he is tough but can be beaten. >> rick dempsey's key to the games. >> rick: don't forget magic mike sciociaayed for him three years and coach with him for six. he likes the razzle-dazzle. you get in a close inning, 7th through 9th innings, he will make something happen. he hasn't sent anybody in on a squeeze so we have to really do a lot of things -- anything to counter so they don't get some easy run off some razzle- dazzle. >> rick dempsey's player to watch. yesterday was adam jones. >> rick: nolan reimold. he is doing well against left- happened pitchers, 17 for 50 and hitting .340 and what they don't know about him will work in his favor toe day. he is relative unknown. he is my pick to have a great day. i will go on a slim and say he will hit a home run. how about that? >> you have to watch the postgame show for sure. >> rick: absolutely. >> that will wrap things up. orioles try to get a split as they begin the second half of the season. jim hunter and jim palmer standing by. thank you for watching. see you here after the game for more orioles baseball here on masn. the coun y every da

. >> some very positive comments from rick dempsey who has caught a lot of pitchers in his career. very yuck pitching staff in miami, he's got a young pitching staff in baltimore. >> we might see after the all- star break, you never know what's going to happen, you might see even younger guys that are down in triple-a come up at some point. what would you say the pitching coach is the biggest challenge that faces a pitching coach when you have so many young pitchers come up throughout the season at once. right now three of the rotation are those young guys. >> number one, they need to be true to themselves and who they are. you never know what's going to work for them until they get up here, and they don't know. they know what pitches they can throw, but when they get here, that's the test. that's even, you don't make changes right away. i don't like to make big changes anyway with guys, especially young guys or anybody that are in the big leagues. it's tough enough to try to get the guys out to try to make them do something different. so i work within that frame of mind of what the

we'll get the rick dempsey scouting report on tonight's starting pitchers.nder, 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 coach rick kranitz talking about the three rookies in the rotation. what do you think about berken? >> is well, i think he is moving in the right direction. when he misses the strike zone, he misses it low. six game losing streak has a lot to do with the fact orioles are not scoring this young man very many runs. once he qualifies, h

rick dempsey knows about this. at the end of the day when you can pitch six innings, only give up two runs, you give your team a chance to win. there are the total numbers. i don't think i would have let him go out there in the 7th with millar leading off, but as it turned out baez came in and got them out of harm's way. ricky romero had won his last four starts. 12 starts this year, 10 quality starts. he pitched as well as he did and gave the orioles a chance to win. >> jimmy, you kind of have to laugh. it was a calamity of errors out there tonight. dropping balls, but still coming up and playing some pretty good defense after that. not a very high scoring ballgame for either of these teams. >> first of all, we had mike behind the plate so a big strike zone early on. i think a lot of times, guys extra innings they figure, okay, i'm going to make a swing or i'm going to steal a base or i'm going to do that. you had an umpire that was going to cooperate with you, so they pitched very well. 12 innings and only seven

so rick dempsey picked the player who is going to perform tonight.ken goes to the mound tomorrow for the orioles. tell us about jason berken. >> well, jason berken has really been struggling to get the ball down in the strike zone, and i think it's something he has to really concentrate on, but what might help him, as long as he has to throw so many fastballs when behind the the count is to start using his changeium more often. this is something he did in the minor leagues that helped him a lot. he has to get himself in a situation where that change-up can be effective. looking for his second win on the season. sean oh sullivan. they didn't know whether to put him in the bullpen or make him a start we are sob tonight they put matt palmer back into the bullpen. he's looking for his third win of the season. early in his career for the angels so far. >> it's kind of interesting what the angels have gone through this year. they had so many injuries if their rotation with lackey and says both on the dl to begin the year. they're now both back, and these y

s' going to pull me within one of rick dempsey on that chart. >> you've won the last night.uy had none. no problem for wieters. i'm not going to say anything, i want to get back on track. >> tonight here at oriole park at camden yards, the birds getting set to take on kansas city. don't forget, turn on the radio, 105.7, angel has the call. gary thorn and buck martinez is it next. enjoy watching and enjoy the game everybody. we're back with o's xtra postgame. see you later on.   . >> gary: spring training foe orioles. all about the young pitchers who would make their way to the major league level. that is exactly what's happened this season. bergesen has put on a trem show. pie in the face, you better believe it, herndz has come hernandez has come on. chris tillman will pak his major league debut. is there a pie innist future? -- in his future?   . >> gary: it's the orioles on masn, game three of the four-game set against the kansas city royals with kc getting victories in the first two, the sun is re

