>> jim: and abreu doesn't slide!>> gary: he was falling down, was not going to have a chance to go to first, so is jim johnson just let it rip to second base, and they get abreu. >> jim: who stands up. this is going to be about as food a play as you can make. he stumbles, and look at this throw, and he doesn't slide. unbelievable, 35-year-old guy, another bad base running play. terrific play by jimmie johnson. >> gary: look at this mile and on his face. boy, that's a big, big play to get an out, keep the potential tying run from getting to the plate here. and you saw brian roberts point to first base. that will be fouled off by guerrero as the took the throw, and abreu may have looked at that and figured, well, throw is going the other way way, because he wasn't looking at the ball, and just kind of meandered into second, and was out. if he slides, he's in by a country mile. >> jim: oh, yeah. >> gary: guerrero with a single, 1 for 38, and has scored a 3, and has scored a run in the ball game. down to second base goes

to right field, bobby abreu backing up, runners tagging, abreu has got it. mora heads to third.ters. and there are two down here in the 7th inning. so thompson able to get andino on the fly ball out. brian roberts is going to get the rbi chance. brian has had a single. one for four, and he has scored a run. top of the order, which had such a miserable night offensively last night, tonight they have delivered. roberts has got a hit and scored. jones has been on base three times. he has scored tice. he has a hit. markakis has a two for four, he has scored two runs in the ball game, so top of the order has been there in this one. >> which is usually the case for the orioles. that one for 16, the only hit that thai got was huff. >> gary: buried in the territory by thompson, and a 1- 0 count. thompson has been working behind, jepsen worked behind, and santana, the startedder, spent at bats working behind the oriole hitters. that has been a problem for the three pitchers who have been on the mound for the angels in this ball game. 10 hits now for the orioles. here is the delivery to r

abreu comes through again.-for-7 now off baez for his career ant angels have the first two on in the bottom of the 7th inning. >> jim: he takes 633 pitches on 680 at-bats. he likes to time the fastball and that's what he did. there you go. angel baseball. >> gary: now torii hunter. once again, that's the middle of the order. the angels have had the right part of that order up when they needed it. they did so in the 5th inning as napoli and kendrick got on base in the 8th and 9th spot and it was abreu, hunter and guerrero who got the rbis. now first and third, nobody out. torey hunter picked out an rbi on a ground ball out. he is 1-for-3 in the ballgame with a single. nobody out. fastball taken up high. against baez, hunter has seen a lot of him. he is 4-for-14 with a homerun. the angels 2-for-7 with runners in scoring position. orioles 4-for-8 in a one- ballgame. >> jim: with baez, everything is up, up, up. >> gary: 11 hits now for the angels and down with this one and away, it's 2-0. >> jim: one thing about da

abreu, one year ahead of mora so going through the minor leagues, abreu was one step ahead of melvin until they finally became teammates for a good portion of a season in aaa. >> jim h: bobby was talking about when the angels in baltimore -- they use to play soccer with melvin. a world-class soccer player early on. now he is a world-class baseball player. >> jim h: 2-1. popped up. guerrero in on it. vlad has the play for the first out here in the 6th inning. this copy righted telecast is present by authority of the orioles and may not be reproduced or transmint in my form. accounts may not be disseminated without express written consent by the orioles. the beautiful stadium has been renovated several times. the rams of the nfl, they expanded the stadium and really ruined it for baseball and when they moved to st. louis, they renovated it back. it's become this beautiful ballpark. >> jim p: they were voted maybe by espn or somebody or sport illustrated as the best venue to -- yeah, fan friendly. >> jim h: put your bathing suit on and make your way down. wieters take a strike. 2-1. hav

