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nicely presented by matt wieters. >> gary: one away. he's retired all three lead-off batters so far. back to the top of the order, here is alex cora. lined out to second base his first time up. in the lead-off spot, he, too, has some decent speed. fouls that one off. uehara gets ahead on the count, two strikes. >> jim: he plays terrific shortstop. as we talked about last night, he's just a, learned it in boston, a great utility player. he can play second, he can play shortstop, can play just about anywhere. >> gary: he will foul it back. >> jim: i asked sandy alomar, jr., sandy alomar, sr. is the bench coach, sandly alomar, jr., i said tell me about matt wieters. he said i'll tell you what, some of the softest hands i have seen. he said, maybe get a little bit wider, he said, dennis martinez told me one time, get the legs out. i want to see a shoulder, i want to see a knee. make sure you get the glove up. it's not easy being 6'5" and catching. i think what i like about it is he does get down. for a big guy, he really is able to give you

. >> jim: so matt wieters, number two. time for you to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. hanley ramirez, he has a grand slam. and matt wieters or an dry miller who went seven innings and allowed just one run on one hit. text in your vote to 51862. >> buck: dan myers comes on here and that will allow him to make as many pitches necessary to get loose. he has been a good pitcher for fredi gonzalez in this bullpen. he came out of the o's -- a's organization and they picked him up on wafers as they needed to add depth to the left-hand said of their bullpen and he fit the bill. >> jim: oscar sal la star is going do pitch pinch hit for felix pie. because of the pitching change, pie will be lifted for sal la star as the orioles are run out of time here trying to get back in here. >> buck: what a good pinch hitter sal la star has been with andino at first base. he'll come here and try to keep this rally going a lead-off home run, base hit, nobody out. salazar will pinch hit for felix pie who technically took over

matt wieters has got a bright future. so far, i think he's off to a great start though he's only played in 189 games. >> jim: it's really a benefit for the orioles to have two switch hitting catchersment whenever dawn zaun plays, it doesn't matter who the opposing pitcher is -- catcher is because they can hit from both sides of the plate. matt wieters is making his for instance felt. amber theoharis is with the catcher. >> here is the one of the switch hitting catchers in the league, matt wieters. coming to the big leagues as a switch hitter, is there anything different than in the minor leagues as far as bat from both sides of the plate up here? >> i think you see a few more lefties so you have to work on your right-handed swing. you can get stretches where you have a lost righties in a row and you have stretches where you get a loflt left gillaspie a a row. we've had a few lefties in a row here lately. hopefully, you're on your game from the wythe right side. >> anybody can look up your numbers. where are you feels feel

matt wieters gets his first home run in the major leagues. are you just glad you got it out of the way. you knew it was going to come at some point. >> i mean redding was a guy i faced a little bit in the minor leagues so i knew he threw a lot of strikes, i was fortunate enough to get it to carry out. it's good oh get the zeros out of the home run and rbi column. >> looking at what aubrey huff was able to do. this was a good ballgame going back and forth, but to come out on top in a game like this. >> it was, both the starters gave their teams a chance to win and the bullpens really -- >> i think they got aubrey huff right next to him, so matt a little bit, too. you'll have to answer to the veteran on that one. he took a little bit of the pie for you. >> i'll hear about that one later. >> getting back to the fun you guys had when we saw nolan reimold get the pie and your other teammates, does this kind of complete this for you. balls you guys all came up together at the same time, and to have a night like this. >> definitely, i mean, anytime

matt wieters first home run. then they brought him down to the clubhouse area. >> jim: so he can predict home runs. >> gary: i wanted to get some numbers out of him. by the looks of the guy to the right, he did in fact call that. the guy was unapole jet he cannily completely stunned. >> jim: is he swinging away here? >> gary: third walk surrendered by tim redding in the ballgame. that will put wieters on with two down, and that will bring up andino. an dean negotiation a strikeout victim his first time up. orioles will try to mount a two- out rally here. a chopper to short, force at second, to castillo to get the out. i think it's the same. ♪ introducing the next iphone. it's the iphone you love, now with video. just one of the amazing new features on the iphone 3g s. the fastest, most powerful iphone yet. >> gary: a 3-2 lead for t o's. 3-4-0 here in birdland. cora, martinez, beltran, top of the order. joining us on our wired wednesday is going to be oscar salazar. great to have you with us. >> thank you.

