three up, three down inning for brad bergesen. bergesen with a 2-0 lead.cau i've never had much. but now that i'm making more, it's time to be a little smarter about how i manage i. 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 h: amber, thank you very much, as we go here to t bottom of the 6th inning. what an honor for those two guys to pitch in that game. the orioles pitching prospects not only getting noticed by the orioles, getting foe advertised by major league baseball. sharply hit to first, overbay has it, markakis retired. one away. >> jim p: had another scout, just looking it up here, cavier avery. born in georgia and lives in tampa, but rave reviews. talking about speed, short stroke, and still learning how to play the game, because not a lot of at bats, l

. >> well, brad bergesen get this start tonight. in the first half of the season, he really has been a big highlight for this team. he's hat 7 quality starts in his last 8 outing, and has earned the reputation with his teammates that every time he's on the mound, the orioles have a chance to win. and the reason for that, he always goes deep into the game. over 6 innings a game. i spoke to pitching coach rick kranitz about him, and asked him what has been so impressive about bergesen in the first half. >> well, i think everything he's done has been very positive. he's very aggressive. he challenges he strike zone, and i wasn't sure he was going to always do that, bout, you know, to date, that's all he's done. he challenges hitters. some hitter will try to force you to stay out of the strike zone, and is he's strayed true to throwing strikes and that sinker. he knows exactly what he has to do, and he's learned himself, i think, a little more than anything, he's learned what makes him better, and what makes him successful. >> so where

. >>> the big league birds wrapped up the series with kansas city this afternoon, and brad bergesen threw seven strong innings. a 7-3 orioles victory. it ended ugly for the rookie. he would take a line drive off the bat of billy butler. he limped off the field in pain, but he is not cleared of injuries just yet. >> they say worst case scenario, hairline fracture. i'm going to be optimistic about it right now and things, in 24 hours, you have a much better idea. >> the team was lucky to dodge another injury when an outfielder went into the stands. the o's standard with boston tomorrow night. >>> the signing of first round michael orr with the ravens. he gets a five year contract. tackle from mississippi, he competed in camps but missed the first few days of training camp. >> you know, having all that stuff behind me, and all i can do now is play football and work hard and give back to them. they gave to me. >> he'll be there tomorrow morning at mcdaniel college in >>> well, it's bye bye and hello visit baltimore as the tourism agency has a new name. they believe the less cumbersome title w

. >> now, brad bergesen. does he always put you guys in a position, you feel, when he's on the mound, that you have a chance to win? >> oh, yeah, nerve the dugout sees how he pitches, what his attitude is here, so i think everyone is going with him to try to get the win. >> all right. two highlights of the season, oscar and brad. >>> the orioles beating the toronto blue jays. when you look at oscar salazar, we saw the lineup card today, were you surprised he was batting cleanup? >> i wassed you know, though, when you look at the line-up, it's an obvious guy for today. dave trembley wanted topy as many right-handers into things as he could. other ans a car, you really don't have anybody. wiggington would have   not shod, to, but today he dr saws and or cass came up with the peck. >> ands a car is hitting .419 this year with the orioles. brian roberts cops up here. and then izturis. >> starting the game off for the orioles with this bullet to right center field. the run scores izturis from first b

brad bergesen cruising along and until the fifth. alexei ramirez grounds it to short. fields a good throw to first. ty wigginton has some problems. he says that's an error. i know. it's my bad. wouldn't you know it, the very next batter, jermaine dye takes bergesen's off-speed pitch deep to left. a two-run home run. uh-oh. it's die's 21st of the year and the orioles lose by one run, 4 i 3 is the final. >>> 59-yr-old tom watson joked today that some doubters who thought he had gotten lucky to lead the british open after day one now might be saying this old geezer might have a chance to win the tournament. watson is your leader after shooting a 1 over 71. we're in scotland where 29-year-old steve marin know has become quite a story. start the day tied with watson for the lead at 5 under. his second shot here, and look at that, lands on the green and then curls up nice and close to the pin. marin know would tap that in for eagle and triple bogeyed 15 and now 1 over for the tournament five shots behind the leader. here he is, tom watson putting forboard on 16. 30 feet away

