join the orioles wives, wjz tv and the oriole advocates 23rd a- year-old orioles reach food drive coming against the red sox. it's to benefit the maryland food bank. there will be representatives at each gait gate to collect donation. we hope you'll bring in cash or donate nonperishable items that goes to food kitchen bs add -- kitchens and emergency shelters throughout maryland. call 888-848-bird or go to oriolesreach.com. that's friday, saturday and sunday, so pack a little extra, would you, when you come to theballpark this weekend. here is mike jacobs a-1-0 count. jacobs has struck out and lined out. 1-0 delivery on the way to him. off-speed pitch. big cut at it. 1-1. >> buck: that's a good example of a breaking ball thrown in a good location. it was not over the plate. it wasn't tumbling. it was a late breaker that started down in the strike zone and broke down inside on mike jacobs. >> gary: one ball, one strike count to him and jacobs will lift that one foul. you can tell by the cut that jacobs looks to be a power hitter. he's got a pretty good uppercut going in that swing from th

if the orioles tie it up.nce to go ahead. >> gary: all of the little things than in a ball game have happened here if this inning. a double-play that was almost, didn't got the call, extends the inning. you have the hitters, like -- if brian roberts bunt base hit early on, and a couple of other orioles looking down there, it impacts a game. even though it didn't impact that particular play, because it got beckham's attention, so is he moved way in on izturis. otherwise, he probably stops that ball. >> jim: that's the reason you at least show them, about before you get the one right, that you'll bunt. >> gary: ball game now tied at 3-3. >>> >> when i talk about brian bunting, and obviously this is not a kiss of doing that, it's because i've faced guys like brian that made it difficult, more difficult to get them out, if you had to play your infield in. >> gary: the orioles could use a run right here. this is one of those big moments of the ball game. >> jim: the orioles, nobody does it better in the american le

the blue jays and orioles, game two up next on masn.   >> saturday orioles baseball onhe middle game of this three game weekend series. hi, everyone. i'm jim hunter. thanks for joining us tonight as the orioles look to get even in the series. the orioles hitting, it has been a contrast. in the month of july, they have not hit well as a club and it has been reflected in the won- loss record. .296 batting average at home, that is the best in the american league. the batting average that is dead last in the league, only two home games in the month. maybe it's the left-handed pitchers. joined by jim palmer. i guess when you look at those numbers, the question is why is it happening and what could the orioles do to change it? >> jim p.: well, they need to play better. i mean that's the first thing and you need mora, who hasn't hit a home run in almost 48 games, adam jones as a right- handed hitter, you need him to step up. i think overall, jim, what happens is that the orioles have very good left-handed hitters so when you face saunders, washburn pitched a one hitter, vargas

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orioles are 10th.his a homerun guy. >> gary: stepping off, looking over to first base, izturis with not a particularly big lead. 4 homeruns in july for the angels so far. 0-1 the count. abreu, of course, has had two of those coming here in the series. morales and rivera the others. fouled off. that one bounced off zaun and a two-strike count on napoli who had a pretty good uppercut going on that one. he was trying to drive it. >> jim: watching the game earlier in the week, he took josh beckett extremely deep. he just can elevate the ball. big strong guy. if you are matt albers, what you do best is sink the ball. we saw him get out of the last inning with a double play. set up outside, throw over first, though. the ballgame is played tight throughout as the orioles got their runs early in the ballgame in the 3rd inning, 3 runs, 4 hits, and they added another in the 5th inning, roberts, jones, markakisrbis. both teams have played it close to the vest in holding runners, trying to make sure they get that

orioles have the 6-0 lead.thitting the angels 7-2 in the ball game. >> jim: if their advance scout would have told the angels david hernandez, good fastball, second pitch change-up. couldn't get his curve bomb over against the national. tonight, every time he throws it, almost every time, like john lackey for the angels last night, getting it over, and it's been a pretty good one. >> gary: has the hitters off balance. >> jim: yeah. oh, he does, and you can see, he can go right up to 95, 96. dave schmitt told me that 92 looks like 95, 95 looks likes 97, because he has a deceptive -- >> gary: that one is going to be fair intoty corner. rivera on his way to second base. reimold good get it to the cutoff man. third hit. >> jim: so i was wrong on the curveball. gets one in the middle of the plate. and juan rivera, 27 rbis since the first of june. he's like abreu, been driving runs with the best of them. >> gary: they are 1-2 in that department, he and abreu, that's why they're winning paul games. >> gary: runner on