matt wieters is going the opposite way. there's a second big league home run and the orioles are trying to chip back here in the eighth. >> matt wieters with a pretty good time over the last 10 games. 13 hits in 37 trip0s the plate. he has hit .351 during that period acouple of home runs, six rbi's, six runs scored and three doubles. when you look back at wieters, it looks like he has finally gotten into a groove. >> it is safe to say that swing has shortened up like to when he was in the minors. at first his swing got real long and as of now he is showing a lot of confidence with his swing. it is very short. it is very quick. he's going with the pitch, and he's going with the pitch from power. second home run on his career. both of them are opposite. that one tonight got out of the ballpark and a bullet. a shot. again, he showed you just what he is capable of doing a good fastball down and in. he still gets the head of the bat on it. he drives it by the first baseman. two hits for matt wieters on the night and, boy, he is

matt wieters with his first career home run. gary sheffield doing what he's been doing forever, it seems, hitting home runs. there are the number for johnson. >> gary: johns you now needs to put in a couple of innings. this is another one of the games with the starter going just five innings, you're asking the bullpen to carry a big load and jim johnson, the rested one, last pitched on the 12th against atlanta and only a third of an inning. gave up a couple of hits in that appearance. ground ball towards second base. beltran retired. so he's been held to a single in four at-bats. >> jim: you talked about his last appearance against atlanta. came in throwing 97. he had five days off. got himself in trouble trying oh get people out with the change-up and the curveball. he did not do a good job that night of receipt reeding the bats of the atlanta hitters. he's got a good curveball. his sinker is his best pitch. >> gary: now faces wright. wright has gone 0 for 3 in the ballgame, 2 for 8 in the series. he still has the 11-game hit s

four seats, you'll get an autographed picture of matt wieters. call 888-848-bird or go on-line to orioles.com for your tickets. an oriole fan with a marlins fan. right now the marlins fan has the edge up. 2-0, marlins. six batters to the plate in the first. an unearned run, earned run. there's cody ross, breaking ball for a strike. 0-1. >> buck: it's important jason berken settle in. incorporate all his pitches. cody ross has power. 12 home runs. berken did a pretty good job minimizing the damage in the first inning. >> jim: the sixth-round draft pick in 2006. he has come on in a hurry. he was not on the 40-man rochter roster and not invited to -- roster and not invited to the camp. >> buck: that's a little different. kind of straightened up cody ross. kind of got his attention a little bit. a little chin music. ahead in the count. ball kinds i ciefnld takes off. he missed up and in, but cody ross doesn't know -- doesn't know that. >> jim: he's wondering, now what. breaking ball popped up. roberts at second base. one away. >> buck: the psychee of

wieters takes. 2-0, the count on matt. wieters, 1-07 -- 1-7 on the trip. he caught two of the three games in philadelphia. gregg zaun lad the huge game when he caught on saturday night. matt started friday and sunday. he is batting at .246. there is a high chopper towards third. bonifacio in to play the hop and quickly across and the orioles go three up and three down on three ground ball outs. the middle of second, and florida and koji going back to work with the lead. eal good. dudes. priority mail flat rate boxes only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. >> jim: here is a way to sa on tickets and pick up exclusively meme bee i can't. when you buy a flex pack, you save on four upcoming games of your choice including a prime game. for a limited time if you purchase two seats, you'll receive an autographed photo of nolan reimold and purchase four seats you get an autographs photo of matt wieters. go to 888-bird or just go online to orioles.com. koji uehara with the 1-0 lead. in the bottom of the fist and her

matt wieters and then robert andino. luke scott, you see the numbers for the season, he has been hot. the inside fastball, which he has mastered effectively will really set up his change-up which is one of the better ones that we will see all year long and he is a real battler. last time out, he got hit on his pitches hand off the hand of vernon wells. he stayed in the game and pitched six strong innings. >> gary: and the manager said he was asked to describe the starting pitcher. he said tough and that's what he was referring to. the guy stays in after that, you figure that's a guy that's pretty tough. 25-year-old left hander ready to go. brian roberts staying in. does brian want to get a hit quickly. he is 0-for-his last 17, continues to be tied at first in run. he has been above .300 but has now dropped to below 300. the count is now even 1-1. roberts with the outfield in a couple of stems on him. that one in the air to centerfield. davis coming, coming, coming, diving and there is the base hit you need to get out of

boim matt wieters, bottom of the fifth. john lannan, after a few struggles early has a very economical pitch count. he's right at about 14 pitches per inning threw his first four. and usually when john pitches like this, guys will start swinging a little early in the count and he'll get some early outs. >> rob: that's some stuff that you know you've got good stuff when guys start hacking early. >> jim p.: wigginton came into this game at 13 for 26. he got him out twice. >> bob: i've seen john lannan beat the orioles, i think he beat us 2-1 a couple years ago. he just demands the ball -- commands the ball real well. he's not a soft tosser. even though he's throwing occasionally 93, he's finishing his pitches. >> bob: good location there and easy for anderson hernandez. >> rob: the one thing i do love about john lannan is he's got great mechanics, he's out over that front leg all the time. he sells that change-up perfectly. >> jim p.: you and i, when we came up we were pretty blessed where fastball count. they'd be looking fo

very interesting strategy after the double by matt wieters to lead off. reimold draws another walk. what. [ indiscernible ] he has a tremendous batting -- he's going to swing and miss. it adopt look like he chases - it doesn't look like he chases bad pitches. >> the more success you have, we've seen it with adam jones, the more they work on you. but i was talking with the batting contain. maybe there's some characteristics that maybe you could say -- but for a big young guy, and you know, i asked lat night, did he always, was he always this disciplined? did he always have this camne? and crowley said yes, the swing is getting better, he can hit the ball to right field. he can hit it out of any partf the ballpark. he will be a terrific hitter. it won't be automatic, so reimold, wieters, who led off that 912th -- who led off that 9th inning? andino got the chance to play, he takes a hanging slider. livan hernandez did not make a lot of mistake, but when he did, they got the home run. so a lot of bright spots. th

