dan uggla, cody ross or sean west. all please of those very deserving tonight. text in your vote now have your voice heard a, b or c. uggla has a two-run home run. west, six scoreless innings. reimold fouls it back. you talk about the orioles home stand coming up. it is three with the nats. then, three with the red sox. a wednesday game next week is a day game. reimold hits a high pop to shallow left center field. charging in it -- charging in is coghlan and orioles go quietly here in the eighth three up and three down. reimold now 1-4 on the night. bottom of the eighth coming up. 6-0, marlins. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. >> jim: chris ray on for his second inning of work. marlins with a 6-0 lead a p of two-run home runs in this game. also rbi hits by ramirez and cantu. so, three, four, five and seven in the lin

the marlins made a big mistake in dan uggla -- and dan uggla is the guy. drives what he thinks is an rbi base hit into right field. now, watch uggla. recollection in at first base and gives up on the play. great throw nails the runner at the plate. hermida is out. on that play, uggla has got to be at second base. he has got no where else to go. if he breaks to second base, they might try to cut that ball off and not even have a play on hermida, but because he was at first base when cody ross hit the ball out of the ballpark on the ground ruled double beings he couldn't score. >> jim: how often do you see three straight hits, three of those doubles no, double play involved in the inning and no runs. >> buck: yeah, that just cost you. you can't play like that and expect to win a division or get into the postseason. you just gave a runaway right there. >> jim: instead of it being at least a 4-2 game, orioles still down by a run. here is wieters. tough night at the plate, 0-2 with a couple of strikeouts. nolasco stays on. he has struck out seven. his spot will

dan uggla third. west, six innings, four-hit baseball, did not give up a run. walked three, struck out two. one wild pitch and he led the florida marlins by pitching them to the 11-3 victory over the orioles. that's the story. we'll talk about rich hill when we come back as we continue our coverage of the orioles right here on masn in just a moment. announcer: this is giampaolo. he told us he wanted a laptop with... portability, battery life and power... announcer: for under $1500. we told him you find it, you keep it. this is so sexy. but macs to me are about aesthetics more than they are the computing power. the keyboard is small. that thing is gigantic. it's got four gigs of ram. it's got the processing speed that i need. this laptop has got everything i want. ah! announcer: nice work, g. it's a pc. my budget was $1,500. this computer will do everything that i need. i'm a pc because i'm really picky. >> care first blue cross blue shield cares about our kids in the community especially their health that's why they give a donation for every k in the season. th

now they'll pass cantu and take their chances with a slumping dan uggla.ou don't want it to go to 2-0, then feel like you have to throw one over the plate to this guy. he could make it 5-2 in a hurry.   >> bob: dan uggla, two strikeouts and a grounder. 0 for 3 tonight. dan uggla coming in batting just .225. with his 0 for 3 tonight, 2 for his last 13. but an all or nothing hitter who can put one over the scoreboard if you make a mistake. he's hit -- he's hit 15 home runs. tavarez turns and faces the runner. he throws that breaking ball about a foot outside. he had hanley ramirez retreating and the hitter getting a little nervous.   he took a little bit off. wil nieves, second good block of the inning. >> rob: look at that chest protector. he's loaded and ready for battle. great block by wil nieves. you see him leaning forward. play it off your chest. >> bob: he's played flawless defense lately. threw out a runner earlier tonight. >> rob: the elongated catcher's mask. throat guard, after steve yeager wa

dan uggla one of the main stais here in florida. we mentioned this roster continues to turn over.eason now 29 years old. they develop players very well and give them a chaps. as soon as any of the players get -- and give them chance. as soon as any of the players get to a point where they make too much money, they look to replace them. their hope is when they get their new stadium, that things will turn around. the problem is that stadium won't be ready till 2012. they still have two more years here. there's the prototype. the retractible roof which in this climate as we've seen the last couple of days will definitely be a benefit. 2-2 on uggla. sharply hit foul. >> buck: yeah, it might create a new revenue stream for this ball club. more than anything, it gives the fans the ability to know there's going to be a game played without any interruption. they have a very widespread fan base and people can come from west palm beach north and down in the keys to the south and the stadium will be in scown town miami at the site of the old original bowl. it will be a more centrally located

