tim redding has stayed away or at least tried to, in the inside part of the plate. anything on the inner half to matt wieters in the ballgame. >> jim: most of the hits left- handed have been middle in. and he took it the other way. >> gary: redding is going to be close to the end as wieters gets the three ball one strike count. wieters, limited at-bats so far. bear in mind it is only his 14th game, and just closing in on the 50 at-bat figure since being called up. reimold off first base. tim redding with the 3-1, runner goes. center field, adam, just picked up now by reimold. he'll make his way back to first. having to touch up on his way back. wieters hit it all, but out on the play by beltran. >> gary: and redding is done for the night. but he battled on. he'll be responsible for the runner on at first base. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understandin

tim redding on the mound for the mets. redding has actually faced the orioles before, but way back when he pitched for houston in 03. and he was nondecisioned in the ballgame that he started and went four innings in. a whole different time and place. and scott with a big cut is the first strikeout victim. >> jim: dan came on last year when jerry manuel became the manager and has done a terrific job, and that's the cut fastball that he has worked with tim redding. so it just gives you extra movement. watch this ball kind of veer in. you think it's going to stay in the middle of the plate, just keeps coming at the left-hand hitter. break your hands over your knee and go. >> gary: nolan hitting at .281, three doubles and seven homers. had an 0 for 2 in the opener last night. 1-0 pitch is going to be put in the air and foul. speaking of last night, there's a young lady named lane celebrating a birthday, we're continuing to today from her real birthday yesterday. tim is our director, lane is his daughter. so happy birthday lane

that's the type of pitcher that tim redding is. not that overpowering.s more comfortable at about 88. >> gary: 40 rbi players, there aren't many. orioles have the three, the indians and the phillies, luke scott being the fourth with 36. huff will reach, he's got a base hit. going oh bring jones home. church coming in. he'll just lob it back. the orioles have a 1-0 lead. aubrey huff the rbi. mr. bobblehead is bouncing. >> jim: he really earned that walk, as you mentioned. here's the change-up again. you can see by x-mo, aubrey's out in front of it. but he's able to get it by daniel murphy into right field. a great jump. >> gary: good at-bat by aubrey huff after he got fooled on a couple of pitches. now melvin mora. mora's got a five game hit streak going. tailor-made for two. and the relay throw made by castillo. that will do it. - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - ( music playing throughout ) - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - totally on. jimmy, it's on. - it's on. - oh, yeah, it's on. affirmative, it's on. announcer: southwest airlines

>> gary: third walk surrendered by tim redding in the ballgame. that will put wieters on with two down, and that will bring up andino. an dean negotiation a strikeout victim his first time up. orioles will try to mount a two- out rally here. a chopper to short, force at second, to castillo to get the out. i think it's the same. ♪ introducing the next iphone. it's the iphone you love, now with video. just one of the amazing new features on the iphone 3g s. the fastest, most powerful iphone yet. >> gary: a 3-2 lead for t o's. 3-4-0 here in birdland. cora, martinez, beltran, top of the order. joining us on our wired wednesday is going to be oscar salazar. great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> tell us, where do you see your role with this ball club and how do you prepare for it right now with the orioles? >> i want it say thank you for the opportunity here. you know, my role, i no talk to dave about it, but i know i going to be seeing a lot of position, i'm going to be in the outfield, too. i'm playing third base already, i'm going to play

