. >> jim: wieters goes down on strikes. orioles go three up, three down in the second. xw@t@t@@@@@h  . >> jim:  here is morneau ba in the line-up. buck mentioned he missed four games, the lingering effects from the inner ear infection and the medication that was prescribed for the inner ear infection. >> jim: i think one thing that i would like to see against good hitters like morneau and mauer, just use the fastball until they prove that they're going to get after it. go ahead and challenge it away. trying to move that breaking ball to the outside corner. >> jim: you made an interesting comment at our production meeting today about how when young pitchers come to the major leagues, they have a vision in mind that they have to throw everything for a strike including the breaking ball and the change-up the fastball, that because they have it, they have to use it. >> buck: well, you have to throw everything for a strike, but don't have to do it to every batter. that's the rob, they want to come out and three everyth

matt wieters will catch. melvin mora, michael aubrey, four-game hitting streak he's hit in each of the at-bat and cesar izturis shortstop. armando gabino, fastball, slider, changeup. he has made the transition this year from a reliever to a start. you can see he's work out of the stretch. that reflects his bullpenbackand he's the 14th triple-a player from the rochester red wings to play for the twins this year. >> jim: 25-year-old out of the dominican republic and roberts takes down and in, 1-0. brian brings a two-game hitting streak into tonight's game. batting average overall now at .294. he drove in the orioles only run last night with yet another double and he takes high, ball two. >> buck: armando gabino's record from triple-a. last two starts 2,-0 with an e.r.a. under 2.00. he happened to be the hottest pitcher down there so he gets the spot. they've taken a beating in their starting rotation with injuries. >> jim: there's a strike taken by roberts, 2-1. brian has four hits in his two-game hitting strea

wieters in scoring position. the orioles and orioles wives have teamed up with maryland spta to create a special keepsake. you can pick up an orioles pet calendar. you can see pictures of the lovable pets. the from seed will benefit the spca and the local homeless pets. get online at orioles.com and get your calendar. for all the animal lovers, that will be a nice edition to your collection.   ground ball toward the middin there! wieters will be held to 3rd as sizemore gets to it. and the orioles have runners on the corners with one down. and juan samuel holding weeds. >> buck: right here -- wieters. the right here, looking over to 3rd base and sees wieters stop. and samuel stops wieters, and sizemore got to the ball very quickly. >> jim: willis how the for another chat as masterson tries to gets the ball back. masterson in this game has had only two 3-up, 3-down innings. he got through the 2nd and 5th in order. spent quite a pitch of time pitching from the stretch. >> buck: i think this i

wieters again with a runner at second base.the ball on the ground and bounces it past andy marte to drive home luke scott. right behind him, felix pie has an rbi double. and then jason berken with the bases loaded gets him to line out to nick markakis, the second time tonight, and berken is being able to pitch out of a bases loaded jam, and it is not that much fun. the 5-2 scar here as we play in the bottom of the fifth. berken, five innings and just two earned runs and struck out five. matt wieters has had a big night at the plate and luke scott. >> gary: nick markakis will lead it off. he has a single, a run scored and he has flied out to center field. the second coof the four-game set against the indians. swung on and missed, a good pitch by carmona. chris tillman goes against james sauers, the ballgame tomorrow night. brian matusz and justin masterson will make the start on sunday. 7:05 first pitch tomorrow. 1:35 sunday. way inside to markakis. we want to remind you that tomorrow's game will be seen on wjz in the baltimore

wieters will block it.our hits now, on the board for the jays. >> buck: to get back to your great point about the inexperienced pitchers here. here.(.ecl) that's why it is imperative that the orioles identify and sign some sort of veteran pitcher that can be a jack morris influence on this team. some guy that is going to an arm around the pipper that is not a coach, a player, that says i made the same types of mistakes early in my career and here is how you handle it. >> gary: they have said. what they are looking for is is a power veteran right-handed bat and a starting pitcher who is in that number one or two category. >> buck: and when you look at that group of pitchers who were here, you have david cohen and jack morris and key and they were all polished and they kind of coached themselves. >> gary: yes. the 2-0 count. the runner at second base. berken's deliver cry, scutaro, .296 with runners in scoring position on the season. he's got a chance right here. somewhat ironically scutaro has put up his bes

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 may be going through now and altogether should help once they all begin to figure it out and if they don't figure out, somebody else will come and take the spot. >> buck: with reimold and wieters and dave trembley has talked on about adam jones, how much of an improvement we have seen this year to last year, and he is hopeful that the same improvements will take place from nolan reimold and matt wieters. >> jim: there is a strike to andino on a breaking ball. the challenge

track matt wieters' glove.ser to home, it drifted back toward the plate, high. >> jim: rios is the 7th blue jay to bat in the 3rd inning. rios swings through it, 1-1. >> buck: one thing we talked about this match-up today. roy halladay as 275 more starts than brian matusz. it is a learning process. you know, there are going to be some rough days for these young pitchers. >> jim: a base hit up the middle for alex rios, the fourth hit this inning. jays have at least one hit in each of their three at-bats. bullpen activity for the orioles. brian bass is getting loose. >> buck: that call just to find out how far along he is and how many more pitches it will take. with that in mind, matt wieters goes to the mound and colbreath is going to the mound. >> you saw him -- he is not afraid or do anything. it's in the clubhouse where he still takes a rod as a rookie many once this game is under way, he knows the demand of being a catcher and taking control. >> jim: that's a good point. as this team continues to turn over a