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 different ballpark he's hit a home run in. there's a good-looking breaking ball for a called strike. here -- here is his home run last night against koji uehara. >> buck: koji uehara up 1-0, 0- 2 breaking pitch does

dan uggla has tied the game asolo home run, and we are even at 1-1. well, he is 2-2 -- excuse me, two of the three hits and now he has tied the game with his 14th home run. >> buck: this is the same pitch that cantu hit for a double. it ask a splitter. watch how he takes that top hand off and really drives that pitch that is down. it is down and out over the plate where uggla can really go and get it, extend his arms and drive it out of the ballpark. we mentioned he is the power guy, the bottom of this order. that is his hth and he has tied it up. >> jim: cody ross takes it outside. uehara had four leading up to his stint on the d.l. and two since coming back. off-speed pitch for a strike. 1-1 on cody ross. so the seventh home run on the year now allowed by uehara. high pop foul that will be back in the seats. the count to 1-2. a very sparse crowd here in miami, and the weather really hurts the marlins' hainses of getting any kind of a walk-up because you're just not certain the game is going to be played. >> buck: yes, and their drawing area is proba

dan uggla thinks he'll take extra base on elijah dukes and elijah guns him down. cristian guzman quickly beat. great slow throw, but nick johnson on the other end that's good job squeezing that out of the dirt. a great 1-2-3 inning last inning. most it it -- most of it by the defense. >> bob: that ball is coming back fair. zimmerman on the run. he throws out john baker proving you never gup on a foul ball. if it comes back fair before it reaches the bag, it's flaibl. how about the english on this thing. oops. >> rob: looks like he fell coming out of the box. great job by zim on the throw. >> bob: sean west, the pitcher up thee. left-handed pitcher, right- handed hitter. he's 0-10 with eight strikeouts. >> rob: a rare combination. >> bob: thanks to that quick out, stammen could be facing the top of the order here very quickly in the third. and the pitcher helps out on ball two by neighboring strike @two. chris coghlan next.   >> bob: he managed to g piece of it. phillies opening a series in atlanta tonight lea

there's a strike to dan uggla. that's six in a row retired by berken. uggla struck out his first at- bat. he couldn't check his swing on a breaking ball that broke out of the strike zone. jason berken has allowed two home runs over his first five spots, so he's showing the ability to keep the ball in the -- the ball in the ballpark. that breaking ball missed inside. curtis granderson of the tigers has a home run and yunel escobar of the braves has the other. so, one lefty, one righty. 2-1 in the dirt. ball three. >> buck: that home run that granderson came in a very well- pitched game against the tigers when he was messed up -- matched up against ed win jackson. jackson pitched eight innings of two-hit ball and not much that jason could do against that effort. it was just one of those better ballgames of the entire season that came on the final sunday of the home stand before they went out west. berken with four hits, just a single run that. solo home run by curtis granderson, the only run he allowed in over seb seven innings. >> jim: ball one is too tig

. >> jim: one dunn and here is dan uggla who has had a big night.e was trying to end it there and he swings through the fastball. >> buck: a little tardy. 96 upstairs. tough to catch up on, but he is always a threat, obviously, with the solo home run, 14th on a low splitter off of uehara. that came in the five-run fifth inning and that got it started. >> jim: the fastball backs him away. 1-1 the count on dan uggla. 29 years old now. he was a rule five draft pick from arizona for the 2006 season. the marlins' scouting department did a wonderful job with that. a good looking ball. 1-2. >> buck: that's one thing jim johnson wanted to improve upon way back in the spring was taking the hump out of -- the ump out of his breaking ball. he has done that. the ball comes it of his hand at the same angle as his fastball. it is very difficult to pick up on it if you're a hitter. >> jim: there is the 1-2. another breaking ball. he swings on it and misses. a good call there by gregg zaun. he saw the reaction on the previous pitch and went right back to it and joh

