he will pitch tomorrow night for the bay sox. orioles have been busy signing some of -- some of their draft picks from the 2009 draft. they signed 11 picks including bumbr y's son including mikeflacco. the top three picks that they took will probably take longer to get them signed. we'll keep you updated on that. gary? >> gary: the sliding begins as top agents like to try to get those top picks signed. top picks are always the toughest to sign. orioles can't wait a lot longer as pelfrey shutting them down. they left the bases load -- loaded in the fifth inning. jones, daix and huff due up. pelfrey gets it in on the inside corner. coming into today's play, the american league has the advantage in interleague play this year. they have won 46 and lost 40. jones will take outside. runs scored, the american league .411. the national league, .351. vearks about 3/4 of a point hider for the national league than the american league. as you might expect, the american league has outhomered the national league 115-82. fouled off. it hasn't been a lo

the orioles in the 9th inning will have scott, mora and salazar due up. and that one is fouled back. kennedy has one of the two hits by the athletics. orlando cabrera has the other. 6 and a third scoreless innings by bass bers -- bass bers. sliced down the leftfield side, out of play. kennedy does a good job looking at the bat and dropping it down leftfield line. that's where his base hit went in the 5th inning. >> buck: he has an upper cut swing and when the ball is away you can take the pitch and loop it down the leftfield line. right of the power is to right and right center. >> jim: outside, 2-2 the count. getting loose in the bullpen. and foul it's -- fouls it off the opposite way. jim johnson, the third reliever used by the orioles in this game. here is the 2-2. hit to centerfield. jones is there. has it for the out, and one down. 2 orioles will be out and about in the community coming up this week. on tuesday you can spend your lunch hour with rich hill at espn zone in the inner harbor. he'll sign autographs and answer your questions from noon unti

take the mound, the orioles will try -- the orioles will try and set up a rubber match tomorrow.  >>> it's the orioles on m and, yes, it's here. it is bobblehead night, and adam jones is the man blowing the bubbles. game two, three game set. the mets coming away with a 6-4 win in last night's game. hi, everybody. i'm gary thorne. last night it was a long night for the orioles. just didn't seem to work very well. for the orioles this season, it's not just been there have been errors. keep in mind, the orioles talked about better "d." it's that the errors have mattered. this is a whole new stat we put up. this is about unearned runs per error. the detroit tigers almost every time they commit an error there's a run. the orioles are not very far behind kansas city, atlanta and houston. it's that the errors result in opponents runs. >> jim: and rick dempsey just told us in the pregame if the orioles are trailing after six, they're 2-30, so when the errors are committed. last night jeremy guthrie will be the first guy to tell you, eve

♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. >>> well, the orioles wille said, dave saying he would pitch today and will pitch an inning tomorrow whether it's a save situation or not. that's exactly what's going to happen here. short-term is on. >> buck: the last month he's been great. made minor adjustments in set up and delivery and 7-7 allowed just three hits. may 2nd, no earned runs, opponents hitting .083. hasn't walked a batter in his last seven appearances. he's on now after baez had a perfect 1, 2, 3 7th inning. do that as well here in theth. >> gary: big, bigth inning the orioles could not convert into runs. davis up. number 9 hitter. he has doubled, walked, scored two runs in the ball game. top of the order cabrera and kennedy to follow. davis hitting over the mark at .204. loop that is one into center and he's got a base hit. so a 2-3 ball game. he's had three hits in the series. 3-7. >> buck: just making contact. threw the head of the bat the ball and threw it into center field. >> gary: that will be 12 hits for the a's. >> buck: shut down the

orioles will have to battle back as they're down 4-0 bottom of the fourth inning. orioles have yet to have a base runner as pelfrey has strikeout one. brian roberts grounded out his first time up. roberts will take that to left field. martinez makes the running catch. the wind will knock down some of these balls tonight. it seems -- it feels like it's blowing in. it's blowing into the booth here behind home plate even though it's swirling. >> jim: the flags look like they're coming this way. so much swirling with the warehouse and some of the new buildings in the area. >> gary: very come night and not wuch those nights where the ball is -- and not one of those nights where the ball is likely to carry particularly well. here is adam jones who popped out his first time up in the ballgame. >> jim: on top of the scoreboard, wherever the birds -- wherever the noses are facing, that's the way the wind is blowing. >> gary: trouble is they're always pointing in two different directions. >> jim: yeah, they can't get their act to the out there. now they kind of spinning aroun

on friday, june, orioles wille back in cam -- friday, june 26th orioles will be back in camden yards. students can receive a left field upper reserve seat, and fireworks night, presented by aaa mid-atlantic. all fans are invited to remain for the fireworks. tickets: good house on hands here on a summer-like evening, and a good ballgame. here's ty wigginton. singled his last time up. wigginton now 6 for 20 lifetie off livan hernandez. berken with a walk and 7 strikeouts in the ballgame. orioles picking up a rbi in the 5th on the double by roberts and the first run, an andino shot. mets have battled back in te 6th, sac fly by wright, and ryan church singled to tie the ballgame up jeep it goes to what you are talking b it's easier when you get good pitching to battle back. >> gary: wigginton gets it in his favor. 3-1 count. santos got part of that foul ball. >> jim: little cutter, little slider, something different. if you look at the pitches, curve balls have been under 80 miles an hour, but the sliders from 83 to 84-mile r hour face balanc

