he has o's manager buck showalter to thank for his success pretty convinced him to become a knuckleballitcher last decade. good career advice. he struck out 13 last night, his second straight one-hitter. he has become the second pitcher to throw consecutive two in a row of one-hitter. this makes him a near lock to start for the national league in the all-star game. you can hear it all on wbal radio. >> after only a handful of starts, the teenager still only 19 as two wins after being promoted. progresses.m he soudns surprised to maek the quickly. team that >> i was the prized, but i was honored as well. -- i was surprised. >> to around. ♪ [ male announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering.

he would probably recommend restocking the batting order and buck showalter would agree. they have lost their last two games by a combined score of 20- 3. tonight, they will shift wieters down to seventh in the batting order. he will ship from third base to first base trying to improve the defense that has been suspect at best. mark reynolds will set. cross -- chris davis will bat sixth said the designated hitter. >> you can never tell where the big at a battered want to fall. we're struggling and that keeps hoping to find them. hopefully we will get some back- finding guys in there and it will go real well. >> they will start derrick lowe. he has an 0-3 record in his last 4 starts. phelps has not said how many events be is scheduled to swim next month. >> 200-meter butterfly turn of the fastest time in the world. they will likely have a showdown with lochte in the 200 meter individual medley. love seeing his for becoming marquee event of the games. amazing to see this sport grow and change. >> it attracts people, i guess. hopefully i will finish my competitive part of my

buck showalter was his manager in texas six years ago. he gave kick i can a chance to stay on the team if the right hander could master a knuckle ball, because his arm wasn't strong enough otherwise. tick i can has gun to be one of the best in the game. the os couldn't touch him haas night. he struck out career high 13 batters, allowed one hit, with a 2-2 mets win. ra kick i can said it was poetic he had such a great game and thanked show walter for giving him the chance. buck said he we should it didn't work out so well against the orioles. they face another tough pitcher tonight. yes han san tan that. that's tommy hunter. he's starting for the orioles tonight. game time in 20 minutes. you can see it all tonight coming up on masn >>> let's talk some basketball now. it is game fur of the championship series tonight. the heat. the series includes a matchup of two of the games' biggest stars. lebron james averaged 27 points a game in the regular season, scoring more than that in the playoff. his super star current part, kevin durant the thu

and the o's a 2-1 lead, just think that buck showalter almost rested his workhorse catcher good thinge didn't. because in the a boom boom safe, although not pretty, o's do get the win 2-1. >> they got bullpen i think five guys on the era too. some of the same thing that is have helped us play better i think the same thing with them. you know they've got i think four number one picks are in the rotation and they've done a great job with it. to be able to beat them today was a real tribute to our guys. >>> to boston and kevin youkilis will be changing to a different team. 286 hitter with 133 home runs. his last plate appearance as a red sox, youkilis hits a triple to center in the win over the atlanta braves. >>> michael phelps road to a never been done before 10 olympic gold medals has hit a roadblock. he thinks he's the man to beat him. >> he's human, he's not a fish or anything like that. >> a lot of people can talk the talk but sometimes they can't get in and walk the walk. >> honestly, i'm just going to have to let that swimming talk this next week. and then i guess you guys can de

you might think that, but according to buck showalter, you;d be wrong.... 3 the o's open up a weekendnd the nats tomorrow...washingtoo hosting tampa bay tonight...tied at 2 innthe 6th...danny espinoza doubles to deep right...flores pnd la roche scored...theenats win it 00-00...they're at 3 two of the rioles hotrtest prospectss dylan bundy, seen heee and shortstop manny machado have been invited to play in the all star futures ggme...it'a an all level minor league showcaseethat is played during the all star break... tte 4th overrll pick in the 2011 draft, the 19 year old bundy dominated at low-a delmarva and is owwpitching for high-a frederick, and &ppitching effectively..machado 2011 raft is playing shortstop for double bowii.. the futures game is set for july 10th in kansas city...2 days before the all staa game... across town, things are quiet out in owingssmmlls right now..and ii will stay that wayy for another month or so until the opening of training camp pprformance enter..or the castle to youuand me... me... the ravens are coming off a &pthree day mandatooy minicamp last week,

