so melvin mora keeps it going for the orioles with a two-out single.back hard hit balls, but that one, a line drive to the outfield. >> buck: that is a fastball. you can catch up with a fastball when you don't have to worry about the breaking pitch for a strike and mora gets the hit and drills it to left field. he is 1-3 on the night with balk. here comes luke scott off the bench. >> jim: luke scott be pinch hit for chris ray, who is very effective in his return to the orioles tonight. one and 2/3 scoreless, and he did not allow a hit. the orioles need scott to get on to get the tying run to the plate. matt wet -- matt wieters' the home run tonight, and he is on deck. a good cut and fouled it straight back. >> buck: we mentioned earlier that ross gladded that 27 pinch hit at-bats before he singled in part of that five-run seventh inning. this is luke scott's third pinch hit at-bat of the season. just the difference in the two leagues. >> jim: now, luke, for one, will definitely be happy to get back home on friday and back to american league rules. grou

willingham setting up, mora will tag. here comes mora. here comes the throw. it is off the plate and mora scores. there's a sac fly rbi and a big insurance run for the orioles as roberts drives in mora. >> jim p.: not only an rbi but a moral victory. boy, is it great when they get a runner to third with less than two outs and you get the job done. really difficult for mcdougal, especially when the count goes to 3-2. >> rob: well, josh willingham had time to surround that ball. he does catch it flat-footed. not a lot on the throw into the catcher. we talked about with adam jones, addie said when bob was in here, the hardest part of the catch is better the catch. you have to surround it. try oh get some momentum coming home. he had enough time. not that that really would have saved the game, but -- >> jim p.: melvin mora took a look at juan sam well, the -- samuel, the orioles bench coach, do i have the right read, am i going? juan said, yes, tag up and get going. >> jim h.: adam jones fouls it back. a 2 for 4 night, including an infield hit. after a three-hit g

melvin mora, 6%. bonifacio, 15%. still time for you to text in your vote and have your voice heard a, b or c to 51862 and tom and rick will have results coming up on "o's xtra" post- game. so, here is matt wieters representing the orioles last hope. remember, last night it was two out, nobody on when the rally got going. the differences within the divisions and the quality of the teams in the a. l. east and the n. l. east. the phillies tonight are trailing in tampa 7-1. that game in the ninth inning. the rays have the lead. right now, the marlins with a win would go one game above .500, 37-36. they would be two games out of first place. the phillies game holds and this leede liu -- and this lead holds. red sox meantime are 43-27 in first place in the a. l. east. so, they are 16 above .500. orioles began play as the only team in the east below .500. tampa bay is two above. they're seven outs. one above would be two out. 2-1 on matt wieters. swings through it, 2-2. >> buck: well, dan meyer a strike way from his first p

behind mora. mora sneaks in, backs off. 1-2 delivery. slider away. 2-2. >> jim: he took that pitch e he knew it was coming. i know he didn't. t at 1-2. that's the tieing run at second base. big sweeping breaking ball,t starts in the strike zone and just goes off the outside corner >> gary: 2-22 count. down low. green trying to get him to che a couple that were close, ande he wouldn't. orioles down a run. mora at second two down, 3-2. wigginton is gone as he pulled the string on him. green gets the strikeout, a rn in on two hits with the base runner left on at second. 8 complete. it's a 1-run ballgame. it's 4-3.  >> gary: an outstanding game goes to the 9th inning. 4-8-0 for the mets, and 3-10 d 1 for the orioles. albers is now on the mounds. >> jim: matt has been awfully good, labrum tear last year, came in, this year, throwing the ball harder than he did, ich 't translate into pitching down to aaa norfolk, being smoother, ting the ball sink. >> gary: he worked in the first

roberts, jones, markakis, huff, mora and scott.wigginton at first, markakis against the mets, holy cow! and the 34-year-oldly van hernandez, he's on a role, 4-0 and a low e.r.a. in his last 8 games. these the lifetime numbers. -- there's the lifetime numbe. roberts 0-1 delivery. he's also good in geography. 1-1 delivery. that ball hit in the air to left right at martinez on the warning track. one down. >> jim: look at the mets' defense, we saw martinez last night. didn't get back on the wiets home run, but he is learn howo play. beltran, three gold gloves, church is having a good series, wright a gold color, cora is great at shortstop. and a brief oriole last year, omir santos has done a terrifc job behind the plate for the mets. >> gary: adam jones and he ise will take the pitch for a string, just one hit in 9 atsn the first two games -- in 9 at-bats. 0-1 delivery to him. it's been a cooldown month. huge shot to murphy. two down. two outs, four pitches. nick markakis. next batter 

melvin mora at second base. to shortstop and fielded by orlando cabrera and he gets it across in time and athletics have won to complete a three- game sweep. and the orioles are shut out in the final game. final score, the oakland coliseum, the athletics win it 3-0. two beers! you got it! are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drinking a warm one? if you have the new coors light cold-activated can, you're covered. because now every can turns blue when your beer... is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >>> rich hill pitches his way out of the first inning. orioles collectively only two hits of the day and still lose 3-0. >> nothing good happens after a walk. we'll be back to talk about that. we'll rejoin you in just a moment. let's go back down to jim. >> jim: all right, tom, thank you very much. so the athletics win it by a final of 3-0. we invite you t