will be no play on that one. out of play. the a's are 23-30 coming in. the orioles 24-31. each of them eight and a half games out in their division. 1-1 delivery. off speed breaking ball will miss away. 2-1 count on suzuki. orioles in the game left just two on base. one in scoring position. only one runner at 2nd. that was jones. 3-1. oakland team has won all five games last year against the orioles. that one's going to be a base hit. so suzuki joins the hit parade with a lead off single here in the 5th. this coming friday one of the most popular oriole park promotions returns. the first 25,000 fans 21 and over will receive an orioles floppy hat presented by miller light. it's the new oriole bird on one side and the new o's cap logo on the other. orioles.com for tickets. last going to be against oakland friday. and swung on a miss to the runner at 1 st. boards cunningham had a double to start off the fourth to score. part of that four run opening. gosh six game hit streak now for aaron cunningham. and a breaking ball taken outside. able to block it and hold the runner. cunn

will hold him. elijah dukes has eight outfield assists this year, and the orioles have a rally going with two singles around a double and an error. it will be first and third, nobody out, for melvin mora. >> rob: jim made the point earlier on huff, you've got to get those pitches in, and even on nick markakis, you know, if you don't get it in far enough, they're going to let it. you might even jam them. you have to be able to locate it in and under their happens, and that is two lefty this is inning that have gotten base hits on jam shots and singles on fastballs. >> jim: there is aubrey huff and he is having a nice night tonight. and steve talked about again not calling pitches. he said, listen, i was a young pitcher and played for billy pleater and i made a lot of mistakes. he said not only that, the adversity that goes with it when you make those mistakes. so i'm going let them learn on their own. he likes their arms, likes their make-up. there you go. this is -- it is almost like you want to work for state farm because you have to be an adjuster. you get them out the first time, and the second ti

baez will miss inside to him, and count goes to 2-0. ballgame still up for grabs he as the orioles still get a couple of at-bats. 2-0 delivery, sheffield takes it. >> jim: they will get somebody in the bull pep, only because baez, a -- bullpen, only because baez -- maybe up in the zone, little more than he normally . >> gary: 2-1 delivery to shor. andino. he got him. sheffield retired. one away in the 8th. time to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. jason berken the starter, ando delivered his first home run f the season, and livan hernandz on the other side who continues looking for his 6th win. text in your vote matt albersn the pen. [ inaudible ] >> gary: andino gets the big hope. church who had the being rbi t is retired -- had the big rbi hit is retired. two away in the 8th. murphy, beltran, wright and church. >> jim: you look at that curveball he hit, one of the few curve balls that jason berken got all night. that's what happens, battling, battling. >> gary: there's santos, and he'll take the pitch down 

orioles offensively. >> gary: he has done that. no runs, 4 hits, no errors for the 0's. 9-10-1 for oakland. >. aubrey huff willor the o's. he has a couple of homeruns here. pitch taken for a strike. braden dealing. he has not given the orioles hitters many fat pitches to go after. he has been on 0 the corners and has kept the ball down. here is the 2-1 delivery. that will be fouled off. bobby crosby there at first base, came on as a defensive replacement. giambi out of the ballgame and crosby getting a chance at first. and in the bullpen. braden working here notice 72nd inning, a 4-hit shutout. 2 balls, 2 strikes count to huff. popped him up. behind the mound. cabrera the shortstop and one away. one down notice 7th. on try day, one of the most popular oriole park promotion is back. it's the first 25,000 fans, 21 and over, you will receive an oriole floppy hat which features the logo on one side and the o's on the other. that's this coming friday. >> melvin mora singled his first time up, 1-for-2 and the breaking ball in there for a strike. orioles with the four hits, all singles. braden has worked 7 innings tw

if these two guys will hit like they can hit, the orioles will will win this game hands down. >> you're enthused about the lineup. >> i like it. adam jones hitting in a slot where he can drive in a few more runs. i like our number four hitter tonight. luke scott. eight home runs in his last nine ball games. you have to put him in the number four slot and change things up a bit. it's a shake up because they're stale right now. stagnant. not scoring any runs or hits. maybe this will do it. >> try to break a three game losing streak. that will wrap up o's extra brought to you by at&t. and gary thorn bringing the game. we'll be back with the post game show right after the orioles play the a's in oakland. coming up next on masn 2. - tot. 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.

orioles don't score anymore in this one. one down in the 9th inning. springer, 1-2 delivery. reimold will fight it off. a foul ball. orioles, this will be their third loss in a row and oakland will have a season high 4-game win streak with a victory in this ballgame. guthrie would go to 4-5. dallas braden would go to 5-5 on the year, 4-1 lifetime again the orioles. 1 ball, 2 strikes count. reimold fouls that one right straight back. we will be right back here with you tomorrow, earlier start for tomorrow's game. berken versus cahill. 9 0-0 game coverage. 8 3-0 eastern. o's extra. 8:30 eastern, o's extra. >> they have a concert after the ballgame so they are starting an hour earlier. swung on and missed. springer gets the strikeout. let's update you on the voting for the at&t player of the game. braden, the starter, could be the winner. holliday the leader. cust. springer trying to wrap this up. aubrey huff stands in. 0-for-3. springer with pretty good heat. gets a swinging strike. aubrey at .264, 8 homeruns, 39 rbis. designated hit another this game. getting wigginton a chance at 1st. orioles never really got a chan

