jeremy hermida is oh-fer two. hermida has never lived up to the advanced billing. he was their pick in 2002 and they really believed they had a future star in the making and it seems no matter what he does it isn't enough. last year 17 home runs, 35 home runs the last two years, but you always hear the word underachiever when you hear about jeremy hermida in florida. >> buck: i just think they expected him to be an every day player who was putting up consistent numbers and when you're a corner outfielder, those numbers don't match up with the numbers of the outfielders. >> jim: good off-speed pitch. he can't reach it and 1-2. >> buck: that looked like a very good split-finger pitch a1- 2 pitch and the ball really drives down and away from hermida. >> jim: uehara gets ahead of another hitter and he got him! he came back with the same pitch and got the same result, and two men down! what a time for a strikeout! >> buck: a good target down an

then slices down into the cornerment one out for hermida. his eighth of the season. >> jim: now, a runner in scoring position for florida. one down for dan uggla. >> jim: that's a strike. >> buck: mark hendrickson last pitched saturday night. he had two big outs. he came in in the eighth inning against the phillies and got matt stairs to line out to third and then got jayson werth on a 4-6 fielder's choice to end the eighth. obviously, that setup the comeback in the ninth inning. >> after 2/3 of an inning, he was the winning pitch her in that game after zaun and roberts homered in the top of the ninth off ryan madson. >> jim: he's really pitched so much better out of the bullpen than when he first started. one down. ground ball foul wide of third. nice play by the ball boy. dan uggla one of the main stais here in florida. we mentioned this roster continues to turn over. he's in his fourth season now 29 years old. they develop players very well and give them a chaps. as soon as any of the players get -- and give them chance. as soon as any of

since then, hermida doubled, uggla singled with hermida being gunned down at the plate and another double by cody ross on a ball hit to the deepest part of the ballpark. there's a strike, 3-1. >> buck: dan uggla had come across the plate about had to go back when the ball off the bat of cody ross was ruled a ground ruled double. he was at first base when the bat of ross began. >> jim: 3-1 on john baker, the marlins catcherment there's a strike, 3-2. >> buck: what a job by mark hendrickson making great pitches to get back into the at- bat at 3-2. >> jim: so, 3-2 the count ton baker. first base first base open as buck mentioned. here -- here is the payoff. he got him. fastball down and in that baker couldn't reach. you talk about missed opportunities. 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,

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 a lot of guys. kind of like shairon martis. he finished up about 29 39 walks and 32 strikeouts. that's not the kind of ratio you want. west came into tonight, 24 strikeouts, 18 walks in 40 innings. he's a big, strong kid, but you have to throw strikes at this level. >> bob: leadoff man, guzman next. he's gone 2-1 on the pitcher stammen. that ball -- well, fortunately, we heard a thud. that means it hit off the padding in the marlins dugout. that was scrambling some guys. a tradition of innovation isfirestone.

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 inning also object a -- also on a breaking ball. had a double as part of the three-run third inning. >> jim: brett carroll leading from first with two men out. sliced foul. this is one of the few stadiums that i have noticed during the game as we're waiting for the orioles to start batting practice in front of the dughts dugouts there are no fences to protect the players on the bench. i guess that's in part because this is a dual stadium and those dugouts do literally disappear when they play football in here. that pitch down and in and coghlan can't reach it. he's down on strikes and the inning ends. a one-out single and a man left. we'll head to the seventh. birds need runs down by six. s. s. - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on.

he missed outside. 2-1 on jeremy hermida. 1-3 with a double. high pop-up. melvin mora with a play at third has it for the out and one down. you wonder who might play. there's dan meyer with lindstrom lind on the disabled list because of a sprained elbow. the word is he will not even throw a baseball for a month. >> buck: yeah, unfortunately, sometimes precursor to tommy john environmental a -- surgery is a forearm strain and they can't get got tom of it. hard thing to fathom is how he could throw 98 last night. he said the pain is really heightened when he throws his slider. he couldn't get on top of that slider. he's been dealing with this for a while now and it just came to a point where he had to yield to the injury and give his elbow a chance to rest. >> jim: dan uggla takes strike 1-1. they hope it's not serious. it might have to lead to surgery. if it does, he tunt pickup a baseball for a month, that's late july. if he has surgery, that means see you next year or the year after. chris ray had his in the summer of his season and missed the entire follo

