swing through it is aubrey huff. the count 1-2. >> buck: looks like -- looks like that ball caught the umpire eye in the mask as aubrey never got a glove on it. fouled to have and went back and caught the umpire. traik a look at the last swing by aubrey huff right off the shoulder actually where it hit. >> jim: so, huff down in the count. a ball and two strikes. there's roberts at third. he led off the inning with a single. 1-2 to huff is bounced foul. >> buck: we mentioned that ricky nolasco since he was demoted and pitched a couple games in triple-a came back with a much more aggressive approach. you can see that. he's using his fastball a lot more efishtly. we haven't seen the -- efficiently. we haven't even the -- seen the good curve ball yet. he wasn't pitching well when they demoted him. this is a guy who won 15 games last year for florida. >> jim: he's pitched very well in his last three starts. his e.r.a. in the last three combined 2.40. pitch outside. it bends around the plate. >> jim: that's the -- >> buck:

he slid on on that aubrey huff base hit. >> gary: back out at short and runners on at 1 st and 2nd. singles by scott and huff. 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

out there, i'm signing aubrey huff. >> bob: four for eight with a walk in this series is huff. hernandez is one for six. that hit today, double play the next time up. >> jim p.: that was on a hanging curveball. i'm sure alan dunn came out and said, okay, it's a 2-1 ballgame. pitch count over 100. fastball still good. what do we want to do? this is a critical point of the game. the orioles want to get out of the inning, the nationals want to add to their lead. make it somewhat easier for john lannan if that's possible. >> bob: he stays alive. >> jim p.: if you're going to throw him any kind of a breaking ball, it's the perfect time. you have runners at first and second. throw a breaking ball or a change-up, throw it out of the strike zone. but do you want to speed up his bat? i guess that's the question. i'm not sure if you want to throw it knee high in the middle of the plate either. >> bob: he's about to throw his 20th pitch this inning which will put him at 110 in the 6th. hernandez making it tough to end the inning. anderson hernandez up the middle. willingham is not that fa

aubrey huff, two nights in a row. the game winning hit. great to see him getting the opportunities and chances to n ball games with one swing of e bad. last night, two run home run, that pumps the orioles up ahead, 6-4. he drives in the game-winning run. 5-4, and this is what the ball club -- it gets everybody going. even though markakis did not have a great night. he still goes in the locker room knowing they won a big ballgae like that, he puts it behind them. think about the four hits he had, think about the win and o on the road and get a good start. >> aubrey huff is the hero two nights in a row. autopsy aubrey is with amber. >> that makes nor a nice bus ride. now -- makes for a nice buse home. how does it feel? >> we battled this game. p felt like the momentum for this. [ indiscernible ] castillo caught my drive, ando come up in a situation like that and come through, it get dwight. >> nice to see berken get theo decision after the way he did. >> berken pitched a great gam. he nee

aubrey huff heading for third. the ball is fumbled by willing lamb and the orioles will take the lead! they could give willingham an error for not handling that ball cleanly. i believe huff was set to stop at third, but then he was waif waved home. >> jim: he stopped him, and the minute he thought, nobody out, you better be sure and juan does a nice job. there is your second changeup. he started him off with it and there is the bobble you talked about, bob. and he stopped him and then he said go negotiation negotiation. >> rob: a nice scouting are report, by the way, on reimold. that changeup up in the zone and he smoked it. >> bob: i think he is going to be a terrific player. his numbers stacking up better than any rookie in the league right now. here is luke scott. it bounced back to the pitcher the first time. >> rob: i would think with reimold, you'd want to keep it down low, and in. >> jim: he can hit the ball all over. it sounds a little bit like ryan zimmerman. >> bob: they called it just as we saw it, doubl

. >> looking at what aubrey huff was able to do. this was a good ballgame going back and forth, but to come out on top in a game like this. >> it was, both the starters gave their teams a chance to win and the bullpens really -- >> i think they got aubrey huff right next to him, so matt a little bit, too. you'll have to answer to the veteran on that one. he took a little bit of the pie for you. >> i'll hear about that one later. >> getting back to the fun you guys had when we saw nolan reimold get the pie and your other teammates, does this kind of complete this for you. balls you guys all came up together at the same time, and to have a night like this. >> definitely, i mean, anytime you get pie in your face, you've had a good night. it's good to get a win. >> enjoy. get that pie out of your face. thanks. >> gary: that may be the line of the season right there. anytime you get pie in the face you know you're having good night. it sets up the rubber match for tomorrow. our coverage on masn hd will begin at 6:30 with "o's xtra" prese

