. >> rob: let's take a look another brad bergesen, only 23 years of age.ves to pitch here at camden yards. again, the orioles over .500 at home. you can't steal on him. they have attempted to steal a base twice, and they're oh-fer two. again, the orioles, you know, kind of a up-and-down month. but for brad bergesen, 2-07 in the month of june with a very, very low earned run average. >> bob: he misses outside to christian guzman. 1-0. christian guzman, of course, the orioles know more about him than most players in this lineup because of his years in minnesota. there's a strike. and rob dibble with us for this series and the thing about guzman that i like about him, switch hitter, he hits to the gaps and he has a lot of speed. he really bothers you if he gets on base. >> rob: he has been fantastic. he has within hitting the ball all over the park. for the most part, he just does his best to get on base and set the table for the rest of the lineup. >> bob: bergesen deals and he got him. so he fell behind 1-0. back-to- back-the-back strikes and guzman retired

bergesen has made much better pitching -- a better job tonight than detwiler, so bergesen is up 3-1 and now the bullpen is in, bob, for the nationals. >> bob: under a beautiful late june sky here near the inner harbor and it is the struggling joel hanrahan. five saves on the year but he has been demoted from the closer's role a second time. he throws hard to get strikeouts and pop-ups in a situation when you need that and there is the high fastball for the strike. >> jim: that's what he is looking for. melvin mora came into the game. he hadn't hit a home run in, what, 149 at-bats. so the power numbers are down, even though rob showed you that soft single to right for an rbi. >> bob: but rob will also tell you, jim, this is is a pitcher who gets himself in trouble when he tries to trick people with that slider. >> jim: we saw h him early on and we talked about the grand slam by willingham in the exhibition game. hanrahan came in with the one- run lead and threw balls and came back with sliders and sped up the bat and they took advantage of it. but he does have the kind of stuff that you

brad bergesen, 54% and aubrey huff 13%. still time to text in your vote to 51862 and tom and rick will have the results coming up on "o's xtra" post-game. so a runner on, and there's a strike. i was talking to george the other night about how he started in proball, and he had to go the independent league route, and he whereas saying how those leagues are more competitive than you might think because all of the players there want to get back into an organization, so they have a chance to get to the major leagues. so they work very hard, it is competitive, and it is more so than you even imagine. >> jim: it is cutthroat where as you're in a minor league situation. obviously everyone wants to get in the big leagues. >> jim: ground ball to second and out at second base as roberts is able to get it to robert andino for the force. two men down. >> jim: this time brian snares it and makes sure he get dps out with a 10-run lead. andino has played so well at shortstop. he knows there is no possible chance to turn the double play. he

bergesen has anchtd eight innings per start. opponents are batting just .193 and he now owns the only complete game victory that the orioles have on the year. jeremy guthrie has the other complete game. that came in an eight-inning loss at toronto. obviously, you see brad bergesen dpaing consistency as you -- gaining consistency. as you watch him, what do you see and what you do you see in his approach. >> like brian roberts says, everybody loves this guy's approach to pitching. one thing is get on the mound, get ready to pitch and throw. he's got a very -- he works very fast, but his tempo has really changed a little bit. very slow through the course of his delivery, but he attacks the strike zone. i think that's what everybody likes. he's got that killer instinct that you love to see every pitcher have. give him a two or three-run lead, he goes right after the first hitter that he sees. strike one, strike one, strike one. he puts all the pressure on the hitter to swing the bat. there's no time to think up there. he's got the b

coming into this inning, brad bergesen, 70 pitches in four innings of work. he has stopped washington. one run on four hits. neither of the walks has hurt him. and hernandez went down and golfed that breaking ball and a very good play by aubrey huff. that is not the first time aubrey huff has splashed the leather against the national this is year. a very underrated iman. >> jim: we saw him mostly at third last year. i thought he played third well. plenty of time here, get in important of it and there are the soft hands. big glove. >> rob: and he got his body in important of it and he is going to take some pain. he knows he has time to make the play. >> bob: here is christian guzman. bergesen has retired him twice which not many have done. he has had at least two hits in 7-8 games. he'll be oh-fer three now on an easy ground ball to roberts. >> rob: he just got a couple more runs. he has the lead. and he will throw a big goose egg up there. >> jim: one of the shut down innings they talk about. i think he gets the sense, jim hunter talked about it earlier, that

