brian roberts in that leadoff spot. 5-6 with four rbi's over the past two games. brian has been red-hot on this home stand. in fact, he's hit in all six games on the home stand. adam jones back in the lineup. markakis, huff and mora with scott dhing. reimold in lpd left field, wieters will catch and andino at shortstop. he stepped in because cesar izturis on the d. l. he's contributing on the field and at the plate. >> well, robert andino is a good, contact hitter. i think the more you see him play, the more you'll like this guy. he makes a lot of good plays on defense. pretty good range for a utility player and a guy who goes to his right very well. one thing i really like. he gets a hit his first time up, he's going to get more than one hit. he's one of those kind of players. he's very selfish when it comes to contact. he loves that base hits. he's not just satisfied with one. he had four three games ago, four base hits in one game and he's starting to hit the ball more like did he in the minor leagues right now he says. >> so, orioles have turned the corner. the

brian roberts beginning to heat up again. brian brix brings a five-game hitting streak into game two of the three-game series. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 "the dust might be settling... tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 that's great, but i'm not." tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 "i guess i'm just done with doing nothing, you know?" tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 "oh, i'm not thinking about moving my money. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i am moving it." >> jim: orioles baseball masn is brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by bud light. with just the right test that never fills you up. the difference is drinkability. some of the sights of miami. the beautiful city. if you like the outdoors, this is your kind of place as the orioles with fans in attendance here at laidz, -- land shark stadium, dolphin stadium, joe robby stadium. right now land shark stadium. this is the middle game of the three-game series. let's get a look at the southwest airlines starting lineups for the orioles looking

i don't want to see brian roberts go for nothing. to get brian roberts, to trade him somewhere else, we have to almost guarantee ourselves a win. [ you can read all about it on masn sports.com. we're going to take a look at some of the red sox-washington nationals highlights. 2-1 boston. brad penny throws a wild pitch allowing ryan zimmerman to score. 2-2. kevin youkilis will come through with an rbi single to left field. dustin pedroia will score. the red sox kind of coasted in this game after that. the boston red sox playing the nationals in washington as we check the scoreboard here. the boston red sox winning 11-3 tonight with the red sox and jason bay hitting a sew lore home run. atlanta shut out the yankees 4- 0. garrett anderson a two-run double. scott rolen, a home run and the phillies beat tampa bay 10-1. phillies with a six-run first, four-run fourth. chase utley with a two-run double. that's a look at our interleague scoreboard. when we come back, we'll preview tomorrow night's game in florida with jason were kin on the mo

. >> jim: ball two to brian roberts, 2-1. ged about six strikeouts per nine innings but also is averaging four walks. he has not yet walked a batter here tonight. roberts has worked the count to 3-1. that's hard hit but foul. it's into the orioles bullpen. >> buck: when you see these young pitchers, you have a tendency to forget they're so early in their career. just seven starts. he came up from double-a. eats going -- he's going to have command issues and his mechanics are going in and out as he works his way through big league hitters. efer every once in a while, eel he'll make a good pitch like that one 93-mile-per-hour fastball away from brian roberts. just 23 years old. he just turned 23 this month. i still marvel at the fact that he is coming back from shoulder surgery and throwing so well. >> jim: fouled off the foot of brian roberts. the orioles have been having trouble scoring runs. main reason is run producers are not producing. look at this the recession of the rbi column in the month of june. it's amazing that the

brian roberts might be able to turn it into a 4-3 put out.runner is going to score from third with a ground ball up the middle. >> jim: jorge cantu batting with a runner at first. still

get a look at the orioles' southwest airlines lineup in the opener of this three-game series and brian robertsn his usual lead-off spot. interleague play this year, brian has axeled, .312 batting average with 11 rbi's. the orioles getting ready to bat after a day off yesterday. and, block, there are really differences of opinions on whether or not a day off in the middle of a winning streak is helpful or harmful. >> buck: it doesn't hurt. they're playing so well now. you can see caesar is the tour is in the dug-out with pie. it is great to see him in the uniform. he has not resumed baseball activities just yet, but he lives in the area and they're going to evaluate him and try to decide what the next step will be as he heads back towards activity here on this ball club. >> jim: i want to show the fans what we're talking about as the storm went through here about three hours ago. here is the grounds crew trying to get the tarp on the field. at that point the wind was winning. but they did an outstanding job to pull that tarp back. they got the tractors on the participate and kept it on the fiel

two walks in the inning by rodriguez and here is brian roberts with a bases loaded and 0-4 for brian roberts. rodriguez delivers. slider. nasty bite is in there for a strike. >> jim: how about the 3-2 breaking ball. you really cannot throw a better breaking ball. that was the one you'd like to obviously throw when the count is not 3-2. brian not a lot of success off of rodriguez. nine lifetime answers -- at- bats, a couple of hits. >> gary: 0-1 count the delivery to him. brian towards second base. castillo hayes got it. cora will have nowhere to go. run scores. they get the force out on pie as luke scott will cross and the orioles make it a 6-4 ballgame. roberts on the fielder's choice. now runners on at first and third, but there are two down. >> jim: yeah, at this point mets are trading outs for runs. the guy that they're concerned about is brian roberts. now, here we go. the ability to steal a base. you also have a guy that can hit a home run at the plate. i can't imagine he's going to run. >> gary: no, no. you can't take that chance. >> jim: we'll see. >> gary: not when you have j

