>> buck: when you come off the bench, you better be ready to swing it and that's what ty wigginton doesits by scott and wigginton here have made it a one-run ballgame! ty wigginton just takes that breaking pitch, the first pitch breaking ball, and he drills it up the middle. ramirez can't knock it down and how about jeremy guthrie after scott scores, he looks back and watches guthrie go first to third. >> jim: and here comes fredi gonzalez, and he is

and here is ty wigginton -- brian taking over for ty wigginton.mbers for brian roberts on the trip, just 2 out of 21. caed 2-1.>> buck: of cour this n'fit pinch hit appearance of the season. 2-2.his is one of those tcwhe if brian would bunt everonce a whe,you mighbe able if doesever try on a bunt for a base hit. 2-2, he got him. and roberts down on strikes. gwgy&rinumber four for mazzaro. >> buck: mazzaro has maintained his velocity late into the ga and"this is a back door breaking ball with a little bit of a cutter, at 86 miles per hour. >> jim: robert andino, the numb9 ut- e the four oriole hits. and sinking 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 beg

. >> jim: jeremy guthrie is pinch running and ty wigginton is on. e tying run and the go-ahead run at first. and here is salazar who pinch hit in the eighth and singled and stayed in the game. the orioles trying to have a ninth inning come back. and it is low, 1-0. >> buck: here is a big hole object the right side of the infield and salazar is not shy about spreading the ball all over the diamond. there is a big gap there between first and second. >> jim: fouled it back. pretty good cut. 1-1 on salazar. the orioles got two in the eighth, both charged to leo nunez and two here in the ninth. one hit in the first seven innings and one hit. and a base hit up the middle! salazar tied the game! what a comeback for the orioles! salazar off the bench, 2-2, and a three-run ninth inning, what a comeback for the birds! >> buck: three runs with two outs. two outs and nobody on when they started this rally, and oscar salazar, we have talked about him getting big hits. he is just a hitter. he gets hits no matter who is pitching, no matter what side they're throwin

ty wigginton will lead off. wigginton who gets infrequent starts has been doing a good job at the plate. >> buck: he sure has. we talked to him earlier on this trip about how challenging it is for him to stay sharp. he had a lot of playing time the last couple of years. when you don't get a chance to play all the time, you have to work extra hard to keep the timing. seven-game hit streak. he hit over .500 during that streak with four home runs and -- two home runs and four rbi's. here tuesday he was #-2 with an rbi and part of that big comeback in that ninth inning. he mentioned ben he was playing a all the time for tampa bay and all the way back to the mets when he had more regular playing time, he didn't have to do all the extra work in the batting cage he's done this year. you've got to do what you got to do to stay sharp. he has been able to raise his batting average to a point where coming into this game tonight, he was hitting .261. >> jim: gets into one foul down the left side 0-2. when you're 13-24 last,

and here is ty wigginton. >> buck: we mentioned that ty wigginton has seven home runs in his previous 26 career games here at this stadium. the rest of the roster had combined to hit only six. >> jim: how hot is ty wigging ton? how about 11 of his last 21 with five rbi's that is over seven games, including tonight, and there is a slider well off the plate. the pitcher's spot is up next, and dave trembley is out of position players, so he will have to go to his bench for one of his pitchers. and he has gone to the pitcher on the staff with the most experience, rich hill is now out on deck. hi will bat for jim johnson if wigginton does not hit into a double play. there is rich. you have to utilize every resource you have in a game like this. there is a strike. a borderline pitch that wigginton took. 2-1. >> buck: wigginton has had a chance to look at some pitches now from badenhop and checking down just in case something bizarre might be put on with zaun running at first base and one out. >> jim: there's a base hit to right field and down the line. zaun will make the turn and go to thir

here's ty wigginton. singled his last time up. wigginton now 6 for 20 lifetie off livan hernandez. berken with a walk and 7 strikeouts in the ballgame. orioles picking up a rbi in the 5th on the double by roberts and the first run, an andino shot. mets have battled back in te 6th, sac fly by wright, and ryan church singled to tie the ballgame up jeep it goes to what you are talking b it's easier when you get good pitching to battle back. >> gary: wigginton gets it in his favor. 3-1 count. santos got part of that foul ball. >> jim: little cutter, little slider, something different. if you look at the pitches, curve balls have been under 80 miles an hour, but the sliders from 83 to 84-mile r hour face 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.

