fredi gonzalez said it was his fault. he made the switch and the players weren't to notice. >> jim: markakis towards the gap in left center field. cody ross over as it hangs. teps for the out. that ball looked like it had a chance to split the gap, but it hung up and cody ross got there for the out. two down. >> buck: doing a good job after he issued the leadoff walk. he got jones to fly to center and here this pitch right out over the middle of the plate and nick really didn't drive it. he didn't catch it real square on the barrel of the bat. it kind of hung up for cody ross to run underneath. >> jim: had aubrey huff will bat now still looking for his first hit in this series 0-5 last night, he's 0-2 with a walk in this game. roberts, a leadoff walk now at first with two down. it's taken low. aubrey is the orioles leader in rbi's. he has 47. nine of those this month. there's a chopper towards first. right to cantu. he'll go to the bag unassisted and that ends the inning. so, orioles can't capitalize on the leadoff walk.

fredi gonzalez making his way to the mound. this is a shot past the shift by adam dunn. they will pinch run for adam dunn. (man) some days my 8:15 bus is just a bus, but other days, like today, it's my office. the boss just emailed me and wants the new proposal asap. no worries though, my smartphone, it's from at&t. i'm on the nation's fastest 3g network. so that proposal? delivered. (announcer) the nation's fastest 3g network. another reason why twice as many smartphone users have chosen at&t. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in rebate. only from at&t.  >> bob: adam dunn keeps the nationals alive. right-hander leo nunez looking for his third save, and he's facing josh willingham, the nats hottest hitter. 2 for 3 tonight. tying run is at first base with alberto gonzalez. >> rob: high home e.r.a., 6.27 for nunez, road 1.2. >> bob: willingham, nine home runs, 16 rbi's this year. nick johnson singled with one out. then scampered to third on the base hit by dunn. gonzalez running for adam. an extra-base hit could tie the game. willingham foul tips i

that's not what fredi gonzalez wanted to see.e now for you to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. here are the candidates for tonight. brian roberts, melvin mora or emilio bonifacio. text in your vote now and have your voice heard a much, b or c, 51862. roberts has two hits and a walk. melvin mora has an rbi and two hits. you what he bonifacio has done. >> buck: he's been all over the place. scored a couple of runs. scored the winning run in last night's game and had a hit. he had an infield hit to the second baseman. >> jim: adam jones now off the no. adam nice enough to join us earlier on. he's 5-19 on the road trip, .263 average, but over a longer stretch now over 12 games ear, batting just .157. >> buck: weapon we heard from him earlier in the game as jim mentioned, he talked about chasing too many bad pitches, not being patient enough, eliminate the right half of the field. that's what he was so good at earlier in the season was using the whole field. >> jim: he's taking his time. he missed it. 0-2. adam had

fredi gonzalez already with a lead trying to get an add on run.ifices him to third. he's now at third base with one down. >> buck: there's the base runner at second base. rich hill comes over and fields t you can see he doesn't think about third base. he had his body position to go to first befored ball -- before the ball was in his glove. it wasn't the type of hard bunt you get a chance to get that runner from second to third on the force out. >> jim: when there's no force, you have to be certain that you're going to be able to get it there in time. he took the sure out. here is ramirez with the field in. he takes inside. hanley ramirez is the leading hitter in the national league run withers in scoring position. he comp with a man at @hird. >> buck: that average is elevated in this situation with the infield drawn in. you really limit the infield arrests range. i understand the strategies eadown by two. >> jim: there's a strike. good pitch opt hitting with runners in scoring position, you play the infield back, he'll play pepper with the middl

