terry crowley was looking the other day as aubrey huff last year versus this year.he had it side by side. it is absolutely fabulous. when the pitchers go in and do your work, i'm curious those pitches you are just describing, if you see the success, wouldn't you want to emulate yourself? wouldn't you want to do that more often? >> of course. he looks for things to do with the hitters. >> jim: you were talking to brad orangeburg, we showed you terry crowley. this is jeremy guthrie we know and love. he would be happier the team would be pitching better and they would win more games. >> it is very difficults a pitcher. you can't practice as a hitter. he does his work underneath the cage. off the tee, soft tosses. he can hit off the machine, he could take batting practices. as cal senior used to say perfect change ups. there is your shut down inning, three up three down, middle of the fifth. 6-4 angels. what is it to lead? at pnc, it's doing what most benefits our customers. whether that's building more certified green buildings than anyone on earth. creating online ban

i have to give you a tip to terry crowley.he has worked hard with these guys, now he hit a lot of strikes and he is hitting them hard. i tell you, i didn't think this would ever turn it around for him, but he has turned it around cramly. >> jim: so pie dramatically extends his hitting streak to 5 in a row. what a turn around. >> buck: terry crowley had confidence that if he could ever get pie to buy into his approach of laying off bad pitches, making the pitcher throw strikes, that pie can could hit to. his credit, he is now seeing the results of his confidence. >> jim: still only one down. and outside there. it has to be a humbling thing when your player has a lot of pride, you are traded in the off-season from someone knows of you, and you come here and don't do well. you have to say maybe there is a way for another approach, and maybe it will be a better approach. so felix pie taking the lessons well. and it is outside, ball 3. >> buck: then, again t problems for masterson is left-handed hitters. brian roberts, felix pie, d

they he covered up that hole and terry crowley worked with him on that and he is making himself now a .300 hitter. >> jim: adam jones has certainly shown that he is going through that process this year, having much more consistency this year than he did last year. >> buck: it can be overwhelming to a young hitter to come here and have so much success literally at every stop along the way, high school shall college, first couple of years, and then you come here and, boy, i forgot how to hit. >> jim: 2-2 bounced to first, millar goes to the bag unassisted. wieters retired. one away. >> buck: if you think about it. >> jim: if you think about it, baseball is a pyramid and once you get to the top shall the pyramid begins to shrink and the talent is the best. good ones figure it out. that's a copy cat league up here. once they figure out how to get you out, everybody does it. >> buck: that's just a constant adjustment. one thing that's so good about these hitters, they understand that, they are aware of that and they will grow with every at-bat. the drugles that the orioles' young players m

terry crowley worked on his swing.s realizing how much work he has to put in to be at the major league level. last night culminate,ed that hard work. and the other is felix pie's teammate aubrey huff who picked up a cycle against the angels. >> amber: you injure your hand at the plate. everyone wondered if you're okay. you come back out. did you know about the cycle? were you determined to get the cycle. >> i don't know i hit for the cycle. i think it is the cycle. really, i don't know. i come back, yeah i hit for the cycle. wow. i'm very happy. wow. they missed you. they weren't very good at it. >> felix, they weren't good with the pie. >> excuse me. >> they missed you. >> they missed me. >> you have worked so hard with terry crowley every day you work with him. what was it like to hear the crowd cheering for you after you hit the cycle after all the hard work. >> it's unbelievable. [cheering] all right. they got you with the second one. they got you with the second one. we'll let you get back in the shower. a good ni

terry crowley doesn't yell from her and tell somebody how to hold a pat.an't teach them to hit in the batters box. can't teach them to run the bases during the game. >>> and i actually with that a hundred percent, but what the players have to do is take responsibility for knowing the count. even brian roberts forgot how many outs there were on a home stand, and ran on a pop-up with just one out. but you just have to a mental checklist and you check everything off. right now, two outs. if you see that bat going through the hitting zone, you're thinking about going on contact, because there's no reason to be hesitant. so there's a little mental check list. what's the store, who is on, who is at the plate. who is in the outfield. what kind of arms do they have. can i go first to third, if all of these kinds of things, just a very quick mental check list. >> and brian roberts hits it the opposite way. that's in for a base hit. young has it. so brian roberts one out of two. already two at bats in this game, and the orioles have two on after two men down. jo tha