wigginton has faced green jt one. ty has had a pretty hot bat going, and he got the start tonight because he had decent numbers against livan hernandez. he walked one and struck out four, so he has a chance to be the winning pitcher, but the orioles threatening that right here. short stop cora looking in the dugout, saying where do you wt me? they are moving back on the grass at short. he's concerned about mora getting a big lead representig the potential tieing run in the game. wigginton takes it for a strike 0-1 delivery. >> jim: people that have followed ty wigginton's career, he started with the mets whene first game to the big league. that's some good years. >> gary: played a lot of third base for the mets. 1-1 strike count. wigginton will chop it foul. green gets ahead, 1-2. >> jim: this is not a series r the faint hearted. lots of close contested games. but me, rivetting baseball. the way the games have been played. >> jim: they have been national-league type ball

.: ty wigginton, i think he really understands how to play this game. willie harris, he's going kind of saunter back after it, ty tags up. double play not in order. well, there's two outs anyway. but you have yourself a chance to score another run with a base hit. the nationals still have to get, what, four outs? and maintain this lead. >> rob: it's not been that easy this year. >> jim h.: there are a lot of players that wouldn't have paid attention early on when this routine fly ball just kept going, going, so they don't tag up. they go halfway and you're not in scoring position. huff takes a strike at the knees. >> rob: like we said about willie harris, he's like a ty wigginton. they play hard and they're very fundamentally sound. and wigginton, the only way he's going to keep himself getting back in the line-up a couple times a week is to do the right things. >> jim h.: nieves bluffs the throw to second base. in the first two games in this series, the orioles outscored the nationals 17-4. but today it's the nats with those add on runs. now a 5-2 lead

. >> gary: you saw ty wigginton shadow standing, trying to time it. ty has a four-game hitting streak. he has 3 homeruns, 15 rbis and getting the start tonight at first base. and that will miss outside 1 ball, 2 strikes count. >> buck: that's the change-up that braden will throw that comes down and away from the right handed hitters. he has a lot of confidence that he can throw it any time any count. >> gary: fouled away. he took a big cut and that will be 1-2. ty wigginton trying to get things picked up a hill bit. the orioles need his bat off the bench and coming in for the starts that he gets sometimes as dh, sometimes at first base. throw over to first. maybe elsewhere as the season goes along. he was a pick-up that they acquired because he would give them some power and extra base hits. at least that was the hope. offspeed pitch, off the end of the bat. cunningham running 15 miles for that. >> buck: that's too bad. he got all the way over to it and came right into the bullpen home plate area and when he gets there, he is not really sure how to cat

ty wigginton, five home runs, 18 ribs, hitting .235. wigginton will take it down low for a ball.he orioles have made it most interesting. would love to be able to come back here and get one against the mets and against rodriguez to open up this three-game set. >> jim: yeah, only two at-bats ty wigginton against k-rod, franky rodriguez. >> gary: 0-2 off him. 1-0 delivery on the way. wigginton will take it outside. not biting and it's 2-0. >> jim: now you get pretty interesting. 2-0, fastball count. a guy that will throw everything. again, the tying run at the plate. other runs are pretty much meaningless. >> gary: orioles will get this lineup turned over if wigginton can stay out of the double play here. bases loaded. one out. here is the 2-0 delivery to him. he's going for a tie game and it's 2-1. >> jim: well, 94. a lot of late life. moves back in the middle of the plate. it was moving. again pitching is not where you throw it up to the hitter. you throw it through the hitter to the catcher. that's where you get the finish on your pitches. >> gary: one grand slam in his career.