runner at second base, melvin mora. offspeed. what a change-up. >> buck: that's his best pitch, without question. he sells it very well with his arm action. you see the fastball arm action and then the velocity is diminished. watch the swing here. wieters thinks fastball. you see how far out in front he is >> it's just 73 miles per hour. >> gary: our look at wittest brought to you by northrup grumman the information system warehouse. >> buck: that's the beauty there, 92, 73. 92, 73. >> gary: 1-2 and wieters is gone, another offspeed pitch away. so dallas braden rolling away. he has four strowtsz but more importantly from his perspective, a 6-0 lead. ♪ (tucci) count on the nation's fastest 3g network. at&t . >> gary: time to bring you  to speed for the at&t rapid rewind. >> buck: a's came out swinging. the shortest outing of his career lasted just 2/3 inning. >> gary: at&t the fastest 3g network. at&t,. adam kennedy singled and scored getting out of an 0-for- 14 at the time. he will kick it off here. kennedy, cust and matt holl

or huff, and they pick pitching to mora.t's just the degree of difficulty and the importance of every pitch when had he get runners in scoring position, especially when you're already one run down. just magnifies it and makes it that much more difficult to pitch. >> jim: now melvin mora will come on, mora has hit into a double play and flied out. melvin does have a five-game hit streak going. they have been mostly singles. as he has hit safely in 14 of the last 17 ballgames. the long ball has deserted melvin. he did get out of the rbi funk. for the orioles this season, two out rbi's initially they found a lot of them. that has dropped down a bit. orioles .241 with runners in scoring position and two away. it had been up around the .280 mark. mora will try and get one here. markakis on for the single, he's at second, huff on at first. orioles up by just one. a very light drizzle continues to fall, but the clouds are just ripping on by. >> jim: and they really put a shift on melvin mora. >> gary: grounded towards the middle an

. >> rob: well, just like we saw with melvin mora, athleticism. this is just a reaction, almost like a third baseman right here. this is a line shot off the bat going away from him. brian roberts hits towards the middle. he jumps up. all great timing right there by alberto gonzalez. we talked about this. defense really gives you confidence as a pitcher. >> bob: i don't think we can count that as an adam ball. >> rob: that's an adam rocket. >> bob: the kid can really play some short. he replaces cristian guzman as the shortstop tonight and guzman has had all kinds of problems this year going to his left of all places. not going into the hole, but going up the middle on balls. >> jim p.: if you're manny acta, you're saying, okay, we need to have more offense so we leave guzman in. unable to come up with it. you have to hurry, but you hope that you help yourself defensively, but you still have guzman to help your offense. so, again, very tough play there. i know that he knew he had to hurry, just couldn't make the play. >> bob: it appeared that ball

mora over hoping for a play and he runs out of room.bonifacio again going after a first pitch. >> buck: that is just bad patience at the plate. he steps to the plate. he hasn't delivered anything with the bases loaded and chases the first pitch and pops it out of play. >> jim: i was watching the body language, buck, of koji uehara, as he continues to take walks behind the mound after every pitch. that time he went and picked up the rossen bag. here is the 0-1. it is fouled off and it is 0-2. >> buck: you have to be quick if you're going to turn a double play. bonifacio has growned out to three delays, but he gets out of the box in a hurry. >> jim: there are the runners. baker the lead runner at third, miller, the pitcher, is at second and cog lain at first. here is the 0-2 as bonifacio is protecting to stay alive. koji uehara behind the mound. he has been doing this after almost every pitch, almost to catch his breath. 0-2 the count. uehara deals, ground ball right back to uehara, back to first and a double play! and uehara gets out of

mora on deck. then nolan reimold here in the sixth inning. 3-2 is fouled back. >> buck: pretty good rip of the fastball over the plate. pretty confident he was going to -- going to get a fastball. his club down by six here in the sixth inning. >> jim: 3-2 on ty wigginton leading off in the orioles sixth. it's inside, ball four. in fact, gets away from paulino. so, ty wigginton goes down to first base. we talked about the orioles certainly have time in this game to get back. they're going to have to break what is really now an extensive home run drought. melvin mora comes to the plate now, buck, 148 consecutive at- bats since his last home run. 38 games. look, this is not just melvin. it is up and down the lineup with the home run hitters. >> buck: yeah, and even when you look at the total numbers they've hit in june, fewest in the american league at 16. it's been kind of a home run drought up and down the order. that's one guy that everybody is in a collective, little funk. that hit him. >> jim: th

melvin mora is coming back. he's got it for the first out. >> jim p.: high sky so everybody's pointing. you've got to understand, the nationals, those three runs were, what, they'd only gotten four in 28 innings in the previous four starts. >> rob: since june 4th, most times scoring less than five leagues. hington nationals le >> jim p.: i saw that. 18 times. >> rob: less than five runs since june 4th. what happened to the offense. >> bob: june 4th isn't that long ago. that's 18 times in 23 days. >> jim p.: guzman is 2 for 4. >> bob: guzman has multihit games in eight of his last 10 and h batting average is climbing toward the .340 mark. he started the night fifth in the league in the national league, so he's becoming one of those line drive machines again. he has to fight off an 0-2 pitch. and mora swipes it and makes a very good play. >> jim p.: andino, the shortstop sprinting after that. but what a play by meln mora. four rbi's last n. he took one look tsee where everybody was, then there you go. people forg

