he he jumps on that first pitch fastball from ricky nolasco. just trying to get ahead nolasco went out over plate and brian roberts jumped all over it. >> tony: we'll see now if brian will -- >> jim: we'll see now if brian will test ricky nolasco as felix pie comes up. adam jones getting a rest against the right-hander. adam is just 8-51 over his last 12 games. that is a .157 clip for adam jones. you see the weather. 84 degrees, very muggy. partly cloudy and the sun now peering through. oh, did it rain here at 4:00. we were told every day at 4:00, it rains. i thought they were just damage raight. sure enough, -- exaggerating. sure enough, 4:00 it rained as if somebody cued the rain. it poured. it just moved away. >> buck: yeah, it driesout very quickly. orioles took batting practice on the field. marlins chose not to. orioles got their licks in during regular batting practice. >> jim: felix pie, this is his first anticipate since june 14. 10 days ago, he had not been to the plate. nolasco is paying attention to brian roberts. brian has 15 steals

that's six k's for ricky nolasco.een able to get his former teammate, josh willingham. he jacked a ground rule double. >> rob: he gave him four breaking balls. on the fourth curveball he smacked that into left field for a base hit. then cody ross sinking line drive, makes the catch. it rained before the game, it's a little soggy out there. >> bob: hard slider for strike one. willingham drafted by the marlins in the 17th round of the 2000 draft. he was in the minor leagues for five and a half years before he got his shot for just 12 games in 04, 16 games in 05, then finally a lot of playing time as a rookie of the year candidate in 06. one ball, one strike. it might take one mistake and josh willingham to pull a fly ball out of here to get the nats back on top. nolasco is at 91 pitches with one out in the 7th. as he steps off, willingham steps out. ricky nolasco has been outstanding tonight. 6-1 career against the nats. eight straight since willingham's base hits. this little flair to right field will be caught by carr

and the bat comes up to ricky nolasco. t to first base. >> bob: maybe that's why ricky didn't bother looking at the runner. he had to worry about the ball and the bat. here is wil nieves. >> rob: i'm sure anderson's hands kind of reverb rated after that hit. they'll be numb a little bit. >> bob: breaking ball away. if it gets by the mound, there's a chance. nieves is safe and the nationals pick up a two out run. it was do or die for uggla with the glove. and the nats get a break on an infield chopper, 2-0. >> rob: we saw this happen to us up in baltimore. they were going over the infield. this one, perfect. >> bob: wil has good speed for a catcher. >> rob: and he's getting down that line. the only chance log had on this play was to try to take it with his glove and scoop it and throw it to first base. never had a chance. >> bob: that accomplished a couple of things. got a run home and it gets scott olsen up here. scott olsen can handle the bat. he is 0 for 8 on the year, but he's a .154 career hitter. for nieves, his 12th r

i want to ask you about ricky nolasco when you see the 7.15 e.r.a.en you're player coming to the ballpark, you can't wait to get out to the flight hit the guy maybe. >> you know he's going to make some mistakes and he's going to give you a good fastball to hit. if he gets behind in the count, which most people who give up a lot of hits dorks they get behind in the count, you can sit on certain pitches. he seems like he's going to be a nice guy to myth hit. let's hope the orioles are ready for that. >> one thing, rick dempsey spends kauai it et time before he comes into our masn studios. i wanted to ask you what you've been work on lately in the way of music? >> i've been doing a lost crazy things off the field work deanna bogart on doing records and things. something special for the orioles for christmastime. we'll see later on down the road what it is. i don't want to divulge -- >> you're going to put out a christmas album? >> i don't know. we'll see. >> when you look at it, he's mr. entertainment. he loves to put together music and we'll talk more

when ricky nolasco took a buzz saw to his bat. >> rob: he dropped down on that one. e's got a lot of pitches this nolasco kid. when we saw him earlier in the year he was throwing like this. he's got some good stuff. i think we got to him later in the game. >> bob: well, six innings. the nats, remember, the nats were having their pitching nightmares with the bullpen. then he pitched in washington, and in four innings gave up seven hits but only two runs. the marlins eventually came from behind to win that game. one of those heartbreaking losses. the nats bullpen gave up that first weekend 3-2. and a fastball up. >> rob: we've talked to some people from the marlins. he fancies himself as a guy that has about 7 pitches. that's four too many. right now we've seen a few of them tonight. great breaking ball, great fastball, just learn to throw those consistently for strikes and you'll win a lot of games. you keep messing around with that fourth or fifth best pitch that you throw maybe five times a night, you're going to give up a lot of home runs. >> bob: the pitching coach

