robert andino. up with the marlins and he played shortstop a lot in 2005, and jorge cantu giving him the business. but once they got hanley ramirez, his shortstop days were over. gip hanley ramirez on the mound. the shortstop signaled to the bench for the trainer to come out and the marlins' trainer and manager fredi gonzalez are coming out to check on nunez. >> buck: this is not a good sign anytime you bring the trainer with you and nunez is obviously feeling some discomfort. he is not sure where it is, obviously, but fredi gonzalez is going to take him out of the game. >> jim: so nunez will leave. he has faced two batters. the home run by wieters and a line drive single by robert andino. and a pitching change here because of injury in the eighth inning so wieters gets it started, the orioles batting in the eighth.

sheer robert andino now with one on and none down. andino trying to push a bunt.e fouls back. >> jim: you can't jab -- >> buck: you can't jab at a bunt like that. he's fortunate it went out of play. he's trying to push it pass the pitcher and make the first baseman cantu field t now samuel is going to talk to him a little bit. >> jim: i wonder if he may have done that on his own. if you think about it, you're on the road. you want to get the game tiedment you usually don't play for a tie on the road. >> buck: he might have been thinking. he didn't look as though he was pushing it for a base hit. he sort of jabbed it. juan samuel makes sure heunderstands what's going on here. it's a goofy game. it's not -- no full moon. you couldn't tell. the clouds have been out here forever. >> jim: he squares again and pushes it in the air and it's caught by the first baseman. jorge cantu. so, not a very good effort there by robert andino as he was trying to push that ball towards the hole at first base and he is out and wieters has to hold at first base. we invite you to join u

out at first base, salazar tested on his footwork. >> buck: we've seen robert andino make some impressive in this series. this is a bullet, popped to his feet and throw it's to the outside of the bag. salazar maintained contact for the out. andino made a couple of great double plays here a couple of nights ago. that was aspects ac -- a spectacular play right there. >> jim: and giambi batting. there is a strike. giambi walked with the bases loaded to drive in a run. ]ao 38 years old. >> buck: he came up and really just established himself here with the oakland athletics, played his way into that free agent contract with the yankees as jim mentioned. and he's a guys that all been characterized as an athletic. >> jim: a high popup into shallow centerfield. jones takes charge and adams gets there and has it. two men down. the high sky and the rough sun, jones taking charge and he caught that ball side ways to get a better look at the sky and the baseball. >> buck: and we'd like to welcome those who are watching the wash nationals. mets beat the nats by 7-0. jim hunter with buck maine[ ane a a

robert andino. lead.  that one bounces off the bat, nice play andino. but the throw is in the dugout, and another base t will be a throwing error, and beltran is going to go down to second ba. >> jim: i don't know how the original hit will be, up the middle, nice range, trying to get his bearing, and normally, it's a tough play, because the ball stays down. he drops his arm a little, and just doesn't have enough on it to see where it bounces. and the, kind ever the swirl with the love by wigginton. >> gary: a straighter call, to baser on andino for the moment, and that puts a runner at secd base, the potential tieing ru. and here is reed. he struck out in the 1st. wright gets another shot at it here. >> jim: let's see what his approach it. comes in leading the national league in hitting. .397 coming in. good right field hitter. >> gary: orioles have been working inside to him, tryingo prevent him from extending his arms, and he's had some troube w

zaun on deck, then robert andino will follow.we'll have a look at the leader board presented by firestone, a tradition of innovation. there are the orioles on top at .304, the only team in the major leagues in their home ballpark above .300. >> jim p.: what melvin said, it's not about one month. it's about the year. his manager said, well, his hitting instructor, but his manager said, hey, i was patient. i've got to do what's best for the team. moved him to second place and what did he do? he got four rbi's. martis trying to do what you think most people would try to do, they didn't do it last night is try to run the ball in on melvin. likes it out over the plate a lot better. doesn't mean he can't hit the ball in, but you get enough base hits down and away, they start pitching you in. if you're swinging well, that's what terry crowley's hitting drills are designed to, short to the ball. >> rob: i think hitting and pitching are the same. they're over 90% mental. you put a guy in the seven hole and he relaxes a little more. >> jim