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just signed by the orioles and then the matchup tim redding against koji uehara.rrow. it is adam jones bobblehead night. for more on the game, 105.7fm, more on masnsports.com. for jim, i'm rick. we're out of time! we'll see you tomorrow. boston lager continues to be a very special beer. six weeks after jim started the business it took the best beer in america award. nobody had tried an american beer that had that kind of flavor. twenty years off, jim is still obsessed with boston lager. sam adams lager continues to win medals all over the world. that's pretty cool. scores two. mets take a 6-2 lead would that be enough? we know how this mets bullpen operates. we've got drama, bottom nine, two on, two outs. francisco rodriguez able to get adam jones, the former mariner great gets nothing against k r rod. by a final count of 6-4. 11 games, pelfrey with his first win since may 7. baltimore has lost 9 of 12. >> well, the tigers and cardinals have played three times in world series history. most recently, 2006, where in game 5 justin verlander's throwing error led to a

especially against the struggling tim redding. like lannan, moyer is available in many leagues.example why season numbers don't tell the entire story. i'm eric karabell. espn.com. check us out. the best fantasy analysis around, articles, videos, podcasts, chats, do better in your league. >> penguins forward petr sykora may not play in game seven of the stanley cup finals friday because of a right-foot injury. sykora was hurt while blocking a shot in game six. pens trying to become the first team to win game seven of the stanley cup finals on the road since the 1971 montreal canadiens. dallas stars have fired head coach dave tippett. the washington nationals signed righthander drew storen to a deal worth more than $1.5 million a day after selecting him with the 10th pick in the amateur draft. >> giants beat the d'backs 6-4. barry zito gets the win.

. >> gary: well, battling on here in this one is tim redding the starting pitcher.o tatis goes into left field for martinez, that's who he hit for. reimold's ground ball, david wright up, and does not get him. an infield hit. rye mole beats tout, a lead-off single. ji

tomorrow, it will be koji uehara, 2-4 against tim redding who is 0-2 for the mets. jason berken thursday night 1-3 against luis hernandez who is 5--- livan hernandez who is 5- 1. the three-game set and then the o's off to philadelphia for friday, saturday and sunday. big cut and i don't think he hit it. he's going to go to first. it will be a strikeout on church, but he'll reach first base. it is a pass ball that will allow him to get there. so, the leadoff man on again. >> jim: take a look. great angle right here. ball just gets under matt wieters' glove. right there, ryan church is going to look back. a little breaking ball. matt doesn't catch it. it goes through his legs. he's looking for it. by that time, ryan church down to first base. >> gary: third consecutive inning and three in the game that the leadoff man has been on for the mets. guthrie not getting a lost breaks here in this one and a 1- 0 count on gary sheffield. sheffield has singled and struck out the designated hitter for the mets hitting at .273, sevenhome runs, 23 rbi's. he's really had a very sol

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uehara will take the mound against tim redding. our coverage masn 26:30, "o's xtra" presented by at&t followed by the game at 7:00. for jim palmer and amber theoharis, i'm gary thorne. thanks, everybody, for being with us. tonight's telecast has been a masn presentation.   >>> well, mets go hom tonight in the other three-game interleague series as they hold on and beat the orioles by the final of 6-4. birds with a rally in the bottom of the ninth inning getting the tying run to second baseadam jones closes it out. rick, the difference in the game as gary thorne just mentioned, three unearned runs when you make three errors in a game against a very good team and mets are contenders in the n. l. east, it's difficult to come back. orioles tried. came up short. >> it just sikhs seems like jeremy guthrie has a lot of bad luck these days. he'll make a bad pitch orsomebody will get on base with a base hit and the defense just kind of collapses on him a little bit. he just no luck at all

. >> the red sox end up edging the braves 1-0. the story is 42 year old tim wakefield with the win. in the last 55 years only two pitchers at least as old as wakefield won 10 games wicker. >> and most teenagers at the age of 17 are thinking of the next video you post on youtube and logging on in faceback and the prom. those are not on the mind of melanie oudin, the georgia native home schooled is not the typical teenager. she was in the third round facing a former number one player, jelena jankovic. for oudin, the first time playing a top 10 opponent. there has to be nerves there. the first set tie-breaker and jankovic up and gets the first set. and then jankovic calls for a doctor and is ok. she would be ok. after the match she said i felt really dizzy and thought i would end up in the hospital. she was crying during the changeover. oudin 6-5 and a forehand winner. and she hit 38 winners in the match and took the second set 7-5. and jankovic just 13 winners. and oudin, the forehand too much and oudin with the huge upset. jankovic when the match was over had some excuses. >> was it