the man will give the orioles a 3-1 lead at the time. not only his first one, but an important one. >> gary: luke scott will lead it off here. a 3-2 ballgame with the orioles on top. scott, a strikeout victim his first time up. and a check swing foul ball. interleague play for luke, this is the 36th game. in interleague action. the orioles have had tough numbers overall in interleague play. since its inception. and a check swing that will be taken up high. in the month of june, luke scott continues to be a big part of this offense. markakis the leader in hits, scott in homers and rbi's, roberts in extra-base hits and bergesen the pitching leader in june. >> jim: luke's looking down at third base. he sees david wright playing exactly where melvin mora did with ryan church. maybe when you're down two or three runs and there's two outs in an inning. just lay one down there. it's just, remember when you were a kid, if basically you were playing, if you were playing over the line or they were playing baseball, somebody was playing way back, yo

orioles bats have just gone quiet after they just were explosive. that one will be fouled off. through the first couple of months. entering june, it quieted down. the books are being written, the baseball books that go to the pitchers, stories on what the orioles hitters are doing at the plate. >> buck: baseball is all about adjustments and the hitters will have count act those adjustments. you can blame it on the quality of the pitching they face but just about every night, you face pretty good pitch in the big leagues. that goes back to that tigers series. first two games, they had five runs on 11 hits in the opener on thursday against armando galarraga. melvin mora to second base, kennedy up, two down. >> buck: you can't blame on, he is a tough pitcher. they are all tough pitchers. and they were hitting tough pitchers. including a.j. burnett and knocking around justin verlander in the last series. >> gary unfortunately for the orioles, the funk has been up and down the line-up except for this guy, luke scott. the breaking ball is in there for a strike. since coming off the d

orioles rich hill will toe the rubber tonight as the birds try to salvage one game in south florida. all that and more coming up right here on masn. >>> welcome to an evening of orioles baseball. it's the orioles and florida marlins in game three of the three-game series. "o's xtra" on masn brought to you by at&t. your world delivered. o's lost two in a row including last night 5-2 setback. tonight, orioles send rich hill to the mound. marlins send lester sean west to the mound. he's 3-2 with an earned run average of 3.97. hello, everyone. tom davis can rick dempsey in our masn studios a half hour before the orioles take on the marlins in the third and final game of the three-game series. orioles conclude this road trip of interleague play tonight. they are 9-5 against the national league, but 5-15 versus the marlins since it started. they're 1-10 in miami. marlins are on a roll right now. they've had four straight victories hitting .2.77 during the process and they continue to have bad numbers. orioles away from home are 11- 22 on the road this season while hitting only .238 on the r

will happen. he does show the orioles that he has outstanding talent. ht and a couple of nice defensive plays. >> jim: we'll learn how long cesar izturis will be out following hit emergency appendectomy. we'll go back to oakland right now. >> gary: back here with dave trem plea joining us. at far as jeremy guthrie tonight, what did you see? what happened? >> he didn't locate. they put some great swings on it. it just one right after the other. he was pitching right in the middle of the plate. >> buck: this offense has been struggling. this is a ball club that's hit all year long. they are facing tough pitchers but, at the same time, got away from their patient approach. >> yeah, it's been a little bit different tonight when they jumped on you like they d you were probably up there trying to get it all back at once which is not the right way to go. we'll regroup and play a much better game tomorrow. i'm confident of that. >> buck: that's the beauty about baseball. you get another game tonight. your ball club, you have had pretty good starts. you get a goo

orioles will look to rebound tonight. they'll do it with young pitching. young pitchers have shown up in the major league level in abundant numbers. teams like the orioles struggling on the mound have decided let's go and see what we have down below. there are the number of rookie starters in major league baseball. 26 rookie debuts. their record overall 34 is-54 and a .498 e.r.a. the record 6-7 and the e.r.a of the orioles rookie pitchers better than the overall numbers in major league baseball. for the orioles to win it's going to have to stay that way for the rest of this season. >> it sure is. they have pitched better than the major league rookies around baseball. we're going to see another one tonight in jason berken who has had two great starts in his career. berken is a guy that has the ability to throw all his pitches over. he was matched up against a tough pitcher in last game's outing on sunday when he met up with jackson. berken himself allowed just four hits, one home run. that was the difference in the ball game. and he has pitched very well. th

. >> gary: 1-2 delivery will miss inside. orioles offense which had such a dreadful first days of june came back against atlanta over the weekend with eight runs saturday and 11 on sunday. being held to two so far in this ballgame. two runs on five hits by pelfrey, green and now feliciano. 2-2 delivery rides inside. that slernl keep you honest as a left-handed hitter. that will gain your attention. >> jim: then, he'll throw that sweeping breaking ball in any count. i'm not sure he'll throw with a 6-2 lead. 239 if the game is on the line at least from what i've seen, totally unpredibt digittable --unpredictable. >> gary: 3-2 count. aubrey huff goes down swinging. pedro feliciano comes on and does what he's supposed to do against left-handers. ♪ (tucci) count on the nation's fastest 3g network. at&t >> gary: orioles baseba masn is brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by wendy's, it's way better than fast-food. it's wendy's. gary thorne, jim palmer, amber theoharis. great to have you wi