. >> and sunday brian robertth inning rbi scores robert andino to give them the lead. >> and this is the kind of consistency we have seen ever since brian roberts comes here. he is also an excellent hitter with men in scoring position. >> roberts with five rbis in the last three games. and the two road trips, this road trip the orioles 3-0 batting with a .267 average. >> the last road trip they ran into a lot tougher pitching than they're running into now. a lot of guys are surfacing in interleague play and the orioles seem to be manhandling them a little bit better than they did the old veteran guys they faced on the west coast last week. >> all of the oriole players were extremely happy about the three-game sweep in philadelphia. >> we never gave up. we watt -- battle. he had a hell of a game. he kept us in, close. j.j., one, two, three and we just battled, you know, and we have fun. >> i did my part and they picked me up again. a big at-bat by andino to lead us off. oscar, a great piece of hitting to move them over and adam with the big hit that's what has allowedtous win a few gam

roberts up. reimold -- reimold, wieters and andino. roberts is 2-6 with the base loaded including one double and seven rbi's coming in base loaded situations. 0-1 delivery on the way. roberts takes it. 1-1. pelfrey has given up only singles and only two of those. 1-1 delivery on the way. almost looks like he's aiming a little bit there as the count goes to 2-1. >> jim: i thought that about maybe two hitters ago. we talked about everything is going really smoothly until something changes in the base -- and the base on balls has been the difference in this. it has create add situation where with one swing orioles can get back in the garrett. >> gary: 2-1 delivery opt way -- on the way. that's the one roberts wanted. he turns away in disgust. count goes to 2-2. brian felt he had a pitch there he could do something with. >> jim: that at that ball was thrown well because it had a lot of late sink on it. >> gary: mets lead it 4-0. bathe bases load. two ball, two strike count with two down. pelfrey's delivery and roberts goes down swinging! fo

robert andino 0-2 with a pair of ground balls to ryan zimmerman. not a good place to hit the ball lately. >> rob: now it is like joel is mad and he is throwing the ball with conviction. he threw a great slider to wieters and now he is throwing fastballs. but you shouldn't have to give up a couple of runs. >> jim: you're right. he was a starting pitch mer the minor leagues, so he should have a pretty good sense of how to -- the guy should not be a thrower. he should be a pitcher. >> bob: and then he buries the slider. >> rob: but you have the throw it. you have the throw it. >> jim: you have to finish it. >> rob: you have to have the good follow-through, the mechanics. but but getting back to my point about the hitters, you to believe they can't hit your stuff. >> jim: if you make your pitches. and your defense, the way you pitch them, you're going to throw them away, again, the number one draft choice, matt half good. i said you know what you try to do as a 3eu67er, whether you're relieving, you try to concise the field. the field is big, but if yo

. >> well, robert andino is a good, contact hitter. i think the more you see him play, the more you'll like this guy. he makes a lot of good plays on defense. pretty good range for a utility player and a guy who goes to his right very well. one thing i really like. he gets a hit his first time up, he's going to get more than one hit. he's one of those kind of players. he's very selfish when it comes to contact. he loves that base hits. he's not just satisfied with one. he had four three games ago, four base hits in one game and he's starting to hit the ball more like did he in the minor leagues right now he says. >> so, orioles have turned the corner. they've won back-to-back games looking to make it three straight as interleague baseball conditions here -- continues here at camden yards. when we come back on "o's xtra", we'll look back to the gem spun by brad bergesen on sunday, the orioles first complete game victory of the year. gecko: uh, you wanted to see me sir? boss: come on in, i had some other things you can tell people about

. >> jim: robert andino, the numb9 ut- e the four oriole hits.nking fastball didn'torio only 10 runs in the first 5 games on this trip and told held scoreless. lined to rightfield. there is a base hit dino. and didn't come clonthe first two pitches, just protecting the corner and he had a single. >> buck: jones has had a two0 hit game and reimold had the other hit. johnson is loosening up. d that's it for vin zzaro. had a good start. >> jim: bob geren the skipper coming out. and vin mazzaro, the applause beginning to build, goes 7 and a third. no runs allowed. and the pitching change here is michael werth coming -- michael geurtz comes on for the athletics. 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. grab your bag. it's on. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow.

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's very good. when he's not on, there's problems. >> we've got a tape here, we just, you know, he's got a great fastball. probably the best fastball in our ball club. he's got a devastating slider, but sometimes he doesn't command either one of them. when he does command, we're going to show you how effective he can be. last year seven saves. as he was able to throw the fastball and elevate it. when you get a fastball number this area and you're throwing 97, hitters have to cheat. they're going to chase that pitch. you're going to see where he throws a back door breaking ball. it's kind of a hanger, but it's located in a good spot. he was able to do tha

one away on one pitch for wieters and andino and roberts will follow. >> jim: the bullpen for the mets the problem so they get sean green and j.j. putz. he had the elbow problems. two years ago, he had 40 saves. they get k-rod who set the all- time record for saves who has been terrific other than the dropoff fly on friday night. only one blown save. that wasn't much to do with him. >> gary: robert andino at the plate as pedro feliciano is in the bullpen warming up. >> jim: there's your left- handed specialist. this is a guy that can flat out get lefties out. >> gary: 1-0 delivery on the way. inside to andino. so, orioles who picked up two runs in the sixth inning on the home run by nick markakis, his eighth of the year, had those runs picked right back up again by the mets in the top half of the seventh inning. one ball, one strike count, andino. chopper, fair ball. green, two down. two away in the bottom half of the seventh. >> jim: you can see what sean green does so well. he sinks the ball. he's got a way with a hanging slider or a breaking ball, whatever he calls it to nolan reimo