orioles made contact. >> there was one batter that detwiler had pretty good success, and that is brian robertswe'll break down the detwiler versus roberts battle in just a bit. that is next on post-game live. ♪ ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. cold refreshment is 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. >>> nats' treax post-game show on masn brought to you in part by verizon fios. over 100 hd channels and the fastestest. this is fios and this is big. >> game one of the three-game series in camden yards. baltimore comes out on top. a thrashing of the nats tonight 11-1. he's tang take a look at how the nationals got that run. >> we didn't do a whole lot. >> willingham singles to left fie

andino to give them the lead. >> and this is the kind of consistency we have seen ever since brian roberts comes here. he is also an excellent hitter with men in scoring position. >> roberts with five rbis in the last three games. and the two road trips, this road trip the orioles 3-0 batting with a .267 average. >> the last road trip they ran into a lot tougher pitching than they're running into now. a lot of guys are surfacing in interleague play and the orioles seem to be manhandling them a little bit better than they did the old veteran guys they faced on the west coast last week. >> all of the oriole players were extremely happy about the three-game sweep in philadelphia. >> we never gave up. we watt -- battle. he had a hell of a game. he kept us in, close. j.j., one, two, three and we just battled, you know, and we have fun. >> i did my part and they picked me up again. a big at-bat by andino to lead us off. oscar, a great piece of hitting to move them over and adam with the big hit that's what has allowedtous win a few games in a row, and hopefully we can carry it on into our next s

brian roberts will score. orioles down 3-1. >> the orioles had this opportunity right from and melvin mora with a ways hit -- base hit to left field. orioles are -- orioles are tightening up the score right here. nick markakis around. orioles pull to within one run of the marlins with this base hit to left. >> marlins get another run in the seventh inning. emilio bonifacio. matt wieters throws the ball into center field and bonifacio is going to score all the way from second. >> felix pie kind of goes to leap sleep a little out there in the outfield. right away, bonifacio takes advantage of it. gets that one extra step that allows him to score and marlins go on to win this game 5-2. >> five runs, 11 base hits for the marlins. nolasco gets the victory. he came into the game with a 7.15 e.r.a. save goes to mier. berken one win and four losses. he deserves probably a better fate. he got into a hole in the first inning. brian roberts 2-3 performance including a double. melvin mora drove in a run and orioles wound

he got jammed by that one, up the middle to brian roberts.how the fourth inning gets underway. the next two hitters, dukes and bard hitting safely so far. >> jim: there the a gad eye -- good adjustment. he guilty ahead of willingham. the last time he got behind him and hit a single into left and part of that one-run inning, which should have been more. of course dukes saw, what, four straight breaking balls, hit the fourth one into left field, a soft base hit. >> bob: and elijah dukes, in all honesty, has been a little reckless on the bases this year. he has been picked off three or four times off of first. and i agree with you guys. the replay showed he was safe. the nats and hunter wendelstedt don't seem eye to eye. there's always it seems one umpire that has a hard time with certain ball clubs or vice versa and this all started a couple of years ago when he tossed john lannan out of his major league debut. two balls and a strike. here is i lee gentleman waiting and taking one. >> rob: a hard sinker. >> jim: it looked a little bit to me tha

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 back to you as it it will be a win. game 2, jason berken against trevor cahill. our coverage begins a half hour earlier. for buc martinez, amber theoharis, and the rest of our crew, thank you. braden the winner, 5-5 and guthrie the loser, 4-5. o's xtra right now. >> jim: hi, of course, welcome back in t is o's xtra presented by verizon. you talk about the orioles and what has become a lethargic offense on this west coast road trip now. in four games, the orioles are 1-3, have scored a total of six runs oakland scored six runs in the bottom of the 1st against jeremy guthrie. that's the kind of week it has been into into they don't seem to be putting things back to back. can't say much. might be their first little slump like that. luke scott is the only guy in the middle of the order to hit the ball out of the ballpark but he has nobo

obviously, this is a wall that -- ball that brian roberts could have coe have gotten to. not sure he could have gotten huff to come off it. he had the better angle. it appeared to me when you really slow it down that aubrey was very intent on catching that ball and he just didn't. again, it was a a difficult play? certainly. it's not an easy play. the better angle for the second baseman, but when you go back and look at it real slowly, i'm not sure that aubrey -- brian could have gotten squashedment he looked like he was my ball, my daal ball and doesn't come one it. >> gary: so, a 6-2 lead and a grounder right back to the mound by wieters. the flip over to first by sean green who came out of the bullpen to get the last out in the sixth inning gets it done there. one away on one pitch for wieters and andino and roberts will follow. >> jim: the bullpen for the mets was the problem so they get sean green and j.j. putz. he had the elbow problems. two years ago, he had 40 saves. they get k-rod who set the all- time record for saves who has been terrific other than the dropoff

