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koji misses inside, 2-1. there is the game-time temperatures, buck, for koji uehara's starts. >> buck: he had only one start in 11 where it has been 80 or higher. >> jim: roberts gets it to first and one away as chris coghlan is retired on the ground ball out. >> buck: let's take a look at the orioles defensively behind koji. this has become the every day outfield for dave trembley. on the left side it is mora and andino. robert andino anxious to play against his former team. 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 go

game. >> i think koji's not alone in this. i think most pitchers, the biggest indicator that you see the other team, their hitters. their hitters will tell you. koji is a guy who pitches to contact, but he's also a guy that is a master of deception and upsetting the hitters timing. when he gets swings and misses, when he gets guys out in front and he speeds them up, then he slows them down, then he speeds them up, when he has them late, i think that's when you know he's on his game. and i think that the truest indicator of that is watch their hitters. they'll let you know. just like the hitters will let you know when a guthrie or a bergesen or any guy who pitches when they're losing it. when the timing is not disrupted and they're fouling the fastball straight back to the screen and they're squaring everything up, it's time to say, hey, have you seen enough? and you get somebody else in there. >> koji off the disabled list last thursday against seattle, he went five innings. >> it's really hard to believe, koji has pitched so

that much better. >> so pretty good line for koji uehara. he left with the lead. the bullpen allowed the mets to tie it and koji uehara pitches to a no decision, but he certainly did his first job. manager dave trembley meeting with the media. >> koji really battling to keep the score what it was. i think that's all very apparent to everybody that saw the game, but i like the fight that we showed tonight and a real determination. we made a lot of nice plays. hendrickson got the double play. there was an awful lot of contributions to us winning the game tonight. like i said before, you know, it was a big game for us, especially coming back from last night. evening up the home stand now and getting a chance to go into the plus column with the game tomorrow. this is a good one to enjoy for everybody. you got to feel real good about some guys who stepped up tonight and really i think turned the corner. not only for themselves, but for the ball club. >> wieters one of those guys that turned the corner tonight? >> oh, i don't know. i think he's --

to koji. so, problems with koji as far as the hamstring, fatigue, dehydration. you add that whether or not they're considering putting koji in the bullpen and not force him to go six or seven innings. dave trembley says as far as he discussed, he has not discussputting him in the bullpen. they're trying to get him through the all-star break and we'll see what happens after that. tom, rick? >> thanks to amber. amber rejoins us during the game and on our post-game show. when you look back, koji pitched six innings, allowed seven base hits in one run. rick, did you think he was possibly gas add little last night. i asked you on the post-game show. you didn't feel that way. have you changed your mind? >> no, i haven't changed my mind. i didn't think koji could betired as far as throwing pitches goes. yes, maybe he had problems with his elbow which we found out later on was the case. he was still making very good pitches n a lot of cases, i've got to go back to the days when mike flanagan was on th

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 2-2. fouled back. >> buck: yeah, it is something he has done throughout his tenure here in the orioles. he has pitched to the oncorners, and he has good command. this is his 12th start. and in his first 11 starts, four times he has not walked a batter. the pitching coaches love that. you give your defense a chance to get into the game and it really sets the tone. when you're throwing strikes all the time, hitters expand their strike zone. >> jim: you saw rick kranitz looking skyward there. i don't think he was looking for divine intervention. he was probably looking at the scoreboard because the pitch count is mount there had and that scoreboard faces directly to the orioles' dug-out, so he can keep a gauge without having to look at the chart that is kept ton bench. another 2-2 pitch is bounced to first

he said koji is master of deception. he said when the batters are a little late, that's when he knows koji is still on his game. but when that's not happening, that's when it's time for him to come out. >> gary: and here is fernando martinez, he's playing in left field, a 1 for 4 in the ballgame last night. one of the youngsters -- youngsters on the mets getting time. uehara, age 34 a. starter for most of his career in japan, but the last two seasons was a reliever. and so he's not used to putting in the innings or throwing the number of pitches that's being asked of him this season and he's had to readjust trying to get back to the role as a starter. >> jim: then you couple in the hamstring problems he's had. conditioning not what it should be. >> gary: got him. uehara gets the strikeout. >> jim: we talked about mr. splitter. he's got about as good a split fingered fastball. what did keith hernandez say, he said this is one of the toughest pitches to hit. that ball just dives down and away. martinez, only 20. you've got