as i said, he will be evaluated an the orioles will determine what he will do, what will be the nexttep. we do know he will go back up north with the team, though. jim? >> >> jim: amber, thank you very much that is the first step as you get back to the team and then the baseball-related activities, rehab in the minor leagues. once you get back in game conditions, it comes back to you. this is a hard smash to andino. he plays it flawlessly. and a three up, three down inning. the orioles hold the 1-0 lead. cash flow isn't just an important thing to small business. it's everything. that's why pnc is introducing your new cfo, cash flow options designed to effectively improve your cash flow. cfo helps every dollar work harder. from the very first dollar to the last dollar of the day. get in touch with your new cfo. pnc. leading the way. gip tonight's contestant yolanda. she has a chance to win $99 worth of american classic scratch-off tickets from the maryland lottery for every home run hit tonight. here is what you do, enter by logging on to masn sports.com. and there is caesar izt

rich hill will start for the orioles tomorrow. we'll preview the orioles find game against the oakland a's in oakland when we come back here on masn in a moment. expnchts welcome back. placed on the disabled list by the orioles after an emergency appendectomy. he will return with the club tomorrow night. oscar will be brought up from the minors from norfolk to replace him. the or joels have to make a roster move because of the emergency anen connectmy. the orioles will have to use robert at shortstop now. pretty much the rest of the way probably over the next three to four weeks. go back to oakland where amber is standing by with the orioles relief pitcher david hernandez. >> did you know going into this game they were considering you out of the bullpen? were you ready for that? >> yeah. they told me on thursday i would be coming out of the bullpen for this series. i wasn't up yesterday by they told me i would definitely be up today or tomorrow. i was ready. >> how different was that for you? looking back through your minor league

orioles will face yet ano left-handed pitcher tomorrow.o, dave trembley always has the option of putting wigginton in there, but you get the hitter back. >> buck: it's been an unbelievable stretch of left- handers they have faced lately going all the way back to the seattle series on the west coast. >> jim: sheer base hit to right eld for nolan reimold. good piece of hitting there going with it and he's on with a one-out single. the orioles have their and nd brunner >>let's take a look at the pnc scouting report for the big left-hander sean west. fastball, slider, changeup. he has a very smooth delivery. that's a problem for hitters because you don't anticipate he's going to throw 96-97 miles pehourmenteapon he keeps his fastball at the knees and lower, he's practically unhittable. there's great, late movement down in the strike zone, but if he elevates a bit, you'll see bathes base hits just like nolan reimold. >> jim: matt wieters, switch hitter batting right takes low. wieters number seven in the lineup hitting at .261. numbers against

when he starts cutting the walks down, he will be a big leaguer. >> jim: next tuesday, it is the 2009 amateur draft. the orioles have the fifth pick in the draft. when we come back, you will hear from joe jordan, the orioles director of scouting. where can a marketing administrator be a watercraft engineer? where can a doctor serve his community while also treating patients around the world? where can a student stay in school while expanding his education beyond the classroom? in the us army reserve you'll find the strength to develop new skills and gain an edge to get ahead. there's strong and then there's army strong. visit goarmy.com/reserve 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. ( smack, crowd awes ) you might want to put something cold on that. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. . >> jim: here is your oppor

orioles will be going to philadelphia, to a park that surrendered 7 home runs. 1-0 delivery, and thate outside corner for a strike. toronto won it with a run ie top half of the 9th inning. as everybody was banging the ball out of the ballpark. >> jim: phillies came in with great so fence as far as runs. >> gary: that with out to left field, that is hit hard, and good-bye, home run! robert andino, and the orioles have the lead on his first home run of the season. >> jim: we were tall you about the slider, -- we were telling you about the slider. little hanger, speeds up the bat. how many times have we talked about that? look at that extension. he's getting on top of the high pitch as he gets a great pitch to hit, and smokes it into left center field. >> gary: what a job andinohas done. the 6th hit by the right-hander, and the os on top 1-0. leadoff homer in the third inning. brian roberts shows bunt as david wright is swung around n the infield at third so there was a lot of room third career home run for andino. >> jim: and only the th

once the move becomes official, the orioles will confirm that. es up against john lannan for the nationals. >> bob: thank you, amber. will that be a bber game the series ill the orioles be going for the sweep? >> jim p.: i like john lannan. i still remember the 2-1 victory he had over the orioles i don't know if it was last year or the year before. how about that earned run average. >> rob: he's definitely become our ace. another hit by gregg zaun. great night for him. already a home run. >> jim p.: i told him, i, he was hitting .118 early on. he said jokingly, i was overexposed. i told him, i said the good news, you can't stay at .118, not if you keep playing. >> rob: to finish that story about eric davis at the end of his career, he knew he couldn't play 140, 150 games a year but he knew he could contribute and maybe the last three, four years he had some great years with some ball clubs and it was more of a contribution, but he didn't complain, he didn't mope, avenues great professional ballplayer. that's what you have to do as you get older. >

the orioles wives will be hosting a silent auction on monday and tuesday during the orioles red sox gamese at camden yards. the auction will continue through the end of the 7th inning. the proceeds of monday's auction will benefit the university of maryland hospital for children and the proceeds on tuesday will honor maryland native and former angels pitcher nick adenhart to benefit the memorial fund. felix pie will pinch run to get more speed on there. orioles looking for an insurance run and melvin mora takes a strike. melvin, 0 for 3. struck out his last at-bat. orioles have eight hits tonight after getting 16 last night. a win by the orioles would increase their interleague record to 11-6. and they're trying it put together a winning month. they would also move within a game of .500 in june. they would be 11 and 12 this month. >> rob: they would also go to 13 of 17 against national league teams at camden yards in interleague play. >> jim p.: obviously not all this year. dave trembley knows also when this weekend ends, you're back for at least for a while, you've got three games agains

