jim hunter with matt wieters and ross detwiler, a couple of young stars on the horizon. there you see the numbers of these guys. >> yeah, matt wieters, everybody over there is thinking he's going to be the next johnny bench. i don't know if he's going to have that power, but the thing that ross detwiler has done, his value has improved every time he's gone out there. they thought that he was going to be mired in double-a all year long and he's come up here and thrown strikes. >> the nationals last hold against the orioles may 24th of 09 recorded by joe. and just as these relievers like to stay in their game with the game, you, too, can stay in the game with just for men hair color. - oh, it's on. - it's on. it's on. - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. 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 he

jim hunter saying so long for the oakland coliseum, this has been a masn presentation. tom davis and rick dempsey and o's xtra. >> the e's complete a three game sweep, and rick, before we get into the orioles we have to talk about vin mazzaro. he hasn't given up a run in two professional games in the major leagues. >> he was 15 and 6 comes into the game and he doesn't strike out a lot of people but he doesn't give up very many runs either and that tells you something about the movement on his fastball and today he shows it. if you were watching the ballgame, you saw a lot of ground ball outs but that movement on the fastball and mixing in the slider and the curveball, he showed me a little something. in fact all of the oakland a aspishers showed me something, all young guys and very up and coming guys that are scary rights now. >> as we look at the recap. this is a one-inning recap when you get down to it for the oars and it fun turns out to be -- it turns out to be too many walks. giambi walks with the bases loaded and that brings in the first run. >> and hill just can

we're going to revisit with jim hunter and buck martinez. time for the dave trembley interview and let's return back to jim hunter. >> tom, thank you very much. and joined now by the manager of the orioles, dave trembley. a very tough first inning as rich hill had very little command of the you got out of it, very good by the bullpen but the first inning too much to overcome. >> we said the key for hill was to get out of the first inning. especially when they have the momentum going into the last game. series here. we didn't get it done in the first inning and walked people and the hit batsman. bass kept us in the game as the other guys did out of the bullpen. jones hit the ball, right there on the button. didn't get anything for it. nicki did twice. their guy pitched a very good game. >> your ball club was so good in the first inning, throughout a major part of this season early on and in this series you gave up ten runs. it's too tough to come back when you give up ten first inning runs, isn't it. >> i think the story is, when you're playi

the ninth inning was done with a radio call by jim hunter and buck martinez on the play-by- play. we apologize for logz the picture. that's the second time tonight that we had an electrical problem in south florida. we had one earlier in the game. orioles did lose to the marlins tonight 11-3. marlins complete add three-game sweep. how about rich hill. he strikes out the side to start the game and doesn't last five innings. >> he had thrown that many curve balls, he would donate his elbow to the body world exhibit by the fifth inning. he had to throw a few fastballs and that did him in. the they were sitting on that pitch. >> how about the numbers on rich hill. he gave up eight hits in six runs in 3 1/3 because you count the 1-2-3 first inning. he lasted 3 1/3 innings. the hitting was unbelievable. >> yeah, their hit something very foo.d you've got to have something. rich hill outstanding curve ball. one of the best curve balls in all of baseball. there's no doubt about that. he's got to have a pitch that moves away from right-handers. he just becomes so vulnerable because they won

for more on tonight's show, back to florida and revisit with jim hunter and buck martinez. jim? >> all right. tom, thank you thanks very much. buck, you look at the scoreboard and three actual errors in this game. there were more meantollallorrers in -- errors in this game that dent go on the scoreboard t wasn't well played on either side. martin luther king gonts a phi more hits and got rubs -- runs in. it was a sloppy game on boats sides. >> it was. there was more of an opportunity to score more runs. it got off to a slow start in the first inning. brian roberts singled. felix pie singled behind him. roberts breaks for thiferd. pie was late breaking for second and stops and gets tagged out easily. then, marlins they too had mistakes. uggla hits what he thinks is an rbi single. nick markakis throws out jeremy hermida. his eighth assist of the season. look at uggla. he's got to be on second base with that throw to the plate. he would later not score on a ground-ruled double to center field. here, bonifacio on the error by the wieters just keeps running around third base when fel

