so matt holliday battling here. 9-pitch at-bat already for matt holliday, including one he fouled off his foot. he has seen all that the left hander has. now, it's a matter of execution. hendrickson ready again. 10th 10th pitch of the at back. jose molina pack, jones back, warning track ball and good- bye, homerun. matt holliday with a three-rbi homer and a 9-0 a's lead. >> buck: holliday was right on hendrickson throughout this extended at bat. 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 gave up that base hit to kennedy and he walked cust and set up matt holliday. >> gary: 1- 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 double now at 3rd. the walk to cust at 2nd. the walk to holliday at 1 st. giambi grounded out his first

matt holliday -- how does he get the votes over dallas braden? but nonetheless, you voted for him. >> when we come back, we'll check on the possible replace. for cesar izturis who was out of the line-up, an appendectomy on the west coast. ?

ahead of the matt holliday homerun.six runs in tw swings of the bat. >> gary: here is the 2-0. grounded to first base. wigginton will take it to : alberto castillo does exactly what his role is, to get left handers out. now he has to deal with matt holliday who had a three-run homerun his last at-bat. alberto handcust easily and kennedy to get left ers out co out of the bullpen. and they are hoping that castillo can fill that role and they were hoa ttleat least that holliday, a homerun in the 5th

great catch made by matt holliday.and at this point in the ball game a not insignificant one. >> buck: matt holliday is a complete player for sure. this ball had a chance to get down and he made a determined effort and catch before it hits the curve in left field. that would have made things awfully interesting as the bases would have been loaded at a minimum. >> gary: things are happening like that. catches get made as aubrey got robbed of one right there. bailly is going to come o on as he comes out of there working two-thirds of an inning giving up a couple hits and striking out one. orioles trying to make a run at it. two down now in the 8th inning.  >>> bailly 29-year-old right hander comes out of the bullpen. runners on at 1 st and 2nd base two down to

for matt holliday coming from coors field where the ball traveled a mile. no ballpark was ever built like that. so these were inflated numbers he has put up some huge rbi numbers. the same thing is not going to happen in oakland. i know, because i played through there a lot of years. the air gets heavy and cold at nighttime and the ball just does not travel at all. right now, he is hitting .289, that's a respectable batting average but the homeruns and rbis are not up to par. >> jim: the other night in seattle, the orioles lost the rubber game. but brad bergesen gave them a start that was good enough to wifnlt he ended up with a no- decision. following the game at safeco field, he talked about the start. >> i felt good. that two-run homerun was a setback. i just tried to come back and brush it off and get abig starred. >> amber: when did you talk about on the beltre. >> we went about it. sinker away, but sure enough, i left the fastball in the middle and he got it. >> jim: 15 innings combined, he has given up only 12 base hits, 4 earned runs combined in thr

evens the count, 2-2. >> matt holliday didn't think so.a good look at it and is talking to bruce directman about it. >> that's inside. ball three. so back to back hiters, he's gone 3-2. and the athletics try to get on the board. cabrera at 2nd, cust at 1st and only one down. runners are moving and the pitch is low, ball four. so hill has walked back to back hitters, bases loaded now and still only one man down. >> this has been a problem for the orioles in this series, giving up first inning runsch they gave up 6 on friday night and one last night and here a 3- 2 pitch is low, just out of the strike zone. and then the curveball inside misses. once again up with the changeup, the curveball catches the top part of the strike and the fastball missed inside. and finally another fastball down and in for the walk. second walk of the inning. >> drummond bringing you the pitch tracks. norfolk drummond the information power house. and there they are. cust at 2nd, holiday at 1st and giambi in the box to face hill. and it's low, ball one. well hill,

