izturis the late start. izturis thought that was going foul.o long. >> jim: i think he would have got ton second base, but aubrey has no chance of getting to third. h e just didn't get a good read on this ball. plenty of time. of course, if you don't pick it up or you don't think he can go get them with the rest of them in left field, so this is your classic match-ups and shouse gives up the home run. shouse is going to come in now to face pie who is on deck. >> gary: the good thing is the kid get as chance to be seen late in september. the bad thing is, they get a chance to so, what's the problem? these are hot. we're shipping 'em everywhere. but we can't predict our shipping costs. dallas. detroit. different rates. well with us, it's the same flat rate. same flat rate. boston. boise? same flat rate. alabama. alaska? with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal service. if it fits, it ships anywhere in the country for a low flat rate. dude's good. dude's real good. dudes. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simp

foul nearly hit izturis. takes his lead in foul territory.   >> jim: roberts has 62 rbis pulled off at the plate on this home stand. 2-2 with 2 down and 2 on. there's a line drive the right. that will get down for a base hit and the orioles get to board. izturis comes in and the orioles take advantage of 2 walks. the orioles on the board. >> buck: roberts could not afford to take anything close after getting a close pitch called for a strike. he hammered that ball into right field. the first run of the game for the orioles and as jim mentions, 2 walks in the inning contributing to that rally. >> feldman will try again to get the final out of inning and now, nick markakis at the plate. a long ball here and the birds are back in it. markakis is 0-2. popped foul and flied out the right on a ball hit hard.   >> jim: strike one. nick has 8 home runs since the all-star break and 33 of his 90 rbis have come since the break.   orioles have only 3 hits in this gam

reimold, pie, izturis and roberts. aubrey makes his fourth start at 1st base and weeders teamed with his rookie batter a mate. chris tillman. here's andrus the short stop for texas. he takes a strike. we talked about possible rookie of the year candidate. here's another. a 6-game hitting streak going and pretty good numbers. he began as a 20-year-old starter. now 21. >> quite a continue strow versey. they asked michael young to move to 3rd base. young was reluctant. >> it's changed the defense. 2-1 to andrus. tillman makes his eighth start. he's coming off a no-decision, he pitched well. he pitched a game in which he pitched 5 strong and then the rain delay. he couldn't come back after. he's showing improvement. one thing that happened to pitchers they recognize that worked in the minor league will work in the big leagues. >> 2-2 to andrews. lined and in the right field for a base hit. >> as it sails out of the way. a one out single. rick dempsey was talking about how kinsler is dangerous 72. >> buck: he had 6 hits to

caesar izturis, .255. izturis, 4-9 in the first two games of this series.oo, has been moved around in the order from the bottom hitting ninth in many games to the number two hole for this game. he hit ninth last night and had a three-hit ballgame, 3-4 and an rbi. sonnanstine's pitch will be taken away and he falls behind 3-0. dave trembley's team trying to get the lead on tampa bay here this season as the season series is tied at 6-6. you can tell by the jackets you'll see worn around. it is relatively a cool night a3-0 pitch and he walked him on four straight. and that will bring up brian roberts. brian moved from the lead-off spot to the number three spot giving him a chance for even more rbi's and even in that he is continuing to score runs, continuing to be third in the league in runs and first, of course ndoubles. three straight seasons with 100- plus runs. only chase utley currently has more, four consecutive. >> jim: and when you are hitting lead-off, obviously, brady anderson used to talk about it. he liked hitting the home runs at 50 one year. his

