fastball inside. >> jim: they all know, alex cora -- alex cora because he played for the red sox a number of years. great fastball hitter. a real good shortstop. great arm. playing because jose reyes, who is out with the hamstring and calf injury. again, pitch count has a lot to do with it. two quick strikes. doesn't put him away. now you're getting into more of a hirlt's count. now you go from 0-2, down and away. you have to try to come in. that's why the pitch count gets up and it's very difficult to pitch deep into the game pitching like that. your stuff as good as jeremy, be more aggressive early on. >> gary: here is the 3-2 deliver troy alex cora. he'll pop that up third base. melvin mora back. he's got it. on the 3-2 pitch he's got him. let's check in with amber. >> amber: cora is a perfect example of what dave trembley was talk about about jeremy guthrie before the game. he said i want to see guthrie put batters away when he has two strikes on him. he doesn't want him to throw a lost pitches especially in the first inning. take a look at the numbers. jeremy guthrie leads the oriole

that's a great protection swing there by cora. >> jim: alex cora doesn't have a whole lot of at-bats. reyes is their regular shortstop. he's been out for almost three weeks. >> gary: there you see cora trying to slow this thing down a little bit. >> jim: most guys will rap both of their gloves in between pitches. >> gary: he's got a base hit. so a single for cora in the lead-off spot. martinez coming up. adam jones, nick markakis are both in the running for the all- star game. you can vote for your favorite orioles at orioles.com. the all-star game suddenly closing in. >> jim: is it ever. >> gary: that will be foul back. martinez, a strikeout victim. his first time up. orioles up 3-1. each team's got three hits in the ballgame. koji uehara getting his first start against the mets. quick toss over to get cora back to the bag. >> jim: he actually has stolen and attempted six steals, five of them successfully. the mets do lead the national league in stolen bases. come in with 64 of them. situational hitting. the new ballpark, citi field huge. jerry manuel, he understands, he said, if we'

alex cora at shortstop. a couple of singles. 2-4 in the game. now hitting at .269.oul that delivery back by albers for strike one. the orioles bullpen tonight, castillo, baez and albers so far charged with just one unearned run in the ballgame. the offense for dave trembley's o's has really been shutdown at one point the first nine were retired through the order and then add a couple more in the fourth. it was eight in a row had it been 11 in a row that had been sent down before the orioles were able to get anything on the board. then, picking up the home run in the sixth inning, the orioles have had seven in a row retired since then. that ball hit hard. a base hit. a three-hit ballgame for cora. that will be hit number 10 in the game for the mets. >> jim: you go out if euro mar minaya if you're the general manager. look the at matt albers gets other the -- over the front side. there is the bat head right on the ball. when you go out getting a veteran player. i had never seen cora play a whole lot of shortstop. end of last year when they had injuries newspaper bosto

he has alex cora up.runner at first and one down. berken's delivery is taken to center field. jones, a few steps to left. he's got it, and there are two away. >> jim: he was a terrific high school quarterback, -- how when you say he's no, how did you get him to come to clemson? >> there's a lot of recruiters out there. and tim went to a showcase in wisconsin, and he saw him and he's athletic, and he seems to tell -- i. [ indiscernible ] he keeps telling us -- [ laughter ] >> was he he looking anywhere else? going anywhere else? >> i'm sure he was looking foa few other schools. but clemson is a beautiful place. he fell in love with it, and e we signed him in the springtime, and after the late signing period, we were fortunate enoh to -- >>> he told us the story about driving 15 hours to go to a packer game where it was 50 below. i imagine clemson did look god in the spring. >> no doubt. >> i have to tell you, we just ran video of him dribbling

i know, i'm from marijuana. 2-0 count, alex cora. >> jim: the only walk of the m from maine. 2-# count. aleck cora. >> jim: the reason i talked about last inning, i've been there where you sit on the bench, you know, when i was young and you think you'll get more runs, and have more runso work with. and all of a sudden, you get the bases loaded, markakis is coming up. he strikes up, and huff hits t on the nose. then you're back on the field, and your emotions are going al over. >> gary: he gets the strike in encore a who takes it to 3-1. and murphy and beltran to folw in the lineup for the mets. mets have stranded three in the ballgame. orioles have committed an er that allowed a base runner . and that is a strike taken, so jason berken comes back and gets the counts to 3-2. berken working here under the 6th inning of the ballgame. he worked 7 in his second stat against detroit. and the 3-2 to cora. that will be fouled away. >> jim: you cannot win at this level if they don't get you runs, and the orioles have scored in five