jim hunter said he is 20 game ins the big league ? >> bob: yeah. >> jim: andy macphail, the general manager of the orioles, he said it is not like you're an older, there's a lot of things going on when ryu have to catch. you to call the game; receive it, trail the pitches. you are 6 '5". sandy alomar jr. said, and when the mets were many, he said dennis martinez said give me a shoulder, give me a knee, give me a target. rook. and this was a veteran pitcher. >> bob: a breaking ball that got right in on dunn's trademark. >> rob: and it is difficult, too. today, jim, because so many guys do that little peripheral peek back to see location. they're trying to pick apart, especially a rookie catcher, where he is sitting --setting up. is he setting up too early inside, outside? but always want the glove up there as quickly as possible, just to, you know, get a feel for where i'm going to be visualizing this breaking ball, back door, inside, whatever. >> jim: yeah. and last at-bat i was watching not only the nationals and the red sox, but off

you heard jim hunter say you cannot make that mistake. stay there at first base. fly ball scores the sacrafice fly and the orioles could have won it right there. sfwloo you hear the term in baseball agood base runner, knowledgeable base runner. >> what is the difference? >> well, you don't take chances like that. if he was a speed demon like brian robertss, sure you take your chances there. but you can't overevaluate your own speed or your own talent. you have to stay within your own ability there. wigginton, even if it is a 50- 50 shot at gets to second base, you cannot take that chance of getting thrown out in that situation with what runner at third base and less than two outs. >> the orioles' pitching was very good for almost every inning in this ballgame, but koji uehara pitched six strong innings, and at one point he only gave up seven base hits and gave up one run. >> he had the bases loaded tonight and he really pitched out of some trouble all night long. you see him still making good, quality pitches, and that's what i really like to see. i happen to thin

jim hunter and i will team up on play by play. rob will be there. for some of you we know there are some of you who had a hard time finding nats extra when the orioles were here. we will tell you that despite the fact that the games are a joint telecast on masnhd friday, saturday, sunday, because we're the visiting team, the nats extra pre-and post game shows, i guess the post game show, will be on masn ii. that's going to break. again, we don't want you confused. there are different pre-and post game shows for the nationals and orioles next weekend, and the nationals will be on masn2. all right, you got it. jim palmer will be there to team up. we've got a pretty good starter and closer in the booth. third inning in a row the nats have had two men on base. romero is doing nothing to put washington away in this game. gonzalez a base hit off the glove of scott rolen first time. one ball and one strike. >> i'd like to see alberto get a gap shot here and see if austin kearns can catch adam dunn by the time he reaches home plate. >> austin can run for a

it will be jim hunter and jim palmer and bob carpenter and rob dibble.t, see you tomorrow. x hit two home runs. and the sixth career multi-home run game. and the phillies giving up plenty of offense and the 10-0 win. and the phillies winning the second time in the last 11 games. and j.a. happ's first career shot yut the fourth interleague shouldout in phillies' history. >>> and andy roddick taking on his good friend, jurgen melzer. third set roddick with break point. want to get hay way? roddick l loses his footing ande would loose the game as well and the set. and his wife, brooklyn decker, unphased by it all. she had confidence. the fourth set, enjoying the sun as well, melzer a nice drop shot here. roddick comes up with the big forehand winner. roddick, a nice stroke from the base line. roddick wins in four sets. 33 aces, improved to 9-0 against melzer. >> and considering the way he served the first two sets, i was glad to get through with a two-set lead. you know, i was having trouble getting a read on hill. he was hitting all of his spots. i played

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jim hunter with jim palmer, bob carpenter, rob dibble coming up. the orioles looking for a three game sweep. what's encourage inning the two wins, two different styles of games and still two victories. >> and two closely contested ballgames. the game on friday night, they get 16 hits, they win 11-2 but they get 8 runs in the sixth inning. last night they're down early, 3-1, they get the big home run, they get two more home runs. today i don't know how many home runs you can hit off john lannan because he's been very special for the nationals. >> nationals go back into n.l. east competition following the game. >> of course it's on to florida for the nationals, the orioles know all about playing down there. ryan zimmerman bats cleanup for the first time since october 1st of 2006. >> i think it's a nice switch. you've got willie harris and cristian guzman at the top, now you have nick johnson in the three hole, then adam dunn. but anything to get ryan zimmerman going. if you can get ryan zimmerman going, then maybe adam dunn gets going, that's, the mi

