to freeze melvin mora momentarily so melvin has to be held at third by juan sam well, and the orioles have the bases loaded. >> jim p.: melvin's job is not to get doubled up. if the ball gets through for a base hit, you know the bases are going to be loaded. >> jim h.: so mora goes to third, zaun at second, andino is on at first with one down. here's brian roberts who is without a doubt due. he's 0 for 4 tonight and 0 for his last 14. >> jim p.: how about winning 11- 1 and one of the best lead-off guys in baseball having what for him is an off night. that 0 for 4 last night. >> jim h.: tonight he was robbed by gonzalez in the fifth inning on an amazing diving grab. there's been some spectacular defense played tonight on both sides. no errors in this game. high fly ball slicing foul down the left-field line, and that will be back in the crowd. >> rob: roberts said coming into interleague play tonight, .304 lifetime batting average with nine home runs. very respectable in interleague play. nationals concentrated on just one guy in the line-up. you might want to go down

and melvin mora, rbi base hit. >> this is what we're used to seeing melvin mora hit, with men in scoring position. he did that and he drives in markakis and puts the orioles up another run. >> mark hendrickson came on with the bases loaded. that forces in the tying run, but hendrickson will get a double play to get out of the inning. then in the bottom of the 7th, aubrey huff just crushing it. >> this ball club really needs him to do that. a bullet onto the flag court, the orioles have a tie ballgame go up now 6-4. >> aubrey huff, his first home run since may 26. that got the orioles the lead. there's the final line score. the mets four runs on 12 hits. identical scores in the first two games in the series, each team winning by the final of 6- 4. feliciano who is usually lights out against left-handed batters gave up a single to markakis, then the home run to aubrey huff. look at nick markakis, four out of four. it is the second time this season that he has a four-hit game, the 11th time in his career and he's also beginning to heat up. >> nick markakis is one of those key guys, he's lik

the tie between those two, as melvin mora still with the orioles, was in each of those games, the gamewillie started, melvin played shortstop. the game roberts started, melvin played center field. then after that season, the orioles traded willie to chicago for chris singleton, and willie went on to have some good years there. played for the braves, now with the mets. >> rob: and willie was an integral part of that world championship team in chicago. then picked up by the nationals after that. he's a great clubhouse guy. he'll play anytime anywhere, and you saw the graphic a little earlier in the game. hit number almost .300 since he got back in the line-up every day. he was hitting under .200 when he was playing once a week. so you've got to get repetition. it's very difficult to be sitting on the bench and getting four or five at-bats a week, like gregg zaun. he was joking today with dave trembley standing there, he goes, i was overexposed in the first six weeks. >> jim h.: that ends the inning. gregg zaun gets into one. his third home run. gs we all lk forward to haven't changed. li

that's what's been throwing melvin mora off. it's very difficult to play in this stadium that was designed for a football game. disblim. >> jim: and you throw in the time of day it is, and you -- and you see the sky is not yet totally dark, so it's a double whammy in the same flight path. here is the pitcher sean west. struck out his first at-bat. rich hill has four strikeouts. he has walked one and allowed five runs on six its. two of the hits home runs and each home run a two-run shot. down on strikes goes sean west. two men out. strikeout number five for rich hill. the cal ripken, sr. all-stars will be hosteling themid- atlantic all-stars at regency furniture stadium inwaldorf. come out and catch all the festivities. if you can't, watch it on masn hd gametime 7:05. get there early. home run derby will start at 5:30. admission free. donations greatly appreciated. 410-888 -- 410-588-9900. chris coghlan on. two outs, none on. >> buck: that all-star game is very important. it's a summer college bat league. the dough naights will

it's a base hit for melvin mora. picked up by ryan church. he'll get it back in. , mora has a single to lead off the ninth inning. >> jim: well, their closer is still up in the bullpen,francisco rodriguez. again trying to come in. of course, 97. doesn't get it all the way in. melvin able to fight it off fair for a base hit. you will definitely take it. three more outs to work with. >> gary: 6-2 lead for the mets. luke scott walked his last time up. he is officially 0-2 in the ballgame. and scott's got a base hit into right field. hit it hard. orioles get the first two on in the bottom half of the ninth inning with nobody out. you've got reimold and wieters and andino. >> jim: i tell you what. you have a young, inexperienced pitch mother slide steps. no reason with a four-run lead. throws a fastball to a really good fastball hitter. jerry manuel -- i mean, he sprinted out of the dugout. you don't need to do that. watch this. sliep slide step, middle of the plate. luke's not going to miss that pitch. thigh high. he's all over it. first and second, nobody out. >> jim:

