i think he'll put up some big numbers. >> time to look at the florida marlins starting lineup. leadoff batter hitting .329 in june with six rbi's and six doubles. hanley ramirez one best hitters in the game batting .329ment for more on the marlins hitters, let's check in with the orioles bench coach dave jauss. want to ask you about hanley ramirez. do you believe he's one of the top 10 players in the game today? >> yes, he is. actually, i can go back a long way because i remember this young boy at -- when he was a young boy at about 18 years old in the dominican league he had big paws. he had paws like you would think a 6'4", 250-pound man would be. he's some kind of hitter. you've got to treat all great hitters in the middle of the order fairly similar. you've got to try to stay away. you've got to straint them up. i think berken's breaking ball is very important today. if he throws that good slider he's had a bunch of times, he can keep him off balance. if you can keep him the other way, it's ok because it's a lot less damage in right center field on the ground than it is up i

he was a florida marlin.he rookie matt wieters is behind the plate for koji uehara. >> jim: one awe on the ground ball. here is emilio bonifacio. very familiar to masn viewers. last year with the washington nationals. he was traded to the marlins in november as pa part of that big trade, scott olsen and willingham went back to washington, d.c. he swings through and it is 0-2. the problem with bonifacio this year, buck, is he is outstanding on the bases, but he is having trouble getting on base. he can -- you cannot steal first. he's gown on three pitches. there is a strikeout and two away. two straight outs. let's head down stairs and say hell he once again to amber. >> hello. as buck mentioned, caesar izturis is back with the team. he lives in the miami area, so a good opportunity to come over and be evaluated. he did a little bit of running today. he also swung off of a tee, but he told me he is still feeling pretty weak from the a pen deck tom me he received on june 5. he is nervous to get in a full swing

the orioles hosting the florida marlins 7-6. ng to go right back down to florida where amber theo hair sis standing by with luke scott. take me through the game emotionally. >> i think it is a positive. you look at the character of this team. we're down four runs going into the ninth inning against a tough closer throwing 100 miles per hour and we're able to put up some good at-bats, and we fought back and tied the game, brought it to extra innings, and we went back and forth for a while. but i think what we need to take from this is a positive. we -- and we fought hard and so did they. give them credit because their bullpen did a good job holding us to where we were. and, you know, they hit the ball, you know, when they needed to and they got the right guy on. and, you know, they did a good job. >> luke scott is there and the series continues tomorrow. jason berken pitching against ricky know has co- >> he'll be back on the mound for the o's looking for his second win of the season. he has struggled but he is really starting to

. >>> 4-2, the nationals fall to the florida marlins down in florida.t do you think manny acta said to julian tavarez when he went out there on the mound in the 8th inning to take him out of the ballgame. here's what he said. >> i just told him that keep his delivery simple and stop doing any extra stuff with his legs and stop trying to pull that stuff and just keep his delivery simple so he can throw strikes. but it didn't work. >> and really surprised, ray, because one of the big proponents much putting the ball across the plate, manny acta's always talked about tavarez is here because he can throw strikes. >> i haven't seen it consistently. there's times when he goes out there and he is really effective, but then he'll go through a two or three day period where he can't find the plate. he's got tremendous movement and sometimes it's tough, if you're a little off centered, you have a little bit of balance problem, it's tough to get that ball to come back over that plate. i haven't seen him throw balls consistently for me to think that he's a control t

we begin in the first inning because the marlins got on the board quickly in the florida first. hanley ramirez comes through with a two-run sing toll right center field to give the marlins a 2-0 lead. this came after a walk and an error. >> there you go. you see hanley ramirez inside- outs that ball to right field. he's swinging a hot bat driving in a lost runs for the orioles right -- marlins right now. >> a grounder mishandled by emilio bonifacio. brian roberts will score. orioles down 3-1. >> the orioles had this opportunity right from and melvin mora with a ways hit -- base hit to left field. orioles are -- orioles are tightening up the score right here. nick markakis around. orioles pull to within one run of the marlins with this base hit to left. >> marlins get another run in the seventh inning. emilio bonifacio. matt wieters throws the ball into center field and bonifacio is going to score all the way from second. >> felix pie kind of goes to leap sleep a little out there in the outfield. right away, bonifacio takes advantage of it. gets that one extra step that allows him