wieters and moore due up against chris perez. that came on may 10.t is going to stay on the grass. the tag will be made. and marte. 1 down in the 9th inning. updating on on the at&t player of the game. izturis on top now. tillman and marte. you can still vote. wieters a 1 for 3 in the game. single. san francisco has defeated colorado 5-3 in their game. the wild card lead is down to 1 game. colorado ahead of the giants. >> buck: hovering for the second game. and had not a leg injury and out of the lineup last night. did the same tonight. and barry zito with another good outing. >> gary: wieters will take it. the dodgers won their game today so colorado is five games out. the giants are six out. colorado is 2nd in the west. and the slider inside. >> buck: giants winning the first game. and going to the game at 12-4. jason marquis. looking for his 15th win. >> gary: 1-2 delivery on the way. down the line. into the stands. laporta. a long way to go. he went into the stands. and hauls it in to retire wieters. >> buck: a great effort. four hits. look at th

wieters started up as though he would make a throw and got caught by the bat. and matt felt that one.   nope. it's the ball. >> watch this on the backsw right in the rib cage. on the left side. he's smiling at matthews. he does not mean it. but he's smiling [ chuckle ] thanks for hitting me with the bat. >> gary: appreciate you doing that. those ribs were on the line anyway. >> and the count stays at 1-2. there are the two base runners kendrick and quinlan. math use has worked the -- matthews has worked the at bat. matusz got the double playground ball given him the two out in the inning. runners on going on the last pitch. 1-2 not going here. the breaking ball is there for strike 3. brian has 6 strike out in the ball game. no run, 3 hits two left on base. 5-1 angels. there's an app for that. or, you'd like to figure out the metro, there's an app for that. or you'd like to send a postcard home, there's an app for that too, because there's an app for just about anything. only on the iphone. round of miller lite. (announcer on call) ...here it comes

you know, i have no worries about wieters. wieters has great make-up. they are aurilia fine.y about what effect the so-called lack of success has on them. they are here in the big leagues. >> more losses than wins for this orioles team but there have been a number of close calls. since the all-star break alone shall the orioles have played six games decided by one run. they have lost all six of those games. there will be a rookie battery here, matusz pitching to wieters, rookie reimold will get the day off replaced by felix pie. >> tom: chris tillman made his third big league starts. struck out 3, allow add couple of runs. he admitted before the game started he was not feeling at his best. >> the first couple of innings, i didn't feel so good. my whole body felt drained. wieters did a great job out there, keeping me balanced. >> looks like your velocity picked up. did you loosen up? >> i loosened up a top. the first two inning, i felt pretty bad, after, that i loosened up. >> tom: chris tillman's numbers from yesterday. he has yet to record a decision. he has a earned run ave

. >>> 2-2 to wieters, got it 3- up, 3' down inning for masterson. no score. creating online banking tools for the next generation. or making a 10 year, $100 million investment in kids. it's how we've always done business. and will for a very long time to come. pnc. leading the way. start your three-course meals with a shared appetizer. choose two entrees from over 15 chili's favorites, then share a decadent dessert. chili's --  >> jim: back at the yard, l any other roomy season, brian matusz throwing as many innings as any rookie in the career. we have heard words like drain and fatigue early in the outing. the club is going to pay attention to the demeanor on the mound. they may pull him 5th or 6th inning at the max, not wanting him in the 7th or 8th, but, jim and buck, it is a tough decision to make, because you want to teach them to go into the 7th or 8th inning. >> jim: all right, thanks, amber, very much. here is andy marte leading off. >> buck: yes. you don't want a pitcher going into a season worn out of hurt. that is the thing with the orioles,

wigginton, wieters and izturis.am jones, two home runs, the month of august and a .381 average. >> buck: the scouting report, ricky romero, fastball, curve ball, slider and changeup. he is the fourth best rookie pitcher in the majors with his e.r.a. he is very comfortable on the mound her and ricky romero has an outstanding changeup, something we saw from brian matusz on tuesday. the young pitchers have already polished the pitch that really sets up the fastball. >> gary: he is 24 years old. he has won his last three starts, and we're ready to go. brian roberts stands in. he will take the strike, and we are underway. the dome is open for the ballgame tonight. and it has been such a beautiful day here in toronto. really no need at all to even think about closing it. 0-1 delivery and that is a strike on the outside corner. and he is giving romero the early calls on the corn es. that will help both of these pitchers, if, in fact, they stay that way tonight. roberts is 3-5 often of romero. left-hander. that one will be

matt wieters.has a 3-game hitting streak coming into the ball game, and .269 batting average moves him up among the rook, he's fourth among rookies in batting average and 7th in hit as he and reimold are among the offensive riders in a number of deems. matt is still -- departments. matt has insces kreised that on a weekly basis. >> -- increased that on a weekly basis. >> lackey won the division glitcher was the first rookie since 909 to win the 7th game of a world thnextcouple years struggled. he has a moving fastball, 91 to 93, right there occasional94, he has the big curveball. he tests your ability to hit balls on both side of the pleat and stay bk. at's what it'sut. >> gary: and that ball will be a base hit into left field. wieters continues with a hot strike, stick. he has a 4-game hitting streak and the orioles get the second hit fball (oae. % ji:hat's a high chge and he attacked it. wait for the ball to get to you. now all of a sudden, he's done it at every level, no highe

wieters, izturis and roberts will be up here in the 13th. batting for third time he pinch hit for moeller in the eighth inning and had an rbi single. the angels now 17 lungs on 23 hits.