. >> jim h: abreu takes strike.d of floated in there so he was able to throw a strike to a guy that very rarely swings at the first pitch. unless he feels confident he has you timed and probably not the case. there's another one. swing and a miss. that's a good one. >> jim p: now what will they do? >> jim h: first time through the lineup, .234, then jumps to .355 and he adjusts. .273 third time through. this is now the second time through as abreu struck the first at-bat. a second look at rich hill. sidearm curve is outside. >> jim p: really not any close. i think it's nice to show a hitter and in you're going to -- if you're going to show him, at least you didn't ping it so in other words, another arming anrelease point abreu has to deal with. >> jim h: lead runner aybar at second. aybar at first. flyball to center feel. will go. up against the wall. two runs will score. here comes the relay throw towards the plate and the tag by wieters is safe at the plate! figgins got the hand in before the tag. >> jim p: curve

abreu, gets him to roll over right there with a changion, and right here fields his position.t was a lead-off out. you always like to get those. the only mistake as we see the really good curveball there was the pitch to mors in the 7th inning that he got up over the plate. so other than that, and maybe a hanging curveball for the double to rivera. but i think he threw 111 pitches, and you only make two bad pitches, but don't he outpitches his opponent who has had some terrific years, and then you get the early run support. that was huge. >> jimmy, some question why melvin mora asked out of the line-up yesterday. is it time to really start mixing in ty wiggington and giving melvin some more rest, maybe picking up the pace a little for him physically? >> well, you know, i hope not, that's not the case, but i think dave trembley when we talked to him before the game said ty is so hot, he's getting on base, hitting for power. you know, melvin is going through one of those droughts. the interesting thing, rick, is that even though he's not driving in a lot of runs, he's only had 5

watch this get abreu. that is what makes him so tough. abreu cannot hang in on this pitch. chance to see with two strikes but later in the ball game, audrey brey you gets four curveballs in a row and a hitter as good as he is. a couple of big runs score and this is where rich hill started to lose it out on the mound. you got -- you can't go up against guerrero and throw fastballs down the middle of the plate, as you see this one right here because he can power the ball out of anybody. best bat ball hitter in baseball -- what will he do with a ball down the middle of the plate? he shored exactly what he can do. >> things caught up at the beginning -- >> they did. and richie, just one pitch away from being an outstanding pitcher. really has a chance to win anywhere from 14 and 20 ballgames. it's coming up with something that will move away from the right-hand hitter. it will give him the opportunity to get them off of looking. when the curveball doesn't come over, they move fastball. it's not that tough to hit because it's straight and you will see when bunch seven pitches an

bobby abreu makes it 4-1.hey scored on an infield out then guerrero right back up the middle off matt albert. right now, they are going to the bottom of the seventh. the orioles leading the angels by a score of 4-3. >>> tiger woods is hosting his 18th national in washington d.c. closer to bethesda. he is tied for the lead after thee rounds of 10 under par. he is tied with haft year's champion anthony kim. they will play the final round tomorrow. >>> football i had tonight, venus williams won the haft two wimbledons. her sister serena taste hasn't tasted victory in the last six years. venus comes to the net, serena puts it away. beautiful shot there. it's all tied at 6-6 in the first set. serena maying in the far court -- playing in the far court. lobs it over. her taller sister takes the first set 7-6. serena's serve was on all day. another eighth here in the second set. she was overpowering, then finally set point, match point, serena williams holds on and wins wimbledon in straight sets beating her sister ve

abreu is dhing today.mbers. .3025 batting average, 49 rbi and a fast ball for a strike. 0-1. so each of the first two hitters begin with a fastball. >> jim p: what does abreu do? gauge the speed. he doesn't care about radar gun. he wants to know the movement so that's why he takes so many pitches. 630 first pitches out of 383 at- bats. an amazing number. >> jim h: 1-1. at the knees for a strike. 1-2. >> jim p: gary darling give hill the low strike. the other thing that abreu did, other than the 20 home runs and 100 runs score and 100 rbis for yankees last year, 87 two- strike hits. >> jim h: there's the good one. >> jim p: if you're not getting over your front side, they give you a 10-inch mound to throw downhill and again, i mean, hill wants to throw down the hill. he did not throw down the hill against the red sox. maybe a little bit better with power numbers than the angels but the angels lead the american league in batting average. >> jim h: torii hunter swings at the first pitch and get one to center