buck showalter saw his team winning streak end at five in a row.frustrating was this 8th inning play. adam jones got picked off 1st base. it was a game in which the o's did pitch well. they couldn't score enough in what ended up a 4-2 defeat. >> you get opportunities and opportunities. you know, they come through on theirs. matusz threw a heck of a game. it's frustrating we can't get him a win. >> tonight's oriole lineup has chris davis in right field after he made his major league outfield debut last night. davis made that highlight catch. not bad for a guy who's never played outfield in the big leagues before. hammel going for the o's. you can see the series finale right here tomorrow. masn on wjz. big crowd in washington, d.c. to see the yankees and nats. this game was tied 8th inning. hit by adam laroche. tyler moore will try to score. throw. moore is thrown out at home. let's see the replay. looks like moore touched home. so the yankees get a break there and with the score tied in the 14th inning new york breaks on top. drive to right field. t

buck showalter's probably spendinggthe orioles off day thinking about one thinn, and one thhng only.gettingit's offensive slum. slump.there's no need to panic... o's are in 2nd... 3 games beeind the yankees in pffense is noticeable.....in the last 7 games... they've scored just 10 runs....the problem... not producing with runners in scoring position... at one point in yesterday's pin with the nats... the o's were 1--or-33 in those pituations.... dating back o last weekend..it boils down to great opposing pitching... something that will never go away. a third time will not be in the charm city...miguel tejada asked ffr and was granted his releaseefrom the orroles organization..tejada signed a minor league deal in may aad has been in triple-a norfoll. batting 2-59 with zero homeruns..before the 2004 season... tejada signed with thh o's and played 4 seasons... the 38-year old left and then pame back for part off he that'll do it for this edition of sports nliiited...i'm morgan adsit...goodnight. goodnight. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] a moment of silence for the internet as we know it. a revolutio

buck showalter walter and the orioles trying to snap a losing streak in tampa.t a little wide. mark reynolds would score, here comes ryan flaherty, he is going to try to cross the plate but he is out of there. in the eighth inning birds lead it 2-1. >>> the redskins are gushing about rg iii as their quarterback. morgan should provide a huge upgrade, and especially gay gar son. maybe believe he will be the new go-to guy. >> we have a good receiving corps. a leader santana moss, he is a very great player. those guys are very good and fast and athletic. we have guys that are very fast and athletic. we have to find the best for our team and get it going. >> this was last year, rex grossman would be throwing to him. but grossman will be lucky this year to touch the field. no complaints from sexy rex. he is ready to compete for as much playing time as he can get. >>> well, everyone is fixated on tiger woods catching jack nicholas in the major years. woods is just one win away from tying nicholas for second place. tiger started the day just one shot off the lead, but c

. >> buck showalter and the orioles seeking a three-game sweep of the pittsburgh pirates. bottom of the 4th bird leading 5 -0. matt wieters with the single into left field, married scores. wieters a big day for his five r.b.i.s. o's pound the pirates 12-6. baltimore has won five straight and trail the yankees by a half game. >>> don't go away. when we come back, mike shanahan puts a wrap on the team's offseason workout. >>> the redskins have been getting after it this offseason and now get a well deserved break. for the next couple weeks they are off and it's back to camp before preseason game begins in less than two is no, yes, less than two months. can you believe it? the redskins offseason schedule has come to an end. the team participated in 10 otas. this past week mandyer to minicamp and training camp begins the -- mandatory minicamp and training camp begins the last week of july. >> we haven't had a chance to do that through the last two offseasons. so to be able to spend that time getting to feel comfortable with each other and learn the system and the last four wee

. -- buck showalter, orioles and mets. baltimore gets swept by the mess, 4-3. >>> playoffs? you can call it that. bcs commissioners have approved a model that would have the top four teams face off against one another in a playoff-style format. the semifinals would be played within the existing bcs game. the orange bowl, sugar bowl, fiesta bowl and rose bowl. the winners from two of those games would face off in a championship game. how would the top four teams be selected? a ranking system that would take into consideration difficulty of schedule, et cetera. our big story of the afternoon, the early afternoon, wizards trading rashard lewis. second highest paid player in the league but often injured, to new orleans for 0 me cao can he for. gm ernie grunfeld saying it's been proven, our young players need more veterans around. so he gone. >> we'll be right back. >>> all right, producer jessica wants everybody to know that the red sox beat the miami -- what are they? >> marlins. >> there you go. >> oh my god, come on, guys. >> that helps the nationals. >> and that's 9news for