matt wieters will catch and caesar izturis at shortstop.break. >> he really has. as far as i am concerned this guy is superman of the american league. his second year at the major league level. this guy is just capable of doing anything. he never ceases to amaze me. the breaking ball down the other way. now what we have seen, the development of a very short, quick, powerful, balanced swing. it wouldn't be out of my imagination to see this guy get hot and hit almost 40 home runs. he is certainly capable of doing that. he gets his pitch and he makes somebody pay. >> and for the bliewjs tonight, scutaro, hill and the d.h. is balling third. .330 ample, 11 home runs and over 30 rbi's in his home ballpark. overbay at first with vernon wells in center field. alex rios at right. and edwin encarnacion and joe inglett in left field will bat ninth. it is the orioles and the blue jays game one on this three- game weekend series. when we come back, rick dempsey's keys to the game! >> "o's xtra" is brought to you by corona and corona light. please relax

wieters is on deck to pinch hit for mora. 0-2 on wiggington.nsecutive pitches in the same vicinity. that one wiggington laid off. 1-2 the count with reimold at third and one down. jepsen the fourth pitcher used by the angels. wow. where was that pitch? either he wasn't looking for that or he has a great eye. >> i guess that would help it but that ball must have missed by just a bit and he got him. wiggington down on strikes. runner on third with two out. >> if you are going to throw five straight breaking balls it better be as good as the other four and it was. maybe even better.   jim johnson and danny baez getting loose in the bullpen. wieters will pinch hit for chad moellerer. matt has a four game hitting streak going. he has not hit a homerun since the all-star break. he is up there representing the dying run. -- the tying run. a line drive toward the middle and a base hit. he got past the glove of izturis. it was a soft line drive and matt wieters comes off the bench and drives in a run. >> came in, in his last 20 games,

luke, scott, wieters and izturis will round it out for the orioles.et by masns -- masnsports.com by roch kubatko. apparently it is causal friday. here you are again tonight. there's so much interest with september 1 coming next week, who the call-ups are going to be and i think the fans really need to understand the 40-man roster ramifications here because there might be a play tear the orioles want to look at, but if they put him on the roster, he is son the roster for last year. >> right. it is kind of a gad news, good news situation where the bad news is there is not a lot of flexibility. the good news is there is not a lot of flexibility on that roster. you guys have been around this organization for a long time now. back in the day it was very easy to hack off guys to make room. there was a lot of dead weight, whatever. that's not the case now. you can move rich hill to the 60-day d.l. that will open one spot. there is talk of doing that with lou montanez now although he is swinging a bat in sarasota. their concern is he won't have enough at-bats

he will get it to first to get wieters. one down.o see bergesen coming in without the crutches. he is doing therapy on that leg three times a day, twice with the physical therapist that has been set up through ritchie bancells and he has some pull things that he does. you can see the progress he has made. >> buck: they just want to make sure that he is healthy physically before he gets back to his baseball activities. a moment teary delay because one of the bat boy has to run on the field to get alex rios and marco scutaro their sunglasses. whenen they ran out on defense, the roof was closed. now, the sun is a factor so the shade is now on. here is andino who takes ball 1. remarkable technology. you don't even hear the roof moving. andino swings through it. 1-1. >> buck: that's that good curve ball from halladay. we talked about halladay's approach. he throws a cut fastball, a sinking fastball, a curve ball that he has really cut down and made it much more compact and a split fingerred change-up. he doesn't throw many change- ups at

wieter will talk about the science they -- signs they will use. there you go.o talking about warner and talking about how they worked to footwork. it's never been about arm strength for wieters. >> he had no chance on figgins with that one. crawford leads and ellsbury behind him. hopkins 35. figgins moved ahead with 36. 2-2, aybar runner in scoring position. figgins held by roberts as he will take off for third. >> jim: if you don't think speed is a factor. joe madden, look where brian is playing. he doesn't want to play there, maybe he wants to talk to chone figgins. they are having a conversation. he needs to be over a couple steps. >> he will move back. >> gary: down to third. morris, and getting him. mora picking one right there. xylem like he was maybe a little bit distracted by figgins. he gets the late jump. izturis there, a late jump and the short hop. nice play. >> gary: getting the last infield error in july 18th. the orioles infold other a -- infield on a major run. >> gary: abreu another rbi chance. bases loaded in the third, reach a walk. came up w

