that's what livan hernandez -- what do you mean?feel for pitching. >> gary: that breaking ball is just moving slowly but moving. >> jim: but he throws it in sh unlikely counts. >> gary: the shift is on. huff will take it inside. no place to put him. and a 3-1 count with the bases loaded. >> jim: well! >> gary: will he give in? >> jim: not likely. if he does, it will be a mistake. he's doing to try to thread oe of the corners. >> gary: key moment in the ballgame. >> jim: remember what huff did last night, looked for the slider off feliciano. he mate sit on a break ball here. >> gary: aubrey huff -- perfectly positioned at secd base, and hernandez works his way around it, giving up only one in the inning. that's the line drive to end . orioles have a 2-0 lead.  (announcer) you do have health insurance don't you? if you don't, now you're in luck. carefirst bluecross blueshield can cover you for as little as $75 a month. depending on the plan you choose. just call us at the number on your

we're not talking about livan hernandez. too, but that's about as good a 2-2 curveballs you can throw. didn't hang at all. >> gary: that's a new career high for strikeouts. the most jason had was three. he did that against atlanta last game in tron at the, his first game, he has 6 in this game. and he he listened to his manager, and i'm sure pitching coach about throwing that off-speed pitch more often. because it is working here in the ballgame. there's the runner at third. two down now. infield will back up. and a hard ground ball. it will be played by wigginton. the leadoff error is covered by berkenmy meeting got moved up. i need to change my southwest flight. woman over phone: no problem. you know, maybe other people are content to sit around and wait. wait for something to happen. for business to pick up. but for you, it's time to kick it in gear. time to get going. time to get tough. take control. you're not gonna run and hide. because backing down's not your style. grab your bag. it's on. (

wigginton now 6 for 20 lifetie off livan hernandez. berken with a walk and 7 strikeouts in the ballgame. orioles picking up a rbi in the 5th on the double by roberts and the first run, an andino shot. mets have battled back in te 6th, sac fly by wright, and ryan church singled to tie the ballgame up jeep it goes to what you are talking b it's easier when you get good pitching to battle back. >> gary: wigginton gets it in his favor. 3-1 count. santos got part of that foul ball. >> jim: little cutter, little slider, something different. if you look at the pitches, curve balls have been under 80 miles an hour, but the sliders from 83 to 84-mile r hour face balances, all the way up to -- fastballs, all the way up to 89. just add a little, throw a little, get in trouble -- like alfred e newman, what, me worried? i just make some pitches. >> gary: wigginton has had an old month of june, hitting  6 hits, 18 at-bats, had a couple home runs. 3-2 delivery. and wigginton another one up the middle and a bas

. >> gary: livan hernandez witha breaking ball. but it's in for a strike.hernandez has faced markakis,7 at-bats, in this case is 1 fo7 off the starting -- nick is 1 for 7 off the starting pitche. hernandez will dish one outside. livan hernandez continues to have one of the easiest-lookig rocking chair deliveries in al of baseball. you look at him and you thinke can just pitch for about five days in a row, and it would never bother him. very little effort. he gets the strikeout. so one, two, three inning for hernandez, as he sets the orioles down in order. our little friend -- never mind. we like looking at the world through safety-colored glasses. doing what it takes to make home a little better. that's why we lowered over a thousand prices. and carry powerful tools from dewalt, milwaukee, ridgid, and more. so you spend less, but drill, saw, and nail... more. more saving. more doing. that's the power of the home depot. right now, save $20 on a ryobi 18v starter kit with drill and circular saw for just $89. >> gary: with the humid ai

had a pretty hot bat going, and he got the start tonight because he had decent numbers against livan hernandez. he walked one and struck out four, so he has a chance to be the winning pitcher, but the orioles threatening that right here. short stop cora looking in the dugout, saying where do you wt me? they are moving back on the grass at short. he's concerned about mora getting a big lead representig the potential tieing run in the game. wigginton takes it for a strike 0-1 delivery. >> jim: people that have followed ty wigginton's career, he started with the mets whene first game to the big league. that's some good years. >> gary: played a lot of third base for the mets. 1-1 strike count. wigginton will chop it foul. green gets ahead, 1-2. >> jim: this is not a series r the faint hearted. lots of close contested games. but me, rivetting baseball. the way the games have been played. >> jim: they have been national-league type ball gam. key moments, big at-bats, important decisions on pitchig changes. behind mora. mora sneaks in, backs of

livan said one year in the american league, i wanted to come back here. he's given them a lot of innings. brian stokes, pretty good numbers. he's only been scored on in three of his 22 appearances. that's what you need right here to try to slam the door and come back against the orioles bullpen. >> gary: nolan reimold with a runner at first and two down. reimold will pop the first pitch up behind the mound. shortstop wants it. cora will put it away. éa, >> gary: time to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. here are your choices for tonight. text in your vote, a, b, or c. jim johnson on the mound, the benefactor of the run scored, right now he's the pitcher of record. as uehara again will be nondecision. bass a third of an inning. 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. some

