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take a look at the speed of bonifacio. johnson is aware of that, but the throw was in the dirt and fortunately bonifacio never picked up on where the ball was. but now you have to keep him clots at first. >> jim: and the winning run is on with one down and the dangerous hanley ramirez who is 2-4, including a grand slam. the official scorer has still not yet posted the scoring on that play, but nonetheless, bonifacio is on. >> buck: it has got to be a base hit. there is no chance to make a play on it. i don't think you can charge johnson or aubrey huff with an error. >> jim: there is a strike at the knees. bonifacio on the bases. 12-17. >> buck: remember, gaughan is -- zaun is in the game now as matt wieters was pinch hit for and so he is back behind the plate. >> jim: 6-6, the bottom of the ninth. ground ball slowly hit to second. roberts goes to second. out there and just in time. brian roberts with a smart play and maybe a gamble with bonifacio running. gonzales is going to come out to argue. >> buck: well, the advantage
take a look at the speed of bonifacio. johnson is aware of that, but the throw was in the dirt and fortunately bonifacio never picked up on where the ball was. but now you have to keep him clots at first. >> jim: and the winning run is on with one down and the dangerous hanley ramirez who is 2-4, including a grand slam. the official scorer has still not yet posted the scoring on that play, but nonetheless, bonifacio is on. >> buck: it has got to be a base hit. there is no chance to...
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bonifacio, 15%. still time for you to text in your vote and have your voice heard a, b or c to 51862 and tom and rick will have results coming up on "o's xtra" post- game. so, here is matt wieters representing the orioles last hope. remember, last night it was two out, nobody on when the rally got going. the differences within the divisions and the quality of the teams in the a. l. east and the n. l. east. the phillies tonight are trailing in tampa 7-1. that game in the ninth inning. the rays have the lead. right now, the marlins with a win would go one game above .500, 37-36. they would be two games out of first place. the phillies game holds and this leede liu -- and this lead holds. red sox meantime are 43-27 in first place in the a. l. east. so, they are 16 above .500. orioles began play as the only team in the east below .500. tampa bay is two above. they're seven outs. one above would be two out. 2-1 on matt wieters. swings through it, 2-2. >> buck: well, dan meyer a strike way from his first p
bonifacio, 15%. still time for you to text in your vote and have your voice heard a, b or c to 51862 and tom and rick will have results coming up on "o's xtra" post- game. so, here is matt wieters representing the orioles last hope. remember, last night it was two out, nobody on when the rally got going. the differences within the divisions and the quality of the teams in the a. l. east and the n. l. east. the phillies tonight are trailing in tampa 7-1. that game in the ninth inning....
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bonifacio and ramirez. they have a couple of jackrabbits who bat ahead of hanley ramirez who is now the number three hitter here after several years of leading off. stammen batting average .265 trying to get that 9.45 e.r.a. down. he has a 3-2 strikeout to walk ratio. in his first -- actually, 2-1, 20 over 10, in his first major league innings. that will help a bouncer to the right side. alberto gonzalez very versatile playing second base tonight. >> rob: give you the pnc bank breakdown on am craig stammen. he has a great road e.r.a. he's amongst the rookie leaders in that category. finishes strong especially against the red sox. three perfect innings. he's got to pitch a little more consistently like the new york yankees and keep the beat. olsen following lannan. it would be nice to see stammen follow those two guys and throw another gem. >> bob: emilio bonifacio with a seven-game hitting streak had a bill big triple last night and a sac fly. continues to hurt the nationals while hurting few other teams in
bonifacio and ramirez. they have a couple of jackrabbits who bat ahead of hanley ramirez who is now the number three hitter here after several years of leading off. stammen batting average .265 trying to get that 9.45 e.r.a. down. he has a 3-2 strikeout to walk ratio. in his first -- actually, 2-1, 20 over 10, in his first major league innings. that will help a bouncer to the right side. alberto gonzalez very versatile playing second base tonight. >> rob: give you the pnc bank breakdown...
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bonifacio looked up. he saw that pie still had it and he -- and he runs all the way to the plate. >> buck: boy, what a mistake. matt wieters digs the ball out of the dirt. never got a good grip on the baseball and throws it into center. look at bonifacio watch this play. he turns around to see what pie is going to do and never stops. pie through the ball -- threw the ball to second and that's costly. look at the indecisive -- he didn't know what to do. last thing you do is hold it. first thing do you is get it back to the infield as quick as possible. credit bonifacio for running with his head up. he had an idea before he ever touched third base that he could score on that ball in center field. >> jim: bonifacio went on a good pitch because the pitch was in the dirt. wieters' throw sailes sailed. the first error charged to wieters and then pie just went to sleep. you cannot hold the baseball in the outfield. you just can't do it. >> buck: it's one of the most explosive base runners in the game. he's got t
bonifacio looked up. he saw that pie still had it and he -- and he runs all the way to the plate. >> buck: boy, what a mistake. matt wieters digs the ball out of the dirt. never got a good grip on the baseball and throws it into center. look at bonifacio watch this play. he turns around to see what pie is going to do and never stops. pie through the ball -- threw the ball to second and that's costly. look at the indecisive -- he didn't know what to do. last thing you do is hold it. first...