baltimore's brad bergesen delivers to alex rios. drives it deep to left. adam jones has a beat on it. leaps at the wall. and robs a home run. simply glovely. >> impressive. imbreszive. >> bottom of the sixth. still 2-0. salazar sends one to left. solo homer for salazar. just his second of the season. the os beat the blue jays 4-2 and headed to the all-star break with a 40-48 record. championship sunday at the prestigious u.s. women's open. it was former champ christy kerr's tournament to win. she didn't. a youngster stole the show. this is pretty cool. nbc sports guys having fun with a superslow-mo and a water balloon. ji rallied. she's at the far right side of your screen. on the 14th hole. a long way to go for bier drdie. sinks it perfectly. 23-year-old ji said she was extremely nervous. she needs this putt to go for the win. got it! she drains it to win the u.s. women's open in dramatic style. ji birdied three of the last six holes to capture the first major of her career. nascar now. for mark martin, life begins at 50. last night at chicagoland the cra

s in the league since june 5 and ricky romero and brad bergesen are both on that list.eteran third, then three consecutive youngsters. >> jim p.: we'll see brad bergesen tomorrow afternoon. so, again, you're on a roll. you've won, what, four in a row. 10 of your 12 starts are quality starts on the season, but the one thing you don't want to do is walk the lead-off batter. to brian roberts struggling with the bat, on-base percentage just went up by taking the free pass. let's see what adam can do. >> jim h.: takes ball one. romero lost to the orioles on may 26th. we showed you the home run hit by adam jones. he allowed three home runs in that game. reimold also hit a two-run home run. aubrey huff hit a solo homer. when brian roberts gets on base, and when he doesn't and scores a run, the numbers are dramatically different. >> jim p.: that is for a team that hasn't had a winning record. so he's just such an important part of the offense. again, he comes in tied for, what, third in the american league in runs scored with 62. >> jim h.: rolls out there on the grass. adam no

one note on brad bergesen, he suffered a contusion to his shin and he'll miss about three starts. the game is at 7:05. >> let's talk football. westminster was the place to be today at mcdaniel college to see the ravens beginning the preparations for the season. they rolled out on the practice field this morning for the real camp of 2009. a quick pace and hard hitting to get it started and a crowd cheered the session. >> well, the guys are excited about that. it makes it fun and we have great fans. thest been a great day. >> many cheers for flacco and suggs. and among the new face. michael ore and the most recognizable, ray luis, the last remining original raven, number 52 on the field for the 15th season. >> and i started my career here and i'll end here. i'll never put on another uniform. it's not worth the investment i've put into the city. >>> we'll have more at 6:00. >> and more to come tonight. storms ravaged parts of maryland and damages reported >>> speed cameras in the county and the latest on where they'll go. >>> the cash for clunkers is a huge success and the impact it'

game 2 tomorrow, brad bergesen will take the how much against ricky romero.s at 6 3-0 on o's xtra. for jim palmer and amber theoharis and our great crew, i'm gary thorn. thorne. a look at how it all went down. o's xtra coming up.   . >> jim: the blue jays go off celebrating a win. the blue jays, two runs in the 5th inning and that holds up. o's xtra presented by verizon fios. some will head home and the rest will hang around and enjoy the fireworks. maybe they are repositioning themselves here at oriole park at camden yards. thanks for join can us. here we are in the booth because the fireworks will be shot right by where we sit. so we are not allowed out there because it's dan dangerous. >> rick: pretty good that the fans get to see some fireworks before the night is over because that didn't happen during the ballgame. the blue jays got the only two runs they would need in the 5th inning. what does dave dellucci do? rbi groundout. >> jim: he hits a ground ball to the right side. pretty good situational hitting here. >> jim: the next batter co