jim hunter with jim palmer. bob carpenter and rob dibble coming up as well. as a former pitcher, you had to love last night. >> i think what dave trembley really liked about it is bergesen wasn't on the top of his game. again, if you hang around long enough and the orioles comes up with eight runs in the sixth inning, they get 16 hits with ties their high for the season, but the important thing, one run in 20 innings down in florida. they get swept, they come back here, they love to play at home, they're five games over .500. >> so bob and rob, it's all about trying to get a series to do that the nats need to bounce back tonight. >> they'll try to do it with a rookie pitcher, he's been in those streaks where one pitch or one inning has been deciding his wins and losses. >> he has to go out there and battle for a team that pretty much destroyed his team last night. it was more like a battle of the belt loop last night. the nationals need to come out strong tonight or they're going get swept under the rug again tonight. >> manny's defense not that great lately.

jim hunter with jim palmer, rob dibble coming up with bob carpenter and i know one thing, the orioles are happy to be home. >> jim: they're 11-23 on the road. why is that? they have the highest batting average in american league at .300. they give up 4.33 runs per game. here at camden yards and over six on the road. they happy to be here. >> we're combining forces, rob carp -- rob and bop carpenter are with us. >> bob: thank you. 5-4 against the yankees, the blue jays and the bo sox. they're feeling pretty good now. >> rob: yes. they had major competition and it is a good way to tell how good you are. hopefully they can continue that against the baltimore orioles. >> bob: it is always interesting when these clubs get together. the o's have won 2-3 the other two years, the first pitch lineups straight ahead from camden yards! ♪ ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in-rebate. only from at&t. >> bob: tonight's beltway series on masn is brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southw

jim hunter, and rick dempsey, if you're watching us now. you found us. the national's game against te yankees was to be a day game, both games on the matador cofe family channeling -- on the mn channel, but that game has been delayed so long, they are abot to start. happy you can join us, and ri, an exciting one. the orioles now looking to bud on they lost the opener againt atlanta, won the next two, won last night, trike to get the rubber game in the series. -- trying to get the rubber ge in the series. >> those come from the behind victories that we were used to last year. all scoring has been within te first two, three innings of te ballgame, and it seems to have faded to the end. as of late, second half of ths home stand, orioles are starting to show late-inning power and late-inning hitting. this is what we're looking for again. last night, it was great, hf coming through with the big 2-run home run. >> huff has the game-breaking home run. 4-4 game. that was the difference in the game, bu

. >> rob: when jim hunter was here we were able to score runs. >> bob: this has not been lost on jimnd i. we've talked about this. he called adam dunn's six rbi's in washington and i called the orioles eight run inning here last night. something strange is going on. >> rob: the battle of the beltway play-by-play. >> jim p.: we're good. you guys are struggling. >> bob: have a great evening. i'll see you tomorrow.   >> jim h.: it's time to bring you up to speed with the at&t rapid rewind. >> jim p.: the orals are not looking very good. they bring in mat albers, with the bases loaded. belliard, can't get a handle on it, but does get the force play. then right here, a really good pitch right there to austin kearns for the orioles to turn the double play. >> jim h.: at&t, the nation's fastest 3-g network. >> jim p.: ryan zimmerman tried to deliver a home run on that swing right there. johnson better down in the strike zone. he was in the launch mode. >> jim h.: the nationals now trail by a couple. as the orioles try to make it back-to-back wins. there's a bl

jim hunter with buck maine[ ane a amtheoharris sukikes a strike oakland sent 9 people the plate in thend brian bass has retired all six batters he's faced. broken bat ground ball. to first and brian bass has back to back, three up and three down innings. orioles coming to bat in the fourth. markakis, scott and mora are coming up. ♪ ♪ (tucci) more bars in more places. at&t. the best coverage worldwide. get the blackberry bold for $199.99 after mail-in-rebate. only from at&t.