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bonifacio make as fine play. he has strong arm. he has enough time to right himself and take aim across the diamond and throw out adam jones, the first out of the inning. bonifacio who has committed 12 errors on the year is playing a fine game defensively. a curve ball for a strike. aubrey is looking to extend the hitting streak to nine in a rojas twice grounded out to first base. ground ball towards third. wide to the bag is bonifacio and he gets up and two men down. >> buck: the complexion of the defense chains dramatically when your pitcher is pounding the strike zone and that is -- this is a team that has committed 29 errors on the infield and tonight they all look like gold glovers because andrew miller is throwing a lot of strikes early. >> jim: miller has walked only one batter and struck out three and just the one base hit by brian roberts to lead off the game that is down and in. 1-0. there is danys baez getting loose. brian bass had been getting loose with the marlins' batting in the sixth. there is a strike on the outsid
bonifacio make as fine play. he has strong arm. he has enough time to right himself and take aim across the diamond and throw out adam jones, the first out of the inning. bonifacio who has committed 12 errors on the year is playing a fine game defensively. a curve ball for a strike. aubrey is looking to extend the hitting streak to nine in a rojas twice grounded out to first base. ground ball towards third. wide to the bag is bonifacio and he gets up and two men down. >> buck: the...
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bonifacio gets to third. pie must get the ball in. bonifacio coming towards the plate! here is the throw. he is safe at the plate! >> rick dempsey, welcome back to the masn studios after the orioles lost to florida marlins. that was not the only play at the plate. it seemd soams like everything was happening at the plate. matt wieters had a night to end all nights there edid. he had a lot of plays out there. nick markakis, you know who tied the record again tonight for eight assists. made a great play at home plate. earlier on, luke scott had an opportunity to hit the relay man and the orioles lose another run right here. you can just see a nice, little slow hop, skip and jump to the relay manned and -- man and the throw to home plate was not in time and not opt mark for wieters to make the day. here, another ?oot right field. there's a little short. nick markakis now, you just don't want to run on nick markakis. you can trust that he's always going to give you the best effort of any outfielder in the game. always good throws. always in the play all the time anticipatin
bonifacio gets to third. pie must get the ball in. bonifacio coming towards the plate! here is the throw. he is safe at the plate! >> rick dempsey, welcome back to the masn studios after the orioles lost to florida marlins. that was not the only play at the plate. it seemd soams like everything was happening at the plate. matt wieters had a night to end all nights there edid. he had a lot of plays out there. nick markakis, you know who tied the record again tonight for eight assists. made...
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here is bonifacio leading off against brian bass. >> buck: and some of them twice. >> jim: bonifacio, and he has been on base twice, an infield hit and he reached on a fielder's choice in which he drove in a run. ball three. z. now, this is the guy you don't want to walk because he rarely walks. he has struck out 61 times on the year. he has walked only 19, and he is a very fast base runner. and there's a four-pitch walk. marty didn't like -- marty foster didn't like that pitch. so the lead-run is on here in the 12th. here is hanley ramirez. >> buck: back in the seventh inning with the bases loaded, he connects off of danys baez, a grand slam, his second of his career, and that was part of a five-run seventh inning that catapulted the marlins to a 6-1 lead and it looked like the game was over and done with at that point. not so. >> jim: here is hanley ramirez. a dangerous hitter. if bonifacio tries to steal second base, if he is successful, that would take the bat out of the hands of rairmentdz because they would simply walk ramirez. we'll see what fredi gonzalez does. >> buck: if he
here is bonifacio leading off against brian bass. >> buck: and some of them twice. >> jim: bonifacio, and he has been on base twice, an infield hit and he reached on a fielder's choice in which he drove in a run. ball three. z. now, this is the guy you don't want to walk because he rarely walks. he has struck out 61 times on the year. he has walked only 19, and he is a very fast base runner. and there's a four-pitch walk. marty didn't like -- marty foster didn't like that pitch. so...