wieters fouls it back. this is a huge game for minnesota in their quest to catch the tigers in the central. white sox have already lost at fenway tonight. if minnesota wins, they tie chicago for second place in the division and the tigers are trailing in anaheim early on in the fourth inning. they could gain a game on chicago and detroit possibly with a win here. and wieters down on strikes. and harris came in off-speed and he got him, so a leadoff double. reimold left stranded. we go to the bottom of the ninth tied at 6-6. ? >> tom davis here inviting to stay opportunity for -- sta tuned for "o's xtra" post-game. >> it's been good. i been bad. it's been ugly. the orioles somehow managed to end up tied with minnesota going into that bottom of the ninth inning and it's been a lot of ex siet siement. a lot of things to talk about. >> right now, we're praying for extra innings to tell you the truth. 6-6 going to the bottom of the ninth. more from jim and buck. >> jim: time is rung out for you to win the cesar

mat wieters really settling in. it was his 16th mull -- hit game. >> when we come back, we'll hear from felix pie. úúxx  >> fee whether i can pie wa forced to leave the game after this base hit in the seventh inning. earlier he had stumbled on a ball he was trying to field. amber is with felix pie. >> you tell me how your leg is feeling. it looks like you were hurt in the outfield. >> i feel okay now. i feel much better now. it is a little hurt, but i think tomorrow will be okay. >> what was it it? it looked like there was a new piece of grass that had been put out there. was that what you slipped on? >> no, no, behind that. but i don't know how that happened because i was on t it, you know, but sometime that happen because it got wet. >> would you describe it as a pull? did you pull your hamstring? >> no, i not pull. i may stretch it a little bit. it is a little tight. you know, the grass, so it is too bad, too hard to play over there, so -- but i think today i stretch it and i think tomorrow i will be

wieters and i see tur rush come in to score and. top of the eighth.ld hits a grounder up the middle. bounces off brian lee's glove and goes into right field. huff trucking around third. and he scores. o's up. and later in the 8th. wieters up with a runner on first. he slices it to the gap in left. wigginton husband sells around the bases. struggles without a throw. and they go into second. o's snap the two game slide as they beat the blue jays 7-5. >> now the o's send rookie tillman to the mound tomorrow. looking for the series win. back to you. . >> police officer narrowly avoids being clob board by a giant tire. get this. texas officer was looking out for a driver changing a flat on a bridge. out of nowhere, a 200-pound tire that flu off an 18-wheeler rolled by barely missing sergeant mathew davidson. >> first chance i got when i got off the scene, i pulled my patrol car over and said a prayer for the protection. said a little thank you prayer. >> davidson was standing right in the path of the tire, only moments before it flu by. >> 15,000 follow ca

wieters at the plate. he lines one in to center. davis tries to short hop it but ball scoots by him. scott scores. and wieters pulled in to third after a single and two base error. o's trail at that point. and oakland added a run. top of the ninth they are up. and runners on the corners. they shoot a single back up the middle. davis scores from third. and as win. six-three to take the series. >> birds are off tomorrow. start a four game series with the angels friday night. back to you. our 737s fly to over 65 cities across the country every day. gate agent: this is your final boarding call... each with an average speed of 590 miles per hour, almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. starting august 16th, fly southwest airlines from bwi airport to boston logan for just $49 one-way. bags fly free on southwest, so our low fares stay low. ( ding ) book now at southwest.com. . >> it seems the weather forecast like the townhall meetings on health care reform is much of the same. >> yeah, when will we see a change? vytas is bac

roberts, jones markakis, wieters 6th. pie eighth.raised his batting average 20 points hitting 4 the psych emand -- cycle. >>> earlier today the orioles invited the season ticket holders out early to meet the players and participate in a state of the orioles address with dave trembley. >> in the state of the orioles address fans had a chance the interact with dave trembley and andy. there were questions about minor leaguers like josh bell, shut the orioles be bunting more. they are honest and gave them direct answers and the fans were honest with dave and andy. one question was should we see better decisions and examples from some of the vet land players on the field. >> to be honest with you, that's a lot more difficult than i thought it would be. it's about pride. and it's about doing things right. no one is intentionally trying to mess up. no one is intentionally trying to embarrass the ballclub or embarras the fans. it happens. it's probably happened way too for examplely than all of us would like. but you know for me, leadership

just like matt wieters, you don't see matt wieters hit very many of his. of his home runs as he he tried to pull at all. he's hit them all the opposite way. on a defensive standpoint, both guys are starting out basic lead same. they've each got excellent arms. they receive the ball very well. they just have to work on a few of the nuances. very tough for big guys to get comfortable back behind home plate not only with catching and receiving and doing the things and blocking the ball behind home plate, but it's very uncomfortable sometimes the distance they have to stand from home plate, too, as a hitter. >> it's kind of interesting also in minnesota, kent herbbeck big with the twins over the course of time. take a look at the minnesota twins starting lineup. joe mauer, hitting third the american league leading hitter. justin morneau tops the american league in rbi's. how about this, rick, morneau since 2006 is second in the majors with rbi's topped only by ryan howard. >> you know, justin morneau is just one of the most dangerous hitters in whole game. he