. >> jim: hi, of course, jim hunter with rick dempsey getting ready for oriole's post game. unfortunately, the story continues. this team does not hit. >> rick: that's right. this is another game where the orioles have less than six hits and one game. brian roberts with two hits tonight of the 5 with the amounts that they have. we are coming right back with o's extra post game. right now we go back to oakland to rejoin gary and buck. >> gary: thank you, guys. we will get it right back to you as it it will be a win. game 2, jason berken against trevor cahill. our coverage begins a half hour earlier. for buc martinez, amber theoharis, and the rest of our crew, thank you. braden the winner, 5-5 and guthrie the loser, 4-5. o's xtra right now. >> jim: hi, of course, welcome back in t is o's xtra presented by verizon. you talk about the orioles and what has become a lethargic offense on this west coast road trip now. in four games, the orioles are 1-3, have scored a total of six runs oakland scored six runs in the bottom of the 1st against jeremy guthrie. that's the kind of week i

jim h.: always good to have our cousins from d.c. visit. you're an honorary member of the palmer hunter family. >> rob: bob and rob thank you. it is bob and rob. >> jim h.: 2-2 the count, two men down. >> jim p.: it's really robert and robert. >> rob: and jim and jim. >> jim h.: james and james. james alvin, james dennis. and a slow ground ball to short. and a toss to first. that ends it. the nationals salvage the finale in this three-game series. nationals win 5-3.   >> jim h.: both these teams head back to league play tomorrow. scott olson on the mound against nolasco. coverage begins. the orioles stay home, they'll welcome in the red sox. now for bob carpenter, jim palmer, rob dibble, amber theoharis and debbi taylor and our entire masn family, jim hunter saying so long. >>> johnny holliday, ray knight. the nats salvage the last game of the weekend series. the nationals finish 6-9 in their 15 ballgames. >> tonight lannan, he's going to be our stopper. they tacked on two runs there, but just three runs in the seven-plus innings. >> and gets his fifth win of the season in doing so. >> evens that reco

jim hunter with rick dempsey. rick, baseball is such a funny game because, every time you think you have it figured out, you realize you can't figure it out. earlier this year, orioles are looking for consistent pitching. just get consistent pitching and we're going to go on a streak. and they get good pitching now and the hitting goes cold. >> you know, there are some pretty young pitchers who are putting on some good stretches. now, the offense taking a break. they are struggling to get over six hits a game. they have done that one time. you can't win ball games when everything does not come together. we talk about it all the time. you have to have timely hitting, good pitching, defense. the orioles seem to be able to get two of the three and that one usually costs them the ballgame. to get on that kind of a streak, you have to be able to put the three together. orioles with a 3.68 e.r.a. >> the orioles did make a roster move. this was highly anticipated and this is now a done deal as jamie walker has been relea

bob carpenter, rob dibble, jim palmer, jim hunter and amber theo hair advertise and debbi taylor from oriole park at camden yards. it is all o's and rob villone inherits the situation. >> jim: he has done a nice job against left-handed batters, in fact, the same with righties. >> bob: markakis, 2-2 tonight apair of singles. >> rob: villone's nemesis is standing on deck. >> jim: he hit that, what, triple? >> rob: yes. but i asked rob the next day and he said, well, the last couple of times i faced him, he smoked a fastball up and a slider away. so he was going to try to throw him a fastball up and in and he killed it. >> bob: aubrey huff the man they're talking about. >> jim: those are nice numbers for villone. >> bob: that is the bates hit. the one-hopper and the merry-go- round is still spinning and it is 7-1. >> jim: rick dempsey was talking in the pregame. i don't know. the orioles were trailing, and they got five straight hits to tie the game up in the ninth inning. nick markakis is, he is a .300 lifetime hitter and he is not getting any worse. he is only 25 years old. he can flat

for john carp -- bob carp per, jim hunter saying so long from camden yards. the orioles win 11-1.ave a great night, everybody. we'll see you tomorrow! >> hi, everybody. time for nats' extra postgame here brought to you by the verizon fios. let's close the door on this one quickly, forget about it and think about tomorrow's game coming up tomorrow night. this was ugly. >> it was ugly, johnny. you're going to have 10, 12 a year. detwiler actually tale threw the ball well early. they got one run and then all thins just broke loose and the offense was just hitting on all cylinders. they didn't hit the ball extremely hard. it wasn't the long ball. it was just the contact. detwiler when he he did make a mistake, a couple of choppers, deflected balls. it doesn't make any difference. you can't take it away from them. they pounded out, what, 16 hit ? >> 16 hits, and it is the fourth time they have had 16 hits in a ballgame and this one just kind of got away from us. one inning, the six spring training, when they put an eight spot on the board. when it was all over, 12 orioles had gone to t

