orioles conclude the series tomorrow night against the florida marlins. friday, they open up a series against the nationals friday through sunday and then the red sox come to baltimore. just a reminder when you're not able to watch masn, complete radio coverage on 105.7 the fan and join fred man from a. time for rick dempsey's scouting report on tonight's starters. we'll begin with jason berken. >> well, jason berken was having a june swoon. after a pretty good start in his major league debut and his second ballgame, he had gone into a funk in june. 17 earned runs in 14 innings. he's 0-2 in june so far with a 10.60 e.r.a. that's not like him at all. one thing i've noticed is that sinker was much better in his last game against the new york mets. 6 2/3 innings, he strowktd struck out eight batters. you heard him talk to rick kranitz about how he felt like his windup was just starting to fall into place and he delivered every pitch with the same delivery. i agree with him totally because he had some great sink on that fastball. that's what i'd love to see.

he was a florida marlin. the rookie matt wieters is behind the plate for koji uehara. >> jim: one awe on the ground ball. here is emilio bonifacio. very familiar to masn viewers. last year with the washington nationals. he was traded to the marlins in november as pa part of that big trade, scott olsen and willingham went back to washington, d.c. he swings through and it is 0-2. the problem with bonifacio this year, buck, is he is outstanding on the bases, but he is having trouble getting on base. he can -- you cannot steal first. he's gown on three pitches. there is a strikeout and two away. two straight outs. let's head down stairs and say hell he once again to amber. >> hello. as buck mentioned, caesar izturis is back with the team. he lives in the miami area, so a good opportunity to come over and be evaluated. he did a little bit of running today. he also swung off of a tee, but he told me he is still feeling pretty weak from the a pen deck tom me he received on june 5. he is nervous to get in a full swin

the orioles hosting the florida marlins 7-6. we're going to go right back down to florida where amber theo hair sis standing by with luke scott. take me through the game emotionally. >> i think it is a positive. you look at the character of this team. we're down four runs going into the ninth inning against a tough closer throwing 100 miles per hour and we're able to put up some good at-bats, and we fought back and tied the game, brought it to extra innings, and we went back and forth for a while. but i think what we need to take from this is a positive. we -- and we fought hard and so did they. give them credit because their bullpen did a good job holding us to where we were. and, you know, they hit the ball, you know, when they needed to and they got the right guy on. and, you know, they did a good job. >> luke scott is there and the series continues tomorrow. jason berken pitching against ricky know has co- >> he'll be back on the mound for the o's looking for his second win of the season. he has struggled but he is really st

marlins in south florida in nine tries. thanks for joining us, everybody. final tonight in florida, it's the marlins 4 and the nationals 2.   xxúú ais -- 35 aces in today's win. >> venus williams, ana ivanovic. venus dominating, 5-love first set. she would take the first set 6-1. first game, second set, ivanovic serving, that thigh injury, she has had enough. all done. venus wins in 47 minutes, the walk-over. serena played a full match, only had to play nine minutes more than venus. big two-hand backhand winner against hantuchova. serena wins the first set. 5-1 second set, this is match point for serena. she wins in 56 minutes, 6-4, 6-1. that was live. both williams sisters move on at wimbledon. >> all right, on to baseball, cubs-pirates, pittsburgh, there's lou piniella. ryan they ariot, tom carr, cubs 2-0. to. fourth, milton bradley, he and lou have been in the news lately. but here, bradley is productive, scoring geovany soto. harden was the story for the cubbies, seven innings, 9 ks, one earned run, thro

orioles lose to the florida marlins 5-2. jason berken got in trouble in the beginning of the game. >> you can't walk the first man of the game. that will always come back to haunt you. what's any rule of game? nothing good ever happens after a walk am two walks for berken score on the day. orioles lose 5-2. berk begin no have the that bad a night. he pitched tough tough through parts this have ballgame, but the walk did him in. >> go back and take a look at the highlights from tonight's game. we begin in the first inning because the marlins got on the board quickly in the florida first. hanley ramirez comes through with a two-run sing toll right center field to give the marlins a 2-0 lead. this came after a walk and an error. >> there you go. you see hanley ramirez inside- outs that ball to right field. he's swinging a hot bat driving in a lost runs for the orioles right -- marlins right now. >> a grounder mishandled by emilio bonifacio. brian roberts will score. orioles down 3-1. >> the orioles had this opportunity right fr