ramirez and bonifacio had good nights for the florida marlins, they win by a score of 4-2. so close and yet so far. >> all 'boils down to hitting. we just hadn't sustained an offense tonight. >> scott olsen pitched pretty good. >> he really did. he threw 66 strikes, mixed his curveballs and fastballs up. he averaged 13 pitches per inning. when he left he had thrown five straight games that he had 20 pitches plus per inning. it was taking him too long to get to that out pitch, but tonight he was very effective, very efficient and did a heck of a job for us. >> let's go back down to the stadium down in florida. bob carpenter and rob dibble are there. i can hear you. scott olsen, wasn't that funny, scott olsen -- >> live television, johnny. >> don't you love it. scott olsen really did a heck of a job tonight. >> yeah, if the nationals get what they got out of scott olsen down the road on a regular basis, we're in for something special. you could not have asked other than a shut-out for much more than what he did tonight. >> and he went out there and he showed why the washingto

it's about time the nationals finally knocked off the florida marlins. what did they win seven straight down there in florida? >> it seems like every game we've played them, they've would be. they certainly put it on us early in the year, as we didn't pitch very well. they had their hitting shoes on early. >> you go to florida with a nice little win over the orioles yesterday. i would imagine by now that home run that adam dunn hit is almost in easton. >> yes, it is. it went on the train or the trolley, maybe in a horse and carriage. we had some great highlights yesterday. a couple of home runs. we were able to amass 12 hits. here's am add -- adam going down and getting a fastball, as we were able to add some fire power. willie harris homered later in the 7th inning on a fastball right down the middle of the plate. for a little man he can generate some speed. then lannan held on with seven strong innings pitched, 7 1/3 in fact. six hits, three earned runs, three base on balls and three walks. >> adam dunn with 297 career homers, number 19 of the season. d

that's the only way to keep them hohn east highlights early in the game for the florida marlins. pickup action in the marlins second inning. cody ross, a thorn in the orioles side had a two-run homer. his 13th. 2-0, florida. >> buck: he okposo -- >> he powers it up into the seats. there's a pitch for him middle in. cody ross continues to just dominate orioles pitchers. >> third inning, hanley ramirez drove in 11 with an rbi single. >> ramirez had to -- had to best cody ross every single at- bat. he gets jammed here again. he did it last night. base hit up the middle. another rbi. he makes it look like it's easy. >> 3-0, marlins when dan uggla comes to the plate with a two- run homer. his 15th. 5-0, florida in the third inning. >> same kind of pitch that cody ross hit that little bit of cut fastball middle in and he powers it into the seats also. strong, strong hitting ball club. >> with chris ray on, hanley ramirez caps off a three-game series you wouldn't believe. 11 rbi's. he hit two grand slams including one right there. >> amazing to see this hitter hit. one of the best in the

it's the orioles and florida marlins in game three of the three-game series. "o's xtra" on masn brought to you by at&t. your world delivered. o's lost two in a row including last night 5-2 setback. tonight, orioles send rich hill to the mound. marlins send lester sean west to the mound. he's 3-2 with an earned run average of 3.97. hello, everyone. tom davis can rick dempsey in our masn studios a half hour before the orioles take on the marlins in the third and final game of the three-game series. orioles conclude this road trip of interleague play tonight. they are 9-5 against the national league, but 5-15 versus the marlins since it started. they're 1-10 in miami. marlins are on a roll right now. they've had four straight victories hitting .2.77 during the process and they continue to have bad numbers. orioles away from home are 11- 22 on the road this season while hitting only .238 on the road. rick y-do the orioles have so many problems way from camden yards? >> i don't think it's just the orioles. i think a lot of teams have trouble playing on the road. ea

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florida. nationals, marlins. i think the nats owe these guys about six, beaten here, swept here first three games of the season. the marlins came in, did the same thing in d.c., so it's been a mismatch. >> rob: yeah, but i think over the last few weeks it's been proven by the nationals they can play with anybody. you take two out of three from the yankees, two out of three from the blue jays, then they should have taken two out of three from the red sox. they can play with everybody. they have to focus and they need some pay back out there on the field. >> bob: the nats could have won two of those three games in the baltimore series. they did put it all together yesterday. guys pitching to contact, then the defense helped out as well. >> rob: and that play just shows how heads up nick is. he catches the ball, then goes to third base and gets the double play. adam dunn gets all of that pitch. hernandez shouldn't have thrown it, but 19 home runs on the season. john lannan, the team has won four of his last five sta