orioles first error tonight. how often do you see two plays in the same game where the catcher gets involved in a run down on the bases. it happened when mora was picked off in the seventh when barajas got involved. here wieters dropped the ball. >> jim p.: you practice them all spring. even on some of the clubs i played on. we had seven one day in anaheim. >> jim h.: fouled down the line. so instead of two outs and the bases empty, you have one out and the potential go-ahead run still on at first base. rolen was going on movement balls he just broke. >> jim p.: that's why you're taught to hold the ball. if you hold the ball, a lot of times the runner will commit himself. get anxious. >> jim h.: just inside. >> jim p.: he wanted that pitch. >> jim h.: i am not sure this one went around the plate. it got the strike zone. it's been a long night for him. early on that was a strike. just think about it, 11 innings, all these pitchers, all these pitches. >> jim h.: he has called out four tonight. but none have been ca

orioles 0-3-0. jays, 0-1-0. melvin mora cranks that one down the right field side and that will be a foul ball melvin drew a walk. the only walk surrendered by brett cecil who has three strikeouts. jason berken, a walk and a strikeout so far for the orioles starter. >> jim: melvin would like to get into that second half groove last year, shoulder problems and hit .376, drove in 56 runs in 48 games. that was probably the most productive hitter in the american league in the second half of the year. >> gary: 0-1 delivery to him. the fastball be taken up high. melvin knows, one of the questions for the orioles is what's going to happen at the corners. in the short term as well as the long term. who is going to play first and who is going to play third? will it be melvin mora? >> jim: the same across the diamond. aubrey huff will be a free agent unless will re-signs. >> gary: melvin would like to put up some numbers. >> jim: he will get the opportunity. the david hernandez move; yes, you get him to the minor league a

one away in the orioles 4th.ags in the ballpark blowing in every possible direction. >> looked like last night, when mora hit the ball out to win for the orioles. >> jim h: foul ball down the line. >> jim p: you would think that that means the wind is blowing out to right, but a lot of times, you'll see the flags when the teams are hitting batting practice, or sometimes we feel it here, where the wind is actually blowing into the booth, and you're very happy, because booth barbecue smoke comes right in. >> jim h: now, if i'm reimold right now, i request time, because there's a plastic bag blowing around out there. >> jim p: it is headed to short stop. >> jim h: now involving scutaro more than reimold. that's god both to be a distraction. it's the same color as the baseball. >> jim p: now he'll go over. marco is also a grounds keeper. there you go. that's a big bag. >> jim h: 1-2 is bounced foul. marco helping out nicole sherry and her crew. i'll take care of this one. reimold looking to get that stroke back. >> j

join the orioles wives and the oriole advocates, the food drive, coming up this weekend with the redand sunday. representatives are going to be at each gate to collect donations, it will help the area soup kitchens and emergency shelters, 888-848-bird or go to orioles.com for details. non-perishable items to donate, or cash. and a strike taken. zahn has struck out and flied out. runner at first, two away. orioles left the bases loaded in the first inning. since then they have not had a runner in scoring position and have had two left on, singles. greinke with the 0-1. >> we talk about it often, gary. when you go up against premiere pitchers, they may give you an opportunity once a ball game and if you don't kick the door in completely you may regret t jones hits a two run home run, they had the bases loaded and couldn't cash in. >> 1-1. delivery on the wait. talking about the bullpen, buck. this bullpen of kansas city, which has been lest in e.r.a. in the american league, or next to it, most of the year against the orioles, the bullpen is 3-0 this year. every other team not even clos

find out if one of your favorite orioles has what it takes in the kitchen at the orioles cookoff.n join orioles players brian roberts, jeremy guthrie and gregg zaun at the espnzone, they'll compete in the team's first ever cooking competition. amber has been digging for the information. what are the orioles going to cook? >> amber: you know they're competitive so they're taking this very seriously. jeremy guthrie is going to make spanish tortillas, brian roberts is still undecided. a funny moment, guthrie informed me that the spanish tortillas are a spanish dish from spain so i'm glad he told me that because i would not have been able to figure that out. when i called hill on it, he did tell me french toast is not from france so he did feel a need to clarify. >> as i understand it, whichever of the three players wins, that dish will be added to the menu at espnzone, is that right? >> amber: that is right. and gregg zaun is very excited about that. he said at first he wanted to make some sort of omelet, but he found out they didn't have eggs. but he thinks hissen chill lad das will

again, it's going to be battle for the orioles. >> oriole win tonight 5-3. we'll be back tomorrow.e wall. ludwig goes back, leaps, makes the catch. an outstanding play and defense. a critical part of this game. great start, the balancele through, and great effort all the way around. >> and the new guys chipped in again. mark derosa hit a home run. matt halladay hit an r.b.i. double. derosa who has been a cardinal longer lugo and halladay certainly have all made an i am pocket and an impression on their new team. all have become regulars, and all are swinging the bat right now for tony la russa's cardinals as they win this game 6-1. good job down there, guys. enjoyed it. hope you did as well. the cardinal as beat the dodgers here to open up this series. >> gentlemen, thank you very much. a's-red sox. boston has dropped 6 of 8. two and a half games behind new york in the a.l.... east. nomar garciaparra signing some autographs. dustin pedroia, fork 'em sun devils.. solo jack. up 1-0. final four now, 2-0 sox. two on. the new red sock, adam laroche. and laroche tags the green monster. j