. >> jim: mora will lead off. and salazar and weiters.o who allowed a single out and now a three-run lead. mora's bat is beginning to slowly come around. a four game hitting streak working. one of them in each of those games. the orioles would like to see mora's bat get going. >> buck: just six base hits all season long. hopefully he'll get it going. and you would expect somebody will break out of this, the entire team has been sluggish, except luke scott. >> jim: melvin has gone now 19 consecutive games without an rbi. there are his numbers this season versus a year ago. he had 10 home runs at the same point last year. and outside. but the other number that is really beginning to grow, buck, is 24 games without home runs, and that's 94 at-bats without it. that was when they played minnesota. and a new bat. >> buck: there is that inside fastball that mazzaro throws so effectively. and as we talked about cahill yesterday. he had a sinking fastball that went straight down. mazzaro's fastball runs in on right-handers with a lot of late movem

mora in tight at third. bonifacio shows bunt and takes low. >> buck: this is a good ballpark for jason berken to be aggressive. throw the ball in the strike zone. big, spacious ballpark especially from left center all the way to the right field corner. there's a lot of room out there for fly balls to be caught. they've got good speed in the outfield again tonight. this is a pitcher friendly ballpark in my estimation. you keep the ball down. you keep the ball to the right side of this field and the outfield. he has a lost chances to work them out. he's got him. >> jim: just did get back in. >> buck: pretty quick throw. good, accurate throw to first base for aubrey huff. andy fox, former yankee, the first base coach. take a look at this dive back in and quick tag by aubrey huff. >> jim: there have been only two steals against berken in his first five starts. both successful steals. keeping a good eye on him at first base. berken, his sixth big league start. on his debut on may 26 against the blue jays. he has

melvin mora right off the bag with him. and that is a strike on the outside corner. >> buck: one thing you should remember trying to evaluate jason berken, don't come to conclusions after three starts. we've seen him very good and seen him around a little bit. most of the time he's been pretty good. >> gary: 3-2 delivery on the way and walked him. berken has surrendered three walks in the ball game. putting runners on at 1 st and 3rd and davis with tremendous speed. zaun's going to go out and talk to berken not only how they're going to pitch to the lead off man cabrera but what to do if this runner goes. >> buck: he's looking in the dugout to get the defense with a first and third situation. they'll give him the defense and the throw through cut off back to the pitcher bunt fake. davis as gary mentioned 6-9 so far and can really run. big lead at first. >> gary: big lead. going to have to throw over or step off here and they do. >> buck: berken with the fake for 3rd just to see if he could get davis to break for 2nd. >> gar

melvin mora. moompl has struck out and grounded out -- melvin mora has struck out and grounded out. >> jim: because you take the bunt, wright playing about a step behind the bag. easier to think by him. >> gary: and moves in another step on the pitch. >> jim: yeah, david kept look in the dugout to see where do you want me to play. even though melvin bunted the last time or attempted to t- does cause your defense to make some adjustments. talk about a guy that won a couple of gold gloves. >> gary: david wright trying to adjust to mora. mora trying to stay out of that double play ground ball situation. and there is the double play ground ball. cora, castillo, murphy. two down. >> jim: the old reliable. part of the scouting report. the sinkerballer. when he's been good tonight, he's been able to get the grounderment exactly what he needed the orioles didn't need. >> gary: so, melvin mora grounding into the double play. that will clean the bases with two runs in and now two down and luke scott. luke h

melvin mora. mora struck out, grounded out and hit into a big double play this the sixth inning.rioles had a couple of runs on the homer by markakis. huff got a single. nobody out. then, the double play hit into by mora. that got pelfrey out of what looked like this might be a big inning. >> jim: yeah, you're down 4-0. you get one, two, three, four, five, six -- 6-7 players on base. only get two runs. that was the markakis home run. >> gary: that one down the line in right field. that's going to fall in. it's a base hit for melvin mora. picked up by ryan church. he'll get it back in. so, mora has a single to lead off the ninth inning. >> jim: well, their closer is still up in the bullpen,francisco rodriguez. again trying to come in. of course, 97. doesn't get it all the way in. melvin able to fight it off fair for a base hit. you will definitely take it. three more outs to work with. >> gary: 6-2 lead for the mets. luke scott walked his last time up. he is officially 0-2 in the ballgame. and scott's got a base hit into right field. hit it hard. orioles get the first two on in the

mora has not had a homer in 31 games. his longest homerless streak is 43 set back in 2000-2001. >> jim: how about david wright in 100 at-bats this year yet leading the league in batting average. i think the same thing applies for melvin mora in the fact he's a better hitter when he hits it all over the ballpark where. did he get that rbi? hit a softball into center field even though he was hitting the ball extremely hard before that. got four hits saturday night. >> gary: he's got 16 rbi's on the season so far. orioles would like to see that picked up as melvin hits in this number five spot generally and has chances with people on base. melvin has a four-game hit streak. lays down a bunt or tried. it will be a foul ball. believe me. he caught everybody unexpectedly with that bunt as wright was way back. >> jim: yeah, if you're going to bunt, you'd like to do it with no strikes because then you get wright who is playing back behind the bag. remember, he's a gold glover. you get him to play in a little bit for at least two

