second strikeout for chris ray tonight. >> jim: back to the top of the lineup. here is chris coghlan, the leadoff man. there's a strike. >> buck: coghlan had an interesting night 1-4. that double came in the third inning and he struck out in his other three at-bats. he's down in the count 0-#. chris ray got himself into a jam not trying to get out of it and keep this as is already trailing the orioles by six runs with only one more at-bat. 0-2 on coghlan, the left fielder. ground ball to first. wigginton will come to the plate to cut off the run and in throw back to first base. is that right play by wigginton not to get hit hard enough by two. he breaks off the run. two men are down in the florida eighth inning. this copyrighted telecast presented by authority of the orioles. may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form and accounts and description of this guy may not be disseminated without express written consent of the orioles. two down. here is bonifacio. a very good series against the orioles. lined to left field and that ball for a base hit. ross scor

chris ray has been recalled. when he first came often of tommy job surgery, it was clear he was trying to find consistency and he just couldn't find it. his e.r.a. ballooned over 9.00. he was demoted down to triple-a norfolk to try to get back on track and today dave trembley said all reports are showing that not only is his delivery consistent, he is finishing his pitching very nicely, and most importantly, it is obvious that he has his confidence back. and i talked with chris about this a little earlier. >> well, you know, i have been working and struggling with my arm all season and a couple of appearances ago i went out there and didn't think about anything and just finally came back. it was an amazing feeling. i didn't think about anything. >> and did going down to norfolk allow you to mentally release like that? >> i think so. i was trying so hard here in the bullpen to get my arm slot right and going down there with no pressure and just letting it go. i was able to finally figure out where it should be. >>

chris ray is about to start getting loose in the orioles' bullpen. chris is back with the team today. he was called up from triple-a norfolk. 1 ---the 1-0 is fouled off. >> buck: the marlins after being shut down effectively in the four innings have 10 ways runners now in the -- 10 base runners now in the last two and a third now with the force out at second base. >> jim: 1-1 on bonifacio. bouncer towards the middle. andino steps ton the base, throws to first and not in time and safe at second base. the second base umpire said that andino's foot never came down on the base. so no outs recorded arun in and florida has the lead. >> buck: the second base umpire standing right on top of the play and andino did stretch trying to make contact. the ball took him past the bag and behind it. and now trembley is coming out to support andino with his argument, but that was going to be a tough play. bonifacio runs it so well. watch andino reach for the bag with his right foot. his momentum has taken him away from 2 bag. he reaches for it and comes up well short o

the bullpen gets some reinforcement today in the right arm of chris ray. let's head down stairs and welcome in amber. hello, amber. >> and alberto castillo was sent down to triple-a and in his place chris ray has been recalled to help the bullpen. the word is he is back on track. he looks good, finishes on his pitches, as well as he found some consistency with that arm slot. that's what he has been looking for. in eight games in triple-a, he dropped his e.r.a. to 2.25. he struck out 13 batters and walked only four. all reports are he is ready to go here today in miami. interestingly jim and buck, with chris ray up and alberto down, this leaves the orioles without a left-handed specialist in the bullpen. jim, buck? >> jim: thank you very much, amber. you sat in that manager's chair and you have tried to jug the bullpen and the roles. is it bet tore have a left- handed specialist or a right- hander who can get left-handers out? >> i'll take quality over a left-handed pitcher any time. i think having chris ray back will only add depth to this bullpen. mark he

chris ray pitched 1 2/3 inning last night and gave up a hit, struck out one.ou see an improvement from chris ray since coming back? >> i have. i've seen a lot more life on his fastball that i've seen since he had the operation. i think that was the good thing about going back down to norfolk having an opportunity to really get on track and get a few more innings pitched. he's able to relax down there and not worry about the outcome of these ballgames. you'll see now that he's starting to be able to hit thepositions that he's looking for. at least he's on the same side of the plate where the glove is. that's one problem he had early on in the season. his location was terrible. that's something to be expected after you have an operation of that magnitude. alongside of that early in the season when it's cold and you're not that loose out there, you'll suffer a little with velocity. it started to warm up a little bit and his velocity has come back. i expect him to be one of the kind of guys that will push george sherrill for closer role again in the future. we hav