it's wired wednesday as the orioles battle the florida marlins. ?t we go to the third. marlins in the above the tom of the first have a 2-0 lead. verizon wireless wired wednesday, dave trembley nice enough to join us from the orioles dugout. dave, i'm curious. this is your last series of the interleague games on the road. with a manager as a streamg, how are you enjoying managing with the other league's rules? >> we enjoyed t it gets everybody in the game. you get to use a lost guys on the bench who have done a great job for us. it's a different style of baseball. i've enjoyed it. >> buck: yeah, you played very well at 9-4. dave, obviously the game didn't start the way you wanted to see your pitcher start. leadoff walk then you get an error and hanley ramirez. you give these rbi guys chance, i guess you've got to appreciate jason berken minute miegz the damage in the first inning. >> hopefully, that's it and we can recover from the big mistake we made in the first inning and get back in the game here. >> buck: with your hitters coming through so

once again, the orioles lose to the florida marlins 11-3. for rick dempsey, this is tom davis.tching masn. . 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. since april 26th. >> albert pujols was 5 for 5 with three grand slams prior to today with the bases loaded. in the top of the second. santana decided to challenge him anyway with the bases loaded, and it worked out. retired for the first time this year with the bags stacked. bottom fourth. tied at 1. nick evans. 1 for 3 with two r.b.i., and this is it. mets up #-1. he molina facing frankie k. gets him to fly out. game over. mets get the 3-2 win. winning for the first time in 16 days. santana didn't allow a homer for the f

he'll get hit hard. >> jim: so, berken on the mound going against ricky nolasco of the florida marlins. brian roberts beginning to heat up again. brian brix brings a five-game hitting streak into game two of the three-game series. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 "the dust might be settling... tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 that's great, but i'm not." tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 "i guess i'm just done with doing nothing, you know?" tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 "oh, i'm not thinking about moving my money. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i am moving it." >> jim: orioles baseball masn is brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by bud light. with just the right test that never fills you up. the difference is drinkability. some of the sights of miami. the beautiful city. if you like the outdoors, this is your kind of place as the orioles with fans in attendance here at laidz, -- land shark stadium, dolphin stadium, joe robby stadium. right now land shark stadium. this is the middle game of the three-game series. let's get a look at the southwest airli

it's a 6-0 florida lead. >> buck: the marlins have zeroed in on rich hill tonight. seven hits, five runs, two-run home runs and cantu delivers an rbi double. down and in, not a bad pitch probably out of the strike zone. he's able to keep it fair just in inside the bag. chad fairchild, the third base umpire positioned righted on foul line had a good look at it. dave trembley weighs waiting forconfirmation that mark hendrickson might be ready in that bullpen and matt wieters is out back to fix it up. a couple more pitches here. then, he'll get eight in the game. there's the manager coming out. looks like he's going to make a change. >> jim: he's not yet said no. there he does. so, one left-hander will replace another and a disappointing night for rich hill leaves trailing 6-0 after winning in the first game of the road trip in philadelphia. so, hill leaves. he goes 4 1/3. hendrickson comes on in the fifth. she has the env touch from verizon wireless. the one thing i do not need is a new phone. ok, that's hot. the apps are really cool. you got twitter... "need for spee

the bullpens determined the outcome and florida closed the door in the ninth. will the nats catch the marlins and even up the series? craig stammen gets another chance to prove he belongs in the starting rotation.   >> bob: tradewinds are bl in south florida tonight. it's the napt nats-marlins in game two. gm mike rizzo has been on the phone. he's been busy the last 24 hours or so putting together a two for two with the pittsburgh pirates. bob carpenter, rob dibble. receipts talk -- let's talk about who is leaving with troubled layers in this organization. it's lastings milledge and joel hanrahan to the pirates. >> rob: well, lastings milledge has been demoted to the minor leagues out right now with a broken finger. joel hanrahan has a ton of upside. throws in the mid-90s, upper 90s. he's getting in trouble with off-speed stuff. they were sent over to pittsburgh. you know, we get nyjer morgan in return also sean burnett a- very good reliever. we got speed. can fly on the base pads. he's got i think 18 stolen bases so -- so far this year. more importan