brian roberts is tied with freddy sanchez of the pirates. an sanchez continues to lead and hanley ramirez as well as brian takes ball one. the double extended brian's hitting streak to five straight games. there is the strike. >> buck: when miller is down in the zone, you can see how that ball finishes very effectively. 94 miles per hour at the knees. >> jim: he is 6 '7". >> buck: and one thing you want to do if you're that tall is stay tall and really use the downward angle to your benefit. trying to throw that breaking ball a little too hard. it came out of his hand too early and just stayed out of the zone. >> jim: roberts works the count to 3-1. there is the fist walk allowed by andrew miller and he averages just under five walks per nine innings. the orioles fans, it has fever been easier to take in the ballgame. go to stubhub.com. the official fan-to-fan market place of the orioles. and a look at tomorrow night's game and thursday and then the orioles head home for a weekend series against the nationals. a day game on sunday. and the ma

brian roberts, melvin mora or emilio bonifacio. in your vote now and have your voice heard a much, b or c, 51862. roberts has two hits and a walk. melvin mora has an rbi and two hits. you what he bonifacio has done. >> buck: he's been all over the place. scored a couple of runs. scored the winning run in last night's game and had a hit. he had an infield hit to the second baseman. >> jim: adam jones now off the no. adam nice enough to join us earlier on. he's 5-19 on the road trip, .263 average, but over a longer stretch now over 12 games ear, batting just .157. >> buck: weapon we heard from him earlier in the game as jim mentioned, he talked about chasing too many bad pitches, not being patient enough, eliminate the right half of the field. that's what he was so good at earlier in the season was using the whole field. >> jim: he's taking his time. he missed it. 0-2. adam had 18 rbi's in april. he had 18 rbi's in may. now in june, he has seven. kind of interesting how jones, markakis and huff, the three rbi men on the team, the to

nick just kind of assumed that brian roberts -- i'm sure they did have a talk. you know what? you go for it. if you can get it, take it. it's an easier angle. you can see brian trying to get out of the way it. -- the way. it did expedite rich hill's leaving the game earlier on saturday night. no doubt about that even though he was a little erratic. >> gary: hit in the air to center field. adam jones off the bat of carlos beltran. he's retired on the fly ball out and there are two down with cora going back to first base. two away. now david wright again. >> jim: yeah, he made an awfully good adjustment. struck out the first time. it wasn't he hit a slider the last time into left field. it was a -- it wasn't a horrible pitch. just looked -- looked like maybe this is why he has a lifetime average at .307 309 and he's leading the league in hitting because he makes awfully good adjustments. >> gary: he does that. two down here. wright, shattered bat. pops it up behind second. andino is there. whenever you get wright, it's a big out. no runs, one hit, one left object base from the in

that was the brian roberts lead- off double and fortunately for the orioles, they were able to cash that in. >> jim: the orioles have had in this game only three base runners. adam jones gets ahead. the roberts' double. reimold reached on a throwing error by hanley ramirez in the fifth and roberts' one-out walk in the sixth. that's it. three runners. the ball towards third. bonifacio has it. he turns and he fires and he got it. so another hard smash by jones to third. last time it was a line drive. this time a one-hopper. >> buck: adam gets the barrel out and hits it down the line. bonifacio make as fine play. he has strong arm. he has enough time to right himself and take aim across the diamond and throw out adam jones, the first out of the inning. bonifacio who has committed 12 errors on the year is playing a fine game defensively. a curve ball for a strike. aubrey is looking to extend the hitting streak to nine in a rojas twice grounded out to first base. ground ball towards third. wide to the bag is bonifacio and he gets up and two men down. >> buck: the complexion of the defense cha

brian roberts.l league teams when they goo on the road to the american league cities, it mean as bench player gets four at- bats and they thrive on that, happy to be in the lineup. brian deep to left. that ball is hooking back and will be fouled. he got a lot of it but it will be a souvenir to one of the fan whose can get to it. >> buck: brian is swinging the bat with an awful lot of confidence right now. he had a home run in saturday night's game that was the game winner. he gets out in front of this fastball a little too quickly and hooks it foul. >> jim: the line drive to left and coghlan and he has it for the out. so playing shallow, that ball hung up long enough and the orioles go three up, three down for a second straight inning. the middle of the third, 1-0 o's. it's on. - it's on. - 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

brian stokes will stay on. stokes now will work to wieters, andino and roberts.matt wieters, his first major league home run second inning, two rbi's. he's walked and flied to center field. wieters takes that one to center field as well. that one got in on the hands. >> jim: the line drive to center, then got him jammed a little bit. the guy you said may even hit .400, he just did the same. he just popped up to center field. wieters and mauer. stokes actually quite a story. tommy john back in 2003. they picked him up for cash consideration. with an e.r.a. over 7 runs a game for tampa bay. before they started winning. that was back in 2007. last year as we look at the orioles closer george sherrill getting ready to protect this two-run lead, then last year stokes pitched down at their triple-a affiliate, and had a terrific year. >> gary: he earned himself a spot in this bullpen. andino has had an 0 for 3 in the ballgame. batting at .241 now in the ballgame. that was big home run by huff. that one shot up the middle, andino is on. he's got a one out single here in