ricky nolasco goes tonight for the florida marlins. he has had major success against washington. >> he certainly has. he's a guy that throws hard, fastball. this year he's got a 4-6 record. three games ago he gave up eight runs, then the next game he gave up eight runs, but his last two ballgames he's given up only one run in 12 innings. only walked 18 people in the course of the season, so he's a guy that was a part of that quartet, nolasco, olsen, sanchez and johnson who won at least 10 games back in 2006. >> scott olsen goes tonight for washington. the nationals signed a second baseman out of cal berkeley, he's a big kid. >> we have some video of him here running. he runs really well. talking to mike rizzo, he said he's one of the best runners they scouted. you can never, ever get enough of middle infielders. this kid has played everywhere. we'll excited about getting him signed, the 50th pick in the draft, our first pick in the second round. his father actually played in the seattle farm system. he should be ready to roll when he g

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

it turns out to be sean west who pitched very effective baseball today for the florida marlins. cody ross came in second. dan uggla third. west, six innings, four-hit baseball, did not give up a run. walked three, struck out two. one wild pitch and he led the florida marlins by pitching them to the 11-3 victory over the orioles. that's the story. we'll talk about rich hill when we come back as we continue our coverage of the orioles right here on masn in just a moment. announcer: this is giampaolo. he told us he wanted a laptop with... portability, battery life and power... announcer: for under $1500. we told him you find it, you keep it. this is so sexy. but macs to me are about aesthetics more than they are the computing power. the keyboard is small. that thing is gigantic. it's got four gigs of ram. it's got the processing speed that i need. this laptop has got everything i want. ah! announcer: nice work, g. it's a pc. my budget was $1,500. this computer will do everything that i need. i'm a pc because i'm really picky. >> care first blue cross blue shield cares about our kid

it's the orioles and florida marlins in game three of the three-game series. "o's xtra" on masn brought to you by at&t. your world delivered. o's lost two in a row including last night 5-2 setback. tonight, orioles send rich hill to the mound. marlins send lester sean west to the mound. he's 3-2 with an earned run average of 3.97. hello, everyone. tom davis can rick dempsey in our masn studios a half hour before the orioles take on the marlins in the third and final game of the three-game series. orioles conclude this road trip of interleague play tonight. they are 9-5 against the national league, but 5-15 versus the marlins since it started. they're 1-10 in miami. marlins are on a roll right now. they've had four straight victories hitting .2.77 during the process and they continue to have bad numbers. orioles away from home are 11- 22 on the road this season while hitting only .238 on the road. rick y-do the orioles have so many problems way from camden yards? >> i don't think it's just the orioles. i think a lot of teams have trouble playing on the road. ea

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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. dwleer got off to -- this year, got off to such a tough start he went down for the two games in the minor leagues. >> buck: yeah, he's beenhit around this year. he came off of a very good 15-8 seas

we are in south florida. nationals, marlins. i think the nats owe these guys about six, beaten here, swept here first three games of the season. the marlins came in, did the same thing in d.c., so it's been a mismatch. >> rob: yeah, but i think over the last few weeks it's been proven by the nationals they can play with anybody. you take two out of three from the yankees, two out of three from the blue jays, then they should have taken two out of three from the red sox. they can play with everybody. they have to focus and they need some pay back out there on the field. >> bob: the nats could have won two of those three games in the baltimore series. they did put it all together yesterday. guys pitching to contact, then the defense helped out as well. >> rob: and that play just shows how heads up nick is. he catches the ball, then goes to third base and gets the double play. adam dunn gets all of that pitch. hernandez shouldn't have thrown it, but 19 home runs on the season. john lannan, the team has won four of his last five sta