five innings complete now in florida. marlins with a 3-0 lead. commute. ♪ commuté.th a mcdonald's mccafé hot or iced mocha, a better day is possible. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪ ba da ba ba ba it's easy to identify the leaders of tomorrow. they're all around us. which is why pnc created grow up great. a $100 million program that prepares young children for school. and the world they'll inherit.... sooner than you think. pnc. leading the way. >> jim: don't forget the orioles are hosting a series of bainl baseball camps for boys and girls. each summer baseball camp features a four-day instructional program appearances by former and current orioles plus professional instructors and photo op and daily opportunities, daily lunch, giveaways and complimentary orioles tickets. visit orioles.com. click on fan forum to register and get more details. nolasco, with a 3-0 lead going to work on a pinch-hitter. nolan reimold here leading off in the sixth. the night will be done for jason berken after just five

so a great 1-2-3 inning, the bottom of the fourth against the florida marlins there for scott olsen.: ricky nolasco having quite a night as well. he has a pitch count that could take him deep into this game. 69 pitches through five. olsen averaging 12 pitches per inning, his first four. here's brett carroll who got one of the big hits of the game. olsen and the nats were cruising along at 2-0 when carroll doubled leading off the third, that gave nolasco the chance to sacrifice. then they had three straight hits. rob: the ast at-bat, guy hit a  came akwith  fastball. very nice. oh, yeah, take something off the breaking ball. haven't seen a lot of change- ups. he's got ñ<ñúñúñúññññúñúñúñúñññ >> bob: saw him o tonight   dontrelle, a.j., dmpster, á rr?&tneó've go  0g0om rrjridpo we just ((ó,( rr> cap o on tha did here as a marlin. ground úú<iring <

florida marlins, fourth best in the national league in offense. >> bob: i had one young nationals pitcher tell me today that he thought he might like pitching in the american league because he wouldn't have to bat. i told him, i said, young man, be careful what you wish for. >> rob: i brought it up last night, i'll bring it up again. seven teams in the american league have over 300 runs scored already. only two in the national league. big disparity in run scoring. >> bob: isringhausen was known for having a killer curveball, in the prime of his career. >> rob: excuse me, .306, the colorado rockies have the third highest total in the national league now. >> bob: elijah dukes 0 for 3. he's popped up three times tonight. the rays are trying to go two games over .500 and eight over here at home. willie harris is next, then austin kearns, here in the ninth. a reminder, the nats are coming home to play the blue jays and the red sox in the next home stand. give a call, order some tickets for toronto and ask them if they have any left for boston. broken bat, base hit center field for dukes. elija

number one, nats will go to florida and knock off the marlins in the doggone eight- game slide they had in miami and a couple of new guys are coming in to join this ball club and we talked about that, didn't we, ray? wouldn't it be nice to get this kid, morgan, playing in our ball club? eye want to relate to the fans about what you said to me. we were walking around the ballpark all year long. we have not commented loot about oppositional players. johnny says have you paid attention to nyjer wilson. he says he flies, he's quick to me. runs almost to the on-deck circle. a kid who has a tremendous amount of energy, johnny. it's ironic you mention that. wouldn't it be nice to have a player hike that who has that type of energy. he can plat flat out run, right center, right field. he'll add a new edge to this is ball club. we'll talk to mike radhames liz yo about that and -- rizzo and get information about how iwent down. >> going out of the organization is joel hanrahan who had so many problems recently and lastings milledge who hasn't come back to the majors since he broke his hand. so, a

tomorrow night the first of a three game series in florida against the marlins. the nats 0-6 against the fish this year. 6:30 is our air time, masn 2 tomorrow night and tuesday. how about this. we're going to be with you 11:30 wednesday morning for the wrap-up game for the nationals and marl anyone's florida. then the atlanta braves come to town for a big weekend series over the fourth of july at nationals park. welcome back, everybody. happy to have you with us on sunday afternoon. tomorrow night it will be scott olson coming off the dl against ricky nolasco of florida. >> scott won 12, he pitched three straight years. they're saying his velocity is up two miles per hour. it was 88 to 91 when he was here. we were talking about his velocity. nolasco struggles for two starts. giving up eight runs. but his last four he's only given up five runs. he's striking out a lot of people, he struck out 25 and walked five, so he's back on top of that stretch. >> the nats really about due to take on florida. there you see scott olson's numbers. 41 innings pitched, 18 walks, 2