trying to get nick markakis to chase a couple of pitches away on aubrey huff. he's come in with that fastball inside on him, trying to catch the inside corner and quick to the plate. huff takes that one to right field, on his way back, good- bye home run, aubrey huff! a two-run shot and the orioles are back on top 6-4. >> jim: we talked about adjustments. last night he struck out. this time he gets a hanging breaking ball. third home run against left- handed pitching. ryan church took a couple of steps and watched it sail onto the courtyard here. >> gary: so aubrey huff gets out of the home run drought. he gets one here and the orioles are back on top. 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

we look back on aubrey huff's game's winning home run. a night of first for matt's first home run, first rbi. jimmie johnson son, outstandig in relief. he picked up the win. wigginton is in the line up. it's you, it's me, it's rick, and it's right now.  welcome in, it's o's extra, yr world delivers on a very muggy night at oriole park, but it is dry. no rain in the area, so the orioles and mets getting ready to play the rubber game of the 3-game series. and we will have an on-time start. an outstanding game for the orioles to get even in the series last night. jim hunter, and rick dempsey, if you're watching us now. you found us. the national's game against te yankees was to be a day game, both games on the matador cofe family channeling -- on the mn channel, but that game has been delayed so long, they are abot to start. happy you can join us, and ri, an exciting one. the orioles now looking to bud on they lost the opener againt atlanta, won the next two, won last night, trike to

front ft down, and there is no better p and out over the plate hitter than aubrey huff. you like to get him out with slow stuff, and try to get him out on his front foot. couldn't do it there. >> 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 amer

johnson has to hurry, and the toss and beyond aubrey huff. bonifacio didn't pick it up.e'll get back to first. because of the speed of bonifacio, that was a tough play right off of the bat, and johnson in his haste couldn't get it to huff cleanly. >> buck: when jim johnson broke for the ball, he lost his footing. he kind of spun out on the mound. watch his foot. right here. you can see him lose a little bit of traction as he broke over there and then he has to hurry, the shovel toss. aubrey huff can't dig it out. bonifacio runs well. the ball gons down the right- field line. take a look at the speed of bonifacio. johnson is aware of that, but the throw was in the dirt and fortunately bonifacio never picked up on where the ball was. but now you have to keep him clots at first. >> jim: and the winning run is on with one down and the dangerous hanley ramirez who is 2-4, including a grand slam. the official scorer has still not yet posted the scoring on that play, but nonetheless, bonifacio is on. >> buck: it has got to be a base hit. there is no chance to make a play on it.

. >> aubrey huff has taken over for millar for the 2009 orioles clubhouse cut-ups. another edition of rick dempseys clubhouse. >> i'm aubrey huff. >> and i'm rick dempsey. >> dempsey's cutups coming up. >> inside the game with another edition of dempsey's cut ups when we come back. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. mazaro. mazaro. 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. >>> markic is batting average. 2008 career highs 17 out field assists and a .346 average and that is our player profile of the orioles brought to you by the u.s. army. >>> and rick dempsey on sunday as the orioles get ready to face the a's. and i always mention on sundays, if it's sunday it's meet the press and here on masn if it's sunday it's another edition of dempsey

aubrey huff coming up. our drive of the game. >> rob: aubrey huff in the sixth inning.he is going to hit it over the head of nick johnson at first base a couple of runs are going to come in. aubrey huff gets the ford drive of the game. he is hitting about .600 now off of ron villone. >> jim: he came in oh-fer his last 10 and he has a couple of hits. >> jim: a good night to get healthy. aubrey with the baltimore chop with that high hopper. >> rob: you can thank the groundskeeper for the rock hard dirt in important of home plate. >> jim: and you can thank the hitting instructor. >> jim: it is summertime. it bake as little bit. >> rob: i'll give you that. it was 95 all day. >> jim: aubrey huff. deep right. that ball is hooking back and is fouled. time now for you to text in your vote. it is the at&t player of the game. brad bergesen, six strong innings, melvin mora abig night at the plate with four rbi's, and aubrey huff has had a big night at the plate. a couple of ribbies, text to have your voice heard, 51862. >> rob: your lefties are a little better than most. >> jim: t

aubrey huff picking up the double. orioles here in the 8th ig trying to get back with the ms leading at 4-2. 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 pl

they put a modified shift on aubrey huff. as he shortstop cora moves towards the bag in right. otherwise, huff feels swung around, but not the big shift we've seen other teams lose. >> jim: probably swung around more in the outfield. you hardly see your left fielr play that far. they are -- they are saying we hope you hit a little softball down there or something. i think it was a very close pitch in the first inning for strike 3 to markakis, and he's going to take advantage of the corners. >> gary: 3-2 delivery, that is outside of first base. murphy coming over to get it. huff will be followed by mora and scott. markakis ahead of him. two of the big power bats in e lineup. you see the numbers through5 games from '07 through '09, with the rbi numbers up for mach, d certainly up for aubrey huff. right where he was through 65 games last year. much better rbi production. great changeup. aubrey gave it the slower than slow swing on. >> gary: the master of changig speeds. adding, substracting with the fastball. very much like his half bro

