gregg zaun catching, batting 8th. >> rob: give you the pnc bank scouting report. he's got to cut down on the walks. 19 walks since he won that last game in the middle of may, it's turned into 30 runs over that time. and he really needs to attack the strike zone and relax out there, because got to get ahead to get to his out pitch which is his change-up. >> bob: shairon martis on the mound. foul ground, gets there and he makes the catch. willingham just sticking the glove out and it came down, so roberone pitch is retired and one away. >> jim p.: a big breezeerat camden yads. we couldn't figurout ónn'th field how it was blowing. the turf here, warning track. >> bob: adam jones looking for the breakout game and he got it. >> jim p.: arted out with the double, he ends up a single, double, triple. the at-bat he had against hanrahan, part of that eight- run sixth inning. there you go. you can look numbers. havinga terrific year for the kid about to turn 24 years old in august. >> rob: i wonder if pete rose ever changed his hitting approach or style or batting stance

.: here's gregg zaun. ground ball towards the hole, the other way, this one gets through. gregg zaun has a three-hit game. >> jim p.: he's been around long enough to know, hey, that's how tony gwynn did it. two of those tonight. he tricked him early on. you're going pitch me away, that's where i'll hit it. he's had a pretty good night. >> jim h.: he's also able to help the orioles pitchers get out of some serious jams. >> rob: that veteran leadership behind the plate, doing his best to get the most out of pitchers. he's been a clinic at the plate. doesn't get a lot of playing time. you've got the new rookie sensation wieters in there almost every day, and he contributes with three hits. >> jim h.: may be a coincidence, maybe not. over his last five games he's now 9 for 13. >> rob: that will keep you in the big leagues. here's andino. and he takes a strike. >> jim p.: it was kind of interesting, gregg zaun was talking yesterday, he said, because of my uncle, pat and rick dempsey, he said, i came to the big leagues probably or at least into professional ball at 18 knowing ho

that ball just snuck under the glove of gregg zaun.ty good position and he just didn't get the glove down the final couple ofisms. so now they have to check with the signs with the runner at second base to make sure they're on the same page. >> jim: the official scorer ruled that a wild pitch. >> buck: they're going to put ramirez on now with the base open, as you said, jim. he will be given the free pass. boy, that lead-off walk. that is huge. >> steve: especially to the hitter. bonifacio has walked 20 times ton year while striking out 61. he is up there looking to hack. so there is the intentional walk. the second walk in the inning. no one down. normally you don't ask your number five batter to lay down a sacrafice, but in the 1th inning when all you need is a run, you never know. >> buck: i would be very surprised if they asked him to bunt. they have tried two sacrafices in this game and neither one of them has worked. >> jim: 6-6 game in the 12th. first and second and none down. 1-0. too tight. brian bass in his second inning, he

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gregg zaun swinging a very good bat at the moment. he's now 4-5 on the trip and 7- 16 in the month of june. >> buck: gets a chance to swing the bat here. stays on this outside fastball and drills it down into the corner. wieters, who had walked, comes in to score pie. scores right behind him and zaun has a big two-run pinch- hit here with one out in the ninth. >> jim: here is nick markakis who had a very good night at the plate. he has three hits. he's also walked. he's been on base all four plate appearances tonight. the orioles get on the board. 11-2, the score. christopher leroux just back from double-a allows the runs. left on the orioles bench now luke scott and aubrey huff each given the night off. ball and a strike on markakis. high fly ball again slicing towards the left field corner. coghlan on the run won't get it. that bounces up and into the stands for a ground-ruled double. there's an rbi from markakis. he has a four-hit night. the orioles have three runs in here in the ninth inning. >> buck: another good piece of hitting

gregg zaun revisits the play at the plate when the winning runs scored. >> he got a good hop out there and i think it's an above average throw by luke a little bit of a short hop and a tough play. it's not one i haven't made dozens of times in my career before. just took a funny little squirt to the right and i didn't catch it in the good part of the mitt. it's a play i should have made and it was a good enough throw to get him at the plate. if i catch the ball cleanly, we had all kinds of time to make the tag. it was one of those inbetweeners where i've got to make a decision where i hope i can beat the guy back to the plate if i back up and take a hopper. do i try to pick it clean and make a my right there. you know, i tried to pick it and get a good, clean, crisp bounce and it kind of squirted on me and just boxed it. should have made the play. >> rick was a catcher for 24 years. the big league tell us what gregg zaun did right and wrong on the play at the plate. >> there's really no right or wrong about it at all. he made the right decision to try to cast short hop. the throw as yo

