and just looking at who may be best. >> jim: hendrickson started the -- hendrickson came in, last timee up the home run to a right-hander. but not great numbers. .298, lefties against him. but the only lefty all year long you've really been able to rely on is your closer. he's been lights out. sherrill, lefties are 3 for 29. everybody else has been a little bit of a struggle. >> gary: cora's up, bases loaded. orioles lead by one. mets threatening. the breaking ball will miss outside. on at third base, murphy who delivered a single. after the home run by sheffield. schneider followed with his own single at second. the walk to castillo who is on at first. bass worked only a third of an inning. gave up a home run, three hits. taken for a strike. the count goes to 2-1. >> jim: huff in at first. if there's a sharp ground ball, i imagine he'll come home with a one run lead. >> gary: orioles trying to protect it a bit here in the sixth inning. >> jim: a couple at-bats for cora with one hit against hendrickson lifetime. >> gary: nowhere to put him. and the count will go to 3-1 on cora. >> jim:

hendrickson now out of the bullpen. >> buck: hendrickson came in relief of david hernandez in seattle. >> gary: runner at first base with two down. and a chopper to short. andino who is there makes the play over to first base to get the out. a very big inning. they score 6. hout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. they are supermen. they are mythic. they will welcome you. challenge you. cheer for you. and when they raise their flag in victory, you will know what these men and women are fighting for. and you will feel fortunate to be counted among them. there's strong. then there's army strong. to see strength like no other, go to goarmy.com . >> gary: tonight's conte is donna halsey. get a chance to win a scratch off lottery. you get a chance to wi

early on, mark hendrickson missed. he is in the hole now, but he sees the high fastball, fouls off another pitch, 90 mile-per- hour fastball, breaking ball thrown right in the dirt and then he fouls that ball off his toe, fouls another pitch off and then the curve ball stays alive and finally squares up on that 3-2 pitch. >> gary: so big night for an

hendrickson had an inning worked last night. came in in the sixth inning and gave up three hits in a row and the irony of it was two of the hits for doubles and they didn't score. that came in that sixth inning when uggla sing told right field and anticipated that hermida was going to score. he didn't get himself into scoring position. >> jim: swept towards third. mora charges. -- charges. throws on the run and just did get him as uggla was hustling down the line moving to third base is cantu now with two men down. >> buck: melvin mora knew that he had to make a strong throw here as he came in a couple of feet right here he got a throw on the run. because did he that so far in front of the base path, uggla is out by an eyelashment opt play,cantu moves up to third base. not much melvin mora can do there. he had to make sure he got the out at first. >> jim: uggla is retired for the first time tonight. he's 2-3. here is ronny paulino, the catcher. takes a strike. paulino did not agree with the call, but he's making a friendly gestu

here is mark hendrickson.ings. >> buck: hendrickson making his 17th appearance and mark hendrickson coming on here with an opportunity to keep this a one-run game. he'll work the bottom of the sixth inning. jason berken did a pretty good job of minute miegdz the damage after walk, error, base hit, down two before there was an out. >> jim: there's a strike. now, his job is to keep this game as is. here is a chance to possibly pickup a win. cantu, hermida and uggla against hendrickson here in the sixth, -- so, two errors in this gamehave hurt each team. berken, two walks in his fiv innings and both came around to score. high fly ball to center field. pie back on it has a play. has it for the out. -- out. one down. here is amber. >> amber: in rick sigon. an interesting note. we noted that koji uehara might not make a start on sunday. we've been told david hernandez has been pulled after the first inning and thrown four pitches with no apparent injury in triple-a norfolk. maybe put the twtogeer. maybe th're i thgh

.: i think a lot of pitches thursday, you can match up here with hendrickson.f those left-handed specialists. but i think dave trembley wants to save ray for the red sox.   >> bob: 20th appearance of the season for mark hendrickson. a big cheer here in the con federation cup, the usa leads brazil 2-nil. >> jim p.: they lost the cup about 10 days ago. they said we know them better the second time for the championship. >> bob: here's a guy who played for a coach who coached usa basketball, mark hendrickson played up in washington state. kelvin once told me that mark hendrickson was the best rebounder in the pac 10 at that time. >> jim p.: the orioles just didn't want him to rebound. other than george sherrill he's the only lefty in the bullpen. started out you had jamie walker who was not on the top of his game, the nationals found that out. dunn hit that grand slam off him. a pretty important cog other than your closer. >> bob: nick johnson, 0 for 7 in this series. it will be ryan zimmerman with two outs, bases empty hitting ahead of adam dunn. jo