only two on in the afternoon. >> jim: strike one to matt holliday. first innings have been a real problem for this team in his sear -- this series. they've given up ten runs in the first three innings. >> jim: the oriole have not had a lead in any of the three games. fell behind 6-0 on friday night. 1-0, and then eventually 9-0 last night. and 3-0 here today. and scooped up by salazar. three up and three down. we'll head to the 9th. scott, mora and salazar up and the birds down by 3.  >>> beautiful day in the oakland bay area. as the athletics try to complete a sweep with a 3-0 lead going to the 9th. aaron cunningham will take over for jack cust and andrew bailey has come out, trying to earn the save. >> buck: bailey worked an inning and a third in last night's game and had a couple of strikeouts and a walk: >> jim: and a fastball by scott, leading off. luke scott didn't face bailey, but he saw, he's got a big fastball. a fastball and a very hard breaking pitch. a little bit low, 1-1 the count. and buck was talking earlier about the

kennedy, cust and matt holliday are due up. fastball is in there for a strike.e told you guthrie, innings 1 through 4, e.r.a. is 5.73 coming in. after the -- or the 5th inning on, it's 3.18. boy, that has been a jump up with the six runs on 7 hits in the 1st incan here. that's 2/3 of an inning worked. orioles obviously have a game left trying to get back into this thing but now the pen, hendrickson to start, those hold these a's down. kennedy, right back to him. and one away. >> buck: it's very important that mark hendrickson gives the orioles some innings here tonight. obviously coming in the 1st inning, you have berg tomorrow. you want to put your pitching staff for the best possible game no matter what happens in this game. >> gary: the designated hitter, jack cust, with his 9th homerun of the year, three rbis with a homerun. andino moved to the other side of the bag and melvin mora is way over. here is the 1-0 delivery. great offspeed breaking ball. cust getting the homerun for the a's now. they have homerd in six consecutive ball games. that is the first ti

. >> reporter: what purpose did it serve for them to get matt holliday. >> rob: they will trade matt holliday again before the trade deadline. unless they were to sign him to an extension which i don't think they will shell out money for him. they will trade him again like they did danny haren. you get them in, then trade for mortal more talent. more talent. huston street has been a vital part of that rockies trade. >> reporter: colorado in a 2-2 game in the 6th. they won three in a row again after that 11-game winning streak. 2 balls and a strike to hill. tavarez has some kind of breaking ball tonight. >> rob that's a tough position he puts manny acta in. do you run him one more inning? because then you lose him for tomorrow. >> bob: villone pitched last night, although only a 1/3 inning and beimel, a full inning. the two lefties. top of the 12th inning. nats in extra inning for the 10th time this year. nice. >> bob: that ball made it way. see, mom, i told you if you let me stay. and here is the 2-2. right to ryan zimmerman. that's why you guard the line in the late innings. rolen in

. >> here's the frustration, 8th inning, aubrey huff with a drive to left and a great catch by matt holliday an opportunity to get a rally going right there but you saw holliday make an outstanding catch and see the frustration on huff's face. the ball did not fall in the orioles the orioles are out of the inning. >> one win tworks losses. he didn't even start the game. felix pie had to leave because of an injury to his throat. he drove in three. luke scott batting clean up. orioles still lose by a count 9- 4. birds have dropped six of their last seven. for more on the orioles on latest losses go back to oakland and visit with buck and gary guilty or not guilty thanks very much. very disappointing getting behind in these two games so early taking the stuffing out for the o's. they got runnings late the offense is doing what they weren't doing. they are getting strikeouts. they weren't doing that before. >> you hate to put so much on the starting pitching, but when you fall behind early difficult as hitters to focus. and they were up against a guy they'd not seen before in transfer cahill. a

and matt holliday will lead off. giambi and suzuki to follow for oakland.ng on a five- game winning streak. while the orioles are trying to stop a four-game winning streak. four walks by rich hill in the first inning, holliday scored one of the three runs. and glove by andino, and nicely done. out at first base, salazar tested on his footwork. >> buck: we've seen robert andino make some impressive defensive plays in this series. this is a bullet, popped to his feet and throw it's to the outside of the bag. salazar maintained contact for the out. andino made a couple of great double plays here a couple of nights ago. that was aspects ac -- a spectacular play right there. >> jim: and giambi batting. there is a strike. giambi walked with the bases loaded to drive in a run. ]ao 38 years old. >> buck: he came up and really just established himself here with the oakland athletics, played his way into that free agent contract with the yankees as jim mentioned. and he's a guys that all been characterized as an athletic. >> jim: a high popup into shallow centerfield