bergesen last inning was reversed. you can stay in these kind of counts. boy, the numbers go down dramatically just for about every major league pitcher, and the hitters, their batting average is up. >> rob: grand canyon. that's how deep they go. >> jim: 1-2 on scott leading off in the oriole second and luke very much a streaky hitter, and he is in one of those market corrections at the moment. three for his last 22 trying to find that stroke. detwiler has it and he turns and throws out the hustling luke scott. one away here in the second inning. don't forget about the cal ripken all-stars. think eel be hosting the valley league all-staffers, the mid atlantic classic in wall dore f. you can come out and catch luke scott, aubrey huff, where they all launched their careers. game time is 7:05. get there early and the home run derby at 5:30. the admission is free and your donation will be greatly appreciated. log on to ripken diss senior collegebaseball. org or call. >> rob: i wanted to ask jim about yesterday, smoltz struggling, but for jordan zimmermann who

brad bergesen will be on the mound for the orioles. >> i am glad to see brad bergesen back out on theit's at least going to be a quick ballgame. he's been pitching so well. that sinker is just the best pitch that i've seen in a long time. a lost movement. he should have won his last five ballgames, but he got a couple of no decisions mixed in there. he has won his last two. i'm really happen to -- happy to see him on the mound. i think this will give the orioles an advantage. >> nationals, it will be ross detwiler. >> detwiler as you remember a guy who was drafted in the first pick after matt wieters two years ago in the draft. he's with the nationals right now. pitching in a lot of tough luck. he actually pitched his best ballgame against the orioles a couple weeks ago. he went six innings. only gave up one hit and one run. did not get the decision in that game -- in that game. this will be a nice matchup of two very talented pitchers. good left-hander. good right-hander. >> a 2.39. game coverage starts tomorrow night at 6:30 from baltimore'camden yards. saturday evening, 6:30 pregam

when you think aboukoji u larra, and but as the youngsters got comfortable and bergesen got off to aeat start in the minor leagues, they can make that transition, call upon bergesen, insert him in the rotation and rick kranitz knows in seeing bergesen in spring training, having confidence in his composure that koji uehara, jeremy guthrie could hold dow th ortunti soeof the youngsters got innings under their belt. >> jim: two down. dan uggla. there is is a fastball for a strike. 0-1. of course if the orioles were to make any kind of a change with the role of koji uehara, somebody then would have to come over or come up and take that spot in the rotation. >> buck: i think there are a lot of possibilities and i don't think andy macphail has made up his mind one direction or the other. i think with baseball being so bunched up at the top and so many teams included in the wildcard race, there's going to be a lot of activity moving around, and rosters shuffling

bergesen, really no bad innings, he allowed three consecutive hits and that led to a run and that wasit. three up, three down first. he lad a two-out single in the third, a two-out walk in the fourth and a two-out in the fifth. >> jim: and really elijah dukes, maybe he showed the way the inning was going, but nolan reimold did his b.j. surhoff where he made an impression, he went down in the corner and made a perfect throw, otherwise elijah dukes just roars into third base and it looked like he was safe anyway, but the reimold throw made it close enough to get the call. >> bob: 3-1 the count on josh willingham. >> bob: albers has allowed two singles in this inning. the nationals now with seven hits. it is inside, ball four. and he has loaded the bases. so bergesen went six innings, baez one and now albers, and albers has allowed three base runners now with two men down. >> jim: i was watching him the other night, jim, and for a guy, one, he starts below his belt and then goes all the way up. i used to start maybe a little bit higher and george said if you're going to bring your hands

brad bergesen is exactly the pitcher you just described. two pitches, hit a ground ball to short, next guy. he does not care in the least about strikeouts. i think it's had a positive effect on the entire staff. fly ball to jones. our 737s fly to over 65 cities across the country every day. woman over p.a.: this is your final boarding call. all passengers... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour. almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th, fly southwest airlines from bwi airport to boston logan for just $49 one-way. bags fly free on southwest so our low fares stay low. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. grab your bag. it's on.  >> jim h.: the gates are open at orioles park, no score. starting line-up for the orioles, birds come in having won the first two games in the series. adam jones in the lead-off spot with brian roberts off, and ty wigginton batting second. markakis up, and reimold with scott dh'ing. >> rob: give you the pnc scouting report on john lanna

