and as with pavano, even more so, most of these twins' hitters have not faced brad bergesen. inst the twins only once. that one will be fouled away. bergesen gets ahead in the count, 1-2. >> mike: a number of left- handed bat ins the lineup against bergesen. i know he was commenting to rick kranitz the other day, and they have some left-handers, and you obviously brought up how he has struggled against him this year. >> gary: 1-2 delivery on the way, and is that's going to be taken inside gore a ball. brad bergesen is trying to get through the first inning efficiently. the twins come in with a four- game win streak. that will be outside. they have played very well here in their new home ballpark so far winning 9-12 games that have been played here at target field, which is right downtown minneapolis. that one to left field and the ball not traveling as well as it coined off the bat. a good inning for bergesen and so that ends it with the first inning runs for the twins. scoreless. >> gary: tonight's second inning is brat to you by luna. call for your second room of flooring. a

here is the minnesota lineup that brad bergesen will face. has he become a player in that lead-off spot. his on-base percentage at new target field is .527. more know slides into the three spot. what can you tell us about him? >> justin is one of the more perennial hitters in all of baseball. for four straight years he drove in 100 rbi's and won the mvp, and he hits lefties, righty. last season it was unfortunate to see him go down towards the end of the year and miss the playoffs. he battled back from a back injury all winter, did some relab and he is off to a tremendous start in 2010. obviously going intoman. with mauer out, more know is the one guy who you can't let beat you on this ball club and he can beat you at any time with the long ball or with a base hit. >> you know all about justin morneau. who is the better player, you or him? >> he has the mvp trophy sitting on his mantle. it is definitely him. >> and put more know in the lead-off spot. i like him there! >> and he has a couple of things on his resume. the upcoming schedule as th

. >> you mentioned brad bergesen, he went 6 and two thirds on thursday night to get the win.s without a doubt his best start of the year. it may have been his best start in the career. let's head out to target field now now in minneapolis and join amber. >> jim just called your last outing with the twins the best of your career. where would you say it falls with your stuff and what you're able to do here? >> i think with everybody i've been through this year catching up in spring strange and getting optioned down and being in triple a, this one felt pretty good. it ranked among the top in my career. just with everything i've been through to come back strong like that. >> one of the issues was losing the sink in your sinker ball and going down and rediscovering that. it sounds like an easy thing to do but how do you lose it and how do you get it back? is it just a feel and repetition? >> for me, i'm a big feel pitcher. i think i lost it for not being on the mound so long and with the arm injury, and just catching up in spring training. i think i caught a bad habit and i was fo

on the day, brad bergesen doing real good, but great defensive play here. luke scott, track meet to first. nyjer morgan is out. later, he's got more problems in the outfield. watch what happens to nyger. morgan. who's number one? it might not be nyjer morgan after this play. a little hole in the glove. meantime, adam jones says while they're fooling around i'm going for an inside the park home run. he's huffing, puffing, first home run in 24 games. right now in the 7th inning, nationals come back, and they've taken the lead. meantime, backtrack. last night seattle-san diego, where jerry hairston thought that pitch was a little low, and he told the umpire. so all up in his mug. in fact, mr. umpire, i got a question. need your home base swept? nonetheless, boys will be boys, but here tees catch of the nice. watch in the outfield. cliff on his high horse, making the grab, but paying the price. watch it in slow mo. can you feel where he's coming from? padres win it. >>> ncaa men's college lacrosse. dave cottell, princeton stadium, notre dame leading 4- 1, but h

he's really taken off where brad bergesen left on. couple pitches hurt him but for the most part he spent most of the afternoon pitching out of the windup. pretty smooth. allowed a few runs. otherwise, pitched extremely well. >> gary: more saving, more doing, that is the power of home depot. and guthrie looking for his first win. will work here in the bottom half of the 7th inning. ramos, harris due up. jeremy guthrie got to believe he's thinking right now so close, so close. that no. 1 win. 0-1 count. jeremy's in a career high 8-game losing streak. >> mike: ow. >> gary: that got him. no. they are saying that it hit the bat or the hand. it got the hand. and that hurts. >> mike: hard to tell whether it was the forearm or the wrist. >> gary: second batter hit by guthrie this year w gentlemen mauer not playing, they do not want to why v-to use him. butera is supposed to be the catcher for game 2. mauer is just a spectator at this point. working his way back. >> eddie: maybe we could send ritchey out to help with him, keep him out on the

and their first shutout of the year and brad bergesen got it. and as mike said, he's been smiling ever since. >> mike: as well he should be. probably 8:30, quarter to 10, it was very early. >> gary: 8:30, quarter to 10? >> mike: i was wondering if you were going to catch that. somewhere in between #:30 and quarter to 10. just trying to paint the picture for you. but he was already in uniform and smiling, nice going, obviously, found your sinker yesterday. that's where i got out of the cab with him today. >> gary: buck 50 cab ride. >> mike: 40% tip. >> gary: saving money. >> eddie: that's what good about mike, he would talk himself out of it. >> gary: that's going to be a base hit. that's going to bring markakis in to score, wigginton on his way to 22nd base and ty wigginton gets the double and an rbi. >> eddie: this has been fun. you said you've had trouble scoring? >> gary: until you showed up. >> gary: ran over towards the ball in the stands and had to make a direct stand to get to it. that allowed the ball to get to the wall. ty wigginton mak

brad bergesen was on against the minnesota offense, bergesen got the big out. he would end up with a shutout. ty wigginton got the big home run, the defense game up for the ground ball plays as bergesen's sinker was working and the birds were all happy. two today. . >>>is the orioles on masn and we welcome you back to the newest ballpark in major league baseball, the home of the twins, target field. two games to be played today, this one and another one later tonight. orioles looking to make it a sweep of three. hi, everybody, i'm gary thorne. they get in the win in the first win. they got the win but with just two runs it means the offense still struggles. and with the struggling offense a number of oriole starters who are on a list they'd just as soon leave. david hernandez, 1.72, millwood going to the day 2.48 even zach -- let's have some fun, what's all that about? >> they're trying to relieve some of the pressure with guys on base. i tell you right now, it's like it's this whole team when they come up, it's that added pressure they're putting on themselves

brad bergesen, he pitched an outstanding game for the orioles. 2-2. ore of the bergesen we saw last year. the mariners win it 5-1. they get the open of this 3-game series. the middle game is tomorrow. for on crew. thanks for joining us. we'll see you back tomorrow night as the orioles put the snap to losing streak. from old spice. [ old spice whistle ] but dinner doesn't have to be. any family size pizza hut tuscani pasta is just $10. with over three pounds of pasta, including breadsticks, that's enough for the whole family. only on tuesdays and only at your pizza hut. ♪ ♪ ( pssht ) ♪ ahhhh! ♪ you said you bought a digiorno. but the pizza came with cheesy breadsticks. new digiorno pizza & breadsticks. taste. believe. it's not delivery. it's digiorno. she found the box. maybe 'cause you left it right on the counter. >> we've got something brewing here at stee citi field. the mets cranking out 16 hits. they've scored six unanswered runs. nationals looked in good shape. cris carter called up yesterday, and knocks in runs. coming up with the double, and th