the roberts' double, the wieters' solo home run and singles by andino and salazar.m, 14-16 in a save opportunity. 2-2 on jones leading off. ground ball slowly hit to second. uggla to his left and he gets it to first. one down in the oriole ninth inning. adam jones is oh-fer four. here is an update on the voting for the at&t player of the game. and matt wieters, 77% getting the hometown vote, still time to vote. have your voice heard, 5186 # and tom and rick will have the results coming up on "o's xtra" postgame. there is aubrey huff. the breaking ball outside, 1-0. aubrey's eight-game hitting streak is on the line and he is oh-fer three. he has grounded out all three at-bats. hard hit ball and gloved by uggla down on a knee. he gets up and throws him out. >> buck: we have talked about the marlins' defensively, they have committed more errors than anyone but two teams in the national league. they made 56 errors, but tonight, early in the game, andrew miller was pounds that strike zone. that kept the defenders on their toes and they played a good game in the field. >>

. >> buck: he hits a bullet, a one hopper, robert andino has played well in the series and pops up to holliday for the first out of the 3rd inning. >> jim: and the coors light freeze cam. a good day with the glove and good day at the plate and here is jim johnson to work in the 8th inning for the orioles. >> buck: johnson making his 26th appearance. and he certainly wants to continue what brian bass and matt albers has done today. >> jim: bers stayed at 2nd base, pinch hitting for ty wigginton. adam kennedy, jack cust and matt holliday, 2, 3 and 4 against johnson. 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

hard slider to robert andino. andino is 0 for 2, a fielder's choice and has struck out. 31,906 the announced attendance. they're seeing a heck of a ballgame tied up here in the bottom of the sixth inning. throw over again. reimold back to the bag. one down. parnell is a flamethrower. even the breaking balls that he throws tend to be really hard, like that slider you saw. 33rd appearance, he's done a lot of work. here's the 1-0 delivery. check swing and a ball inside. a strike called. that was close. >> jim: last year he was 10-6. then went up to triple-a, he was with the mets for five innings at the end of the year. but he does have an awfully good arm. >> gary: taken in the air to center field. beltran is there and he's got it. and there are two down. >> jim: the mets come in with a 3.18 e.r.a. that is the best in the national league. their e.r.a. at home and on the road a lot different, because we told you, citi field is not like yankee stadium. good place to pitch. >> gary: the runner at first, remains there, t

andino is more of a home run hitter. >> gary: runners on at first and second. brian roberts coming up. andino home run. roberts down the third, that s a fair ball! that will bring home matt wieters it is a 2-0 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

you can't go into a game without a backup shortstop and right now robert andino is the only true shortstops looking at extended play at shortstop. he had a fine play. >> rick: he had an outstanding play. you see how he turned the big double play. that's one the best plays we have seen at shortstop all season long. seeing it again, quick, out of the glove to brian robert, over for the double play and there, throwing to his left, up the middle, pitch to robert. get an easy double play. you see it again. south standing back hand. this guy really knows what he is doing with consistent play. every now and then, he will have a bad shot at throwing the ball away and everything. you know that's going to happen pause he just does not get enough playing time. you see this one, he lets it get away. when you don't play every day, those are the kinds ever things that will happen. he does show the orioles that he has outstanding talent. hits tonight 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

and, that's robert andino. and that's luke. he has glove. yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >>> 63%. that's actually pretty high humiddity for the san francisco bay area. just a slight chance of rain tonight as the orioles and the athletics open up this three- game weekend series. takeing a look at the line-up. roberts, adam jones and markakis up top. adam still hitting very well with runners in scoring position, .447, still fourth best in the american league. huff, mora and scott who is in left field. myreimold starting tonight. with cesar izturis about to under go apen appendectomy. >> luke scott already in 50 games so far has five homeruns against left handed pitchers. now, in order to get comfortable, you have to play against them. the skipper gives him a chance to play against left handers and he has produced right off the bat. what an unbelievable week we have seen out of him. he got seven homeruns. i think in his last eight games and 17 rbis. he is carrying the ball club right now. they ar