marlins won the first two games in the three-game series leaving brian roberts and the orioles looking to salvage one game. tonight we'll be covering the base wall street left-handed pitcher rich hill who takes the mound tonight for the orioles. it's the birds-marlins, the finale of three throo up next on masn. -- of three up next on masn. >> jim: it is a warm andhumid night in n miami as the orioles get set to take on the marlins. final game of the three-game series as the others look to bounce back after dropping the first two to the n. l. east marlins. hi, everyone. i'm jim hunter. thank you for joining us tonight as the orioles close out the national league on the road portion of the interleague play before heading home. of course, for every major league manager, they take losses very, very tough. last night, especially so for the orioles skipper dave trembley because not only was he not happy with the loss, he was not happy with the effort. here is what he said after the game. a lot of the success we've had recently has been because we've played very good baseball and because we'v

felix pie doesn't run behind brian roberts gets thrown out very easily. then, you have a leadoff walk and an error and severing kind of flat. he said right in the first inning, you had them on the ropes. you could have knocked ricky nolasco out of the game in the first inning and let him off the hook. you don't score a run from third base with less than two outs in qur first at-bat and that settle a bad stoan tone for the team the rest of the night. >> orioles now looking to salvage the finale in the series. it would be a 4-2 road trip if they could pull it off. so, they'll hand the baseball to rich hill and make sure he can get it done. let's send it back to the studio. >> thanks for jim and buck. they return tomorrow. this aubrey just 23 with cleveland's first pick in the 2003 draft. the 11th player pick. orioles picked nick markakis in that pick for the seventh pick instead of aubrey. aubrey joins jeremy guthrie as the number one draft choices acquired by the orioles with 29 rbi's at columbus and reports to norfolk, plays first base. brian schneider na

brian robert, the day off yesterday that he hopes will allow him to get going. average, .269 after he had a day off this season, going 7-for-26. brian tends to tire in some portion of the season. be a a day off for him, a day when the team does not played or a day when he does not start really seems to help, comes back with a quicker bat. >> buck: sometimes, when you gets beyond being tired, it takes you a longer time to come back. that's why managers always keep an eye on their player, keep an eye on their body language. and gets a sense of when they need a day off. >> gary: that one is hit in the air to centerfield. davis has it. roberts retired. one aday. 62nd inning, 9-9-1 and 0-4-0 for the orioles. orioles came on this roads trip with not verballized but high expectations. they went into seattle feeling they went up against a team that was not particularly playing well, young pitchers, a chance to maybe do something against them. they took one, come here to oakland, same kind of situation. that 1st inning said otherwise about the a's. >> buck: they have just

. >> jim: all bets are off if you walk andino to get to brian roberts. >> gary: there's roberts waiting, hoping. >> jim: you think he doesn't want to atone for that error back in the fourth inning. >> gary: 3-0 count. andino, he'll be taking and does. fastball in there. >> jim: you would actually think he would be taking here. only two extra-base hits all year long. even though the averages come up, he's played a terrific shortstop. >> gary: really smoothed out his plays we were talking about earlier. three ball, one strike count. runners on first and second base. he draws the wahl walk to load the bases. so, having no one coming into the inning, he walks two here in this inning and that will bring up dan warthen the pitching coach to have a word with his starter. base loaded two down and roberts coming up. pelfrey has taken the mets pretty deep in ballgames that he has started. he's good at getting some innings under his belt at least five in 10-11 starts he's made this season. he's working here in the fifth inning. it's not as though he hasn't gone deep into ballgames. he goes deep in

. >> buck: and don't forget gregg zaun lit that home run on saturday night that set up brian roberts. he hit a one-out home run, his second of the season. that came against the phillies' acting closing ryan madson. >> jim: there is the strike. 1-1. brian bass is up once again. he was up back in the fifth inning and then did not get in the game. good eye by zaun. he works the count to 2-1. sliced foul the other way. >> buck: zaun spent parts of three seasons here in florida. he actually came to florida in 1996 after he left baltimore. he played in 10 games in 1996, and 58 games in 1997, 106 in 1998 as part of that world series effort in 1997. >> jim: the 2-2 is inside. ball three. zaun work as one-out walk. one down in the 11th. and here is ty wigginton. >> buck: we mentioned that ty wigginton has seven home runs in his previous 26 career games here at this stadium. the rest of the roster had combined to hit only six. >> jim: how hot is ty wigging ton? how about 11 of his last 21 with five rbi's that is over seven games, including tonight, and there is a slider well off the plate. the