and the orioles come back to win it. it's a negative, obviously, with the earned run average and whatever but i tell you, he didn't go away. he worked hard. he worked on the windup yesterday, unusual a day before you pitch. >> jim h: inside. 2-1. talking about rich hill and pitching backyards, here are numbers. after 1-0 when it should be difficult, around .221. you're supposed to be aggressive and in control. >> you're supposed to be making good pitches. he was having a horrible year. we saw manny when the orioles were in milwaukee. he isn't the pitcher he was last year. there's a walk and obvious i may think about walking napoli because he is hitting .400 against left handers so you pitch around him with a one- run lead. >> jim h: the walks hurt rich hill, averaging six per game. here's morales. he will bat right. he is hitting it .283 and you see a nine-game hitting streak going. rich hill is averaging per nine innings, 16. 5 base runners for game. 16.5 and the moral of that story is they can't score if they don't get

the orioles' bullpen e.r.a.n the american league. 4.64 and you saw the numbers over the last seven game. they have not been good. 2-2 bounced down the third base line. >> jim p: is you're one or two games to get in the topnotch except the angels came in the 14th? and the e.r.a. looked like it was getting below five runs game. it's now elevated. >> jim h: 2-2 on kendrick. sliced foul. first base side. the red sox have the best bullpen in the american league. and boston first place in the east. seattle is the best pitching overall. not surprising their bullpen is second. >> jim p: and the red sox won today 8-4. yankees beat toronto 10-8. >> jim h: 2-2 pitch. high pop, shallow center. rivera will tag. rivera holds as jones fires back in. there's the second out of the inning. and hendrickson is an out from getting out of it without further damage. three runs have scored in this inning. >> jim p: the only time boston can't pitch is when they have 10-1 leads. and they run off the field with only two outs. >> jim h: ri

orioles got lucky. they would have gotten on the board if the ball had bounced against the wall instead of hopping over the wall. >> gary: melvin mora is .373 off righties. the pitch is low. he falls behind to mora, 2 balls 1 strike. brett cecil, only 23 years old. 6.23 e.r.a. and all those homers that he has surrendered, especially to the right handers, 6 out of 8. throw over to first base. jim mentioned he had that five- homerun ballgame. after that ballgame, he got sent down to the minors as you might expect and had to do some work there, trying to get some things straightened out. he pitched against boston and may 20, five homeruns, didn't get back to the maim jurors until a month later. 2-1 delivery. mora takes it and it's inside. and a 3 balls 1 strike count to melvin mora. >> jim: this is where you may get a pitch where you can hit it and drive t look for something out over the plate. i think when you are struggling, power wise, sometimes, you expand the strike zone but if you look in the zone --

orioles gate run.to the 8th in a two- run game.   jim johnson will come on. lind, roberts rolen and wells. i'm sure the thought process here is to get him back in after he allowed a run last night, but at least did keep the game tied. they want him heading to the break, though, feeling better about himself. >> jim h: well, he's so important. cardo getting lose for the jays, who have a very deep bullpen. >> jim h: this one carries, markakis back on it, and has it for the out. >> jim p: didn't look like dick got a good read on it. a lot of background here in the daytime. able to run it down on the warning track. 0 oh, i have to get back, and he does. terrific right fielder. never loses sight of it for the second out.

the orioles had drafted jason wirth, he was a first round pick of the orioles.rioles traded him to toronto for the left-handed pitcher john bale. now he's going to the all-star game as a backup from the phillies, jason wirth. >> jim p.: real good defensive outfielder with power. hitter's count. what did you mention, one home run? probably doesn't have to try to hit home runs. >> jim h.: pops it up. scutaro and scutaro taking charge. he has it for the out. one down here in the orioles ninth inning. luke scott at 43% leading rich hill and aubrey huff. still time to vote. text in your vote now, have your voice heard. tom and rick will have the results coming up on "o's xtra" post-game. >> jim p.: frasor got away with a hanging change-up. aubrey popped it up. >> jim h.: here is ty wigginton, home run power. breaking ball is high, 1-0. wigginton doubled and scored in the second. now has a three-game hitting streak going. >> jim p.: he did just in case, if it was in somewhere where the bat head was, took a healthy rip. that was an awfully good breaking ball. frasor ha