their power on the infield comes from their second baseman dan uggla and this guy. shabby either, although he recently just had a 100 at-bat streak of no home runs. that was snapped on sunday. >> jim: hanley ramirez grounded out his first at-bat and he takes the pitch outside. 1-07. >> buck: pretty impressive talent here, hanley ramirez. 2006 rookie of the year and 2008 national league all-star. he scored 125 runs last year the lead the national league. >> jim: there is a line drive and huff has it and a soft line drive and two men down a good pitch by uehara and the liner to huff for the out. >> buck: i tell you what, defense better be on their toes. everybody is swinging early in these at-bats and this pitch looked like it was right off the end of the bat. it looked like a splitter. you can see how big swing hanley ramirez hits it right off the end of the back a humpback liner to the first baseman. >> jim: you can see the pitch efficiency. he is already through three and 2/3. >> buck: it is interesting because the marlins have never faced uehara and they are not r

. >> jim: dan uggla bats now. uggla moves up one spot with jeremy hermida not in the lineup. gets a fastball 1-0. uggla now in his fourth season with the marlins coming -- he already has 14 this year. he's 4-8 in the series including a home run. inside, ball three. >> buck: pretty good pitch just missed away. rich hill thought he hadmate made a good pitch with that fastball. >> jim: john hirschbeck the crew chief takes the plate. there's a flake -- if it was in the vicinity, it would be a strike. noafts as much a pitcher's up pier as he was earlier -- earlier in his career. 3-1 is there for a strike in the outside corner. 3-2. >> buck: this is one thing rich hill did necessary his laststart well. he made in-game adjustments. middle of an inning, he fawltz falls behind 3-0. gets back into a count with two good fastballs. >> jim: breaking ball hit through the middle. there's a base hit. marlins have their first base runner. >> buck: dan uggla made up his mind he was going to get a hook right there. you can see he wasn't thinking about anything but a curve ball. he has two strik

then, dan uggla same type of swing, same position on the bat barrel right in the sweet spot. he drives his 15 lt home run out. also a two-run home run. that came in the third. >> jim: mark hendrickson came on and got the final two outs in thiveth -- fifth. he stays on. 6-0, florida. orioles are having a difficult time grouping their hits. they've had base runners in every inning. they have stranded seven men on. thefd they had eight base runners, seven left on and one erased on the double play by wieters that ened the inning. fine play up the middle by hanley ramirez. bounce to short. andino waits on the hop. he gets it to first. ross retired, one away. florida is hot. they've won four in a row in 8- 11. they're thriving in these interleague games. they sure love playing the orioles. they are 5 15-5 all time against the orioles. brett carroll, the right fielder, takes one in the dirt. the difference in the division you play in is huge. marlins are one above .500, two games out of first place. they're in third place in the east. phillies have a game and a half lead on the mets

dan uggla now with two down and a runner at third. uggla singled and scored in the second inning. he was on base when cody ross hit it out. this ball is drilled deep to left. back it goes and it is gone. all of a sudden now, it is a 5- 0 marlin lead before coming in on two swings. rich hill having a tough night. >> buck: we mentioned ease done a pretty good job of keeping the ball in the ballpark, but a first-pitch fastball just oust -- just out over the plate. uggla use that great power and hits it off the back wall above the orange seats over the scoreboard in left. his second home run in this series. he's done a pretty good job of sitting on pitches and hitting them pretty hard. 15th home run of the season now. he, too, has 45 rbi's. >> jim: rich hill one home run allowed in his first seven starts. two home runs aloud in 2 2/3 innings tonight. the marlins now a quick 5-0 lead. that's in the dirt. paulino flied out to deep center field his first at-bat if not for where he hit it that ball might have gone out, but he hit it to the deepest part of the ballpark. he goes from .404 t