get that pie out of your fa. >> that was amber with matt wieters. he said when you get a pie in the face, you've done something good. he's been pied in the phase by jones. everybody anticipating and waiting for that first home r, and there it was. >> i'm looking for the next 4. that's what i'm looking for. but last year, wieters got rolling. just barely makes it out of te ballpark, but it makes that fn happy, and he makes the orioles happy. puts them up two runs at ths point. 2-1. >> we've been told about wieters' power from either sie of the plate. it's fitting it did go the opposite way. >> i'm not too worried about matt wieters hitting home runs. already 6 months playing in major, in professional baseball, 32 home runs in the minor leagues with 121 rbis. he has a very good swing. i don't think anybody should even worry about that. it was a slow start, but soonr or later, i will start powerig the ball. a switch hitter liking eddy murray, left handed the opposite way right-handed. it's just a matter of time befor

matt wieters had a night to end all nights there edid. he had a lot of plays out there. nick markakis, you know who tied the record again tonight for eight assists. made a great play at home plate. earlier on, luke scott had an opportunity to hit the relay man and the orioles lose another run right here. you can just see a nice, little slow hop, skip and jump to the relay manned and -- man and the throw to home plate was not in time and not opt mark for wieters to make the day. here, another ?oot right field. there's a little short. nick markakis now, you just don't want to run on nick markakis. you can trust that he's always going to give you the best effort of any outfielder in the game. always good throws. always in the play all the time anticipating ahead of time. wieters with an easy tag at home plate and cuts down a marlin there. good tag by wieters tonight on that play who stayed right at home plate. pretty good throw on the part of nick markakis. he's awesome. >> now, nick markakis has eight outfield assists. is he basically has the strongest throwing arm in the

matt wieters tries to block him off home. bonifacio had too much momentum and knocks him off his feet. >> jim: when pie was starting earlier in the year in left field, would he do that quite a bit holding the baseball a lot longer than necessary that. time it really cost him. the orioles once again now trail by two. ramirez runs. wieters' throw to second base. the tag, safe. got a good jump, and he stole it on albers. >> buck: matt wieters still hasn't thrown out a base runner. the only base runner he was credited with caught stealing was a boxed scweez squeeze play that he tagged out run aer. hanley ramirez gets a great jump. steals his 10th of the season. throw was a strong one, but not in time to get ramirez. >> jim: here is a strike. 1-1 on jorge cantu, the florida cleanup hitter. orioles now have committed two errors in -- errors in this game. pie had a baserunning mistake in the first inning and now a defensive mistake here in the seventh inning. this is strike one and two on cantu. >> buck: yeah, had it not been for a

one above would be two out. 2-1 on matt wieters. swings through it, 2-2. >> buck: well, dan meyer a strike way from his first professional save. diernl that is it. >> jim: he was a first-round pick of the braves back in 2002. the 2-2 is swing and a missed. wieters down on strikes. the ballgame is over. marlins have won on and first two in this series. last night rashes three-run comeback to force extra innings. tonight, orioles go three up, three down. a long night for manager dave trembley whose team did not play well in this game. final score here in florida, the marlins five. the orioles, two. since 1873, coors banquet has been brewed in one place... and one place only: golden, colorado. it's followed one tradition: use the best high-country barley... and only rocky mountain water. and it's been brewed under one motto: never compromise. now maybe this means we're a little set in our ways. but we know a few guys who will drink to that. coors. the banquet beer. >>> orioles trailing in this game 3-0. then things went south quickly.

same draft as matt wieters of the he has made his impression and is off to a decent start. brad bergesen, boy, what a savior he has been. he'll make his 13th start tomorrow his e.r.a. under 4.00. a 4-2 record. he's getting better and better. each time out he seems to make more adjustments and he'sth really settled in effectively in this rotation. >> jim: here is tim wood about to make his major league debut. he finally gets into a game. sean west was lift ford a pinch- hitter after going six scoreless innings. there's a line drive right to uggla off the bat of andino and that's how it's going tonight for the orioles. >> buck: it sure is. tim wood, he was ducking out of the way. wasn't quite sure where that first big league pitch was going to end up. watch the pitcher's reaction. ducks out of the way, but it's right at the second baseman, dan uggla. >> jim: out of tucson, arizona. he was drafted by the marlins in the 44th round in 2002 out of junior college in arizona in his hometown of tucson. how about that. a 44th-round pick. salses salazar pinch-hitting for -- oscar sala

you can see matt wieters throw out anderson hernandez. the pitch is up, he has to slide out to the right-handed batter's box. then in the fifth inning, the pitch is a little lower, same result though. perfect throw to second base. tagged a little off by ty wigginton in the fifth. i think we've shown today that matt wieters is doing an exceptional job getting away from the left-handed hitter, getting out and throwing the ball to second base. >> bob: top of the 7th. willie harris, been a pretty good lead-off man today. good defense in center field as usual. a fastball by ray who has come out and is looking very sharp. he struck out nieves looking on three and he's been locating well. so five consecutive strikes here. >> jim p.: when you pitch an inning and 2/3 and give up five runs and seven hits, dave trembley talked about it, i watched the game, but the velocity was 96. he just made one real bad pitch. but they brought him out for the second inning after, and that just was a little too much. again, they were way behind in the ballgame. bu