@x@0@p@0@6p)@)@)p,  . >> jim: chad mohler on the bench talking with matt wieters.ing to see quite a bit of that the wrist of the way. here is michael aubrey, first ball swinging. ground ball to second. calcite has him at first. one down. >> aubrey said before the game that something he did a lot in the minor leagues and is a challenge for him is keeping a clear head in between at bats because he can't go out in the field to have any ereef if he has a bad at bat. to that end, i say him deep in the corridors at the metrodome, out for a long solitairey walk by himself. that's where he was seeking that clear head. didn't pay off in that at bat. maybe he'll head pack out to the corridor and get better results next time. >> jim: here is felix pie who is batting 8th tonight. that ball is hit deep to center filed. span a long run. way out there. that ball is gone! pie hits it out to center field, and the orioles have are 3-0 lead! home run number 5 for pie, and the orioles get an ad on run. >> well, pie after a disappointing night last night comes up with a first pitch hom

>> jim: wieters takes a strike. >> buck: talk about the compares of matt beaters in his rookie seasonnd the all-star joe mauer. obviously mauer is very accomplished with two batting titles to his credit already. but during batting practice we'll watch both of them as they work at the late

wieters got better. overall improvement from a lot of the young guys, and if you get decent starting pitching -- like i say you don't have to get 12 outside of your bullpen, you will have a chance to at least put yourself in a position to win the game and that is what we are trying to do. >> you got it. >> the press conference. time to take a look at the at&t player of the game. turned out to be a landlined reversal. brian matusz got 81% of the vote. pie with 17%. so, brian matusz the at&t player of the game. fans are happy, the birds beat the indians, 5-2. xw@t@u@@@@@h  >> the orioles beat clevela 5-2. great day for brian matusz. 3 of his last four starts he struck out at least 7. the fewest hits he ever allowed in a big league game. quite a credit to the orioles left-hander. joining us now. rick kranitz. what did you see from brian matusz today, the most you liked? >> i saw him make a great adjustment from his last couple of outings. he was so relaxed. he had been having problems locating his l

this is where they are, 62 game swos their careers, where matt wieters is.pretty similar numbers and now we know that the home run power has really on for joe this season. >> matt will be in the lineup together and a couple of teams are really in kind of the same cooking pot. they're both trying to develop their ball club for future years. >> yeah, gary. i think the real interesting thing and i think it is very important for the orioles is to start winning some of these games. you don't want to go into the off season wondering what kind of club you're going to have next year there are some things that have to be answered. some of these younger pitchers have to start winning games and pitching deep interthe outings. you can't just be settled with a six-game outing and say you did your job. you to learn how to win and this team collectively as a unit, will have to start winning games. >> we're going to have a delayed start. we should be able to get this one. when e come back, game two. we'll come back and set the stage!   >> the 

putting wieters the in the dh roll. >> buck: it went up instead. plenty of time gary mentioned the bottom of the 7th inning. and the lineup over and izturis has a triple. markakis has two hits, including a double. making adjustments to the hitting approach. he moved his hands further away. always been very active with his hands. >> gary: and the slider again 1- 2. that's about the biggest slider that you will see. that's a true slider. and going side ways on the way to the plate. 1-2 delivery on the way. back inside a 2 ball, two strikeout. >> buck: that's a thing that you can do with the side arm delivery. and throw the breaking ball. use the inseem inside. side arm delivery. inside off the plate. >> gary: 2-2, wigginton. and the count is 3-2. orioles down here by a score 4- 2. and find plays made by cleveland. and including the double plays. a strikeout recorded by smith. only three strikeouts in the game 1 each for the three for the indians. , this is tough. you can see where it pulls off. on the other part of the plate. >> gary: 2 down. chad mo

matt wieters gets the night off. chad moeller will catch. bergesen t-shirt night, it is hot, it is humid and we have orioles baseball coming right up.   >> gary: it's the orioles o masn. we welcome you to camden yards as tonight the a's will take on the orioles. o's will try and get out of that tonight. for the orioles last night, an ace on the mount. jeremy guthrie. it's been a struggle all season. for the orioles, not the kind of season they wanted for him, certainly for jeremy not the kind of season he had hoped for. last night dave trembley talked about the performance of jeremy guthrie. look at the e.r.a. at 5.43, the starts in his career. and certainly at times you would think he is certainly better than a .500 pitcher. last night dave trembley talked about it, the pitcher talked about it. dave trembley spoke about it again tonight. >> just didn't have the pitch to put people away. got his pitches up. >> i've been consistently inconsistent, so i wish it could change the story. i tried to switch up my routine. i did

i love it see matt wieters throw like that. he has a great arm. later on in the game, he left some balls up in the zone and that's where toronto took advantage of that. he was not quite as sharp as he was in in detroit. here is vernon wells, easy swing and easy hit for him, home run. he has that kind of power. brian matusz, you know next time he face this is team, he will realize who the key guys are and he will not have to make any mistakes against but vernon wells is right there and he is used to being their number 4 hitter. he wasn't there today but a fire he has to worry about hitting the ball out of the ballpark. >> tom: so matusz gives up three home runs. time to look at the at&t mayor of the game. and it turns out to be cesar izturis receiving 61% the game followed by roy halladay at 24%, ken millar at third with 15%. that's a look at the at&t player of the game. orioles lose 7-3. we'll continue o's xtra post game in just a moment. . >> jim: the only starter over the last five not to allow a home run is matusz and matusz is going to allow o