oscar salazar in the game now as he takes over for melvin mora who had a very good night at the pallet and here is the new pitcher on matt albers. >> jim: matt has been terrific since he was recalled from norfolk. the labrum tear last year, rehabbed it. he didn't have surgery. the velocity is up. he is still trying to command the overhand curve ball. >> rob: so he didn't elect for the surgery? >> jim: no. he tried to rehab it. i think early on his arm, because of all of the rehab, he is actually throwing harder. you can see he's much better -- >> rob: and he has a big whip action to his arm. >> jim: he does, yeah. >> jim: christian guzman is hitless on the night. >> jim: chad moeller, albers is much better away to lefties, hardly ever comes in. it is going to be an adjustment. he to come up with some way to get the lefties in. >> rob: a lot of guys are throwing front door sinkers, front door breaking balls right on lefties. it blows my mind. back in the day your coach was don't throw anything like that. if he has a good enough sinker, he needs to throw it right at the right leg of the

here is melvin mora leading off against west. first ball swinging and fouls it back. lvin has a modest three-game hitting streak going. the orioles try to get one in the series and go 4 2-on the trip before heading home to face the nationals tomorrow night. here is the ball hit haul hard to second. uggla is right there and gets it to first. one down. mora is retired. one away in the second. here is the southwest airlines starting lineup for the orioles. roberts, markakis and jones with wigginton batting cleanup. melvin mora, .375 over the last nine games. reimold, wieters, andino and rich hill the pitcher batting ninth. nolan reimold now in the number six spot. takes a fastball high. mentioned last night that reimold and luke scott will be thrilled to get back to baltimore for tomorrow's investigate. there's only three games left in interleague and they will be american league rules at camden yards this weekend which means reimold can count on being in left field and luke scott cancount on dhing or at least have the option to do so. orioles will face yet ano left

melvin mora came in third with 6%. brian roberts tonight 2-3, scored a run, had a double among those two hits. orioles wound up losing to the florida marlins 5-2. that's a look at our a -- at&t player of the game. we'll be back and take a look at jason berken's performance when we continue on masn in a moment. at samuel adams, nothing we brew is as versatile with food as boston lager. the sam adams lager goes beautifully with a lot of ethnic spicy foods. the maltiness and hoppiness work well with indian food. samuel adams boston lager is strong enough to support a heavier meal and it's balanced enough that's it's not going to overpower a lighter meal it could compliment a salmon dish with a little bit of spice to it. whether at a restaurant you're at home if you're having great food and you need a great beer, boston lager is the beer that i use. sam adams with great food-- there's nothing better. (announcer) you do have health insurance don't you? if you don't, now you're in luck. carefirst bluecross blueshield can cov

. >> jim: two outs and none on following the melvin mora ground out. as the orioles continue this stretch of left-handed starters against them. so the switch hitter is getting a lot of at-bats from the right side. now, that is high. ball three. detwiler averages about 3.5 walks per nine innings and striking out about six. no decision last saturday against the blue jays. he pitched very well. the comments that we have heard, and, rob, your perspective would be the opposite of this, as the orioles have gone through the n.l. east, the n.l. east teams commenting on how well top to bottom the american league east teams hit because that's what you have to do in this condition as matt wieters draw as two-out walk. if you're trying to even come close to compete well the red sox and the yankees, the rays are the defending champs, every team in this division top to bottom can hit. that's how the tapes are built. >> rob: it is by far the toughest division in baseball. and, you know, having watched the american league east for decades going back to when jim was pl

no depth perception and you can't tell where the ball is and then you deal with the high sun and melvin moralooking up there and saying that is tough. >> jim: castillo back with the team, getting loose. several reunions this weekend. there is a strike. castillo and oscar salazar, rejoining the team. >> buck: you and i have been reunited. where have you been? >> jim: i've been out here. congratulations on the birth of your granddaughter. popped foul near the oriole dugout. >> buck: these relievers have come into this game and have done an add admirable job. trembley has to be very pleased with the  and albers have shut them down. >> jim: two men down. this is the first athletic to strike out in this game. >> buck: a good breaking ball down and away and petit is in a problem here and good breaking ball. a will the -- a lot of depth. and a good pitch. >> jim: two down and orlando cabrera, the leadoff hitter.  and that's another good breaking ball and he swings through it. >> buck: the a's have had two  base runners since the first inning. they haven't had a

this is melvin mora, in the sixth with two on. roped, to the left field corner, double. nolan ryan.have 5-1. they're not done in the sixth. how about the baltimore chopper, aubrey huff there, brings in brian roberts and adam jones. orioles score eight in the sixth inning, tied for their most prolific inning of the season. they get their 100th interleague win. they're just 100-127 all time. >> meantime, in cleveland, the reds, facing the cincinnati. ryan -- facing the indians. garko'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 e