hendrickson got cantu for the first out. since then, hermida doubled, uggla singled with hermida being gunned down at the plate and another double by cody ross on a ball hit to the deepest part of the ballpark. there's a strike, 3-1. >> buck: dan uggla had come across the plate about had to go back when the ball off the bat of cody ross was ruled a ground ruled double. he was at first base when the bat of ross began. >> jim: 3-1 on john baker, the marlins catcherment there's a strike, 3-2. >> buck: what a job by mark hendrickson making great pitches to get back into the at- bat at 3-2. >> jim: so, 3-2 the count ton baker. first base first base open as buck mentioned. here -- here is the payoff. he got him. fastball down and in that baker couldn't reach. you talk about missed opportunities. three hits in the inning and the florida marlins cannot score and it stays a one-run game. ♪ ah, man, love that drinkability. drink-a what? drinkability. it's what makes bud light so incredibly refreshing. it's like a wave of refreshment,

hendrickson got the double play. there was an awful lot of contributions to us winning the game tonight. like i said before, you know, it was a big game for us, especially coming back from last night. evening up the home stand now and getting a chance to go into the plus column with the game tomorrow. this is a good one to enjoy for everybody. you got to feel real good about some guys who stepped up tonight and really i think turned the corner. not only for themselves, but for the ball club. >> wieters one of those guys that turned the corner tonight? >> oh, i don't know. i think he's -- i think every team i plays he's learning and growing and getting better. there's so much probably going on so fast for him right now, but i'm sure later on tonight, tomorrow, he'll be able to enjoy some of the things that happened for him today. >> lately he's clearly been frustrated after -- do you think he needed something like this tonight? >> i think everybody needed it. i think as a team you need to know your guy that's sitting

. >> buck: mark hendrickson had been so good. adam kennedy was the first base runner to reach against hendrickson. and on with a walk. giambi. and suzuki is coming up and that will be it for the left hander. mark hendrickson had retired 10 in a row coming into this inning but they get to him on the homerun by holliday for 3. so he does not get anybody out here. he will be responsible for giambi. matt will albers will come on to face kurt suzuki when we come back. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. . >> gary: so 3 1/3 innings bu all three of the batters he faced here in the 5th inning have scored. now here is matt albers. >> buck: when he first came up, recent call-up from aaa, he was throwing a very good sinking fastball down in the z

mark hendrickson came on, 3 1/3 innings, gave up three runs. castillo came on last inning, hit a batter. gonzalez on for the starter braden. that pitch misses low. 2-2 on andino. braden get the win, he will improve the mark to 4-1 against the oriole, e.r.a. 1.33 against the o's, wouldn't be hurt. 2-2 delivery. grounded to second base. kennedy. 2 down. >> buck: you can certainly see by the start of braden tonight how the a's are encouraged by the young pitching. he is only 25 years old and already characterized as a leader of the staff. not only on the mound but his leadership skills, the way he works. here is brian roberts, it-for- 3, two singles. he will take a pitch inside for a ball. tampa bay-new york, the yankees never got started. rain on the east coast. red sox took a loss. texas almost shut them out late in the ballgame before boston got a run. texas beat them 5-1. toronto got a nice win 9-3 over kansas city. fouled away. orioles started 8 games out. >> buck: texas will maintain their 3 1-2 games lead over the angels of anaheim as they

mark hendrickson came on and had a walk in 2/3 of an inning. now jim johnson.gary sheffield is home run came in the sixth, 8th of the year. does have a couple of runs scored in the ballgame. down low to him. not what johnson wanted to do. >> jim: he started him off with a curveball. maybe 20% all year long. sometimes it's a mystery. but if you're throwing 98 and you're commanding your fastball, it's already to throw the breaking ball. do it when you're ahead. >> gary: that ball on the outside corner. >> jim: when i pitched for earl weaver with a two-run lead, he would make it very clear. >> gary: perhaps you'd like to use the language. 3-2 delivery. he rifles that one no the seats. >> jim: at the end of the day, jimmy johnson, his sinker is his best pitch. if you're going to have to trick gary sheffield with a two- run lead, you're going to have some problems. i don't mean throw it down the middle. let it sink, get a ground ball, anticipating sheffield is going to pull the ball. >> gary: he goes right up the middle and has a base hit off the end of the bat. so

mark hendrickson once in a while can be that guy. we saw it the other night when he came in.imarily see him as a long reliever as billion. you just go with anyone, left, right, whatever, just get three outs. >> i know that chris ray, as long as he has that sinker down and away. it is almost like a left-handed slider it moves so much. but another guy that is raising a lot of attention now, robert andino at shortstop. he is almost showing that he can be a regular on a lot of ball clubs. >> i don't want to be a debbie downer because he has lookeded good, certainly compared to when he had his first stint when izturis was day the day with his groin injury. he looked really shaky in the field. i'm not ready to anoint him the full-time starter and beyond this season and say he is the shortstop and not after a night. we have to remember that izturis was playing very, very well before he was sidelined and he is still the guy in field and he is liting well. andino has done what he has supposed to. the club hasn't missed a beat. what i find interesting is he is getting all of the starts