he'll face right-handed hitting wes helms pinch-hitting for ricky nolasco.on villone still sporting a nice e.r.a., it's his 29th appearance. not good control numbers. 12 strikeouts, but 14 walks. unusual for him.   >> bob: wes helms, as a pinch- hitter this year, 7 for 21 with five rbi's. he's at .33, ron villone nowhere near the plate here. >> rob: ronny's more at the stage of his career where he will pitch around danger more so than challenge it. >> bob: maybe that's why the walk total is up? >> rob: absolutely. the rookie lead-off man chris coghlan next, then emilio bonifacio and hanley ramirez. their top three hitters are 4 for 9 tonight. the nats are 0 for 10. scott olsen finishes with 94 pitches, 66 strikes. oh, what a night. nats couldn't get him a run in the 8th to make him a rainer. ron villone has to hold the marlins. he's battled back now to make the count 3-2 on wes helms. that's a base hit. inside the bag, willingham has a long way to go. if helms was a fast runner, he'd have a triple. there's another runner going to s

ricky nolasco goes tonight for the florida marlins.has had major success against washington. >> he certainly has. he's a guy that throws hard, fastball. this year he's got a 4-6 record. three games ago he gave up eight runs, then the next game he gave up eight runs, but his last two ballgames he's given up only one run in 12 innings. only walked 18 people in the course of the season, so he's a guy that was a part of that quartet, nolasco, olsen, sanchez and johnson who won at least 10 games back in 2006. >> scott olsen goes tonight for washington. the nationals signed a second baseman out of cal berkeley, he's a big kid. >> we have some video of him here running. he runs really well. talking to mike rizzo, he said he's one of the best runners they scouted. you can never, ever get enough of middle infielders. this kid has played everywhere. we'll excited about getting him signed, the 50th pick in the draft, our first pick in the second round. his father actually played in the seattle farm system. he should be ready to roll when he gets

tomorrow night it will be scott olson coming off the dl against ricky nolasco of florida. >> scott won 12, he pitched three straight years. they're saying his velocity is up two miles per hour. it was 88 to 91 when he was here. we were talking about his velocity. nolasco struggles for two starts. giving up eight runs. but his last four he's only given up five runs. he's striking out a lot of

ricky nolasco goes seven innings. he allows two runs. they are unearned runs.t'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 year ago in josh johnson is just off the chart. many people believe not only here but around baseball you've got a chance to win the cy young. >> jim: albers gets ahead of ross gload 1-2. goes one inning no, runs, despite three hits. check swing. he went too far. good pitch by matt albers. that fastball exploded and gload down on strikes. one away. >> buck: we can't tell you how good this bullpen has been ream. everybody down there has had their moment. matt albers gets a big strikeout to start the bottom of the seventh here. great, explosive movement on that two-seam fastball. didn't necessarily move down like you normally see from matt albers. boy, it took off. >> jim: back to the top of the lineup now for chris coghlan. walked and scored leading off in the first inning. th

. >> buck: ricky nolasco over his career, june has been a good month for him.4 with a very good e.r.a. in the month of june. e.r.a. still good in september for his career, but may, 8-86.13n april, he's not an early quick starter for sure. april and may his two worst months. >> jim: fastball for a strike. 2-2. >> buck: when ricky nolasco made good pitches on markakis all night long. paints that just side corner with that 93-mile-per-hour heater. >> jim: markakis again with a chance to get the -- get the orioles on the board. now the count 2-2. ground ball towards the hole. bonifacio has it go off his glove. he picks it up. he throws. it's beyond the first baseman cantu! roberts scores. markakis heads for second base! the orioles get a break. >> buck: yes talked about how well bonifacio had played in this series. that's an error. it will be his 13th error of the season as he bottled it, -- bobbled it, picked it up, rushed the throw. looks like nolasco was going to be out of the inning. bonifacio had it go off his glove, off his knee, picks it up, throws it in the

olsen and ricky nolasco. espn news for now. hope to be back with you with baseball in 15 minutes from florida. >> welcome to espnews, helping you stay current with all the latest news, scores and highlights. will selva alongside mike yam. coming up later in this half hour, our "aircheck" segment. the crew debates u.s. soccer. right now we've got breaking news to tell you about. >> an hour and a half ago it came into the espnews room. it's bad news for the houston rockets. their center yao ming suffered the broken left foot. the injury not healing. you averaged nearly 20 points and ten rebounds in 77 games last season. he missed the last few games of their postseason series with the lakers because of a foot injury. the team physician tom clanton released a statement saying: >> baseball news. after going hitless in his first two game, manny ramirez went 2-2 with a home run in his last rehab start. the dodgers' slugger will play in his final minor league game tonight. he's expected to rejoin his teammates july 3rd when the suspens