brad bergesen on the mound against ross detwiler.rage on masn begins at 6:30 with "o's xtra" presented by at&t followed by game coverage at 7:00. we've got all the access you need right here on masn. here is a look at our m abd & t bank pitching matchup tomorrow and a couple of youngsters. >> buck: ross detwiler, number one pick in 2007. same draft as matt wieters of the he has made his impression and is off to a decent start. brad bergesen, boy, what a savior he has been. he'll make his 13th start tomorrow his e.r.a. under 4.00. a 4-2 record. he's getting better and better. each time out he seems to make more adjustments and he'sth really settled in effectively in this rotation. >> jim: here is tim wood about to make his major league debut. he finally gets into a game. sean west was lift ford a pinch- hitter after going six scoreless innings. there's a line drive right to uggla off the bat of andino and that's how it's going tonight for the orioles. >> buck: it sure is. tim wood, he was ducking out of the way. wasn't quite sure wher

bergesen got in trouble in the second. willingham got a hit on a 2-0 fastball. he hit a grand slam against the orioles in the exhibition game right before the start of the season. so you're out there, you're pretty defenseless. you can't get your breaking ball over. >> rob: when he's throwing the breaking ball, he's throwing it down in the zone. hitters aren't going to swing at that. so you have to just lay it in there and trust your stuff. trust that the hitter is going to make an out. >> jim p.: when he did get ahead of willie harris, he didn't make a good pitch with his breaking ball and he singled into right field to start this. >> bob: 17 home runs, that is tied for the american league lead. we talked about you want to eat sliders, don't hang them. >> rob: is there a reason why zaun's catching guthrie tonight? >> jim p.: no. >> jim h.: wieters has caught nine of the last 10 games and zaun has not caught since last saturday in philadelphia. >> rob: i'm just thinking maybe he's more a little older, maybe he can try to calm down guthrie if he gets in a jam lik

brad bergesen pitches the 2-2 and rick, what do you look forward to for bergesen. >> i hope he continuedy he did in seattle. 7 inning and giving up two earned runs. and other than that, he would have won that ballgame. he'll be up against vargas who pitched a good ballgame at the same time. only went 5 and a third but only gave up two earned runs. so a good matchup to see which one of these guys deserves to win this game. a pitch-off. >> the orioles will be back at camden yards. masn has a brand new reporter and this one absolutely is kind of a unique reporter. he in fact wears an orioles uniform. let's check in with dennis sar funny. >> this is dennis sar font and today we'll be the fashion police on hair-dos. >> i'm standing here by t bone's locker and we have a question, we brought some pictures back from when you played and we were just wondering if there is a possibility of you bringing this hair style back. >> i could bring it back. >> maybe a throwback day. >> he has a nice afro with a stash to match up with it. >> and a nice picture of sammy here. do you think you can rock that h

so brad bergesen gives up a run on four hits through six. two walks, five strikeouts.he hit a batter, and a slow roller right side and under the glove of brian roberts. we'll see if they give josh bard a base hit. >> jim: i imagine they would. we talked to brian, because they speed the infield up here a little bit, you have to take an angle to get to the ball. because you go back, watch it hit on the grass, and it stays down. yep. again probably a couple of months ago he would have got ton that easily. but, as you said, it is the same for both teams. the orioles have certainly taken advantage of the 14 hits. >> bob: josh bard now hitting .409 in the month of june. he's going to hope they can squeeze 35, 36 days out of this month. here's willie harris who has walked and struck out. but the nationals needed somebody to come alive in that catcher's spot. bard and nieves both capable back-up type guys and the nationals, and rob knows all about this from a pitcher's standpoint, jim, they have really missed jesus flores since he went out. he was hitting well in the number se

again, bergesen has been good. hill from time to time has been very good for the starting staff. berken will pitch in this series. he's been good sometimes. he's a young pitcher just up to the big leagues. bottom line, you want to het help your bullpen. the bullpen has been terrific over last two weeks. if you're jeremy guthrie, thief they've got 19 runs last two games. hope you get some of those runs tonight. >> gary: up against a team that's hurting literally with a lot of injuries. maybe the right time to take on this club even though there are a couple in the lineup who are still red-hot. we'll be back. it's the mets-o's from camden next. 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. >> gary: orioles baseball on masn is brought t

by the way, that first game of the home stand will be brad bergesen against ross detwiler. bergesen is pitching very well gets the first game of the home stand. pie takes the strike. 1-1. nolasco, a fourth-round pick of the chicago cubs in two- on-one. -- in 2001. he's another of the many major league players that when they were acquired by their big league teams, they may not have been well known to fans, but it's another tribute to scouting. he was a pitcher in double-a at the time and he was picked up in a trade with the cubs. it was 3-1, juan -- 3-1. juan pierre went to chicago. pie lines it to left field. on the ball is coghlan. makes a diving catch! he trapped it. excuse me. i thought he had it. >> buck: he had it in his glove initially. when he hit the ground, it snapped out of his glove and landed safely on the turf. right here he has it for a while but just rattled around. looks like it might have hit him right in the face. he's able to keep it in front of him. he should have made that catch. he he got to it in good shape. it kicked off the heel of his glove for a