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bonifacio is safe as the ball @gets away from huff! coghlan goes to third. bonifacio to second. they will hoap hold the runners there. boe porter -- bow porter all the -- bo porter down at third base holds up coghlan. >> buck: lots to play from third base. this gives you a good angle it. bonifacio runs well he looks one time at second and sails the ball to the glove side of aubrey huff. huff trying to maintain contact. expected to be abeto sthrechened -- stretch and catch this ball. it goes off the end his glove down the right-field line. >> jim: so, the wide throw leading to the runner reaching. we'll see how they score it. florida now second and third and nobody out. again, there are the miscues that can come back to hurt you. check swing. he went too far on that pitch that dipped down and away and strike one to ramirez. >> buck: hanley ramirez, the marlins shortstop leads the national league in batting average runners in scoring position in season. he's hit .329 for the year, 10 homers, 40 rbi's, 85 hits and he leads the national league in voting at the shortstop pos
bonifacio is safe as the ball @gets away from huff! coghlan goes to third. bonifacio to second. they will hoap hold the runners there. boe porter -- bow porter all the -- bo porter down at third base holds up coghlan. >> buck: lots to play from third base. this gives you a good angle it. bonifacio runs well he looks one time at second and sails the ball to the glove side of aubrey huff. huff trying to maintain contact. expected to be abeto sthrechened -- stretch and catch this...
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. >> jim: andino quickly gets across to get bonifacio. two men down. >> buck: koji uehara is scheduled to pitch on sunday. there you see the rest of the schedule. on masn 2 tomorrow as we wrap up this three-game series in south florida against the marlins and back home against the nationals friday, saturday and sunday. friday and saturday on masn hd and masn 2. both games start rat 7:00. sunday, masn hd and wjz and dc 50. monday, the red sox back into the american league play as interleague play will be over. >> jim: this weekend, we will once again combine our masn crews. bob carpenter and rob dibble will join us at camden yards. two outs, nobody on. ramirez up. takes ball one. there's a strike. berken has allowed three runs, two earned, one unearned. marlins have four hits. orioles have four hits. berken has hurt himself. two walks, each have scored. hanley ramirez now has a six- game hitting streak. he has the best average in the national league with runners in scoring position. he came up in the first with two in scoring position and
. >> jim: andino quickly gets across to get bonifacio. two men down. >> buck: koji uehara is scheduled to pitch on sunday. there you see the rest of the schedule. on masn 2 tomorrow as we wrap up this three-game series in south florida against the marlins and back home against the nationals friday, saturday and sunday. friday and saturday on masn hd and masn 2. both games start rat 7:00. sunday, masn hd and wjz and dc 50. monday, the red sox back into the american league play as...
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here's emilio bonifacio who as we saw in the first week of the season is good as a right- handed batter at hitting the ball the other way. he's going. nieves throw right there. got him! right on the bag, right on the runner's arm and coghlan gone for the second out. you couldn't throw it or place it any better. >> rob: but watch how quickly wil nieves gets up and just one fired strike right to the bag. beautiful. watch how he just gets up, doesn't try to shake off the mask, just throw it, great tag by anderson hernandez, right down on the bag. >> bob: two outs, bonifacio shows bunt once again. >> rob: they teach catchers to throw from the ear. you don't reach behind you like a pitcher. you have to come right up to your ear and just fire. as quick motion as you can possibly do. olsen got him the ball really
here's emilio bonifacio who as we saw in the first week of the season is good as a right- handed batter at hitting the ball the other way. he's going. nieves throw right there. got him! right on the bag, right on the runner's arm and coghlan gone for the second out. you couldn't throw it or place it any better. >> rob: but watch how quickly wil nieves gets up and just one fired strike right to the bag. beautiful. watch how he just gets up, doesn't try to shake off the mask, just throw it,...
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bonifacio, ramirez, cantu in the fourth. against uehara. bonifacio saw three pitches and struck out his first at-bat. he bunts at it and fouls it off. >> buck: bonifacio, as you mentioned, jim, has had a tough time getting on base and i think that is a real concern for this ball club. they like to talk about his speed and athleticism but it is negated by the fact to get on base. >> jim: high pop-up, andino is over and he has the play. one away. the other alarming thing for the marlins, buck, is the lack of power for the third baseman. gonzales has two home runs total from his third baseman all year. >> buck: it is a difficult position to be in when you're trying to get power at the corners. they have cantu over at first who has nine home runs, and he has been a big home run guy in the past, but they're just trying to figure out where to play bonifacio. their power on the infield comes from their second baseman dan uggla and this guy. he is not too shabby either, although he recently just had a 100 at-bat streak of no home runs. that was sna
bonifacio, ramirez, cantu in the fourth. against uehara. bonifacio saw three pitches and struck out his first at-bat. he bunts at it and fouls it off. >> buck: bonifacio, as you mentioned, jim, has had a tough time getting on base and i think that is a real concern for this ball club. they like to talk about his speed and athleticism but it is negated by the fact to get on base. >> jim: high pop-up, andino is over and he has the play. one away. the other alarming thing for the...