dan uggla the second baseman. cross, john baker and ricky nolasco. >> buck: time for the scouting report for the right-hander jason berken. two fastballs, curve ball, slider and a changeup. age is everything for him. he's got to pitch at a downhill angle. it really makes the fastball deceptive to the hitters and makes his breaking ball that much bemplt he's got to be aggressive in getting his breaking balls over in fastball counts. >> jim: fastball misses josh smith outside to chris coghlan, 1-0. coghlan playing in left field. he has earned a job every day in the lineup. just 24. he's a rookie. takes outside, ball two. >> buck: those first two pitches are a perfect example of what i'm talking about of not creating the angle. he got underneath the fastball staying up in a dangerous part of the plate. up out over the plate. that's a better angle, but still out of the strike zone. what we mean by creating an angle is you throw a high to low angle so the batter can't seat baseball straight out of your hand. whether yo

dan uggla typical season for him, low batting average, good power numbers.ng hitter in his major league career. signed by mike rizzo originally for $1,000 with the diamondbacks out of the university of memphis. memphis state at that time. and that's a good fastball outer half. >> rob: so far so good for scott olsen. he looks free and easy. is he just comfortable in letting the ball go, and he is. >> bob: challenge him with a fastball right in there. >> rob: sometimes you come back and you keep looking for that phantom pain and you're kind of always checking out your arm. put it behind him mentally, he'll be fine. >> bob: the marlins swept baltimore here, then they went to tampa bay and didn't hit. their five through eight hitters were a combined 4 for 32 in that three-game series. so fredi gonzalez got no production from the bottom of his batting order. uggla has hit four homers his last nine games. then he fouls it straight back. but this is a ball club that won in every way you could imagine, especially in the late innings in our ballpark. and they started

. >> buck: dan uggla has a strong arm. this is what you want. he chased the pitch up out of the zone. the speed is right on the money to uggla who converts it quickly. he'll hang tough in double play as he makes the throw. >> jim: it is 6-3. three hits in the inning leading to two runs, but the double play erasing the other base runner on the bases, and there is a pitch low to markakis. the game on saturday night in philadelphia, that was the game take ryan howard came off the bench to pinch hit and gave the phillys the lead. and there was one out and nobody on in the ninth inning when the orioles began their rally. zaun homered. and then after another base runner got on, roberts hit the two-run home run. for the orioles, they know you get 27 outs and they make the opponents use them. 1-1 to markakis. swung on and missed. 3-13 now ton road trip. gip he doesn't chase and 2-2 the count. markakis, eight home runs on the year. now he has 45 rbi's. only five rbi's this month. 2-2. called strike three and markakis does not like the call of marty foste

it came off the bat of dan uggla. he scared up on it. wn in the zone split and it was the lead-off at-bat in the fifth inning and that made it 1-1 and uggla's 14th home run of the season. at that point we had a heck of a pitchers' duel. >> jim: here is leo nunez coming on to relieve andrew miller who is the pitcher of record on the winning side. >> buck: nunez has done a great job. he was assigned -- signed originally by the pirates. he has been a good addition to this bullpen, which is anchored by matt lindstrom, the big hard throwing right-hander. >> jim: wieters and pie here for the orioles who now trail by five. wieters has ground out and struck out. the orioles after winning three in a row? philadelphia to begin this road trip now trail by five in the eighth inning and the opener here in florida. >> buck: it is really pretty academic. you get one hit and the ances are you're going to. >> ji cieters a high fly ball toleft field. back on it is coghlan and that ball is gone! matt going the op ere is his second big league home run and th