mora just kills it. a bad relay there. hernandez falls down trying to make the catch that wouldn't have had scott at home anyway. bob, if you can't trust your best pitch, which is your fastball and you continually get beat with a breaking ball, you just don't have the confidence possibly to pitch up here. >> jim: that is a good point. what do you do best? from what i have seen, it is throw the heater. >> rob: absolutely. >> jim: and then if you throw it up and complained it, then you can pitch out with the slider. >> bob: and we always felt we shouldn't see a slider until it is 0-1, 1-2 and then bury it. >> jim: you throw it in a situation as you guys know that you don't have to throw for a strike. but, again if you're doing your due dill against as a reliever, you look at the numbers as matt wieters steps to the plate and you go melvin mora, 149 at-bats without a home run. maybe he doesn't have the bat speed at age 37 that he used to. >> rob: and we just saw him and he crushes that changeup. you helped him. >> rob: now jo

so mora is back. if the orioles were going to put on a play, it is unlikely now with no balls and two strikes on reimold. melvin has just two steals on the year. the pitch is bounced back. it is a 1-1 game in the seventh. >> buck: i think it is still on, the two-run home run. it's still on! >> jim: that's a good call by the manager. if it was only that easy. how often kid you call that? >> buck: not often enough obviously. [ laughter ] >> jim: 0-2 on reimold. and he got him a good breaking ball and reimold is down on strikes, and the orioles go down in the seventh, a walk and a man left. the seventh inning stretch brought to you by jack daniels tennessee whiskey. please drink responsibly. sam adams boston lager is my favorite because it has so much flavor. so i wanted to design a glass that would enhance the taste of boston lager. we did a laser etch on the bottom. it releases the hops aromas this bulb is for collecting aromas. there's a little ridge on the inside. and that allows you to sense the hop

mora diving stop and long throw across and out at first base.somehow kept his foot on the bag. bob geren is going to come out and argue. sterson, the first base coach thought the foot came off. it is 3-0 oakland but a big out. >> geren is going to argue that salazar lost contact with the bag. and paul ham ill is matter of fact listening to the manager. and what a play by melvin mora to knock it down initially. and that saves one run for sure. and salazar goes across the bag. >> and it looks like the orioles got a call as salazar's foot was not in contact with the bag as he received that throw from melvin mora. >> and obviously the first base coach had a very good look at it. todd steverson saw it and that's why he protested and that brought the manager out of the dugout. >> and it cost bobby crosby a base hit. so good footwork by salazar because he got the call. his foot was not on the bag, whatever he did, he sold it. so it's a 3-0 game and the orioles get a huge break because there still should only be one out and the bases still should be loa

mora coming to the plate. >> gary: mora, 3 for 8 lifetime off the veteran, the 30-year-d right-hander deals a strike. runner at second base, one down. aubrey huff picking up the double. orioles here in the 8th ig trying to get back with the ms leading at 4-2. mora singled into a double play, and has flied out. melvin now .273 on the year. and way outside with a slider. santos reaching with the glove for that one. >> jim: you can see how difficult sean green , 6'6," quick wind up, lots of deception, not to meng the way he's able to make the ball di. >> gary: green has delivered a couple couple of wild pitches. you saw one close right there. so aubrey huff at second base getting a good secondary lead. 1-1 way outside. and the count will go to 2-1. >> jim: nobody up behind sean green. you got luke scott the lefty n deck. closer not up yet. even though we have what, one out in the 8th inning. >> gary: trying to beat the bt e.r.a. in the league out of the bullpen. 2-1 count. boy, is he struggling with tht one. 3-1. >> jim: your s

mora represents the go-ahead run at the plate.aking ball. 0-1. >> buck: looking for that first pitch fastball. nolasco starts him off with a breaking ball. melvin had a good run against the marlins hitting .348, 13-15 last games against the marlins he's collected hits. >> jim: takes outside. 1-1. nolasco has allowed nine home runs on the year. markakis at second. huff at first with two men down. five by lefties, four by righties. 1-1en melvin mora who probably would be happy for a ball to the gap. line drive. base hit left field. markakis being sent by juan samuel. bawl ball bobbled by coghlan. that will be an rbi single and it's a one-run game. melvin mora with a big two-out base hit. he has a two-hit night. orioles are right back in it. >> buck: they're playing with a lot of confidence. they can come back from deficits. we've talked about how they've come back against three coad closers over the last week. melvin gets that breaking ball. boy, just spins out over the plate. he drills it into -- drills it into left field. coghlan

