encarnacion's throw there.down here in the second inning. >> buck: ricky romero, five up and five down. this is in the an accident. you see where he ranks among the american league pitchers. he is tied with first with 10 wins, second in winning percentage, second in strikeouts, and his e.r.a., just behind brad bergesen. he is second in the american league. >> gary: and he is just having an outstanding season. i was talking with cito about romero before the game, cito gaston, the toronto a manager, and he said he's the one rookie i've got i don't have to worry about the innings that he pitches. he said i can keep him out there for the rest of the season. he can go as deep in games as he wants. he says we don't have to worry about that. with the others, case true with the orioles, these rookie pitchers, innings pitched and pitches thrown are going to be watched carefully because for most of them they just haven't had the experience. romero, on the other hand, has. he was in the minor leagues for four seasons bria

bottom sixth, bases loaded, clay buchholz gets edwin encarnacion to fly out, encarnacion 0-4, batting buchholz six innings, one earned, four k's, red sox win 6-1, clay buchholz is 2-0 against the jays this year, 0-3 against everyone else. david ortiz hit his sixth career home run off halladay, most he's hit off any pitcher and the most halladay's allowed to any batter. >> the rangers were tied with boston for the a.l. wild card, so they couldn't afford a loss. pudge rodriguez went 3-4 with an r.b.i. top sixth tied at 4-4. orlando cabrera lining one into center. marlon byrd comes up throwing, denard span beats the throw at home as pudge drops it. entering this game, joe mauer was hitting .383, the top of the ninth he saw his 15-game hitting streak come to an end. the twins end up taking it 5-4. texas is now one game back of boston in the a.l. wild card. kevin millwood 5 2/3 innings pitched, seven hits, five runs, he falls to 0-7 in 11 career starts vs. the twins. rays began the night three out in the wild card, b.j. upton a double shy of the cycle on tuesday, homers again on wednesday.

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bottom sixth, bases loaded, clay buchholz gets edwin encarnacion to fly out, encarnacion 0-4, batting0 -- "stupid bat" -- buchholz six innings, one earned, four k's, red sox win 6-1, clay buchholz is 2-0 against the jays this year, 0-3 against everyone else. david ortiz hit his sixth career home run off halladay, most he's hit off any pitcher and the most halladay's allowed to any batter. >> the rangers were tied with boston for the a.l. wild card, so they couldn't afford a loss. pudge rodriguez went 3-4 with an r.b.i. top sixth tied at 4-4. orlando cabrera lining one into center. marlon byrd comes up throwing, denard span beats the throw at home as pudge drops it. entering this game, joe mauer was hitting .383, the top of the ninth he saw his 15-game hitting streak come to an end. the twins end up taking it 5-4. texas is now one game back of boston in the a.l. wild card. kevin millwood 5 2/3 innings pitched, seven hits, five runs, he falls to 0-7 in 11 career starts vs. the twins. rays began the night three out in the wild card, b.j. upton a double shy of the cycle on tuesday, homers

playing in was encarnacione. he will get it to first and the insomething over. base hit and a man left. 7th inning stretch brought to you by jack daniels whiskey. xxúú . >> jim: brian bass has done a good job of 3 2/3. matt albers will try to do the same and the orioles still have a shot now down by 2. top of the line-up against albers here in the 7th. brian bass allowed only two base runners in his 3 1/3, both singles. here is matt albers who has not been pitching well, trying to turn it around. he has been quite streaky this year. there have been times when he has come on and has pitched very effectively and other times -- and he is in one of them right now where he seems to give up hit and runs every time he comes in. there is a bloop toward left centerfield. that's going to fall in for a base hit. a leadoff single on as scutaro reaps. he has three hits today. >> buck: he has had a big day including that two-run home run off matusz. just when you want to keep it a two-run game, blue jays get the leadoff hitter on here in the 7th. toronto now looking for some

and encarnacion has doubled, 1- 3 in the ballgame.in mora, charging, and another good play to get the out. so ray comes on, finds the outs, the two run also be charged to albers. two run0sen a couple of hits, and it is now a 7-5 o's lead. @ú >> gary: orioles baseball on masn is brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.comment and by budweiser. reach for the perfect combination of flay very and refreshment. budweiser, the great american lagger. gary thorne, buck martinez. the orioles try to put one away, but this one is far from overwhelm. shawn camp has come on to do the pitching now for ac cardo coming up getting the final out in that last inning. 36th time out with an 0-5 mark. not a bad e.r.a. fewer hits than innings pitched. >> buck: how big was the three- run inning in the top of the eighth for the orioles? >> gary: enormously important difference in the game. nick markakis officially is oh- fer four. he does have an rbi, a 1-0 count. camp's delivery to him will be fouled back. camp, a 3.14 e.r.a. as

a week swing off the bat of encarnacione.n is one of the next wave of prospects trying to work his way toward the big league. he plays first base for the tides and was tearing it up in aa, earned a promotion. got off to a slower start against the more experienced pitchers at aaa but now is going back. that's what you want to see, want to see how the prospects are doinand how they adnt to phone ca rod bar jazz. brian bass has pitched well. he has gone 2 2/3 since taking over for brian matusz. he has not allow add run, only two singles since bass came on for toronto. there is a weak ground ball to third. that's foul. matusz went just 2 2/3, all five runs charged to brian matusz on 7 hits. three of the hit home runs. blue jays have had a change stream hiball this year. they are ly%- hmrogers center than they do on their road game. ey if you can hit the paul out of the ballpark as they have -- the ball out of the ballpark as they have done in this llall five runs coming off home runs, you can score in a hurry. markakisthree hom

. >> jim: edwin encarnacione now.d a meeting with jack morris as the bylaw jays hohn in order their championship team. jack morris was a great pitcher for the tigers before he moved on in his career. he won here and then won in minnesota. he won four world series championships. the 0-1 pulled to left field. that's a base hit. pie was still at the line, he will get the hop. two on with one down. to give you an idea about the competitor that jack morris was and, hopefully, he got through to the young pitchers when sparky anderson went to the mound to get him out of the game in detroit, sparky had that style that he knew before he was there, he would be gone. he would go to the mound -- jack morris took the ball and pounded it into the hand of sparky. at the end anderson and broke some bad vessels. at the end of the game, sparky asked him, what the heck are you doing? he said if you don't want the baseball, don't ask for it. after a tough start, tillman pitched into the 7th inning, lifted after 6 2/3. ground ball towards

and edwin encarnacion and joe inglett in left field will bat ninth.three- game weekend series. when we come back, rick dempsey's keys to the game! >> "o's xtra" is brought to you by corona and corona light. please relax responsibly. the opening game of three in toronto. what is the rick dempsey key to the game? tonight we have to outdouble them because brian roberts leads the american league in doubles with 38. nick markakis is third with 33. adam for the toronto blue jays second with 35 and scutaro is fourth. all of these guys are going to play tonight. they hold the top four positions for doubles in the american league. whoever gets the most doubles tonight is probably going to end up driving in the most runs. >> the "o's xtra" challenge which is a rick dempsey run away. who is your player to watch? >> i think pete is going to be on top again tonight. he has been so hot since the all-star break. he has only been hitless in four games out of his last 20 and tonight it wouldn't surprise me, three hits tonight i have to call. >> you talk so glowingly a