alex cora gets 2%. nick markakis is your at&t player of the game. well, tonight here at oriole park, mets go home winners as they beat the orioles 6-4 in the other this have three-game series. samuel adams summer ale is a flavorful wheat beer. it has a very nice spice note. it has a little lemon zest and a historic brewing spice called grains of paradise. it's citrusy, lemony. sam adams summer ale. it just totally reminds you of summer, yeah. >>> tomorrow, middle game  the three-game series. come out and join us. here is the big time collectible that everybody has been anticipating. first 25,000 fans 15 and over take home this adam jones possiblyhead. not only unique, he's going up over the wall to rob a home run and he's blowing a bubble at the same time. so, that is tomorrow night. 888-848-bird for your tickets. it is adam jones bobblehead night tomorrow night. welcome back in jim hunter, rick dempsey. it's "o's xtra" presented by verizon fios. one good sign in this loss is nick markakis finally got the elusive home run he had been looking fo

alex cora in the middle. a couple of gold gloves. david wright in right. church dh's, with the american league leads, daniel murphy will be at first base, brian schneider will catch and luis castillo at second base. david wright is probably the more dangerous hitter in that lineup. he comes in red-hot. however, he is not hitting the long ball. >> he's not hitting the long ball. i talked to keith hernandez early on and try foig you're out if -- out if they were trying to pitch around david wright at this point of the season. it's not been that so much as david wright started the season off with a very long swing. nobody better to tell me about it than keith hernandez because he certainly knew a lot about the swing. that's one thing he's really cut down the amount of home runs. early on, he had trouble really getting that short, quick, powerful swing to the paul that he's had in the past to put up 30 plus home runs almost every season he's been a regular. the problem now is he's getting back on track again especially as of june. he's hitting over .500 in thi

cora can't get it, base hit. quality at-bat and nick markakis has a four-hit ballgame. four singles tonight. >> jim: i was talking to alex, i said you really came and got that ball last night very quickly. he said because the infield is very hard here. all of a sudden balls caroming through. a little topspin. cora's trying to catch it. maybe gets off the glove a little bit to slow it down. >> gary: that's his second four hit ballgame of the year. the mets have the potential go- ahead run on with their eighth hit of the night. huff has an rbi, 42 on the year. almost got away. >> jim: look where schneider is and look where the ball goes. nick markakis already, and he's got a big lead already with the steal tonight. i don't know what kind of move feliciano harks but he's very quick to the plate. that's a huge lead. >> gary: one down here in the 7th inning. >> jim: you want to deliver the ball to home plate in under 1.3 seconds. about as quick as you can get. >> gary: orioles trying to get to a number that they haven't reached in a while. that's that four run number. they have had only, they've had more than four runs, only

cora at the plate, .310 off left-handers. those are your eight and number nine and number one guys both of whom to with -- do well against the leftiies. >> jim: the reason for alexs basically he's a line drive hitter. he's not going to overswing. all the good left-handed hitters that hit left-handed pitchinghave in common is the front shoulder stays close so they can cover the plate. >> gary: he's got a base hit. markakis over to get it will hold the runner at second base. now there are two on with one away as the mets threaten to get back one or maybe both of those runs they gave up in the last half inning. >> jim: you can't come in throwing 87 miles per hour an hour if you're -- if you're a lefty to face lefty. you become too predictable especially if you throw a belt high pitch. cora was all over it. a veteran player taking advantage. castillo is 33. he just has to make better quality pitches. baez up again for the second time tonight. >> gary: martinez has drawn a walk and scored officially 0-2. two on, one out. martinez takes the breaking ball, but is in there for a strike. fernando martinez only 53 at- bats so far. 11 hits getting some playing time because