tomorrow night it will be scott olson coming off the dl against ricky nolasco of florida. >> scott won 12, he pitched three straight years. they're saying his velocity is up two miles per hour. it was 88 to 91 when he was here. we were talking about his velocity. nolasco struggles for two starts. giving up eight runs. but his last four he's only given up five runs. he's striking out a lot of people, he struck out 25 and walked five, so he's back on top of that stretch. >> the nats really about due to take on florida. there you see scott olson's numbers. 41 innings pitched, 18 walks, 29 strikeouts. nolasco who beat the nationals the opening game of the year, then scott olson lost to florida in the second game of the year. we talked a little about craig stammen going to the bullpen on our pregame show. you now the word is he will start tuesday in florida against the marlins. >> just explain that, martis was pitching. report came that stammen was going to be stay here. and so they say he's going to the bullpen. maybe they've changed their mind with martis, possibly if stammen is going to

. >> rob: ricky nolasco on his right. >> bob: even sitting down, he's bigger than everybody josh johnson career against the nats. >> rob: could be a basketball team. they're all like 6'8", 6'9". there's volstad all the way to the left. >> bob: johnson is 4-0 with a 3.49 against the nationalities. the only reason the e.r.a. is that high is because that first inning grand slam austin kearns hit against him earlier this year and the nationals still weren't able to win that game. >> rob: that's andrew miller, the lefty sitting there. pretty good arms on their side of the field too. they've got andrew miller, dontrelle willis, miguel cabrera trade. great, young left-hander. >> bob: ryan zimmerman this year having a very ought year -- odd year in one respect. he's hitting .333 against right- handers and well under .300 against lefties. 0-2 here. he's gone for the second out. first strikeout by sean west. adam dunn coming up. >> rob: well, 0-2. this is a perfectly placed breaking ball right here in on his feet on the ground. >> bob: if you hit it, it's going to hurt. >> rob: if you hit it, it's

that will be his sixth of the season and ricky nolasco. last year he won 15 games for the marlins making his 13th start off to disappointing start. opponents hilling over .300  against the right-hander. >> jim: here is coghlan, the lead-off hitter, fouled it back. as opposed to the marlins who have just tim wood left in their bullpen, the orioles still have albers. they still have hendrickson and george sherrill. so jim johnson giving them two innings and chris ray an inning and 2/3 has helped at least preserve a few more arms. ground ball sharply hit to short. wigginton has it and gets it across and a three up, three down inning for brian bass and on we go. we head to the 12th and the top of the lineup is coming up. brian roberts, nick markakis and adam jones in this tie game. ? ♪ ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. >> jim: the american flag i downtown

. >> buck: after that line drive down the line, he jogs out to the mound to talk to ricky nolasco. saw something about the location of the pitch he wasn't too pleased about. talking about nolasco, now they're going to attack markakis from this point forward out in front of him at 0-2. watch the target trying to come in inside. the ball is all the way across the plate. that's why the catcher was a little concerned that nolasco wasn't really hitting his targetsment he goes out and says make sure you focus on me now. >> jim: 0-2 on markakis. he's down on strikes. second time in the game markakis has struck out. that's four already for nolasco. >> buck: this was a hard slider and backdoor slider. again, look at the target. trying to go inside. they miss all the way across the plate. that's why i kind of laughed to myself when i hear pitchers over the course of a good ballgame say i only made a couple of mistakes. in my mind, that's the mistake trying to get the ball inside. he gets a strikeout. >> jim: one down. here is aubrey huff with pie at first. double play ball to second. uggla pl

volvo sign for his 14th of the year, marlins win 2-1 in a rain-shortened game to avoid the sweep, ricky nolascoches a one-hitter for his first win since may 8. he entered the game 0-3 with a 9.64 e.r.a. in his previous four starts. >> the rain didn't just disrupt the u.s. open on thursday, it also kept the yankees and nationals from starting on time. scheduled to begin at 1:05 o'clock p.m. eastern, it didn't start until 6:31 p.m. eastern. what can you do in n.y.c.? you can run 2 1/2 new york city marathons. there is no record of the longest rain delay in mlb history but it ranks up there -- last season, game five of the world series was held up nearly two days after rain forced a suspension in the sixth. brewers and reds waited 5:45 in 1999. this was the final meeting firefighter yanks and nats. the teams have only one common day off the rest of the season so they had to play this one. ryan zimmerman, top of the fifth lining one off joba chamberlain. zimmerman had three hits and an r.b.i. he was 1-8 in his first two games of this series. a-rod lines one to left. willie harris with the gift of g

