her's ben zobrist as we go to the fourth inning. zobrist flied out his first time up. because of those numbers on the season, the discussion now by tampa bay about zobrist and where they can use him and get him in next year. he may end up in a double mr. toon situation at second base and right field. >> jim: they could play -- and he plays them well. i think people forget that he came actually -- aubrey huff who started with tampa bay. he got traded down to houston for ben zobrist. but he's a perfect example, if you look at the young players in your organization, whether it is the ray force orioles, if somebody came along, i mean, 23 home runs in 1300 bats in the minor league. he got up here, bigger, stronger, better coaching. he can hang around with pena and longoria and all of a sudden, maybe i need to drive the ball a little more, and his hitting instructor said it simple. he is is a stronger guy than he thought he was. >> gary: that will be off the wall played by reimold and zobrist heads in with a double, his sixth hit in 14 at-bats in this series. and zobrist has

here is ben zobrist with two down, a runner on at second base. that is outside for a ball.he hit a dinger last night. a 3-2 pitch. >> jim: yeah, and just clobbered it. it sailed out of here. you can see jim johnson wasn't happy with it. >> gary: ninth inning, tied the ballgame up that set the stage for matt wieters to end it with his own home run. 1-0 delivery will be taken down low. >> jim: excuse me. go ahead. >> gary: no. >> jim: i was talking about zobrist, a right-handed hitter actually hitting much better averagewise and then if you transpose the numbers per at- bat, there's much power from this side, and, of course, he didn't start switch hitting until he was a senior in high school and then in college. >> gary: 2-0 count that will be taken low for a ball. he has made a dramatic improvement coming out of the bullpen as compared to his starts with the -- where the e.r.a. has been so high. it is just he has fund a place even though when he started the season. he wanted to be a starter and was. the bullpen has been much kind tore the e.r.a. 3-0 delivery. it is in there

here is ben zobrist. he flied out his first time up. zobrist against the orioles.put up good numbers. power numbers in particular. zobrist will chop that one, and that's going to be a foul ball. in fact, the home plate umpire already said it, get flag the bat every's -- batter's box. zobrist this year against the orioles, .417. he has had three home runs and 11 rbi's as this has been the ball club that he's had the best average against in the dozen games the two teams have played on the season. >> jim: he is a fastball hitter or i should say a better fastball hitter, but hits the hanging breaking ball so when -- you just can't spin it up there. 16 of his home runs, the 23 hoer home runs have come from this side. he has not hit one. if he hits one today, it will be 19 games since he hit a home run. >> gary: so zobrist will stand back in with an 0-2 count on him. tillman with two down, and longoria on at first base. eian longoria back in. longoria doesn't steal a lot of bases. he is 7-7 on the year. he hasn't extended his lead over there at first. >> jim: i think at

bartlett, crawford and longoria with ben zobrist in the clean- up spot.has had some kind of a series, 5-12. last night the game tying home run in the ninth inning and three rbi's. buehrle will d.h. with aybar at first. kapler in right field and flay vairo will catch and the youngster perez in center field and evan longoria, she is a guy every team has to look out for because he is a game changer. >> he just has the easy power. he doesn't swing hard after the ball. he doesn't have to because he just already has it. he is a big, strong guy. seven home runs against the orioles already. not even a full two seasons yet against the ball club with 20 rbi's. he is a guy, you know, when you make a mistake, it's going to go out of the ballpark. you have to be real careful with him. the best way to defend against him is to keep people off base that is the key to holding him down. >> let's get a look at the orioles' lineup. nolan reimold is back in there. so brian roberts goes back to the lead-off spot. pie, reimold to markakis. and matt wieters in the number seven s

ben zobrist, 2-0. two batters later, willie aybar. how much johnny cash you got on the old ipod? >> a little. >> all right. aybar, longoria scores. this is all keeping in mind in the bottom of the first. gape kapler. 4-0, tampa bay. bottom one. plenty for matt garza. garza has had some tough luck out there lately. got a nine-game winless streak. but he's dealing. overbay. top five. aaron hill. >> matt garza. >> blue jays down 4-0 in the sixth. jose but a taste. they win 4-0. >> that ball is -- the runner goes by in front. you lose sight of it for a second. >> garza's eighth win. it was his first win since july 24. remarkable, you know, the rays obviously world series last year. this year, the rotation never materialized. the bullpen wasn't quite there. they sort of tread water all season and never really happened in tampa bay. >> for garza n the last nine starts against toronto, e.r.a. of .92. very impressive. >> garza 3-5 in the last 15 starts, all three of the wins coming against the blue jays. this was a game that featured ten singles and no extra base hits. that sounds, hmm,