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bonifacio will stop at second base. reimold plays it back in and jorge cantu has his second hit tonight. two singles in the inning first and second, one down. >> buck: cantu gets out of that front foot. that looks like another splitter. it kind of stayed up. he's able to one hand it into left field. kind of drops the hit on it as it was out away from him and just use that had bottom hand to drive it into left field. >> jim: bonifacio at second. cantu at first with only one out. dan uggla, single, two-run home run. he's scored twice. 2-3 overall. orioles fly home after the game get in in the wee hours and fly home after the nationalities. night games friday and saturday and the day game and the finale on sunday. then, that will do it for the interleague play for the year. it's not a very long home stand. orioles have a long road trip after that because the nats are in for three and the red sox are in for three and then the orioles have to head to the west coast. ground ball towards third. mora plays the hop. goes to seco
bonifacio will stop at second base. reimold plays it back in and jorge cantu has his second hit tonight. two singles in the inning first and second, one down. >> buck: cantu gets out of that front foot. that looks like another splitter. it kind of stayed up. he's able to one hand it into left field. kind of drops the hit on it as it was out away from him and just use that had bottom hand to drive it into left field. >> jim: bonifacio at second. cantu at first with only one out. dan...
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bonifacio shows bunt. he takes a strike. the other thing that rich hill has done a very good job of this year is keeping the ball in the ballpark. he's allowed over his first seven starts just one home run and that was by ryan zimmerman of the nationals in the interleague series in dc. ryan zimmerman hits home runs against against a lost guys. that's the only home run he allowed all year. >> buck: yeah, it was a two-run home run in spacious nats park. other than that, he hasn't given up too many long, fly balls. >> jim: bonifacio swings through it. he's counsel on -- down on strikes. back-to-back k's. for the first time tonight, let's head downstairs and welcome in amber. >> a lot happening with koji uehara. we told you last night he's experiencing soreness in his elbow. toofs it had determined -- today, it was determined when he goes home to the orioles, he will see the team dr. he will examine him and determine whether he's healthy enough to make the scheduled start sunday against the nationals f he is not, most likely it
bonifacio shows bunt. he takes a strike. the other thing that rich hill has done a very good job of this year is keeping the ball in the ballpark. he's allowed over his first seven starts just one home run and that was by ryan zimmerman of the nationals in the interleague series in dc. ryan zimmerman hits home runs against against a lost guys. that's the only home run he allowed all year. >> buck: yeah, it was a two-run home run in spacious nats park. other than that, he hasn't given up...
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one away. >> buck: bonifacio is a second baseman. he's playing third base because uggla is the second baseman. cantu makes the play. cantu himself also a second baseman. there are four second basemen defensively on the field for florida marlins. uggla, cantu, bonifacio and the left fielder chris coghlan. >> jim: with uggla, the others don't have a chance at second base unless it's a day off. here is luke scott. fouls it off. >> buck: luke scott had one of the big hits in the ninth inning last night. he came off the bench and delivered a base hit up the middle. it was part of the five straight singles in the ninth tied up. >> jim: high pop-up. foul ground near the oriole dugout. the catcher baker is there. he's got it for the out. there are two quick outs here in the second inning. nolasco, 26 years old. he's in his fourth season and, buck, it's been an unusual start when you consider the quality of his right arm because he had a very good rookie season in 2006. then, he had an injury-plagued season in 2007. last year, won 15 games. d
one away. >> buck: bonifacio is a second baseman. he's playing third base because uggla is the second baseman. cantu makes the play. cantu himself also a second baseman. there are four second basemen defensively on the field for florida marlins. uggla, cantu, bonifacio and the left fielder chris coghlan. >> jim: with uggla, the others don't have a chance at second base unless it's a day off. here is luke scott. fouls it off. >> buck: luke scott had one of the big hits in the...
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bonifacio battling. a long throw, safe at first base! another close play and this one goes the way of the runner. that will be an infield hit for felix pie. >> buck: you picked up on it. bonifacio playing in his home ballpark. that bouncing ball gets in nice. watch how he's trying to look around the lights. actually plays the ball off to the side. pie extends that leg out, steps on the bag before the ball is in the glove of the first baseman. see how he plays around that game because of that ball being caught in the lights high above the first base dugout. >> jim: here is gregg zaun pinch-hit for roberts at an at- bat. slice it is down the line. it's out of play. i understand we are having transmission problems once again from florida. so, we are heard but not seen at the moment. zaun will probably start tomorrow night. so, dave trembley gets him in here tomorrow night to get an at-bat. even though there was a day off on monday, wieters has caught four straight games. slicing down the left-field line. that ball is headed for the corner a
bonifacio battling. a long throw, safe at first base! another close play and this one goes the way of the runner. that will be an infield hit for felix pie. >> buck: you picked up on it. bonifacio playing in his home ballpark. that bouncing ball gets in nice. watch how he's trying to look around the lights. actually plays the ball off to the side. pie extends that leg out, steps on the bag before the ball is in the glove of the first baseman. see how he plays around that game because of...