brian roberts with a smart play and maybe a gamble with bonifacio running.onzales is going to come out to argue. >> buck: well, the advantage brian roberts has is he can see exactly where the base runner is because he is right in his field of vision. gonzales is going cocome out leer and argue maybe more out of frustration than anything else. it didn't take long to get an answer. it looked like he was headed back and maybe that's what he told him sunk in. but brian roberts pitched a chance, but it is a well calculated risk as he gets bonifacio with the lead. the base runner right in his field of vision. he knows where he is, how much time he has. boy, it is close. >> buck: the umpire had a couple of bang-bang plays at second. one earlier in the game when andino didn't tag the bag on the force attempt and that one right there, bonifacio was clearly out. >> jim: brian, you could see clearly on that last angle, buck, he was concerned with simply getting that one out. keep that winning run out of scoring position. by the way, just to tidy up the score card, the

brian roberts staying in. does brian want to get a hit quickly. he is 0-for-his last 17, continues to be tied at first in run. he has been above .300 but has now dropped to below 300. the count is now even 1-1. roberts with the outfield in a couple of stems on him. that one in the air to centerfield. davis coming, coming, coming, diving and there is the base hit you need to get out of the funk. how on does a hitless streak end with a blooper, a dying quail or an infield off the end of the bat. you see him smiling. that's the nature of baseball. >> buck: you can't defend against that, the old blooper. holliday, davis and cunningham in the outfield, hanrahan cabrera, kennedy and giambi from third to first. and kurt suzuki, the young catcher has taken the position now and he is a mentor for these young pitchers. adam jones is 7th in the league in average. the only one of the orioles still in the top 10 in that department. at third is juan samuels. brian roberts has not been doing a lot of running because the top of the order has been hitting so well

.: two down, here's brian roberts, his second at- bat.he swung at the first pitch in the bottom of the first, popped foul for the left fielder and he takes a strike. we were talking about brian roberts and willie harris both being drafted by the orioles in 1999. they were teammates in that 99 season and they each made their big league debut for the orioles in 2001. he was a shortstop still then and he came you and started at shortstop on june 14. willie was a september call up and he came up and started in center field. the tie between those two, as melvin mora still with the orioles, was in each of those games, the game willie started, melvin played shortstop. the game roberts started, melvin played center field. then after that season, the orioles traded willie to chicago for chris singleton, and willie went on to have some good years there. played for the braves, now with the mets. >> rob: and willie was an integral part of that world championship team in chicago. then picked up by the nationals after that. he's a great clubhouse guy.

andino shovels quickly to brian roberts. gets around to second base to first to against him. brian roberts did a heck of a job of turning it quickly. >> jim: ramirez ends up at third now with two men down. here is dan uggla, the second baseman.  dan uggla batting in the spot. he's 3-15 last, however, 2-3 hits home runs. >> buck: he's kind of an all or knot nothing guy hitting .217 with 14 bombs. he and hanley ramirez homered in the same gaft lamb night for the -- game last night for the 14th time this year. >> jim: berken deals high. you don't hear as much about dan uggla when you hear about power hitting second baseman. since 2006, he has 104 home runs more than any other second baseman in the big leagues. popped up foul. back of the plate. >> buck: he has some pop. he is a guy that's always thinking about something on the i be inner -- inner half drifg drilling it to the left side of the diamond. he has had his troubles this year witness the .217 batting average. >> jim: on the marlins last road trip, he homered at fenway park. the 20th

brian roberts leads it off. roberts shows bunt, pulls it back. n had his hit streak ended in the ballgame last night. brian went 0 for 5 in the opener last night's game. roberts still third in runs in the league. brian will take that one to left field. martinez will have plenty of time to get under it. >> jim: let's take a look at the mets defense. they play their home games at a big ballpark. martinez, beltran, he's won three gold gloves, church in right. castillo, a three time gold glove winner. murphy has moved over to first, then brian schneider with a couple of hits last night. and mr. bobblehead. >> gary: mr. bobblehead, it's his night. so we'll see whether or not he takes advantage of it, as the fans picking up the adam jones bobblehead, blowing the bubble. robbing an opponent of a home run. he had a 1 for 5 in the ballgame last night. off the end of the bat of, off redding's slider away and a two strike count. >> jim: i watched the game, wasn't broadcasting the orioles, and he really moved the ball around. 87, 89, good change-up. got a cur

at least against brian roberts. you have jones waiting on deck. as he works against the left- handed switch hitter for the orioles. roberts taking all the way. that is in there for a strike. >> jim: ninth round draft choice. you have overpowering stuff and you hope anywhere in the strike zone they call it. >> gary: roberts to second base, castillo, and that will do it in the inning.  >> jim: take a look at our summary. major league home run for matt wieters that will make it 3-1. bases loaded, 4-3 orioles. walk to cora, then the double play ball. hendrickson comes in, gets out of trouble. you could see markakis with a great night. matt wieters with his first career home run. gary sheffield doing what he's been doing forever, it seems, hitting home runs. there are the number for johnson. >> gary: johns you now needs to put in a couple of innings. this is another one of the games with the starter going just five innings, you're asking the bullpen to carry a big load and jim johnson, the rested one, last pitched on the 12th against atla