orioles .241 with runners in scoring position and two away. it had been up around the .280 mark. mora willry 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 and he's got a base hit. markakis will score, huff at second gets back and the orioles have a 4-2 lead on a two out rbi base hit. >> jim: melvin has done a nice job of hitting the ball all over the field. this is the 14th hit up the middle and 11 to right. the infield has been speeded up a little bit here at camden yards. that ball gets lou the infield easily. >> gary: that is very big run. >> jim: they chose to pitch around huff once the count got to 2-0. you're just trying to play your percentages. jerry manuel just making the gamble, and it doesn't pay off. >> gary: 17 rbi's from melvin mora on the season. scott with the big cut on the off speed delivery. luke has struck out and flied out to center field in the b

. >> the orioles will be back at camden yards.d new reporter and this one absolutely is kind of a unique reporter. he in fact wears an orioles uniform. let's check in with dennis sar funny. >> this is dennis sar font and today we'll be the fashion police on hair-dos. >> i'm standing here by t bone's locker and we have a question, we brought some pictures back from when you played and we were just wondering if there is a possibility of you bringing this hair style back. >> i could bring it back. >> maybe a throwback day. >> he has a nice afro with a stash to match up with it. >> and a nice picture of sammy here. do you think you can rock that hair-do? >> no. >> you can just describe to us the difference between a jerry curl and the normal afro? >> well normal afro, you put afro shave in it and pick it out. the jerry curl, sometimes chemicals. >> which one god more ladies? >> i would have to say the afro worked for me. >> and we're looking back at some pictures here ofa and t bone, juan. he rocked the afro, you had a jerry curl goin

i think this will give the orioles an advantage. >> nationals, it will be ross detwiler. >> detwilera guy who was drafted in the first pick after matt wieters two years ago in the draft. he's with the nationals right now. pitching in a lot of tough luck. he actually pitched his best ballgame against the orioles a couple weeks ago. he went six innings. only gave up one hit and one run. did not get the decision in that game -- in that game. this will be a nice matchup of two very talented pitchers. good left-hander. good right-hander. >> a 2.39. game coverage starts tomorrow night at 6:30 from baltimore'camden yards. saturday evening, 6:30 pregame. sunday afternoon 1:30 starting. we apologize for some of the technical difficulties we had in south florida and tonight. they are no more because the orioles don't have to go to florida anymore the rest of the season. i think everybody in baltimore is glad of that after the orioles were swept by the florida marlins by a score tonight of 11-3. for rick dempsey, this is tom davis. we thank you for watching masn. we'll be looking forward to you

. >> jim: so chris ray back w the orioles will go to work on jorge cantu.lins with a huge inning and there is strike one. five grand slam now by the marlins. hanley ramirez has just hit his second and cody ross has three. there is chris ray back from triple-a. a swing and a miss and it is 0- 2 on cantu. so felix pie comes on in left field in the double switch. reimold made the final out of the seventh inning. so chris ray and pie will bat in the nine spot. outside. >> buck: chris ray threw the ball well in triple-a. he had a 2.25 e.r.a. >> jim: outside, 2-2. >> gary: the thing for chris ray was the election of his pitches. he threw a few too many pitches up in the zone, and his focus and concentration will be to keep the same arm angle and to try to get the brail down in the zone where he is most effective. >> jim: making his first appearance for the orioles since may 27 when he pitched against the blue jays. so a tough outing for danys baez as jorge cantu gets one into right center field. jones and markakis. jones calls and he has it for the out and there

. >> jim: the orioles will be loam on friday night against the nationals to close out the interleagueme it will be back to american league rules. >> buck: they have really played well and we talk about their 9-3 interleague record and we have to compliment them. now an opportunity. you play tough here against the florida marlins and you have washington coming into your own ballpark. they could have the best interleague record of their history. >> jim: the orioles certainly know how tough it is in the a.l. east when you play so mr. games against the other teams in the division, but it really jumps out at you when you get away from the division and get out into the league. a foul ball. >> buck: you don't want to diminish anything. when you have to grind it out daily against the teams like the red sox, the yankees and the devil rays, it makes you appreciate how talented that american league east division is. >> jim: koji uehara is down on strikes that is two away. the updated tally, the american league east versus the national league east in the games this year and the a.l. east, 89 wins

a simpler way to ship. >> gary: well, orioles hope offense will continue. it's been spectacular in the last two games against atlanta. orioles since may 1 are hitting .314 which is the number one average in the majors. here are the starting lineups for the o's brought to you by southwest airlines. roberts, jones and markakis. huff, mora and scott. reimold, wieters and andino. brian roberts on his sixth -- six-game streak. >> jim: here is the scouting report on mike pelfrey. good stuff. his pitching coach said at the end of the tonight or today, this will be a night game, it's about the sinker. he struggled lately 0-2. gave up nine runs in one of the games. last year when pitching was hurt, they needed him to go back and revert to what he did last year where he was a winning pitcher with a low earned run average. >> gary: he makes his first pitch against roberts. thank that is fouled away. he's second in double, third in runs in the american league. first in hit streak boost that had average to .299 flirting again with that .300 mark for brian and the streak