he stays down in the zone, both of these young men have pretty good games. >> jim: what is the rick dempseyey to the game tonight. >> rick: the key to the game, don't go to the well. vernon wells with that career batting average at .314. he feels comfortable hitting in both ballparks. this is his highest homerun output against any teams, 27 homeruns and 91 rbis against the orioles. if we stop vernon wells, we have a real good chance of beating the jays tonight. >> jim: just to renew our competition tonight, you are up 1-0 on me. who is your player to watch? into i have a good feeling about melvin mora. he has not hit a homerun in 49 games. 50 is going to be the number tonight. i got to call a melvin mora homerun tonight and we all know how melvin hits in the second half of the season. he is poised and ready to go, jimmy. who is your pick for the night. >> jim: one of those great minds think alike. my player to watch is melvin mora. >> rick: no way. >> jim: he has hit in the last two games on the road trip. i like the way the ball jumped off his bat the last couple of games in seattle. like

tom davis together with rick dempsey. edition of dempsey's dugout. >> we were talking a little trash with ty wiggington, we're going to get to the inside of that clubhouse today. >> you had an opposite out of high school whether to become a football player or baseball. i know you played both in high school. which one -- did you ever think about being a professional football player? >> no, i didn't even really consider ever playing football past high school. i always loved baseball, and, you know, football, i kind of did the same things i do in baseball. i played pretty much all over the place. i played corner, receiver, running back, little bit of safety, pun return, but pretty much the same as baseball, moving around. >> end of every season, every player looking forward to going hole and picking up where he left off with some of his hobbies. what are some of yours? >> i actually enjoy being on the lane. i live on lake norman, in north carolina, and enjoy the jet ski, fishing, playing with the kids. >> do you like to fish

it's rick dempsey and jim hunter, or's xtra. think the disappointing part about this game tonight is the pitching, the last five games going into the break was extremely successful, and very, very solid, and tonight all the walks, the two hit batters, when you're giving a good team, and chicago is a con ender, that many base runners, you're going to a tough time winning. >> nothing good ever happens after a walk. have you ever heard that? i think it was 8 of the 12 runs scored via the walk or hit batter. >> yeah, difficult when you allow that many extra base hitters, especially when you have a guy in that line-up that can hist you like jim thome did tonight. it's the top of the 4th, and izturis comes up, and he doubles down the line. orioles were trailing 3-2, but this would tie the game. >> tied the ball game at 3. >> here is thome, his first home run. this one a blast to right. >> jim thome, who has 28 home run on this season now to against the orioles with a bullet line drive to right field. >> then one hit out. a two-region

jim hunter with rick dempsey as the orioles look to bounce back after dropping it 5-2 last night. orioles have lost two in a row and four out of five. is this the streakiest team in the major leagues, or does it just seem that way? >> i think we're seeing a lot of differences in the ball club this year. especially the veterans, guys like melvin mora, who has been streakier than in the last few years, and brian roberts. these guys who set the table, aubrey huff. they're the ones who set the table for this whole offensive ball club, and of the been through their stretches this year with really not doing much offensively, not driving in runs, not hitting home runs. luke scott, actually the one that everybody thinks is so streaky has been more consistent than most of them, because when he's not hitting home runs, he's get something other hits, and the dess dee fence will go four or five games without making any errors, and then do some crazy things and make some big errors. and the base running, too. five or six games good, and then run themselves right out of a big inning. the bullpe