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. >> jim: highest hitter ever at camden yards cos in, it by melvin mora. here is over the front sidd not a bad pitch, just a bad result. >> gary: let's see how jerry manuel plays this. his leadoff batter, core cora is looking for : if he do bunts, and you walk murphy, i don't thk if you'll do that to get to bell tram, but i would think with your closer warming up, they want to get as many runners as you can. >> gary: he drops down a ful bunt. gets it to roberts. take that with the runner coming at him. sacrifice for cora. >> jim: that's why the tsgot anthat's why the red sox had him. he can playshortstop, understands that he's not home run hitter, an awfully good ones. puts the pressure on mars tomake a perfect play. wigginton is anticipating the bunt. roberts is covering the bas. there he is, and -- the throw right -- that's why it's a difficult play. you have to pick it off. because the runner is going, supposed to be in the 45-foot line which is in foul territory. lot of guys cheat a little bit. >> gary

that will bring melvin mora up. >> should we let you give some signs? >> i gave one, did you see my leg up? you saw nicky go. >> now i got to stop it. i'm hoping melvin hits a gaper, nick scores from first. >> two down here. mora will take it outside. just explain that, skip, one last question, what you said about mora. the sequence you're looking for here with melvin at the plate. >> he's going to get a breaking ball at some point in time. if he gets it, i would expect he's going to bought hurting on it. and that would be a great time for nicky to run. there it is. >> nick's got the green light down there in these situations? >> well, he did, but i just took it off. because back-to-back pitches redding is usually the slide step. sandly alomar is over in that dugout, sandy and i were with the cubs all those years in the minor leagues, so i learned a lot of these things from him. >> skipper joining us here with mora at the plate. that was the one he wanted. >> i was talking to you

mora singled into a double play, and has flied out. melvin now .273 on the year. and way outside with a slider. santos reaching with the glove for that one. >> jim: you can see how difficult sean green , 6'6," quick wind up, lots of deception, not to meng the way he's able to make the ball di. >> gary: green has delivered a couple couple of wild pitches. you saw one close right there. so aubrey huff at second base getting a good secondary lead. 1-1 way outside. and the count will go to 2-1. >> jim: nobody up behind sean green. you got luke scott the lefty n deck. closer not up yet. even though we have what, one out in the 8th inning. >> gary: trying to beat the bt e.r.a. in the league out of the bullpen. 2-1 count. boy, is he struggling with tht one. 3-1. >> jim: your sinker ball, it'a great idea to throw the 2-1 breaker ball. but not two feet off the plate. >> gary: that will get -- [ indiscernible ] >> jim: they have another lef, but i don't know if he can get up and ready. maybe it's rodriguez. that is a

here is the 1-1 delivery, mora will take a fastball up high. it will go to 2-1. melvin72 on the season. and he will take that one right centerfield and there is the speed of davis. this is a guy who looks like he is coming out of the blocks. >> buck: tremendous acceleration. see how this speed allows him to track that one down. great play. he had a great jump. >> gary: that was not that easy. >> buck: no, he got to it quick. >> gary: boy, does he cover ground. >> buck: he stole 57 bases one season in the minor league. he has great speed. >> >> gary: that one hit into the air to right field. again luke scott, way back, 367, good-bye, homerun. and there goes the shutout. and the bat of luke scott continues hot as he delivers the long ball. that will be number 13 on the year. >> buck: that's exactly what you are supposed to do with hanging breaking balls and he left it on the inside part of the plate. this ball is meant to be away and it's up and he uses that top hand and drives it out of the ballpark with a simple flip of the wrist off that facing of the second deck in ri

the one thing, you do miss melvin mora at third base. melvin, hadn't hit a home run in over 150 at-bats but he's playing sparkling defense. salazar is a good hitter, but he's not the glove guy. >> bob: elijah dukes, he's not a guy that hits the ball the opposite way a lot. but even when he does it a little, he's much better than he is now. >> rob: if you're going to stand in the middle of the box and not step in towards the plate or try and go the other way with t. then they're going to have a field game against you. you've got to go towards the ball. >> jim p.: he should get pretty good pitch to hit here, 2-1. the one guy that david hernandez has had great command on the outside quarter to third of the plate is elijah dukes. >> rob: yep. >> bob: struck him out swinging in the second to end that inning. after the three consecutive hits, walked him in the fourth. but he was erased on the double play ball. dukes will pull a slow roller to third. going for two, and safe, aubrey huff might have saved a run, if that ball gets down the line. jo

melvin mora is the orioles leader with 161 interleague contests. big battle here.stokes, the long look. down to first and fouled off again. >> jim: i think it's a chance. with a did dave trembley say, he said anything that's going promote the game and all that. but when i used to pitch spring training games in the national league, when you played a national league team, you wanted to let them know that you were talented, that you were going to be at your best. i think the same thing applies when you play during the regular season. it's the american league against the national league. >> gary: he takes that one to right center field. hauled in, runner tagging, beltran's throw will come into second base. so roberts retired on the long fly ball out. andino will move over to third and there are two down here in the 8th inning. there's the bobblehead given away to the first 25,000 that were in the ballpark here tonight. a great collector's item. he'll get one more shot at it here. he started the day 7th in average in the league. there are some of those bobbleheads that