the orioles all but one. that will even the count up at two balls, two strikes. he orioles, if they can win this one will be 4-4 in the home stand and give themselves a chance at a winning home stand tomorrow. cora, the shortstop, trying to hold him a bit, but not real tight. roberts fights it off. >> jim: we think of brian as a guy that steals bases, a switch hitter, but he's, there it is, rsvp, the -- all right, risp, over .300. that's better than his .293 batting average. >> gary: brian has had great luck in interleague play. this is his 142nd interleague game. he and aubrey huff have exactly the same number. melvin mora is the orioles leader with 161 interleague contests. big battle here. stokes, the long look. down to first and fouled off again. >> jim: i think it's a chance. with a did dave trembley say, he said anything that's going promote the game and all that. but when i used to pitch spring training games in the national league, when you played a national league team, you wanted to let them know that you were talented, that you were going to be at your

now ray will try to follow him and val have the same kind of success shutting down this marlin team. it the orioles miss another opportunity to get on the board. now nine men left on base through seven at-bats. here is bonifacio. he'll bat from the left side. hanley ramirez and cantu will follow. slapped foul out in the crowd. 12,822 attendance tonight. bonifacio struck out, he fliedout and laid down a sacrifice bunt. fouls it back again. chris ray back with the team. his second appearance. he got into the game on tuesday night and looked very good. that was the game the marlins eventually won in 1 innings. pitched 1 1/3 innings scoreless. check the swing. no swing says the third base umpire chad fairchild. ray came on after danys baez had started the seventh inning, and he allowed four runs on the grand slam by hanley ramirez. actually, five runs because there was a single that got that inning going by cody ross, and then ray came on and got the final two outs in the seventh and then did not allow a run in the eighth. 1 2/3 to get back at it. orioles sent them back down to triple-a to get his mech

this is the second game against the orioles. they will conclude their interleague play this weekend in tampa against the rays. breaking ball for a strike. the second time through the lineup has been the most efficient and consistent for berken in his previous five starts. the batting average, buck, against berken the second time, .225. it was .279 the first time. then, it jumps up to .417 the third time. >> buck: i think the first time through drd -- the first time through the order, he's trying to get con troafl his emotion. you have to remember these younger pitchers are just getting their first taste of big league babe. there will be all kinds of emotional hills and valleys they have to deal with. we've seen all of them. none are intimidated by the big leagues by any means. they've been very good in their composure. you have to control your emotions and get some experience. nothing more than that. >> jim: ball hit deep to left center field. long run for luke scott makes the running catch near the wall! so, luke scott stayed with it. he

the orioles hope that their bats will open up again.  . >> gary: jietsz' the ori on masn and we welcome you to oakland, california, as we begin a three-game set. after losing two out of three in seattle, the orioles hope to get the offense going. the pitching has been there but not the steps. you can't make a mistake reimold got picked off in the 5th inning. 6th inning, aubrey huff picked off third. and then in the 9th inning, after getting a man on, a vic 'em out throw 'em out double play. dave trembley said they didn't beat us, we beat ourselves. >> buck: you can't afford to do that if you can't swing the bat. when you continue to make mistakes and erase base runners, you're going to lose. they have to eliminate that. >> gary: jeremy guthrie will be making the start. we'll have the line-up for you. when we come back, we'll be talking to guthrie's battery mate, the rookie, matt wieters. . for the next minute, i'm gonna show you what it's like to have verizon fios. these are your widgets, they let you put whatever you're watching down here, while you check out local traff

will be there. for some of you we know there are some of you who had a hard time finding nats extra when the orioles were here. we will tell you that despite the fact that the games are a joint telecast on masnhd friday, saturday, sunday, because we're the visiting team, the nats extra pre-and post game shows, i guess the post game show, will be on masn ii. that's going to break. again, we don't want you confused. there are different pre-and post game shows for the nationals and orioles next weekend, and the nationals will be on masn2. all right, you got it. jim palmer will be there to team up. we've got a pretty good starter and closer in the booth. third inning in a row the nats have had two men on base. romero is doing nothing to put washington away in this game. gonzalez a base hit off the glove of scott rolen first time. one ball and one strike. >> i'd like to see alberto get a gap shot here and see if austin kearns can catch adam dunn by the time he reaches home plate. >> austin can run for a big man. overbay's playing behind him. atlanta got two in the first and red sox answered with three. d

reimold it get it by. >> this will be the 27th pinch hit for the orioles. mets have 88. all the bench players. double switches. no dh. >> gary: 2-0 count to reimold. and it's ball 3 outside. reimold will be followed by brian roberts at the top of te order. 23,009 on hand, the announced attendance. 3-0 delivery, reimold taken al the way. and it's in there for a strik. like livan hernandez who stard the game, rodriguez a lower average by hitters when there are runners on base. 83.083 with runners on. .197 when bases are empty. there's the 3-1 delivery. reimold will take it. ball 4. two on, nobody out, 9th inning. here is how the voting is g. you can still text in your vo results owner the os extra post game show. >> jim: the pitching coach is going to come out, and how wih we going to defense this bunt? if you bunts them over, if you're dave trembly, you comep th the same situation, except with one out. adam jones who has been struggling come the to the plate. -- coming to the plate. you have all kind of strategy. >> gary: th