. >> buck: the sharply hit ball but right at robert andino. once he gloves the ball, watch the reaction as he's going to look at third base. check hanley ramirez. ramirez jockeying off the bag. no thawfts going home. dan uggla now with two down and a runner at third. uggla singled and scored in the second inning. he was on base when cody ross hit it out. this ball is drilled deep to left. back it goes and it is gone. all of a sudden now, it is a 5- 0 marlin lead before coming in on two swings. rich hill having a tough night. >> buck: we mentioned ease done a pretty good job of keeping the ball in the ballpark, but a first-pitch fastball just oust -- just out over the plate. uggla use that great power and hits it off the back wall above the orange seats over the scoreboard in left. his second home run in this series. he's done a pretty good job of sitting on pitches and hitting them pretty hard. 15th home run of the season now. he, too, has 45 rbi's. >> jim: rich hill one home run allowed in his first seven starts. two home runs aloud in 2 2/3

. >> jim: ground ball to second and out at second base as roberts is able to get it to robert andino for the force. two men down. >> jim: this time brian snares it and makes sure he get dps out with a 10-run lead. andino has played so well at shortstop. he knows there is no possible chance to turn the double play. he just turns the play. you make a great point. when i played for cal ripken sr., he used to tell us all, the reason we're here, people come out, even from aberdeen, south dakota, that is the most important thing, and we all want to get to the next level, and we can do that as a team. i imagine in the independent league, everyone has to work for themselves. >> rob: and it is last chance chance. most of these guys were the best high school players, college players, and this is their last chance to be recognized. >> jim: a good breaking ball there. guzman swings through it. >> jim: the guy is only hitting .329 against righties. so he is just one of those amazing hitters. bat on the ball. you can play -- >> jim: and he got it. so waiters picks it up and tags out guzeman and th

so he was able to split the defense and robert andino has his first hit. fans have something to cheer about here in baltimore. the lead-off runner in scoring position. >> rob: he's got about 95 pitches, and he's been averaging between 95 and 105 pitches per start. nice so see him getting into the 8th inning now. >> jim p.: he tuned up. anytime you pitch again the yankees and red sox in back-to- back series. how about the mets. friday and saturday, four hits against the yankees. a lot of injuries. >> jim h.: american league team batting average, runners in scoring position. orioles continue to lead in the american league. as adam jones fouls it off down the line. >> jim p.: you do have action in the nationals bullpen just in case. >> rob: when he dominated the new york yankees though, it was in front of his family in new york, sole out crowd at yankee stadium and he handled that perfectly, 8 1/3 great innings. he's just growing as a major league pitcher almost every start now. then we go way down to our next guy at 22 years old, has 15. a very young staff.

robert andino leads off, bottom seven against yes sus colome. >> rob: sometimes it is easier to comeback off of a blow-out loss instead of maybe a 2-1 bottom of the ninth loss. >> jim: i know you were a reliever, but when i lost 2, i didn't sleep well. when you lose 6-1, 7-3, you go loam and you say there are not a whole lot of thins i could have changed differently, even though in this game, the base running call back there when -- >> rob: elijah dukes. >> jim: the one inning where bergesen had trouble. >> bob: the 1-1 game at the time. washington could have had second and third and one out. >> rob: are games and there is nothing you can throw up there to get the out. they just kill everything you threw. >> bob: and here is guzman. one out. >> jim: a couple of augusts ago i did that 30-3 game when the rangers came in. and it was the first of a double-header as

robert andino lined out softly to short his first time up. andino will get a chance here for .333 with runners in scoring position. he hasn't had many chance. sliders outside pelfrey wants to end this -- end this right here and not turn this order over with brian roberts on deck. >> jim: the pitch he hit to shortstop was a slider. the sinker has been his best pitch. a pitch here, a slider for ball one. >> gary: 1-0 delivery taken down low. he falls behind 2-0. schneider will make his way to the mound. orioles with a chance they're with two away. trying to get something going. >> jim: pelfrey has been around third year as a starter. last year, record low e.r.a. 13 wins, 11 losses. brian schneider, veteran catcher out there because of all of a sudden you see maybe there's a little momentum going back to the orioles he doesn't make good pitch here. we talked about guys you

that will be the second out of the inning, and number nine man robert andino will be next. let's pay off our aflac trivia. rookies of the year, position players. >> jim p.: it has to be cal ripken, and andre dawson. that's a way back. >> rob: i was going to say moises alou. that would have been my guess. >> bob: rob and i had this discussion a couple weeks ago, some of our fans don't want to hear about the expos. they consider that another lifetime. >> jim p.: so then we wouldn't have brought the nationals in there. >> bob: does anybody talk about the st. louis browns anymore? >> jim p.: 1954, yeah. >> bob: teams move and that's part of your history whether you like it or not. and the browns were not exactly stellar. i think they went to one world series in 44. >> jim p.: anything else you'd like to vent about tonight, bob? >> bob: no. >> jim p.: my shirt? >> bob: i love your shirt. >> jim p.: you guys really look good tonight. >> bob: thank you. >> jim p.: you've got a long sleeve shirt on, rob, and bob's got the shortsleeve. >> bob: i've got less ink. >> jim p.: that's tr