later on, 7th inning, matt wieters connecting on his 5th home run of the season. an opposite field tater that put the birds up 4-2. andy marte smashes the ball out of the park, two-run home run, cleveland surges ahead, and johnson blows the save. the orioles lose by 5-4. with that, this reminder, it's masn on wjz this weekend, orioles- indians saturday at 7:00 here on wjz. >>> in chicago, bottom 7, wild pitch, derrek lee trying to score, but he's tagged. the nats win 5-4. >>> football, tonight before the game in philly, a show of support, and those opposed to quarterback michael vick's presence in philly. his on-field debut after being reinstated, this following two years of prison time for financial dog fighting. against jacksonville tonight he was four of four for 19 yards and carried the ball one time. don't forget to catch nfl football tomorrow night at 8:00 when the washington redskins host those new england patriots right here on wjz. we're showing a whole lot of football, and you know i will be glued to the tube. >> absolutely, i know you will. than >>> the

matt wieters rumbles in. melvin mora comes around to score as well. would lead 3-0 after cesar single. brian gives up 3 runs. bottom 3, justin morneau gone. his 29th. the o's though still led 4-3. top 6, 5-3 now. luke scott at the plate. with a 2-out sing toll right. nick markakis who had walked went to second on a wild pitch, scores. scott was nailed out in the rundown. but the o's led 6-3. brian bascom on the 6 gives up 3 runs without recording an ounce. delmon young scores. the twins would eventually tie it at 6. bottom of the 8th, orlando cabrera at the plate. cesar goes deep in the hole. strong throw. they're in the bottom of the 9th right now. this game is tied at 6 apiece. >>> bart scott went from undrafted free agent to the pro bowl with rex ryan as his offensive coordinator with the ravens. it's no shock he's got rex's back. after the loss last night, he said rex, quote, was the head coach of that team last year whether you guys know it or not. i wonder what john harbaugh thinks. rex must have enjoyed coaching the ravens defense much more tha

beckett then goes to wieters and double play ball. the red sox go on to win. score was 4-0. >>> earlier in the week it was the super swimsuit that beat michael phelps, but michael said nothing wrong with my suit. after his opponent offered to buy him one of his own so he didn't have any excuses, would michael's suit be fine in the 100 meter butterfly? let's find out. >> we thought michael would be 23.5, he was 23.3, and here he comes. phelps beginning to creep up on the leader. he's got some work left here. five meters left. phelps stretching to the wall. >> he did it. >> yes. unbelievable! a new world record for phelps. >> yes, michael becomes the first swimmer to break the 50 seconds in the 100 meter fly and says it's the man, not the suit. >>> now, speaking of hometown heroes, there may be one in the making. steven bumbry just recently got signed by the iron birds. so i went up to aberdeen to see how he's doing. when you think of hometown boy done gone, the name ripken may come to mind. but we're talking steven bumbry. as a kid, he played in major league lo

bottom 7, matt wieters, going the other way. just a second home run of august. fifth of his career. the o's led 4-2. it was 4-3 in the 9th. jim johnson gets the first 2 outs. but not the 3rd. andy marte, deep to left. nolan reimold does not get a good jump on it. 2-run shot, the o's lose 5-4. jason berken pitches tomorrow. >>> mark clayton won't play tomorrow night in south carolina. he is practicing after hurting his hamstring, but the ravens don't want to risk anything. >>> graham ganoe, a 47-yarder monday night, wide right. he is now one of three in the preseason. stephen hauschka, is a perfect 3-3. but matt stover is still out there. and john harbaugh knows it. >> in the equation. and yes, that we're prepared to go with one of the two guys we have now. [ laughter ] we don't know. you know. we're hopeful. and i think it's fair to say that everybody that is a ravens fan should be hopeful that one of these two guys can do it. >> he is a legend around here. you can't say enough what he has done. i think they want somebody else to come in and do it all. but, you know, if they don't f

. >>> the orioles have traded catcher gregg zaun to the tampa bay rays clearing the way for matt wieters to take over on the plate. tonight it was berken leading to a win over the bluejays. it was berken's first win since may 26th, and only the orioles' 6th game in 21 games since the all star break. >>> you may recall ravens' derrick mason retired, and after a lot of thought and phone calls from his teammates, he decided to come out of retirement. but he was a little disappointed with the reception he got. here is what he had to say on sunday. >> it really felt good. i was really looking for the marching band. i got to get with kevin. either that or girl scouts come on down and cheer me on the next, i don't know. >> despite the lack of pomp and circumstance, he is at practice every day, which is a good thing, because today he got his band and his girl scouts. members of troupe 1594 came out to camp today with their recorders and gave mason a great welcome back. >> i was surprised. but it was a good surprise. for me. you know, i asked for a marching band, asked for the girl scouts and the