in atlanta, red sox and the braves, top of the first, vazquez strikes out david ortiz swinging to end the inning. tim wakefield in the top of the first. bottom of the third, still scoreless, wake feel getting hernandez looking on a called strike three. boston shutting out atlanta, that final is 1-0. now, let's go to manny acta brought to you by verizon wireless talking about tonight's' loss to the orioles. >> i think it was the first one, because we had there on the ropes. wened up scoring one run after that and it was because of a loss. the first inning set the tone. i think at least we should have scored four runs in that inning. >> what did you think of martis tonight? >> i thought that he played with fire the whole game. and then finally ended up getting burned. he was pitching away from contact. he did have -- he pitched behind in the count the whole night and that really cost him. that's why he ended up throwing 98 pitches in five innings. >> it's obvious josh didn't see the ball, but did anybody think it was going out. >> i really didn't move even when i saw the hitting because i knew that the

red card. michael bradley for a tackle. the u.s. with ten men, could they hold on? the answer was yes because of one guy. tim howard. team usa holds on to beat spain. they'll meet brazil in the finals. >> so take a look at the numbers, and the numbers say it all. the united states upset spain in one of the biggest wins in the history of the united states soccer. and spain, 15-match win streak. it was the longest in international soccer. they were the only team in the tournament not to allow a goal. usa scored two. and it's united states first ever appearance in the finals of the confed cup. former usa star, john harks, gives us his analysis. >> usa with an excellent victory today. an unexpected victory against spain, 2-nil in the semifinal. altadore getting the first goal, and dempsey getting the second. if are me, it was a better performance in terms of individual sacrifice on the field. the u.s. needs players to come up big. landon donovan, josie, and tim howard in the goal, excellent defending when they needed to against the no. 1 team in the world. the unexpected win, but the u.s. are through to the finals, what

tim floyd is a stand up guy. i think he saw things were getting sticky. why not leave before things get messier? >> beto, thanks. >> eastern time. >> yankees and red sox.he yankees still looking for win number 1 against the sox in 2009. that game coming your way tonight. 7:10 p.m. on espn-hd. right now adam jones from 890 espn radio in boston joins us. focus in boston have to be feeling pretty good. the red sox 6 and 0 against the yankees. a big win last night. what was the red sox reaction in the locker room afterwards? >> i think they are treating it like they don't want to get to overhyped about what they are doing right now. the red sox have not done this since 1912. it doesn't happen every year in this rivalry. it's been balanced over the last 6 years since it started getting real competitive again. they had to split the games. the fact it's in favor of the red sox, i don't think they are coming out and celebrating right now. i think there is something to be said about what the red sox have done against the yankees team. it seems to be pitching. josh beckett has been on a roll for the last 7 starts. he did it again last night against a good yankee

red hot mariners head to l.a. to take on the best team in baseball, being the dodgers. our "baseball tonight" crew takes a couple of cuts. >> steve berthiaume here with tim kurkjian who takes his three swinswgs., the t tim, the three things you're foa most looking forward to around the meanings on friday. we' >> we'll start with cc sabathiae of the yankees. remember, he had to be taken out of his last start because of tightness in the forearm. last he didn't want to come out ofnin the game. h he said he was fine and he said he'll be fine for this start. i believe he will. he'll love citi field. 1.6 home runs per game there compared to 3.4 at the newared t yankee stadium.th new second beck josh beckett. we know how good a pitcher he is, but beckett against the graves the last 40 innings, he'a allowed two earned runs. that's domination of the highest order. and finally we'll watch the rays against the marlins. keep in mind, both of these teams are in contention again. the marlins have won five in a row only one game out of firstle place. hanley ramirez has really got it going. goi he had 13 r.b.i.s in his last series including two grand slams in one series