melvin mora had two singles, an rbi.rian roberts a-double and a single and -- single and hanley ramirez, two more rbi's tonight. that came in the first inning off jason berken. hanley ramirez now with 42 runs driven in. hit total the same. error totals the same. orioles trail by a run as matt albers takes over here in the seventh. >> jim: so, albers becomes the third pitcher used by the orioles. a pinch-hitter will face him first for the pitcher's spot and chris coghlan and emilio bonifacio. veteran right-handed batter ross gload will pinch-hit for ricky nolasco. >> buck: ross gload pinch-hit in the seventh inning and got a hit to right field part that have five-run, four-hit seventh inning last night. >> jim: and albers misses low. ricky nolasco goes seven innings. he allows two runs. they are unearned runs. it's been a one-run game. gload fouls it back. >> buck: 3-4 starts since his return from the minor leagues has been good. this marlins pitching staff has a lot of promise. if nolasco can recapture the form he had a

melvin mora 1-3 in the game last night. down low for a ball. >> buck: when you shake up the line up and everybody gets pushed down a little bit should make the line up better overall once everybody gets back to their approach. >> gary: 2-0. >> buck: one thing we haven't seen they haven't had a walk. something dave would like to see more patient. but it's kind of contradictory. at the same time it's tough to hit balls that are borderline strikes. >> gary: last time the orioles went two consecutive games without a walk was june of '07. ground ball to short. cabrera. cahill's getting the ground balls we were talking about in this inning. two away. and gregg zaun will face him. zaun back in today the catching in tonight's ball game. have the back up role and get a game plus a week maybe. hitting .306 in his last 14 starts including five multihit games in those starts. obvious an adjustment as he now rather than playg every day and having all those at bats try and hit one out of six days or so. cahill's delivmisses down low. 2-0

mora is retiredment one away. >> buck: -- retired. one away. >> buck: bonifacio is a second baseman. he's playing third base because uggla is the second baseman. cantu makes the play. cantu himself also a second baseman. there are four second basemen defensively on the field for florida marlins. uggla, cantu, bonifacio and the left fielder chris coghlan. >> jim: with uggla, the others don't have a chance at second base unless it's a day off. here is luke scott. fouls it off. >> buck: luke scott had one of the big hits in the ninth inning last night. he came off the bench and delivered a base hit up the middle. it was part of the five straight singles in the ninth tied up. >> jim: high pop-up. foul ground near the oriole dugout. the catcher baker is there. he's got it for the out. there are two quick outs here in the second inning. nolasco, 26 years old. he's in his fourth season and, buck, it's been an unusual start when you consider the quality of his right arm because he had a very good rookie season in 2006. then, he had an injury-

here's the 2-1 delivery to mora. and it will go to 2-2. >> buck: you can see that's a big fastball there. that's what you like to see back in your bullpen coming in and having the ability to strike out hitters. we talked about his leading the american league relievers with 40 strikeouts. you can see why. >> gary: 2-2 count. first time he's ever faced the orioles. right handers .130. right handers .244. the pitch just missed away. >> buck: bailly's been a starter almost exclusively. made the decision last year to put hip in the bullpen. >> gary: double a ball last year. runners go and the pitch is down low and the orioles are still in the inning. so the bases are loaded. and all of a sudden the ball game that looked like just going to walk away with has gotten a whole lot closer. gregg zaun coming up with the bases loaded and two down. he has an rbi single. 1-3. a one out walk to jones. he's the third -- single rather. single by scott and now the walk to mora. the first walk the orioles have had in three games. zaun w

melvin mora for a strike. so feliciano who was brought in to get the left-handers out gives up a single to markakis and a two run homer to aubrey huff. melvin mora, a single in three times to the plate. a chopper towards the middle and another base hit. so a two-hit night for more ra. and the orioles keep it going against feliciano here in the 7th inning with only one down. and more action, brian stokes up in the bullpen. >> jim: the irony is feliciano has given up four home runs, three to lefties, even though the numbers have been that low. it's really about making quality pitches. you know, the markakis ball, to nick's credit, he hung in there with two strikes. then he hung a slider, then melvin mora found a hole. again, that's -- i don't think the first what, 101 games is only a microcosm of the way huff and markakis can hit, because they really hang in against them. power numbers go down from just about every lefty. but they are tough outs for left-handed pitchers. even to specialists like feliciano. >> ga

mora will take it outside. just explain that, skip, one last question, what you said about mora. the sequence you're looking for here with melvin at the plate. >> he's going to get a breaking ball at some point in time. if he gets it, i would expect he's going to bought hurting on it. and that would be a great time for nicky to run. there it is. >> nick's got the green light down there in these situations? >> well, he did, but i just took it off. because back-to-back pitches redding is usually the slide step. sandly alomar is over in that dugout, sandy and i were with the cubs all those years in the minor leagues, so i learned a lot of these things from him. >> skipper joining us here with mora at the plate. that was the one he wanted. >> i was talking to you

mora goes to his left. takes the force out, gets one.oberts tries to side step 6'6", 275. >> jim p.: paul bunyan coming down the line. >> rob: can you imagine, he was going it start at quarterback at texas. >> jim p.: of course if you're that big. >> rob: all world quarterback down in texas. i think he was major apple white. >> jim h.: charging in is jones, he'll get there for the out. so the lead-off hit an man left. ♪ cold refreshment is an unstoppable force. because every coors light can is cold-activated. when the mountains turn blue, your beer is as cold as the rockies. the coors light cold-activated can. enjoy refreshment at its peak. aaaaaahhh! frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer.  >> jim h.: time for you to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. here are the candidates. text in your vote now and have your voice heard. to bring you the best, there's our x-mo camera, there's neal, he has on his official masn batting helmet just in case there's a check swing and a foul ball