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the orioles are on the field. mound and the home plate umpire waved to the grounds crew and we'll have to wait it out. >> we're getting a rain delay. bring you up to date on the move made today in order to get tillman here. officially, had to be a roster change, and the roster change was that rich hill was put on the 15 day dl. now, the official announcement is that he's on the dl with left shoulder inflammation. however, prior to the game when dave trembley was meeting with the press, this is what transpired. listen to what he says and then a question that's asked regarding the injury to hill. >> rich hill is going ton the dl. he's on the dl with shoulder inflammation. >> put this delicately. we talked to rich hill and he mentioned torn labrum, is that something you've heard or, you know, obviously transsends inflammation. >> i talked to him this afternoon before we came down with the paperwork and that's the first time i've heard that. >> so he had not heard about the problem that rich hill was talking about unt

tonight was the orioles, they got it done and the orioles won.re going to welcome in jim palmer. i have to ask you david hernandez, a guy like yourself who lifed on that high fastball. tell me what you thought about the young right-hander? >> well, i thought he pitched better than ervin santana, and that's what you try to do as a starter pitcher. if you had the advance scout are report, if you looked that's washington game, crowd say he didn't get this breakling ball over. well, tonight that it was not the case. curveball very good. fastball, he's not a great fastball, uses his change-up well. abreu, gets him to roll over right there with a changion, and right here fields his position. that was a lead-off out. you always like to get those. the only mistake as we see the really good curveball there was the pitch to mors in the 7th inning that he got up over the plate. so other than that, and maybe a hanging curveball for the double to rivera. but i think he threw 111 pitches, and you only make two bad pitches, but don't he outpitches his opponent

the home run drought over for melvin mora, and the orioles win! of the first half of 2009, but now it's back to business as the orioles begin the second half following the break. here is the pitching match-up for tonight. berken for the orioles, and danks on the mound for the white sox. we'll get the rick dempsey scouting report on tonight's starting pitchers. male announcer: the chicken is tender, juicy, and lightly breaded. the sauce is a mouthwatering blend of sweet & spicy. every bite delivers a kick of asian chilies, real red pepper flakes, and a hint of garlic. it's about as far as it gets from fast food. and that's why you get it at wendy's. female announcer: introducing sweet & spicy asian chicken. one of three new chicken temptations from wendy's. it's waaaay better than fast food. it's wendy's. >>> i like sees the new yuck talent come up and the okay giving then an opportunity, and i think that's the way it should be. that's the way of the game, get them up here and let's see what they can do. want to see our future. >> well, pitching co

a lot of big hits for the orioles, too. not just the singles, but most of his hits are extra base hits. he gets in a good hitters count, and santana comes to them, and that's what you're supposed to do as a good hitter. you wait for the opportunity where you have the pitcher in the hole and look for a certainly pitch, and this is what nick has been able to do. >> for the red hot angels, here is their line-up tonight. it will go against david hernandez, and shawn thanksgiving is a -- figgens is the lead-off man. one on rivera one of those quiet guys in the al west, but has he come out strong for the angels as they have gotten back tow in top of the division in the west. >> this is guy is a bit of a sleep term he has always been overshadowed by a lot of big names. witt the yankees, it was jeter, poe saw dough d.a., didn't even think much about juan rivera being in the line-up. he's had three years in a row where he hit 12, 15, and 23 home runs. he's had an 85 rbi season. he's a quality hitter and looks for pitches. by the end

orioles up 3. >>> knew brian roberts throughs the last run to the orioles, that scores izturis. >> jim p: and again, that's brian roberts starting to pick up the pace again. drives in the 4th run for the orioles. that's a big one right there. >> jim h: 7 base hits for the birds. again, 0 oscar salazar with his second homer of the season. dave trembley standing by at his press conference, and i being brought to youpy inter-- don wireless. >> hits when we needed it. were talking about some of those guys this morning in the dugout. roberts had ad a big game, and obviously as is. salazar is probably one of the most fresh tesh guys for the at any time he had as to apply in the big legals, and everything just slot loves him. the other day, we were going to make the move to get izturis on, and he was back in here real early, and walked by my office about four times because he thought it was going to be him, and when it wasn't, you know, he brought his son in, and i know his wife and son had just got here, so it was a nights day for him, renice. >> jim h: dave, you thought periods was ready in

new york the orioles will head to seattle -- now, the oriole will head to seattle.s revisit seattle for the second time this season, i will be brad bergesen on the mound and he pitched pretty well. >> by far the best pitcher. look at the movement on if fastball. the best pitch in baseball and he has it right there. when he goes to a slider, he just freezes hitters at this point right here. he gains so much more confidence every single time out. he goes deep in ball games and saves the bullpen. he is everything that you expect out of a young man coming out of the minor league with a reputation this guy has. 16-7 last year with on the 33 walks. he will be facing washburn and washburn, you know, pretty tough outing for him against the orioles. the last time he faced him, he loses 1-0 ballgame but he resurrected his career so far this year. he won his first three ball games of the season with seattle and has not won a game until his last outing in almost two months so it's gonna be heads-up knock-out battle between these guys pitching hot >> jim p: bergesen against wash