tampa bay will be hosting florida beginning tomorrow night. the marlinsnterleague games. ground ball towards third goes foul. that looked like an inside-out swing. >> buck: no, that looked like self-defense. [ laughter ] >> jim: come on. work with me here. >> buck: that is in the by design. watch this. get out of there. [ laughter ] that was not an inside-out swing. >> jim: i guarantee it will be as he fouls it back. >> buck: his base hit against the phillies came against the left-hander antonio bastardo, the starter. rich hill had a base hit in his first at-bat in that ballgame. droan drove in a run. >> jim: the count holding 1-2 on rich hill. high fly ball to right. brett carroll has a play now backs up a few steps has it for the outs. rich hill gets some good wood on it and one away. covering the bases tonight with rich hill, we asked him about his clubhouse personalities. >> i like to joke around. i do. it's kind of like that comfortlevel getting in there just kind of seeing which way you can go and which way you can -- how far you can i guess push th

taking on the florida marlins. of another afternoon game. albert pujols up. top of the six, fastball from miller. >> time it. got the stop watch? 3, 1, 0.no 3 seconds. the only reason they pitched to them, of course, is they had a two-run lead. >> with pujols. t k now it's 5-all in the eighth. and kobe, scores. cardinals win it, 6-5. >> expanded his winning streak. he's hitting .462 during that hitting streak. he's been impressive. and certainly from the cardinals, the last two games gives their offense some hope. they've really been struggling at the dish. >> and they let in two runs and he apologized after saying there was no excuse. you can't do that. buster olney, you've got to get back to the games. appreciate you joining us. see you on "baseball tonight," espn2, 1:30 eastern. >> very nicely done. we'll head back to toronto. for usain bolt. he was good. and also, lefty. back for the first time since his wife's. announcer: the perfect hotwire getaway-- shop till you drop, relax by the pool at a four-star hotel for a two-star price from hotwire.com. when h

florida in a 4 had been 2 -- 4-2 lead. @ú@ú joits a 4-2 game. orioles coming up in the eighth. still just a two-run deficit. that's a big insurance run for the marlinsthe bottom of the seventh. so, 2-4 florida runs in this game are unearned runs. renyel pinto will come on in relief of ricky nolasco. >> buck: pinto worked in the ninth inning of last night's extra inning game and walked two. nothing else as he got a goulet off the ballot of adam jones. -- bat of adam jones. >> jim: roberts will lead off here. he takes the strike. adam jones comes out to pinch- hit for pie and then markakis. brian a-good game. a single, a double, a luna scored. he's know scored a run in five straight games and has a six- game hitting streak. there's adam on deck to pinch- hit for felix pie. 1-1 on roberts. renyel pinto who is now on and nolasco who start were picked up that trade from the cubs. when juan pierre was sent to chicago. that was in december of 2005 3-1 the count. 005 seas it was a very good trade for florida. they got pinto, nolasco and sergio meet ray all for juan pierre who eventually lept left chicago and went to the dodgers as a free agent. 3-1 on rober

going to wrap up "o's xtra" brought to you by at&t it is the first of three with tireless and the florida marlinsorida. jim hunter and buck martinez have the play-by-play. the orioles go for their sixth win in a row here on masn go! fios guy! where ya headed? ah, just installed fios in the whole building. now everyone has the fastest upload speeds. and we're giving them a mini netbook. well, i'm sticking with cable. so's ted. (voice) no i'm not! he's just goofing. (voice) no i'm not! (sighing) ted has betrayed me. (announcer) switch to verizon fios tv, phone and internet today and get an ultra-sleek compaq mini netbook. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities ♪ commuté. with a mcdonald's mccafé hot or iced mocha, a better day is possible. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪ ba da ba ba ba

saturday, day game on sunday, then it's off to miami and a three-game interleague series against the florida marlinsarea just above the bullpen, as the orioles and mets get set to play game two of this three game series. what a night here at the ballpark. we have al bunbury, and his son steven, he's signed, he's sealed and delivered and he's now officially in aberdeen. you have to be very proud your son not only has the talent, but was drafted now as a professional baseball player. are you happy you went in the 11th round and he went in the 12th? >> no, not necessarily. >> what was it like, obviously you knew steven had talent. what was it like when you realized he had a legitimate chance to get drafted. >> well, i think the main thing was during the course of the season, there was several clubs that had spoken to us and talked to us about his ability and they spoken very highly of him. of course i'd always seen that before they told me that, so i wasn't surprised, but i was very happy when the orioles called his name. >> my son, i have a son that got drafted, too, he told me after his playing days

