he knows he has pie running to his feet in a hurry, and throws the strike to justin morneau. rneau, a former hockey goalie, can handle anything, is that's why casilla was comfortable. he put as much on it as he had. >> jim: brian roberts now his third at bat. he is responsible for the game's only run. >> buck: the one thing you tonight want to do is to be a door matt. go into these city toes where teams are playing for playoff births and just allow them to run over you. >> jim: ryan checked in time on the appeal to third. i can't believe that ozzie guillen was too happy that the orioles took two out of three when they need as many wins as they can get, because it seems to me that the race in the central is going to be easier for one of those teams to within the division than win the wildcard, because then you're competing against the east and the west for the best second place record, as roberts strikes out. that's number 5 for baker, and two men down. >> buck: well, baker, the last three innings has worked out some strikeouts. 95 mile an hour fastball. see it difficult to pic

buddy justin morneau, 0-4. pops out the end the game, 5-4t, kansas city. it pirates and rockies.lmost colorado with a one-game lead in the national league wild card race. look out. w here comes conolorado. they're good. troy tulowitzki, got the cycle earlier in the week. paul maholm, his only hit ofr game. top four, jason marquis, winlesi for a month.e. the major league's first 12-game winner got another one today. dexter fowler, three doubles and three runs batted in. 10-1. the rockies blow out the pirates. tiger woods speaks after great first round at the pga championship, and you'll hear it next. plus the latest on tom brady preping to take on the eagles. hi. it's pretty easy to see what "draws" me to esurance... with my family, a job, and a pretty long commute, it's hard to find time to take care of things like auto insurance. let alone how much it can cost! i chose esurance because they saved me money in no time! with "quote, buy, print" convenience, you can start saving in minutes. and, with hassle-free automatic payments, that's one less bill that p

there's justin morneau.his inning but with pie's running mistake on the bases, the two hitters that followed reimold's pop foul that was caught by mauer both got base hits. orioles might have a bigger outing going. instead, they had to settle for just one run. little low. 1-1 on morneau. >> buck: yeah, you never know how an inning is going to develop. there was no reason to tag. it was a pop right in front of the dugout. morneau made a fine play, turned around immediately to check pie and unexpectedly tagged and sprinted toward third. >> jim: bounced towards second base. roberts gets the hop. what a job by mark hendrickson, but minnesota does rally. it's a brand new game. we'll head to the seventh tied at 6-6. whether that's building more certified green buildings than anyone on earth. creating online banking tools for the next generation. or making a 10 year, $100 million investment in kids. it's how we've always done business. and will for a very long time to come. pnc. leading the way. why? i don't know s

this is former league mvp justin morneau and that's how he got to be the league mvp. up and over the hefty bag out there in right his 29th. os and twins decide at 6 in the 9th. with that it is time for our weekly look at the excellent and not so excellent in the world of sports. it is the good, the bad and ugly for august 25. we start with the good. best excuse me r.b.i. the os melvin mora. watch where he hits this ball. off the knob on the handle end of the bat but it goes into fair territory. that's an r.b.i. that he got without ever swinging the bat. i think that's an economy of moving. best job of self-preservation. braves gonzalez. how did he catch that? even money his eyes were closed. they say baseball is a game of inches. he was an inch of getting decapitated. pee wee game there. little guy scoring a touchdown going for the leap. he gets the assist up there over the wall. and frankly, i think if brett favre had ever gone back to the packer he would have needed an assist because he is 80 now. >>> here is the bad. worst bat construction. whoever made this twig f