matt wieters drove in luke scott bringing the orioles to within 2 runs, but the a's would add to theiread in the 9th and go on to win 6-3. >>> now to a video game franchise known for mimicking real life. but the latest installment of sims computer game is taking on a highly controversial topic. the new sims 3 life simulation game is sending shock waives through the gaming world. for the first time, the game allows same sex couples to go beyond civil unions. gamers do what most gay couples are prohibited from doing in real life. they can get married and adopt children. electronic arts has sold more than 100 million units worldwide in the last nine years. translating the sims game into 22 languages. conservative critics accuse the company of using its reach to impose a gay agenda on young players. >> what we're seeing is a consistent theme in entertainment media so that they can indoctrinate young people. so that when the young people get a little older, they'll be supportive of the gay agenda and be more used to it. >> reporter: an abc 2 news poll from april shows 49% of americans are i

matt wieters goes down swinging. win 2-1 that i play again tomorrow night at 8. >>> and finally, over the weekend, a pretty touching time as nick adenhart was honored in maryland. they named a little league field after him. pretty school stuff there. so nick adenhart was killed tragically a few months back by a drunk driver. they named the little league complex after him. a nice touch there. >> that is. >> friends and family. >>> i was thinking for the o's, the honeymoon has been over for a listening time. but for you, my friend, i hope it continues. for years to come. >> i got the ring. i will say the honeymoon, the wedding, what a great three weeks of my life. >> as it should be. >> i'm a happily married man now. i'm going to hold on to that as long as i can. >> congratulations, mr. pringle. >> are we running out of time, out of time, oliver? >> you're always doing it. now i need it. yeah, i'm glad to be back. >> we'll be back in a moment. >> watch abc 2 news any time on channel 1 with comcast on demand. >>> heat i

bringing home the tieing run with huff and then, you can see, wieters hits a double eventually to go ahead and the orioles go on to win 7-5. it's their first win and it's in a series opener from june 26th. >> but who's counting, right. >> yeah. >>> the battle of the birds continues today. it's masn on wjz. see it at 1:00 on wjz-13. >>> up next on eyewitness news saturday morning. >> reporter: i'm lex democratic national committee -- i'm alex >>> here's the forecast today, it's not bad, clouds and some sunshine. we'll be dry mostly and 85 for the high and look at tomorrow. up into the 90s. 97 on monday and 93 tuesday and this could be the hottest streak so far this season. >>> wow, it's worth a small pilot project and now, efforts to save oyster is stepping out. >> reporter: heading upstream from the seven river bridge, there's a car go of shells each holding the brown spots of baby oysters, 9 billion of them and a fraction of the half billion going into the rivers this summer. >> exceeding the oysters planted last year. and now, the question is, how do we link the restoration efforts

there's four rookies in the starting rotation and a rookie starting catcher matt wieters. zaun serves as a backup and a mentor and enjoys working with him. >> it's rewarding for me. i know my role is not what it once was on a team, but it's gratifying for me to see the lightbulb come on in their head when they carry things we talk about on the feel and have success, it's like a coach at this point. >> he tells me he wants to be a major league manager when he's done. he was ejected for argues, getting in his practice i guess. >>> guthrie has to keep the ball many the park and allows the most homeruns this season. jackson starts for the first place tigers on masn hd. wild scene in l.a. hit by a pitch. that was retaliation for the brewers hitting manny ramirez. in a bizarre scene, going to the dodgers clubhouse and wants to get in there to confront him. guards keep him from entering. they would all head back to their own locker room without incident. >>> let's talk football. i spoke to rice back for his second season, he appears to be the number-one running back. but his plac

matt wieters took control of the everyday work behind home plate. a bit of an upside to this move. he jumped to third place with tampa. i am gerry sandusky. i hope your weekend is off to a fantastic start. >> a version of a real american hero battles for screen time with a chef. this is all part of the box office preview. >> i am going to try to flip this over. it is a rather daring thing to do. >> meryl streep brings in julia child's back to life in the movie pop-up "and jul" julie an" it is rated pg-13. summer may be winding down, but the action movies are still breaking out. g.i. joe, the rise of coper is coming to the silver screen. -- rise of cobra is coming to the silver screen. it is rated pg-13. >> the most gorgeous of dead end i ever made. >> "a perfect getaway" focuses on the honeymooners in hawaii. a murderer is on their trail. they join other hikers who may have bad intentions. it is rated r. >> interesting. >> what is he doing? >> i am going to die. >> the iraq war drama " the hur tlocker" opens. soldier may turn against soldier. only five weeks left until they can go

matt wieter took in everyday work behind home plate. but now gregg zaun will be in third place for tampa. i am gerry sandusky. i hope your weekend is off to a fantastic start. >> an update on breaking news we have been falling out of carroll county. a deadly plane crash. maryland state police joyous as on the phone with more information. what can you tell us about the crash? >> after 7:30 this morning, the troopers responded to the airport southwest of tiny town they arrived they found and aircraft had crashed. there were taken people aboard who were pronounced dead at the scene. they are trying to notify their families of their death. we have notified federal officials who are in route to the sea. the investigation continues. >> we understand this happened in a field near the airport. do we know if the crash occurred during takeoff or the landing? >> the tubers are still interviewing some witnesses in the area. -- the troopers are still interviewing some witnesses as in the area. we do not have an answer to that yet. we just do not kno