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and hi, i'm jim hunter, the orioles looking to snap what has become a four-game losing streak and they'll turn to the starting pitcher who got this road trip off to a good start. rich hill is on the mound for the birds. on monday in seattle he was fabulous. he pitched seven strong innings. five base runners in all and struck out 7, his numbers on the year 2-0 over his four starts with an e.r.a. of 4.15 which is improving. and buck martinez, it's nice to have the confidence in the mound. they're looking for him to win the closing after the opener. >> he retired the last 14 batters that he face and he used a four-seam fastball affectively. you can see in his major league career he has a good e.r.a. and a 20-17 recordment he got away from that two starts ago in that he used the two seam fastball too much but the four seam sets up a very affective curveball. >> the orioles are turning to younger player as this transition continues. rimed old will be in the number two spot as dave tremly has shuffled things up. and he knows how to hit the long ball. >> reimold has power. he hit this three run

jim hunter saying so long from orioles park at camden yards. tonight's telecast, a masn presentation. >>> hi, everybody. time for "nats xtra" post-game here on masn. johnny holliday along with ray knight. the nationals had a 2-0 lead, the nationals had a 3-1 lead. the orioles win it 6-3. five of the runs tonight scored by baltimore coming on the long ball. >> and most of those fastballs right down the middle. one breaking ball. martis, he wasn't sharp tonight. he threw 98 pitches, 57 strikes. that's just 55% strikes. and that has really been the negative that i've seen on him. it takes him a long time to put a hitter away. he's got a nice repertoire of pitches with the fastball, slider, occasional curveball, or more of a service type pitch. it takes him a lot of pitches to get hitters out. if he makes one mistake, tonight with reimold fastball right there, to zaun fastball right there. we had a two-run lead but that's not a lot. that's a small ballpark. you hit the ball in the air, you've got a chance to leave the yard. >> the o's take the firs

. >> time to go back town to florida where jim hunter and buck martinez are standing by with the orioles manager dave trembley brought to you by verizon wierms. jim? >> thank you very much. joined now by dave trembley, the manager of the orioles. dave, this is a tough game. this were a couple of errors in the game but really several mental mistakes that hurt your chances to pull out a win. >> the momentum of the game was on our side in the first inning and we gave it back to them. i think anybody who watched the game tonight saw what happened and it just really was unfortunate situation because it really took the air right out of the ball for us. you know, it was hard for us to come back. which came back. got close. came within one run. need add shutdown inning after that. didn't happen. needed a couple more things to go our way and it didn't. this is a game where obviously you learn a great deal from. hopefully, it doesn't happen again. you go out tomorrow night and play rabach better game. that's with a we need to do right from the beginning. we just had a lot of the success we've had

jim hunter on the way back and in downtown baltimore, it is all orioles on this friday night! >> bob: oriole fans, when it comes to tickets you you deserve main league service, so go to stub hub, the official fan-to-fan market place. a look at the upcoming schedule tomorrow night and sunday afternoon against the nationals. don't forget on sunday, the game also on wjz and then it is back to american league play for the orioles as the red sox come to town to complete the home stand night games on monday and tuesday and a day game on getaway day on wednesday afternoon. that completes the orioles home stand. there is the line score. guys, what happened? it was a nice tidy 1-1 pitchers' duel when i left? an eight-run inning, that's what did it. oscar salazar in the game now as he takes over for melvin mora who had a very good night at the pallet and here is the new pitcher on matt albers. >> jim: matt has been terrific since he was recalled from norfolk. the labrum tear last year, rehabbed it. he didn't have surgery. the velocity is up. he is still trying to command the overhand cu

i'm jim hunter. the orioles tonight looking to extend what would be a season high six-game winning streak, and they're doing it against the national league. in the past the interleague games have not been good to the orioles, however, that all changed last season. look at their record so far this year. 9-3 in interleague games. 75%, winning percentage, the best they have ever fared in interleague baseball. i'm joined now by buck martinez, amazingly the orioles are doing this against the national league teams, but it really shouldn't be a surprise because they're doing all of the little things to get it done and it is adding up to a win. >> it sure is. it is just a reminder what it is like to play in the american league east because every day you have to play against a great team. over the last five games they have had multiple starts. matt wieters hit his first major league home run against the mets to win that game 6-4. the next night, bottom of the ninth, huff deliver as game- winning bates r base