rookie pitcher brad bergesen got the start. pitched pretty well. he probably wished he didn't pitch. two marijuanaers scored. there was no magic in this one. o's were frustrated by seattle pitcher jarrod washburn. he finished strong. he looks at strike 3. looked at every other baltimore batter was retired. brian roberts ended out to complete a game. in a 5-0, orioles defeat. >>> we went out. and i think only got the one hit. with one base on it tonight. complete game shutout. took our hat off. >> probably one of the best games in baseball all season. give the guy credit. he was on his game. and boy, he certainly pitched a gem. >> resulted in the orioles fifth shutout this season. they lost. their 12th in 27th road record is the next in -- next worst in the nfl. >>> road trip opener in anaheim thursday. o's hitters, facing former teammate erik bedard. lefty coming off the disabled list to make his first start in a month. >>> no pitcher in baseball was more beleaguered than cincinnati's johnnyquateo. he has been the best start of the season. but not

brad bergesen will be on the mound.erage on masn 2 begins at 1:00 with "o's xtra" presented by at&t. now for jim palmer and amber theoharis, jim hunter saying so long from orioles park. oh, is this a happy recap coming up. it's "o's xtra" now. take it away, tom.   >> welcome to "o's xtra" post- game here at baltimore's camden yards, brought to you by verizon fios. melvin mora with the game winning home run, his first home run in 50 games. the orioles beat the toronto blue jays. let's check in with amber theoharis. >> amber: what an exciting ending. melvin, what a battle it was out there. first of all to walk away with this win after a game like that. >> well, you know, they need me. they need know get hot and they need a couple of guys there to get hot and i'm glad that i take that chapter and tomorrow is the big one so we can win two out of three and go to all- star break. >> you go up, you saw that first pitch. tell me what you saw. >> well, i just saw something to me away. i know, but i throw me insi

bit but three rookies are in the orioles starting rotation and at best of that group is possibly brad bergesenecause, at this point, he has been the most consistent. >> he has become very accustomed to doing this. he already showed that he is establishing him self as one of the best pitchers not only in the american league but all of baseball. he has one of the best sinkers i have seen come to the big league since orel hershiser. he has a good repertoire; not afraid to throw any of them even if he is mind the count. that makes him better because no hitter will sit on the fastball. even if he does, he has good one that's not easy to hit. >> jim: in his last start against anaheim, he didn't have his best stuff but even so, he still kept the orioles in the game. >> rick: it was a nice long stretch where he got pitching hot and went through seven, eight ball games where he gave the club a big opportunity to win. even then, he didn't start off that game up in seattle very well in that 1st inning, he came back with five very strong innings where he went back to taking a little bit more off his fastb

we saw russell branyan off the brad bergesen, second batter, he homered to left centerfield.e might have the green light. >> gary: 3-0 delivery on the way, strike on the inside corner, pretty good pitch. >> jim: of course, that's not coming from trembley because he is suspended. >> gary: he can't be involved. >. >> jim: he can't be involved. >> gary: they shut off all telephones in the gm box. cannot communicate. >> jim: that's it. >> gary: there is the 3-1 delivery. jammed him a bit. third to short -- shortstop, scud got it. a pitching duel for the first three innings in this ballgame. ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. (announcer) get a nokia e71x the thinnest smart phone for 99.99 after mail-in-rebate.  . >> gary: and our legendary performance. our performance is legendary. july 10, this date, 2001, earning his second all-star game m.v.p. award, hitting a homerun. in a ballgame where he got to move from short to third. >> jim: in seattle. >> gary: yep. >> jim: i was there, off of chan ho park. he got the bat tossed to him, tu

slugging percentage, and i talked to nolan about the fact he came up with a group of rookies, with brad bergesen and matt wieters, and how having them here has helped him. >> once matt got up here, he's the guy who gets all of the attention, so i was left to just do my thing, and i think that helps out a lot, and i think having us all together up here at the same time really also helps us be comfortable, and when you're comfortable, then you start playing well. being up in the big leagues, everything is really magnified, and everything counts a lot more, so you really just want to play a solid game. >> and look at the numbers for june for nolan reimold. he's batted .320 this. month with four homers, 9 rbi. and his average is raised from .267 to .298 during june, so nolan reimold just having some success. because of everybody focusing on matt wieters, as noel be said. he feels like he's been able to do this thing up here. dave trembley set that izturis is close to going on a rehab assignment. he said he will be with the team here in anaheim. did take batting practice today and yesterday, and is f