he's tied with brad bergesen for most wins on that orioles staff. they have five. >> thanks for joining us, everybody. wil nieves getting loose in the cage. he's going to try to crack into that line-up tonight if needed. for ray knight, i'm johnny holliday, thanks for joining us. nats baseball coming up next. frost-brewed coors light. ♪ how cold is it? it's chilled down to 34 degrees... for a taste as cold as the rockies. it's aged cold. it's filtered cold. and it's served in cans, bottles, and glasses... that tell you when it's cold. why? because refreshment isn't everything. it's the only thing. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. from that first dollar forward, cash flow isn't just an important thing to small business. it's everything. that's why pnc is introducing your new cfo, cash flow options designed to effectively improve your cash flow. cfo helps every dollar work harder. from the very first dollar to the last dollar of the day. get in touch with your new cfo.

it will be hill, bergesen and guthrie in philadelphia. >> jim: bobby parnell, we saw him last night, faced two batters, they both got up. he did throw in the upper 90s. big, tall right-hander. starter last year at double-a affiliate for the mets. >> gary: a breaking ball that comes in hard. hard slider to robert andino. andino is 0 for 2, a fielder's choice and has struck out. 31,906 the announced attendance. they're seeing a heck of a ballgame tied up here in the bottom of the sixth inning. throw over again. reimold back to the bag. one down. parnell is a flamethrower. even the breaking balls that he throws tend to be really hard, like that slider you saw. 33rd appearance, he's done a lot of work. here's the 1-0 delivery. check swing and a ball inside. a strike called. that was close. >> jim: last year he was 10-6. then went up to triple-a, he was with the mets for five innings at the end of the year. but he does have an awfully good arm. >> gary: taken in the air to center field. beltran is there and he's got it. and there are two down. >> jim: the mets come in with a 3.18 e.r.a. t

bergesen pitches a complete game, every is off on sunday, if can resist going to those guys too often, they can be more was just last night. >> you just don't want to get the bullpen for too long amount of time. mean jim probably has the best sinker in the major leagues, national league. he's on, it's very hard. sometimes even 94 miles an hour, and a very, very hard sink. if per hour there, whether he's throwing a curveball or not. only way to tell. a curveball would be in the low 80s, but johnson, that fastball is working, and i say in baseball is a sinking fastball, not just a and he's got that fast set it up for the save, and the orioles picked up the win setting up the rubber game the three-game series. come back, we will talk to scott mack greg. -- mick greg. and this is your movies on demand screen. oh cool. (cable guy) so what are you going to do next? who are you? who is he? it's okay. well, i'm going to... activate over 100 hd channels? program his remote? sync his tv with his computer? wow. it's like you've been watching him all day. have you been watching me all day? no. (a

markakis the leader in hits, scott in homers and rbi's, roberts in extra-base hits and bergesen the pitching leader in june. >> jim: luke's looking down at third base. he sees david wright playing exactly where melvin mora did with ryan church. maybe when you're down two or three runs and there's two outs in an inning. just lay one down there. it's just, remember when you were a kid, if basically you were playing, if you were playing over the line or they were playing baseball, somebody was playing way back, you would drop one down. messing around, maybe get a little more better at whatever you're trying to do. you get the t-shirts out there. >> gary: can't hit anything to the right or left of second base. >> jim: or you're out. tim redding on the mound for the mets. 21 wins, 40 losses in his career. jammed him, center field. beltran under it, he's got it. that's three consecutive fly ball that is have gone to center. huff, mora, now scott. >> jim: you got wright with two, castillo with three, beltran with three. keith hernandez, he won a bunch of them. gold glovers all over the place. >> ga

just like the hitters will let you know when a guthrie or a bergesen or any guy who pitches when they'reing it. when the timing is not disrupted and they're fouling the fastball straight back to the screen and they're squaring everything up, it's time to say, hey, have you seen enough? and you get somebody else in there. >> koji off the disabled list last thursday against seattle, he went five innings. >> it's really hard to believe, koji has pitched so well here at camden yards. one of the things he has no comps at home. no free passes which means no walks. hard to believe you can't get a lot of wins when you don't walk anybody. 29 innings with less than 3 walks. he's only got two walks here at home. four no decisions and four losses in his last eight starts. that's what we really got to get koji on track and get back in that win column because we're really wasting a lot of good efforts out there. >> on the other side, it's the right-hander tim redding former national going for the mets. >> almost number one but maybe not a good way. he's got the highest e.r.a. of any starting pitcher w