firestone league leaders as aubrey huff bats. rbi's in the american league and there's aubrey huff at the top with justin morneau at 14. markakis has 14. right here, aubrey huff represents the tying run at the plate. trying to get a two-out base hilt. 3-0. he takes ball four. that one off the plate outside. there's the first walk of the game by nolasco. now, here is where the orioles have to really make the marlins pay as mark wiley, the pitching coach will come out. florida took advantage of the orioles error in the first inning and got two runs in. now nolasco who should be out of the inning with no runs on the board, has a run in on him unearned, but it's still in and two on with two out. >> buck: he's thrown 86 pitches that. shouldn't be a concern right now. i think more than anything, mark wylie wants to give him an emotional break and let him catch his breath and regroup with two outs, two on. talking with john baker right now about the game plan for melvin mora. mark wily knows him very well. he was a pitching coach with t

aubrey huff. the orioles get a chance now with a big run out there with two down.arkakis with good speed and the benefit of taking off on contact with two away if aubrey huff can put one where they're not. there's that breaking ball again that doesn't, stays up and away. >> jim: anytime you steal a base, there were games when i pitched where it seemed like every time you'd go out there that inning, there would be a guy in scoring position. it really reflects not on your pitch count, because there's the same amount of witches, but the difficulty right here, and we can see it, who are you going to pick to, mora or huff, and they pick pitching to mora. it's just the degree of difficulty and the importance of every pitch when had he get runners in scoring position, especially when you're already one run down. just magnifies it and makes it that much more difficult to pitch. >> jim: now melvin mora will come on, mora has hit into a double play and flied out. melvin does have a five-game hit streak going. they have been mostly singles. as he has hit safely in 14 of the l

aubrey huff the rbi. mr.blehead is bouncing. >> jim: he really earned that walk, as you mentioned. here's the change-up again. you can see by x-mo, aubrey's out in front of it. but he's able to get it by daniel murphy into right field. a great jump. >> gary: good at-bat by aubrey huff after he got fooled on a couple of pitches. now melvin mora. mora's got a five game hit streak going. tailor-made for two. and the relay throw made by castillo. that will do it. - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. doing what it takes to make home a little better. that's why we lowered over a thousand prices. and carry powerful tools

incredibly strong forearms and hands. >> bob: aubrey huff hits one to right, that ball is out of herend the orioles continue to hit home runs. all of their runs driven in with the long ball tonight. it's 5-3 baltimore. >> jim p.: the opposite of last night when you have 11 on the board and don't get a home run. this is a guy that led the american league in cra base hits last year. >> rob: he's hitting about .280 lifetime off of lefties, right? >> jim p.: yes. >> rob: that's crazy. >> bob: evidently it doesn't have to be ron villone. any nationals left-hander to the liking of aubrey huff. >> jim p.: i asked him today, i said, are you aware of your numbers against ron villone. i said, no, do i hit him well? he said, well, i think you're 6 for 11. i had guys that wore me out. i knew it. the one thing about aubrey, he's pretty relaxed. >> rob: yes, he looks very relaxed. >> jim p.: he's not an albert e. newman, what, me worry, or one of those guys, but he's close to it. he's one of those guys where if you ask him what's going well or why you're hitting, he goes, i don't want to talk about

but in the fourth, aubrey huff singles. e ball hit to left field on the line and willingham juggles it out. there huff would not have scored on that bam. he was charged with an error. mora then comes up and a shot single and mora sing ts to right. wieters walks, an then andino finally grounds into a double play. none of those balls were rockets, except the ball to left field. the hardest hit ball in that inning was a ball that was hit by huff. but finally get the double play there. the fifth inning, cruised through that. sixth inning, base hit. reimold up the middle. a ball hit fairly sharply. and then scott singles to left. and blooping it over to shortstop. nine hits, and five of them were of the soft variety, but they count and he ended up with an early shower, five innings, five earned runs and i'm going to let you handle the rest of it, thanks a couple of walks and three strikeouts. 35 for balls. the bottom line he loses his fourth game of the year, and the orioles really had it going as far as hitting is concerned and