against the orioles while the orioles have a 5.50 against k.c.ad the better of it in every department including the one game advantage in the series. aubrey huff ground out his first time up. up high for a ball. >> gary: in nature records, not that much dissimilar. kansas city has won 39 games. just can't let down in any ballpark. i don't care where you're playing, -- who you're playing, where you're playing them. a given night, any pitcher can beat anyone in baseball. that happened in milwaukee when the washington nationals went in and mawkt referred to it as the easy win syndrome and his team got caught off a bit. josh willingham, two grand slams in that game for the nationals. >> gary: underneath the feet that time was the night of salamis last night it was a not home runs being hit everywhere with the bases loaded. the yankees, they had home runs last night. now they've got six yankees and 15 or more on the season. fouled away. teixeira, a-rod, daisuke matsuzaka, johnny damon -- mutts, johnny damon, they're the second team ever to have six pl

a very frustrating inning for jim johnson and the orioles.here is morales, who in the 6th inning did this. >> jim: yeah, fast ball, runner on, 6-1 goes to 6-3. that was his 14th home run, all from his side of the plate. >> gary: he will face johnson for the first time. and takes the fastball for a strike. 7 hits now for the angels, 10 for the orioles, and a two-run ball game. gentleman r. >> jim: and to tell you how difficult it is to win when you're trailing late in the ball game, 3-24 trailing after 7, and then trailing after 8, 1- 27. >> gary: most ball clubs in a major league season will win if they are leadings the league in wins when they trail lateny the game will have 3 to 6 wins. rarely if ever are their more than that, and rarely are their more sir underred. you just don't win games in the 8th and 9th inning. >> jim: they have 21 come from behind wins, but usually happens at an earlier juncture in the game. >> gary: 0-2 delivery. towering fly ball to center field. jones is there with room, and he's got it. a long fly ball out by mor

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orioles lead 2-1. ?  >> gary: we've referred owe this season's pitching backwards. it's a tough way to go usually. first strike is one of the fundamental rules of pitching. 2-2 to bloomquist, popping that up into the seats. >> buck: you could argue it's not working well when you look at his e.r.a. he'll admit that. first time through the order not too bad. second time, they start sitting on that curve ball. that's when the average jumps to .363. he knows what's at stake here. there's another pitcher come and they're only going to use the rotation. >> gary: trembley made that clear, asked about a six-man rotation and he said absolutely not, not until we get to september, we won't have a six- man rotation. 2-2 on the way, another breaking ball, bloomquist fights it off. bloomquist battling here. keep in mind rich hill is 29 years old, not old but we're not talking about a 20-year-old that we have been. he's been with the cubs and looked like he was going to be successful there. then all of a sudden

go orioles. >> reporter: good to see you. go orioles. one more bump. >> ron you're correct about the generosity of the red sox fans. two years ago, a guy came through a couple years ago and said i saw you guys on tv promoting the food drive and dumped a 50 in my bucket. >> very generous. orioles fans step up tonight to help the maryland food bank. >> i noticed one thing, i have to mention, tonight, don, i'm here with you and kye, it's all guys. i've always said this about mark our sports director. he's a friend of mine, he's a babe magnet. >> he's on sunday. >> reporter: with denise, susan, kelly, proves my point. thank you very much. always great to see you, orioles food drive. have a great weekend. >> join us on the guys night out. >> that's what it seems like. if you bring us a can, within five minutes the box is fill and they're off. >> we're there on grocery day. >>> coming up next. >> we can have these explosive statements about how horrible baltimore is, but what the hell are you going to do about it? >> the top cop talks tough. .

the orioles are capable of doing that.hey can't make the little mistakes that they have been making that cost them winning streaks. they have to get on a good long winning streak. good thing that the blue jays are in town because that's the next team in line. take it one game at a time and try to overtake them. >> jim: rick talked about evaluating what theorioles have and what they need and what they don't have. and andy mcphail is with us. this week, espn.com highlighted your three outfielder, the young guns in the outif i had. that's a sign of real success and progress when other people are beginning to notice your players and beginning to speak favorably about them. >> that's always a plus. we several appreciate that. you know, as you can imagine, we are excited about our young outfield, nolan reimold has done a nice job since coming on, mike markakis has been great since coming up and adam jones is our all-star representative. we are pleased with the way they have come along. they are young, all have a chance of perfor

he's getting a lot of at bats against the orioles.for 23 against the orioles this season for betancourt. and he'll take that one to center field, hit it pretty good. jones backing up and just on the warning track. betancourt retired. that will send gordon back to first. >> buck: the mariners are a great example of how difficult a general manager's job is at this point of the season. seattle was perceived to be a buyer looking to add, maybe to get into the postseason. cleveland wins all three over the weekend and now they are thinking, maybe we should sell some of these guys. >> gary: then look at wild card, which keeps about half the teams in in each league in the wild card race. here's bloomquist. you don't want to say to your fans, we've given up. you do if you start trading away the guys producing for you currently. the wild card has kept so many teams in. that's the whole idea. texas, tampa bay the, settle seattle, washington, chicago, minnesota. when you get down to six and a half, even that is a little bit of a stretch. but you