ben zobrist, 2-0. two batters later, willie aybar. how much johnny cash you got on the old ipod?. >> all right. aybar, longoria scores. this is all keeping in mind in the bottom of the first. gape kapler. 4-0, tampa bay. bottom one. plenty for matt garza. garza has had some tough luck out there lately. got a nine-game winless streak. but he's dealing. overbay. top five. aaron hill. >> matt garza. >> blue jays down 4-0 in the sixth. jose but a taste. they win 4-0. >> that ball is -- the runner goes by in front. you lose sight of it for a second. >> garza's eighth win. it was his first win since july 24. remarkable, you know, the rays obviously world series last year. this year, the rotation never materialized. the bullpen wasn't quite there. they sort of tread water all season and never really happened in tampa bay. >> for garza n the last nine starts against toronto, e.r.a. of .92. very impressive. >> garza 3-5 in the last 15 starts, all three of the wins coming against the blue jays. this was a game that featured ten singles and no extra base hits. that sounds, hmm, like a gem f

up by kapler as he tried the safety squeeze, if you're ben zobrist, you're bunting, but successful. is zobrist. show you and as fine play. this go into foul and throw back. him a they get the out. gary: kapler will get the and earn it on the second put down that will be his the year. base now, two away. at the plate. strategy. a guy that doesn't hit does does he execute runner into to me that is a manager knowing of his players, and having players that understand. gary: yes. it just makes total sense what joe maddon just did. gary: 1-3. navarro's numbers off the orioles' right-hander. base hit could score another two down. that one away. navarro, .281 off of the orioles this year with a homer. rbi's. tampa bay team for another four games incredibly as that part of the road up to end the tuesday, wednesday, tampa bay. toronto. to first base. and that will do it. the bunt adds another run the rays have a 2-0 lead. we have shown you pictures of the orioles and the famous give me liberty or give me death speech, patrick henry did. this my hometown. first name, and i played for former big

ben zobrist 3-4 in the game. zobrist will take the pitch down low. jim: as we mentioned earlier, he hasn't hit a home run in 19 games. he certainly would like to get one up in the air. >> gary: he is 1-3 off of johnson and the pitch is outside. >> jim: the hitting instructor said when he came up, at least early last year, he had a thumb injure i have -- writery, so it was in the minor league and he was tentative. not anymore. fastball hitter and he knows he can hit it. >> gary: that will be fouled back. >> jim: to the rays' television booth. >> gary: they wanted to make sure they were still in the ballgame. a two ball one strike count to zobrist. the yankees came back against toronto. they were down 4-2. they won it 5-4. the yankees marching on towards the post-and a division title. here is the 2-1 delivery. zobrist will take this and it misses. the count goes to 3-1. it sure looks like in the post- season it is going to be the red sox and the wildcard taking on the angels again. 3-1 delivery. he is ready to go down to first base. >> jim: that is his

zobrist will take that one away. >> jim: of course the problem with ben jim bris is he has a pretty good idea of what he what wants you fall behind, you have to three a strike. look at that number, .462 with a home run that tells me he's not swinging at too many pitches. >> jim: p. >> gary: the delivery on the way and that is a high strike called a two ball, one count strike on zobrist. >> jim: another big strike zone tonight. dale scott had the size of a national park last night. >> gary: pitchers treasure the national park, though. >> jim: yes, they do. it is you have tough to hit, though. >> gary: and that is a strike on the outside corner. good location on those last two. >> jim: yeah, i think what happens there, fastball, but not on the outside corner. so i think the big difference when you look at the last four starts for jason berken, whether he is ahead or behind, he has made pitches. that's what you have to do against the american league east teams. >> gary: the left-handers have hit him hard, .338 off of berken and right-handers .297. those are very high numbers combined for .319 average against him. >>