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he'll get hit hard. >> jim: so, berken on the mound going against ricky nolasco of the florida marlins. brian roberts beginning to heat up again. brian brix brings a five-game hitting streak into game two of the three-game series. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 "the dust might be settling... tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 that's great, but i'm not." tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 "i guess i'm just done with doing nothing, you know?" tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 "oh, i'm not thinking about moving my money. tdd#: 1-800-345-2550 i am moving it." >> jim: orioles baseball masn is brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by bud light. with just the right test that never fills you up. the difference is drinkability. some of the sights of miami. the beautiful city. if you like the outdoors, this is your kind of place as the orioles with fans in attendance here at laidz, -- land shark stadium, dolphin stadium, joe robby stadium. right now land shark stadium. this is the middle game of the three-game series. let's get a look at the southwest airli

it's a 6-0 florida lead. >> buck: the marlins have zeroed in on rich hill tonight. seven hits, five runs, two-run home runs and cantu delivers an rbi double. down and in, not a bad pitch probably out of the strike zone. he's able to keep it fair just in inside the bag. chad fairchild, the third base umpire positioned righted on foul line had a good look at it. dave trembley weighs waiting forconfirmation that mark hendrickson might be ready in that bullpen and matt wieters is out back to fix it up. a couple more pitches here. then, he'll get eight in the game. there's the manager coming out. looks like he's going to make a change. >> jim: he's not yet said no. there he does. so, one left-hander will replace another and a disappointing night for rich hill leaves trailing 6-0 after winning in the first game of the road trip in philadelphia. so, hill leaves. he goes 4 1/3. hendrickson comes on in the fifth. she has the env touch from verizon wireless. the one thing i do not need is a new phone. ok, that's hot. the apps are really cool. you got twitter... "need for spee

how about four in a row in florida tonight.   >> bob: marlins take the small crowd. another cloudy and sometimes rainy day here at land shark stadium in south florida. marlins are 40-39. nats are 22-5 # and trying to win a ballgame here for the first time in a long, long time. the nationals starting lineup brought to you by southwest.com. ryan zimmerman had 14 homers all of last year. he is going to at least double that mark this season. hit a blast here last night. ryan is 9-26 over his last seven games. i wouldn't say the experiment is over with willie harris, but with willie not in the lineup tonight, it's pretty much guzman, johnson, zimmerman and dunn, top four as they had been most of the season. sean west is huge. this kid is 23 years of age. just had a birthday june 15. he's 6'8", 240, a former imen compensation pick, 44th player taken overall back in 2005. >> rob: well, you know, he's a lot like our young starters. he's having a rollercoaster ride of success this season. it will be interesting to see what he features tonight. let's give you the pnc ba

five innings complete now in florida. marlins with a 3-0 lead. commute. ♪ commuté. with a mcdonald's mccafé hot or iced mocha, a better day is possible. or possiblé. here you go. thanks! cubiclé. if you haven't tried a mocha yet, mccafé your day. ♪ ba da ba ba ba it's easy to identify the leaders of tomorrow. they're all around us. which is why pnc created grow up great. a $100 million program that prepares young children for school. and the world they'll inherit.... sooner than you think. pnc. leading the way. >> jim: don't forget the orioles are hosting a series of bainl baseball camps for boys and girls. each summer baseball camp features a four-day instructional program appearances by former and current orioles plus professional instructors and photo op and daily opportunities, daily lunch, giveaways and complimentary orioles tickets. visit orioles.com. click on fan forum to register and get more details. nolasco, with a 3-0 lead going to work on a pinch-hitter. nolan reimold here leading off in the sixth. the night will be done for jason berken after