a good call there by gregg zaun.e saw the reaction on the previous pitch and went right back to it and johnson, back-to- back outstanding curve balls. >> buck: when this ball comes out of his hand, it is on the same plain as his fastball. the hitters think fastball and then the break takes a run underneath the swing. what a dramatic improvement by jim johnson. he was aware that the hitters were picking up on his breaking ball last year going up out of his hand, different than the fastball. >> jim: two down in the 10th. here is cody ross. he's had a good night at the plate. breaking ball again. this one is high. 1-0. >> buck: badden hof is loose b -- loosening up in the bullpen. >> jim: florida has already used six pitchers in this game. fouled straight down at the plate. 1-1 on cody ross. >> buck: that is another advantage of the pitching staff pitching so well, the bullpen is well rested. gip johnson and george sherrill were the only two pitching in the gym on sunday. chris ray joined the team today. he worked on su

another hit by gregg zaun. great night for him.ady a home run. >> jim p.: i told him, i, he was hitting .118 early on. he said jokingly, i was overexposed. i told him, i said the good news, you can't stay at .118, not if you keep playing. >> rob: to finish that story about eric davis at the end of his career, he knew he couldn't play 140, 150 games a year but he knew he could contribute and maybe the last three, four years he had some great years with some ball clubs and it was more of a contribution, but he didn't complain, he didn't mope, avenues great professional ballplayer. that's what you have to do as you get older. >> bob: zimmerman charging, well done as he loses his balance while making the throw. he'll get a big second out for washington. zaun down

and luke scott made a strong throw to the plate and gregg zaun did the only thick a catcher can do in that situation, hope you come up with it and tag the base runner all in one motion. unfortunately he couldn't get the ball in there. luke plaid a strong throw, but the lead-off walk and the wild pitch proved costly. >> the orioles battle back and this team has been resilient on the year. you better get the 27 outs. we're going to welcome in the manager dave trembley. a disappointing loss, but what a battle your team made. you have to be really proud of the effort. two outs and nobody on in the ninth inning and somehow they manage to score three runs and tie it. >> we got some big hits off the bench. we got obviously some big two- out hits and, like you said, we played all 27 outs for the first inning innings there and had a chance and extra innings it didn't lap for us. but we played hard and we gave ourselves a chance. that's all you can ask for. [ dave, you're seeing some young guys grow here in front of your eyes, matt wieters with a couple of big swings. how about oscar salazar, t

luke scott will be the dh for the o's, gregg zaun will be catching and robert andino will be batting ninth. the nationals trying to even up the series tonight at camden yards against baltimore. one of the questions i think everybody's asking, ray, as we go to nightly notes, knightly. >> the k is silent. >> yes, the k is silent. let's touch on the problems of joel hanrahan. we know he can pitch. he's proven that before, when he's on, he's very good. when he's not on, there's problems. >> we've got a tape here, we just, you know, he's got a great fastball. probably the best fastball in our ball club. he's got a devastating slider, but sometimes he doesn't command either one of them. when he does command, we're going to show you how effective he can be. last year seven saves. as he was able to throw the fastball and elevate it. when you get a fastball number this area and you're throwing 97, hitters have to cheat. they're going to chase that pitch. you're going to see where he throws a back door breaking ball. it's kind of a hanger, but it's located in a good spot. he was able to do tha

and gregg zaun will face him. zaun back in today the catching in tonight's ball game. have the back up role and get a game plus a week maybe. hitting .306 in his last 14 starts including five multihit games in those starts. obvious an adjustment as he now rather than playg every day and having all those at bats try and hit one out of six days or so. cahill's delivmisses down low. 2-0. >> buck: you really have to work extra hard when you're not playing especially when you're seeing a pitcher like cahill for the first time. make sure you get in a lot you have conditioning work because you're not getting a game in. in for a strike. ill get that 2-1. cahill has had a no decision in his last start against the white sox and three losses prior to that against seattle, arizona and detroit. ground ball. sinker's working. and a 1, 2, 3 inning for the 21- year-old. we go to the bottom half of the second inning. berken getting ready to go back to work. a's up 1-0. i've never been all that great with my money. probably because i've never had much. but now that i'm making more, it's

gregg zaun coming up with the bases loaded and two down. he has an rbi single. 1-3. a one out walk to jones. he's the third -- single rather. single by scott and now the walk to mora. the first walk the orioles have had in three games. zaun with a big cut. >> buck: zaun had the rbi single last inning. pulled back up the middle and went off the glove of the pitcher for a base hit. >> gary: and zaun fouls that one back. and bailly goes ahead on a count 0-2. 0-1 with bases loaded this year. orioles 2-7. runners in scoring position. the a's have gone 5-13. gosh and that takes care of that. so the orioles get no runs on a couple of hits. they will leave the bases loaded and remain 9-4. ♪ ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ always feel like mebody's watching me. ♪ ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. >>> well, the orioles will george in. as we said