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and he gets a base hit off the glove of bonifacio. josh willingham is 2 for 2. >> rob: one too many from nolasco. very good at-bat by josh willingham. >> bob: who is now batting .288. >> rob: here's a front door breaking ball. he's all over it. bonifacio has 13 errors, probably mostly throwing. he can't come up with the ball. >> bob: here's anderson hernandez who bounced back to the pitcher first time. when ricky nolasco took a buzz saw to his bat. >> rob: he dropped down on that one. he's got a lot of pitches this nolasco kid. when we saw him earlier in the year he was throwing like this. he's got some good stuff. i think we got to him later in the game. >> bob: well, six innings. the nats, remember, the nats were having their pitching nightmares with the bullpen. then he pitched in washington, and in four innings gave up seven hits but only two runs. the marlins eventually came from behind to win that game. one of those heartbreaking losses. the nats bullpen gave up that first weekend 3-2. and a fastball up. >> rob: we've talked to
and he gets a base hit off the glove of bonifacio. josh willingham is 2 for 2. >> rob: one too many from nolasco. very good at-bat by josh willingham. >> bob: who is now batting .288. >> rob: here's a front door breaking ball. he's all over it. bonifacio has 13 errors, probably mostly throwing. he can't come up with the ball. >> bob: here's anderson hernandez who bounced back to the pitcher first time. when ricky nolasco took a buzz saw to his bat. >> rob: he...
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coghlan, bonifacio and ramirez. happenry ramirez leading the marlins, 83 hits, 42 runs scored and 21 doubles. jorge cantu, jeremy hermida, cody ross, john baker and andrew miller. >> buck: now it is time for the pnc scouting report for uehara. a fastball leads the way. he has a variety of pitches, but it is all about the fastball. he doesn't give up any walks. he has four walk-free starts in 11 starts this year. a cool night here in miami. it might be good results for koji uehara. everybody is a little anxious whenever that thermometer gets up over 90 degrees. it is a cool night relative to what it has been down here in south florida. >> jim: yesterday it got up to 98 degrees in miami. the sun was out the ma majority of the day and there's why it got that warm an was very muggy. when the front went through here about three hours ago, it took some of that weather with it. coghlan, 24 years old. he is a rookie. koji misses inside, 2-1. there is the game-time temperatures, buck, for koji uehara's starts. >> buck: he ha
coghlan, bonifacio and ramirez. happenry ramirez leading the marlins, 83 hits, 42 runs scored and 21 doubles. jorge cantu, jeremy hermida, cody ross, john baker and andrew miller. >> buck: now it is time for the pnc scouting report for uehara. a fastball leads the way. he has a variety of pitches, but it is all about the fastball. he doesn't give up any walks. he has four walk-free starts in 11 starts this year. a cool night here in miami. it might be good results for koji uehara....
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here's bonifacio. they've got great speed. they could squeeze a run home here even with the infield in. that's how fast these two guys are. bonifacio swinging at a pitch away and fouling it straight back. he is hard to strike out, or at least he should be. his numbers this year indicate otherwise, as rob mentioned earlier, more strikeouts. 64, than anybody on the marlins. so unless he gets himself out of control here, he should put the ball in play. and you have to play the infield in. that's good fastball, outside corner. that's one of the best fastballs ron villone's thrown this year. >> rob: looked even harder with the good off-speed change-up that he threw. then he speeds it up to 89. wil nieves has to block this ball if it's down in the dirt. that's his job. villone has got to throw it. >> bob: he turns one over and goes up and away. that one had some severe sink and run on it. >> rob: i think he change the grip on the ball. he threw a fastball, but sometimes you make it run away from the hitter right there. maybe a two-s
here's bonifacio. they've got great speed. they could squeeze a run home here even with the infield in. that's how fast these two guys are. bonifacio swinging at a pitch away and fouling it straight back. he is hard to strike out, or at least he should be. his numbers this year indicate otherwise, as rob mentioned earlier, more strikeouts. 64, than anybody on the marlins. so unless he gets himself out of control here, he should put the ball in play. and you have to play the infield in. that's...
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bonifacio slices to right. markakis is there. one down in the florida fifth. covering the bases tonight with rich hill and one of the things we were curious about, we asked him what was one of his most interesting jobs other than baseball. >> i don't know if i should be saying this, but i sold perfume, men's cologne at the filene's in massachusetts at the mall. my first offseason as a professional baseball player. >> do you have a favorite scent? >> i don't know. i'm pretty good at it though actually. that's awful. >> jim: now, if you're looking for cologne and go to the filene's in massachusetts, you see this 6'5" guy, do you have confidence he understands what he's doing? >> buck: i appreciate his honesty. he could have kept that story to himself. you know what? early in your career, a lot of players worked in the offseason just to get through the wintertime. he came out of university of michigan and was drafted. and then went into play pro
bonifacio slices to right. markakis is there. one down in the florida fifth. covering the bases tonight with rich hill and one of the things we were curious about, we asked him what was one of his most interesting jobs other than baseball. >> i don't know if i should be saying this, but i sold perfume, men's cologne at the filene's in massachusetts at the mall. my first offseason as a professional baseball player. >> do you have a favorite scent? >> i don't know. i'm pretty...