so a great 1-2-3 inning, the bottom of the fourth against the florida marlins there for scott olsen. >> bob: ricky nolasco having quite a night as well. he has a pitch count that could take him deep into this game. 69 pitches through five. olsen averaging 12 pitches per inning, his first four. here's brett carroll who got one of the big hits of the game. olsen and the nats were cruising along at 2-0 when carroll doubled leading off the third, that gave nolasco the chance to sacrifice. then they had three straight hits. rob: the ast at-bat, guy hit a  came akwith  fastball. very nice. oh, yeah, take something off the breaking ball. haven't seen a lot of change- ups. he's got ñ<ñúñúñúññññúñúñúñúñññ >> bob: saw him o tonight   dontrelle, a.j., dmpster, á rr?&tneó've go  0g0om rrjridpo we just ((ó,( rr> cap o on tha did here as a marlin. ground úú<iring <

florida marlins, fourth best in the national league in offense. >> bob: i had one young nationals pitcher tell me today that he thought he might like pitching in the american league because he wouldn't have to bat. i told him, i said, young man, be careful what you wish for. >> rob: i brought it up last night, i'll bring it up again. seven teams in the american league have over 300 runs scored already. only two in the national league. big disparity in run scoring. >> bob: isringhausen was known for having a killer curveball, in the prime of his career. >> rob: excuse me, .306, the colorado rockies have the third highest total in the national league now. >> bob: elijah dukes 0 for 3. he's popped up three times tonight. the rays are trying to go two games over .500 and eight over here at home. willie harris is next, then austin kearns, here in the ninth. a reminder, the nats are coming home to play the blue jays and the red sox in the next home stand. give a call, order some tickets for toronto and ask them if they have any left for boston. broken bat, base hit center field for dukes. elija

number one, nats will go to florida and knock off the marlins in the doggone eight- game slide they had in miami and a couple of new guys are coming in to join this ball club and we talked about that, didn't we, ray? wouldn't it be nice to get this kid, morgan, playing in our ball club? eye want to relate to the fans about what you said to me. we were walking around the ballpark all year long. we have not commented loot about oppositional players. johnny says have you paid attention to nyjer wilson. he says he flies, he's quick to me. runs almost to the on-deck circle. a kid who has a tremendous amount of energy, johnny. it's ironic you mention that. wouldn't it be nice to have a player hike that who has that type of energy. he can plat flat out run, right center, right field. he'll add a new edge to this is ball club. we'll talk to mike radhames liz yo about that and -- rizzo and get information about how iwent down. >> going out of the organization is joel hanrahan who had so many problems recently and lastings milledge who hasn't come back to the majors since he broke his hand. so, a

tomorrow night the first of a three game series in florida against the marlins. the nats 0-6 against the fish this year. 6:30 is our air time, masn 2 tomorrow night and tuesday. how about this. we're going to be with you 11:30 wednesday morning for the wrap-up game for the nationals and marl anyone's florida. then the atlanta braves come to town for a big weekend series over the fourth of july at nationals park. welcome back, everybody. happy to have you with us on sunday afternoon. tomorrow night it will be scott olson coming off the dl against ricky nolasco of florida. >> scott won 12, he pitched three straight years. they're saying his velocity is up two miles per hour. it was 88 to 91 when he was here. we were talking about his velocity. nolasco struggles for two starts. giving up eight runs. but his last four he's only given up five runs. he's striking out a lot of people, he struck out 25 and walked five, so he's back on top of that stretch. >> the nats really about due to take on florida. there you see scott olson's numbers. 41 innings pitched, 18 walks, 2

taking on the florida marlins. of another afternoon game. albert pujols up. top of the six, fastball from miller. >> time it. got the stop watch? 3, 1, 0.no 3 seconds. the only reason they pitched to them, of course, is they had a two-run lead. >> with pujols. t k now it's 5-all in the eighth. and kobe, scores. cardinals win it, 6-5. >> expanded his winning streak. he's hitting .462 during that hitting streak. he's been impressive. and certainly from the cardinals, the last two games gives their offense some hope. they've really been struggling at the dish. >> and they let in two runs and he apologized after saying there was no excuse. you can't do that. buster olney, you've got to get back to the games. appreciate you joining us. see you on "baseball tonight," espn2, 1:30 eastern. >> very nicely done. we'll head back to toronto. for usain bolt. he was good. and also, lefty. back for the first time since his wife's. announcer: the perfect hotwire getaway-- shop till you drop, relax by the pool at a four-star hotel for a two-star price from hotwire.com. when h