game koji told manager dave trembley that he's feeling fatigued in his elbow. today, dave told the media it's up to koji whether or not he's able to pitch on sunday. he will throw a bullpen session on friday. that's when a decision could be made. with all of these issues, the hamstringish, you're the duratiue, the question was d whether or not t putting him in the bullpen. dave said sfarls i know right now, we are not discussing putting him in the bullpen. he is a starter for us. we're going to try to keep him there in thele all-star break and we'll re-evaluate. jim? >> jim: amber, thank you very much. this is one of the things about this organization now, buck, that is such a better problem, if you will. we know there are more prospects on the way. david hernandez has been here and he's gone back. if koji's role is better suiteeventualfully for a long relief job because we have seen it. we talked abounumbers last night. the first time through the lineup, he is just outstanding. the boants opponents are batting just .211 against him. once he hits that fifth inn

koji uehara getting his first start against the mets. quick toss over to get cora back to the bag. >> jim: he actually has stolen and attempted six steals, five of them successfully. the mets do lead the national league in stolen bases. come in with 64 of them. situational hitting. the new ballpark, citi field huge. jerry manuel, he understands, he said, if we're going to win, we're going to have to situational hit. >> gary: that one behind the plate. >> jim: especially when you lose delgado with 39 home runs. we talked about his hip injury. i talked to the trainer, he said he's actually doing quite well. when you get to be in your late 30s, it's difficult to project that a guy will be back on a certain day. >> gary: another one fouled back. there will be no play. this is a 20-year-old out of the dominican republic who is only in his fourth professional season. a .282 hitter in the minors coming in this season. so a very young player getting a chance early because of injuries with the big club. martinez has had only 42 at- bats and it's

we'll have an update on koji uehara. we've known for a couple days now that he said his arm was feeling fatigued, but now it's being described as soreness. so, tomorrow, when the team returns home to baltimore, he will be examined by the team doctor, dr. wilkins. based on that examination, orioles will determine whether or not he is able to make his scheduled start on sunday against the nationals. now, it is no secret that this injury is just the latest in a long list of what many might call durability issues with uehara. it's not secret that koji is very effective through four or five innings of his start and then seems to hit a wall. naturally, a lot of reporters were asking the qens questions once again whether or not the orioles are considering putting him in the bullpen. dave trembley had some answers. >> i haven't talked to anybody about it, but i've thought about it. i think right now our first -- our first thing that we need to get through is we need to get him checked out tomorrow with dr. wilkins and see where

. >> and koji uehara pitched a pretty good game until he was taken out there. >> he did. he has been struggling to get deep in ballgames. you can see him laboring through the hot water. -- weather. he is just not used that youd to that now. a pretty good job on the part of koji to get the ball club deep in that game. >> again, the orioles lose to the florida marlins 7-6 in the first of three in florida. and let's go back down to south florida to jim hunter and buck martinez. >> thank you very much. really an exciting game, especially when the orioles fell he behind 6-1. chris ray returned to the emand he immediately got into a very close game and gave the orioles an opportunity to get back in it. >> and dave trembley did a nice job of bringing him into kind of a non-pressurized situation when he came into the ballgame because the club was down. but chris ray atoteally different caliber of pitches when we saw him tonight than when he last pitched for the orioles. he was down in the zone. very effective throughout his inning and 2/3 and he allowed just one base runner. the