jeremy hermida back in the lineup tonight. all the other regulars and john baker, a left-handed-hitting catcher killed the nats in the first week of the season. since then, hasn't done much against anybody else. he'll be catching sean west. cristian guzman steps in. it is 7:11 in the miami area and we're under way with strike one. cloudy skies and here in the evening down to 82 degrees. very muggy tonight. it was up around 90 today in town with the sun peeking in and out, but mostly cloudy conditions. wub one ball, one strike to guzman. 0-9 still hitting .325 ninth best in the national league. from the right side, cristian at .320. over to scoop it immediately, emilio bonifacio. cristian guzman still having an 0-for for this series. tim welke, the crew chief. a 26-year veteran behind the plate. ed rapuano will have the plate tomorrow. james hoye and bill we will key around the bases. marlins -- which will cee. here is nick back in the number two spot maybe where he needs to be. he's 1-# 1 last. the top of the lineup last night

hermida only played 23 games in 05, so he was a rookie. but he was hurt a lot. he's probably not one of them. >> rob: what about willingham? >> bob: nick johnson, high fly ball, left field. this ball slicing toward the corner, and over there to grab it, chris coghlan. boy, they've got some interesting plays in that part of this ballpark. josh willingham played 12 games in 04, 16 in 05, so he was one of those guys in 06. so 12 of the last 13 nats batters retired by ricky nolasco. here's zimmerman who took him way deep leading off the second. ryan takes his first pitch of the night. he'd only seen two pitches. homered on one, popped up on the other. >> rob: he gets a hard slider there. nolasco pulling another trick out of his magician's hat. he's got a lot of pitches, this kid. >> bob: usually that would indicate fastball, but he tried to go front door with another hook. >> rob: he dropped down, threw like a sidearm slider. >> bob: ronny paulino was considered a very good young defensive catcher when the pirates had him. he and john baker, left-handed batter the p

. >> buck: what a way to bounce back against hermida. get ahead, strike one, with an off-speed pitch and you really force him into a swing mode early with just one pitch. >> jim: u larra has one strikeout. he has not walked a batter. for the season he has walked only 12. check swing, 0-2. >> buck: he has a good splitter. he has not thrown a lot, but the ones he has thrown he has been throwing top shelf. he can't check his swing in time. once he identifies it, it is a splitter out of the zone. >> jim: it is a little low. 1-2. that time he didn't chase. >> buck: the split-finger fastball becomes most effective when a pitcher is throwing a lot of strikes with his fastball because the splitter is not meant to be a strike. it is meant to be a swing and miss pitch out of the zone. >> jim: the 1-2 is just outside, 2-2. here is where koji will battle hitters, buck. he refuses to give in, so if he is ahead in the count, it is not unusual for it to go back to 2-2 as he tries to get the hitters to chase the pitch. now the big pitch in the at-bat at

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 emotions and get some experience. nothing more than that. >> jim: ball hit deep to left center field. long run for luke scott ma

coghlan, ross, hermida out there last night. same defense with bonifacio, ramirez, uggla and cantu third to first and john baker for the second consecutive night starts behind the plate. >> jim: here is a look at the umpires. that's chad fairchild. john hirschbeck at first base. at second base is walley bell and at third is marty foster. o's look to bounce back. the first pitch by brian roberts ripped to center field. there's a base hit. brian roberts on the first pitch of the game thinks about two and puts on the brakes. brian now has a six-game hitting streak as he singles leading off here in the first -- on the first pitch. >> buck: brian roberts doubled last night. came around to score. he he jumps on that first pitch fastball from ricky nolasco. just trying to get ahead nolasco went out over plate and brian roberts jumped all over it. >> tony: we'll see now if brian will -- >> jim: we'll see now if brian will test ricky nolasco as felix pie comes up. adam jones getting a rest against the right-hander. adam is just 8-51 over