here is aubrey huff. >> rob: and the bases loaded. you have to throw some strikes. >> jim: oh, yeah. >> rob: and that was a running fastball. it ran down and in on him and he crushed it. >> jim: a lot of times you get the left-handers to roll over on that two-seamer and now the nemesis. >> bob: 13 baltimore hits aclub hitting over .300 this year. jim, i thought you said the fireworks were after the game? >> jim: no. we started a little early. i suppose it could be worse. and when chen was here, teixeira was 6-10 with five home runs. >> rob: wow. >> jim: that would be a guy you'd pitch around, wouldn't you? i would have. >> bob: 2-0 count and a oncer over nick johnson. roberts scores. jones scampering home. it's 9-1, baltimore. and those last four runs charged to joel hanrahan who already had a 6.68 e.r.a. >> rob: let's take the at-bat here to huff. he throws him a big breaking ball outside. he is going to come back with a hard fastball away. and he throws him a hard fastball down and in and he just feeds it off the dirt right over nic

then the base running by aubrey huff. when you play against a team that has a good pitcher on the mound, you can't make a lot of mistakes. >> jim h.: bouncer to first. aubrey huff steps on the bag, throw to second and out at second base. nicely turned and a nice tag by andino. so the reverse, three unassisted double play. >> jim p.: it doesn't get a whole lot better than that. we have seen in this series, now that the infield, you could see cristian guz man saying, boy. early on the high chopper got over nick johnson's head on friday. that was part of that eight run sixth inning. but huff, well, not that much taller, but the ball just didn't bounce as high. then he turns a nice double play. you don't see that play too often from a right-handed fielding first baseman. you could see him. very agiley touched the bag, then made the throw. >> jim h.: here's nick johnson who is 0 for 4 batting in the number three spot today. takes ball one. there's the good splitter. >> rob: you should shove one of the pitches. you need that as

that ball was plastered by aubrey huff and he was able to get it in the heal of the glove. one away. salazar takes mora's place. outfield, reimold, jones, markakis. very good outfield for the orioles. thing about the orioles defense last night, they win 6-3, but they did turn four double plays. you will not have the same guys out there that were able to do that for you last night. there's a change-up. he's got a pretty good breaking ball. i asked gregg zaun who caught him, he said fastball, good velocity, very deceptive sometimes. it's straight. but it's a good breaking ball. he threw his change-up a lot. >> jim h.: line drive, that is slicing foul down the left- field line. >> rob: it's funny to hear you say you turned four double plays. from my perspective the nationals hit into four double plays. that's why i love combining forces, because you're seeing a different perspective with your ball club, i'm seeing a different one from mine and things we need to do to better ourselves and turn the corner here and go in a different direction. >> jim p.: manny acta said we could

he takes a base hit away from aubrey huff! ball heads to the gap, who knows, markakis might be able to score. what a play by dan uggla! the orioles go down in the 12th. oh, it's on, all right. oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. you have high blood pressure... and you have high cholesterol. you've taken steps to try and lower both your numbers. but how close are you to your goals? there may be more you can do. only caduet combines two proven medicines... in a single pill to significantly lower... high blood pressure and high cholesterol. in a clinical study of patients... with slightly elevated blood pressure and cholesterol, caduet helped 48% reach both goals in just 4 weeks. caduet is one of many treatment options, in addition to diet and exercise... that you can discuss with your doctor. caduet is not for everyone. it's not for people with liver problems... and women who are nursing, pregnant or may become pregnant. to check for live

aubrey will take the pitch and that is in there for a strike. huff's numbers on the season, .268, 8 homeruns, 39 rbis. against the left handers, he has gotten over the .200 mark, patting .203 against left handers now. fouled trying back now. >> buck: aubrey huff has been swinging the bat better. he had a couple of good games in seattle and would have had three homeruns had it not been for the spacious ballpark. but even against the left handers, he has been hanging tough. he has hit in 9 of the last 12. >> gary: a great job in the 4 hole. kurt suzuki will hang on to that one. these a's have struggled, eight games out, very much like the orioles who are 22-30 and 8 1-1 games out. the pitching has held in to keep them in games. the offense has been a disaster. their pitchers have had to work very, very tight. so they can't give up any runs. huff, shatterred bat and a foul ball. that one right right in on the top hand. the count will go to a 1 ball, 2 strikes as he will get some new lumber. >> buck: right inside with that four-seam fastball. all aubrey ca

had the left-hander reaching, aubrey huff 0 for 1 with a walk in the first inning. for martis, his third strikeout. the hitter will be nolan reimold with two outs. >> rob: i spoke with bob boone the other day, the vice president in charge of player development for the nationals, caught over 2,000 games. there you see that great change- up to huff. he said, you can no longer throw to a catcher and hit the glove and get the called strike. you can't put the catcher's body out away from the plate any longer. they're not calling that. that's because of this evaluation zone camera in every ballpark, so they're having to reteach the catchers in the minor league systems to move the glove away from the plate, leave their bodies behind home plate. >> jim p.: that's why giving a target is so important. you try to do it late. some hitters do look down. josh bard right here. moves in early. >> bob: that results in a grounder pulled, to zimmerman, on to belliard. the orioles are gone in the bottom of the third. from that first dollar forward, cash flow isn't just an important thi