wigginton has it and the inning ends a three-run inning for the florida marlins. two coming in on the uggla home run. we'll head to the fourth with the birds down by five. we build fish finders. we build battery chargers. we build base camps. we build transporters. we build sanctuaries. we build the technologically advanced jeep grand cherokee. come see what we've built for you. >>> i was right-handed unti was about 6. every time i remember the summer 19861978 -- 1985, 1986, every time i go to pickup a baseball and throw with my right hand, i'd take it and put it in my left hand. every time, put it in my left hand. you know, that's how it kind of started. i still have the glove, the right-handed mcgregor glove. i still have that. >> jim: rich hill covering the bases tonight with the orioles left-hander. florida with the 5-0 eerld -- 5- 0 early lead here. sean west back on. we're joined from massachusetts lloyd hill rich's brother who was responsible for making him throw the ball left-handed. lloyd, why did you want your younger brother to pickup a baseball and

different story down here and they only hit .240 against a very good florida marlins pitching staff. they have to grind and win this game. a 4-2 road trip isn't bad, but it's not as good as you expected when you start out 3- 0. >> jim: nick markakis last night in right field picked up another outfield assist gunning down a runner at the platement for ach an every day player, a hitter might going into a slump. day in and day out, you can help your team defensively. >> buck: you sure can especially when you throw out a runner at the plate it makes you feel like you've hate home run. nick markakis has been consistent with his defense. mechanically, he dawz lot of rings things right. he charges the ball well, he has a strong, accurate arm, and he's always given the infielders a good throw to make plays on. last night he picked up his ait's eighth assist of the evening. he's halfway to his total a year ago. he led last the major leagues last year with 17 assists. nick markakis takes a lot of pride in what he does. i asked him what his check list is as he prepares to make a throw to the pl

the florida marlins tied it up on dan uggla's 14th home run of the season.extra-base hits by middle infielders. brian roberts is tied with freddy sanchez of the pirates. ian sanchez continues to lead and hanley ramirez as well as brian takes ball one. the double extended brian's hitting streak to five straight games. there is the strike. >> buck: when miller is down in the zone, you can see how that ball finishes very effectively. 94 miles per hour at the knees. >> jim: he is 6 '7". >> buck: and one thing you want to do if you're that tall is stay tall and really use the downward angle to your benefit. trying to throw that breaking ball a little too hard. it came out of his hand too early and just stayed out of the zone. >> jim: roberts works the count to 3-1. there is the fist walk allowed by andrew miller and he averages just under five walks per nine innings. the orioles fans, it has fever been easier to take in the ballgame. go to stubhub.com. the official fan-to-fan market place of the orioles. and a look at tomorrow night's game and thursday and then t

you play tough here against the florida marlins and you have washington coming into your own ballpark have the best interleague record of their history. >> jim: the orioles certainly know how tough it is in the a.l. east when you play so mr. games against the other teams in the division, but it really jumps out at you when you get away from the division and get out into the league. a foul ball. >> buck: you don't want to diminish anything. when you have to grind it out daily against the teams like the red sox, the yankees and the devil rays, it makes you appreciate how talented that american league east division is. >> jim: koji uehara is down on strikes that is two away. the updated tally, the american league east versus the national league east in the games this year and the a.l. east, 89 wins. and overall interleague, not just the east. 89-80. >> buck: the american league has outhomered the national league. they have interestingly enough, the d.h.s for the american league teams have garyed better than the american league d.h.s. so two down. brian roberts. the national league teams

red sox had had a big inning and beat the florida marlins 8-2. they're in the 10th inning in philadelphia. blue jays-phillies are tied at3- 3. in colorado, tampa bay leading the rockies. milwaukee and cleveland, brewers have a 7-3 lead. they're in the sixth inning in st. louis with the cardinals leading the tigers by a score of 11-1. right here, mets win it by a final of 6-4. jeremy guthrie takes the loss. guthrie now 4-7 on the year. it's time for a coffee break. not quite. ♪ when i need a tasty treat ♪ ♪ a pick me up that lifts me off my feet ♪ ♪ i know what can cool us off! ♪ ♪ coffee toffee twisted frosty ♪ ♪ coffee toffee ♪ twisted frosty ♪ oh, baby, do you wanna get frosty with me! ♪ let me break it down. ♪ hand spun with real coffee, girl ♪ ♪ just like you like it! ♪ do you wanna get frosty with me! ♪ it's waaaay better than fast food. it's wendy's. frosty! >>> mets get the other jeremy guthrie took the loss. guthrie did pitch 6 1/3 innings, but goes down defeat. into the orioles clubhouse we go for the oriole right-hander. >> pull