bottom 3, justin morneau gone. his 29th. the o's though still led 4-3. top 6, 5-3 now.ott at the plate. with a 2-out sing toll right. nick markakis who had walked went to second on a wild pitch, scores. scott was nailed out in the rundown. but the o's led 6-3. brian bascom on the 6 gives up 3 runs without recording an ounce. delmon young scores. the twins would eventually tie it at 6. bottom of the 8th, orlando cabrera at the plate. cesar goes deep in the hole. strong throw. they're in the bottom of the 9th right now. this game is tied at 6 apiece. >>> bart scott went from undrafted free agent to the pro bowl with rex ryan as his offensive coordinator with the ravens. it's no shock he's got rex's back. after the loss last night, he said rex, quote, was the head coach of that team last year whether you guys know it or not. i wonder what john harbaugh thinks. rex must have enjoyed coaching the ravens defense much more than facing it. the ravens scored two defensive touchdowns in the win. haloti ngata scored on his fourth int. >> it was great that trevor got that block on

. >> buck: well, justin morneau knows that markakis always runs up the line, and look how quickly he shovels the ball to blackburn. just a half a step ahead of markakis. >> jim: so markakis retired. two men down as blackburn tries to get out of it. here is nolan reimold. >> buck: these are the situations we had talked about in the open. scoring opportunities early. you have to grind, have good at bats, be and do whatever it takes to get at least one of these runs in here. >> jim: reimold takes a strike at the knees. >> buck: and jim in your interview with reimold, he talked about being patient. think because of his confidence, he doesn't swing at borderline pitches early. >> jim: there's that batting eye buck referred to. a close pitch, but he got the call. 1-1. >> buck: and obviously so many of these pitches for nolan reimold are new to him, doesn't know them, not really familiar with what they throw or where the release point is, so it's all about getting as much information as you can quickly. >> jim: strike on the outside corner. that time blackburn got the call, and it's 1-2. ta

to justin morneau. wide off the back. scott stewart scores. 2-0, birds. later, felix pie connects. and orioles go on to win by the final of 5-1. tonight, they've got cleveland down at the yard. and don't forget, it's game 3 against the series. starts tonight here on wjz 13, at 7:00 p.m. saturday night. >>> you may have heard this earlier. a virginia bankruptcy judge approved a plan today for disgraced michael vick to repay his creditors. immediately afterward, vick hopped on a plane and arrived before taking the field for the first time in two years against the jacksonville jaguars. he might even get playing time in first quarter. >> i can only go based on what i've sign on practice. realistically, it's been two years. >> how close are you to michael vick? >> that's my best friend. he's got 10 years left in him. easy. easy. people don't understand that he played six to seven years. now he had two years off. so he's fresh. he's not a rookie. >> and yet, this nfl reminder, we'll bring you nfl football tomorrow night, 8:00, with the washington redskinsing hosting the new england patri

rbi lead floor the american league is justin morneau with 93 starting the day.wed by longoria, bay, and markakis, they have reached 80 rbi or more in the american league. huff only 2 hits in 29 lifetime at-bats against lackey. tied out to right field. aubrey trying to get the bat going for the orioles. the final 6 weeks of the season they need his bat. power protection, rbi production. 2-0 count on him. markakis is 2nd base. though play huff to pull. and the pitch is way up. it's 3-0. not what you want to do against the guy that's never hit you very well. >> jim: what happens, a lot of time you get gun-shy when you fall behind 2-0. with a swing of the bat the orioles can get back in the game. >> he can. first walk surrendered by lackey and the orioles doing all of this with 2 down. >> jim: we saw last night, gary, they don't always have to be hard line drives or doubles. you talk about the 12 extra base hits the 2 tack on runs were the dumb single by izturis. right now you would like a gapper, maybe score, may be tough the score huff from first. you get a run in

justin morneau tops the american league in rbi's. , rick, morneau since 2006 is second in the majors with rbi's topped only by ryan howard. >> you know, justin morneau is just one of the most dangerous hitters in whole game. he hits so well with men on base. one of the reasons why he's so dangerous is he hits left- handers better than he does right-handers. he hits to a .314 clip against left-handers. he has nine home runs on the season which isn't going to surprise anybody, but the 41 rbi's is almost half of his total amount is against left- handed pitchers. this is what should be the toughest on him. he has an excellent eye. he doesn't try to pull the ball too much. go the opposite way against left-handers especially. right-handers you're in real trouble if you come up with men on base. he hits .285 against right- handers and rest of the rbi's, 50 some odd against all reasoned pitch ears one of the things the twins have done well over the course of the last 15- 0 years is get a lost good, young players also good, young players that