orioles an national team.n against burlily. >> bergesen finished up the first half for a very good game for the orioles. back on the mound now. everything seems to be back on track again. lost it in seattle. looked like a little arm weariness, but got that slider and the sinker working back for him again in that last ball game, so i'm looking for jason berken to really get because on track. >> what about burly? >> he doesn't waste a lot of time. this game, it could be over with very quickly. he is always tough against the orioles. he keeps the ball in the strike zone. works fast. already off to an awesome start for the season. now wins already, to burly, another one, 9th left hand are against the orioles in a row, and the orioles are really going to have to pick up the pace against those lefties again. >> white sox win together get the opener of the three-game series. for rick termcy, judge hunter saying good night, thanks for joining us, everybody, and we'll see you sunday on masn for the finale of three from

he represents the orioles in st. louis next week. orioles against the angels today. that is not adam jones there, but jones was playing. a home run for mr. roberts. roberts is at it again. he slaps that into the gap with two men on. he is enin. the orioles would build a 4-0 lead. into the corner it goes. the orioles' lead was cut to 4- 3. aid to run shot under the rock pile ties the game at 5. for the first time in his career, from the right side of the plate, he went deep. there is. he rounded the bases, giving the orioles a 6-5 lead. i felt certain that last year i had seen the greatest tennis match i ever would with a five set epic final. it may still be true, but the debate is open today after another piece of brilliance on the press. this time andy roddick trying to play spoiler to better -- to federer. roddick gets sent wide and takes the first, 7-5. a passing shot down the line. federer cannot take the net. the wizards of touch trading shots. advantage to roger federer there. now it is 15-14 in the fifth. roddick is serving to stay alive. roger federer poundin

the orioles are the season worst 12 games under 500. >>> the orioles are going to be moving to sarasota. they cut a deal with the sarasota county commission and will start spring training next year. the 30-year agreement includes establishing a cal ripken youth baseball academy on the grounds. that means the or yoalts leave their -- orioles leave their current spring training facility in fort lauderdale. they go from the east side to the west side of florida. >>> the dunk lebron james doesn't want anybody to see. now out on two separate web sites including tmz. this happened at the lebron james skills academy in ohio earlier this month. the superstar was dumped on by a sophomore at xavier university during a pickup game. two photographers picked it up on tape. they were immediately approached by nike. representatives took the tapes. james and people from nike have no comment on the videos. lebron james dumped upon. >>> a new warning from the american cancer society and why you may want to think twice before eating a hot dog during your next summer barbecue. >>> and why your cell phone c

back to school with the orioles coming up on eyewitness news. >>> i'm suzanne collins. the number of autistic children in maryland has skyrocketed. and their parents face a problem. i will have a story about that coming up next. >>> and getting ready for the weekend. stick around for the updated first warning weather forecast. >>> we have some breaking news now. a car fire on a major interstate. captain mike perry has details for us. >> big trouble. northbound i-95, north of rafael road. this is north of whitemarsh in baltimore county, where it appears a sport utility vehicle was caught fire. north of rafael road. it is on the shoirbled. however, with the fire equipment on the scene, looks like they're blocking. you're heading back towards the discount. you can expect delays in the area, not only construction. but a car fire, north of rafael road. back to you. >>> some help today for parents of children with autism. an autism summit is meant to guide guide those maryland children and their parents. >> the boys are both autistic. r.j. often talks as if he's reading from

the orioles swap for roster spot today. a recently acquired a pitcher to make room for american -- net acquired pitcher meredith. the crop continues to grow. hernandez match the yankee starter inning for inning, holding the yankees to one run in six innings. unfortunately, the bullpen could not keep up. jim johnson on the mound. in the ninth inning, the walk of home run the femme shy. -- left them shine. tonight rich hill gets the start for the orioles. and the new york debut of the former marlins pitcher, who served the suspension for testing positive for advancement substances. football coaches hate distractions. now a week in the training camp, and the quarterback has a major distraction to deal with. allegations of sexual assault. a nevada woman has filed of lawsuits claiming that the quarterback rape her last summer in the penthouse of a casino at lake tahoe. he has denied the charges. the woman, an employee of the hotel at the time of the alleged assault, did not file a criminal complaint at the time of the alleged at

that is where the orioles' offense ran out of steam. the yankees sweep the series for a second time this year in the new yankee stadium. 6-4 is this gore yesterday. on friday, the open a series against boston. we hope your day is off to a fantastic start. >> thank you. it is 72 degrees on t.v. kill. -- tv hill. >> i have a wrap up with the president's news conference last night and where he plans to take his health care message today. that story is coming up. >> and people in maryland respond to president obama's health care plan. >> showers and storms to our east. we are in the middle. i will let you know if we get in the action later today. >> as far as a morning commute, we are checking on several accidents to let you know about. >> good morning. welcome back to 11 news today. >> h