his foot is across the plate before matt wieters can apply the tag. it's a good head's up play by uggla hustling. the umpire, chad fairchild, right on top of the play. >> jim: new pitcher on for the orioles. here is mark hendrickson. berken goes five innings. >> buck: hendrickson making his 17th appearance and mark hendrickson coming on here with an opportunity to keep this a one-run game. he'll work the bottom of the sixth inning. jason berken did a pretty good job of minute miegdz the damage after walk, error, base hit, down two before there was an out. >> jim: there's a strike. now, his job is to keep this game as is. here is a chance to possibly pickup a win. cantu, hermida and uggla against hendrickson here in the sixth, -- so, two errors in this gamehave hurt each team. berken, two walks in his fiv innings and both came around to score. high fly ball to center field. pie back on it has a play. has it for the out. -- out. one down. here is amber. >> amber: in rick sigon. an interesting note. we noted that koji uehara might not make a start on sun

. >> rob: the one thing i do like about matt wieters is he is a huge target. i had joe oliver who was about 6'4", 6'5", 250. what is he about 6'6"? >> jim: 6 '5". he took a little bit off. >> jim: the location. >> rob: did you throw to shoulders, knees? because i threw to the whole square of the catcher, not just his glove. >> jim: rick dempsey used to have the orange ring about his glove, the day glow. >> bob: fastball up. wieters, by the way, listed at 6'5", 230. and rick dempsey, i talked to him before the game and he told me he is still trying to get comfortable back there. maybe a little too much movement here and there. >> jim: that's what jim said, he was down in florida. sometimes you can be a little late with the target. see now he is much better tonight about it. i know don warner, who is the -- really the roving catching instructor. he said this is a young guy. he is only 22 years old. jim hunter said he is 20 game ins the big league ? >> bob: yeah. >> jim: andy macphail, the general manager of the orioles, he said it is not like you're an older, th

that will give a shot to matt wieters who flied out to center first time up. kind of interesting on that let's, -- list, jirjs you have national league teams except one in the top five who scored most of their runs other than homers that. would be one of the teams that plays more like a national league team than maybe any other american league team, the angels. it's that brand of baseball you're talk about situational hitting ortmeier way. >> jim: having good teams. the national league even with reyes out in the national league in stolen base. that's the type of ball club they have to be. imagine when you talk about they've had 11 guys on the disabled list and they're still over .500. >> gary: yeah, and only four games off the lead. the count with two down, runner at first base. matt wieters strokes that one into left field. base hit. >> jim: there you go. stalked about at least allowing pelfrey to get you back into the game. base on balls and then right here pretty good pitch. first time i have seen matt wieters cover the outside corner hits the ball down the

back-to-back changeups for matt wieters. you don't need a home run that. would be the bonus. just a single, walk, anything. >> gary: keep the inning going. >> jim: yeah. >> gary: one ball, one strike count. wieters over the top of it and it goes to 1-2. >> jim: we can talk about the transition from the minor leagues to the major leagues. when do you see a guy who can throw in the mid-90s throw you three straight changeups and good wunz ones? that i had this third one the bottom dropped out of t that was a pitch he worked on just because of long gist. you lose -- longevity. you lose anything on your heater. >> gary: 1-2. delivery to wieters. swung on and miss -- swung on and missed gets the strikeout. rodriguez, first out of the inning recorded there now wigginton will pinch-hit. >> jim: there is is your x-mo. very unusual wind yu. he's worried more about the hirlt at the plate and four changeups in a row. >> gary: sheer hot bat coming on sunday's two-homer day. it what was he 1-5 off of lowe and then those numbers changed dramatically. >> gary: one down, bases remain loaded.

mora and wigginton at the corners and matt wieters catches of the this is his fourth game in a row. this is the fourth time he's done this in the big leagues -- first time he's dug done this in the big leagues catching four in a row. >> jim: dan uggla bats now. 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 t

matt wieters, first major run came last night. he will lead off the bottom of the 9th. oriole down a run. waterproof and sweat-proof sunscreen... can wear out... leaving skin vulnerable. new neutrogena ultimate sport with helioplex. provides the highest average uva/uvb protection and is also 3x... more waterproof than testing standards. neutrogena ultimate sport >> gary: series win and chance to head to philadelphia feeling good on the lynn in the bottom half of the 9th. mets have trailed but came bak in the 6th and 7th. and there's a base hit, wieters is going for two. the throw coming in is not in time. a double for matt wieters. >> jim: there's your. [ indiscernible ] remember the changeup on tuesday? watch this fastball. he smokes it. we always talk about the difference in the minors, how quickly beltran gets to the -- it's bang-bang at second. and matt is able to beat the throw. nobody out, your tieing run. >> gary: second base -- wietes gets the double. his second hit of the ballgam, and nolan re -- rye mold will take it down lo