three games next week after a day off monday against the florida marlins.e broken out of it at the plate. double digits in hits over past three games. 19 runs and two victories over the last two. i spoke with the hitting coach terry crowley who nose these hitters swings inside and out. i asked the approach in particular the veteran hitters when they're going through a tough spell. >> well, when we work, weapon go in the tunnel whether it's brian, nicky, huff or melvin, these guys know how to hit. we don't go in the tunnel to teach them how to hit so to speak. we go in the tunnel to work on things they've done well in the past. -- in the past. maybe a couple things that have slipped away over the last couple of days of playing and get them back on track to sit them off to different all-star games and successful seasons. i don't really have to -- a couple young guys you have -- guys you have to teach a little about hitting. they're at a level the ball gets on them quicker. there might be a little more teaching with the young guys. older guys that have been ar

here in florida, 3-2 marlins, two on, two out, bottom

florida puts five on the boards and the marlins now have a 6-1 lead. ♪ 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. 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: so chris ray back w the orioles will go to work on jorge cantu. the marlins with a huge inning and there is strike one. five grand slam now by the marlins. hanley ramirez has just hit his second and cody ross has three. there is chris ray back from triple-a. a swing and a miss and it is 0- 2 on cantu. so felix pie comes on in left field in the double switch. reimold made the final out of the seventh inning. so chris ray and pie will bat in the nine spot. outside. >> buck: chris ray threw the ball well in triple-a. he had a 2.25 e.r.a

florida. they got swept by the marlins and yesterday got pounded pretty good 11-3. >> the orioles have done a little like us. they haven't scored runs over consistent periods of time, johnny. we exploded last night and we're going to go to the tape and show that. we were able to get four hits, four runs, a base on ball, just line drives all over the ballpark. willingham, the base hit. zimmerman that got hit by a pitch by johnson, but he is in the lineup tonight and bards, a clutch base hit to right field and then arthur andersen hernandez ends up with a two- run single to left center field scoring two more runs. four big runs to give jordan zimmermann something to work with and we were never ahead as the offense was able to tack on in three other innings and get clutch base hits all night long and willie harris, the big home run after bard doubled in the seventh inning to put the ballgame away. >> you know the nationals 5-4, ray, and that run against the blue jays, the yankees, and the boston red sox, in fact, one time last week they had won four straight ballgames. might there be the turning

outside land shark stadium the home of the marlins and dolphins and the 2-0 florida lead getting those runs in the first inning. jason berken walked the leadoff man as bonifacio reached on an error. hanley ramirez then drove in two. ball one to jeremy hermida. hermida bounced into a double play his first at-bat. -- at-bat. he's now 0-10. this is the second game against the orioles. they will conclude their interleague play this weekend in tampa against the rays. breaking ball for a strike. the second time through the lineup has been the most efficient and consistent for berken in his previous five starts. the batting average, buck, against berken the second time, .225. it was .279 the first time. then, it jumps up to .417 the third time. >> buck: i think the first time through drd -- the first time through the order, he's trying to get con troafl his emotion. you have to remember these younger pitchers are just getting their first taste of big league babe. there will be all kinds of emotional hills and valleys they have to deal with. we've seen all of them. none are intimidated by the

.: the orioles have won four of their interleague series and lost the one in florida when they were swept by the marlinswin tear tonight assures they will have won five of their six series in their interleague play. battling mike mcdougal. ground ball towards the hole, diving stop by belliard, throws to second, out at second base. what a play not only to get to the ball, but then to get the lead runner at second base. one down. >> jim p.: strgl

after that the nats will fly down to florida to begin a series against the marlins on monday and tuesday evenings on masn 2 beginning at 6:30 with our "nats xtra" pregame. then a wednesday afternoon affair at 11:30 in the morning. the day you get to drive the vehicle of your dreams. traffic is chaotic, so be careful when you go out. ♪ from the degree men absolute protection line... comes new degree men v12 special edition. protection for the ride of your life. >>> johnny holliday along with ray knight. welcome back, everybody, "nats xtra" post-game here on masn. 6-3 the orioles knocking off the nats tonight at camden yards. nats bats were cooking a little bit in that first inning to give shairon martis a little 2- 0 lead. >> we came out smoking. you're setting up a situation where you might score five or six runs. guzman singles to center field. wright here, line drive has guthrie throwing that sinker down. zimmerman walks. walks dunn-for-an rbi. you've already got one in, bases loaded, nobody out, you've got to get a good ball to hit. this man does. josh bard walks. two runs scored, bot