. >> buck: three run home run against hendrickson.on 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 hit. two down, two on. delivery way up high. way up high. holliday hitting .455. he's had eight rbis in the last six games. if you're looking at a line up here's the guy in the lineup right now. 3-0 count. check swing. did he go? check at first. no. so two walks have loaded them up. >> buck: matt holliday came close to swinging at that pitch. but they don't get called and bases loaded now. tough jam for berken. use all your pitches you can't be one dimensional now. time to throw a strike you've got to pitch with your full arsenal. gosh giambi coming up. already a run in. kennedy the rbi d

we mentioned wins for bass, johnson, albers and hendrickson. no runs in his last seven appearances and george sherrill is is a perfect 11-11 in save opportunities. >> jim: kind of amazing, the bullpen has four of those wins. the starters only three. even though the starters have been pitching much better as of late. the bullpen gets some reinforcement today in the right arm of chris ray. let's head down stairs and welcome in amber. hello, amber. >> and alberto castillo was sent down to triple-a and in his place chris ray has been recalled to help the bullpen. the word is he is back on track. he looks good, finishes on his pitches, as well as he found some consistency with that arm slot. that's what he has been looking for. in eight games in triple-a, he dropped his e.r.a. to 2.25. he struck out 13 batters and walked only four. all reports are he is ready to go here today in miami. interestingly jim and buck, with chris ray up and alberto down, this leaves the orioles without a left-handed specialist in the bullpen. jim, buck? >> jim: thank you

mark hendrickson came on in the fifth and throws out that inning and gave them one more. >> jim: 2-2. he got him. chris ray gets a big strikeout there as gload goes down and one away. now a double play gets him out of it. >> buck: well, 2-2, he really gets this wall in a -- ball in a good spot inside and puts ross gload in all sorts of knocks. big swing. he couldn't come up with it and that ball beat him 95-mile-per- hour in a good location. second strikeout for chris ray tonight. >> jim: back to the top of the lineup. here is chris coghlan, the leadoff man. there's a strike. >> buck: coghlan had an interesting night 1-4. that double came in the third inning and he struck out in his other three at-bats. he's down in the count 0-#. chris ray got himself into a jam not trying to get out of it and keep this as is already trailing the orioles by six runs with only one more at-bat. 0-2 on coghlan, the left fielder. ground ball to first. wigginton will come to the plate to cut off the run and in throw back to first base. is that right play by wigginton not to get hit hard enough by two. he

hendrickson comes in, gets out of trouble. you could see markakis with a great night. matt wieters with his first career home run. gary sheffield doing what he's been doing forever, it seems, hitting home runs. there are the number for johnson. >> gary: johns you now needs to put in a couple of innings. this is another one of the games with the starter going just five innings, you're asking the bullpen to carry a big load and jim johnson, the rested one, last pitched on the 12th against atlanta and only a third of an inning. gave up a couple of hits in that appearance. ground ball towards second base. beltran retired. so he's been held to a single in four at-bats. >> jim: you talked about his last appearance against atlanta. came in throwing 97. he had five days off. got himself in trouble trying oh get people out with the change-up and the curveball. he did not do a good job that night of receipt reeding the bats of the atlanta hitters. he's got a good curveball. his sinker is his best pitch. >> gary: now faces wright. wright has gone 0 for 3 in the ballgame, 2 for 8

they still have hendrickson and george sherrill. so jim johnson giving them two innings and chris ray an inning and 2/3 has helped at least preserve a few more arms. ground ball sharply hit to short. wigginton has it and gets it across and a three up, three down inning for brian bass and on we go. we head to the 12th and the top of the lineup is coming up. brian roberts, nick markakis and adam jones in this tie game. ? ♪ ♪ 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. >> jim: the american flag i downtown miami on this breezy night, at least it was earlier. right there in the middle of downtown atop of that tall building, and here is the a.l. east versus the n.l. east in the interleague there year, buck, 32-25, the american leaguers leading it. >> buck: they sure are. thigh have had a good run in interleague play against their national league rivals. they have outsco

