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 rich hill, we asked him about his clubhouse personalities. >> i like to joke around. i do. it's kind of like that comfortlevel getting in there just kind of seeing which way you can go and which way you can -- how far you can i guess push the limits and joke around with some of the guys. >> jim: of course, he's in his first season with the orioles. he has to learn the other personalities. >> buck: absolutely. first thing he wants to do is be a contributor to the baseball effort and then he'll be more comfortable once that happens and falls into place. he's been a nice piece and done a nice job since he joined the club. as jim mentioned earlier, he started the season in the lesion. -- minor leagues. he had problems in spring training. they shut him down for periods of time. he had to rebuild stamina and work his way back from the minor leagues. >> jim: ball two to brian roberts, 2-1. west has averaged abo

he was thrown out easily bring brett carroll. high fly ball to right field, carroll is there and has a play. roberts retired him. one down. brian has one hit tonight and it came in his first at-bat in the first inning. badenhop gets the all-important first out and now nick markakis will bat. nick has an rbi with a zach fly. he has also walked. -- sac fly. he has also walked. fastball is outside, 1-0. the marlins' pitchers have walked five in this game. and amazingly enough, none of the walks have factored in the scoring. 2-0 to markakis, swung on and missed. >> buck: the fastball down around the knees and nick swung right through it. badenhop, he's got the opportunity to pitch out here a few innings. he has pitched as many as five innings in relief this year. >> jim: there is a hard hit ball to right field and a was hit for markakisment yet again the orioles get the go-ahead run on in extra innings. this time with one down on a single by markakis in his first hit of the night. >> buck: he had a sac fly for the first run of the ba

brett carroll, the right fielder, takes one in the dirt. the difference in the division you play in is huge. marlins are one above .500, two games out of first place. they're in third place in the east. phillies have a game and a half lead on the mets and two on the marlins. there's a base hit up the middle by brett carroll. the braves are three below .500. they are only four games out of first place. >> buck: yeah, they are taking it on the chin tonight. yankees are out in front 8-3 after just 3 1/2 innings in atlanta. marlins will go to tampa bay to finish out interleague play this year. josh johnson opens up the series in st. petersburg. >> jim: jeremy hermida pinch- hitting for the pitcher sean west. slice it is to left. reimold back on it. he has it for the out. two men down. hermida going after the first pitch. carroll back to first base and back to the top of the lineup for chris coghlan. >> buck: coghlan doubled in his second at-bat sandwiched by two strikeouts. struck out on the first on a breaking ball and struck out in the fourth

right-field line, brett carroll with the long run. and right at the bullpen barrier for the second out. willie harris still looking for contact. >> rob: 377 home runs, 1518 rbi's, lifetime .290 hitter, .356 on-base percentage over 17 years. won mvp back in 2000. he was special. eight times drove in over 100 runs. >> bob: and those were the numbers, the rbi numbers that evoked comparisons to the great raja as they called him, rogers hornsby. willie harris, two swinging strikeouts tonight. later debbi taylor will tell us about some nationals minor leaguers who have garnered some honors this week. good to know when your minor league guys are the best in their leagues at what they do for a certain period of time. the top three in the order, 0 for 6 tonight. that's high strike. >> bob: now, yesterday in baltimore, jim joyce didn't call a pitch like that a strike all day. so tonight you have a different umpire who is calling the high strike. he tries to stay up there, but he's too high. the nationals first five hitters, 1 for 10 with the zi

here is brett carroll the nment number eight batter. he takes a strike. carroll has played in each game of the series coming on defensively in right field. tonight, he got a start with the orioles starting the left- hander rich hill. check swing. he fouled it off. it's 0-2. orioles in the ninth will have wieters andino and then the pitcher -- pitcher's spot due up. luke scott and aubrey huff available on the bench to pinch- hit. each given the night off. 1-2 as he doesn't chase that pitch off the plate. paulino at second. ross at first with none down. there's another base hit. hard hit ball into left field. paulino goes to third. he'll hold there. so, three hits in the inning. all three hit very hard. >> buck: now the marlins hit total up to 14 as they have really come alive with the bats here. 1-2 pitch. just kind of left it out over the plate. no real good location there. it was up. it was out over the plate, and brett carroll has his second hit including a walk. good night. >> jim: back to the bullpen phone for rick kranitz. here is the pinch-hitter ro

there's brett carroll in right field. he takes over for hermida. here is dan meyer who is looking for his first professional save. majors or minors. >> buck: yep, he has not had a save and obviously been on the d. l. fredi gonzalez the manager of the marlins says he's going to use a combination of guess to close out games. right now, he's called upon dan meyer. meyer worked in the game last night. came in the ballgame in the eighth inning with a man aboard. gave up a base hit to the pinch- hitter oscar salazar, then got brian roberts to hit into a 5-4- 3 double play and struck out nick markakis. >> jim: meyer has finished three games on the year, but they were nonsave situations. if you're going to get a guy in there for his first professional save attempt, having a three-run lead is a good way to do it. the orioles do it in back-to- back games coming about a with three in the ninth inning. ball two. melvin a good night at the plate. a couple of hits and an -- and an rbi. now hit in a couple of straight games. 4-11 last. there's a strike. melvin ta

