a high percentage nine out of 12678 a lot of options for mike scioscia. contact hitter at the plate. look if a ball to try to hit it into right field early in the count. >> hits it to left field. the angels have something going on now i can't that is my theory on pitching. when you have a left handed hitter come up with the hole and the runner at first is make him hit the ball the other way ask jim johnson does that. now to abreu's credit he gets a base hit. but the double play still in order. you don't get the first and third. this is really what pitching is all about. not that you wanted to walk that first guy. and new all of a sudden, even though rivera has been swinging the bat as well as anybody in the american league, if he hits a ground ball at one of your infielders, he got two quick outs. juan rivera now, he is one for five. there is a strike at the knees. back in the first inning when the angels got to jeremy guthrie for three runs in the first, sending eight batters up. we have starters. the beginning to a playing field now. as we were past 5:0

mike scioscia said i've never seen that before.gainst the orioles, used the bats for home runs right at the top is vladimir guererro. 19 career. two this year. and it all started to 3-2 change-up with one out to figgins. >> scioscia was funny when that ball was hit like a cricket pitch. he said about the game all the charts that show hot zone, hit well here. don't hit up and away. hit in the middle. right now vlade is batting 1000 on the pitch that bounces in front of home plate. good number. >> jim: they are trying. the orioles pitching coach is trying to get something down in the strike zone. anything up he elevates. anything on one hop he elevates. >> gary: if guererro tried to elevate. that 0-1 count. the bases are loaded. he's had 5 grand slams in his career. >> jim: they said they will have to move him off the plate. up in the zone. >> 0 for two with the bases loaded for vlad each wall streeters pitches a pitch inside and 1-1 strike. no score in the game but the afternoon gels threatening in the 3rd inning. two walks. big guy

. >> if you are mike scioscia, you have a starter on the mound with a 6-2 lead and he couldn't get through the inning. the only reliever he used today was shane. >> you go back to the job that matt palmer did for them the orioles had pitched well until the 13th. tenuous innings along the way. they are were able to get out of trouble. it is a tough game to lose. i'll tell what you. to play 13 innings and have to come back even with a night game, that is always difficult. >> roberts. >> it is a lot easier to do when you put a w in the on column. >> the angels dinner will taste a little better tonight.   >> mike scioscia will feel a little better about things after watching his team give up a lead and then the blown save by his closer fuentes in the mining. in the end he'll still have the win, with one more out and trembley will feel the opposite. >> 3-2 on roberts. free fall on a breaking ball. oh so the orioles go down three up three down in the 13th on three consecutive strikeouts and the angels win it 17 runs on 23 hits. join us again to tomorrow the finale of the four game s

it is amazing mike scioscia can play his team tougher than the new york yankees. they play well on the road all the time. >> the angels by the way are 4- 2 against the yankees the red sox and tampa bay. it is going to be the orioles and eagles game and the angels. game three. jim hundred and jim palmer standing by with a play by play. we'll be standing by for the post game show, right after the orioles play the angels, next on march. ♪ ♪ tell me who's watching. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here. it's easy.

mike scioscia came over to have a chat as well. not let those go by if he sees them happening in the dug out. mike made a great point about his catchers tonight, especially napoli. mike was saying catchers are like pitchers when you have a staff that's struggling it's tenser they try to do things they can't documents one of problems for -- can't do. napoli has tried to make it too fine for the pitchers and he's supposed to be on the outer third of the plate he's in the black and the pitcher thinks there's something wrong. we had a meeting and said relax, let's make it simple. go back to what we've down all year. don't try the press and do things you can't do. >> jim: it's a sent of pride. you want your guys to do well. >> jones over the get it. that s a base hit for figgins. >> you take it personally and you do overreact. that's a good point. >> gary: you don't forget the orioles going to have the youth sports day coming up sunday september 20, any of your sports teams be it football shall lacrosse, basketball, football. take part

mike scioscia, the longest tenured manager in the american league. former catcher. ike napoli is having a tough time with the relief pitchers getting on. the runner gets to second base four times now has had to go to the mound. >> jim: let's see if jepsen's fast ball in the upper 90s. he makes a perfect pitch outside corner. 2-2 the count. batting with the sunglasses. reimold is second. reimold toward short. aybar to first as scott hustles down the line. reimold at third base with one out. productive out if you will because it advanced the base runner. > >> jim: he was just trying to drive a ball somewhere. s hit it sharply right up the middle. they will play the infield back with a two run lead. so anywhere except the corners where they could elect to come home they'll get a run in. he puts it in play swings through that, 0-1. >> jim: see that is a perfect example. when somebody throws 988 miles per hour and he throws you a sharp breaking ball, if you are hitting well, do you swing at it? the answer is usually no. it is a pitcher's pitch. jepsen at least he was in t

it is amazing mike scioscia can play his team tougher than the new york yankees.play well on the road all the time. >> the angels by the way are 4- 2 against the yankees the red sox and tampa bay. it is going to be the orioles and eagles game and the angels. game three. jim hundred and jim palmer standing by with a play by play. we'll be standing by for the post game show, right after the orioles play the angels, next on march. ♪ ♪ tell me who's watching. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. round of miller lite. (announcer on call) ...here it comes... watch this now... got it! my goodness! now you have seen it all. (announcer) that's what greatness tastes like. triple hops brewed. great pilsner taste. miller lite. taste greatness. welcome to chili's. start your three-course meals with a shared appetizer. for a second course, choose two entrees from over 15 chili's favorites, like our big mouth bites -- the mini burgers with giant layers of flavor. or a half-rack of our triple-basted baby back ribs. then save some