wieters and more on wigginton and moehler will round it out.up.   >>> orioles and indians have  split the games in this series. sowers looking for a 6th win on the year and chris tillman for the birds. looking to even up the record. in his induck night. next amber joins us on o's extra!   >>> welcome back to the spe edition of o's extra. the man of the hour. harold baines with teammates cal ripkin they are here for a special event as baines will be inducted into the hall of fame before the game. we're minutes away from the ceremony. and then you are talking about harold baines one word comes to mind. he was in every sense of the word. he spent several stints and when he was a dh here. look at his stats. he came through the early 1990s and then again around 2000, 2001. he was a six-time all star. he batted .301 with 107 homeruns. 378 r.b.i.s. now as far as orioles. and he ranks 4th in slugging, fifth in batting average. many of us remember him pack in 1997 when he came back from a time w

great seats, but going fast. 2-down in the orioles 2nd here is matt wieters,

>> wieters? >> yeah. >> i think wieters has done fine. i think he'll do better next year.hink this year has been a cup of coffee for him. an extended cup of coffee. you know, he's getting to go around the league again. i think he's been a very good student of the game, and his demeanor has been positive. i think he's done very well from where he started. >> minnesota twins have won 10 of the last 15 games against the orioles as you note. the era registers about the same. the batting average, .257 for the orioles, .306 for the twins, but the orioles have out homered the twins. orioles only pay minnesota five times this year. it's tillman against baker. rick's scouting report comes up next. >>> it's going to be chris tillman against scott baker. chris tillman? >> well, for all of you people who love to roll dice. 17 good on the comeout roll, but isn't good after you've got your points. chris tillman has given up seven hits in four of his first five starts of the season. he has only won one of those games so far, so let's see if he can turn the dice around. maybe we'll get 11

. >> a good throw to home plate but no way that wieters can make the tag. >> here's the orioles run. >> markakis continues to swing the bat well. 2 hits to game and doubles to right center field and scores the orioles only run of the game. >> the 9th inning the orioles got the first 2 on, on a single and walk. fundes is closer coming on. the orioles were trying to make it back-to-back wins have won consecutive games back to back wins only once since the all- star break. 8 and 20 since the break. in 28 games since the all-star break the orioles put wins together back-to-back only once. lackey gets the win. matusz the loss and fuentes the save. let's head back to the broadcast booth. jim, when you look at the pitching matchup you saw the difference that the experience can do, because john lackey was able to navigate through jams and there was one bad inning but enough damage was done. >> it was. the one thing, a lot of times if you have a bad inning and pitching again someone with 98, 99 lifetime win, thats the difference between winning and losing. the only thing that concerned me he

you're kind of mentoring matt wieters. know you take very seriously. >> no, absolutely, i'm honored that they think of me for that. it's something that they talked it me initially when i signed during the off-season and something i was ready to embrace, i'm glad the opportunity has now presented itself, and he's going to be good. he's going to be real good, and there's a lot of things to learn about catching and he was rushed to get here. he got here in a hurry, that's because he's so talented, but there's going to be some things to learn. we've talked about a couple things already, but i'm going to be open, if he has any questions at the same point, but it's when we're, anything i can do to help him get better quicker, i didn't necessarily always have those guys, and because i'm not trying to take his position by any means. that one's clear. i know my role here, there's no questions about that. i'm grateful to have this job and if that's the biggest thing they want me to do, i'm happy to do it. >> tell us about your hit.

let's go back down to the metrodome where mark is talking with matt wieters. >> reporter: that's theu want to be in, right with the winning run on base. >> that's right. wile just try to get it next time. >> mark: you hit a ball real hard with a runner on. you slapped your hands there. were you just mad you couldn't get that runner home? >> it was just one of those you hit hard, and anytime you hit a ball hard, you're going to be happy, but it would have been nice to sort of get that one up a little bit, and get tillman off the hook, because he threw a heck of game for us today. i haven't chris got some help from some double-plays, and walked off filed with just one run. what did you think of him? >> i thought he did a great job. he was down in the zone and locates well. he was able to work all three pitches today, and he got some tough goes out in tough situations. anytime you can get double- plays and limit his pitch count, that's going to help the long run. he just had a change-up. it should have been blocked. but we just couldn't score enough runs today. >> matt wieters talking w

jim hunter and buck martin lez talk with dave trembley and matt wieters.verizon wireless. when we come back, former manager hank peters will join us in studio. that comes up on o's extra pregame right here on masn. >>> the orioles played at memorial stadium, and rick dempsey was a big part of that, and he has put together a poem on memorial stadium. >> she's the lady in red, she is baltimore's best, and many a great one from come from her nest. she gave birth to a thousand, adopted a few, by the way that she loved them, nobody knew. it was brookie is frank and boger by name, there was palmer, mcialy, and blade. tip by and scott, stanhouse is scott. there was gary and lowe, richey and singe, gus and the crow. the dipper and doug, another name dow, and the last one to great great her, the iron man cal. she made earl her general, rip senior the sarge, and they led her children on a perilous charge. when bats had ended, there stood the lady in all of her pride. she's gray now and tired, and goes to lay down, with the pennants god gave her to wear as her crown.