swinging a hot bat driving in a lost runs for the orioles right -- marlins right now. >> a grounder mishandled by emilio bonifacio. brian roberts will score. orioles down 3-1. >> the orioles had this opportunity right from and melvin mora with a ways hit -- base hit to left field. orioles are -- orioles are tightening up the score right here. nick markakis around. orioles pull to within one run of the marlins with this base hit to left. >> marlins get another run in the seventh inning. emilio bonifacio. matt wieters throws the ball into center field and bonifacio is going to score all the way from second. >> felix pie kind of goes to leap sleep a little out there in the outfield. right away, bonifacio takes advantage of it. gets that one extra step that allows him to score and marlins go on to win this game 5-2. >> five runs, 11 base hits for the marlins. nolasco gets the victory. he came into the game with a 7.15 e.r.a. save goes to mier. berken one win and four losses. he deserves probably a better fate. he got into a hole in the first inning. brian roberts 2-3 performance including a double. melvin mora drove in a run and orioles

jason were kin goes to the mound for the orioles. that will be his sixth of the season and ricky nolasco. last year he won 15 games for the marlins making his 13th start off to disappointing start. opponents hilling over .300  against the right-hander. >> jim: here is coghlan, the lead-off hitter, fouled it back. as opposed to the marlins who have just tim wood left in their bullpen, the orioles still have albers. they still have hendrickson and george sherrill. so jim johnson giving them two innings and chris ray an inning and 2/3 has helped at least preserve a few more arms. ground ball sharply hit to short. wigginton has it and gets it across and a three up, three down inning for brian bass and on we go. we head to the 12th and the top of the lineup is coming up. brian roberts, nick markakis and adam jones in this tie game. ? ♪ ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with g

and aubrey huff will get the game-winning rbi. 5-12-0 for s. the os. so that sets the stage for the orioles to head to philadelpha with an exciting win at home. rich hill will take the mound.  now a look at how this happened. o a chopper -- os extra.  >> orioles celebrate and what a comeback win. able to get the tieing run inn a bases loaded walk to jones o had a terrific at-bat after falling behind in the counts. and then aubrey huff, a base hit to get in the game winner, and the orioles win t rick, you've been in so many of these games, what does it do for a club, about to go on a 6-game road trip? >> gary: it takes a lot of pressure off 9 club. aubrey huff, two nights in a row. the game winning hit. great to see him getting the opportunities and chances to n ball games with one swing of e bad. last night, two run home run, that pumps the orioles up ahead, 6-4. he drives in the game-winning run. 5-4, and this is what the ball club -- it gets everybody going. even though markakis did not have a great night. he still goes in the locker room know

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- bye. home run. he delivers a 3 rbi homer here in the 7th inning. the orioles make it a 9-4 ball game.

all-stars will host the mid-atlantic valley league. come out and catch where oriolesuff, luke scott, chris ray and halls all launched their careers. gametime 7. 0678956789 get there early. home run derby at 5:30. admission free. donations greatly appreciatedment for more, go to ripkensrcollegebaseball.org or call 410-588-9900. here is brian roberts for his second at-bat. >> buck: brian has his hitting shoes on in south florida hitting the ball very well. seeing the ball very well n last night's game, he got that double and then andrew miller, we must talk about him a little bit because that was the only hit andrew miller allowed over seven innings. he drove a dumb double in his first at-bat here ghent again tonight. swinging the bat very aggressively had a great series in philadelphia. five rbi's -- five rbi's including two game winners. >> jim: the voters -- the orioles have won each of the interleague series. one of those a sweep. that was against the phillies first stop on this trip. if they're going to continue that trend, they would have to win tonight for a chan

that will be a strike. orioles pie in left field as he hit a foul ball that bounced up and hit him in the throat. we hope pie is all right. that ball popped up. short shallow left. one away here in the 3rd inning. lead off double by cabrera moved to third on a fly ball. that's the oakland run. oakland won four in a row. orioles lost three in a row. oriole bats have been very quiet on this road trip. last night found their offense hitting nine runs and ten hits. davis up. davis had a 1-4 and rbi in the ball game last night playing in center field. >> buck: played double on the first batter he pitched to. scored on a ground ball to 1st base. >> gary: playing with ryan sweeney out with a banged up knee. sweeney's still bothered by it. he has a sprained medial collateral and mild tendonitis. they are hoping he will not have to go on the d.l. while that's going on the speeder davis gets to start in center field. one down. bases empty. jason berken's delivery to him. that's ripped into the gap. he's going to be flying. y

orioles with just the 1-0 lead on andino home run. roberts down the third, that s a fair ball! that will lead on a brian roberts double. >> jim: a nice judgment by the orioles, second, third time through the order. -- nice adjustment by the orioles. just slicing it into left f. roberts can do this in his sleep. terrific bat head to the ball, and wieters is going to score easy as andino goes to third. and roberts at second. >> gary: brian coming in third in the league in doubles. he picks up the rbi. the orioles get the 2-0 lead, still just one away, and two e still in scoring position. >> jim: and they are going to bring the infield in for thy with the best numberses with guys in scoring positions. will take the pitch from hernandez away, so he has the big advantage going with the infield drawn in. >> jim: the first six orioles tonight in the lineup have batting averages over .300 wih runners in scoring position. and adam leads the pack. i said it's simple. you're struggling a little bi, expanding the strike zone, and if you swing at ba