aubrey huff takes ball one against andrew miller.e tigers' first- round pick in 2006, and he was in tigers' organization through 2007, but then he was one of the focal points of that big trade buck talked about when dontrelle willis and miguel cabrera went to the tigers. so the tigers had to give up some young talent. that was a 5-2 trade that the marlins pulled off and miller was really the focal point of that deal. >> buck: andrew miller and another, those two probably the two keys to the entire trade. >> jim: high chopper to first. right there to cantu and he'll go toking the band the orioles go three up, three down for a third consecutive inning. 12 in a row retired by andrew miller. (announcer) you do have health insurance don't you? if you don't, now you're in luck. carefirst bluecross blueshield can cover you for as little as $75 a month. depending on the plan you choose. just call us at the number on your screen for the plan that's right for you. carefirst bluecross blueshield lets you customize coverage so you have an indivi

. >> gary: so, aubrey huff will stand in. the five home runs pelfrey has given have all been hit by left- handers. left-handers hitting with .299. .270 by right-handers. and a discussion here as pelfrey wanted brian schneider to come out. aubrey huff with a three-game hit streak. 2-5 and an rbi in the ballgame on sunday against atlanta to continue the streak. orioles could use a big inning or the long ball here to pull themselves back into the game. pitch on the outside corner for a strike. >> jim: we all know very, very few pitchers, hitters go up there and try to hit a home run and never hit them. what they try do is hope he elevates the ball, drive it somewhere. of course, with aubrey's power, 32 of them last year. >> gary: towering ball to right field. it's back near the wall. church is there and he's got it. aubrey huff gave it a try. no runs, one hit, no errors and one left on base. mets lead it 4-0.  >> gary: orioles waibl on - baseball on masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip

so aubrey huff is on and the orioles have two on and two down. let's head downstairs and welcome in amber. >> nolan reimold is back in the fifth spot. he told me it's where he feels comfortable. dave trembley said realistically he could have been bumped up to the fifth spot about a month ago but he didn't want to overload the rookie with too much too soon. he's a power hitter but he doesn't free swing. he shows discipline. he can draw walks. he can hit to the right side of the field. dave trembley said he credits his ability to listen and also his nature with why he's been able to develop so quickly here in the big leagues. >> jim h.: thank you very much. you see he's four out of his last eight. eight home runs on the year. he had nine in triple-a before his call up in mid may. joined the team in kansas city. moving up to number five, more responsibility. he's got a good batting eye. >> jim p.: the great thing if you're a starting pitcher is when they get you two runs before you even go out there, because at least my theory was, i've got to give

aubrey huff mos in on it. he has the play and that is it for the out. two left and the middle of the second and a 1-1 game. i used t. and they're getting in the way of things i'd like to do. with the money bar, i can move my money around instantly, so when there's more bills than usual, it's no problem. and i use the wish list to put any extra money aside for anything i want. being in control of my money feels good. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. >> back at the yard, it loo like the orioles are very close to signing their top draft pick from thissier's draft. he was at the yard to receive a physical and he had a chance to walk around the yard, take in a little batting practice and meet some of the guys he very could well play with in the future. he is 6'4", 240 pounds. he is a right-hander out of california, high school, and we're told an official announcement of his signing could come as early as tomorrow. but it will be interesting to meet this top draft pick. i know som

.288 batting average, then comes adam jones, he had three hits last night, as did nick markakis, aubrey huff at first base batting in the cleanup spot. nolan reimold also three hits last night. luke scott will be the dh for the o's, gregg zaun will be catching and robert andino will be batting ninth. the nationals trying to even up the series tonight at camden yards against baltimore. one of the questions i think everybody's asking, ray, as we go to nightly notes, knightly. >> the k is silent. >> yes, the k is silent. let's touch on the problems of joel hanrahan. we know he can pitch. he's proven that before, when he's on, he's very good. when he's not on, there's problems. >> we've got a tape here, we just, you know, he's got a great fastball. probably the best fastball in our ball club. he's got a devastating slider, but sometimes he doesn't command either one of them. when he does command, we're going to show you how effective he can be. last year seven saves. as he was able to throw the fastball and elevate it. when you get a fastball number this area and you're throwing 97, hitters have