. >> jim: 91 pitches for livan hernandez. he makes it look effortless. it isn't. again, so cash july. changing speeds, -- casual, changing speeds. that one number, he substantiated, that .184 with runners on. he struck nick and huff hit it on the nose and his gold glove second baseman bailed him out before it went into the right field. >> gary: orioles have left six on base, three in scoring position. os trying to make it a successful home stand, and a successful series. boy, these final games of the series have just been tough, four wins and 17 losses in the final games of series. and often, they ends up being the rubber match games there in the bullpen, feliciano, shan green warming up. as manual will match up as needed. >> jim: it's the best bullpn the national league. >> jim: of course have been struggling lately -- orioles have been struggling lately. record under .500, and you know looking at the score board, yu talk about the 7 home runs in philadelphia, they know the phillies lost. >> gary: got him on the inside

livan, he is 5-1, and jason berken trying to stop a 3 game losing streak.  >> ir the packers, he has tickets on the 45-yard line, he -- drove 15 hours to get to wisconsin, went to the game. it was like 50 below, and it s a loss. but a great experience. >> so jason berken, you're a major league player, you have connectionths in the front -- connections in the front office. the giants beat the packers tt day. today we will cover the bass during the telecast with jason berken, home depot covers the bases. visit www.homedepot.com.  rick, tonight, he's looking for his first win since his debut. he has pitched pretty well, hd one rough outing in oakland, t for the most part, he keeps the team in the game. what do you have for him? >> jason berken, if he keeps e ball down in the strike zone, he'll stay around for a long time in this game. and you can see his first two ball games, he was keeping everyone of his pitches down in the zone, and he had a beautiful two-game winning streak there. he averaged 6 innings, 2.2 e.r.a. but

remember, this is a guy that came over from arizonawith mock in a trade with livan hernandez.are still in the system and still have a future with the washington nationals. you look at chico, if he comes up throwing strikes and the ball moves, he will have some success. >> johnny: and drew storen made his professional debut against the blue claw. >> phil: yes. blue claw are a phillies farm team. his first pitch was hit for a homerun. luckily he didn't hurt his neck watching the ball. the cub was a knee buckler. he pitched one inning, threw 12 pitches, two hits and a one run. >> johnny: so storen makes his debut and chico continues to get betterment for phil wood, i'm johnny holiday. thanks for joining us here. bob carpenter and rob dibble. fans set to enjoy what hopefully will be the nats' fourth consecutive win. ♪ ♪ 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. times may be tough today, but the things we all look

livan hernandez did not make a lot of mistake, but when he did, they got the home run. so a lot of bright spots. they come back. this is the way the orioles used to win ballgame. you stay in the game and figue out the way to win. this is a huge, huge win. >> we go to the manager, dave trembley, post game comments from verizon wireless. >> it's a good game for everybody. [ inaudible ] what's the key? >> patience at the plate was very good. you have a jump start -- you have to jump start it. sure glad wieters ran out of x better -- the infield that ti. [ laughter ] i see everything. i had to tell him that, too. after when he came in. hey, that's great right out of the box, you know? that was nice. >> i think it shows you something about wieters, and e guys that are the good ones. last year jones coming back, missing that time the first pitch boom, he hits it in the extreme in fenway. -- hits it in the street in fenway. they have a way of rinsing f the bat, and turning the page real quick. he got an education the other nigh

we told you he's tied with number two all time with nine road wins behind livan hernandez. >> rob: he was fantastic. he just mowed down the baltimore orioles like they were nothing. he can't think about who he's facing. he just has to do what john lannan can do, throw it the low 90s, throw the breaking ball and change-up and attack. the team has won four of his last five starts. >> bob: first to do that in one month since oka did it ñ?way ba when. %- the blue seats. >> robtold you he likes the four hole. >> bob: on the first pitch o the second ñyñw00ñwñwñ1:rr[ nats n top @>> rob: pthat y acta, reall @moved ryan zimmerman down  thine-, he ng the bat really well8yesterda baltimore. comes down ere to ori going to óóe anfastball, g over, ú @h ugly. and i mean that Ñotw @beauiul. --@@etra, he was 4 for -@@lioe. @ht home run 0us 00000 over .300 <with his aver adam told me on the plne la% night, he said, bob, it sur < @h ay went 442  @imra o÷lw ih a aa mea

. >> up against veteran pitcher livan hernandez who is off to another very good start. you're seeing it right there. 5-1 so far this year. 2-0 at camden lifetime, so he's going to be a tough match-up tomorrow. >> good start for koji uehara, and the orioles win 6-4. tom and dave are talking it over, masn sports.com. orioles win it 6-4. thanks for joining us. thanks for the enthusiasm, everybody. we'll see you back here tomorrow night. >> gets it down but foul. 0-2. and that's not what they wanted to see. >> after one pitch when you've squared around the bunt, and the third baseman did not charge, go ahead and give yourself up. a legitimate national league pitcher up sacrifice. square as early as you want, before the pitcher even comes set, and bunt the ball to third base. >> almost looked like he was trying to bunt for a base hit. >> you can give the sacrifice up, you see the defense. they didn't make any change from the dugout on the defensive alignment. >> now will they try to bunt again? they do. pulls the bat back. remember, if you bunt foul with two strikes, you're

jason berken thursday night 1-3 against luis hernandez who is 5--- livan hernandez who is 5- 1. the three-game set and then the o's off to philadelphia for friday, saturday and sunday. big cut and i don't think he hit it. he's going to go to first. it will be a strikeout on church, but he'll reach first base. it is a pass ball that will allow him to get there. so, the leadoff man on again. >> jim: take a look. great angle right here. ball just gets under matt wieters' glove. right there, ryan church is going to look back. a little breaking ball. matt doesn't catch it. it goes through his legs. he's looking for it. by that time, ryan church down to first base. >> gary: third consecutive inning and three in the game that the leadoff man has been on for the mets. guthrie not getting a lost breaks here in this one and a 1- 0 count on gary sheffield. sheffield has singled and struck out the designated hitter for the mets hitting at .273, sevenhome runs, 23 rbi's. he's really had a very solid season for the mets after a tremendous struggle last year for the detroit tigers. >> jim: i w