that will bring home matt wieters it is a 2-0 lead on a brian roberts double. >> jim: a nice judgmentime through the order. -- nice adjustment by the orioles. just slicing it into left f. roberts can do this in his sleep. terrific bat head to the ball, and wieters is going to score easy as andino goes to third. and roberts at second. >> gary: brian coming in third in the league in doubles. he picks up the rbi. the orioles get the 2-0 lead, still just one away, and two e still in scoring position. >> jim: and they are going to bring the infield in for thy with the best numberses with guys in scoring positions. will take the pitch from hernandez away, so he has the big advantage going with the infield drawn in. >> jim: the first six orioles tonight in the lineup have batting averages over .300 wih runners in scoring position. and adam leads the pack. i said it's simple. you're struggling a little bi, expanding the strike zone, and if you swing at balls, that's what you're going to get. he said i know. that's what keith hernandez said. th

roberts. that's in for a strike. brian first time up. >> jim: we talked about circlg guys in the lineup. so reports been hitting well, but -- so roberts's been hittg well, but you don't expect him to take you deep. >> gary: brian has not had a t in the series. he is 0-11 in the series agait the mets. and roberts has .287 batting average now. hernandez falls behind now in the 3rd inning. 2-2 delivery, and roberts tryg to go the other way again. puts it almost in the same place. >> jim: and don't think he didn't pay attention to that thirst strike call on nick markakis in the 1st. ball off the corner that wagnr called, so you cannot take a chance on trusting the umpire, because the ball off the corner has been called. >> gary: brian is third in doubles, and fourth in runs in the american league coming ino this ballgame, and as we mentions in his first at-bats, he's had 4 hits in 9 at-bats against hernandez, so good numbers off the mets securityalarmnow.com starter. -- mets

brian roberts swears, drops i. a fair ball. chance at third, and no, they did not get pie. and david wright is going to argue about it with the third base umpire and so is jerry manuel. >> jim: not very long. engineer we've already seen livan hernandez -- jerry is not happy. here's the play right in front of him. i'll tell you what, the pinch runner makes a difference. it appeared to me he was out. not a great bunt. bang-bang. jerry comes out, and but to no avail. >> gary: the orioles have not won a ballgame this year where they have trailed after 8. they are 0-34 trying to win a ballgame trailing after 8 innings. the bases are loaded, nobody out. adam jones who has had a 0-3 and walk in the ballgame, anything here to try to get the run in, the mets will play the infield in. try to get a grounds ball at least one at the plate and mae a double play starting at the plate. 4-3 mets lead. rodriguez, jones will take it. down low for a ball. >> jim: remember, of all the orioles, there you are, runners in scoring position. great thing ab

seeing it again, quick, out of the glove to brian robert, over for the double play and there, throwingft, up the middle, pitch to robert. get an easy double play. you see it again. south standing back hand. this guy really knows what he is doing with consistent play. every now and then, he will have a bad shot at throwing the ball away and everything. you know that's going to happen pause he just does not get enough playing time. you see this one, he lets it get away. when you don't play every day, those are the kinds ever things that will happen. he does show the orioles that he has outstanding talent. hits tonight and a couple of nice defensive plays. >> jim: we'll learn how long cesar izturis will be out following hit emergency appendectomy. we'll go back to oakland right now. >> gary: back here with dave trem plea joining us. at far as jeremy guthrie tonight, what did you see? what happened? >> he didn't locate. they put some great swings on it. it just one right after the other. he was pitching right in the middle of the plate. >> buck: this offense has been struggling. this is a

brian roberts will get the out. that's why you do ti.thrie got a rough start here in oakland. cabrera got a business hate, and then down the order, they whacked him including the three- run homerun by jack cust and jeremy guthrie was knocked out after 2/3 inning and charged with six earned runs. >> gary: against a ball club that came in with an offense that is almost dead last in all the offensive categories. >> kurt suzuki, the catcher, will take the pitch for a strike. he had a double and scored. 6

brian roberts has a tremendous batting eye, even when he is down in the count, buck. he rarely chases. if you're going to try to make him chase, you're making a terrible mistake. the confidence, even went down in the count. >> buck: we saw that on display saturday night when he hit a two strike, two out two-run home run against ryan madson to give the orioles that win. >> jim: 2-2 on him. ground ball foul down the third- base line. >> buck: one thing that is different about this team and i know it is a mini five-game win streak, but there is no give-up in their approach. hey, you win two games against the phillies, that is a nice series and that wasn't the case sunday against cole hamels. it would have been very easy to mail in your effort and say, hey, we just took two out of three against the reigning world champs, but they came back against hamels late in the game and won a well played 2-1 ballgame. i have a sense they feel the same way tonight even though they're down by four. >> jim: you go back even a game before that when they came back and won in the ninth inn

brian roberts in the lead-off spot. adam jones back in the number two spot in center field.y good numbers head to head in the brief interleague match-ups he's had against the nationals. markakis up and reimold with scott d.h.s and is luke happy to be back with american league rules. more of wieters and andino. >> rob: the pnc scouting all right on detwilerer. he did a very good job against them he has great stuff a breaking ball and he continues to pitch better every time out there. he went seven innings. work ahead of the hitters. strike one is still the best pitch for ross detwilerer. the last time we talked about him, jim, he throws across his body. he has to continually go towards home plate or else he gets a little lax with his arm. >> jim: i was talking to steve who took over for randy st. claire and he said that is who he is. you try to get a little straight, but he is way over on the first base side. i don't think he is over as much as some other guys, like rick ankiel who is now an outfield were st. louis. he used to be about two feet across his body. >> bob: robert