recently the orioles came back for the greatest come back victory ever of oriole park against the boston red sox. they were down by 8 runs and came back to win the game. so this is official score card from that. that is kind of cool stuff. you can see these things and lots and lots more right here at sports legend at the orioles museum. >> all right. mike, always a fascinating place. we're going to check with you again in another hour, because there's so much to see. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> and can you check out the 9 innings at camden yards. for more information, log on to foxbaltimore.com and click on morning news. >>> to think it they could have been named the baltimore gnatty o's. i prefer the o's. >>> the radar showing a big zero as far as rain totals, but that could change as we move into afternoon. only an isolated chance for a shower or thunderstorm for today. by chair fon better chance as th moves into our region and that helps to lift some the moisture that is moving in as well. you will notice more humidity due to the southeasterly flow. you will see on the sky watch hd

the orioles will reportedly receive two minor leaguers. one is a baltimore native and son of dave johnson. the second straight 7-3 win over the kansas city royals. second inning, it is in the seats. it seventh home run of the year, 1-0 orioles. the game was put out of reach in the fifth inning. bases loaded, clears them with a double. adam jones will come in to score. the orioles had a comfortable 5- 0 lead. seventh inning, a line drive off of his leg. matt wieters makes the play to end the inning. x-rays were negative after he hobbled off of the field. the ferguson gets -- berguson gets the win. when you see that, you realize how close it is with a baseball traveling that fast. it is tough to get out of the way. >> tasselmyer up next a look a. >> are you one of the many americans spending billions of dollars each year on alternative therapies? >> three folks having a drink at the end of the day and hopefully giving people an opportunity to listen to each other. >> president obama says it is not a beer summit, but it is currently underway.

we have details of the orioles an yankees trade rumor about o.'s closer cheryl and contract negotiations between the ravens and second round pick paul krueger. they are not going well. coming up on sports unlimited. back to you. >> thanks bruce. >> it is heating up a little bit. vytas is back to tell us just how much. vytas. >>reporter: looks like things get a little bet hot out there over the next couple days. warm air building up south south and temperatures in the lower 80's we have higher humidity level feeling more uncomfortable and we look at the sky cam downtown a little bet of sunshine. 79 degrees so look at that. 79 degrees. so look at that. 79 degrees. below 80 but looking

the orioles threatened in the sixth. garrett olson pitches out of a jam. still 2-06789 but then the mariners blow is in the ninth. bases loaded. jones the grounder, moore scores, 3-1. nicks batser, nick markakis grounds into a double play, united states lopez drops the ball. 3-2, still no owns. then it is wiggins who makes up for the earlier double play. two runs come home. the orioles with a tremendous 5-3 comeback, and they are back home friday against the jason. one guy you won't see is former oriole b.j. ryan. he got cut by the jason. didn't they pay him a lots of money to leave the orioles? you are rights. they gave him $47 million. he was the ultimate free agent bust, saving only three games. lenny dykstra. remember him? he was nicknamed nails. apparently he put the screws to a bunch of of people and filed for bankrupty. he put his assets at under $50,000, his debts between $10 million and $50 million. he made $36 million as a player. bought wayne gretsky's house for $17 million in 2007. told espn back in april he was worth $60 million. and now he is

the orioles win. final 6-2.ioles back home tonight against the kansas city royals. >>> just like that he's on. drew bennet who signed with the ravens friday announced his retirement. his agent released a statement last night saying he returned home and said while my mind is willing my body won't make it through another nfl season. that was short. >> i'm going to start running routes here. this is ridiculous. can we get a receiver here? go ahead. sorry. >>> the evidence is there. newlyweds packing on the pounds. >> i'm worried but i'm starting to gain weight already. we just got married. >> it's a happy time. how to keep your marriage and weight in tip-top shape. we'll find out. >>> and if you're heading to the beach there are road projects to watch for. when we come back. >> there was a nine-mile backup at the bay bridge saturday afternoon. >>> already, 72 degrees as we start this monday morning. >> here's mark jones with the commute. happy monday. >> happy monday to you. the commute off to an excellent start on

them every time. >>> another rough road for the orioles. they're out west in seattle. game 2 of that series with the mariners. birds have the worst road record. and they went down with barely a whimper. rookie pitcher brad burgson got the start for the orioles. he did start well. but there were probably a few he wished he didn't throw like this one. in the 6th inning. off the wall in left field. o's trail, 2-0. and there was no comeback magic in this know -- in this one. o's were frustrated by jarrod washburn. he throws the game of his life. the lefty allowed one base runner the entire game. it was a nick markakis single back in the fifth. and every other baltimore batter was retiring. a one-hit shutout for jarrod washburn. a 5-0, orioles defeat. >>> i 19, the guy went out. and only gave it the one hit. with one base runner tonight. you took your -- tip your hat to i on -- to a guy like that. >> one of the best in baseball season. i give the guy credit. he was on his game. and boy, he certainly pitched a gem. >> reporter: what washburn did