and in the outfield is coghlan, ross and her mada -- hermida. the catcher is left-handed hitting john baker. the infield has committed 32 errors when you factor in three behind the plate for baker. >> jim: there is fredi gonzalez, the skipper of the florida marlins doing a fine job down here as the marlins with a win tonight would get back to .500. they're at 35-36. to give you an idea of the differences, a.l. east versus n.l. east, the marlins are a game below .500 and they're only three games it of first place. >> buck: it is going to be a real log jam in the national east as there are no real clear cut favorites. even the reigning world champs are struggling there. >> jim: the fastball is in for a strike and we're underway in miami. brian's bat has come alive, especially over the weekend in philadelphia. he looks at a fastball wide to the plate. 1-1 the count. >> buck: he did a heck of a job. he had a career high tying four rbi's on saturday including the two-run game-winning home run in the ninth inning. >> jim: base hit down the left- field

they got it going here early with 1-o with when jeremy hermida made it 3-0.úúxx pp you don't do laundry at the beach. you salt-wash everything and let it breeze dry. knit, delicate, permanent press... the ocean doesn't care. so grab your bag. >>> welcome to tropicana fi in st. petersburg. the nationals on top 2-0 here in the top of the fourth inning. -- will foul it off to the right side. we will give you the highlights you need to see shortly. we can tell you that ryan zimmerman has both nats rbi's tonight, a third inning ground ball, andy sonnanstine for the rays and jurisdiction pitching beautifully so far for the nats. nieves just got a piece of that 0-2 breaking ball. bob carpenter, rob dibble, byron kerr here. we will bring you up to date. we can tell you that jordan zimmermann, no runs on two hits, five strikeouts, one walk, and a big double play ball shutting down the major league's leading run producing offense so far. 0-2 to nieves. got him, and the top of the fourth comes to a close. ú oof! i hope he has that insurance. aflac! you really need it these days. how com

but because it has that late dive on it, hermida was out front. 75 miles per hour, his fastball would be about 89, consistently 87, 89, and that one is just under his bat speed. he was out in important of it. a big strikeout. >> jim: two down here and here is dan ugly a dangerous hitter in this six spot. a high pop-up. here comes audrey huff. he calls and he has it for the out and uehara gets out of it. a lead off double and a man left. a good game tied geico's been saving people money and who doesn't want value for their dollar? been true since the day i made my first dollar. where is that dollar? i got it out to show you... uhh... was it rather old and wrinkly? yeah, you saw it? umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. >> buck: now it is time for geico same summary. we have a whale of a game going here. nick markakis scores brian roberts. that made it 1-0. and then to lead off the fifth inning, dan ugly hits his 14th home run to tie it 1-1. bases loaded, one out as bonifacio hit as one, two -- 1-2-3 double play to to end

carroll came on defensively and he is in hermida's spot, i think. they could have put the pitcher in there, although that spot coming up before the pitcher, so it is likely that carroll is in the number five spot in the lineup. there is fred drink gonzales on the other side. >> buck: freddy still has amezaga, de aza and paulino, three players on their bench. >> jim: so andrew miller who watched his team score five in the bottom of the seventh to watch his team have the 6-1 lead now pitches for a no decision. he misses the chance for a win. just missed outside. >> buck: i can bet you when andrew miller left the ballgame, everyone on the ballgame said okay, we're in the bullpen now, let's do something, and, boy, did they ever. just one hit. >> jim: there is a bunt attempt and it is foul. >> buck: i misspoke. amezaga is not active. he is on the disabled list now. >> jim: so that leave as righty, paulino, and the lefty de aza. two pinch hitters and a defensive replacement, and all dave trembley has left on his bench are pitchers. it is not likely to get