.: mora throws to second, one, back to first, will not be in time. that was a tough play all around because melvinas guarding the line. gloves it. got the pivot but couldn't get it there in time, two down. >> rob: but they do get the lead runner. mora goes to his left. takes the force out, gets one. roberts tries to side step 6'6", 275. >> jim p.: paul bunyan coming down the line. >> rob: can you imagine, he was going it start at quarterback at texas. >> jim p.: of course if you're that big. >> rob: all world quarterback down in texas. i think he was major apple white. >> jim h.: charging in is jones, he'll get there for the out. so the lead-off hit an man left. ♪ cold refreshment is an unstoppable force. because every coors light can is cold-activated. when the mountains turn blue, your beer is as cold as the rockies. the coors light cold-activated can. enjoy refreshment at its peak. aaaaaahhh! frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer.  >> jim h.: time for you to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. here are the candidates. text in your vote

. >> gary: now melvin mora. he had a single first time up, 6-game hit streak. 5 for 14 off hernandez, and that's to shortstop. on you'll come to oriole park for the debut f 2110 utah streetright center s named for nick markakis and andy we are. for $21, you can get a and recen t-shirt. hope you show up. for the opening of 2110 utah, right there. two down. and luke scott who delivered a single p stands in with the bases empty. >> jim: one thing that livan s done well, low numbers of runners in scoring position. >> gary: he has an incredible good record, 5-1 for an oppont batting average to go with itf .295. >> jim: he does know how to pitch. i get the feeling he will ph around people, he can do thatn any citi field, because that'a pitcher's ballpark. he has a great field for pitching. last year he started out the year in the american league, struggled, got picked up by colorado. >> gary: interleague games, a magnificent 19 win mark. >> jim: i think what, mike

melvin mora to second base, kennedy up, two down. >> buck: you can't blame on, he is a tough pitcher. they are all tough pitchers. and they were hitting tough pitchers. including a.j. burnett and knocking around justin verlander in the last series. >> gary unfortunately for the orioles, the funk has been up and down the line-up except for this guy, luke scott. the breaking ball is in there for a strike. since coming off the d l, he has gone 11-for-29, hitting in the .390 clip. of course, he is pounding out the homeruns. fouled back. he needs a little help in that line-up. the other concern is that the orioles on the road have a tremendous differential between here and what they do. >> buck: you can see kansas city and oakland, they are first and second. >> gary: right down the middle. and that's seven strikeouts that braden already picked up in the ballgame ant orioles trail it 6-0. you don't do laundry at the beach. you salt-wash everything and let it breeze dry. knit, delicate, permanent press... the ocean doesn't care. so grab your bag. times may be tough today, but the things we a

and kennedy popped foul but melvin mora is first at bat. the 18 earned runs allowed in this seares are now last in the league in pitching. the team e.r.a. is up to 5.32 so they have fallen last in the league. and after the way the trip began in seattle, it is very disappointing it didn't carry over here. sharp hit ball, wide to first. salazar has it and he gets the out. >> buck: one thing bass has done is pitch down in the zone with both the sinker ball and the slider. and that has allowed him to come up for three easy outs since he's come into this game. he's been a valuable part of this bullpen. and the guy that's been very consistent and has been very reliable. >> jim: two down. that brings up cust. walked his first at-bat. and that is a strike. no one on base, the orioles go into the overshift on jack cust. you see the shortstop andino on the second base site and there is wigginton in shallow rightfield. fouled back, it's 0-2. >> buck: you look at the shift, wigginton out there in shallow rightfield and cust has always been a notorious

he sees david wright playing exactly where melvin mora did with ryan church. maybe when you're down two or three runs and there's two outs in an inning. just lay one down there. it's just, remember when you were a kid, if basically you were playing, if you were playing over the line or they were playing baseball, somebody was playing way back, you would drop one down. messing around, maybe get a little more better at whatever you're trying to do. you get the t-shirts out there. >> gary: can't hit anything to the right or left of second base. >> jim: or you're out. tim redding on the mound for the mets. 21 wins, 40 losses in his career. jammed him, center field. beltran under it, he's got it. that's three consecutive fly ball that is have gone to center. huff, mora, now scott. >> jim: you got wright with two, castillo with three, beltran with three. keith hernandez, he won a bunch of them. gold glovers all over the place. >> gary: all over the place. reimold down to third base, business hop david wright. he's got a big arm, over to murphy. reimold retired. the