brian bass on as chris ray left. that one inside nearly hit him. he's gotten -- [ indiscernible ] >> buck: and may not have. >> jim: orioles trailing 11-0. maybe brian bass is trying to tell the marlins we know what's going on here. >> buck: that's good two-seam fastball. he got on top of it. you could see the downward action on that fastball. he put -- put in a real good spot to cantu. >> jim: it's inside. 2-2. >> buck: cantu, pull hitter all the way especially in this ballpark. single left field in his last at-bat against chris ray on a pinch-run in the same area but not with the same movement. >> jim: the only spot in this lineup without a base hit is the pitcher's spot, the number nine spot. west was 0-2. hermida pinch-hit and flied out. gload pinch-hit and struck out. all the other eight starters the position players who started have hits. seven of the eight of them have multihit games. here is cut with the third hit. -- here is cantu with his third hit. florida about to bat around here in the eighth inning. here is dan uggla. uggla hit a two-

there is john baker. >> buck: i can't tell you about the difference of chris ray.ity of his pitches night and day from what we saw. the velocity was good in the year, but everything was up. and now it looked as though he has found his arm angle and he is pounding the bottom of the strike zone. >> jim: baker fouls it back. the official scorer, buck, has had a change of heart. it was a hit up on the scoreboard and then he thought, he lost anytime the light. it doesn't matter. >> buck: 0yeah, he should stand down there at third base and look into the lights. it is not an easy thing. >> jim: there es hn ker for the second out. >> buck: he had the elbow surgery and as good as you feel and as strong as you are physically, there is still some timing issues that are affected because you have been away from the competitive nature of the game. so he got off a tough as we mentioned, but his location was suffering, and he went down with perfect mindset just to ew%himself right and turned it around. >> jim: there is a tapper out in important of the plate and wieters gets it to

chris ray had the right attitude when he went down to pitch in norfolk. he went down there with one thing in his mind is to get handle on his mechanics. get the ball down in the zone and make the better quality pitch. so far, we've seen that. >> jim: low, 3-2 ton bonifacio. ground ball, base hit, left field.

obviously the assignment to the minor leagues really paid big dividends for chris ray. he really straightened himself out. it is good to see him throwing well again. >> it was really an indifferent night for the orioles' bullpen because danys baez had a tough night. he only got one out and allowed five runs. after ray, jim johnson came on and had two scoreless innings and the guys in the back end of that bullpen, johnson in flair, he has been very dependable all year. >> he sure has, jim. and i think one thing is the comradey and they pick up one another that's what they did tonight for danys baez. baez has been so good, and he had a couple tough spots the last couple of times up. he gave up the three-run home run to ryan howard on saturday night and give autopsy grand slam, but his relieving pals in the bullpen picked him up and kept it a scoreless game into the bottom of the 12th inning. >> when brian bass walked the lead-off man in particular afast runner, bonifacio, you're asking for trouble. all you have to do is get the run and the game end ins the bottom of the i

chris ray joined the team today. he worked on sunday for triple- a.hat there is a strike out the knees. and johnson is an out away of getting this game to the 11th. 1-2 in the dirt. he wouldn't chase. >> buck: this is the decisive pitch in this at-bat. and johnson certainly has the upper hand. you can go back to the curve ball that he got uggla with or you can really pound the fastball down and away to ross. >> jim: he is also a home run threat batting seventh. the breaking ball fouled off. hanley ramirez now has 10 home runs. uggla has 13 -- excuse me, 14. he has one tonight and cody ross batting seventh has 12. high fly ball, left center field. luke scott was playing deep, but he hustles in and he has it for the out. and we are going to the 11th. so a three up, three down 10th for st an jim johnson. jim johnson. tuesday night in miami in a