we have matt wieters. one of the many young players making their appearance around major league baseball with ball clubs that either need help, find themselves falling out of the loop early or winning and have soft spots and try to find young players to come in. and nate mclouth was traded to the braves so andy mckutchen comes up. this team, the oakland team just got three wins from three rookies left handed starters. the orioles have just that many also now involved in the staff. the roster moves have been rather fast and furious. runner at second base, melvin mora. offspeed. what a change-up. >> buck: that's his best pitch, without question. he sells it very well with his arm action. you see the fastball arm action and then the velocity is diminished. watch the swing here. wieters thinks fastball. you see how far out in front he is >> it's just 73 miles per hour. >> gary: our look at wittest brought to you by northrup grumman the information system warehouse. >> buck: that's the beauty there, 92, 73. 92,

i was talking with him about matt wieters. he said overall he's very impressed of the way matt has been handling all aspects of the major leagues. but the one area he wants to see improvement on is matt throwing out runners on the base pads. right now 12 runners have attempted to steal, he's only thrown out one, don said he thinks it's because he's rushing a little bit. up here he feels like the ball exchange is too quick, he's not getting a good grip on the ball and he's noticed his footwork is off. he wants to see those changes, but he's pretty confident that matt will get back to the guy he was throwing runners out in the minor leagues. >> jim h.: thank you very much. that's a good point, because what wieters has gone through now, uh-oh, i'm in the big leagues, so everything that comes at me is new. he has to feel as if he belongs and remember it's the same game. >> jim p.: well, it is. earl weaver used to always say, just go through the execution. but don made a very good point this morning, they came out and worked on his

. >> buck: remember, gaughan is -- zaun is in the game now as matt wieters was pinch hit for and so he is back behind the plate. >> jim: 6-6, the bottom of the ninth. ground ball slowly hit to second. roberts goes to second. out there and just in time. brian roberts with a smart play and maybe a gamble with bonifacio running. gonzales is going to come out to argue. >> buck: well, the advantage brian roberts has is he can see exactly where the base runner is because he is right in his field of vision. gonzales is going cocome out leer and argue maybe more out of frustration than anything else. it didn't take long to get an answer. it looked like he was headed back and maybe that's what he told him sunk in. but brian roberts pitched a chance, but it is a well calculated risk as he gets bonifacio with the lead. the base runner right in his field of vision. he knows where he is, how much time he has. boy, it is close. >> buck: the umpire had a couple of bang-bang plays at second. one earlier in the game when andino didn't tag the bag on the force attempt and that one right there, bonifacio

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 solid season for the mets after a tremendous struggle last year for the detroit tigers. >> jim: i was talking to himbefore the game. i said do you like the national league a little better. he said, yeah, because he hated the deght designated hitter. -- designated hitter. he didn't feel comfortable doing it. he should be comfortable doing it. he's come off shoulder injuries. a lot of guys who are 40 think they can play in the outfield, weapon you play in the american league and you're just a dh, that ball right off the mask of

gip a nice block by matt wieters on the pitch in the dirt. >> buck: that pitch was way out in important of home plate and wieters is fortunate he is able to keep in front of him. watch where this ball hits. i mean, it hits two feet in important of home plate and he is lucky he actually blocked it with his shin guard. he never really got a glove on it. but there is no way of knowing how high that ball is going to bounce when it bounces so far in important of you. >> jim: 1-0 on ross gload. the bouncer towards the hole. there is is a base hit into right field. we'll talk about a seeing eye single. the base runner at first. baker had to wait. that ball bounced by him for a single. and then baker continued to second base, so there is another pinch hit for ross gload. he now has eight. >> buck: aubrey huff may have had a chance for this ball, but he reads it as being too far away from him. it was kind of in between he and brian roberts. roberts had no chance to make a play. aubrey might have had a chance to knock it down if he goes another step or two to his right. >> jim: so now the lineup

that will be a stolen base and another throwing error on matt wieters. >> buck: kind of tied up with the hitter cantu. never made contact. watch the break first. not a great break. he's got a chance to throw out hanley ramirez. watch where he is inside pitch. he has to really wait on it and got on top of it and really kind of threw a two-seam fastball down to second base. well off the mark. >> jim: here is the same situation, runner at third, one down, runner in. 1-2 foul down at the plate. cantu has 45 rbi's. uggla has 43 and ramirez has 43. pretty good balance. 1-2 hit sharply to short. dloon freeze the runner and fire to first for the out. that time having the infield in paid dividends as andino is able to keep ramirez at third and now two men out. >> buck: the sharply hit ball but right at robert andino. once he gloves the ball, watch the reaction as he's going to look at third base. check hanley ramirez. ramirez jockeying off the bag. no thawfts going home. dan uggla now with two down and a runner at third. uggla singled and scored in the second inning. he was on base when cody