abreu will get it in. that was the the air long enough, they had to wait and see, but the bases are loaded for reimold. >> amber: today reimold was named rookie player of the month. he right now leads american rookies in five different batting categories, including bats average, home run, rbis, on-base percentage and slugging percentage. dave trembley said they expected him to hit here in the big leagues, but what has been most impress before serve the way he has worked on his defensive skills. shelby has been a big part of that. and reimold said he was excited to get the award. >> gary: he's got the bases loaded right now, and the orioles get a chance to jump out on the angels. wile show you the numbers that won him that award in just a moment. the delivery to him. here are the numbers he had for the month of june. >> jim: yeah, glowing. and i had an advance scout call me today and say i didn't realize he ran as well as he does, throws as well as he done. john shelt birr was take bite it, he said how deli

abreu, one of -- three of 14 hits, today. >> stage 20 of the tour de france. rain. contador and armstrong, neck-to-neck. and watch frank move past lance. and his brother, andy, trying to make up time. the top-three, overall, riding together. andy, makes his move. trying to shake contador. and juan, winning the stage, moments later, all crossing in. close time. contador, realizing he has won the tour de france. stage 21, a 102 mile ride into paris. ceremonial trip. contador, will win, in 2009. >> champagne will be in his hand. >> you bet. >> top stories on the way here on "espnews," latest in the roy halladay sweepstakes. what the jays are saying about the phillies' latest demand ñm=s during the autobahn for all event, you can get great deals. it's perfect. i just want to make sure it's the right decision. - future... us? - we got here as quick as we could. look, it's the cc. you don't pay for scheduled maintenance, you get the car of your dreams... seriously us, just drive it. - you're right. - let's take this one. it's a time-space continuum thing. both: the

. >>> after breaking off a perfect game in the seventh, bobby abreu's solo home run in the tenth washe only run during the angels-athletics game, so los angeles beat oakland 1-0. >>> and colorado's jason marquis not only threw eight strong innings but also had a two-run double to become the first 12-game winner in the majors. rockies beat the san diego padres 6-1. >>> when we return, another look at the day's top stories, and another report from washington on president obama's push to overhaul healthcare. professional bass fisherman. but you may not know that i have diabetes. and it's never slowed me down thanks to the good folks at liberty medical. i've been a liberty medical patient for years and have relied on them for all my diabetic needs. and, if you call now you'll receive a free meter. it's easy to use with fast results. even the shipping is free and medicare may cover the cost of your other supplies. liberty medical keeps you on track by delivering diabetic supplies right to your door. they even take care of the paperwork, file your claims and send you a free meter. call rig

bailey gets tagged by abreu for the game-winning homer. 1-0, angels win it. of you expecting lance armstrong to pull a rabbit out of the hat, he says he is too far behind to win the tour de france. see the guy with the backpack? this is his job. he stalks water for the teammates. that is his job. i hope it is not spiked. if it was spiked, it didn't work. at alberto contador wins the 15th stage and posting a commanding one and a half minute overall lead. finally tonight. the celebrity golf championship wraps up in lake tahoe. it was our first chash. now he is using one arm, and it doesn't doesn't work. barkley may be the worst golfer on the planet. he finished dead last again. troim tried to qualify for the u.s. open, but he didn't make it. he finished second behind jim rhoden. apparently golf is in the genes 6 quarterbacks. chris chandler, pretty good player, finished 21st. that is not good enough for his standards because he decides he doesn't want the pursuiter any more. if i did that every time i hit a bad putt, we would have an aluminum shortage in this c