. >> rob: he brings the versatility of a ty wigginton. he is a switch hitter, he can do a little bit about everything. that's willie harris. excuse me, he's a total left- hander, but he'll play any position on the field. >> jim h.: out of georgia, which also produced hall of famer jackie robinson. his number retired in every major league city by every franchise by the commissioner. a ball and two strikes on willie harris. hernandez, 24 years old. this is outside, 2-2. he's out of sacramento, california, and a 16 round pick in 2005. >> rob: i like the fact we have three contact guys right at the top of the order. you have willie, cristian, johnson. >> jim h.: fouls it back. >> jim p.: willie, we saw it last night, where he took a 1-2 pitch off of jeremy guthrie who looked like early on at least the first two batters, had pretty good stuff. guzman singled, then jeremy guthrie walked in a couple of runs. >> jim h.: breaking ball outside. >> rob: i always felt when you get a guy like harris who can steal bases six out of seven, you really hav

ty wigginton, nine of 18 his last five ballgames for the birds.at 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 series against his former ball club as well. >> josh has always been a hitter.

ty wigginton hitting cleanup while nick markakis bats second and adam jones third. reimold plays right field, luke scott has the night off. rick, what are your thoughts on ty wigginton batting cleanup in dave trembley's lineup? >> i think it's his time to come on strong. you look at some of the numbers that he's had in the past. he's had 23 home run seasons. he's had 24 home run seasons. he's a guy who can put up big power numbers once he gets back into the lineup on a more regular basis. with the orioles, and really, let's go back even farther than that, a self-proclaimed never a good starter. one reason why is because he's such a hard swinger. right out of the box, first week of the season, he gets a chance to play. he just swinging as hard as he possibly can. that's not a good thing. what wigginton needs to do is after playing regular for a little while, the swing starts to cut down. he starts to back off a little bit and starting to hit the ball where it is pitched. early in the season, he's not like that. when he gets locked in, he's one of those kind of guys t

then, another pitch by ty wigginton that. scores another run. luke scott comes in to score. it's a one-run game finally for the third pinch-hitter oscar salazar who delivers the game- tying base hit up the middle to make it 6-6 with two outs in the ninth inning and jeremy guthrie scored. they have done a great job of some of the elyse lead pitchers of baseball. rose roarses, the closers of the mets. they got a couple of walks in an inning against him. ryanan madson on saturday give up two home runs in that comeback win by the orioles in philadelphia. last night, matt lindstrom got two quick outs and gave up the three-run deficit as the orioles came back and tied it. unfortunately, he they didn't like the outcome after 12 innings last night it orioles have shown you have to get them out all 27 outs. they're not going to give up. unfortunately for the birds, they were not able to pull out the win in extra innings. when you look over a one-run game and look at the things that may have happened, mistakes and misplays can be costly and it hurt the orioles last night. >> buck: they

here's a ground ball by ty wigginton here.if you're the shortstop and you're by the bag, cristian guzman steps on it, throws off the left foot, perfect strike to nick johnson. so jordan zimmermann is starting to change eye level. he's not getting effect irvly wild, but change the eye level occasionally. not waste a pitch, but locate it better. >> jim p.: in and out and up and down. >> rob: that's why this guy, he's in the hall of fame. we say the same stuff all the time. don't throw so many strikes. but you've got to make them dance, too. the first night just standing there smoking the ball. >> bob: you know how many hitters rob dibble hit in his career? not many. >> jim p.: i didn't hit too many either. if i did, there's a big difference between hitting guys. it's a little different nowadays because they wear the armor and they kind of lean into pitches. i hit 12. i didn't like to do it, but i did like to pitch off the plate. joe rudy one night, he hit a ball about four inches outside the outside corner for a double, i go, ok

unfortunately ty wigginton misread the play and that was a big out. >> yeah, it was. and obviously it didn't come at the right time. we wish we could do it over again. we can't. you have to move on. >> dave, after one hit through seven innings when andrew miller left, the bats seemed to really come back and that is something to look forward to tomorrow as the orioles got back in this game and able to tie it against the closer. even though you came up a run short, it was a pretty good battle all the way. >> you know, we worked the count better. he was real tough in the game, miller pitched very, very well. it was a different game once we got into their bullpen. >> dei, we appreciate the visit. >> why you're welcome. >> dave really managed a great game tonight because he used everybody on the bench a pitcher to pinch run, a pitcher to pinch hit. he did everything he could to try to get his team a win and they simply came up a run short. >> and you're down we three runs, you say, okay, what can i do now? you keep sending the pinch hitters and you keep thinking, out of th