and that will be taken for a strike. the oriole pitchers both berken and david have not thrown first ball strikes and have worked behind the hitter. oakland's taking advantage of that. long run for him. he's going the other way and will get there and make the catch. giambi retired. but another big inning four across in the third and four across in the 4th. now 9-0. úúpp÷÷ >> gary: give some of these players a chance. cahill as was through in last night's ball game for dallas take to a big lead. nine runs on ten hits last night. already nine runs on eight hits tonight. and cahill will work mora, zaun and rime ill. grounded out his first time up. cahill had the sinker working in this ball game. mora will take the pitch up high for a ball. >> buck: cahill has been victimized by a lack of run support. seven of his previous eleven starts, but that's not the case tonight. hitters are giving him a little pay back. >> gary: this oakland offense has really turned itself around. 1-1 delivery. mora takes that to right fie

will be at second, and austin kearns goes to right tonight. ronny belliard's first start since june 10. now for the orioles who clobbered the nationals last night 11-1, leading off will be brian roberts, hitless the last couple ballgames, after a six- game hitting streak, leads the american league in doubles, he's knocked out 25 doubles this year, he drove in a season high four runs against the phillies one week ago. the birds line-up goes this way, roberts leads off at second with a .288 batting average, then comes adam jones, he had three hits last night, as did nick markakis, aubrey huff at first base batting in the cleanup spot. nolan reimold also three hits last night. luke scott will be the dh for the o's, gregg zaun will be catching and robert andino will be batting ninth. the nationals trying to even up the series tonight at camden yards against baltimore. one of the questions i think everybody's asking, ray, as we go to nightly notes, knightly. >> the k is silent. >> yes, the k is silent. let's touch on the problems of joel hanrahan. we know he can pitch. he's proven that before, when he's on, he'

orioles at orioles.com. the all-star game suddenly closing in. >> jim: is it ever. >> gary: that will be foul back. martinez, a strikeout victim. his first time up. orioles up 3-1. each team's got three hits in the ballgame. koji uehara getting his first start against the mets. quick toss over to get cora back to the bag. >> jim: he actually has stolen and attempted six steals, five of them successfully. the mets do lead the national league in stolen bases. come in with 64 of them. situational hitting. the new ballpark, citi field huge. jerry manuel, he understands, he said, if we're going to win, we're going to have to situational hit. >> gary: that one behind the plate. >> jim: especially when you lose delgado with 39 home runs. we talked about his hip injury. i talked to the trainer, he said he's actually doing quite well. when you get to be in your late 30s, it's difficult to project that a guy will be back on a certain day. >> gary: another one fouled back. there will be no play. this is a 20-year-old out of the dominican republic who is only in his fourth professional season. a .282 hitter in

. >> the orioles are turning to younger player as this transition continues. rimed old will be in the number two spot as dave tremly has shuffled things up. and he knows how to hit the long ball. >> reimold has power. he hit this three run home run against ziegler last night and he's been consistent with the power production. three-run homers we mentioned and leads the american league rookies in rbis. he's not hitting the average you would like to see but the power can't be questioned. he has a lot of confidence hitting in the big leagues. >> weiters is back in the lineup. -- weiters and hill worked well before. >> and he was so decisive with the pitch selection and works quickly and flashed the signs quickly and gave a very good target. i think he's shown already in his short major league career that he has the leadership skills behind the plate to give the starting pitcher an awful lot of confidence, hopefully he'll do that again today with rich hill. >> now the breaking ball was fantastic on monday. the athletics haven't seen a lot him. is that an advantage for hill. >> i

because of the pitching change, pie will be lifted for sal la star as the orioles are run out of time here trying to get back in here. >> buck: what a good pinch hitter sal la star has been with andino at first base. he'll come here and try to keep this rally going a lead-off home run, base hit, nobody out. salazar will pinch hit for felix pie who technically took over defensively in the second inning. >> jim: so salazar will bat and andino is on at first base and still nobody down. they had a five-run bottom of the seventh and the orioles are trying to get back in it here in the eighth. dan meyer was originally drafted by the braves and made his way to oakland as buck mentioned and the marlins got him on a waiver. and here is salazar, and he intakes high, 1-0. >> buck: oscar had a big at-bat sunday against cole hamels and that came as he pinch hit with robert andino at second base. he hit a ground ball to the right side to move the base runner up to third and set the table for brian roberts' game- winning base hit to center. fouls. >> jim: he fouls it off the other way 1-1. >> buck:

dukes will get it back in. the orioles have something going here, second and third and nobody down. >> jim p.: what did we talk about, the fact maybe he gets righties out better than lefties. he hangs a curveball here. numbers are high, over 300, but they're better than they were a month ago. >> rob: they were almost .400 off of him left-handed about a month ago. he's got to get that curveball down and away from luke scott. that's up and in the zone. that's right where a lefty wants that curveball. danger time for that guy. >> jim p.: so you talked about the nationals last night, the four double plays. two ground balls to the right side will get you two runs in here, at least one. unless manny plays the infield in. but again, everybody back on the right side. they'll give you one, but they won't give you two runs. so hit the ground ball to the right side. you'll advance the runner from third to home and the runner from second. so the situational hitter. you can see salazar, he was flat out airing it out down in norfolk at