jim hunter. buck, what a surprise t rained a while ago. rains have come and gone. we'll have baseball here tonight. what an interesting game last night. orioles down by three runs in the ninth inning, two outs, nobody on. somehow find a way to get back and get it tied and get it to extra innings. >> buck: this ball club is playing with a lot of confidence right now and it really came into the focus last night. melvin mora hitting with two outs in the nine the inning gets a sinker to say ok that's a nice hit. they're still down by three. luke scott, pinch-hit base hit up the middle. that got things interesting. matt wieters delivers his second hit of the night. a base hit to crief em-- drive home melvin mora. then, another pitch by ty wigginton that. scores another run. luke scott comes in to score. it's a one-run game finally for the third pinch-hitter oscar salazar who delivers the game- tying base hit up the middle to make it 6-6 with two outs in the ninth inning and jeremy guthrie scored. they have done a great job of some of the elyse lead pitchers of baseball.

i think he gets the sense, jim hunter talked about it earlier, that he is a fast learner, that that's real important. anyone can tell you that, but can you go out and execute it and follow through with the plan? >> bob: here is nick johnson, oh-fer two, with a pair of grounders to short. the first pitch fastball outer half. >> jim: you have to remember the nationals got to bergesen in washington on the sunday afternoon in the sixth inning. >> bob: and adam dunn did it without pulling the ball. out of play, nick johnson. not a whole lot doing for the nationals, one, two, three hitters tonight, but they're right thereupon with the best in baseball with jeter and company. and the orioles with roberts, jones and markakis. >> rob: and the dodgers. they have been phenomenal this year even without manny ramirez who is less than a week away from coming back. >> bob: two of the five team ifs last place, interesting. >> rob: maybe the one, two, three hitters shouldn't be so good. they should be the four, five, six. >> bob: make, them the one, three, five and put somebody between them. >> jim: t

tomorrow night, jim hunter's guests. they played together in the minors that.eresting conversation between brian roberts and willie harris who has minor league experience in the orioles organization. ballot of the beltway and also on the schedule for the orioles, they have the nationals through the entire weekend and then the boston red sox come into town for three. if you can't watch them on the television, don't forget the sports radio 105.7. when you look back at the series, hanley ramirez, two grand slams. what a pefer fore-- performance. >> i knew he was a good player. i didn't know he was this good. he absolutely crushed the ball the entire series. what a beautiful swing he has. nice check back from home plate. kind of like frank robinson. look at this shot center field bleachers way up there. that's a nose bleed area. hanley ramirez a grand slam that first game. then, again he catches one up in the strike zone off of chris ray. this one he didn't catch quite as well, but he got enough of it to get it up there in that first section above the wall. that's

i'm jim hunter. thank you for joining us tonight as the orioles close out the national league on the road portion of the interleague play before heading home. of course, for every major league manager, they take losses very, very tough. last night, especially so for the orioles skipper dave trembley because not only was he not happy with the loss, he was not happy with the effort. here is what he said after the game. a lot of the success we've had recently has been because we've played very good baseball and because we've played all 237 outs. we gave away some outs and that was really the difference in the game. joined now by buck martinez. buck, you always want to be able to control your effort and trembley felt last night orioles didn't do that. as a result, that led to the defeat. >> buck: yeah t-sure d it was part a a depart injury from what we saw in philadelphia when they swept the reigning world champ the philadelphia phillies. each of the three, rich hill, brad bergesen and jeremy guthrie pit

welcome back in jim hunter, rick dempsey. it's "o's xtra" presented by verizon fios. one good sign in this loss is nick markakis finally got the elusive home run he had been looking for since may 21. his two-run shot at the time made it 4-2. really nice to scenic break the home run drought and rbi drought. >> you have to go back to the new york yankee series when the orioles played in new york. this is when markakis hit that last home run. pretty good shot to almost straightaway center field at yankee stadium. it's been like 22 games until nick markakis walked up there tonight. he gets ahold of this one for base hit first. this is his second at-bat of the ballgame. then, later on in the game, wow, there it is. the shot we've been looking for. hopefully, this will be the swing that gets markakis back on top of his game. a little bit of confidence. full extension. beautiful swing. we all watch it goes into the -- go into the flag court. this cuts the lead in half for the mets. orioles at this point in time 4- 2. >> so, markakis hits the home run. he goes 2-4, a couple o