buck showalter wonders how brian matusz can dominate like he did on saturday and last night cannot get out of the third inning. inning, 2-0 boston. robert andino throws it away. bass sae hit. endy chavez overruns it. 7-0, the sox win it. the rays beat the yankees. lebron james refused to lose less night in the eastern conference finals heading back to miami. miami needed a win last night and they got it thanks to a great performance by lebron james. with a vicious dunk. miami by 15. finishes with 45 points. 98-79, miami win as lebron goes over everybody else. al boat over the rim -- elbow over the rim. game 7 tomorrow night in miami. atl have another makes a run history at the belmont stakes. ffirmed -- some good ones have tried. spectacular bid. gerry sandusky it will report from belmont park later today. you can sit here and wbal. we will head up the belmont later this morning. you'll hear the name you in ranks -- union rags. >> what are the chances? >> he is the best 3-year-old out there. real strong. >> i think he is going to do it. >> thank you. wedding season is heating up. notet

manager buck showalter says it is human nature his hitters to start feel the sure, as their struggles do continue. buck also admits, you gotta give credit to the team's other team pitchers. and they face good ones lately. but the downturn in the run production and lack. they've had a handful of key hits over the past 10 games, strabdzi nine runners in the loss to the angels. l.a. pounded out 17 hits. e team lked about the buding pres su gethe offense going again. >> it's juknow, i think the anxiety thatcomes with knowing you're betr. and you're going to be better. but you want it to happen, you know, now. >> we are going in there swinging. we're not going in there passive. no one is making excuses in here. we're just frustrated that we're not getting it done. >> and they're going to try to get it done tonight, against angels' right-hander jered weaver. and this is not going to be easy. weaver is one of the best pitchers in the game. he threw a no-hitter against the twins. and since then has been on the disabled less. his earned average run says it all. angelsangels have the best run r

. >> buck showalter has well learned maybe the two most important skills in managing the orioles -- prepare and look at the bright side. they hit a five-game losing streak and now nick markakis heads to the disabled list. out 2-4 weeks with a broken wrist. he said he feared much worse, however, as they take a share of first place and face tampa with whom they share the spot at the top, their hopes get tougher. and while getting on to the track, the derby preakness winner nearly collided with another horse running at full gallup. hope the proves not to be a harbinger of bad things to come, meanwhile trainer doug o'neal has a lot to take in. new rules for everyone but clearly targeted at him. new york racing officials will make all racers undergo drug dealing tests. he -- race officials say they will also randomly search hay and feed and equipment going in and out of the stakes barn where i'll have another will stay until the belmont stakes. >> miami leads the heat. but san antonio unbeaten into the playoffs heading into thursday but oklahoma city offers maybe the most hostile home game envir

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he thanked buck showalter for the chance. >>> more on the os in the next hour. bus the fine unless will rum in mm. lebron james talks about his quest for a championship. i'll have that in sports at six. back to you for you >>> a florida teen is shot in the head with a spear and survivors. doctors are revealing never seen before x-ray photos. we have a look at the stunning images. >> this is from the side at the spear. that one is looking straight down at him >> reporter: doctors temperatures play a montage of x-rays of the head of whereas sir lopez. he was transferred with 2 feet of a spear protruding. it took three hours of surgery to remove it. police who investigated it said his friend was holding a spear gun like this one when it accidentally deemployed, hitting leppies in the head. >> it was 1 inch above his right eye. you could see it in the post tear your part of the skull >> reporter: doctors praised paramedics for immobilizing lopez, preventing more head trauma. doctors used a rebar cutter and vice grips or looking ply years to stabilize the spear >> in

buck showalters forward to interleague play. >> we're going to start up the pitchers again.ry to figure out who the three starters are, for sure, so we can focus on these guys. pitcher is going to start tomorrow again. with their awftion as concentration. -- offense as concentration. >> reporter: on the mound tonight, the orioles will start jake arrieta. he is on a major funk. winless in the last six. he will be opposed by another struggling pitcher, joe blanton. first pitch at 7:05. and don't forget, tomorrow afternoon, it will be masn on wjz. our live coverage of the orioles and phillies, starts at 4:00, on the dot. >>> well, as we told you a little earlier in this newscast, stunning disappointing news from horse racing nation. "i'll have another," the derby winner, the preakness winner. and his chance for a triple crown victory, null and void. i mean, before he even gets a chance to walk up to the starting gate for tomorrow's belmont stakes. >>> trainer doug o'neill walked the horse out of the stable just after 1:00 this afternoon. he delivered the news that "i'll have an

playing in a national league park o's manager buck showalter has repeatedly said that it's a disadvantage for his team and other american league teams when it comes to interleague play. the o's hitters were quieted, two straight shutouts in new york before they ended the drought of 28 scoreless innings last night but still lost the game 4-3. so they come home on a three-game losing streak, still confident, though that their hiters will get back to scoring runs. >> these guys, every day are out there battling. we've done so well this year, and every good team is going to go through struggles. obviously in the later innings you saw how tough we are. we were able to stick it out to the end. it's great to see that we bring that to the park every day. >> a disadvantage to the o's in interleague play when their pitchers have to hit, but matusz used the opportunity to get his first big hit. now the american league rules will apply as the nats come to baltimore tomorrow. it is a three-game series. sunday masn on wjz. see the o's and the nats right here. first pitch sunday, 1:30. more next hour. p