i asked gregg zaun who caught him, he said fastball, good velocity, very deceptive sometimes. it's straight. but it's a good breaking ball. he threw his change-up a lot. >> jim h.: line drive, that is slicing foul down the left- field line. >> rob: it's funny to hear you say you turned four double plays. from my perspective the nationals hit into four double plays. that's why i love combining forces, because you're seeing a different perspective with your ball club, i'm seeing a different one from mine and things we need to do to better ourselves and turn the corner here and go in a different direction. >> jim p.: manny acta said we could have scored eight or nine runs last night. i think the approach was maybe -- that was a 3-2 pitch, but the 2-0 pitch that if he'd hit to the right side they definitely would have got the tying run in. >> jim h.: lined to left. reimold is there. has it for the out. so david hernandez and nolan reimold, two players each drafted in 2005, now with the big league club combining on that play and two men out. >> jim p.: i once pitched a playoff game

. >> buck: this is the third start in his young major league career and gregg zaun caught him for thegames. had a great game with zaun behind the plate last sunday against the tigers. pitched seven innings. gave up four and only one run. that was a solo home run. and unfortunately for berken and the orioles they were matched up against jackson who was terrific eight innings of two hit balls and shut out the orioles. >> gary: berken now trying to keep this at a 2-0 oakland lead with a run in here in the 3rd. holliday flied to right his first time up. he's been red hot. two on, two down. last night holliday delivered the long ball. >> buck: three run home run against hendrickson. hendrickson gave up that base hit to kennedy and he walked cust and set up matt holliday. >> gary: 1-0 delivery is bounced. kennedy will stay at 2nd base. holliday slammed that home run last night. what did bob say, the hang time 6.1 seconds. >> buck: he's a big man. doesn't make a difference where he's playing. people count his numbers because he played in colorado. doesn't matter where he plays he's going to

gregg zaun is tonight's catcher and felix pie plays in left field. dave tells us why he made the changes. >> i'm trying to do what i can to help the team. it's not one particular guy. it's just mix the lineup up so we can help the team and get a little more offensive and score runs and win tonight. that's what that's all about. >> luke scott again is hitting clean up tonight. 13 home runs for the season including nine in his last 12 games. rick, is luke scott a clean up hitter? >> we don't know until we give him a chance. right now the way the things are going for the orioles not getting many runs or even hits but the one guy who is is luke scott. you kind of have to give him a shot. he's been the guy that backed up the number four hitter. gives stability to the offensive lineup in that respect. throw him in the number four spot because the way things are going right now it's not working. i like the moves he made. markakis back to the second slot and jones to the third slot. jones should never really be a number two guy. it worked for the first month

gregg zaun lad the huge game when he caught on saturday night. matt started friday and sunday.e is batting at .246. there is a high chopper towards third. bonifacio in to play the hop and quickly across and the orioles go three up and three down on three ground ball outs. the middle of second, and florida and koji going back to work with the lead. eal good. dudes. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. >> jim: here is a way to sa on tickets and pick up exclusively meme bee i can't. when you buy a flex pack, you save on four upcoming games of your choice including a prime game. for a limited time if you purchase two seats, you'll receive an autographed photo of nolan reimold and purchase four seats you get an autographs photo of matt wieters. go to 888-bird or just go online to orioles.com. koji uehara with the 1-0 lead. in the bottom of the fist and here is zoge cantu, the number highflba d. old$oerllin e corner and now on the warning track. @he has it for out. and that one hit too high by jorge cantu. let's get a look

gregg zaun can't dig out the short hop and and bonifacio scores the winning run. those little things late in the game prove costly . you can't allow a good team extra opportunities and marlins took full advantage last night. >> jim: the orioles continue to see the emergence of matt wieters. he came highly touted. minor league player player of the year lastee. -- year. he's starting to settle in now. it seems every game he goes out and gets two hits. >> buck: he really looks comfortable. big thing about matt wieters in my estimation you is you don't not him behind the plate. he's got two big hits. he hit his first two career home runs in the last week. opposite field power. that's the big thing that strikes me about matt wieters. he's a switch hitter. look at the switch hitters in baseball this year. there are 16 switch hitters in baseball. all of these guys are switch hitters and the guys that are highlighted all happen to play in the american league east. pretty interesting that there would be five of them in the american league east. matt wieters has got a brigh

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