three hits in the inning and the florida marlins cannot score and it stays a one-run game. ♪ ah, man, love that drinkability. drink-a what? drinkability. it's what makes bud light so incredibly refreshing. it's like a wave of refreshment, gently washing over your whole body. it's getting bigger. here comes the refreshment. [ sfx: screaming, wave splashing ] whew. well that almost never happens. easy drinking, always refreshing. bud light. the difference is drinkability. [ sfx: hairdryer ] no hard feelings. boits a one-run game. mark hendrickson struck out the catcher. did he a heck of a job after cody ross hit a ground ruled double. the marlins made a big mistake in dan uggla -- and dan uggla is the guy. he drives what he thinks is an rbi base hit into right field. now, watch uggla. recollection in at first base and gives up on the play. great throw nails the runner at the plate. hermida is out. on that play, uggla has got to be at second base. he has got no where else to go. if he breaks to second base, they might try to cut that ball off and not even have a play on hermida, bu

ended up down here with the florida marlins. >> jim: 1-1 the count ton paulino. check swing and it's outside. appeal to first. he did not swing says wally bell. >> buck: one thing that matt wieters is going to have to be aware of tonight, is beings -- it looks like when they goat a two strike situation, marlins are going to look breaking ball. he checked his swing just in time on that outside fastball. -- outside fastball. >> jim: 2-1 is low. ball three. >> buck: used a changeup there. one thing you have to be aware of, if you see batters sitting back looking for that hook, then you've got to throw some more heil high fastballs to make themchange their game plan and start to get on the fastball again. then you can go back to the hook. >> jim: uggla chased back to first. there have been only five stolen base attempts against rich hill on the year. four have been successful. the orioles have caught the other. high fly ball deep to right center field. jones, a long runway out there. he runs it down for the out. 404 to that part of the ballpark. jones needed just abo

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wigginton has it and the inning ends a three-run inning for the florida marlins. two coming in on the uggla home run. we'll head to the fourth with the birds down by five. we build fish finders. we build battery chargers. we build base camps. we build transporters. we build sanctuaries. we build the technologically advanced jeep grand cherokee. come see what we've built for you. >>> i was right-handed unti was about 6. every time i remember the summer 19861978 -- 1985, 1986, every time i go to pickup a baseball and throw with my right hand, i'd take it and put it in my left hand. every time, put it in my left hand. you know, that's how it kind of started. i still have the glove, the right-handed mcgregor glove. i still have that. >> jim: rich hill covering the bases tonight with the orioles left-hander. florida with the 5-0 eerld -- 5- 0 early lead here. sean west back on. we're joined from massachusetts lloyd hill rich's brother who was responsible for making him throw the ball left-handed. lloyd, why did you want your younger brother to pickup a baseball and

marlins. there we are, in the bullpen picnic area just above the bullpen, as the orioles and mets get set to play game two of this three game series. what a night here at the ballpark. we have al bunbury, and his son steven, he's signed, he's sealed and delivered and he's now officially in aberdeen. you have to be very proud your son not only has the talent, but was drafted now as a professional baseball player. are you happy you went in the 11th round and he went in the 12th? >> no, not necessarily. >> what was it like, obviously you knew steven had talent. what was it like when you realized he had a legitimate chance to get drafted. >> well, i think the main thing was during the course of the season, there was several clubs that had spoken to us and talked to us about his ability and they spoken very highly of him. of course i'd always seen that before they told me that, so i wasn't surprised, but i was very happy when the orioles called his name. >> my son, i have a son that got drafted, to