jim hunter and rick dempsey. orioles trying to make it three consecutive wins. bats broke out over the weekend. it's an amazing game baseball. you can go 11 consecutive games and score 19 runs and then score 19 runs combined over two games. orioles in those games, fabulous, reiss rick. 29 base hits, a .392 combined team batting average. look at the numbers with runners in scoring position and two of the hitters breaking out big, brian roberts and ty wigginton. i guess the theory about that is, if you think you have it figured out in baseball, wait till tomorrow. >> you got that right. you talk about hitting. it's contagious. that's what happens in this ball club. they're very, very good at it especially at home. brian roberts is the catalyst for this entire offense and that is the strength of this organization right now. when brian roberts son base, not only is he a good hitter and a guy who doesn't like to bunt very much. he's a pure hitter. when he gets on base, he causes the pitcher to change all the ways he wants to pitch everybody else in the lineup while h

jim hunter and rick demps getting ready for the "o's xtra". orioles down by four.ot many opportunities from the mets pitchers tonight. >> no, you have to give credit to mike pelfrey who cooled off the orioles bats on five hits so far tonight. that's all the o's could muster was two runs. >> on the other side, the orioles have committed three errors in this game. two have been very costly. orioles coming up down by four. they still have a chance. three outs to go. let's head back to the booth and rejoin gary and jim. >> gary: jim, rick, thanks very much. it will be bobby parnell coming out of the bullpen here in the bottom half of the ninth inning to try to wrap it up in a nonsave situation. >> jim: young kid at 24 24 out of salisbury, north carolina. you can see again the numbers. a lot of strikeouts because he throws real hard. last year, a starter in their minor leagues at double-a. another one. we talked about the best bullpen in the neil. he's -- in the national league. he's been unscored on in his last outings. for a youngster, only been scored on 23-31 times

. >> jim: it looked a little bit to me that hunter got blocked out. it looked like he had time.d have run around the pli and probably seen it at a little better angle. i'm sure manny acta thinks that. there is your get-me-over slider? did you ever throw a get-me- over slider? >> rob: yes, i did. >> bob: what was it, 93? >> rob: no, 70s. i just robbed -- lobbed in a soft slider. >> bob: tell about your exteammate that lobbed in bubbing bullpen. >> rob: you have to have guts, but you do it. >> jim: and you just throw it up there ano neck jerk. >> bob: 3-2 to dukes, melvin mora to his left with a good play and two outs. right back with you here tomorrow night and it is brought to you by m.&t. bank, understanding what is important. shairon martis coming off a rough outing. he was scored upon early and often by toronto sunday and jeremy guthrie, 5-7, trying to get that e.r.a. down. in fact, both of them over 5.00. >> jim: guthrie coming off a good start where he beat cole hamels 2-1, the orioles sweeping the last weekend series up in philadelphia. >> bob: here is josh bard swiping a

jim p.: yeah, listen to your arts. we were talking between innings, catfish hunter used to -- he used to just lay his hat on the top of his head when he was do his stride because if he jerked his head because he overthrew the hat would come off and he always kind of knew. earl weaver, he'd just run out and say, will you please relax? by the way, get somebody out. >> bob: 3-2 to dunn who has walked 58 times this year. >> jim p.: i think the one thing with brian bass, he drops his elbows so the ball doesn't sink. when he gets on top, he's got the good sinker. >> bob: adam dunn will take another walk. nationals have the lead-off man aboard. for our national fans, it's never been easier to take in a ballgame. back here tomorrow. on to florida for three on masn 2, then a short three-game home stand commences with the braves coming in for the fourth of july weekend. that's a fastball inside to josh willingham. >> jim p.: of course brian bass, somebody walked up to him the other day, they said, do you think bass who has been very good when he's come in in games behind, do you think he pitches better when he's behind than whe