when the orioles revisit seattle for the second time this season, i will be brad bergesen on the moundpretty well. >> by far the best pitcher. look at the movement on if fastball. the best pitch in baseball and he has it right there. when he goes to a slider, he just freezes hitters at this point right here. he gains so much more confidence every single time out. he goes deep in ball games and saves the bullpen. he is everything that you expect out of a young man coming out of the minor league with a reputation this guy has. 16-7 last year with on the 33 walks. he will be facing washburn and washburn, you know, pretty tough outing for him against the orioles. the last time he faced him, he loses 1-0 ballgame but he resurrected his career so far this year. he won his first three ball games of the season with seattle and has not won a game until his last outing in almost two months so it's gonna be heads-up knock-out battle between these guys pitching hot >> jim p: bergesen against washburn and coverage late. you know, it will be 10:00 game for the first two nights and last two west coas

if you remember, it rained bfr brad bergesen and hernandez' debut, both went on to win.n is a good luck charm for the rookies making their debuts. the youth movement is taking on the roast are. tillman is the 7th to make the roster this year. he's 21 years old. the youngest oriole to make the team after hinn, he was 20 years old. you have to wond whaer these hours leading up to the game are like. i talked to the catcher tonight, gregg zaun, and he told me right before the game in the clubhouse you'll see that particular person, personality magnified. so if a player is high strung, you'll see them pinging off the wall. and if they're laid back, they're subdued. and he says tillman is subdied right now. kranitz told me this is a moment he's been waiting for his whole life and when he looks back on that 1st inning he probably won't even remember it because of the adrenaline that's running. if tillman sticks to the good stuff that good him here it will be a fun debut to watch. >> perfect pitcher's body. when you look at a pitcher and he's tall and thin and wiry, got real nic

. >> gary: pitching change for the orioles, brad bergesen will make the start tomorrow, an guthriego on sunday. play made to the bag by konerko. scot is e in the4th inni jim:ot have be danks hoping to do ngs, such ayime, ast dn't do. make the guys behind you think they have a to win, and part of is just if ey score you runs, you come back out, and you're aggressive, and i'm sure that jason berken meant to do that, but again, inexperience, hit this first guy, and all of a sudden in heart of the linion, an they f of runs. >> gary: mora will take the pitch down low. danks is doing something he's had problems with, and that's retiring lead-off batters in the inning. he's gotten all four. first half of the year, 56%, not ere you neas ul off, wow, did that ever catch tim welky. home plate umpire took that one, and pierzynski will make the walk out little aave been shoulder. no matter where you have the protection, the ball will find the place that you don't. >> jim: and that's why umpires, they really try too direct themselves by hiding behind the catcher. >> gary: listen to this. >> j

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get to another future names for the orioles and there will be a day game 12:30 and that will be brad bergesenis 6-5 mark out against luke hochevar who is 6-3 on the season. one ball, two strike count. pena on at first base being held. gordon swings through it. foul tip says the umpire. two strikeouts for berken. >> buck: what jerk needs to do -- jason berken needs to do is focus on one pitch at a time and try to execute a pitch, get down in the zone. that's where he's most effective with the fastball he threw to gordon and try to put together some pitches, sequence of pitches leads to an out, one out leads to two and then you're look at the end of the inning. that's literally how he has to build upon this start. >> gary: betancourt, the number nine hitter on the off-speed pitch. betancourt had an 0-3 in the opener of the ballgame last night. short lead at first. same pitch. same result. >> buck: you heard jason berken in an interview talking about how he wants to get to a point where every pitch looks the same to the hitter. he med mentioned how he had seen roy halladay and mark buehrle recen