. >> jim: koji uehara doesn't throw as hard. that's 96 diving. jim johnson lengthened his stride last year. the ball will start at the middle of the plate. >> gary: fouled off. wright is having to make an adjustment seeing a lot of pitches that are in and up on him that he can't get up to. talk to keith hernandez about it, that's what the book is becoming on wright, at least for the moment. see where johnson goes. back inside but missed with it. and a two-ball, two-strike count. >> jim: at 98. jim johnson, most tall pitchers, he's about 6'5", they shorten their stride. last year he lengthened it. but it's difficult to pitch in. the one thing about koji uehara, we know about the splitter in our scouting report, but he commanded his fastball very well tonight. jimmy johnson relying more on the sink. >> gary: he went around on it. an unhappy david wright heads off. good job by jim johnson. wright retired and there are two down in the inning. the orioles have announced a series of baseball camps designed for boys and girls 7 to 16. the instructional

koji uehara with a two run, seven hits over five. castillo takes it, a little further away and he wouldn't go after it. >> jim: jerry manuel very patient. his bullpen is still not up tonight. they are an awfully good bullpen. 3.18 e.r.a., the first in the national league. >> gary: castillo, the reaction on the mound by bass. >> jim: it just ran outside. when you drop your arm, the ball runs more laterally. you can see him just getting under it a little bit. just one of those nights where he hasn't been able to find his release point. >> gary: matt wieters got up and gave the infield sign. you have runners at second and third, only one away. will jerry manuel put them in motion here? possibly not because castillo is not somebody you're going to likely double up even on a ground ball. >> jim: of course he makes a lot of contact. >> gary: fouled away. it looks like we're going to play the rest of this ballgame in intermittent showers. >> jim: i heard all kinds of things, 60% chance for rain after 9:00. of course if you're the umpire, yo

. >> koji uehara, an outstanding night. six very solid innings. he has only given up one run. it is still anyone's game. hang in there. >> ready for the bottom of the ninth. jim johnson is on the mound for the orioles. let's go back to florida. >> [ singing the bee ghees "staying alive" ] >> jim: thank you very much. we go to the bottom of the ninth and, buck, here is jim johnson who tries to get this game to extra innings after the birds get three to tie it in the top of the ninth. >> buck: one thing we have talked about this team is the bullpen and how effective they have been. danys baez had a rough night as he was charged with five earned runs. luke scott takes over defensively in left field, just checking out how much room he has. and gregg zaun, the last position player to leave the bench. he comes in behind the plate. ty wigginton who got a big pinch hit takes over at shortstop. two pinch hits in the inning and the orioles have tied it. >> jim: so here is johnson basing chris coghlan, the lead- off batter. so every player on the orioles' bench has been used in this game

koji uehara officially now on the disabled list and david back. this is his fourth appearance. gets ahead of ryan zimmerman, 0- 1. he was looking fastball and he swung through it. >> jim p.: that's that well located fastball. it was out of the middle of the plate with a little bit of giddyup on it. >> jim h.: david hernandez has always been a strikeout pitcher coming up through the minor leagues. popped foul, wide of first. huff hoping for a play but it stays in the stands. that's a strike for 0-2. he had 614 strikeouts in 530 innings in the minor league. >> rob: very impressive. >> jim p.: i struck out 14 back on the 22nd of may. on the year, 3-2 with a very low earned run average. not a lot of run support down at triple-a norfolk. >> rob: the one thing i do like, 18 walks. not just a power pitcher. >> jim p.: i watch his windup. he's one of these guys that fans on the first base side. pretty good balance. >> jim h.: high fly ball, right center field, chasing jones back but he has a play. adam has it for the out. let's welcome in amber. >> the orioles minor league catching coo

tonight the orioles send koji u larra to the mound. the marlins send left-handed andrew miller, who is 2-3 with a 4.56 e.r.a. "o's xtra" masn is being brought to you by at&t. tom davis together with rick dempsey. the orioles five straight wins now, rick. better pitching or better hitting? >> i like the way both of it is going now. the reason i like the offense so much is because they're scoring early in ballgames. they're scoring a little bit in the middle and whatever they need late in ballgames they're getting now. they're building a lot of confidence, and they seem to be relaxing, and they're down in ballgames and they're scoring runs. that's what i like the most. a pinch hit base hitter and then the big blow. brian roberts is usually in the mix somewhere. but everybody is really coming together nicely. i like what i see there. the pitching, all of these young guys are starting to go deep interballgames, especially brad bergesen. i think all of the other pitchers are watching him. they see the way he is pitching quick and his tempo