here is robert andino playing again at shortstop. reimold now at first with two down.here's a strike with a fastball. the left-handed batter 7-20 against west. that's a .350 batting average. most managers seem to stack their lineups as dave trembley did tonight with right-handed batters against west. he held righties to a .190. >> buck: the lefties that stay in the lineup against west are the better hitters like nick markakis. the every day players. he just heabt hasn't had his feet on the ground in the big leagues to draw a conclusion from that because he is jucht just trying to get comfortable and throw strikes and not really finishing off his pitches to left-handed hitters at this point. he's an intriguing guy. here he is 6'8", creates a tremendous age throwingdown downhill which is always a problem for a hitter. he throws 96. he has a good slider he'll throw anytime and has a changeup that complements those first two pitches. >> jim: ball and a strike on andino. high fly ball center field. back on it is cody ross. he has a lot of room out there and he has it for th

it's not like wigginton can play third or first or robert andino playing shortstop every day becauseis out, but he can also play second base w luke scott, it's either left field or dh. >> buck: on sunday in philadelphia, reimold started in place of nick markakis in right field, and scott did play in left at that point. they will be happy to have more consistent at-bats for sure. >> jim: reimold is just 3-13 on this trip. roberts works the count to 3-1. nolasco has struck out six. he has not walked a batter. mentioned he's averaging eight strikeouts per nine innings on the year while averaging 2 1/2 walks. roberts fouls it off. >> buck: you can see by the way he pitched here tonight how he's capable of winning 15 games in the national league. he has all the pitches. epps he has a quality fastball. his location has been exceptional tonight. it was just a real tough start for him this year. >> jim: 3-2 pitch. high, popped foul. >> buck: excuse me, jim. they sent nolasco down to the minor leagues on the 23rd of may. everybody said, man, that's a pretty dramatic move for a guy who won 15

left, the dh is luke scott for the birds, third base oscar salazar, matt wieters will catch and robert andino. ty wigginton, nine of 18 his last five ballgames for the birds. let's see what they can do today against john lannan. lannan is about due to get back on the winning track? been pitching as good as anybody on this ball club. >> in his last seven games he has a 2.65 earned run average. over his last 14 starts, take away the first start, he's at 2.98. he can't pitch any better. he's only yielded more than three runs in one of his starts over his last 13, so he's our staff ace, he's the guy that goes out there and makes pitches day after day, it's a continuation of last year. i'd like to see us get him some runs. we're still only scoring three runs a game for him throughout his career. you could have that won/loss record reversed. he's going for his fifth win to even up his record. >> when josh willingham came to the ball clon, willingham -- ball club, he made it clear, i came here it play. now he's producing at maybe the right time as they head back down to florida tomorrow to start a s

robert andino anxious to play against his former team. he was a florida marlin.he rookie matt wieters is behind the plate for koji uehara. >> jim: one awe on the ground ball. here is emilio bonifacio. very familiar to masn viewers. last year with the washington nationals. he was traded to the marlins in november as pa part of that big trade, scott olsen and willingham went back to washington, d.c. he swings through and it is 0-2. the problem with bonifacio this year, buck, is he is outstanding on the bases, but he is having trouble getting on base. he can -- you cannot steal first. he's gown on three pitches. there is a strikeout and two away. two straight outs. let's head down stairs and say hell he once again to amber. >> hello. as buck mentioned, caesar izturis is back with the team. he lives in the miami area, so a good opportunity to come over and be evaluated. he did a little bit of running today. he also swung off of a tee, but he told me he is still feeling pretty weak from the a pen deck tom me he received on june 5. he is nervous to get in a full swing

jim: orioles have announ a series of plate appearances all around birdland clus including robert andino. george sherrill. they have hunt valley on saturday and felix pie will be in york, pennsylvania, coming up on monday. -- for complete details including location and times for all orioles community appearances, visit oriolesreach.com. there's bench coach dave jauss on the orioles bench. we want to send along birthday wishes to his son, charlie, who is watching him tonight. happy birthday, charlie, from your dad, who is here in miami with the orioles. adam jones stays in the game in center field. he pinch-hit for pie. albers stays on for his second inning of work. he missed outside. 2-1 on jeremy hermida. 1-3 with a double. high pop-up. melvin mora with a play at third has it for the out and one down. you wonder who might play. there's dan meyer with lindstrom lind on the disabled list because of a sprained elbow. the word is he will not even throw a baseball for a month. >> buck: yeah, unfortunately, sometimes precursor to tommy john environmental a -- surgery is a forearm strain and t