jack cust and matt holliday and tonight a three run double by jason giambi. but in this series .323. 18 with nine doubles, runners in scoring position batting .385. eight doubles tonight. >> a team that's been down most of the season, the a's i said was the worst hitting team in the american league and all of a sudden decide they're going to be more aggressive. they won a couple games on the road, come back here and now going to jump on you first pitch, second pitch. get a feel for that right out of the bat and start changing speeds more than you have done. yesterday jeremy guthrie four consecutive hits right off the bat and everybody hit the ball hard. seven hits his first time through. you've got to do something. if you're not changing speeds you can't throw them off balance because they're being too aggressive they're going to go hit any pitch you throw there if you continue to settle in in the batter's box. you don't have to hit batters, throw in off the plate, move their feet. these are things you don't see. they just sit out there and keep throwing the

. >> buck: in the outfield it's matt holliday, jack hannahan a very slick fielding third baseman. adam ken dui and jason jam by on the right side. in my estimation he's the reason these young pitchers have been able to perform to well here in oakland because of his leadership behind the plate. >> gary: this team is hot. oakland now won four in a row for this season. markakis will take a slider inside. for the first time this year markakis moves up to the number two spot in the lineup. nick still ninth in the league for rbis. that's a fair ball. holliday coming to get it. he was close. markakis will have to stay at 1st base. and nick gets his first hit of the series after an 0-3 last night. >> buck: that was a great swing on a sinker ball. hits it past the diving jack hannahan at 3rd base. the thing about markakis hitting in the two spot he doesn't have to think about driving the run or ball out of the ballpark. just good at bats. that will get him back into his good approach. >> gary: adam jones hitting in the third spot. eighth in average in the american league coming in with a .

and here is matt holliday. jack cust delivers the long ball for his 9th of the season. rbis now. that one hit hard up the middle and that's a base hit. and oakland just teing off on jeremy guthrie. three singles and a homer here in the 1st inning and still nobody out. >> buck: this is realy a tough spot for the orioles giving the fact that they have scored so few runs on this trip. and dave trembley obviously concerned. kojikoji uehara might be returning to the rotation. >> gary: the early goings are tough for jeremy. once he gets past the early part of the game, he settles down but you can't give that many runs and hope that your team will come up and pick up the slack. runner at first base, nobody out. giambi is hitting the baseball. he has had homers in back-to- back games, american league f vp for the a he is, five-time all-star, three-time on base leader, bark with the ball club. down to first. that will be a foul ball. >> buck: went to new york as a free agent, signed a 7-year deal with the yankees with designs on playing in the world series. that never happened.

. >> josh holliday, the brother o matt holliday, pitching coach for arizona state, goes out there.matt pid before this at-bat, let's take a looktc although who the capital one player -- take a look at who the capital one player of the game is. alex white, who went nine innings and struck out a career-high 12, gave up just one earned run.ame if ackley can do somethingstruck special, alex white would be th1 winning pitcher.2n do during the super regional victory over east carolina while >>e tar heels were dog piling to celebrate, only one guy didn't involve himself and that was dustin ackley because he was saving himself, he said. i only want to get in one.guy when you win the college world series. >> and you don't want to hurt ds him either. >> and youti didn't want to hurt him. >> after you have tommy john surgery, you don't want to get in dog piles. >> they're pitching to him andte there's a strike at 82 miles ant hour. >> and that's really what goes through your head.eit a guyhe that dustin ackley's kig of hitter is that, you know, you're going out there thinkingt you're not going to