marlins up 2-1 on home runs by dan uggla and ronnie paulino.soon as we know more, we'll pass it along to you here on espnews. >> the rain didn't just disrupt the u.s. open on thursday, it also kept the yankees and nationals from starting on time. scheduled it begin at one:05 p.m. eastern it didn't -- 1:05 eastern. you can run 2 1/2 new york marathons -- there is no official record of the longest rain delay in mlb history, but 5:26 certainly ranks up there with other wet games. we would tell you now, but then again, we don't want to delay the highlights and longer. this was the final meeting for the yankees and the nationals and the teams have only one common day off the rest of the season, so they had to play this one. joba chamberlain on the mound. ryan zimmerman lined one into the gap. zimmerman had three hits and an r.b.i., 1-8 in the first two games of this series. a-rod to left. willie harris -- the runway is clear and he's coming in for a landing. robbing a-rod of a hit. bottom seven, bases loaded, willy taveras gets derek jeter to ground

. >> rob: maybe dan uggla. >> bob: was willingham a rookie? uggla. >> rob: hanley ramirez? >> bob: it was uggla. >> rob: didn't ramirez win? >> bob: he did. >> rob: ramirez, ryan zimmerman was fourth, fifth? >> bob: he was third. no, zimmerman was second, uggla was third. that thing was a marlin-fest. and a 1-1 to nick johnson. >> rob: no, leo nunez was a rook any 07. >> bob: yeah, he wasn't one of them. maybe ross gload. i think he was with the whosm at that time -- the white sox at that time. hermida only played 23 games in 05, so he was a rookie. but he was hurt a lot. he's probably not one of them. >> rob: what about willingham? >> bob: nick johnson, high fly ball, left field. this ball slicing toward the corner, and over there to grab it, chris coghlan. boy, they've got some interesting plays in that part of this ballpark. josh willingham played 12 games in 04, 16 in 05, so he was one of those guys in 06. so 12 of the last 13 nats batters retired by ricky nolasco. here's zimmerman who took him way deep leading off the second. ryan takes h

-leading red sox going for a three-game sweep of the marlins, top of the second, dan uggla off lester into the monster seats. 1-1 game. two batters later ronny paulino takes lester deep off the volvo sign for his 14th of the year, marlins win 2-1 in a rain-shortened game to avoid the sweep, ricky nolasco pitches a one-hitter for his first win since may 8. he entered the game 0-3 with a 9.64 e.r.a. in his previous four starts. >> the rain didn't just disrupt the u.s. open on thursday, it also kept the yankees and nationals from starting on time. scheduled to begin at 1:05 o'clock p.m. eastern, it didn't start until 6:31 p.m. eastern. what can you do in n.y.c.? you can run 2 1/2 new york city marathons. there is no record of the longest rain delay in mlb history but it ranks up there -- last season, game five of the world series was held up nearly two days after rain forced a suspension in the sixth. brewers and reds waited 5:45 in 1999. this was the final meeting firefighter yanks and nats. the teams have only one common day off the rest of the season so they had to play this one. ryan

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dan uggla. there is is a fastball for a strike. 0-1. course if the orioles were to make any kind of a change with the role of koji uehara, somebody then would have to come over or come up and take that spot in the rotation. >> buck: i think there are a lot of possibilities and i don't think andy macphail has made up his mind one direction or the other. i think with baseball being so bunched up at the top and so many teams included in the wildcard race, there's going to be a lot of activity moving around, and rosters shuffling

. >> dave, the second baseman for the marlins, dan uggla is somebody you've really got to watch out for. his batting average will fool you. he's not hitting much for average, but he can hit the ball out of the ballpark. second most home runs by a second baseman since 2006 in the major leagues. how are we going to pitch this guy? >> well, the other thing he brings is even though he doesn't bring a batting average, he gets his walks. he's always been that way. he's patient and he really jumpson the mistake. because of that, you've got to get ahead of him and strike one. then, you've got to go down and away with all you have. fastball, slider. if you come in at all, you come in off the plate so he can't use again that short porch in left field. make him beat us to the big part of the field. >> jorge cantu had the game- winning single last night in the win overt marlins. whatever cantu's strengths and weakness as soon as. >> he's an rbi guy. not as much power as uggla has and not quite the average hitter as hanley. he had all the rbi's in tampa when you were watching him at orioles a few ye