they're all over 6'6" except ricky nolasco. sean west is 6'8" can be a very intimidating opponent. >> jim: jung young man just 23 years old and he began the year in double-a. here is another one of the pitchers, buck, double-a baseball, phone call away. there's a need on the big league club, you come up and get chance. >> buck: one thing marlins have done over the years is draft and develop power arms. this is another one of them. we mention, oftentimes we hear people, and i guess you could say probably 70% of the pitchers that we've seen over the last several years have had some sort of surgery, but shoulder surgeries are very difficult to come back from. as you'll see during the course this have evening, sean west has come back very effectively. >> jim: had that surgery. miss all of those seven. in 2008, he spent the entire season in a-ball the florida state league at jurpter. we're under way as he misses low to brian roberts. brian has been really hot on this road trip. he has hit now in six straight games including all five

and you can make ricky nolasco run the bases. >> jim: that certainly has hurt the orioles pitchers thisnts it first base side. pretty good one. huff will take the sure out at first as roberts covers. sacrifice successful. on at second base with two down now is baker. there's your difference, buck, with the national league game. if anyone gets on ahead of the pitcher, instant sacrifice situation. >> buck: you just don't want him swing away with the risk of hitting into a double play. i don't care where it is, how many outs there are, you're going to bunt it more often than not it here is -- >> jim: here is chris coghlan who got it going in the first inning drawing a leadoff walk. he's now walked 24 times on the year. berken misses low. coghlan last year was in double- a ball. he made an impression in spring training and now getting a chance to play. as buck mentioned, they even switched his position to get his bat in the lineup. this is low again. ball two. this is only berken's second start away from oriole park this year just a coincidence of the schedule. baker, the catcher, leads fro

. >> buck: ricky nolasco is off to a disappointing start. he is just 3-6 with a 7.00 e.r.a. bier kin has bounced back after a couple of shaky starts. he is anxious to get back on track here in tomorrow night's game. >> jim: hanley ramirez. he went too far says chad fairchild that is a strike and it is 0-1. they will continue to monitor here. this has been the danger part for koji uehara, the third time through the lineup. ramirez, cantu and hermida, the three, four and five hitters in fredi gonzalez' lineup. bishop thwhere it is imperative on matt wieters. the third time through the order, you can't fall into a pattern. it has been a combination of thins. i think fatigue has something to do with it as he is is not used to pitching in a five-man rotation and the fact that the league is starting to get a little moreinformation on him. p him pitches a little more effectively. matt seems to have a real good grip on what to do behind the plate and i love the fact that he works very quickly, maybes quick decisions in his pitch selection. >> jim: ramirez is 25 years old and already

you could have knocked ricky nolasco out of the game in the first inning and let him off the hook. you don't score a run from third base with less than two outs in qur first at-bat and that settle a bad stoan tone for the team the rest of the night. >> orioles now looking to salvage the finale in the series. it would be a 4-2 road trip if they could pull it off. so, they'll hand the baseball to rich hill and make sure he can get it done. let's send it back to the studio. >> thanks for jim and buck. they return tomorrow. this aubrey just 23 with cleveland's first pick in the 2003 draft. the 11th player pick. orioles picked nick markakis in that pick for the seventh pick instead of aubrey. aubrey joins jeremy guthrie as the number one draft choices acquired by the orioles with 29 rbi's at columbus and reports to norfolk, plays first base. brian schneider nay play third base. orioles acquiring michael aubrey for a player tore named later. david hernandez, will he be coming pack to baltimore's in -- baltimore? that story up next when we continue in a moment. on masn. ? >> welcome back.

at the same time ricky nolasco has struggled his whole season areal bad start.ne he's had three very good starts already. he is trying to win his fourth game of the season. it is going to be a battle out there again b's, and the orioles never get anything easy. >> nolasco's earned run average, 7.15. the orioles lose to the marlins. we'll return tomorrow night at 6:30. for more coverage, right here and don't forget 105.7, the fan! pxopo@@pp÷÷÷÷úú