it will be izturis coming up. izturis and roberts.in the rain. izturis with an 0-1 count that will be resumed here a very long rain delay obviously and a lot of the drying agent put down on the field and now it is not raining at aural. >> jim: right now everybody is ready to go. it has been a struggle. he was the closer and he was doing a good job. e.r.a. really going into august 7 was 1.86. since then 10 runs in 10 and a third innings. he is a finesse pitcher. we didn't see the curve ball on monday night. he didn't need to use it. >> gary: so izturis will stand in and the orioles will try to put up one or more runs in the inning against him with one down. the pitch is going to be in there for a strike, and 0-2 with one away. >> jim: it is amazing how your fortune can change. two home runs in his first 49 appearances. five in the last 17. >> gary: right back to him. howell's got it and he makes the throw to first base to aybar for the out. izturis is retired and there are two down here in the eighth inning. >> jim: he has the very per

andino, when we lost izturis, he played 31 games at a very high level defensively at shortstop. >> gary they will be in the ballgame tonight. when we come back can the orioles make it 3-4? we're going to find out and we'll be covering the bases. who am i? see if you can identify these current orioles!   >> orioles baseball on masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. overcast skies with a lot less breeze than we had at the start of the ballgame last night as the orioles will look to take this one in game four in the final of this set. let's take look another the starting lineup for joe maddon's rays. it will be bartlett, crawford and longoria, scow bris, buehrle and aybar, kapler, navarro and perez. ben zobrist a5-12, three rbi ins this series. >> jim: take a look at our pnc scouting report ton 6'9" mark hendrickson. he is slying right up the road in york, pennsylvania, but not too good numbers as a starter. he had some back issues when he was starting. he went to the bullpen in may and then pitched extremely well. again, his career numbers,

scott wieters, aubrey and izturis.in september right now ahot bat. >> jim: and our scouting report on the big guy, 6'9" out of rice university. the rookie of the year, he is certainly going to get a lot of consideration. he'll probably get three more starts. two or less runs in 17 of his last 26 starts. that give use an idea he is pitching well. when you couple that performance with a lot of runs, you're going to win some ballgames. >> gary: he is 2-1 against the orioles this year. 4-1. he is 26 years old, and he is having quite the year. felix pie will lead it off and pie will take that one for a strike. pie gets the bat lead off with brian roberts bat flag the number three spot. -- batting in the number three spot. hitting a .265 on the year. the delivery, and his manager dave trembley talks about pie getting back into the lineup. >> i think pie get as lot of credit for some adjustments that that he's made -- that he's made. i think a couple of guys got in pie's ear a little bit, juan and izturis and tried to redirec

next batter up, izturis, singles to right, kendrick scores, angels come back from 5-0 to tie it up at 5-5 against the yanks. top nine we go, we're still tied at 5-5 with two aboard. first base is open. mark teixeira takes the intentional walk, possible double play. next batter is a-rod. rodriguez lines out. brett gardner, though, coming home and torii hunter's throw, not in time. yankees go up 6-5. gardner key to that raleigh. he singled, stole second and then scored a run. bomb nine, posada gets willis trying to steal the double play. rivera, 41 saves. yanks get the spot in the playoffs. it's 6-5. a-rod drives in three runs. big win at angels stadium. >> it was big. i mean obviously where we expect to be every year. obviously the division is the main goal. it takes me back to where we were in february and march in colorado and tampa. just feels good to be a part of it and to contribute a little bit. it's good to be in, and we have a lot of work ahead of us. chris: the yankees clinch a playoff appearance for the 14th time in the last 15 years, but as is the case with the yankees, it's

andino giving izturis the day off. struck identity his first at bat.e's a strike. holland pitched in 43 games in his minor league career, 41 of those starts, as he raced through the texas mean league system. >> rick: the one thing you don't want to do in this situation, first and third, is hit the ground ball down there to third base. you give that third baseman an option to go home and cut the run down, or if it's a hard hit ground ball, go are two two with a right-handed hitter up there. you see are the third baseman even with the bag and even as the pitch comes to the plate, he moves in a little bit closer. so stay away from third base. fly ball to the outfield, sacrifice fly to the right side. anything you can too, but don't get caught with that breaking ball down and in and try to pull it. >> jim: 1-2 on andino. breaking ball looked live missed inside. 2-2. >> rick: that's what they're trying to get him to do is hit that ground ball to third base. >> jim: fiorentino edging off the bag. 2-2 on andino. a run in for the birds. ball 3. he's had a lot