all season long, those three hitters have hit just in front of melvin mora.so sometimes you get those base hits after the other guys clear the bases. >> jim p.: the orioles have done such a splendid job of doing that. huff's has had 63 chances, markakis 85, jones, of course he's had 54. the numbers, if you look at the first six, seven hitters in the orioles line-up, they're almost all of them hitting over .300. >> jim h.: zaun swings through it. >> jim p.: that is with runners in scoring position, so they've done a terrific job. >> jim h.: martis looking for his first win since the game against san francisco, san francisco traded him to the nationals for a left-handed pitcher mike stanton. >> rob: he's pitched 39 innings since then, 29 runs have scored and he's walked 19. given up 37 hits. he just has not been as sharp, and it's almost like he won five of his first seven starts and he started thinking about it. hey, i'm tops among rookies in wins. well, he's been at five for six weeks. you and i talked about this the last time we worked together. job one for

jeremy guthrie. >> jim: 2-0 on melvin mora. there's a bloop to right field.harging in on it is carroll and he makes the shoe string catch! he got there u just in time. so two walks in the inning don't hurt pinto as he got a double play and a fine running catch by carroll. the bottom of the 10th we go tied 6-6.  >> buck: koji uehara made h 12th start of the season tonight. he had a one-run lead early on. he then got a big double play off after bonifacio a1-2-3 double play to strand base runners and he was matching pitch to pitch. and then the bullpen came on and the marlins broke it wide open, and the orioles responded and scored three in the bottom of the ninth to tie it. uehara was good. >> jim: here is brett carroll batting for the first time. bounced towards short. wigginton, a long throw and he got him. wigginton has looked so smooth at shortstop. he just doesn't look like a shortstop, but he makes the plays. >> buck: you know what? he takes a lot of pride in his ability the play all over the diamond, and because he can do that,

here is melvin mora, washington in double play depth. that ball into right center in front of dukes, and baltimore will lead 3-1. ross detwiler got the ball up in the first inning. he kept it down in the second and the third, but the orioles are flairing line drives off of him right now. >> jim: and elijah dukes takes one of the drop steps. he didn't get a good read. i think we'll see the x-mo here. you can see it down on the end of the bat. >> rob: and even when his right hand came off of the bat, so he has no power. >> jim: he takes a step back and by the time he got to the ball, reimold scores to make it 3-1. >> rob: you talked about that, throwing it out there on markakis' infield single. i say the same thing when it comes in. you throw it in the outfield perfectly and nobody can catch it. that was one of those. >> jim: rob, you know as well as i do burt of good pitching is playing defense. mat wieters -- matt wieters. e he is a double play candidate. he has hit into three of them already. in his first 20 major league games. >> rob:

melvin mora was struggling.ys you're going to see in our order that weren't getting on base. weren't getting those business hits or driving the runs in from second base. the other guys will have their days here and there. luke scott was doing outstanding. nolan reimold was doing very good. players like that were trying to pickup the pace. just not enough to overcome some of the pitching performances we were seeing. >> new york mets in town. interleague baseball continues. pitching matchup tonight. it will be mike pelfrey on the mound for the new york mets and jeremy guthrie looking for a win. he's trying to get his fifth on the year. he will go for the orioles. it's the 0s-mets, it's -- o's- mets, it's interleague play at camden yards. getting set for the new york mets. and this is your movies on demand screen. oh cool. (cable guy) so what are you going to do next? who are you? who is he? it's okay. well, i'm going to... activate over 100 hd channels? program his remote? sync his tv with his computer? wow. it's

. >> jim: high pop up, left side of the infield, mora near the bag. and he has it for the out.wn. you could really see how they have to concentrate with this high sky. the sun is difficult here in oakland. >> buck: the high sky is not because there is nothing to contrast that in baseball, there is no depth perception and you can't tell where the ball is and then you deal with the high sun and melvin mora keeps looking up there and saying that is tough. >> jim: castillo back with the team, getting loose. several reunions this weekend. there is a strike. castillo and oscar salazar, rejoining the team. >> buck: you and i have been reunited. where have you been? >> jim: i've been out here. congratulations on the birth of your granddaughter. popped foul near the oriole dugout. >> buck: these relievers have come into this game and have done an add admirable job. trembley has to be very pleased with the  and albers have shut them down. >> jim: two men down. this is the first athletic to strike out in this game. >> buck: a good breaking ball down and away a

mora, ground ball towards the hole. bonifacio has it, throws off balance and the bounce, safe at first base is melvin mora. that ball gets away from cantu, but no advancement for melvin who is on with a leadoff single. tonight, it is wired wednesday and adam jones, who is getting at least the early part this have game off, joining us now from the orioles dugout. adam, what's it like to get a day off? we're used to seeing you out there? >> oh, man, i don't know. it's boring. i think right now it's needed for me. >> buck: yeah, it's a little boring. tell us why it's needed in your mind. what's going on with you that you just look forward to a little break right here? >> well, just at the plate over thinking myself thinking way too much up there instead of just seeing it, hitting it and swiking at bad pitches. i think just sit here and watch a little bit of baseball might help me out a little bit. >> buck: adam, -- adam, obviously you got off to a great start. you think back to what you were doing at the plate early in the

