you had jeff fiorentino, 2 for 3.ington, 3 for 4, two doubles and those guys really contributed immensely today. >> rick: >> they did, and when you take bite the bottom half of the order, we talked about the bottom third, burt go a little more, you have wiggington of course with the two double, and melvin mora contributed with a base hit as well. so that's the key. i think when you look at the tomorrow have the guys at the bottom of the order be able to help your club, and not always rely any that top third or top half, it does allow through other guys to relax. >> interesting thing, also, think is in the last four games that jeremy guthrie has started, chad moeller has been the catcher, and it just seems live moeller is stressing a lot 0 stuff about keeping the i ball down to any pitcher that he throws. >> k chad is a veteran guy. look, i'm telling you, as a pitcher, there are certain guys to that you like to throw too. there are certain guys that in the end, when it comes down to it, you would rather throw to day-in

fiorentino good jump, scores easy auntie play.at bat. >> jim: and still only one down. pie takes ball 1. pie is 0 for 2. he has struck out and popped up to the pitcher on a bunt to attempt. outside again, ball 2. meantime, while the orioles now have a 5-0 lead on texas, the angels have a 4-0 lead in kansas city. with joe saunders on the mound. so he angels with a four and a half game lead on the rangers score for the division lead in the west. could have an opportunity to open up a five and a half game lead. holland is laboring here. andino at second, roberts at first, with one down. there's a strike. pie took all the way. >> rick: is still going to be very tough, in my eyes, jim, to see texas catch the l.a. angels, because they just don't have enough depth right now in their starting pitching. goes, yes, they're pitching a lot better, they're pitching better out of the bullpen even, too, but their starters with mccarthy, who already has 70 innings, and who has 80 innings, these guys, i just don't think they're solid enough, deep

fiorentino coming up. first and second and they are important runs out there in a 7-5 ballgame with the orioles here in the seventh inning a run in on the home run by luke scott that started the inning off. here is the delivery and that will be fouled back for strike one. right back here tomorrow night, game three. chris tillman, 2-3 and sonnenstein, 6-9. it has been a real struggle for andy. mark hendrickson will be given the start with brian matusz shut down. hendrickson, the left-hander, will pitch thursday against wade davis two more night games against tampa bay tomorrow and thursday nights. the count 0-1, fiorentino with a single and a run scored. he has walked, growned out and struck out. and a strike taken. 0-2. >> jim: do you want to know who i hit the third home run off? >> gary: no. >> jim: steve downing. the kid with cleveland. there you go. >> >> gary: one guy driven to write a book, another guy sent down and another forced to give his bonus back. 0-2 to fiorentino and it will be outside. one

fiorentino. is retired.way here in the sixth ballgame so far. 2-2-0 for the orioles and 1- for the rays. for the o's and one by the rays. bartlett liting in the lead-off spot. has popped out and flied out have a year against the orioles of home and four rbi's. an atom ball. nick markakis. jim: part of the process is to trust your stuff and tillman it tonight is not -- hay has deep counts, of the time he is and hit the fastball. there, okay. he hits well, but you do have seven praying behind you and there to make the out. you go, outside corner. crawford has singled and flied in two at-bats he has had this ballgame. crawford, two down, nobody on. it goes to 1-1. clip here. away a one ball, two-strike count. jim: a pretty refreshing a sense. is not hot and humid. to pitch. really of the ball. certainly hasn't affected the result. gary: the last outing for strikeouts against yankees. and he has just let the defense do the has thrown just 78 that will be a base hit for crawford. crawford is 2-3. and the down her

fiorentino coming over. it and he is going to get it. >> jim: the catches last night when tampa bay got out to the early 5-0 lead really kept jason berk b around. he -- berken around. he was much better with his pitch selection and location. again, defense helps you, and it took away potential big innings and it allowed the orioles to come back and get the lead and then extend it as the game went on. there is jason berken. he came in and thanked dave trembley as manager for putting him through all of the trouble that he did early on. of course, he has given up 23 first inning runs in his 20 starts. >> gary: he tied with him true the first half of the income inning. evan longoria. longoria will take it outside. longoria has had a 1-8 in this series. longoria is still at the .276 mark. he is seventh in home runs, second in rbi's and ninth in strikeouts. and you can see by the flutter of the flannel, the wind is blowing tonight. it is blowing primarily in from center field, and at times briskly as there are sto

. >> gary: and jeff fiorentino will take it up high. >> jim: another guy who has no doubt hit all ofade davis because of the four starts. >> gary: he picked up eight hits, four rbi's, a couple of walks. davis with the pitch down and in on the two ball, two strike count. >> jim: it is great thing about pitching late in a ballgame with a two rub lead, you don't worry a lot until somebody gets on. you have a run to work with, so to speak. >> jim: the velocity certainly hasn't diminished. >> gary: fiorentino goes down swinging. wade davis is putting on a show that is seven strikeouts for him. >> jim: a little high heat, 3-2 that is his 102nd pitch. late movement that ball starts in the middle of the plate and just kind of runs away up and away, so get late life. >> gary: he has two down, nobody on in the eighth. and brian roberts. he flied out, struck out and walked. brian with a three-game hit streak on the line here. more importantly, trying 20 get on with the potential tying run to come to the plate. danys baez in the bullpen. he fouls that one back into the screen. the orioles have h

jeff fiorentino, 2-4 in the ballgame last night.to the two spot in -- spot in this ballgame and starting in left field with nolan reimold out. this is part of the experiment that is going to go on for the remaining 19 game0s the season. there will be guys moved around in the lineup and individuals moved in and out of the lineup in order to see what they can do in certain situations. 0-2 delivery and jeff neimann starts out with a couple of ask's. hello. >> jim: let's take a look at the defense behind jeff neimann. crawford, upton and zobrist. zobrist can play everywhere. a you tilt guy that hits home runs. -- a utility guy that hits home runs. aybar over at second base. and then navarro, still a youngster, 25, behind the plate. >> gary: brian roberts gets the base hit. so the orioles on the board after a couple of strikeouts. brian has hit jeff neimann hard that is one of the reasons she in the three spot. she 6-14 with a home run lifetime against the tampa bay starter. -- he is 6-14 with a home run lifetime against the tampa bay st