and i spoke to terry crowley about what exactly that means the and he says for one thing it shows that field. the other thing, it shows that he is strong, but overall mostly it is a sign of good things to come. >> in the past, the switch hitters have told me that it take as little while to pull the ball at this level, and it's encouraging that while he's learning, you know, how the handle himself at the big league level, he is getting his home runs and just -- i think it is more coincidence that they're opposite field. like i told him last night when they came back and i really had a good feeling when he was hit, and i told a few of the players, he's going to go deep the at-bat. when he did, you know, he came back and i told him, i said i didn't figure on you going to left field. i thought you'd pull it. he said if the pitcher was -- threw it where he was supposed to, i would have pulled it. he feels good about it. he has big power when he pulls the ball. and it is encouraging to see young players use the whole field. that tells me that he has a chance to be a great ballplayer agreat h

he wanted the ball hit by terry crowley. he said think about what you've done. you don't realize what i did. the think of it as a no hit fore or the pitcher. jerry said when you hit for the cycle it's like pitching a no- hitter. there's only been 294 cycles. 292 no hitters. this seize on 6 have hit for the cycle, 2 have no hitters. >> if you look at the orioles it's huff, robinson and ripken. a good company. he almost had two guys have the ability to do it. you get the eighth and 9th hitters get 7 hits you have a good night. >> tonight it's the home debut for a young start. brian matusz first time-out before the home crowd in baltimore. it was autograph day earlier, now it's time to play ball. you've taken steps to try and lower both your numbers. but how close are you to your goals? there may be more you can do. only caduet combines two proven medicines... in a single pill to significantly lower... high blood pressure and high cholesterol. in a clinical study of patients... with slightly elevated blood pressure and cholesterol, caduet helped 48% reach both goal

. >> buck: yes, and terry crowley is a little concerned about this. ry has been talking to him about it. just be smooth. he has enough power. 19 home runs must be sitting in his mind. >> gary: one ball and one strike delivery on the way that is grounded to short. scutaro, two down. >> buck: we talk about speed in the outfield. let's take a look at the blue jays defensively. joe inglett, vernon wells and alex rios left to right. edwin encarnacion, he was just acquired with a deal with the cincinnati reds. a very good double play combination. and rod barajas who has had bun of the better years defensively for pitchers behind the plate. >> gary: and two down for nick markakis. nick will stand in with a couple of hits and lifetime off of romero. the outfield straight away on him. he pops that one up. a silo shot at the plate. barajas, he got it. so romero retires the side in order. underway here at rogers centre in toronto. we'll take a look at cito gaston's starting lineup when pa announcer: final boarding call... all passengers... w we come vegeback! bag

terry crowley did give this guy a chance, ironing out problems, being more selective and he is going to the opposite field. he was having good at-bats and showing a lot of power to the opposite field and to me it is a good sign that he knows what he is doing at the plate and the good step in the right direction for him, as well. >> buck: enjoy your comments. time now for the dave trembley press conference. >> jim: but he doesn't need to do that. his arm speed was very good on all four of his pitches today. i think that was probably the matusz that we all know. i mean, there have been time this is year where i think a lot of these kids think harder the better, faster is better, quicker is better, and that is not how he pitches. he pitches nice and easy, so he gets some movement with the fastball, he can pitch in and the other pitches come out of his hand real loose. that is how we pitched in spring training, right there. that was vintage matusz. he is going to win so many games because he pitches in and pitches out, mixes them up. he gets guys caught inbetween. they can't pull the tri

terry crowley, he is happy. thes orioles hitting instructor. pitching coach is a little glum.t the bullpens. >> jim: johnson is the fifth pitcher used by the orioles. the angels have also used five pitchers. napoli, kendrick and figure figgins, fast ball outside. one and on napoli whose hit was on the day. but he does have a run on a sac fly on a ball that nearly left the ballpark for a grand slam. terrific play by adam jones. ball two. johnson got in the game last night. he had a very efficient three up three down ninth inning on three ground ball outs. he got guerrero, and kendrick on three ground balls. napoli 2-1. >> jim: last year napoli with 20 at bats, 20 home runs, once every 11. 1 times for the plate. >> the angels have gone three up three down in three of their at bats. two by guthrie, and danny baez had a three up three confinement the orioles in this game have gone three up three down twice in the first inning and in the seventh inning. >> there is a strike out of napoli. jim johnson came back to get one