now playing in a national league ballpark o's manager buck showalter said repeatedly it's a disadvantageor his team and other american league teams when it comes to interleague play. the o's hitters were quieted. two straight shutouts in new york before they ended a drought of 28 scoreless innings last night but still lost the game 4-3. they do come home on a three-game losing streak though confident that their hitters will get back to scoring runs. >> you know, these guys, every day are out there battling. we've done so well this year, and, you know, every good team is going to go through struggles. obviously in the later innings you saw how tough we are. we were able to hang in there, stick it out to the end. it's great to see that we bring that to the park every day. dais advantage for o's in interleague play when their pitchers have to hit but brian matusz used his opportunity to get his first big league hit, a single up the middle. now back to the american league rules as the nationals come to baltimore tomorrow. >>> a three-game weekend series. sunday man on wjz, see the o's and na

and so is manager buck showalter, who has a lot to share of his opinion on innerleague play.what we've got tonight. that story and more when we come back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> the o's are back home, after a nine-game road trip. and they are clinging to first place. stan is live at camden yards as the phillies come to town. >> they're clinging to first place. but they have to share the lead with someone, we'll talk about that momentarily. but this is such a glorious weekend, for not only masn and the orioles and the wjz food drive. by the way, the 26th annual. but this is also the first game here at camden yards, involving an inner league series, involving the orioles and the phillies. the orioles coming tied at the top. the birds were shut out in boston. 7-0 was the score. and they finished off a trip against the a.l. east opponents. the next games will be against n.l. teams. starting tonight, with the slumping phillies. they've lost six in a row. buck says he is looking forward to the challenge of inner league play tonight. >> it's always fun. we're going to start the p

now, manager buck showalter continues to say that he believes his guys are going to hit.ecause, well, they have at times already this year. so he expects them to come back alive any time. now, over the past two weeks, the orioles have the worst batting average in the big league. they strike out more than any team in the american league. and they're not driving in runners when those runners get on base. after a 7-2 loss to the indians last night, the question came up, is it the o's worst streak this year? >> it could be. just the last three games really haven't been too good. but i don't know. i don't know if we're looking at it like it's the worst that we've had yet this year. but like i said, i will turn it around. i think it's all mental. i think the more we think about it, the more it's brought up that we're struggling. i think it's more of the negative than anything. we just need to relax. >> reporter: hardy broke out of his own prolonged slump with two hits last night, including this, two-run home run that accounted for the only runs scored. the o's are averaging jus

manager buck showalter continues to say, he believes his guys are going to hit.ause they certainly did earlier in the season. every reason to believe they'll get it back. over the past two weeks, though, orioles have the worst average in the big league. they strike out more than any team in the american league. and they're not driving in runners who do get in on base. after a 7-2 loss to the indians last night, the question is, is this the worst o's streak for this year? >> it could be. the last three games really haven't been too good. but i don't know. i don't know if we're looking at it as if it's the worst we've had this year. but like i said, i will turn it around. i think it's all mental. and i think the more we think about it, the more it's brought up that we're struggling. i think it's more negative than anything. we just need to relax. >> reporter: ole jj hardy broke out of his own prolonged slump with two hits last night, including this two-run home run that accounted for the only run the o's scored. owe's are averaging about -- o's are average being tw

buck show alter -- showalter has said that the birds have been giving up a loft runs to go with their weak offense. here's a home run to put l.a. on top 1-0 right away. this would be a rough night for os pitchers. os hitters haven't been scoring runs, so doesn't this figure? this is a home run hit, but it doesn't count, because mike crouch stole it. a rookie centerfielder gets it. so a 400 foot drive is an out, and then trout's batting and he hits the ball 4 feet and a run scores. everything goes the angels' way. the os lose 13-1, so they drop 2 straight to l.a. the birds have lost 6 of their last 8 games. >>> the struggling cleveland indians are in town tomorrow for a 4-game series. you can see the if ially here on sunday, masn on wjz. the indians were swept 3- straight by the yankees, but the indians knocked out petit. literally. petit will be out 6 weeks with a broken ankle. >>> baltimore swimmer michael phelps continues his drive towards his fourth an final olympic games, already with the most medals in history, he wants to punish with even more, and fellow american ryan lofty cou