but brad bergesen gave them a start that was good enough to wifnlt he ended up with a no- decision. following the game at safeco field, he talked about the start. >> i felt good. that two-run homerun was a setback. i just tried to come back and brush it off and get abig starred. >> amber: when did you talk about on the beltre. >> we went about it. sinker away, but sure enough, i left the fastball in the middle and he got it. >> jim: 15 innings combined, he has given up only 12 base hits, 4 earned runs combined in three starts. the one homerun to adrian beltre the other night. really, that was the difference notice game, a two-run shot and i still have no idea why beltre even swung at that pitch but take us through the at-bat. >> rick: he swung at it because he can hit it out of the park. we are looking at a future star right here because his fastball, his sinker is such a good movinging sinker. those are the kind he pulls he gets. he gets the strikeout on that ball, down and in to right handed hitters. when you are down in the count, great but when he drops underneath it, there it g

.: that's the one thing brad bergesen was able to do early on last night. he got guzman out early.other than in the second inning he was very good about keeping that lead-off runner off the base. >> rob: this is the hitter the nationals have oh get going. had a great streak earlier in the season. has really struggled with power in the last month. >> jim p.: you think that is because when you're that hot, they adjust? >> rob: absolutely. you have to adjust. they've been throwing a lot of breaking balls away. a lot of fastballs in. if you don't adjust, move closer to the plate or move closer to the mound, they're going to make the adjustments and make you go into a slump. they'll put you in a slump. >> bob: guthrie gets ahead. guzman has only one steal on the year an he's been caught three times. one run game, 2-1. bounced foul down the third-base line, past pat. >> jim p.: the nationals don't do a lot of running. 16 caught stealing. orioles come in at 37 steals, been caught 22 times. both these teams pretty much station to station. compared to some of the other teams in both of the

. >> jim: yeah, they won't let you throw more than -- what, bergesen threw 112. he got 1 runs on sunday. -- 11 runs on sunday. >> gary: cora up the middle has a base hit. so, leadoff man on here in the fifth inning. adam jones and nick markakis are both in the running for a starting position for the all- star game. you can vote at orioles.com. you can vote orange and save green by voting for your birds the maximum 25 times, you'll receive a free upper reserve seat to any nonprime o's game after the break. vote early, vote often. complete details, orioles.com/voteorange. fernando martinez, towering pop- up right side. markakis coming in. roberts out. markakis. they got that straightened out as the other day they had one almost exactly the same place near the triangle that dropped in because nick hadn't called brian o they talked about that and got it straightened out. >> jim: what did nick markakis -- dave trembley, the orioles skipper told nolan reimold pretend nobody is in front of you. that's what happened saturday night. it's a real good swing by fernando mart

. >> we saw bergesen first night, and we know that we have four, five, six, seven, when you get on down who is pitching lights out down there in triple-a, orioles are building a tremendous young ball club there, too. you look at adam jones, wieters, they have really done a great job in the draft. >> a couple of names have popped up as far as possible trade situations. one, a pirates outfielder we saw when pittsburgh was in town, nyjer morgan, the other jordan shaffer, a braves outfielder. >> i love speed. both these guys have speed, but nyjer morgan, you said to me as we were walking around, you said, how about that guy playing left field. >> does he move. >> i said, he really does. i watched him the rest of that game. he's played double-a in center field. but he can flat out fly. if you're looking at the top of the line-up type hitter, a guy that can get on base, put tremendous pressure on the defense, the pitching, he's really special. shaffer is a guy that started the season in atlanta, his a home run his first at-bat, then he started -- ended up striking out 60 times before they dem

brad bergesen on the mound goes against ross detwiler. coverage only masn begins at 6:30 with "o's xtra" presented by at&t followed by game coverage at 7:00. now, for buck martinez, amber theoharis and our entire crew, jim hunter saying so long from miami. tonight's telecast has been a masn presentation. well, marlins had the bats going tonight a five-run eighth broke it open and marlins win 11-3. now "o's xtra", tom davis and rick dempsey in baltimore. an unstoppable force. because every coors light can is cold-activated. when the mountains turn blue, your beer is as cold as the rockies. the coors light cold-activated can. enjoy refreshment at its peak. aaaaaahhh! frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >> welcome to "o's xtra" post- game brought to you by verizon fios. before we talk baseball, we apologize for the electrical problems coming out of south florida. the ninth inning was done with a radio call by jim hunter and buck martinez on the play-by- play. we apologize for logz the picture. that's the second time t