. >> rob: much like aubrey huff. aubrey huff has his number. he tried to get him out with a breaking ball, cutter, fastball. >> bob: does he attack on 0-2? and a breaking ball away. bottom of the 7th inning. nats still have outhit the rays, 7-6. 3-3 game. washington has not scored since the 1st and the rays have chipped away with singles in the 2nd, 3rd and 6th. 2-2. >> rob: sometimes, managers with two out will send the runners in the hopes that the catcher will hole through. quickly time called by joe west. >> rob: you see there, the hole. longoria might take off. >> bob: big spot in this ballgame here, runners at the corners, tied contest. and villone misses for the third time. right hander zobrist on deck, a second baseman who has some pop in that bat and he could be facing jesus colome. villone will get him. he threw a fastball by him. that's the quickest looking 89 mile-per-hour fastball. the rays strand two more. this game tied into the 8th.   . >> johnny: david price the top selection talked about his years at vanderbilt and how th

. >> gary: aubrey huff coming up. interesting year. keeping beltran in, now they're going to move him out. now they have a chance for the ground ball double play. so beltran will leave the infield, and go back to his center field position. >> jim: you play in at firsd third because if you can't tun a double play then you have te potential chance of forcing a forced play at home. >> gary: aubrey huff is 1-4 of rodriguez. huff has had a double in ths ballgame, two for 4 with a double and single. still only one down. which just. [ indiscernible ] >> gary: one away. huff to right field, base hit. here comes reimold, a great c back win for the orioles! for the first time this year! have won a ballgame when they trailed after 8. they get two off rodriguez n the bottom of the 9th, and they win it 5-4. >> back to back nights. huff's 

he and aubrey huff have exactly the same number.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 start

aubrey huff stands in. 0-for-3. springer with pretty good heat. gets a swinging strike. aubrey at .264, 8 homeruns, 39 rbis. designated hit another this game. getting wigginton a chance at 1st. orioles never really got a chance to get going in the ballgame. 6 runs on 7 hits for oakland in the 1st. that was pretty much it. braden is an oriole killer and he did the rest. huff takes that one to right field. cunningham, warning track. this game is in the books. and the a's come away with a dominating 9-1 win here in game 1. 9-10-1 for oakland. 1-5-1 for the o's there is your final. a's 9, orioles 1. . >> jim: hi, of course, jim hunter with rick dempsey getting ready for oriole's post game. unfortunately, the story continues. this team does not hit. >> rick: that's right. this is another game where the orioles have less than six hits and one game. brian roberts with two hits tonight of the 5 with the amounts that they have. we are coming right back with o's extra post game. right now we go back to oakland to rejoin gary and buck. >> gary: thank you, guys. we will get it right

when it was 9-0 aubrey huff was playing behind players. josh takes a while to get the ball up.ly. throwing to the plate runners can get a good jump. >> buck: this is a snap throw he'll use. davis hasn't seen much of that. able to spot track that. >> gary: way up high and away. davis with a 6-9 stolen bases coming into the ball game. taken big leads. taken off a couple of times. 2-0 delivery on the way. that is there on the inside corner for a strike to cabrera. cabrera upping his average to .235 with two doubles, two rbis, two runs scored and double. 4-in these two games. cabrera down to 3rd. foul ball. that was close. gary right on the line. that one almost skidderred over the bag. >> buck: sure looked like it did. you can see right there it hit once before the bag in foul territory. very casually waved it foul. cabrera didn't make much of a stink about it. he pretty much set the tone for the game tonight. hit a trouble to the opposite field came in to score the first run and the a's were off and running. >> gary: hitters really struggled. davis will stay at 1st base. in these

aubrey huff struck out in the first inning. interesting that the a's do not the shift against aubrey huff at all. third baseman and shortstop moving a couple of stems. shallow left centerfield. shortstop, cabrera, and he's got t one away here in the 4th inning. nick markakis, adam jones, both in the running for starting positions in the american league and all-star game. vote for your favorite orioles at orioles.com. vote for your favorite bird, the maximum 25 times. you gate free upper reserved seat to any prime non-o's -- to any o's non-prime games. orioles bats have just gone quiet after they just were explosive. that one will be fouled off. through the first couple of months. entering june, it quieted down. the books are being written, the baseball books that go to the pitchers, stories on what the orioles hitters are doing at the plate. >> buck: baseball is all about adjustments and the hitters will have count act those adjustments. you can blame it on the quality of the pitching they face but just about every night, you f