caesar izturis will come in to play short.hris ray stays on to pitch getting the final out in the last inning. he now faces the top of the order in bartlett. jason bartlett has tripled and scored on an rbi by crawford. an rbi and a safety squeeze by kapler in the fourth inning. wartlet has had five hits in 27 at-bats in this series. he fouls it off. >> jim: that is one of the hits, kapler g. ahead. >> gary: excuse me. i was going to say we talk about bartlett and what a great year he has. he leads the league with runners in scoring average. fourth on the road, and the seventh best average against left-handed pitchers. bartlett up and down the line really really had an extraordinary nair year at the plate. >> jim: he is one of the reasons they went from 61 to 97. they got an every day shortstop that can steal bases. obviously hitting about 45 points higher this year. but he can do everything. he can steal bases, hit doubles. and they got him for a position player that they developed. one of their former number one draft choices

next batter, maicer izturis. one out. and he singles. and this game went from 5-0 to 5-5. top nine, bases loaded. alex rodriguez, facing darren oliver. they just walked teixeria to load the bases. with one out and a-rod, he lines out to torii hunter and brett gardner on third wearing his p.f. flyers. he's safe. the yankees up 6-5 but remember they're up 5-0. strike him out, throw him out. the yankees win. the yankees win. 6-5 is your final. and with that, the yankees are playoff spot. and they clinch a playoff appearance for the 14th time in the last 15 seasons. their last three postseason appearances have been forgettable as they've lost in the l.d.s. all three times. memorable if you're the team that beat them. for manager joe girardi, this >> obviously where we -- expect to be every year, obviously the division is always the main goal. i mean, it's a point to win a game here. we battled hard yesterday and made a run with swisher and perhaps make it a one-run game yesterday. and the team's playing hard. and it's good to be in. and we got a lot of work ahead of us. >> it

next batter, maicer izturis. one out. and he singles. and this game went from 5-0 to 5-5. top nine, bases loaded. alex rodriguez, facing darren oliver. they just walked teixeria to load the bases. with one out and a-rod, he lines out to torii hunter and brett gardner on third wearing his p.f. flyers. he's safe. the yankees up 6-5 but remember they're up 5-0. strike him out, throw him out. the yankees win. the yankees win. 6-5 is your final. and with that, the yankees are playoff spot. and they clinch a playoff appearance for the 14th time in the last 15 seasons. their last three postseason appearances have been forgettable as they've lost in the l.d.s. all three times. memorable if you're the team that beat them. for manager joe girardi, this >> obviously where we -- expect to be every year, obviously the division is always the main goal. i mean, it's a point to win a game here. we battled hard yesterday and made a run with swisher and perhaps make it a one-run game yesterday. and the team's playing hard. and it's good to be in. and we got a lot of work ahead of us. >> it

izturis the other night in a line drive. he has been around 17 years in the big leagues. seven teams acouple of years in the postseason. he was throwing hard the other night. but he hit for a base hit. >> gary: 2-2 ballgame. the orioles here in the bottom of the ninth inning. scott wieters and wigginton will be due up. chris richard has come on to play at first base in place of aybar. we'll see what works here or not. springer had not worked for a long time. the appearance that he made yesterday was the first time on this long road trip that he had appeared in a ballgame because he had been so ineffective. the left-handers hitting .338 off of him and right-handers .271. he was simply sitting out there in the bullpen and watching games, and now with this rain delay ballgame going to the bottom of the ninth, he'll get a chance to try to regroup. luke scott will come up. scott has an rbi double. he is 1-3 in the ballgame. howell worked an inning and gave up a hit and one walk and got out of the eighth when the orioles left the couple on base. the orioles have stranded six. t