matt wieters coming up the fans on hand to a young player grow. wieters still looking for that long ball trying to get average up. he's had a chance to think about things. a chance to rest some games. as this season rolls along, he's going to be playing more and more and fewer and fewer days off. couldn't believe today i added it up. there are 99 games left in the season. they're trying to get under that 100 mark. that happened awful quick. >> jim: yeah, it did. >> gary: 1-0 delivery. that will be fouled away. 1-1. >> jim: we won't hear a lot of managers for their teams underachieving saying we have 100 games to go. it will be 98, -- >> gary: no, you don't have a lot of games left. you're in trouble. >> jim: if you do, we'll have to anticipate a playoff. >> gary: 1-1 delivery on the way. pelfrey gets a called strike on the inside corner. 1-2. that's why the mets are concerned k they afford to go with what they have at third base which has been nothing offensively for another -- till the end of july and hope delgado comes back. inside. or do you ma

matt wieters' first error and emilio bonifacio would score from first base when felix pie held the ball too long. that was the difference in the ballgame. when you look at the two series, it's quite a departure. 3-0 in philadelphia. they've lost the first two games here and scored five runs per game in philadelphia. 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

your catcher matt wieters. >> bob: jones fouls it off the right side. no balls and two strikes. >> jim: you talked about that the last time ross pitched against the orioles, only the infield hit by nick markakis. through six innings. >> rob: yes that is the thing. he doesn't know a lot of these lineups. he does now know the orioles because he faced them once. he is going out there now on guts and guile against these big league lineups. >> bob: willingham is not going to get it and it bounces against the wall and adam jones will head to second base snapping an oh-fer 13 drought with a one-out double. >> jim: and he does it on an 0- 2 pitch. maybe a cutter and just trying to get in. you can see there where bard gets in. the ball get dallas. but when adam jones gets the foot down and you elevate the ball and don't get it way in, there is a big difference between going in and getting in. >> rob: absolutely and that fastball was up and high so he could get his arms extended. it just shows you the quickness of some of these major leaguers' bats. they can hit

he should be a great minor league prospect, that you can get and steal and be like a matt wieters or somebody like that, but possibly in the field. >> okay, have a pleasant evening. we'll see you guys tomorrow night. >> all right, guys. >> look forward to stammen tomorrow. >> thank you. as you look at this ball club now, what area would you go after to maybe solidify it, make it a better team? >> i think because flores is coming back, i would look at a shortstop that had more range than guzman. i just don't think that he's getting the balls up the middle that he should. you've got to have a centerfielder, willie harris is great, but on an ideal ball club, he's going to be a guy that's going to be a utility guy and shore up everything. if you could get a centerfielder that could go wall to wall, go gap to gap, charge the ball hard with a good throwing arm, that gives you tough at-bats. i don't see the professional at- bats that we need to have in the middle of the batting order in order to drive in those runs in key situations. >> and the nationals only put two runs on the board tonig

he went for third, then matt wieters threw the ball into left field. ronny paulino at about 21% throwing out opposing base runners, 9 for 44. but the element of surprise is gone, so i'd be surprised to see josh do something here. >> rob: that might even have been a false break. sometimes you'll start running, just to try to get the catcher to step up or maybe take a strike away interest the pitcher and think about throwing somebody out. doesn't necessarily mean you're going to go to second base. pretty good career. >> bob: josh is like, what are you doing saying my name and his in the same sentence. he's going. and nolasco gets the one hopper right up the middle. was it a good reaction? a lot of luck or a little bit of both? we've gotta pay for. and a few things we want to pay for. on top of it all, we're still trying to put away some money for the future. with the wish list, we can save up for anything we want. and still have enough to cover the day-t0-day. plus, the savings engine helps our money grow. and that's something we need and want. introduci

matt wieters, strikeout victim his first time up will take a breaking ball. and the offspeed delivery is a strike. wieters has 1 hit in 12 at-bats against lefties, a couple of hit in 12 at-bats against right handers. matt told us before the game, he is trying to get things straightened out, figuring out big league pitching, his first go around. >> the one thing is that they can throw the philadelphia phillies for strikes. you can throw a change-up when you are behind. and the velocity more consistent. you might see a guy once a week that has command of more than one pitch but once you get to the big leagues, you will have somebody who has a specialty pitch, throws extremely hard but all starters can masser three pitches. >> gary: 1/3 delivery on the way, reached for it and that's going to be a base hit. so wieters gets a single the other way. he was worked away and that's where he took it, into right field. orioles with four singles notice ballgame. >> buck: a breaking ball that stays up out over the plate. he hits it with one hand and strokes it past giambi

matt wieters, his first major league home run second inning, two rbi's. he's walked and flied to center field. wieters takes that one to center field as well. that one got in on the hands. >> jim: the line drive to center, then got him jammed a little bit. the guy you said may even hit .400, he just did the same. he just popped up to center field. wieters and mauer. stokes actually quite a story. tommy john back in 2003. they picked him up for cash consideration. with an e.r.a. over 7 runs a game for tampa bay. before they started winning. that was back in 2007. last year as we look at the orioles closer george sherrill getting ready to protect this two-run lead, then last year stokes pitched down at their triple-a affiliate, and had a terrific year. >> gary: he earned himself a spot in this bullpen. andino has had an 0 for 3 in the ballgame. batting at .241 now in the ballgame. that was big home run by huff. that one shot up the middle, andino is on. he's got a one out single here in the 8th. both teams have 11 hits in the ballgame. >> jim: a little page