here is the 1-1 delivery, mora will take a fastball up high. it will go to 2-1.g at .272 on the season. and he will take that one right centerfield and there is the speed of davis. this is a guy who looks like he is coming out of the blocks. >> buck: tremendous acceleration. see how this speed allows him to track that one down. great play. he had a great jump. >> gary: that was not that easy. >> buck: no, he got to it quick. >> gary: boy, does he cover ground. >> buck: he stole 57 bases one season in the minor league. he has great speed. >> >> gary: that one hit into the air to right field. again luke scott, way back, 367, good-bye, homerun. and there goes the shutout. and the bat of luke scott continues hot as he delivers the long ball. that will be number 13 on the year. >> buck: that's exactly what you are supposed to do with hanging breaking balls and he left it on the inside part of the plate. this ball is meant to be away and it's up and he uses that top hand and drives it out of the ballpark with a simple flip of the wrist off that facing of the second dec

mora on at 1 st. zaun up the middle. slows down. only play's at 1 st and off the bag. cabrera with a good try but drew bobby crosby off first. the orioles get a run in as scott will score. and it is a 9-1 ball game. >> buck: john hits a bullet right back at him and all he can do is deflect it off his glove. cabrera desperation pulls crosby off the bag. luke scott comes in. >> gary: that will be a single infield hit for zaun and an rbi. his fifth of the year. nolan, felix pie started, one at bat fouled a ball off and bounced up and hit him in the throat. he's getting medical attention on that. he finished the at bat. two on and one out with a run in. seven hits now for the orioles. the 0-2 delivery in the dirt. scooped up. suzuki with a good play on it. >> buck: that slider that he will throw from the side he throws fastball runs down and in on right handers and slider effectively go to the other side of the plate and in the dirt. >> gary: hitting .271. 1-2 delivery to him. he gets that one high in the air to left field. back at the wall. matt holliday looking and good-

third base, mora. there's one. not quite sure what that was. >> jim: i think that's to keep ryan church off base. and church is forced to second. infield fly rule, has to be first and second. right there you can see melvin, it's a smart play. church much younger than sheffield at 40. >> gary: you think melvin processed the age factor in that. >> jim: i think the speed factor which goes with age. melvin should know. >> gary: look at him. >> jim: he's telling him, yeah. melvin started with houston, then orioles acquired him from the mets. a lot of -- not that a lot of guys were playing when he left and came over to baltimore. he knows. both hail from venezuela. >> gary: did you lose it in the sun? sheffield, the runner at first base. murphy up, rbi single his first time to the plate. 3-1 lead, five hits, four for the mets, four for the o's. trying to get the double play ground ball here. murphy takes the pitch for a strike. uehara, left-handers, right- handers, not much difference. six home runs surrendered. that one

now melvin mora. mora's got a five game hit streak going. tailor-made for two. the relay throw made by castillo. that will do it. - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines announces new service out of bwi airport, with three daily nonstop flights to new york laguardia for just 49 dollars one-way starting june 28th. grab your bag. it's on. - ( ding ) - book now at southwest.com. 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: tonight's contestant is michele, she has a chance to win $99 worth of scratch-off tickets from the maryland lottery for every orioles

mora will not get that. so ty wigginton put in because hernandez was pitching in the ballgame. 2-3. >> jim: he goes out and reay hits the ball hard. there it is. a semi line drive. couple of home runs on sunday, a chance to play third base. melvin mora after 3 hits on saturday took the afternoon o. i tell you, i think right here -- we might see his second home run. >> gary: wieters singled. >> jim: last night it was to left. >> gary: that ball is in the air to center field, and beltran s there, and he's got it. that will retire the side. no runs, one hit, no error. one left on base. we've completed 6. sun setting, a beautiful night in baltimore. 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. >> gary: join us tomorrow, philadelphia is the site. coverage starts at 6:30 with os extra. all the access you need right here on masn. we go to the 7th inning, the tight ballgame

mora goes 2-3. think the only guy in the lineup that didn't get a hit was the lead-off batter brian roberts. and willingham goes 1-3 with a run scored. so now they have met four time this is year. the orioles have got the upper hand, three of those, twice down in washington and once up in baltimore tonight. >> they ran special a good, young pitcher in bergesen, and when you pitch, we said earlier tonight, you're going to be in ballgames. give your team a chance to win. they're excited about this kid talking about how smart he is. we have the same situation, but our offense, our offense, i mean, it befalls me. we score runs in bunches, and then we just all of a sudden get shut down. it is not always the big name pitchers that do it, johnny. we're just -- we've become really inconsistent on the offense. >> let me ask you this before we talk about ross detwiler's performance, it seemed like when you played against the jays an the red sox and the yankees that this ball club is very, very close to gettin