justin morneau, a solo home run. alexi casilla doubled in one. orlando cabrera walked with the bases loaded and joe mauer hit into the double play, a ground ball. when you look at felix pie, this is a strange game for -- game for felix pie. he looked very good in the outfield. at times on the base pats, he -- pads, he looked like he was lost. >> he steals a base and doesn't look back at the third base coach. we'll see it right here. watch the shot first. we'll start off with the good part of the night here. look at the great diving catch in center field. he saves the orioles a couple of runs right here by making a fantastic catch. on this, you'll watch him now. the base hit to right field by reimold, he didn't look up to find out where the ball was. he doesn't know where to run. back and forth. he should be on the third base with an opportunity to score are but he isn't and later on he doesn't end up scoring. a pop-up in the infield. again, piep comes -- felix pie comes on takes control and catches a ball in center field. it's a pretty good play

he had a double play the first batter he faced, joe and then he got justin morneau and then he gave wayay. that came in the tough loss on tuesday, the middle game of that three-game set. cleveland batting in the seventh inning. in the the f the order. the pitch will be taken for a strike. cabrera. double in the first and scored. single in the third and walked in the fifth inning. and a one ball, one strike count. they turn it around here against the left-hander, the switch hitter. battle .306 right-handed. and he'll take the pitch up high. the orioles trying to even up the first two gyms of this four- game set. the orioles have fallen two games under .500. the ball in center if he can get there. he's guilty it! hendrickson records the out. now in seven at-bats in the first two games of this series. he'll get the called strike. >> buck: that is a good first pitch curve ball. few hitters are thing to swing. the fastball early in the count. they're going to take anything. it is very hittable. and they will often let that first pitch curve ball go. >> gary: he gets a quick jump in the count

bottom sixth, rangers trailing 3-1, tommy hunter facing justin morneau. hits a liner back up the middle. hunter recovers and throws morno out at first. -- and morneau out -- throws morneau out at first. a painful loss for texas in the a.l. wild card race, minnesota victorious in six of their last seven games. duensing got the win. >> matt garza on the hill, bottom four, bases loaded, gerald laird to right field, gabe gross can't come up with it. that would score two. detroit scored five times in the fourth inning thanks to back-to-back-to-back doubles -- the rookie rick porcello gets the win. he's now allowed one or two earned runs in five of his six august starts, matt garza falls to 0-4 in six career starts against detroit. wild card mania all over the place. in your area, make them to their job not only for eda but th business community that is here today. i will be measured on several statistics when i get done. my job will be in fundamentally finished 13 months from now part i have never had a term of appointment but this is pretty cdose. and 13 mont

just not quite on the money, and justin morneau has a tough time handling it right there. the shortstop also gets an airer, and the orioles get two runs on the pay. >> felix pie, hits a solo home run. >> well, i think every time pie makes a mistake, he comes back with something that really amazing you. tonight he hit his 5th home run, puts the orioles up 3-0. very good job offensive. >> twins get one back, joe mauer will score from first base. this guy can really run. >> league-leading 96 rbi for gisten morneau drives in mauer all the way from first base, a double in the game gap, score 3- 1. >> chad moeller had a big night, doubles to left field, and felix pie will come around to score. in the orioles have a 4-1 lead in the 6th inning. >> easy to return the bases win the they hit it into the corner. moeller finally got a chance to play, and the orioles win this one 5-1. >> the orioles with the factory 52-75 for the season. they finish the road trip 4-5. they finish the season against minnesota. when you talk about plays and defensive plays, this casilla for second base fo