just signed by the orioles and then the matchup tim redding against koji uehara. get out to have the ballpark tomorrow. it is adam jones bobblehead night. for more on the game, 105.7fm, more on masnsports.com. for jim, i'm rick. we're out of time! we'll see you tomorrow. boston lager continues to be a very special beer. six weeks after jim started the business it took the best beer in america award. nobody had tried an american beer that had that kind of flavor. twenty years off, jim is still obsessed with boston lager. sam adams lager continues to win medals all over the world. that's pretty cool. scores two. mets take a 6-2 lead would that be enough? we know how this mets bullpen operates. we've got drama, bottom nine, two on, two outs. francisco rodriguez able to get adam jones, the former mariner great gets nothing against k r rod. by a final count of 6-4. 11 games, pelfrey with his first win since may 7. baltimore has lost 9 of 12. >> well, the tigers and cardinals have played three times in world series history. most recently, 2006, where in game 5 justin ve

could koji be going to the bullpen and hernandez come bamg? >> -- coming back? >> everybody trying to figure out these moves. as soon as anybody tawms talks about uehara on a possible disabled list and david hernandez probably one of the guys considered. the fact he was taken out of the ballgame is absolutely he could be considered. there's been nothing said about that up to this point right here. i wouldn't mind having him back here at this point right here. i liked him when he was here the first time. >> there's always room for speculationment always room to talk rumors, right? that's part of baseball. >> time to take a loot being a -- look at our minor league scoreboard from tonight. we begin with the norfolk tides against pawtucket. snider went 3-4 a-coupleever -- couple of rbi's, two doubles in the victory over pawtucket. bowie lost to binghamton with a loss of 5-had -- 5-4. elsewhere, aberdeen a final in 10 beating staten island 4-3. i guess it's elizabethton. i'm not sure on that. they beat bluefield 4-16789 i'll say bluefield loss 4-1. one other series i

here -- here is his home run last night against koji uehara. >> buck: koji uehara up 1-0, 0- 2 breaking pitch doesn't get away. stays out the outer half of the plate. he hammered it to the seats in left field. his 14th. >> jim: berken 2-26789 he went too far. that's strike three. uggla is down and berken gets out it have without further damage. walk, an error and two-run single left to the second 2-0. e content to sit around and wait. wait for something to happen. for business to pick up. but for you, it's time to kick it in gear. time to get going. time to get tough. take control. you're not gonna run and hide. because backing down's not your style. grab your bag. it's on. ( ding ) grab your bag. it's on. 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. try chili's new fire-grilled quesadillas, starting at $6.99. flame-grilled tortillas layered with chicken,

we noted that koji uehara might not make a start on sunday. we've been told david hernandez has been pulled after the first inning and thrown four pitches with no apparent injury in triple-a norfolk. maybe put the twtogeer. maybe th're i thghi'd bring it >> jim: amber starting intrigue. here is a hit the other way by @jeremy hmia. %%<-t-nicet8p he went with it. hermida has a one-out double. that's his first hit othe home stand. he's 1-3 tonight.>> buck: stayi he dr down the left- field line. watch how he stays extend out over the plate. pretty good pitch. you can see the location down and away. he's able to keep it fair inside the bag at third. 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

he almost hit a home run in his last at-bat against koji uehara. that came in the sixth inning but he was stranded as uehara pitched out of the jam. this time danys baez can't pitch out of the jam an hanley ramirez takes advantage and dave trembley has made the call to the bullpen. he's making a double switch here because he went to the home plate umpire to indicate the double switch as the left fielder nolan reimold will come out of the game. fee his pie will go into left and chris ray will pitch here in the seventh. >> jim: so a rough inning for danys baez. 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 yo