he won 12 ballgames for the marlins all the way back in 05 when he was a rookie. >> you know he'll be pumped up tomorrow night down in floridaagainst the team he pitched for last year. we'll come back with more of our "nats xtra pregame." ♪ ♪ 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. >>> we didn't get it done. we had a couple of shots there with the bases loaded, less than two outs, or nobody out, those guys, they made their pitches. they got us to hit into a double play and ground balls. they made their pitches. nobody in here is trying to ground out with the bases loaded obviously. but those guys made their pitches. come back out here tomorrow and be ready to go. >> that's my man, willie harris. it's safely six, look at that catch, six of his last eight games. pride and joy of georgia, four for his last 11. guess where he's going to be in the line-up today? would you say leading off? >> that's where i would put him. >> that's what he's going to do. lead-of

marlins 3-2 and it's time.   >> bob: nats fans well represented here in south florida whenever we come here on to the bottom of the third. let's check defense. it started with hanley ramirez trying to steal third. >> rob: just second. then you think you're going to run over to third. he gets dund gunned down by wil nieves. 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 q

marlins in st. louis. top of the 8th. they hold a 6-4 lead over florida. they've led this throughout after a homer in the 1st to make it 3-0. st. louis is trying to get out of the season slump, five losses losses in a row. he scored a run and also a stolen base. >> the vikings have backed off their pursuit of brett farve after he failed to report to organized meeting this is week. we have his version of what was expected this week. >> was there a deadline or not this week placed on farve to report to practice? >> absolutely not. certainly not from me, not even close. don't know where that would have dropped out of the sky. s this could resume in a more s serious manner? >> i don't know. i'm not into predicting the future. we'll have to see what is around the corner tomorrow. he was a great player. he a setback last year, he was playing very well early, and if in fact he's had that surgery i'm as anxious to see what's he's got left in that cannon because he had a pretty good arm, as we know. >> here's what the vikings have to choose from currently. tarvaris

florida version of the nats and orioles. they play each other every year home and home. >> >> bob: look at what. >> rob: look at what the marlins did last year, won 84 game with 22 million. they evaluated a lot of their minor league system and when they made the juan pierre trade, they got a lot of players from the cubs. that's another way that the indians, rays, marlins have to do business. >> bob: that's a slider just a little bit high. 2-1. joe beimel. >> rob: joe b. >> bob: first save in two years yesterday. >> rob: joe b-eimel. >> bob: the bullpen set up if the nats can take the lead here. willingham seeing a fastball he thought he could lift. and the count's even 2-2. >> rob: last pitch after an elevated breaking ball. an elevated fastball. probably going to go way down and away. willingham lifting the ball short left center. that will not score the run. carl crawford on the run. gonzalez taking about five stems and came back. two outs. it will be up to willie harris. by the way, willie harris had dropped his bat in the on deck circle and he was running to home plate to serve as a possible traffic cop or base coach for al

florida, then jordan zimmermann. the nats probably feel like if they can sneak one today here, they've got a chance to go down and do some damage against the marlins. they know what lannan is doing. he's had 92 pitches through 7 innings. enjoy the rest of your day. (crowd cheers) (music plays) witness a piece of golf history. the travelers championship. june 22nd through 28th.  >> jim h.: look at our geico game summary. early lead for the orioles. lannan would get out of trouble. then adam dunn, 442-foot home run, 2-1. right here, anderson hernandez singled to center. wieters drops the throw, 3-1. the shot over the right center field fence. so david hernandez pitched pretty well today. the orioles get the early lead, but the nationals have come back. i don't know if it's a commanding 4-1 lead, but they're ahead by 3. here is adam dunn who hit that two run home run, almost hit the warehouse. a one hopper to the warehouse for his 19th. >> jim p.: brick damage. >> jim h.: there is the pitch for the strike. >> rob: has anybody ever hit the warehouse on the fly? >> jim h.: only in the home run derby before the all-star game, ken griffey, jr.