. >> 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 line. right of the power is to right and right center. >> jim: outside, 2-2 the count. getting loose in the bullpen. and foul it's -- fouls it off the opposite way. jim johnson, the third reliever used by the orioles in this game. here is the 2-2. hit to centerfield. jones is there. has it for the out, and one down. 2 orioles will be out and about in the community coming up this week. on tuesda

salazar will start at first base, ty wigginton at second base and that means that huff has the day off. and reimold is the surprise rooking on this team and the american league. >> i think he is. and i think he's done the one thing that everybody expected him to do and that's that he hit and hit for power. not the batting average we like to see but i think in time they'll figure out how to throw him. and he has a lot of work to do before that and what i like is that it's not all limited to the fastball. ooze hit the breaking ball, the cuts fastball out of the ballpark, he's hit a fall bast, a changeup out of the ballpark. ' justs well to the different speeds thrown at him. when you get behind in the count, he cuts his swing down and can go the other way and go up the middle. those are the little things i look for. the batting average will come in time but right now i'm impressed with how he handles himself at the base and in the field. >> and cusp has a three-run home runner and giambi a three run double to count for half of the first two games. when we come back, dennis tells us how h

the rays got him from houston for ty wigginton just before the trading deadline in july of 2007. fastball outside. i wonder what duane stats, the tv announcer for the rays had to say about that pitch outside. dan wheeler is his son-in-law. >> rob: he has only allowed 7 hits and 3 runs in his last 10 outings, and three walks. >> bob: there is a good fastball. outer half. 1-2 to zimmerman. ryan 1-for-3 with a base hit up the middle tonight. top of the 7th, the nats have not had a hit since the 4th. and they have had only three since the four-hit 1st inning when they scored all three of their runs. >> rob: and if you don't have overpowering stuff which wheeler never has, you per be a strike thrower. last year, 22 walks in 66 innings, 23 walks the year before in 75 innings. go back to a couple of years in houston, 74 walks in 7 -- 19 walks in 74 innings. that's the kind of stuff you need coming out of the bullpen. putting out fires. >> bob: you are not giving the team any additional runners. zimmerman on a pitch inside, charged by longoria. that's it for the nats. 7th inning stretch

. >> jim: another world championship plaque inside and a 3-0 start and ty wigginton playing at seconding roberts a day off. andino and jones to follow. brian on this road trip just 2 for 21 and that's a 0.95 average. so he gets a day off. and swinging through it. good looking breaking ball and it's a ball and two strikes. >> buck: when you get a day off prior to a team day off, it's like a week's vacation during the rigors of 162 game season, so a chance to clear his head and get his bloody rejuvenated -- body rejuvenated. >> jim: and that ball had the reverse spin. and nearly bounced right past crosby but he stuck with it and gets the out. >> buck: it shows you his shortstop background because he has good hands and over at first base making his 10th start at 1st and makes a good save for vin mazzaro. >> jim: robert andino the number 9 batter. he'll get a start at shortstop until izturis can return from the d.l. he takes a strike. 0 for 7 on the trip. >> buck: izturis is scheduled to rejoin the team today and fly back on the team charter. he's feeling pretty good and will be able to b

tagged a little off by ty wigginton in the fifth.oday that matt wieters is doing an exceptional job getting away from the left-handed hitter, getting out and throwing the ball to second base. >> bob: top of the 7th. willie harris, been a pretty good lead-off man today. good defense in center field as usual. a fastball by ray who has come out and is looking very sharp. he struck out nieves looking on three and he's been locating well. so five consecutive strikes here. >> jim p.: when you pitch an inning and 2/3 and give up five runs and seven hits, dave trembley talked about it, i watched the game, but the velocity was 96. he just made one real bad pitch. but they brought him out for the second inning after, and that just was a little too much. again, they were way behind in the ballgame. but this was a guy that three or four years ago is about as good as any young right-handed pitcher in baseball. had the tommy john surgery. it's taken a while to find his release point. >> bob: willie harris jacks one to right field, over the scorebo