different story down here and they only hit .240 against a very good florida marlins pitching staff. they have to grind and win this game. a 4-2 road trip isn't bad, but it's not as good as you expected when you start out 3- 0. >> jim: nick markakis last night in right field picked up another outfield assist gunning down a runner at the platement for ach an every day player, a hitter might going into a slump. day in and day out, you can help your team defensively. >> buck: you sure can especially when you throw out a runner at the plate it makes you feel like you've hate home run. nick markakis has been consistent with his defense. mechanically, he dawz lot of rings things right. he charges the ball well, he has a strong, accurate arm, and he's always given the infielders a good throw to make plays on. last night he picked up his ait's eighth assist of the evening. he's halfway to his total a year ago. he led last the major leagues last year with 17 assists. nick markakis takes a lot of pride in what he does. i asked him what his check list is as he prepares to make a throw to the pl

you play tough here against the florida marlins and you have washington coming into your own ballpark. they could have the best interleague record of their history. >> jim: the orioles certainly know how tough it is in the a.l. east when you play so mr. games against the other teams in the division, but it really jumps out at you when you get away from the division and get out into the league. a foul ball. >> buck: you don't want to diminish anything. when you have to grind it out daily against the teams like the red sox, the yankees and the devil rays, it makes you appreciate how talented that american league east division is. >> jim: koji uehara is down on strikes that is two away. the updated tally, the american league east versus the national league east in the games this year and the a.l. east, 89 wins. and overall interleague, not just the east. 89-80. >> buck: the american league has outhomered the national league. they have interestingly enough, the d.h.s for the american league teams have garyed better than the american league d.h.s. so two down. brian roberts. the national l

the florida marlins tied it up on dan uggla's 14th home run of the season. extra-base hits by middle infielders. brian roberts is tied with freddy sanchez of the pirates. ian sanchez continues to lead and hanley ramirez as well as brian takes ball one. the double extended brian's hitting streak to five straight games. there is the strike. >> buck: when miller is down in the zone, you can see how that ball finishes very effectively. 94 miles per hour at the knees. >> jim: he is 6 '7". >> buck: and one thing you want to do if you're that tall is stay tall and really use the downward angle to your benefit. trying to throw that breaking ball a little too hard. it came out of his hand too early and just stayed out of the zone. >> jim: roberts works the count to 3-1. there is the fist walk allowed by andrew miller and he averages just under five walks per nine innings. the orioles fans, it has fever been easier to take in the ballgame. go to stubhub.com. the official fan-to-fan market place of the orioles. and a look at tomorrow night's game and thursday and then

red sox had had a big inning and beat the florida marlins 8-2. they're in the 10th inning in philadelphia. blue jays-phillies are tied at3- 3. in colorado, tampa bay leading the rockies. milwaukee and cleveland, brewers have a 7-3 lead. they're in the sixth inning in st. louis with the cardinals leading the tigers by a score of 11-1. right here, mets win it by a final of 6-4. jeremy guthrie takes the loss. guthrie now 4-7 on the year. it's time for a coffee break. not quite. ♪ when i need a tasty treat ♪ ♪ a pick me up that lifts me off my feet ♪ ♪ i know what can cool us off! ♪ ♪ coffee toffee twisted frosty ♪ ♪ coffee toffee ♪ twisted frosty ♪ oh, baby, do you wanna get frosty with me! ♪ let me break it down. ♪ hand spun with real coffee, girl ♪ ♪ just like you like it! ♪ do you wanna get frosty with me! ♪ it's waaaay better than fast food. it's wendy's. frosty! >>> mets get the other jeremy guthrie took the loss. guthrie did pitch 6 1/3 innings, but goes down defeat. into the orioles clubhouse we go fo