abreu had three all by his lonesome. angels win it 11-5. they have an eight-game win streak, best in baseball. the angels lead the majors with a batting average, .320 in the last seven games. torii hunter said to be off the d.l. august 1. >> the white sox were swept in a double-header by the tigers yesterday. detroit looking to pad their lead in the a.l. center down a run in the ninth. granderson that ties the game at 3-3. off jenks. jenks. just activated off the d.l. yesterday, singles in thomas who beat the throw home and detroit wins this one 4-3. tigers now lead the white sox by three games in the central. jenks four blown saves on the season. that totals all last year. that might be help down the road for the tigers. jeremy could return from the d.l. before the season's end. >> cardinals and phillies, jason wirth so good hitting six at-bat. ahold of this one in the bottom of the third. watchri rick. going to catch it. 3-5 with a homer. bases loaded in the sixth. puts this up. jimmy rollins who gives a big strength on that one. goodbye.

bobby abreu coming up. oriole fans know all about him from last night. >> jim: yeah, high change-up the first time, only a solo, and then watch this swing. got that front arm, and you can see the body language kind 0 tells you jacoby guthrie thought he made a great pitch, and it was until it landed in the bleachers. >> gary: guthrie said i thought that was a fly ball that would stay in the ballpark. the fact he was able to pull that bat back in, which he loses all of that leverage of arm extension for power and still drive it out of the ballpark -- >> jim: well, they have tremendous core strength, all of the core exercises now, and if you look at golf, you wonder step house do they hit the ball so far. yeah, they have a ball that goes farther farther and the equipment and whatever, but the rotary move is probably the best illustration i've seen all year ever somebody just kind of rotating. >> gary: he did on that one. here is the 1-1 deliver to him. percent will miss outside witt it. for hernandez, he is 1-

pick things up in the fourth inning of a 2-2 game and watch kendry morales double home bobby abreu andgels take a 3-2 lead. later in the fourth inning, angels in front by two, two on for chone figgins. sort of slices one to the opposite field, gary mathews jr. comes around to score, halos led 6 of 2 and next man up maicer izturis, the angels are red hot. eight straight wins. that's longest active streak in baseball and go on to win it by a final of 11-5. angels have scored 51 runs in their last seven games and batting .320 as a team over the span. >> on the mens 200 meter at the london grand prism, tyson gai dealing with a groin strain and doesn't show up and ran this thing in 20 seconds flat. let up at the end, says i'm just taking it one day at a time and frustrating the mind has to get strong again as far as dealing with that injury. meanwhile, usain bolt running for the jamaican team in the 4x-100 and usa sitti sitting inh and you're not going catch him. jamaica wins in a time of 34.46 seconds. usa finning in third. >> 20th stage of tour de france. 104 mile claim from mount lemars

game tied at 2-2, kendry morales, gap shot to right center field, off the wall, bobby abreu will come around to score. morales just had his 20-game hitting streak snapped but picking it right back up, angels on top 3-2. later in the fourth, angels up 5-2, two on for chone figgins, a single to left field. gary matthews jr. will come around to score, figgins 2-4 in the game, angels up 6-2. next batter, maicer izturis a three-run shot to right, his fourth of the year, angels score nine runs in the fourth inning. that's the most runs they've scored in a single inning all year long. they continue to roll. they've now won eight straight games. that's the longest active streak in baseball. twins manager ron gardenhire said, "it was ugly. we were throwing to the wrong base, missing the cutoff men, it's what you preach in little league and all the way up." twins have been outscored 39-14 during the four-game losing streak. the angels offense has been outstanding. scoring almost eight runs per game and slugging exactly .500. >> the yankees putting their eight-game winning streak on the line aga

and palmer and blackburn and kendry morales with his only hit and his teammates have 13 and bobby abreu had three by his lonesome and scores here and angels win it 11-5 and they now have an an of eight-game win streak the best in baseball and they lead in majors with a .286 batting average and palmer's great run support and torii hunter will be off the dl august first and the twins falling to a ten-game skid on the road. >> the white sox were swept by the tigers yesterday and detroit looking to pad their league in the al central and down a run in the 9th and curtis granderson ties the game at three off bobby jenks-his second straight blown save and in the 10th, carlos guillen deactivated off the dl yesterday and singles in thomas and detroit wins this one 4-3. tigers now lead the white sox by three games in the central. for jenks four blown saves on the season now. that matches his total from all of last year and there may be help down the road for the tigers the gh said jeremy bonderman could return from the dl before season's end and could pitch if the bullpen. >> cardinals and philli