. >> rob: there you see the mistake right there by chris ray, he tried to throw a fastball.m him. you saw where the catcher wieters was set up, and he really crushed it. if he tries to run a fastball and it doesn't run, it just hangs like a little flying saucer. >> bob: that ball hit the iron gate at the back of the bleachers and almost went on to utah street. nats put on quite a power display out there yesterday, with adam dunn one hopping the warehouse. and then willie almost knocking down the gate. >> rob: they said you get a plaque out there on utah street if you hit the street. everybody who hits the street out there gets a plaque. so adam dunn will be getting a plaque. like the walk of fame or something? >> bob: very nice. maybe boog powell will name a barbecue plate after the guy from texas. good slugging percentage. and he's scoring runs which is really all that matters. how many times do you get around the bases and touch home plate. >> rob: and how many times do you run down a fly ball that the pitchers need caught. so he's doing a great job on both sides of the ba

chris ray comes on. he had one of those nightmare innings.brought him back for the second inning down in florida and he thank you grand slam to hanley ramirez, ended up giving up five runs and seven hits in about two innings. but threw the ball a lot better velocity-wise, that was on thursday. >> bob: the nats are 0-6 against florida this year. hanley ramirez is usually in the middle of everything. >> jim p.: he had two grand slams. he did the adam dunn impression against the orioles. >> bob: a couple of good breaking balls. sometimes -- will try to pull one -- sometimes wil will try to pull a couple of pitches. he's in emergency mode here. and he got him on three in a row.   >>> back at the yard. time to check in on the minor leagues. brian matusz has done very well since being promoted to double- a bowie. last game he had a good outing. he left at 5 1/3 innings, gave up just one earned runs, three hits and struck out five. he has a 1.96 e.r.a. overall in the minor leagues this season. >> bob: thank you

can the guy that's coming in, whether it's chris ray or my starter do that. there you go.here's a good one. >> bob: down and away. >> jim p.: the one thing about david hernandez, he came into this inning with nine pitches. you're still very much in this game. you're trailing by a run. >> rob: that's almost pitch 100. that's why ray is up. >> jim p.: no reason why with his windup, he shouldn't be able to throw 100 or 115 pitches like that. it's not like he's

so jim johnson giving them two innings and chris ray an inning and 2/3 has helped at least preserve a few more arms. ground ball sharply hit to short. wigginton has it and gets it across and a three up, three down inning for brian bass and on we go. we head to the 12th and the top of the lineup is coming up. brian roberts, nick markakis and adam jones in this tie game. ? ♪ ♪ 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. >> jim: the american flag i downtown miami on this breezy night, at least it was earlier. right there in the middle of downtown atop of that tall building, and here is the a.l. east versus the n.l. east in the interleague there year, buck, 32-25, the american leaguers leading it. >> buck: they sure are. thigh have had a good run in interleague play against their national league rivals. they have outscored them over a run a ballgame. every all the american league. >> jim: badenhop is still on for a seco

you're warming up down in the bullpen as a reliever, and chris ray struck out cristian guzman, he may not have seen that because he was busy getting loose. so he missed that out. i'm just saying that could be the reason. he comes in, he gets nick johnson to fly out to left field, he gets the strikeout to zimmerman, he wanted a little bit more. >> jim p.: one out at a time, jim. so he had two outs. plus, he's on a role. >> jim h.: deep and foul. >> jim p.: you're on a roll. >> jim h.: this fraternity we're with. >> rob: hey, i was having out of body experiences out there. i was out of control. you can ask me what the count was? i was telling guys to get off the mound. >> jim h.: i can't imagine that. ripped to left field. nolan reimold will have to chase it down. that one heads to the corner. willingham stays hot. his third hit. three hits for josh willingham. time now for you to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. john lannan has hell the orioles to one run through seven innings. or oscar salazar who has the rbi. john lannan on the bench. >> rob: you don't know how happ