. >> 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, you just don't want the field to become unplayable. well t. just ran off the corner again. he's been so good. that ball, it looks like a strike. but it's outside. and it just ran again laterally because of his arm position tonight. he's been so good. you close your front side, the arm gets up. if it opens a little early and you have nights like that, it drops down. >> gary: with cora coming up, hendrickson will be coming in.  >> gary: more saving, more doing. that's the power of home depot. a problem era -- area for the orioles. left-han

that will bring home matt wieters it is a 2-0 lead on a brian roberts double. >> jim: a nice judgment by the orioles, second, third time through the order. -- nice adjustment by the orioles. just slicing it into left f. roberts can do this in his sleep. terrific bat head to the ball, and wieters is going to score easy as andino goes to third. and roberts at second. >> gary: brian coming in third in the league in doubles. he picks up the rbi. the orioles get the 2-0 lead, still just one away, and two e still in scoring position. >> jim: and they are going to bring the infield in for thy with the best numberses with guys in scoring positions. will take the pitch from hernandez away, so he has the big advantage going with the infield drawn in. >> jim: the first six orioles tonight in the lineup have batting averages over .300 wih runners in scoring position. and adam leads the pack. i said it's simple. you're struggling a little bi, expanding the strike zone, and if you swing at balls, that's what you're going to get. he said i know. th

and matt wieters has been able to, if he had hung on to the ball, he would have tagged coa out. because cora had to come back and touch home plate. and only then was he called safe. >> jim: see how matt blocks te plate. so he takes away the outside corner, and that's why cora can't get to it, but again, it's also why the ball gets away. so if he catches it, it hit hs bare hand, but he doesn't hava chance. you can see with the left han, trying to get in. this is the way you block the plate. you don't give them the plate, he never touched it. >> gary: and the only plate umpire was right on. he gave no signal. >> jim: we saw brian mccann in the atlanta series give the runner the outside corner of the plate. that's all right, but you br take it away, and that's what wieters did. >> gary: wright will get the rbi, making it an one-run ballgame. wright's 38th run batted in, runner at 1st. surprise probably more than anyone was beltran, he thought the throw was going to second, so he had gone like a quarter of the way down to second. throw

you can see matt wieters move up and in and the ball runs out over the plate. so they don't get the ball where they wanted to. >> gary: good job of hitting by murphy. that's his 21st run batted in. so he's on at first base, it is a two out rbi. and the catcher brian schneider. schneider had a good night last night as he ended up with a two for three, a couple of hits in the ballgame. single, double, rbi. >> jim: the rbi single went right through the legs of jeremy guthrie. that was the fourth run in that four-run fourth inning. >> gary: schneider, brian roberts will have plenty of time and gets the out. 

but david hernandez came out of that draft in the 16th round and, of course, matt wieters the first draft pick in 2007. joe jordan not only knows talent but knows how to listen to the talent in the room with all of his scouts. if they have an i'd yarks he will listen to what they say. tonight, the orioles are in oakland, game 1 of a three-game series. we'll get the rick dempsey scouting record. jeremy guthrie against dallas braden. into first three four inning, a 5.7 e.r.a. ant team opposition hitting against him is almost .300. no doubt he puts a lot of time in on his mechanics and everything he averages now 6 innings per starts and that's 103 pitches for jeremy guthrie. that's not like him at all. he has to start cutting the pitch count down. after the 5th inning, he is great. no doubt about that because after that, the team is batting only .221. jeremy just has to cut down the amount of pitches and we need to get him late into some ball games. >> jim: on the other side, dallas braden. >> rick: he loves the o's the wrong way, though. that's his second best e.r.a. again the oriole, 1.33

. >> gary: so gonzalez will face matt wieters and the pitch is in there for a strike. wieters singled and struck out. a's bullpen, unsettled at best. they don't have consistency out there he said that the bullpen right now does not have roles. i'm just taking the best guy on a given day and putting him where i need him. 1-1 delivery on the way and that will be outside. 1 ball, 22 balls 1 strike count. e.r.a., pretty good, ranked 6th. that is stake r taken for a strike i thri. is no reason to establish roles until you get some guys that have pitched consistently and the other guys, i guess andrew bailey, the big young closer out of the bullpen has the most definitive role. centerfield, davis to get it. one away. >> gary: time to text in your vote. here are the candidates, starting pitch e dallas braden, matt holliday has had a three- rbi homerun and jack cust. text in your vote, a, b, or c to 51862. gonzalez with one away shatters the back on that one and it is a foul ball. andino at the plate for the o's. spectacular night on the plays as buck showed you there on the f