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here is the 0-2 as bonifacio is protecting to stay alive. koji uehara behind the mound. he has been doing this after almost every pitch, almost to catch his breath. 0-2 the count. uehara deals, ground ball right back to uehara, back to first and a double play! and uehara gets out of it on the 1-2-3 double play on a hard smash right back to the pitcher. wieters in the middle, and uehara works out of it! we've got a ton of stuff we've gotta pay for. and a few things we want to pay for. on top of it all, we're still trying to put away some money for the future. with the wish list, we can save up for anything we want. and still have enough to cover the day-t0-day. plus, the savings engine helps our money grow. and that's something we need and want. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. >>> on saturday, the first 15,000 fans 15 and over receive a batting practice jersey of nick markakis presented by real street staffing. fans are invited to stay after the game for american classics movie night presente
here is the 0-2 as bonifacio is protecting to stay alive. koji uehara behind the mound. he has been doing this after almost every pitch, almost to catch his breath. 0-2 the count. uehara deals, ground ball right back to uehara, back to first and a double play! and uehara gets out of it on the 1-2-3 double play on a hard smash right back to the pitcher. wieters in the middle, and uehara works out of it! we've got a ton of stuff we've gotta pay for. and a few things we want to pay for. on top of...
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. >> jim: low, 3-2 ton bonifacio. ground ball, base hit, left field.
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. >> bob: bonifacio to his left. he gets nieves. >> rob: can you imagine having enough money to leave a million dollar check on the wall? >> bob: that's ricky. >> rob: that's impressive. i heard a story once he got on a bus and somebody said, ricky, you don't have to sit in the back. you have ten newer this game. he said, i don't have no tenure. i've been in this game 21 years. craig stammen, he does have two hits this year, does not have a major league rbi. elijah dukes, good speed, scoring position. hermida can play very shallow in right. i'm surprised he's playing as deepd deep as he is because he has a good arm. cody ross has a good arm in center. we don't know much about chris coghlan coghlan just left, the left fielder. haven't seen much of him. >> rob: this has been one of the things west has to work on. 18 walks in less than 40 innings pitched coming into tonight. of those 18, a lot of them have scored on those home runs. allowed 42 pitches -- he doesn't give up a lot of hits. hits those fly balls. he walked
. >> bob: bonifacio to his left. he gets nieves. >> rob: can you imagine having enough money to leave a million dollar check on the wall? >> bob: that's ricky. >> rob: that's impressive. i heard a story once he got on a bus and somebody said, ricky, you don't have to sit in the back. you have ten newer this game. he said, i don't have no tenure. i've been in this game 21 years. craig stammen, he does have two hits this year, does not have a major league rbi. elijah...
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ramirez and bonifacio had good nights for the florida marlins, they win by a score of 4-2. so close and yet so far. >> all 'boils down to hitting. we just hadn't sustained an offense tonight. >> scott olsen pitched pretty good. >> he really did. he threw 66 strikes, mixed his curveballs and fastballs up. he averaged 13 pitches per inning. when he left he had thrown five straight games that he had 20 pitches plus per inning. it was taking him too long to get to that out pitch, but tonight he was very effective, very efficient and did a heck of a job for us. >> let's go back down to the stadium down in florida. bob carpenter and rob dibble are there. i can hear you. scott olsen, wasn't that funny, scott olsen -- >> live television, johnny. >> don't you love it. scott olsen really did a heck of a job tonight. >> yeah, if the nationals get what they got out of scott olsen down the road on a regular basis, we're in for something special. you could not have asked other than a shut-out for much more than what he did tonight. >> and he went out there and he showed why the washingto
ramirez and bonifacio had good nights for the florida marlins, they win by a score of 4-2. so close and yet so far. >> all 'boils down to hitting. we just hadn't sustained an offense tonight. >> scott olsen pitched pretty good. >> he really did. he threw 66 strikes, mixed his curveballs and fastballs up. he averaged 13 pitches per inning. when he left he had thrown five straight games that he had 20 pitches plus per inning. it was taking him too long to get to that out pitch,...
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jason berken walked the leadoff man as bonifacio reached on an error. hanley ramirez then drove in two. ball one to jeremy hermida. hermida bounced into a double play his first at-bat. -- at-bat. he's now 0-10. this is the second game against the orioles. they will conclude their interleague play this weekend in tampa against the rays. breaking ball for a strike. the second time through the lineup has been the most efficient and consistent for berken in his previous five starts. the batting average, buck, against berken the second time, .225. it was .279 the first time. then, it jumps up to .417 the third time. >> buck: i think the first time through drd -- the first time through the order, he's trying to get con troafl his emotion. you have to remember these younger pitchers are just getting their first taste of big league babe. there will be all kinds of emotional hills and valleys they have to deal with. we've seen all of them. none are intimidated by the big leagues by any means. they've been very good in their composure. you have to control your em
jason berken walked the leadoff man as bonifacio reached on an error. hanley ramirez then drove in two. ball one to jeremy hermida. hermida bounced into a double play his first at-bat. -- at-bat. he's now 0-10. this is the second game against the orioles. they will conclude their interleague play this weekend in tampa against the rays. breaking ball for a strike. the second time through the lineup has been the most efficient and consistent for berken in his previous five starts. the batting...