three games next week after a day off monday against the florida marlins. well, orioles without a doubt have broken out of it at the plate. double digits in hits over past three games. 19 runs and two victories over the last two. i spoke with the hitting coach terry crowley who nose these hitters swings inside and out. i asked the approach in particular the veteran hitters when they're going through a tough spell. >> well, when we work, weapon go in the tunnel whether it's brian, nicky, huff or melvin, these guys know how to hit. we don't go in the tunnel to teach them how to hit so to speak. we go in the tunnel to work on things they've done well in the past. -- in the past. maybe a couple things that have slipped away over the last couple of days of playing and get them back on track to sit them off to different all-star games and successful seasons. i don't really have to -- a couple young guys you have -- guys you have to teach a little about hitting. they're at a level the ball gets on them quicker. there might be a little more teaching with the young

here in florida, 3-2 marlins, two on, two out, bottom

florida puts five on the boards and the marlins now have a 6-1 lead. ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. times may be tough today, but the things we all look forward to haven't changed. like owning a home. watching our children grow. and retiring with confidence. so whatever you're looking forward to, m&t bank is here to help you get there. m&t bank. understanding what's important. >> jim: so chris ray back w the orioles will go to work on jorge cantu. the marlins with a huge inning and there is strike one. five grand slam now by the marlins. hanley ramirez has just hit his second and cody ross has three. there is chris ray back from triple-a. a swing and a miss and it is 0- 2 on cantu. so felix pie comes on in left field in the double switch. reimold made the final out of the seventh inning. so chris ray and pie will bat in the nine spot. outside. >> buck: chris ray threw the ball well in triple-a. he had a 2.

that will be tomorrow night at 6:30 at masn two and on sunday, and then the marlins serious down in florida on monday, tuesday and wednesday. and our air time is going to be 6:30 on monday and tuesday. and then 11:30 a.m. on wednesday. this was a very, very special day for a bunch of kids at boys town in washington, d.c. special, you ask, because manny acta was there and manny was talking about, to the youngsters, life is a lot like baseball. >> life is about choices. the quarterback, you run the ball or do you pass the ball? basketball, either you shoot or pass. baseball, you either bunt or you let the guy hit. choices. everywhere you go. excuses are not valid. it doesn't matter where you're growing up, who you're growing up around. no. if you grew up with somebody, and they're taking the wrong turn, you don't have to follow them. you can still be buddies and you can still be friends. you don't have to follow them. it is a choice you have to make. if you think intensive is expensive, check out ignorance. that's a lot more expensive being ignorant than the education because there's a higher

outside land shark stadium the home of the marlins and dolphins and the 2-0 florida lead getting those runs in the first inning. 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

by the marlins. a win tear tonight assures they will have won five of their six series in their interleague play. battling mike mcdougal. ground ball towards the hole, diving stop by belliard, throws to second, out at second base. what a play not only to get to the ball, but then to get the lead runner at second base. one down. >> jim p.: strgl

after that the nats will fly down to florida to begin a series against the marlins on monday and tuesday evenings on masn 2 beginning at 6:30 with our "nats xtra" pregame. then a wednesday afternoon affair at 11:30 in the morning. the day you get to drive the vehicle of your dreams. traffic is chaotic, so be careful when you go out. ♪ from the degree men absolute protection line... comes new degree men v12 special edition. protection for the ride of your life. >>> johnny holliday along with ray knight. welcome back, everybody, "nats xtra" post-game here on masn. 6-3 the orioles knocking off the nats tonight at camden yards. nats bats were cooking a little bit in that first inning to give shairon martis a little 2- 0 lead. >> we came out smoking. you're setting up a situation where you might score five or six runs. guzman singles to center field. wright here, line drive has guthrie throwing that sinker down. zimmerman walks. walks dunn-for-an rbi. you've already got one in, bases loaded, nobody out, you've got to get a good ball to hit. this man does. josh bard walks. two runs scored, b

pumped up tomorrow night down in florida against the team he pitched for last year. we'll come back with more of our "nats xtra pregame." ♪ ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. (muffled music) ♪ who's watching... (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. >>> we didn't get it done. we had a couple of shots there with the bases loaded, less than two outs, or nobody out, those guys, they made their pitches. they got us to hit into a double play and ground balls. they made their pitches. nobody in here is trying to ground out with the bases loaded obviously. but those guys made their pitches. come back out here tomorrow and be ready to go. >> that's my man, willie harris. it's safely six, look at that catch, six of his last eight games. pride and joy of georgia, four for his last 11. guess where he's going to be in the line-up today? would you say leading off? >> that's where i would put him. >> that's what he's going to do. lead-off spot for willie harris, cris