brett carroll gets a start in right and sean west the pitcher fwats bats nineth -- bats nie ninth. fredi gonzalez has stacked his lineup with right-handed batters against rich hill. coghlan at the plate is the only left-hand batter of the position players. bonifacio, who is on deck, is a switch hitter. he'll bat from the right side. there's a strike as rich hill comes back. 1-1 the count. >> buck: time for the pnc scouting report for rich hill. fastball, curve ball, changeup. he made a great, early adjustment last night owm -- time out against the phillies and had a couple of good at- bats that led to an rbi. might be an asset for him tonight as he'll get chance to hit. >> jim: he even pinch-hit one time in this series because dave trembley ran out of position players. there are the numbers for rich on the year making his eighth start. 1-2, he got him. good curve ball down and away. coghlan down on strikes. one away. >> buck: can throw a lot of striems strikes with his fastball. you're going to see a lot of these ugly swings on his curve ball because nobody can stay back. it's a bi

brett carroll for the second out. it will be lefty-lefty now with meyer and adam dunn. probably a thousand people in the ballpark, the marlins are last in baseball in attendance. they don't turn out here to see one of the more entertaining teams at times. there is in the national league. >> rob: they are a very young and talented group of kids. it's just sad. there's less than 500 people at this game. >> bob: it makes you wonder if a new stadium down here would make any difference. >> rob: i think if you put it downtown, put a roof on it, people would come. >> bob: adam dunn fouls one off. and the marlins are two strikes away from their 7th consecutive win this year over the nats. their 8th in a row in this ballpark overall. the nationals against the east this year, 6-27. and that guy's ball club a big reason for it. breaking ball way outside. you'd love to see willingham get a chance here in the ninth. he wouldn't be facing this pitcher.   >> bob: dunn drills one under the glove of uggla. nick johnson heading for third base. the natio

brett carroll has come on in the game in right field with jeremy hermida, he is no longer in the game. and here is the closer, matt lindstrom on to try to earn the save. >> buck: matt lindstrom picked up his second win of the season back on june 9th against the cardinals and he also had a win against the mets way back back in april. a big arm. the control sometimes a concern. 20 walks, 26 strikeouts, but he has a powerful arm. he throws a fastball, a slider and occasionally will yous a changeup. it is is not very often. it is all about hard and harder for matt lindstrom. >> jim: adam jones leads off. he takes a high fastball. he has pretty good giddyup on that pitch. lindstrom's e.r.a. for a closer, buck, quite high for a closer at 5.72. the orioles need to get two men on to get the tying run to the plate. >> buck: that will work. >> buck: lindstrom has been hit around by right-handers. they have hit .314 against him. >> jim: 1-1 the count. the fastball. lindstrom has really struggled here at home. his e.r.a. at home is 9.37. his e.r.a. on the road, 0.75. asaddam just swung on a pitch

here is brett carroll leading off and he'll get -- hill gets ahead 0-1. florida with two in the second, three in the third and a 5-0 lead. fastball is high. 1-1. carroll starting in right field tonight to get an extra right-handed bat in there. he walked his first at-bat. high pop-up. mora battling the twilight. he finds it and he has it for the out. one down. this is a tough time of night because the lights just beginning to take the full effect on the field, but overhead it's twilight. amber? >> well, jim, i talked to melvin mora about playing in this stadium. remember, he had that error in his first game on that bouncing ground ball. if you look up at the lights behind the marlins dugout right behind the plate on the right side of the lights, they are extremely light compared to the rest of the lights. that's what's been throwing melvin mora off. it's very difficult to play in this stadium that was designed for a football game. disblim. >> jim: and you throw in the time of day it is, and you -- and you see the sky is not yet totally dark, so it's a dou

. >> jim: here is brett carroll batting for the first time. bounced towards short. wigginton, a long throw and he got him. wigginton has looked so smooth at shortstop. he just doesn't look like a shortstop, but he makes the plays. >> buck: you know what? he takes a lot of pride in his ability the play all over the diamond, and because he can do that, he has given himself more opportunities to step in and play. no problem at all. he's got a strong arm. he is comfortable all over the infield. he is probably most comfortable at second base. >> jim: one dunn and here is dan uggla who has had a big night. he was trying to end it there and he swings through the fastball. >> buck: a little tardy. 96 upstairs. tough to catch up on, but he is always a threat, obviously, with the solo home run, 14th on a low splitter off of uehara. that came in the five-run fifth inning and that got it started. >> jim: the fastball backs him away. 1-1 the count on dan uggla. 29 years old now. he was a rule five draft pick from arizona for the 2006 season. the marlins' scouting department did

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 south florida. that means another additional hour scott olsen has to wait for his return to the major leagues after coming off the d.l. >> that's not a bad thing for him. i know he's all fired u