tomorrow, it will be koji uehara, 2-4 against tim redding who is 0-2 for the mets. jason berken thursday night 1-3 against luis hernandez who is 5--- livan hernandez who is 5- 1. the three-game set and then the o's off to philadelphia for friday, saturday and sunday. big cut and i don't think he hit it. he's going to go to first. it will be a strikeout on church, but he'll reach first base. it is a pass ball that will allow him to get there. so, the leadoff man on again. >> jim: take a look. great angle right here. ball just gets under matt wieters' glove. right there, ryan church is going to look back. a little breaking ball. matt doesn't catch it. it goes through his legs. he's looking for it. by that time, ryan church down to first base. >> gary: third consecutive inning and three in the game that the leadoff man has been on for the mets. guthrie not getting a lost breaks here in this one and a 1- 0 count on gary sheffield. sheffield has singled and struck out the designated hitter for the mets hitting at .273, sevenhome runs, 23 rbi's. he's really had a very sol

today, dave trembley told the media it is highly unlikely that koji u har aye will make his scheduled start on sunday against the nationals. cocky returned home today with the team. he met with team doctors, and although the reports were good, but the swelling and the inflammation in his elbow seemed to have subsided a bit, it seem that is the orioles are not prepared to put him back out on the mound. andy macphail is going to talk to the team doctors again to decide what the next step will be. it is widely believed that david hernandez will be recalled from triple-a nor fork to get the start. >> bob: 12 starts for uehara. and that ball bangs off the mound and a base hit for nolan reimold and he is 2-3. >> jim: there you go low fastball, middle of the plate. he was talking today. he said the biggest problem he had in the maynor leagues was kind of balance. pitching, as you mentioned, you kind of push off the rubber. you have to load when you hit. he said he would be bobbing and we'ving, and now with terry cruelly, the hitting instructor for the orioles, he was our guy who was supposed

. >> good start for koji uehara, and the orioles win 6-4. tom and dave are talking it over, masn sports.com. orioles win it 6-4. thanks for joining us. thanks for the enthusiasm, everybody. we'll see you back here tomorrow night. >> gets it down but foul. 0-2. and that's not what they wanted to see. >> after one pitch when you've squared around the bunt, and the third baseman did not charge, go ahead and give yourself up. a legitimate national league pitcher up sacrifice. square as early as you want, before the pitcher even comes set, and bunt the ball to third base. >> almost looked like he was trying to bunt for a base hit. >> you can give the sacrifice up, you see the defense. they didn't make any change from the dugout on the defensive alignment. >> now will they try to bunt again? they do. pulls the bat back. remember, if you bunt foul with two strikes, you're out. >>y well, now, the bunt for me needs to go directly back to the mound. put the ball in play. yourself e sacrifice, but put pressure on the defense. a fall ball bunt because y

. >> dave trembley confirmed today, that koji uehara will not make his scheduled tomorrow tomorrow against the nationals, it is likely he'll be put on the 15-day disable list. we will -- who will get the t? l's takok ou evdúlúeúdadú hernandefotheorioles. we did see david walking around the park today, so it's not too hard to put two and two together. once the move becomes official, the orioles will confirm that. he goes up against john lannan for the nationals. >> bob: thank you, amber. will that be a bber game the series ill the orioles be going for the sweep? >> jim p.: i like john lannan. i still remember the 2-1 victory he had over the orioles i don't know if it was last year or the year before. how about that earned run average. >> rob: he's definitely become our ace. another hit by gregg zaun. great night for him. already a home run. >> jim p.: i told him, i, he was hitting .118 early on. he said jokingly, i was overexposed. i told him, i said the good news, you can't stay at .118, not if you keep playing. >> rob: to finish that story about eric davis at the end of his career, he

. >> 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 will be david hernandez recalled from triple-a norfolk though dave trembley did not confirm that. he said it was pretty self- explanatory why hernandez was pulled from the game in norfolk last night. >> jim: as dave trembley was asked that, he looked at the reporter about david hernandez and he said, well, he was pulled after four innings. i think you can figure that out as amber said, self- explanatory. hanley ramirez swings through it. it's no balls and two strikes. >> buck: obviously, the president of baseball separations -- operations is on the trip andy macphail. there's a lot of conversation going on about preventative moves and whatever you might have to do shou