. >> jim: now in the seventh inning, fredi gonzalez will go to his bench and here is ross gload, the veteran left-handed batter will pinch hit. so each pitcher will have pitched to a no decision in this game. it is a 1-1 game in the seventh, provided that this game remains scoreless -- i mean this inning remains scoreless because miller could still qualify for a win if the marlins scratch a run across here. here is nunez getting loose in the florida bullpen. >> buck: ross glad is the most frequently used pinch hitter. he is 7-27 as a pinch hitter. gip a nice block by matt wieters on the pitch in the dirt. >> buck: that pitch was way out in important of home plate and wieters is fortunate he is able to keep in front of him. watch where this ball hits. i mean, it hits two feet in important of home plate and he is lucky he actually blocked it with his shin guard. he never really got a glove on it. but there is no way of knowing how high that ball is going to bounce when it bounces so far in important of you. >> jim: 1-0 on ross gload. the bouncer towards the hole. there is is a base hit

he has been a good pitcher for fredi gonzalez in this bullpen. he came out of the o's -- a's organization and they picked him up on wafers as they needed to add depth to the left-hand said of their bullpen and he fit the bill. >> jim: oscar sal la star is going do pitch pinch hit for felix pie. because of the pitching change, pie will be lifted for sal la star as the orioles are run out of time here trying to get back in here. >> buck: what a good pinch hitter sal la star has been with andino at first base. he'll come here and try to keep this rally going a lead-off home run, base hit, nobody out. salazar will pinch hit for felix pie who technically took over defensively in the second inning. >> jim: so salazar will bat and andino is on at first base and still nobody down. they had a five-run bottom of the seventh and the orioles are trying to get back in it here in the eighth. dan meyer was originally drafted by the braves and made his way to oakland as buck mentioned and the marlins got him on a waiver. and here is salazar, and he intakes high,

so fredi gonzalez's book has gone through six of his seven relievers in the game. the closer had a three-run lead going to the ninth and couldn't close it out. >> buck: and dave trembley has four in his pen including the closer george cheryl. >> jim: luke scott is retired for the first out in the 11th. so luke who pinch hit and singled in the rally in the ninth now a one out, and here is zaun. he will bat for the first time. hehe is in matt wieters' spot. wieters was lifted for a pinch runner the ninth inning. guthrie did come around to score. >> buck: and don't forget gregg zaun lit that home run on saturday night that set up brian roberts. he hit a one-out home run, his second of the season. that came against the phillies' acting closing ryan madson. >> jim: there is the strike. 1-1. brian bass is up once again. he was up back in the fifth inning and then did not get in the game. good eye by zaun. he works the count to 2-1. sliced foul the other way. >> buck: zaun spent parts of three seasons here in florida. he actually came to florida in 1996 after he left balt

so fredi gonzalez got no production from the bottom of his batting order.s 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 the season 11- 1. since then they're 27-38. and the 3-2 to uggla. got him with a breaking ball that appeared down low. changing speeds on him beautifully, and strikeout number one for olsen. >> rob: he missed up high with a breaking ball, then pulled down, then he felt it. and he pulls down on it. more of a slider than a curveball. i think that's his change-up. been a while since we watched him pitch. it was straight. beautiful, it was down though. and the breaking ball, maybe he doesn't have a great breaking ball tonight. wasn't able to pull down on it about four pitches into that at- bat. but came back and got the strikeout. >> bob: here is cody ross the centerfielder. >> rob: you heard what steve said in the interview early before the game. i don't want strikeouts, i want outs. that's the way they have to

fredi gonzalez doesn't like it. now they have to deal with a right-handed-hitting cristian guzman. first walk issued by either pitcher. >> rob: i mean, baker is going, are you kidding? what are you doing with thatguy? >> bob: i would imagine that over baseball time there's probably a pitcher that said to a catcher once, oh, that was the pitcher? >> rob: there's also been pitchers that get your butt back behind the plate and let me worry about the next guy. i don't think he meant to walk the pitcher. >> bob: here is guzman, pulled the ball to bonifacio his first time. >> rob: when you hear the beer salesman in the stands, there's not enough people at the game. >> bob: we thought there might have been a thousand people here last night. >> rob: are you kidding? there wasn't even 500 people. >> bob: when they announced 6,323. we do hear there will be schools and schools of camp kids here tomorrow. >> rob: here is the beer salesman. i have no idea what that is on his hat by the way or on his head as some -- i can't even begin to think what that is. like an elephant, pumpkin -- >> bob: y