bobby abreu scores. gives up nine runs in five innings and the angels win 9-4.th the win, the angels take a one-game lead in the american league west, two more games to go in this series between the first place angels and the second place rangers. >> nomar garciaparra returning to fenway park for the first time since he was traded in 2004. he was feeling the love. >> designated hitter number one. nomar. garciaparra. >> they still love him in beantown. top of the fourth, no score. runners at the corners with no outs. nomar, singling to left. jays on giambi scores, 1-0 ace, nomar, 2-4 with an rbi. a's win it 6-0. anderson, first rookie to shut out the red sox in fenway since jim abbott in 1989. boston had their six-game home winning streak against nomar and the a's snapped the garciaparra on the emotions he was feeling monday night. >> i was trying not to try. i was getting choked up. these fans have made me feel just that way. since the day i put on that uniform. and, you know, they have given me such great memories and such great moments. they gave me another on

you're talking abreu, hunter, d errero i the oldield.s so ]n[rm what they're doing here. nd they, like the young pitchers on this team, are going to have a friendly competition, they'll push one another. they do that already with the outfield in assists. >> nick markakis the leader in that department with 11 in the american league. greinke will step off. s úúúúúúúúúúú euc úagainst greinke. and he will pop that one up third base. two down. >> roberts tagged, he saw it was going to be caught by teahen and he jogged off the bag, teahen had the eye on him, never turned the ball loose. >> and that will bring on aubre huff. runner on first base, two down. aubrey has struck out twice in this ball game. against kansas city this yeer, hitting just under .300 this year. he has not had an rbi in the last nine games. and only two rbis in the last 17. that's one of the problems why that runner in scoring position number is the way it is. the guys in the middle, luke scott is not playing tonight, he's struggling. here is the 0-1 pi

off abreu. haven't seen him. i should. third home run of the game. 16th of the season.buehrle. three earned in seven innings of work. >> middle of the order guy's job is to drive in runs. don't get seven in a game a lot. you pride yourself on when guys are on base, that's when you want to be good, and that's the focus. you separate each at-bat apart from each other, and the good and the bad, and it's hard to do. i got some good pitches to hit. jimmy had some great at-bats in front of me. especially the grand slam. i feel like he wears guys down, and it's great hitting behind him. >> konerko mention ed his seven rbis, a career high. having a great career. 33 years old. could reach 400 homers, 2,000 hits. big night for the white sox. >> angels, a one-game lead in the american west but the rangers lead 6-4 in the top of the seventh. a six-run fifth for the rangers who are losing 3-0. john lackey got knocked out. top seven, 6-4 rangers. >> a death that is so shocking to so many. the king of pop, michael jackson, died on june 25th. and many of us who were progressing through

bobby abreu scores. gives up nine runs in five innings and the angels win 9-4. so with the win, the angels take a one-game lead in the american league west, two more games to go in this series between the first place angels and the second place rangers. >> nomar garciaparra returning to fenway park for the first time since he was traded in 2004. he was feeling the love. >> designated hitter number one. nomar. garciaparra. >> they still love him in beantown. top of the fourth, no score. runners at the corners with no outs. nomar, singling to left. jays on giambi scores, 1-0 ace, nomar, 2-4 with an rbi. a's win it 6-0. anderson, first rookie to shut out the red sox in fenway since jim abbott in 1989. boston had their six-game home winning streak against nomar and the a's snapped the garciaparra on the emotions he was feeling monday night. >> i was trying not to try. i was getting choked up. these fans have made me feel just that way. since the day i put on that uniform. and, you know, they have given me such great memories and such great moments. they gave me anot