dan uggla, cody ross in center, john baker catching and sean west on the mound tonight. bonifacio, 18 infield hits this year. that's third in the national league. now, for manny acta for the washington nationals, elijah dukes .284 batting average. runners in scoring position. overall season average at .237. he has nine outfield assists. that's tops in the major leagues, but only 4-32 his last 10 ballgames. look for elijah to hopefully break out of that slump tonight against the marlins. cristian guzman leads off. he'll be at shortstop. nick johnson, the number two hole. then comes ryan zimmerman, adam dunn, josh willingham in right against his former ball club. elijah will be in center field tonight with a .237 average. second base will be handled by alberto gonzalez. wil nieves will be catching and craig stammen on the mound for the nationals with a team batting average of .258. time for nightly notes. we turn to ray knight. when you think about the addition today of nyjer morgan and burnett and you look at morgan's speed and what this will do to the nationals running g

as for the marlins, jorge cantu, and dan uggla has a dozen home runs at second base. when we come back, dennis sarfate show what is he does to keep busy while being on the orioles' disabled list. that story comes up next when we continue "o's xtra" here on masn! anmy southwest flight. woman over phone: no problem. you know, maybe other people are content to sit around and wait. wait for something to happen. for business to pick up. but for you, it's time to kick it in gear. time to get going. time to get tough. take control. you're not gonna run and hide. because backing down's not your style. grab your bag. it's on. ( ding ) >> masn is being brought to you by train, a heating and air conditioning dealer by you. it is hard to stop a train. >> welcome back to "o's xtra" in south florida. the winds blowing out of the southwest at seven miles per hour. the humidity is 94%. there is a 90% chance of rain. as amber just reported, it has been hard afternoon down there in south florida. i remember them saying last night on the weather it was 100 degrees in fort lauderdale for

. >> jim: dan uggla takes strike 1-1. they hope it's not serious. it might have to lead to surgery. if it does, he tunt pickup a baseball for a month, that's late july. if he has surgery, that means see you next year or the year after. 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. >>

the second baseman dan uggla calls off cantu. uggla has it. two men down. in in at-bat, jones can't get it done. markakis at second with two away. >> buck: one thing ding different with this ball club in this series compared to the philadelphia phillies series, they have not come one key hits. they've had plenty of scoring opportunities especially in the first inning and last nightate's game. they had a runner at third base and couldn't score after brian roberts had hit that leadoff bathe base hit and pie had a base hit hient behind him. first and second, nobody out and you end up with nothing. >> jim: two down. here is ty wigginton batting cleanup. he's playing at first base tonight. aubrey huff the early part of the game off. it's low, 1-0. we'd like to apologize for the technical problems as we came on the air doing our open to the telecast. there's a bay here where both the marlins and the orioles television trucks where all the transmissions are generated from. the power in that entire bay went down. the marlins television truck still does not have the

jorge cantu and dan uggla have also done some damage. cody ross, the center fielder for the marlins is hitting .280 with 12 home runs including three grand slams. how impressed are you with cody ross? >> i don't get a chance to sthee guy enough. i like what i see. he has an outstanding swing. he's a very powerful swing. pretty good center fielder. aside of that, this guy has three grand slams on the season. he's somebody now who is really looking for pitches in certain situations. i can tell by watching those replays, he is thinking pull all the time. you know, you just got to be real care informal fastball situation when you have a guy like that who wants to get extended. he's got the bat speed and the leg power and everything to drive the ball out of the ballpark. you don't give into his wishes. you have to pitch him a little backwards at time. make him hit the off-speed stuff for a while. he'll be so anxious to swing at it he'll pop-up and strikeout a little more. >> last nice, cody ross hadthree base hits including an rbi double and