robert andino at short and jason berken on the mound will bat for the first time as a beleaguer. >> buck: now, it's time for the pnc scouting report for the left-hander ricky nolasco. he has a -- right-hander ricky nolasco. he has a snappy hook. one if you're not aware of it. throws over the top a 12:00- 6:00 breaking ball. he's been more aggressive. he was optioned to the minor leagues may 23 and made two starts in trim and at got a little more aggressive. he was tentative. he was pitching around the plate not being aggressive enough. it really cost him. you could see his e.r.a. is 7.15 for the season rand the league has hit .315 against a guy that won 15 games last year. behind nolasco, this team committed one error last night. they have r57 on the season. coghlan, ross, hermida out there last night. same defense with bonifacio, ramirez, uggla and cantu third to first and john baker for the second consecutive night starts behind the plate. >> jim: here is a look at the umpires. that's chad fairchild. john hirschbeck at first base. at second base is walley bell and at third is marty fos

.: here's robert andino, the number nine batter. lannan has a chance to get out of this very inexpensively after second and third and nobody out. here's a tapper out in front of the plate. nieves pounces on it and fires to fires. lannan gets out of it. ú we've got a ton of stuff we've gotta pay for. and a few things we want to pay for. on top of it all, we're still trying to put away some money for the future. with the wish list, we can save up for anything we want. and still have enough to cover the day-t0-day. plus, the savings engine helps our money grow. and that's something we need and want. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way.  >>> nats hitting coach rick eckstein admits this team is struggling with their situational hitting. the nats are hitting only .236 with runners in scoring position. >> to get that crucial hit with runners in scoring position and deliver that knockout punch, a lot of times guys, their heart's in the right place wher

matt wieters and then robert andino. luke scott, you see the numbers for the season, he has been hot. the inside fastball, which he has mastered effectively will really set up his change-up which is one of the better ones that we will see all year long and he is a real battler. last time out, he got hit on his pitches hand off the hand of vernon wells. he stayed in the game and pitched six strong innings. >> gary: and the manager said he was asked to describe the starting pitcher. he said tough and that's what he was referring to. the guy stays in after that, you figure that's a guy that's pretty tough. 25-year-old left hander ready to go. brian roberts staying in. does brian want to get a hit quickly. he is 0-for-his last 17, continues to be tied at first in run. he has been above .300 but has now dropped to below 300. the count is now even 1-1. roberts with the outfield in a couple of stems on him. that one in the air to centerfield. davis coming, coming, coming, diving and there is the base hit you need to get out of

the first ball swinging, robert andino and bonifacio gets the out.nd one down in the oriole third inning. it looks like a lot of the orioles going up there and looking for a fastball and jumping on the first pitch. >> buck: they sure are, and unfortunately it has led to five straight ground ball outs. they're going to have to be a bit more patient and get him in the strike zone so they can get it off the ground. >> jim: the orioles will be loam on friday night against the nationals to close out the interleague and back home 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 th

down to the number nine man who we know from his days in florida, robert andino. here you are. >> jim: there are the numbers. >> bob: you've walked a rookie batting eighth twice. >> jim: it is just not a normal rookie, though. >> bob: we know that. >> jim: and you have to get to another rookie, who has actually played very well since the izturis appendectomy. he chases ball one, and -- >> bob: after a walk. >> jim: that's all right, as long -- it is great with the bases loaded. the bases are full of orioles, but the fastball, make it a strike. i always thought if a guy was going to swing at balls, that's pretty much what you throw him. if they make you swing at strikes, your job becomes more difficult as a pitcher. >> rob: once again on the three across his body, he is starting to fly out, leaf his arm back and it is dragging through for balls away from right-handed hitters. >> jim: don't you think there is a tendency when you're only 23 in your eighth major league start you lose your rhythm? >> rob: without a doubt. i said this yesterday, your mind starts rushing

. >> jim: robert andino takes low, 2-0. after a walk 2-rbgs-0 on andino. the orioles last weekends, as an example, the phillies are the defending world series clear i don't knows, ryan howard played friday night and the flu got him. he pinch hit and then he didn't play sunday and ibanez on the d.l. so they really missed two key hitters, but the orioles pitched very well and they got clutch hits. >> jim: that's how you win. you have to do it on the road. the orioles do it better here, the e.r.a. almost a run and three quarters bitter hen at home. >> jim: andino bones it the left side, and the flip to the second baseman, anderson hernandez and the inning ends. we have played two in the battle of the beltways and it is a 1-1 game! about moving my money. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i am moving it." >> jim: tonight's beltway series on masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. by corona and corona light. the official sponsors of the time out. relax responsibly. by aflac, we've got you under our wing. and by pnc, pnc, leading t