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>> yeah, it's bonifacio. i try to throw home plate. know make a decision. i try to throw to home plate or second base. but when -- you know, that, mistake, that's my fault. i have to throw for the second base. that's my fault. >> obviously, felix pie had a tough game last night. it seemed like pie had trouble in more ways than one. >> you saw what felix pie said in that interview did he forget who is running. you cannot do that at the major league level. when you take a guy like this and look at him overall, you say what kind of player do we have. he's a player. he has all the talent you want to see in a major league player. he has the power, the speed, ability to hit for average. he has everything you want. he has a good arm. all of those tools put together, but he can't play right now at the major league level. this is where if he's going to be here right now, you take a kid like that off to the side and start to nail him on every little thing that he says and does just like he admitted right now thr i didn't no who was running. can't forget that. all the
>> yeah, it's bonifacio. i try to throw home plate. know make a decision. i try to throw to home plate or second base. but when -- you know, that, mistake, that's my fault. i have to throw for the second base. that's my fault. >> obviously, felix pie had a tough game last night. it seemed like pie had trouble in more ways than one. >> you saw what felix pie said in that interview did he forget who is running. you cannot do that at the major league level. when you take a guy...
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bonifacio was deep at third. sean west has two wins in this his rookie season. he is 1-1 in his starts against the a. l. east. he beat toronto but lost to the yankees. this is his third start in the a. l. east and it will be his last. tampa bay will be hosting florida beginning tomorrow night. the marlins final three interleague games. ground ball towards third goes foul. that looked like an inside-out swing. >> buck: no, that looked like self-defense. [ laughter ] >> jim: come on. work with me here. >> buck: that is in the by design. watch this. get out of there. [ laughter ] that was not an inside-out swing. >> jim: i guarantee it will be as he fouls it back. >> buck: his base hit against the phillies came against the left-hander antonio bastardo, the starter. rich hill had a base hit in his first at-bat in that ballgame. droan drove in a run. >> jim: the count holding 1-2 on rich hill. high fly ball to right. brett carroll has a play now backs up a few steps has it for the outs. rich hill gets some good wood on it and one away. covering the bases tonight with
bonifacio was deep at third. sean west has two wins in this his rookie season. he is 1-1 in his starts against the a. l. east. he beat toronto but lost to the yankees. this is his third start in the a. l. east and it will be his last. tampa bay will be hosting florida beginning tomorrow night. the marlins final three interleague games. ground ball towards third goes foul. that looked like an inside-out swing. >> buck: no, that looked like self-defense. [ laughter ] >> jim: come on....
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facing emilio bonifacio who was a nats killer the first two weeks of the season. in six games against the nationals, he had five rbi's. since then in over two months he only has 14 more. but he is on a six-game hitting streak. that shows you how bad he was going. he's 8 for his last 23, and still batting just .249. he's sixth in the league with 16 stolen bases. as usual, bonn faso pretty good from the right side, but the nats get him there and scott olsen gets two quick outs on ground balls. nationals defensively, now, folks, guess who is not last in the league in defense anymore. the arizona diamondbacks have made 71 errors, the nationals 68. by playing errorless ball for a couple of games in baltimore. there's no question this team is better defensively since willie harris has been playing every day in center field. mix and match the other outfield positions. wil nieves has the plate tonight. all the regulars are out there besides those guys, but for the first time in a long, long time, the nationals do not have the most errors in the national league. >> rob: i
facing emilio bonifacio who was a nats killer the first two weeks of the season. in six games against the nationals, he had five rbi's. since then in over two months he only has 14 more. but he is on a six-game hitting streak. that shows you how bad he was going. he's 8 for his last 23, and still batting just .249. he's sixth in the league with 16 stolen bases. as usual, bonn faso pretty good from the right side, but the nats get him there and scott olsen gets two quick outs on ground balls....