. >> gary: now aubrey huff. [ indiscernible ] >> jim: excuse me. david wright is going to come over. they need time. kind of a little delay here. i'm sure somebody told them -- him go talk to him. >> gary: we mentioned earlier for pelfrey, he's now given up. that's just the 25th home run that he has surrender since 2006 covering 56 starts. the fewest in the majors. >> jim: still has not given up a home run to a reasoned batter. >> gary: huff chases one up and away a two ball, one strike count. the orioles get back in it by delivering the long ball. it is the 68th home run the orioles have hit this season. >> jim: part of this equation is that jeremy guthrie had the one tough inning. the error didn't help. he shuts them down. all of a sudden, orioles think we're back in this game. can we get to their bullpen and pelfrey to get them out of the game. we'll see what happens. >> gary: count will go full again. three balls, two strikes. orioles get the extra-base hit and get the one they needed most, the long ball. >> jim: this will be the 100th pitch. >

aubrey huff, and nick markakis is back in right field. he has hit .375 in his last six games. as for the marlins, jorge cantu, and dan uggla has a dozen home runs at second base. when we come back, dennis sarfate show what is he does to keep busy while being on the orioles' disabled list. that story comes up next when we continue "o's xtra" here on masn! anmy southwest flight. woman over phone: no problem. you know, maybe other people are content to sit around and wait. wait for something to happen. for business to pick up. but for you, it's time to kick it in gear. time to get going. time to get tough. take control. you're not gonna run and hide. because backing down's not your style. grab your bag. it's on. ( ding ) >> masn is being brought to you by train, a heating and air conditioning dealer by you. it is hard to stop a train. >> welcome back to "o's xtra" in south florida. the winds blowing out of the southwest at seven miles per hour. the humidity is 94%. there is a 90% chance of rain. as amber just reported, it has been hard afternoon down there in south florida. i rem

aubrey huff goes down swinging. pedro feliciano comes on and does what he's supposed to do against left-handers. ♪ (tucci) count on the nation's fastest 3g network. at&t >> gary: orioles baseba masn is brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by wendy's, it's way better than fast-food. it's wendy's. gary thorne, jim palmer, amber theoharis. great to have you with us for the opener of this three-game set which for the orioles has been a tough one. guthrie, five runs, three earned. six hits over 6 1/3. castillo, couple hits. one unearned run. three errors have been costly in the ballgame. matt albers will come out of the bullpen as baez gave up one hit in the 1 1/3 innings he pitched in the ballgame. albers will go to work here as we go to the ninth inning. >> jim: yeah, matt easing his way back to where he was before he had the shoulder problems last year. last 10 games over 14 1/3 innings, only three earned runs. the sinker is sinking. he has the curve ball and changeup

aubrey huff has a three-game hit streak. aubrey on the ground ball to first base played by murphy. one down. mora and scott to follow for the o's here in the second inning. 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

aubrey huff's name has again been thrown into the pile regarding that and so has luke scott. >> jim:'s played very well at first base. we all know he's a terrific hitter. >> gary: that one towards center. it will stay up. beltran is there. he's got it. two down. >> jim: you pencil aubrey huff in your lineup every day, it's going to help your offense and not hurt your defense and that new ballpark is very pitcher friendly as we mentioned. >> gary: it will be interesting to seat decision they make. right now mets are going to ride it out. >> jim: the interesting thing is philadelphia going to come up with pitching, especially starting pitching. they've beaten the mets the lasttwo years. phillies won the championship last year. >> gary: andino up will take a strike. >> jim: you can see our pnc scouting report pelfrey just got a very good sinker. 29 double plays. that's the all-time met record. the guy the record he both broke was .29 walt theriot. i guess the pitching instructor how did he get from being on the tigers in '84 to play with the -- playing with the mets. he was traded for w

aubrey huff comes through with a shot.e of getting a runner, and they come back to win. >> an saturday night, they were down to their last strike when brian roberts hit as two-run homer. >> his seventh home run of the season atwo-run shot and gives the orioles a one-run lead and the orioles come back again. >> tonight the orioles are down to their last out. salazar's rbi single. >> and oscar salazar, another shot, and he ties the ball game for the o's and at least gives them a chance to come back to win. >> the o's go to the 12th and end up losing the game. there was kind of a bad base running blunder and we're going to show you that with ty wigginton who basically came through with a big hit and he is thrown out at second. >> this is always the case for the orioles. one little base running mistake in the rally and that usually ends up costing them an out they need a lot. of course, it is being aggressive but you have to be aggressive smart if you're going to win in this division against the yankees and the boston red sox.