hendrickson came on with one out and none on in the 7th, after he struck out zimmerman, he turned around expecting to get the baseball back from the third baseman. >> rob: it happens. you're warming up down in the bullpen as a reliever, and chris ray struck out cristian guzman, he may not have seen that because he was busy getting loose. so he missed that out. i'm just saying that could be the reason. he comes in, he gets nick johnson to fly out to left field, he gets the strikeout to zimmerman, he wanted a little bit more. >> jim p.: one out at a time, jim. so he had two outs. plus, he's on a role. >> jim h.: deep and foul. >> jim p.: you're on a roll. >> jim h.: this fraternity we're with. >> rob: hey, i was having out of body experiences out there. i was out of control. you can ask me what the count was? i was telling guys to get off the mound. >> jim h.: i can't imagine that. ripped to left field. nolan reimold will have to chase it down. that one heads to the corner. willingham stays hot. his third hit. three hits for josh willingham. time now for you to text in your vote for the at

hannahan and the warm-up action begins with mark hendrickson, the batter. runner at second base.n there for a strike. 2-1. guthrie game in with opponents hitting .274 off him. left handers at 3-7b9 .269 and right handers, .278. that one hit in the air to centerfield. going back is jones again. this time, he has some room. he will make the catch. the runner halfway, cunningham will go back to second base. this is not a ballpark that is noted as a hitter's yard. today maybe an exception because it has been a very warm day and there is no marine layer expected to move in here tonight which brings that damp cloud off the pacific which generally keeps the ball in the park and it's tough to get it out. the ball will carry as well as you can see it. >> buck: and it has. just about this time, it starts to become a real pitcher's ballpark. has not been the case tonight. >> gary: it may not for the night. davis, rajai davis, the centerfielder. they have batted around. this is the 9th batter to hit here in the 1st inning. and that will be taken outside for a ball. 1-1. davis, the last coupl

has the ability to knock the ball out of the ballpark as he did on friday night against mark hendricksonh runners in scoring position, he's a dangerous hitter. >> fastball is over but low. 1-0. matt holliday has three consecutive multi hit games and his last seven games he has six multi hit games. he was traded to the athletics in the off season, final year of his contract. curveball, there's a strike. 1-16789 it's uncertain whether or not thible lettics will have the -- the athletics will have the ability to resign him and there is speculation as they are 24-30 that he might be dealt at the trading deadline. the thing about billy bean, he does not mind turning his roster over. >> the one thing we've seen with billy bean in the past is he doesn't trade his pending free agents, tejada, giambi they kept here until the end and then utilized the draft picks. they don't make midyear changes even though they might lose someone to free agency. >> curveball to a strike. evens the count, 2-2. >> matt holliday didn't think so. he took a good look at it and is talking to bruce directman about it. >

mark hendrickson got a great strikeout for you late in that game. >> he sure did. >> really gave you an opportunity to get back into the ballgame. he did a nice job out of the penny sure d we needed a shutdown inning. he did that for us. berken had to work real hard. i thought he was up early in the game. he was out of sync especially in the first inning. you know, we gave him more than three outs. that's tough on the road to do that especially coming off the top of the first like we did. it was unfortunate that he was behind as he was. we had to let them go to the pinch-hitter. that's the price you pay for playing in the national league and on the road when you're behind. >> again, nick markakis cuts down a run at the plate. he's been exceptional with his ability to low out a runner and matt wieters made a nice tag to get hermida the ball at the plate. >> you know, nick is -- nick is a good right fielder. you know, his throws more time than -- times than not are real accurate. he gives you a shot. charges the ball really well. wieters, you know, you know yourself being a catcher, he

the left-hander mark hendrickson in the bullpen for the o's. jeremy guthrie trying to battle through a tough inning. 2-1 delivery on the way. that will be fouled off the other way. guthrie coming off a loss in seattle. he went six innings. gave up four runs on six hits in that ballgame. the team has lost his last three starts that jeremy has been on the mound. two balls, two strike count. bases loaded delivery. murphy again fouls it away. >> jim: jeremy figuring where can i get him to pop-up or strike out. still 2-0. >> gary: get that double play. it will be a 3-0 game. here is the 2-2 to murphy. belts it to right field. markakis back. he's got it. runner tagging is wright. also moving over to third is church. it will be an rbi sac fly for murphy and a 3-0 lead for the mets. >> jim: think about daniel murphy's -- right there, ball one. close pitch just runs out of the strike zone. there's the 2-0 pitch. 2-2. 2-2. then he finally after seeing four straight fastballs, pretty good swing for the sacrifice fly. >> gary: and a big play to get church