so roberts retired on the long fly ball out. andinowill move over to third and there are two down here in the 8th inning. there's the bobblehead given away to the first 25,000 that were in the ballpark here tonight. a great collector's item. he'll get one more shot at it here. he started the day 7th in average in the league. there are some of those bobbleheads that will be taken home as souvenirs tonight. >> jim: if you can blow bubbles when you're hitting, when you're running the bases, you're not uptight. that's the way you want to play the game. >> gary: he does that. >> jim: they tell you if you throw the ball, don't put a death grip on it. blowing bubbles, maybe that's adam's way of relaxing. it's worked so far this year. >> gary: sure has. he's got a three-game hit streak. a walk and a run scored. that will even up the count on the foul ball. >> jim: there's been a tendency just to chase a few pitches out of the zone. if you take that pitch, you're going to be hitting 2-0. if you swing at it, it's 1-1. >> gary: andino off third b

andino back to first. double play! just gom him. nice pivot by roberts. two men down. now, if berken can get an out, he's out of it with only the two runs. >> buck: not that sharply hit. andino shovels quickly to brian roberts. gets around to second base to first to against him. brian roberts did a heck of a job of turning it quickly. >> jim: ramirez ends up at third now with two men down. here is dan uggla, the second baseman.  dan uggla batting in the spot. he's 3-15 last, however, 2-3 hits home runs. >> buck: he's kind of an all or knot nothing guy hitting .217 with 14 bombs. he and hanley ramirez homered in the same gaft lamb night for the -- game last night for the 14th time this year. >> jim: berken deals high. you don't hear as much about dan uggla when you hear about power hitting second baseman. since 2006, he has 104 home runs more than any other second baseman in the big leagues. popped up foul. back of the plate. >> buck: he has some pop. he is a guy that's always thinking about something on the i be inner -- inner half

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 has been a good one. he's gone 11-22, .500 batting average during the six-game hit streak. all of the orioles got back into it on sunday as far as gettinghits concerned. >> jim: yeah, everybody in the lineup. got a couple of home runs. it all started in the seventh inning in saturday where atlanta didn't

andino to roberts to end the inning. now that college is a few years behind me, it seems i've got three times the bills i used to. and they're getting in the way of things i'd like to do. with the money bar, i can move my money around instantly, so when there's more bills than usual, it's no problem. and i use the wish list to put any extra money aside for anything i want. being in control of my money feels good. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. >> jim: matt wieters going to hit his first major league home run. it looks like a fly ball and just sails out of here. great plate coverage. 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 ove

andino and roberts, the double play combination. mora and wigginton at the corners and matt wieters catches of the this is his fourth game in a row. this is the fourth time he's done this in the big leagues -- first time he's dug done this in the big leagues catching four in a row. >> jim: dan uggla bats now. uggla moves up one spot with jeremy hermida not in the lineup. gets a fastball 1-0. uggla now in his fourth season with the marlins coming -- he already has 14 this year. he's 4-8 in the series including a home run. inside, ball three. >> buck: pretty good pitch just missed away. rich hill thought he hadmate made a good pitch with that fastball. >> jim: john hirschbeck the crew chief takes the plate. there's a flake -- if it was in the vicinity, it would be a strike. noafts as much a pitcher's up pier as he was earlier -- earlier in his career. 3-1 is there for a strike in the outside corner. 3-2. >> buck: this is one thing rich hill did necessary his laststart well. he made in-game adjustments. middle of an inning, he fawltz f

.: hit towards shortstop, andino to second, roberts at first, there's the double play and guthrie gets out of a very in-- gets out of it very inexpensively. two beers! you got it! are you insured? do you know when your beer is perfectly cold? or do you risk drinking a warm one? if you have the new coors light cold-activated can, you're covered. because now every can turns blue when your beer... is as cold as the rockies. it's cold insurance, only from coors light. cold beer: that's our policy. frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99. flame-grilled tortillas layered with chicken, bacon, cheese, and ranch. crispy on the outside, melted perfection on the inside. new fire-grilled quesadillas. only at chili's.  >> bob: nationals get two runs in the top of the first. bottom of the first now, southwest airlines starting lineups for the orioles in this game. brian roberts, adam jones and nick markakis who is on fire. melvin mora last night, 2 for 3 with four rbi's. melvin really starting to break out of i