. >> buck: aubrey huff has to recognize that bunt right there.ts a fair ball, he'll hit with the same intensity and go to second base and get the catcher. now jason berken has to pay attention to that. crowd him again. you might get the same type of bunt, something hard to the first baseman. you get that lead runner. and you can make ricky nolasco run the bases. >> jim: that certainly has hurt the orioles pitchers this year. bunts 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 m

how about the baltimore chopper, aubrey huff there, brings in brian roberts and adam jones.oles 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 eat that whole thing by themselves? it's like i hit the lottery in food. now get big meals, like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the

but that's the line drive off the bat of aubrey huff. >> jim: ahead of nick, 0-1. and a chance to do something here. the bullpen has kept it a ballgame. and giving credit to brian bas and and matt albers were outstanding today. here is the 0-1. davis on the run and he makes the catch as that ball curled back, markakis hit that ball right on the nose. the orioles strand two. bottom of the 8th, the athletics hanging on to a 3-0 lead. with the calendar, i can schedule all my payments. and when funds are low, danger days help me stay out of the red. i can also transfer money with just a click and a drag. so maybe i'm better with money than i thought. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. >> jim: 3-0 athletics lead and now time for the recap. >> buck: he hits a bullet, a one hopper, robert andino has played well in the series and pops up to holliday for the first out of the 3rd inning. >> jim: and the coors light freeze cam. a good day with the glove and good day at the plate and here is jim john

aubrey huff will lead it off for the o's. he has a couple of homeruns here.or a strike. braden dealing. he has not given the orioles hitters many fat pitches to go after. he has been on 0 the corners and has kept the ball down. here is the 2-1 delivery. that will be fouled off. bobby crosby there at first base, came on as a defensive replacement. giambi out of the ballgame and crosby getting a chance at first. and in the bullpen. braden working here notice 72nd inning, a 4-hit shutout. 2 balls, 2 strikes count to huff. popped him up. behind the mound. cabrera the shortstop and one away. one down notice 7th. on try day, one of the most popular oriole park promotion is back. it's the first 25,000 fans, 21 and over, you will receive an oriole floppy hat which features the logo on one side and the o's on the other. that's this coming friday. >> melvin mora singled his first time up, 1-for-2 and the breaking ball in there for a strike. orioles with the four hits, all singles. braden has worked 7 innings twice this season. that's a ball. that will miss outside. pre

. >> jim: that is a ball that brian roberts just has to run aubrey huff off of. he was coasting. got -- it's a tough play for a first baseman. easy play for a second baseman. obviously, huff is a bigger guy, but brian could have easily caught it and i suppose that aubrey could have too, but that's a tough play over your shoulder. >> gary: jim, i agree. brian roberts has just got to get there and make that play. >> jim: he could have been there easily. he has to run him off i got it, i got it. again, communication. we saw it saturday night. you know, obviously it's something you can't anticipate. you're playing the game. it's just an easier play for the second baseman. >> gary: wow. >> jim: aubrey again first year full time at first base and that's a tough play. >> gary: baez wants to set it will down here. runners on at first and third, two runs in. 6-2 lead. the runs -- anything scored here now is going to be unearned as that should have been the end of the inning. >> jim: the amazing thing about it is baez goes 3-0. he comes back and finally throws five straight strikes and get

there is aubrey huff. the breaking ball outside, 1-0. eight-game hitting streak is on the line and he is oh-fer three. he has grounded out all three at-bats. hard hit ball and gloved by uggla down on a knee. he gets up and throws him out. >> buck: we have talked about the marlins' defensively, they have committed more errors than anyone but two teams in the national league. they made 56 errors, but tonight, early in the game, andrew miller was pounds that strike zone. that kept the defenders on their toes and they played a good game in the field. >> jim: the orioles down to their final out and melvin mora will come up. he fouls it back a pretty good cut. 0-1. melvin is oh-fer two. he has also drawn a walk. -- melvin is oh-fer two. he has also drawn a walk. 1-9 on the orioles' road trip. the curve ball is high. he lays off. 1-1. >> buck: you can see he gets around that slider a little bit and gets underneath and that's why it stays unand out of the strike zone. if he ever got on top of that pitch and got some downward break to it, he woul

two batters later, aubrey huff, second straight game, deciding hit.in 5-4. >> for the second straight year alexander ovechkin is the hart trophy winner as the league's m.v.p. ovechkin who led the nhl with 56 goals is the first non-goalie to repeat since wayne gretzky won eight in a row from 1980 through 1987. ovechkin also won the lester pearson award begin to the most outstanding player as voted on by his peers. >> pavel datsyuk won two awards. the best defensive forward and the lady byng for gentlemanly conduct. >> rafael nadal will decide friday if he will be able to defend his wimbledon title. the number one seed in the tournament, nadal lost an exhibition matched this to lleyton hewitt and his knees continue to bother him. wimbledon gets under way monday on espn2. >> mother nature washes out the open's first round. what this means for tiger and the rest of the field. top stories on the way. >> i'm eric karabell with your fantasy news. let's look at information you need to know for friday's games. first off, let's talk about the philadelphia outfi

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