jim, you did the interview with him where actually he played, what, second base and brian roberts played shortstop. >> jim h.: a base hit into right field. yeah, they were both drafted in 99. brian was a settlemental pick, and willie went in the 24th round. they were both at delmarva.   >> jim h.: the toss to first. willie has blazing speed, six steals on the year. he's been caught only once. >> jim p.: you don't run a lot on guthrie. i'm not sure that will be the case here. as you mentioned, you want to try to get runs on the board early, make it a little better for a young, martis is what, 21 years old? >> rob: yeah, he's 21, 22 years old. he hasn't won in six weeks, and it would be nice to take a little pressure off of him tonight, get a couple of runs, or at least one run across early. >> jim h.: cristian guzman batting at .33. he's tied for 8th in the national league in base hits, fifth in batting. the thing about guzman that i really like, regardless of if he's right or left, he really slaps the ball. >> rob: that's what i love about him. he doesn't overswing. he does

brian roberts hits towards the middle. he jumps up. all great timing right there by alberto gonzalez. we talked about this. defense really gives you confidence as a pitcher. >> bob: i don't think we can count that as an adam ball. >> rob: that's an adam rocket. >> bob: the kid can really play some short. he replaces cristian guzman as the shortstop tonight and guzman has had all kinds of problems this year going to his left of all places. not going into the hole, but going up the middle on balls. >> jim p.: if you're manny acta, you're saying, okay, we need to have more offense so we leave guzman in. unable to come up with it. you have to hurry, but you hope that you help yourself defensively, but you still have guzman to help your offense. so, again, very tough play there. i know that he knew he had to hurry, just couldn't make the play. >> bob: it appeared that ball took a funny hop on him. >> rob: i think that's a hit. that's why he tried to rush it. i think the official scorer will know that is rookie out there at shortstop. >> bob

the numbers for brian roberts on the trip, just 2 out of 21. 1.>> buck: of cour this n'fit pinch hit appearance of the season. 2-2.his is one of those tcwhe if brian would bunt everonce a whe,you mighbe able if doesever try on a bunt for a base hit. 2-2, he got him. and roberts down on strikes. gwgy&rinumber four for mazzaro. >> buck: mazzaro has maintained his velocity late into the ga and"this is a back door breaking ball with a little bit of a cutter, at 86 miles per hour. >> jim: robert andino, the numb9 ut- e the four oriole hits. and sinking fastball didn'torio only 10 runs in the first 5 games on this trip and told held scoreless. lined to rightfield. there is a base hit dino. and didn't come clonthe first two pitches, just protecting the corner and he had a single. >> buck: jones has had a two0 hit game and reimold had the other hit. johnson is loosening up. d that's it for vin zzaro. had a good start. >> jim: bob geren the skipper coming out. and vin mazzaro, the applause beginning to build, goes 7 and a third. no runs allowed. and the

brian roberts, you rarely will see that one happen as roberts commits his fourth error on what would all you have to do is catch it which always seems pretty easy with brian, but that last little hop. it comes up. again, just comes into the heel of the glove. then it's too late. beltran running hard down the first-base line. boy, that did look like a tailor made 4-6-3. one pitch out you're out of a jam. >> gary: instead, you have to face david wright. the game's best average with runners at first and second and nobody out. he'll take the pitch down low. wright is hitting .347 with runners in scoring position this season in another one of the gawdy numbers that he is putting up. the mets have a shot at it here. there are still no hits on the board. this is a walk and an error inning. wright after that slider away fouls it off. 1-1. since june 4, he's been right there at the top of the pile average on base, number one. slugging u-four. seven in runs. second in steals. >> jim: how about 4-14 on the road. that number has gone down a little bit. amazing road average. >> gary: big moment r

brian roberts on his sixth -- six-game streak. >> jim: here is the scouting report on mike pelfrey. good stuff. his pitching coach said at the end of the tonight or today, this will be a night game, it's about the sinker. he struggled lately 0-2. gave up nine runs in one of the games. last year when pitching was hurt, they needed him to go back and revert to what he did last year where he was a winning pitcher with a low earned run average. >> gary: he makes his first pitch against roberts. thank that is fouled away. he's second in double, third in runs in the american league. first in hit streak boost that had average to .299 flirting again with that .300 mark for brian and the streak has been a good one. he's gone 11-22, .500 batting average during the six-game hit streak. all of the orioles got back into it on sunday as far as gettinghits concerned. >> jim: yeah, everybody in the lineup. got a couple of home runs. it all started in the seventh inning in saturday where atlanta didn't pitch well. orioles took advantage. got big hits. got some walks. typical way of good, offensive t