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 balances, all the way up to -- fastballs, all the way up to 89. just add a little, throw a little, get in trouble -- like alfred e newman, what, me worried? i just make some pitches. >> gary: wigginton has had an old month of june, hitting  6 hits, 18 at-bats, had a couple home runs. 3-2 delivery. and wigginton another one up the middle and a base hit. mora will not get that. so ty wigginton put in because hernandez was pitching in the ballgame. 2-3. >> jim: he goes out and reay hits

roberts, jones and markakis, huff, mora, scott, reimold, wieters and andino. >> jim: our scouting reporttim redding, not otis, has a misleading record. he's pitched much better recently. had some shoulder problems early. that's his career average, and when he gets ahead, he's really tough to hit. when he gets behind, 1-0. >> gary: there are the numbers for the former national. 31 years old. who last season went 10-11 in washington. brian roberts leads it off. roberts shows bunt, pulls it back. bryan had his hit streak ended in the ballgame last night. brian went 0 for 5 in the opener last night's game. roberts still third in runs in the league. brian will take that one to left field. martinez will have plenty of time to get under it. >> jim: let's take a look at the mets defense. they play their home games at a big ballpark. martinez, beltran, he's won three gold gloves, church in right. castillo, a three time gold glove winner. murphy has moved over to first, then brian schneider with a couple of hits last night. and mr. bobblehead. >> gary: mr. bobblehead, it's his night. so we'll see

.: so mora goes to third, zaun at second, andino is on at first with one down. here's brian roberts who is without a doubt due. he's 0 for 4 tonight and 0 for his last 14. >> jim p.: how about winning 11- 1 and one of the best lead-off guys in baseball having what for him is an off night. that 0 for 4 last night. >> jim h.: tonight he was robbed by gonzalez in the fifth inning on an amazing diving grab. there's been some spectacular defense played tonight on both sides. no errors in this game. high fly ball slicing foul down the left-field line, and that will be back in the crowd. >> rob: roberts said coming into interleague play tonight, .304 lifetime batting average with nine home runs. very respectable in interleague play. nationals concentrated on just one guy in the line-up. you might want to go down the line-up a little bit more. >> jim p.: that's a good idea. they only circled brian. >> jim h.: bases loaded, one down. fouled back, and a good cut. it is amazing how humbling this game is and how quickly it happened. brian found the stroke on the road trip, he came home 8 for 23

andino will be up against dallas braden. orioles have only three hits in the inning, two of those from roberts and the other by mora. >> buck: he threw a 1-0 change- up. he threw another and he does a good job of mixing up the velocity on the change-up. that's not the same speed all the time. that was 2-0 dead fish fastball, at 81 miles per hour, not a full blown change-up. diving for it and caught it in the air. second base umpire had the call. we were just talking about the glove that hannahan has and he uses it right there. >> buck: sure does. a line drive. can you see he picked it right off the dirt. second base umpire had a better view than the third base umpire who was blocked by the back of hanrahan. >> gary: wigginton is out of there. matt wieters, strikeout victim his first time up will take a breaking ball. and the offspeed delivery is a strike. wieters has 1 hit in 12 at-bats against lefties, a couple of hit in 12 at-bats against right handers. matt told us before the game, he is trying to get things straightened out, figuring out big league pitching, his first go around. >> the one thing is that they can throw th

roberts, jones and markakis up top. huff will be followed by mora, scott will dh, reimold in left field, wieters will catch. andinoshortstop. the orioles getting a bump last night from luke scott who continued his hitting streak. >> what i really like about luke scott, everybody knows he's a very streaky hitter. when he's hot he just powers the ball everywhere, but those streaks are starting to cut down quite a bit. he's hitting .375. 6 for 16. he's hit .33 since he's come back off the disabled list and that's what really counts. he's 21 for 63 with nine home runs. he's now starting to show a lot of consistency. you don't really have to worry about that week and a half, two weeks that he seemed to have taken off in the past where somebody just makes him look funny on one at-bat. he's really showing a lot of maturity and a lot of patience at home plate, getting a lot more walks than he ever has in the past before. that's really starting to pay off for the o's. >> when you -- what does that tell you when you look at a hitter, you look and he's walked seven times over the last four games in addition to the hits. >> w

what a play by andino to kick that one off at short and get out of the inning. that's just a great hit and a quick turn by brian roberts.  ♪ ♪ 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 geico. . >> gary: time's running ou for you to win the adam jones bobblehead. it's for june 17th when the mets are in camden yard. you will receive four passes to watch batting practice right on the field. don't miss your chance. the contest ends at midnight wednesday. you can enter at orioles.com. brian robert, two singles. two of the four hits that the orioles have. braden has walked none, struck out seven. that is the fifth time in his career he has struck out seven in a game a career high for him. brian robert, the day off yesterday that he hopes will allow him to get going. you see the average, .269 after he had a day off this season, going 7-for-26. brian tends to tire in some portion of the season. be a a day off for him, a day when the team does not played or a d