for rick dempsey, this is tom davis, thanking you for watching masn.aces like this, they either make you a much better ballplayer or they can make you a worse ballplayer. i don't think there's a happy medium there. >> expecting off a year in which you led the national league in wins -- >> yes. >> -- how big a disappointment has this season been to you? >> we thought coming out of spring training that we would have a better record now than where we're at, no question. we didn't anticipate a lot of the problems that we've encountered here. we've probably played 81 or 82 games he e already as we speak. we've had our regular lineup on the field two days. all year. it's been a rough summer. it really has. i mean, it hasn't been all that enjoyable. >> last week you said that you were the most cool, calm and collected person around here. >> you know, the media doesn't how to take me here because i have fun with them. they're an inquisitive sort. they have all kinds of ideas on lineups and how to use your baseball team. i guess that's ok. i mean, everybody's g

rick dempsey did talk about salary. we know rich isn't making a large salry.s making a little more than the minimum. it would not be a hefty contract for the orioles to carry if they were to release him. jim? >> amber, thank you very much. of course, the difference between the two pitchers amber is talking about, berken is still a prospect. he's just getting his feet wet in the big leagues. rich hill is beyond that point in his career. he already established last year didn't pitch well for chicago and not pitching well this year either. when we come back on "o's xtra", presented by at&t, we'll take a look at the minor league invasion. hey, if you're a fan of the norfolk tides, you've got to love the o's. clfer so when you said you bring fiber optic all the way to the home, you meant... we bring fiber optic all the way to the home. um... which gives you more bandwidth than cable. so you can upload faster. so it's like comparing a horse and buggy to a sports car. am i the, uh, horse? (announcer) it's a whole new internet. makes uploading as easy as downloading.

jim hunter, rick dempsey. we're getting set for "nats xtra" post-game.e left 10 men in this game. the way it works out, right spot of the lineup it come up. >> orioles down two run -- two rubs in the first inning. adam jones comes back with his 16th home run of the season to tie the ballgame early. matt wieters, three hits on the night and the orioles take a tie into the bottom of the ninth. >> jason berken solid in a no decision tonight. let's head back to the booth. the exciting conclusion, gary and buck. >> gary: gentlemen, let's see what happens in this one here as kansas city will go to the bullpen again. colon worked 1 2/3 inning, bale, 2/3 of an inning gave up one hit, one struck out. john buck will come on to do the catching and we'll have a new battery with jamey wright out of the pen. >> buck: the big right-hander jamey wright. he has bounced around. started out in colorado and had a couple stints in texas and on here to try to keep this game scoreless. >> gary: avenues work horse with the rangers. 75 games last year and was the most ever by a

jim hunter and rick dempsey here, this is o's extra.ob of bruce chen, base runners all over the place, minimizing daniel, getting big outs, then the one- base hit was the first batter that tejeda faced. then the oriole 3 up and 3 down after that. >> the bull pen came nintendo solidified it. he just throw the ball over the plate. that really has everything to do with it. chen knows this lineup a little bit. he knows the veteran guys an kept them off speed with the curve billion and changeup all night long t. orioles didn't do enough hitting in this game to make it a factor. >> kansas city 14 base hits, winning 5-3. birds trail 1-0 in the bartholemew eugene letthand of the first. he gets that hanger out there off chen right at him, jones drills it right center. big shot center field, ties the game for the oriole in the first. orioles took a 2-1 lead into the third and teahen gives the roils a 3-2 lead. >> pretty good job going to opposite way on a fast ball up in the zone. bottom of the fifth, wieters bases loaded and two men down. he get

. >> ic dempsey's key of the game tonight. >> rick: be the best at home tonight.he best team in baseball, .294 at camden yards. if they can get on chen early, get runs only board and help hill to settle down, we have a good chance with this club. >> time for the o's extra challenge. who's your player to watch? >> right there, cesar izturis. >> i say tonight it's aubrey huff that goes out there. >> i said, who's your guy tonight. he gave me aubrey huff. i'm down 5 to 1. jones and the birds coming up next, game one of a four-game series against kansas city. gary thorne and buck martinez up next. enjoy the game everybody. gecko: uh, you wanted to see me sir? boss: come on in, i had some other things you can tell people about geico - great claims service and a 97% customer satisfaction rate. show people really trust us. gecko: yeah right, that makes sense. boss: trust is key when talking about geico. you gotta feel it. why don't you and i practice that with a little exercise where i fall backwards and you catch me. gecko: uh no sir, honestly... uh...i don't think...uh