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bonifacio, 18 infield hits this year. that's third in the national league. now, for manny acta for the washington nationals, elijah dukes .284 batting average. runners in scoring position. overall season average at .237. he has nine outfield assists. that's tops in the major leagues, but only 4-32 his last 10 ballgames. look for elijah to hopefully break out of that slump tonight against the marlins. cristian guzman leads off. he'll be at shortstop. nick johnson, the number two hole. then comes ryan zimmerman, adam dunn, josh willingham in right against his former ball club. elijah will be in center field tonight with a .237 average. second base will be handled by alberto gonzalez. wil nieves will be catching and craig stammen on the mound for the nationals with a team batting average of .258. time for nightly notes. we turn to ray knight. when you think about the addition today of nyjer morgan and burnett and you look at morgan's speed and what this will do to the nationals running game once get on base, he's going to drive the pitchers nuts. >> he's going
bonifacio, 18 infield hits this year. that's third in the national league. now, for manny acta for the washington nationals, elijah dukes .284 batting average. runners in scoring position. overall season average at .237. he has nine outfield assists. that's tops in the major leagues, but only 4-32 his last 10 ballgames. look for elijah to hopefully break out of that slump tonight against the marlins. cristian guzman leads off. he'll be at shortstop. nick johnson, the number two hole. then comes...
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then after bonifacio triples to deep center field, ball that willie almost ran down, hanley ramirez hitting .333 coming into this game. one of the best players in all of baseball singles up the middle. nolasco k'd, replay here on the pitch track as he gets a slider down and in to ramirez, cantu chases. seven strikeouts on the night. couldn't pitch much better. glad to have you back and glad that he's healthy. >> take a look at olsen's numbers tonight. gives up six hits, two of the runs were earned. didn't walk anybody. that's amazing for a guy that's been out of the rotation for more than a month. he strikes out seven. five ground outs, eight fly outs, 94 pitches, 66 strikes and 28 balls. >> that is great command. i always look for 70% on the top side strikes. that's a little over 70% there. he just threw his breaking ball very effectively around the plate, his change-up was good. he just pitched, the way we remembered him pitching. as i think bob said, this is a guy that we acquired. this is what we expected. i just think he came into the season either tender from spring training or hurt h
then after bonifacio triples to deep center field, ball that willie almost ran down, hanley ramirez hitting .333 coming into this game. one of the best players in all of baseball singles up the middle. nolasco k'd, replay here on the pitch track as he gets a slider down and in to ramirez, cantu chases. seven strikeouts on the night. couldn't pitch much better. glad to have you back and glad that he's healthy. >> take a look at olsen's numbers tonight. gives up six hits, two of the runs...
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chris coughlin leads off, he'll be in left field, emilio bonifacio at third, then ramirez, cantu will be at first and uggla at second base, ross will be in center field, robs catching, brett carroll will be in right field, and ricky nolasco who has had major success against the nationals, he'll be on the mound tonight. ramirez the guy you've got to keep off the bases. i think you just mentioned, pitch around him. don't even pitch to this guy. >> you've got to pitch one guy tough in the line-up and he's good night that when you look at all the charts, he's just hammered us with 37 rbi's, 15 home runs, steals bases. so you can afford to, with two outs, pitch him tough, let him get on. i'd much rather have a guy on second base with two outs or have him on second base with nobody out. he's a guy i would pick in the line-up not to let beat me, because he's done it so many times. >> debbi taylor moments ago reporting about the rain falling down in florida. and this game may or may not get under way at 7:00. 8:00 now they have projected the starting time tonight. 8:00 for the first pitch in
chris coughlin leads off, he'll be in left field, emilio bonifacio at third, then ramirez, cantu will be at first and uggla at second base, ross will be in center field, robs catching, brett carroll will be in right field, and ricky nolasco who has had major success against the nationals, he'll be on the mound tonight. ramirez the guy you've got to keep off the bases. i think you just mentioned, pitch around him. don't even pitch to this guy. >> you've got to pitch one guy tough in the...
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. >> when brian bass walked the lead-off man in particular afast runner, bonifacio, you're asking for trouble. all you have to do is get the run and the game end ins the bottom of the inning. and luke scott made a strong throw to the plate and gregg zaun did the only thick a catcher can do in that situation, hope you come up with it and tag the base runner all in one motion. unfortunately he couldn't get the ball in there. luke plaid a strong throw, but the lead-off walk and the wild pitch proved costly. >> the orioles battle back and this team has been resilient on the year. you better get the 27 outs. we're going to welcome in the manager dave trembley. a disappointing loss, but what a battle your team made. you have to be really proud of the effort. two outs and nobody on in the ninth inning and somehow they manage to score three runs and tie it. >> we got some big hits off the bench. we got obviously some big two- out hits and, like you said, we played all 27 outs for the first inning innings there and had a chance and extra innings it didn't lap for us. but we played hard and we
. >> when brian bass walked the lead-off man in particular afast runner, bonifacio, you're asking for trouble. all you have to do is get the run and the game end ins the bottom of the inning. and luke scott made a strong throw to the plate and gregg zaun did the only thick a catcher can do in that situation, hope you come up with it and tag the base runner all in one motion. unfortunately he couldn't get the ball in there. luke plaid a strong throw, but the lead-off walk and the wild...