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

for instance, hermida last night probably an average run her in your estimation. >> yeah, aid chance to play him a lot younger. you know, it was one of those inbetween. he kind of -- you didn't know if he was going to fall or not. he ended up going and third base coach ended up leaving him. i put a good throw in. [ no audio ] 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. my budget was $1,500. this computer will do everything that i need. - oh, it's on. - it's on. - it's on. - oh, it's on, all right. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. those are new. oh, yeah i got the env 3 she has the env touch from verizon wireless. the one thing i do not

he's been exceptional with his ability to low out a runner and matt wieters made a nice tag to get hermida the ball at the plate. >> you know, nick is -- nick is a good right fielder. you know, his throws more time than -- times than not are real accurate. he gives you a shot. charges the ball really well. wieters, you know, you know yourself being a catcher, he hung in there, made a nice tag and that was a big out. >> dave, you mentioned look for a bounce back game tomorrow. if you get a win in the finale, it's a 4-2 road trip which is a very good trip if you can get that game. >> you have to do a lot of things better than we did tonight in or order for that to half. i would expect we would come out in this thing like we started the road trip playing a much more solid, fundamental game and go home with a win under our belt. >> dave, we appreciate the visit. thanks. >> you're women kohl -- welcome. >> dave trembley, the manager of the orioles. he was very direct. he's not happy with the way his team played on the too -- team tonight. >> he's not. felix pie doesn't run behind brian roberts

uggla moves up one spot with jeremy hermida not in the lineup. gets a fastball 1-0. uggla now in his fourth season with the marlins coming -- he already has 14 this year. he's 4-8 in the series including a home run. inside, ball three. >> buck: pretty good pitch just missed away. rich hill thought he hadmate made a good pitch with that fastball. >> jim: john hirschbeck the crew chief takes the plate. there's a flake -- if it was in the vicinity, it would be a strike. noafts as much a pitcher's up pier as he was earlier -- earlier in his career. 3-1 is there for a strike in the outside corner. 3-2. >> buck: this is one thing rich hill did necessary his laststart well. he made in-game adjustments. middle of an inning, he fawltz falls behind 3-0. gets back into a count with two good fastballs. >> jim: breaking ball hit through the middle. there's a base hit. marlins have their first base runner. >> buck: dan uggla made up his mind he was going to get a hook right there. you can see he wasn't thinking about anything but a curve ball. he has two strikeouts in the first in

then comes jeremy hermida. dan uggla, cody ross in center, john baker catching and sean west on the mound tonight. 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

. >> jim: jeremy hermida now, first and second. still nobody out. fastball is outside. 1-0. hanley ramirez at second. cantu at first with a left- hander up. you see huff playing behind the runner at first. ground ball slowly at short. andino back to first. double play! just gom him. nice pivot by roberts. two men down. now, if berken can get an out, he's out of it with only the two runs. >> buck: not that sharply hit. andino shovels quickly to brian roberts. gets around to second base to first to against him. brian roberts did a heck of a job of turning it quickly. >> jim: ramirez ends up at third now with two men down. here is dan uggla, the second baseman.  dan uggla batting in the spot. he's 3-15 last, however, 2-3 hits home runs. >> buck: he's kind of an all or knot nothing guy hitting .217 with 14 bombs. he and hanley ramirez homered in the same gaft lamb night for the -- game last night for the 14th time this year. >> jim: berken deals high. you don't hear as much about dan uggla when you hear about power hitting second baseman. si

hermida pinch-hit and flied out. gload pinch-hit and struck out. all the other eight starters the position players who started have hits. seven of the eight of them have multihit games. here is cut with the third hit. -- here is cantu with his third hit. florida about to bat around here in the eighth inning. here is dan uggla. uggla hit a two-run home run in the third inning and also has a single. 2-4. the marlins now have 17 hits. foul ball. >> buck: hanley ramirez tied his season high an rbi tonight with five. he had an rbi single in that eighth inning and then the grand slam -- excuse me, in the third inning. the grand slam here in the eighth inning. previously, he drove in five. >> jim: seven of the hitters have multihit games. ramirez has three hits. cantu has three hits. in fact, ramirez and cantu combine of more hits than the orioles. orioles have only five hits in this game. high fly ball off the bat of uggla. deep part of right center field. there's jones. he has it for the out and the inning is finally over. but, the marlins bat around an