mora plays the hop. goes to second for one. roberts, out at first base! wally bell a little delayed call there, but three very close plays at third base. bell called all three out. mora to roberts back to wigginton. two hits, one left. we'll head to the eighth. birds down by six.  >> amber: back in florida, orioles trailing this one 6-0 in the eighth inning. checking in on news and notes from around the major leagues. a lot happening today. the tigers defeated the cubs 6- 5 for their seventh straight win. also, brad lidge in philly reinstated from the 15-day disabled list. i know that's big for the phillies. mets have defeated the cardinals today 3-2 in a battle of former cy young award winners. santana beats carpenter -- beat carpenter today. >> jim: that must have been some game to watch. >> buck: yeah, 3-2 ballgame. a pretty good game as santana has been sculg scuffling. he has not pitched well lately but seems to turn it around today in a big win for the mets. >> jim: wigginton against wood leading off for the orioles in the eighth. th

a brett -- a pretty good at-bat by melvin mora. quite a bat toll stay alive and he gets his forty rbi of the night. >> jim: and the guzman error hurts because it allows them to get another run without a hit. >> rob: he does a great job going to second ton throw that does not go to the cut-off man. >> jim: if you're going to and the orioles have been struggling with their base running, that's the way you're taught to do it in spring training, even if thewieters an roberts, the only two lineup spots for the orioles without a base hit tonight. he's walked twice and struck out. >> rob: it is not too often you'll come up switching your at-bats in the same inning. rob villone, >> jim: he has hit at every level. he has made the adjustment. >> bob: he is getting on base. two walks tonight, on base. Áand a back door breaking ball, 1-2. >> jim: don warner, we talked about the roving catching instructor and he was watching them in spring training and they were down and the count went to 3 ---3-1 and he took it automatly because he knew, under

that's what's been throwing melvin mora off. it's very difficult to play in this stadium that was designed for a football game. disblim. >> jim: and you throw in the time of day it is, and you -- and you see the sky is not yet totally dark, so it's a double whammy in the same flight path. here is the pitcher sean west. struck out his first at-bat. rich hill has four strikeouts. he has walked one and allowed five runs on six its. two of the hits home runs and each home run a two-run shot. down on strikes goes sean west. two men out. strikeout number five for rich hill. the cal ripken, sr. all-stars will be hosteling themid- atlantic all-stars at regency furniture stadium inwaldorf. come out and catch all the festivities. if you can't, watch it on masn hd gametime 7:05. get there early. home run derby will start at 5:30. admission free. donations greatly appreciated. 410-888 -- 410-588-9900. chris coghlan on. two outs, none on. >> buck: that all-star game is very important. it's a summer college bat league. the dough naights will

mora. he's got it. there's one away. church will go back to first base. on sunday, july 12th, you can come to oriole park for the

mora is retired. one away. right now, pelfrey has had the orioles just pounding the ball into the ground here. he's really piling up those ground ball outs. mora down for the second time 0- 2. pelfrey has walked none. strikeout one in the ballgame. luke scott one of the few fly ball outs flied out it lofld -- to left field in his only at- bat. there have been only been four fly ball outs in the game. the one strikeout. the rest have been on the ground. >> jim: pnc scouting report turned out to be pretty on purpose. amaze thing to me is here we are in the fifth inning. he has used -- pitching coach dan warthen says he has three other complementary pitches. tonight his best pitch is his sinker. he knows that. amazing to me he's yet to throw any other pitches for his strike. his sinker is that good. >> gary: if it's working, stay with it until somebody finds a way to hit it. they haven't yet. 0-1 inside to scott. a little shift put on with luke up there as cora moves over almost behind second base. back up to seco

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 curve ball. >> rob: so he didn't elect for the surgery? >> jim: no. he tried to rehab it. i think early on his arm, because of all of the rehab, he is actually throwing harder. you can see he's much better -- >> rob: and he has a big whip action to his arm. >> jim: he does, yeah. >> jim: christian guzman is hitless on the night. >> jim: chad moeller, albers is much better away to lefties, hardly ever comes in. it is going to be an adjustment. he to come up with some way to get the lefties in. >> rob: a lot of guys are throwing front door sinkers, front door breaking balls right on lefties. it blows my mind. back in the day your coach was don't throw anything like that. if he has a good enough sinker, he needs to throw it right at the right leg of the

here is melvin mora. ground ball towards short. hanley ramirez fields it cleanly and mora is down.ne pitch, one away in the orioles' second inning. >> buck: when andrew miller gets zeroed in that strike zone, he can be a tough opponent. the interesting thing about this, this is the fourth straight left-hander the orioles have faced. they saw three in philadelphia. they will face miller here tonight and then they will face another left-hander in game three of this series in shawn west. quite a host of left-handers they've faced recently. >> jim: ball one to nolan reimold who is in the six spot and there is a strike. 1-1 the count. there is a shard smash rite to uggla and the first two ground balls and the first two quick outs. the one thing about andrew miller, even though his e.r.a. is 4.56, he does keep the baseball in the ballpark. he has allowed only two home runs on the year. both to right-handed batters. and he has allowed only one home run over his last five starts coming into this game. >> buck: you can see the last couple of balls sharply hit. they were on the ground. you'r

. >> 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