the only ball that carried was the ball off matt wieters last night. >> jim: i don't think the wind would have -- >> gary: he made the wind. >> jim: yes, he had the winds parted on the shot. 400 in interleague play for sheffield with four home runs, and 8 rbis. that's this season's center league play, and he has been on a tear. he had 7 home runs, 21 rbis, and a .318 average in the last 32 games. down to third base and foul. saw him before the game, he's feeling good. he feels healthy, feels -- he just feels good and for the lt few years, there haven't been many games where he felt good. >> all kind of shoulder problems. that started when he played fr the yankees. and played for the tigers lt year, did some dh'g, didn't le it at that position. >> gary: that to center field, jones is looking. he has plenty of time, and will make the catch. we are covering the bases tonight with the starter for the os, jason berken talked to us about reaching goals in his career. >> people always, how do you t where you're at? i think it's hard work. he never

that will leave it up to matt wieters. wieters happy to are that one under the hr column. get that out of the way. now he'll try to pick up a rb, a two-out rbi with runners on at first and second base. >> jim: something he's failed to do. he's only had 13 opportunities, so he has the home run, but when he hits a home run, the runnes at first. so still looking for a runner in scoring position. >> gary: two down. wieters will take the pitch, and it will miss for a ball. two game hit streak. you see the 2 for 7 he has matt with 21 walks off hernandez, tough to get a walk off him. you have to swing. third base will be cut off by wright. he's going to have to go to first to get the out, and he does. no score. ♪ cold refreshment is an unstoppable force. because every coors light can is cold-activated. when the mountains turn blue, your beer is as cold as the rockies. the coors light cold-activated can. enjoy refreshment at its peak. aaaaaahhh! frost-brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. >> i just wanted to set that as a goal, go to college, and

hehe is in matt wieters' spot. wieters was lifted for a pinch runner the ninth inning. guthrie did come around to score. >> buck: and don't forget gregg zaun lit that home run on saturday night that set up brian roberts. he hit a one-out home run, his second of the season. that came against the phillies' acting closing ryan madson. >> jim: there is the strike. 1-1. brian bass is up once again. he was up back in the fifth inning and then did not get in the game. good eye by zaun. he works the count to 2-1. sliced foul the other way. >> buck: zaun spent parts of three seasons here in florida. he actually came to florida in 1996 after he left baltimore. he played in 10 games in 1996, and 58 games in 1997, 106 in 1998 as part of that world series effort in 1997. >> jim: the 2-2 is inside. ball three. zaun work as one-out walk. one down in the 11th. and here is ty wigginton. >> buck: we mentioned that ty wigginton has seven home runs in his previous 26 career games here at this stadium. the rest of the roster had combined to hit only six. >> jim: how hot is ty wigging ton? h

. >> scouting report for the orioles says if you're manny acta, matt wieters has trouble throwing runners out. i think he's thrown out one runner so far up into the ballgame today. he got one but the nats got a couple on him. >> but it's not because he can't throw. he threw 95 miles per hour at georgia tech. his ball's tailing back a little bit, not quite on top. their instructor is here though. you see with him gunning the ball there. he's 6'5", he also falls back when he throws as opposed to following the throw. as he got hernandez there. willie harris gets a great jump. this throw, it's right there, but willie just beats the throw. this kid's going to be all right. borderline. that ball couldn't be played in a -- placed in a better spot as we see a different angle. how about this, josh willingham choosing to steal third base. wieters throws the ball away. we're able to get an easy run there. josh willingham, you mentioned he stole 90 bases i think in college. that's just a ball that got away from wieters, no chance to get him out there. >> look at the smile on dunn's face. there was a

bishop thwhere it is imperative on matt wieters. the third time through the order, you can't fall into a pattern. it has been a combination of thins. i think fatigue has something to do with it as he is is not used to pitching in a five-man rotation and the fact that the league is starting to get a little moreinformation on him. p him pitches a little more effectively. matt seems to have a real good grip on what to do behind the plate and i love the fact that he works very quickly, maybes quick decisions in his pitch selection. >> jim: ramirez is 25 years old and already in his fourth season. he was developed by the red sox and here is another example of how sometimes your farm system and the prospects that it produces help you elsewhere. boston develod him and aded mi lowell and heyd that ball is ripped to left field that is heading to the corner. nolan reimold will run it down and hanley ramirez has the lead- off double. again he was ahead of the hitter and couldn't put him away. >> buck: that ball got up. he elevated this pitch a

what did matt wieters do, pretty big lead and he takes a look. that's a little surprising. just a strong, accurate throw, good footwork, nice tag right there. >> rob: right down on the base which is what you're supposed to do. nice throw. >> jim p.: i played with mark, he would just drop the glove. that's what you try to do. get it down there as quickly as you can. >> jim h.: yesterday he did not play. so he was out working on the mechanics, the footwork, the throws. today in his first game back he catches the first potential base stealer of the day as anderson hernandez is gunned down. >> jim p.: you see how smoother he was today than he was down against florida? >> rob: that's not an easy throw. he's got to step outside to the left side of the hitter, with a lefty up there to throw to his throwing side. if there's a right-handed hitter, he just steps out and throws to second base. that was a much better throw. you could see he has to step out here, to throw up there. he does a great job. give the kid some credit. >> jim h.: that looked like a little two-seam fastball. >>