. >> mike scioscia knows.he has been around the game long enough as a catcher player and manager that 6-3 is no safe lead. especially unless you get to the late parts to the bullpen. >> jim: all three orioles runs roberts luke scott here in the fourth were a solo. >> jim: he struck them out on a 3-2 change up the last time. >> jim: aybar has it. the throw not in time. wiggington is out with a two out single women jim eric aybar can cover some ground. he figured you know i'm making all the other praise, i might as well make this one. right there, you can see long way to go. chad moellerer ripped the ball, what a marvelous year he has had. aybar now with kansas city started out the year in seattle. he picked a good year to have his year year chad moellerer takes ball one. with a second start since coming back. >> jim: they got rid of what $58 million with alex going to the white sox? they could afford them you have to think he likes playing there. here comes mike to talk to his young pitcher. it is scioscia. goi

he did. >> you see mike scioscia came on the field for two calls right there. another foul tip off the bat of aybar. aybar thought it was a foul tip. the umpire saw it wasn't. aybar trying to get the extra swing. >> i want to go the pie last night. you've seen all kind of player. pie had a tough year. he was the starter. he losts a job. he's had to work to get whatever playing time he gets and has a career night. only 4 cycles in the history of the orioles. why is he not allowed to celebrate with his teammates and why is scioscia offended. i don't think he was showing anyone up. >> i don't think he was trying to show up anything. if there's anything we need it's emotion and he has it out there. i don't see any reason for the retaliation. like they threw at his head. they threw inside. maybe there's a question if they did it on purpose. since i thought about it last night and said it publically there would be a little bit of retallation. it's gamesmanship and i wish we had more of that myself here. >> if we went back and looked at every angel home run none of th

mike scioscia likes to play a national league-style of ball. one ball, two strikes to cantu hitting .285. john lannan coming off an outing in pittsburgh where he gave up five runs, nine hits going deep in the game seven innings. breaking ball got him. cantu gave up on it. fieldin culbreth took a good, long look and then punched out the batter. lannan gives up an infield hit and good start to his evening. to ride in the bottom of the plane in the dark. no peanuts or nothin'. and then if your bag wants to bring one of its little bag friends for company, they charge another $25. that's just plain mean. why do they hate your bags? at southwest airlines, bags fly free. grab your bag. it's on! ( ding ) yeah. ( thud ) are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drinking a warm one? if you have the coors light cold-activated bottle, you're covered. because every bottle turns blue when your beer is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. ( cheering, splash ) cold beer: that's our policy. fros

mike scioscia says as he learning some things about how stuff plays out in the big leagues, he'll get a little deeper in the games. the blue jays win by a final of 8-3. travis snider, who was recently recalled go 3-3. ricky romero, outstanding rookie, picks up his sixth win of the season. >> giambi, who was released earlier by the as was hitting .193 before let go back on august 7th could join the rockies when the roster expands in september. the giants a two-run lead on the rockies. tim lincecum took a no-hitter in the sixth inning in this one. rockies lead over the giants was two games in the nl wildcard entering play. edgar enteria with a home run, his first since late april. >> marlins-braves. both teams four games back in the nl wildcar entering the day. it's john bake -- baker flying out to end it. mccann, it's his first home run over the last four games. that tie as career high for runs batted in. braves now 8 games over .500. >> cubs and dodgers in the top of the fourth inning. carmona leading the indians today. ken griffey, jr., 24th career home run. he's now 36 shy of willie

what is the confidence level of mike scioscia that santana will get back to form?rd, they had a day game and santana won. >> oh my gosh, yes. >> that's all right. errors are made. irvin had a good game today, not a great game. gave up four runs in the first three innings. he righted himself. walked a guy with the bases loaded and one out in the third inning and came through with a strikeout and a groundout and pitched three more scoreless innings. so it's been kind of a really weird year for him, fighting back from these elbow injuries. really seems to struggle in the first three innings and then sort of settles down and finds his rhythm. certainly not the all-star he was last year, but taking a little steps toward improvements so far this year. >> thank you mike digiovanna. >> no problem. >> see what happens when you start writing early? mike, appreciate your time. >> all right. no problem. >> the pittsburgh pirates last place in the n.l. central are hurting. they've lost four straight games and the big question is just how much did they lose by last week's trade