orioles take the series from toronto. winners today, 4-2. back to the orioles in a minute. adam jones all-star first half in particular but first final round of the u.s. women's open where experience and history lose out to youth and steady nerves. go figure, christy occur started out with a two-shot lead. 14th from 50 feet, it is dead solid. perfect. 30 good the plus-one. short par putt? no. she tap dances on her back for relief. golf, it drives the pro's crazy, too. g. tied with candy kong has this putt for the win. it's no give me. instead it is a dream come true. 18-foot birdie, perfect. her second career victory. certainly one to remember for a lifetime. a one-shot victory for g. candy kong finishes second and christie kerr will have a hard time sleeping tonight. finishes at plus-two. guys at the john deere klafk steve stricker having more fun today. approach shot. six. oh, knocking it in for the eagle. two to 17 under par. stricker, frankly, i think he's slacking off a bit. this approach, he doesn't even hit the hole. seriously, get it going, steve. saar chasm meter h

orioles have lost 11 straight at fenway and are 1-16 on the road against the east. are were held to four runs or fewer in all of their previous seven games since the all-star break. jon lester got all the ones he needed. his 9-1 mark against the orioles. >> lester is the first red sox pitcher to win his first nine decisions against the orioles franchise since dutch leonard won his first nine games against the st. louis browns from 1913 to 1915. >> the phillies are the defending world series champions and could win it again if they trade for roy halladay. but the phils say the asking price is too high. in return for their ace, the blue jays want rookie lefthander j.a. happ, minor league pitcher kyle drabek and minor league outfielder dominic brown. because the phils don't want to part with happ and drabek, other teams have entered the halladay sweepstakes. espn.com's jayson stark reports the dodgers are a long shot. the jays could use a doc after what happened to them saturday against the rays. bottom of the fourth, aaron hill connects. two-run home run. his second o

the orioles' top prospect could join the starting rotation as early as next week. while pittsburgh steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger will have to deal with a civil lawsuit, he will not apparently have to worry about any legal charges in that case. officials do not intend to investigate allegations that ben roethlisberger raped a woman last summer. his accuser, an employee of a hotel at the time never went to the police after the alleged incident took place. she said she feared if she had gone to officials, hotel officials would side with the celebrity and fire her. training camp is starting tuesday for the ravens. it is football season. >> we will have more after this. >> the government's cash for clunker program starts tomorrow. now, one u.s. auto maker is taking the program one step further. we will have details on what chrysler is doing to generate business and how you might be able to benefit. >> president obama addresses the nation tonight about health care. we will have these stories and u t >> when you hear thunder on a bicycle, it makes you go really

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and old-time oriole fans like me will remember paul blair and this baby. takes the home run away from alex rios. a spectacular catch by the orioles he alone all-star. a well-deserved stand owing racing. brad ferguson. what a first half he had. against former oriole dave delucchi. here's the eventual game winner. oscar salazar. 4-2 the final. adam jones heads to st. louis, talks about the prize of wearing baltimore on the front of his jersey. >> this year as opposed to last year i get to wear baltimore on our chest. i think it's representing the franchise and team. but by saying baltimore it represents every baltimore fan, the city of baltimore. so i'm pretty excited about that. >> he keeps talking like that co-run for mayor. -- he could run for mayor. >> great point. great similarities. in some good company. >> keep it going. >> absolutely. >> a look ahead to the next hour of 11 news today -- >> senator john mccain speaks out about his former running mate's decision to step out of the political light. what he feels is in store for the future of sarah palin

top 5th was crazy, full of wild pitches, bases loaded walks, hit batters, orioles runs, orioles on top 4-1 right there. greg zahn was three for four today. that's morris scoring. 5-1. jeremy guthrie brought his a-game today. he gave up two runs on three hits over eight. o's beat the chi sox 10-2, refusing to be swept. after the game, greg san and amber theoharis. >>> meantime, at that time british open, sorry, tape problems, so close, yet so close and far away for 59-year- old tom watt so. there he is missing his final putt in regulation. that would have made him the oldest player to win a major. then stewart cink sank two birdies to win by six shots at two under, 78. >>> dallas cowboys quarterback tony romo missing a relatively short putt. ever consider baton twirling? boston celtics star ray allen, long-distance along the golf course, but this guy, chris channel ler, former falcons quarterback. ever wonder why he gave up football? there's a good reason. can't even hardly hit the ocean, much less two goal posts on a boat. nonetheless, everybody had a real good time. tour de france now

otherwise, orioles don't win that ballgame. billy butler is a guy you're going to have to be real careful pitching to right now -- right now. >> getz let's get a look at the orioles lineup for right now. birds are just 2-8 since the all-star break losing lasts night in the opener of the seven-game home stand. roberts, jones, huff up top. markakis bats cleanup. he batted cleanup at fenway park the other day and won. nick back in the four spot tonight. nolan reimold in left field batting fifth. look at those numbers for reimold since the all-star