chris ray had his in the summer of his season and missed the entire following year except for a couple of token appearances to get him into game action. >> buck: if you shut him down for a month, it will take at least 3-4 weeks before he's ready to pitch in a game again. you're talking -- you. >> jim: that's if everything goes well. >> buck: yeah, if everything goes well. no setbacks whatsoever. >> jim: check swing and a breaking ball appeal to first. he stopped in time says john hirschbeck. >> buck: when you think about a pitcher missing that much time -- let's take a look at the check swing first as uggla offers him a slider but checks his swing in time. when you shut shut pavinner down for a month before he even throws a ball, then you have to get flat ground. then you have to get off the mound. then you have side sessions. it's a long process. >> jim: hard-hit ball off the glove of melvin mora into the shallow left field. uggla makes the turn. he's going to second. he'll be able to one-out double that. ball was smoked. mora tried to glove it on the short hop, but the ball was hit t

then, again he catches one up in the strike zone off of chris ray.'t catch quite as well, but he got enough of it to get it up there in that first section above the wall. that's another grand slam late in the game. the game was pretty much out of control by that time. orioles were already losing 6- 0. >> how about the three-game sweep. .462 average, two home runs, 11 rbi's, four runs scored and a couple of doubles. i've had many people tell mel -- tell me now that hanley ramirez is one of the top 10 players in the game today. >> there's no doubt in my mind the way he puts that bat on the ball. he hit everything. fastballs in object hi -- in on his hands, sirch sinkers in on his hands. what tells you a guy has a good swing is when he doesn't hit it on the good part of the bat he still gets a base hit. that tells me the guy has a great swing. >> one thing we want to do is apologize for some problems that we had in the ninth inning in south florida with electrical problems where jim and buck had to do play-by-play radio style out of there when the oriol

come out and catch where orioles aubrey huff, luke scott, chris ray and halls all launched their careerse 7. 0678956789 get there early. home run derby at 5:30. admission free. donations greatly appreciatedment for more, go to ripkensrcollegebaseball.org or call 410-588-9900. here is brian roberts for his second at-bat. >> buck: brian has his hitting shoes on in south florida hitting the ball very well. seeing the ball very well n last night's game, he got that double and then andrew miller, we must talk about him a little bit because that was the only hit andrew miller allowed over seven innings. he drove a dumb double in his first at-bat here ghent again tonight. swinging the bat very aggressively had a great series in philadelphia. five rbi's -- five rbi's including two game winners. >> jim: the voters -- the orioles have won each of the interleague series. one of those a sweep. that was against the phillies first stop on this trip. if they're going to continue that trend, they would have to win tonight for a chance to get the second game tomorrow. they took 2-3 in washington and then

chris perez, indians got him in the mark derosa trade. alexei ramirez, yikes, right in the nothing in. jermaine dye, man, that was close to his face. grazed it. rayshelicopter batsmen, first year, would have been a 3-6-3 double play. white sox, get it done, 6-3. gavin floyd, pitched really well, again, no earned runs, 7 2/3. his last card, 3.28 e.r.a. he has had five straight starts with one earned run or less. beckham, career high three hits, garko, third homer in five games for cleveland who has lost 11 of 13. >> up ahead on espnews, we'll tell you how manny is doing in his final minor league rehab game. the suspended slugger request rejoin the dodgers later this week. 6 there's something big happening at pizza hut. - woooh, nice! - that's a lot of food! now get big meals like our stuffed pizza rolls, pizza mia, the p'zone... and our personal panormous pizza starting at just $5. the big eat tiny price menu. only at pizza hut. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. >> spj haespnews, presented by sprint. the now network. and in part by geico. 15 minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance. >> manny ramirez, playing in his final