it's his eighth career start at the major league level and obviously fredi gonzalez and the marlins arelooking for consistency. a couple outings ago against the yankees, five earned runs. against balm, no earned runs. they'd like to see a little more like the orioles start. >> bob: marlins defensively, third worst team in the league and the marlins just ahead of the nats and the arizona diamondbacks. cody ross can get them in center. they have a young kid, chris coghlan, playing left field these days. jeremy hermida back in the lineup tonight. all the other regulars and john baker, a left-handed-hitting catcher killed the nats in the first week of the season. since then, hasn't done much against anybody else. he'll be catching sean west. cristian guzman steps in. it is 7:11 in the miami area and we're under way with strike one. cloudy skies and here in the evening down to 82 degrees. very muggy tonight. it was up around 90 today in town with the sun peeking in and out, but mostly cloudy conditions. wub one ball, one strike to guzman. 0-9 still hitting .325 ninth best in the national lea

ramirez, cantu and hermida, the three, four and five hitters in fredi gonzalez' lineup.p thwhere it is imperative on matt wieters. the third time through the order, you can't fall into a pattern. it has been a combination of thins. i think fatigue has something to do with it as he is is not used to pitching in a five-man rotation and the fact that the league is starting to get a little moreinformation on him. p him pitches a little more effectively. matt seems to have a real good grip on what to do behind the plate and i love the fact that he works very quickly, maybes quick decisions in his pitch selection. >> jim: ramirez is 25 years old and already in his fourth season. he was developed by the red sox and here is another example of how sometimes your farm system and the prospects that it produces help you elsewhere. boston develod him and aded mi lowell and heyd that ball is ripped to left field that is heading to the corner. nolan reimold will run it down and hanley ramirez has the lead- off double. again he was ahead of the hitter and couldn't put him away. >> buck:

fredi gonzalez, the manager, who was a catcher in his minor league days never made it to the big leagues. he was behind home plate with baker and he was squatting down along with baker almost as if he was the umpire because he wanted to look at the mechanics of the throws. it was interesting to watch. baker is looking very hard at it under the mid-afternoon heat. high fly ball to center field. jones has a play. back pedaling now. he has it for the out and the inning ends. so, hendrickson comes on and gets the final two outs as the sun sets in florida. the marlins had a run -- add a run. (announcer) you do have health insurance don't you? if you don't, now you're in luck. carefirst bluecross blueshield can cover you for as little as $75 a month. depending on the plan you choose. just call us at the number on your screen for the plan that's right for you. carefirst bluecross blueshield lets you customize coverage so you have an individual plan that suits you best. select a ppo or an hmo, add vision or dental-- you can design a plan that fits your budget and protects you even as your life c

. >> jim: there is fredi gonzalez, the skipper of the florida marlins doing a fine job down here as thearlins with a win tonight would get back to .500. they're at 35-36. to give you an idea of the differences, a.l. east versus n.l. east, the marlins are a game below .500 and they're only three games it of first place. >> buck: it is going to be a real log jam in the national east as there are no real clear cut favorites. even the reigning world champs are struggling there. >> jim: the fastball is in for a strike and we're underway in miami. brian's bat has come alive, especially over the weekend in philadelphia. he looks at a fastball wide to the plate. 1-1 the count. >> buck: he did a heck of a job. he had a career high tying four rbi's on saturday including the two-run game-winning home run in the ninth inning. >> jim: base hit down the left- field line and pass the dive of emilio boniface where owe and brian is going to head to the second base and he has a lead- off double. so roberts in his first first base extends his hitting streak to five consecutive games. >> buck: 24 doubles n

fredi gonzalez has stacked his lineup with right-handed batters against rich hill.oghlan at the plate is the only left-hand batter of the position players. bonifacio, who is on deck, is a switch hitter. he'll bat from the right side. there's a strike as rich hill comes back. 1-1 the count. >> buck: time for the pnc scouting report for rich hill. fastball, curve ball, changeup. he made a great, early adjustment last night owm -- time out against the phillies and had a couple of good at- bats that led to an rbi. might be an asset for him tonight as he'll get chance to hit. >> jim: he even pinch-hit one time in this series because dave trembley ran out of position players. there are the numbers for rich on the year making his eighth start. 1-2, he got him. good curve ball down and away. coghlan down on strikes. one away. >> buck: can throw a lot of striems strikes with his fastball. you're going to see a lot of these ugly swings on his curve ball because nobody can stay back. it's a big, wide sweeper. you don't see many big breaking balls like rich hill's. that's why i