. >> buck: what terry crowley is trying to do is to remind luke scott to maintain a rhythm at the plateoften times you'll see a batter get stagnant where they can't generate the bat speed, so he wants luke to kind of keep a little movement going, little rhythm in his body as he approaches the ball, and just another reminder of how fluid you need to be to be effective. i'll tell you what, to his credit, luke has tried everything. >> jim: it's kind of amazing how when you think back earlier this year, when they couldn't get him out, bond up left side of the infield, cabrera, the shortstop taking charge,, and has it for the out, one down, he was so hot, a swing was as perfect as you can get it, and then all of a sudden, it just disappeared, and he still can't get it back. just shows you how hard it is to hit. you never know when he's going to get hot. the only way to find south to keep him in the line-up. and it was difficult, and he was really anxious, and obviously got off to a great start, because he was playing every day. >> jim: here is tonight's ford trivia question. we'll see what t

he's worked long and hard with terry crowley. do is get him to recognize strikes. he's always been a wild, free swinger swinging at a lot of balls out of the strike zone. >> jim: 1-1 fouled back to the screen. >> buck: he had a pivotal walk to load the bases ahead of brian roberts' grand slam. numbers dramatically improved in the second half of the season. >> chris: fouls it off his foot. adam jones is still sitting it out. he had the back spasms in the game on sunday in chicago as he was facing mark buehrle. that was the base hit following a swing and a miss. when the inning ended, you can see he's in discomfort. richie van sells attending to jones. he couldn't get it loose and he came out of the game. >> buck: yeah, never had problems with his back. he didn't know what to expect. now with this artificial surface, the orioles being very conservative with adam. he feels like he can play, but at the same time there's no reason to exaggerate or aggravate that injury. >> jim: 1-2 on pie. that's high, 1-2. pie getting a chance to get

. >> buck: and terry crowley has always used the benchmark of 1,500 at-bats before you have an idea ofd of player you have. that is a good example in sports. the more reps you have, the the better off you're going to be and you're going to have a chance to compete and suck sed. >> gary: the orioles have a 5-2 lead. choo laces that one to left. he has base hit. good at-bat. he fought off some good berken pitches there. so the indians have runners on at first and second base with only one away, and they get their clean-up batter johnny were ata at the plate. >> buck: you can see how well balanced he is. he extends through the ball out to left field and picks up his first hit. he had chased a high fastball in his first at-bat and struck out. >> gary: rick kranitz heads out to the mound. >> buck: i think what kranitz is talking about is the pitch selection and now he has to be a little more aggressive down in the zone. obviously with a power hitter like jhonny peralta, what you want to do is the hit. he had two double plays in his last outing against the white sox. >> gary: so peralta will

terry crowley has been working first this young man, and since may now, he is hitting well ear .300. really starting to show what kind of tools this guy really has. he's got some power. he's got some bat speed. and like i say, he's been a minor league .300 hit we are sob he really does know how to hit. now he's sparing to put it all to it, if we can just get him to run the bases a little better, we have a player. >> let's go back to jim and buck. jim? >> jim: thanks very much. and the orioles do get the finale here in a strange series in the sense that the orioles just as easily could have swept all three games, a play here, play there the other night. last night they let a lead gets away. to their credit, they bounce back tonight, got the sweep and won the game. >> buck: i think jeers guthrie did what you would hope a more veteran pitcher would do. just to finish up on a positive note, but the series was the the balance just about every game, a 7-6 loss last night. if you look at the series totals overall, outscore the skins by two runs. they have more extra bases than minnesota, an