the o's lineup tonight, brian roberts leads off at second.be in center field, nick markakis, after four hits yesterday against the marlins, he'll be in right and then huff, reimold in left field, luke scott the d.l., -- d.h., mora and andino will be playing at shortstop. the team batting average for the o's is .270, and that is tied for sixth best in the american league. welcome back back. johnny holliday along with ray knight. it is nats' extra pre-game on masn brought to you by our friends at verizon wireless. we haven't had this in some time. going back for the chin music, and, of course, when you have the chin music, you have to have the director. and tonight, cynthia hit it. absolutely wonderful. subject number one, mr. fox. >> josh bard, does he surprise you the way he has been playing behind the plate? and in the batter's box? >> not at all, johnny. i saw him play in san diego and he can swing the bat. outstanding fastball hitter. he pulls the ball. he's got a great idea at the plate. very disciplined. over that career there he played

top of the order, brian roberts and detwiler oddly enough has struck him out twice. >> rob: i want to ask him, strikeout count, 1-2 count, he still left that pitch up in the zone. maybe afraid as a young guy to jam that into the dirted? >> jim: probably a little bit, yeah. it is always devil to pitch with the bases loaded. right here, if you look at brian roberts, you know what you need to do to get him out, but can you, the third time through the order, and you saw the numbers, execute your pitches. >> rob: you struck him out twice looking. >> jim: the two best teams in major league baseball, as far as northwesterly the ballgame rthe nationals, number one, and number one, two, three hitters and then the orioles. even though you're facing them here in the fourth inning -- >> bob: and a bouncer to short. guzman has to deal with the runner and detwiler actually does a good job of getting out of the jam. one rbi in the inning. melvin mora with a line drive base hit, and the o's lead the nats 3-1.  >> bob: here is anderson hernandez who leads off the top of the f

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

brian roberts one down, nobody on base. and brian will foul it away. roberts a double and rbi, 1 for 3 in the game. >> jim: 91 pitches for livan hernandez. he makes it look effortless. it isn't. again, so cash july. changing speeds, -- casual, changing speeds. that one number, he substantiated, that .184 with runners on. he struck nick and huff hit it on the nose and his gold glove second baseman bailed him out before it went into the right field. >> gary: orioles have left six on base, three in scoring position. os trying to make it a successful home stand, and a successful series. boy, these final games of the series have just been tough, four wins and 17 losses in the final games of series. and often, they ends up being the rubber match games there in the bullpen, feliciano, shan green warming up. as manual will match up as needed. >> jim: it's the best bullpn the national league. >> jim: of course have been struggling lately -- orioles have been struggling lately. record under .500, and you know lookin

managed a couple of singled and two walks this ere he is with the double right up there withbrian  roberts and texas michael young. fair ball. nick has to go backhand. nick puts it to him. didn'treally have time to square up for a conventional throw. >> the best part about this play is that. >> the other thing i saw at the tail end of that play. i'm not sure i've seen many pitchers do it. he had the poise to run with his glove open. >> you're taught to do that. you're also taught to run down the line so he doesn't come up with his heels and spike you. see how he did a direct loin to the bag? you want to find first base 5 feet before the bag and try to run up the line with the runner so he doesn't spike you. >> rios pulls it foul, and the count is 1-1. >> giving him a target is an excellent idea, and that's what they try to teach you in spring training.

now for the orioles who clobbered the nationals last night 11-1, leading off will be brian roberts, hitless the last couple ballgames, after a six- game hitting streak, leads the american league in doubles, he's knocked out 25 doubles this year, he drove in a season high four runs against the phillies one week ago. the birds line-up goes this way, roberts leads off at second with a .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

. >> gary: brian roberts at the top of the order will lead it off.rian has an 0 for 2. 0 for 7 so far in the series. he'll take that one to left field. down the line towards the foul line. and it will be a foul ball. bouncing up and into the seats. and the count will go to two strikes. real good crowd on hand here tonight at camden yards. you have to think that bobbleheads actually work as far as selling tickets are concerned, because that is good crowd for the week night game. we'll get a number for you later on. a lot of folks came out to get the adam jones bobblehead and are seeing a he heck after ballgame as well. >> gary: it's all about adam. 0-2 count. roberts will take the fastball inside and it will go to 1-2. there indeed is bullpen action as brian bass for the o's. the bullpen has been outstanding and it is raining. and rainily fairly hard. >> jim: they said 9:00 and it's early. well, it's not early, early. but the rain is early. >> gary: the only saving grace, the wind is blowing pretty good tonight and the clouds have been going through q

brian roberts up. >> jim: tim redding said, i don't know if this is a good idea. strike out the first batter, walk the next, give up a home run. >> gary: brian flied out to left. 0 for his last 6 here in the first two games of this three game set. a fastball will be taken up high. the count will go to 2-1. >> jim: that really gets your attention if matt wieters hits a pitch that is a pretty good pitch. it was on the outside part of the plate. all of a sudden he takes it the other way. >> gary: that one hit hard to second base. and roberts is retired. but the orioles get two runs on one hit. no errors and nobody left. and a moment to be remembered.  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-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >> gary: koji uehara