the pitching, all of these young guys are starting to go deep interballgames, especially brad bergesen. i think all of the other pitchers are watching him. they see the way he is pitching quick and his tempo is nice and easy and slow. >> some good news. now, the orioles send alberto castillo to the minors and brought back chris ray. for the latest on that and the weather on south florida. what is the weather like? >> i'll tell you, it has been a big story here today in miami- dade county. the winds have been very, very strong. when the team came off the bus about 4:00, everybody was trying to get inside the stadium here, but everybody got soaked. dirt was flying up in the air. the tarp on the field was flying flop the air as the grounds crew was trying to get tractors on top of it to pin it down to try to protect the field. it was a scramble everywhere. quite a mess. our television truck, the stairs, the steel stairs of our television truck got blown out of place, but things have calmed down quite a bit now. the tarp is off the field. we are told that in about 20 minutes another cell i

was on the mound when ryan howard came off the bench and hit the pinch hit and that caused brad bergesen. and cody ross gets on leading off here in the seventh inning, and he has a two-hit night. a tie game. the lead-off man on in the seven spring training. this copyrighted telecast is presented by authority of the orioles and may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form and any accounts of descriptions of this game may not be disseminated without the express written consent of the orioles. so baez on. it has been a very good year for the orioles and here is the number eight batter, john baker. baker is showing sacrafice. >> buck: the number eight hitter in this situation at home in a national league ballpark, you expect them to at least try to advance a runner, whether it is sacrafice, play hit and run. they have a pinch hitter out on deck. >> buck: there is a bunt to third. melvin mora fields. back to first and not in time on the relay. but once again the orioles quickly pouncing on the bunt to get the lead runner. >> buck: a couple of poor bunts here have cost the marlins. first i

>> certain guys like bergesen, he is a guy who likes to get a fast-paced game going. anything i can do to help them on the mound, we're going to expedite as much as possible. >> gary: how much help are you getting from the dugout? >> they tell you who might run. other than the running game, you go out there and after the game or before the game, we'll talk about what they saw and what you should do differently or what they like. >> gary: and matt wieters joining us prior to the ballgame tonight annual he will be in the line-up catching. let's take a look at the starting line-up for the o's brought to you by southwest airlines. roberts, jones, markakis, mora, scott in left field. matt wieters and then robert andino. luke scott, you see the numbers for the season, he has been hot. the inside fastball, which he has mastered effectively will really set up his change-up which is one of the better ones that we will see all year long and he is a real battler. last time out, he got hit on his pitches hand off the hand of vernon wells. he stayed in the game and pitched six str

each of the three, rich hill, brad bergesen and jeremy guthrie pitched into the seventh inning. the defense was on their toes because the pitchers threw a lot of strikes. a lot about standing defense and clutch hitting. close ballgames, it makes just one or two good the difference. in florida, a different story. brushing mistakes. fielding -- baserunning mistakes, fielding to give the marlins extra outs and they took full advantage of it. matt wieters' first error and emilio bonifacio would score from first base when felix pie held the ball too long. that was the difference in the ballgame. when you look at the two series, it's quite a departure. 3-0 in philadelphia. they've lost the first two games here and scored five runs per game in philadelphia. different story down here and they only hit .240 against a very good florida marlins pitching staff. they have to grind and win this game. a 4-2 road trip isn't bad, but it's not as good as you expected when you start out 3- 0. >> jim: nick markakis last night in right field picked up another outfield assist gunning down a runner at

bergesen, they're really excited. he had a tremendous year last year in double-a winning 15 games.king about him rookie of the year pitcher. good slider. i haven't seen him in person yet, but i know rick dempsey really likes him and the way he keeps the ball down. >> this guy hasn't lost a game since way back, may 19. >> that is a while. >> a pretty tough pitcher. >> yes, and the earned run average is decent. he throws the ball, a lot of movement. he throws strikes and his defense works really well behind him. >> so a good pitching match-up tonight. we thank you for watching us here. for ray knight, i'm johnny holliday. stick around, bob carp per -- carpenter and rob dibble coming up next, the nats and the orioles another ms camden yards! two beers! you got it! are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drinking a warm one? if you have the new coors light cold-activated can, you're covered. because now every can turns blue when your beer... is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-b