here in south florida whenever we come here on to the bottom of the third. let's check defense. it started with hanley ramirez trying to steal third. >> rob: just second. then you think you're going to run over to third. he gets dund gunned down by wil nieves. dan uggla thinks he'll take extra base on elijah dukes and elijah guns him down. cristian guzman quickly beat. great slow throw, but nick johnson on the other end that's good job squeezing that out of the dirt. a great 1-2-3 inning last inning. most it it -- most of it by the defense. >> bob: that ball is coming back fair. zimmerman on the run. he throws out john baker proving you never gup on a foul ball. if it comes back fair before it reaches the bag, it's flaibl. how about the english on this thing. oops. >> rob: looks like he fell coming out of the box. great job by zim on the throw. >> bob: sean west, the pitcher up thee. left-handed pitcher, right- handed hitter. he's 0-10 with eight strikeouts. >> rob: a rare combination. >> bob: thanks to that quick out, stammen could be facing th

cards, marlins in st. louis. top of the 8th. they hold a 6-4 lead over florida. they've led this throughout after a homer in the 1st to make it 3-0. st. louis is trying to get out of the season slump, five losses losses in a row. he scored a run and also a stolen base. >> the vikings have backed off their pursuit of brett farve after he failed to report to organized meeting this is week. we have his version of what was expected this week. >> was there a deadline or not this week placed on farve to report to practice? >> absolutely not. certainly not from me, not even close. don't know where that would have dropped out of the sky. s this could resume in a more s serious manner? >> i don't know. i'm not into predicting the future. we'll have to see what is around the corner tomorrow. he was a great player. he a setback last year, he was playing very well early, and if in fact he's had that surgery i'm as anxious to see what's he's got left in that cannon because he had a pretty good arm, as we know. >> here's what the vikings have to choose from currently. tarvaris

they are the florida version of the nats and orioles. they play each other every year home and home. >> >> bob: look at what. >> rob: look at what the marlins did last year, won 84 game with 22 million. they evaluated a lot of their minor league system and when they made the juan pierre trade, they got a lot of players from the cubs. that's another way that the indians, rays, marlins have to do business. >> bob: that's a slider just a little bit high. 2-1. joe beimel. >> rob: joe b. >> bob: first save in two years yesterday. >> rob: joe b-eimel. >> bob: the bullpen set up if the nats can take the lead here. willingham seeing a fastball he thought he could lift. and the count's even 2-2. >> rob: last pitch after an elevated breaking ball. an elevated fastball. probably going to go way down and away. willingham lifting the ball short left center. that will not score the run. carl crawford on the run. gonzalez taking about five stems and came back. two outs. it will be up to willie harris. by the way, willie harris had dropped his bat in th

>> bob: scott olson tomorrow in florida, then jordan zimmermann. the nats probably feel like if they can sneak one today here, they've got a chance to go down and do some damage against the marlins. they know what lannan is doing. he's had 92 pitches through 7 innings. enjoy the rest of your day. (crowd cheers) (music plays) witness a piece of golf history. the travelers championship. june 22nd through 28th.  >> jim h.: look at our geico game summary. early lead for the orioles. lannan would get out of trouble. then adam dunn, 442-foot home run, 2-1. right here, anderson hernandez singled to center. wieters drops the throw, 3-1. the shot over the right center field fence. so david hernandez pitched pretty well today. the orioles get the early lead, but the nationals have come back. i don't know if it's a commanding 4-1 lead, but they're ahead by 3. here is adam dunn who hit that two run home run, almost hit the warehouse. a one hopper to the warehouse for his 19th. >> jim p.: brick damage. >> jim h.: there is the pitch for the strike. >>