should pinto come into the game, you have a reasoned bat with some pop and you have ty wigginton.olan reimold and oscar salazar have already been used in this game. so, you're down to three bench players. wigginton is aware of the possibility. he's loosening up -- loosening up. >> jim: albers, ahead 0-2. a little bit low. bonifacio takes. bonifacio's run in the first inning right now is the difference in this game. he reached on an error on a throw by melvin mora. not only did he reach. both runners coghlan and bonifacio advance. so, there were two in scoring position. they both scored on the base hit. the single by hanley ramirez. >> buck: yeah, matt albers has to get bonifacio right here. 2-2 count, two outs. end the inning with him the third out. leave hanley ramirez standing on deck. >> jim: 2-2 chopped towards the middle. throws. safe is the call at first. bang-bang, roberts made a fine throw. bonifacio simply out ran it. >> buck: yeah, if bonifacio took that approach every at- bat, he'd hit .350. you just can't throw him out. brian did everything he could to unload in a hurr

here is ty wigginton batting cleanup. he's playing at first base tonight. aubrey huff the early part of the game off. it's low, 1-0. we'd like to apologize for the technical problems as we came on the air doing our open to the telecast. there's a bay here where both the marlins and the orioles television trucks where all the transmissions are generated from. the power in that entire bay went down. the marlins television truck still does not have their power. they're having difficulty. they just did now get back on. we apologize. our technicians are working very hard in the truck to get all of the computers back up and everything going. it's not what you expect after you go on the air. it's like somebody pulled the plug except nobody did. two out. wigginton a-strike. 2-1. >> buck: second time we have seen sean west throw breaking balls when he's behind in the count. he's got a lot of confidence. boy, he has been a real pleasant surprise since they called him up from double-a. as jim mentioned, his seventh start. >> jim: he was a compensation pick after the f

>> jim: once jel jeff kellogg calls that pitch, it was very close, the strike, the last thing ty wigginton wants to do is get caught with a bat on his showed her in a 2-2 count with the bases loaded. , so the home plate umpire, for his friends throughout, it's not a reflection once you call that pitch, you automatically make the hitter expand it a little bit. >> jim: mora, scott and reimold on bey base for the o's here in the ninth. 2-2 again to wigginton. wow. there's a tough pitch to take. wigginton wasn't going to turn around. 3-2. >> jim: if he called him out, you would have seen a lost people because this ball is well off the plate outside. that ball called a strike. brian schneider brings it back. watch him try to frame him. a little late movement. i'll catch it and move it four inches right to the corner. >> gary: so, rodriguez and wigginton bat toll a three ball, two strike count. 3-2 delivery. wigginton swings and did he go? no, a bases-loaded walk! the orioles make it 6-3 and still just one out! mora scores. >> jim: that got razor shine, one of the mets coaches all the way out on

numbers with runners in scoring position and two of the hitters breaking out big, brian roberts and ty wigginton. i guess the theory about that is, if you think you have it figured out in baseball, wait till tomorrow. >> you got that right. you talk about hitting. it's contagious. that's what happens in this ball club. they're very, very good at it especially at home. brian roberts is the catalyst for this entire offense and that is the strength of this organization right now. when brian roberts son base, not only is he a good hitter and a guy who doesn't like to bunt very much. he's a pure hitter. when he gets on base, he causes the pitcher to change all the ways he wants to pitch everybody else in the lineup while he's standing on the bases. they have to get ball to the catcher in a hurry. they're always afraid brian is going to steal second. he's the best at stealing third base. the next hitter will see a lot more fastballs especially when that hitter has a good hitting count. >> so, everybody feels better about things when hits begin to fall especially the leadoff hitter. for more on, that l