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could not get the one off the bat of alex rios. jason berken, i think he has still to work on his command but he is not afraid of contact of the one thing that he does -- and i know difficult tream bleeh -- we won't talk about him because he is suspended but rick kranitz likes the fact that he will battle you. he will get better as he gets more experienced. this is aa, back to aa, but he won 2-0 in five games at aaa and then right to the big leagues. that's a very quick ascencion. >> gary: it's amazing how similar these pitchers are. both have quick ascending, both similar e.r.a.s. both trying to keep their spot. rolen is retired. he is 0-for-2 in the ballgame. 2 down here in the 4th inning. >> jim: there you go. youngsters trying to make a living the the big difference here, 2.9 and 6 1/2. that does make a big difference. it gets you a little bit of coverage. for jason, we mentioned only in his last start in anaheim, the orioles actually with two 4-0 leads did not win either of those games. tonight, better. the breaking ball is better and then right there, we talked about scott rolen, he pops up the change-ups. using the complimentary pitches more effectively. >> gary: vernon wells. wells with a nine-game hit streak the he flied out to center. adam jones has four putouts in centerfield so far in the ballgame. this is a flyball-hitting team. this is a team that hits line drives, flyballs. that one popped up, third base. melvin mora. and another strong inning as berken sets the side down in order. that's the third time he has done that in 4 innings. male announcer: the chicken is tender, juicy, and lightly breaded. the sauce is a mouthwatering blend of sweet & spicy. every bite delivers a kick of asian chilies, real red pepper flakes, and a hint of garlic. it's about as far as it gets from fast food. and that's why you get it at wendy's. female announcer: introducing sweet & spicy asian chicken. one of three new chicken temptations from wendy's. it's waaaay better than fast food. it's wendy's.  . >> gary: time to bring you up to speed with the at&t rapid rewind. >> jim: it's been a great inning for jason berken, getting the outs and then cesar izturis getting the big out. >> gary: ground ball, first ball. rolen up, throwing. he has got him. reimold is retired. 0-for-2. >> jim: got jammed a couple of times. of course, rolen won seven gold gloves during the course of his career. >> gary: that will bring luke scott up. luke delivered a single, start that had 2nd inning when they loaded the bases and could not get the run in. among the dhs, luke continues to lead, second in batting average, first in homeruns and first in rbis for designated hitters in the american league. left hander coming inside to him for a ball. orioles trying to take advantage of the big numbers they put up here at home. they are 24-20 at home, 14-27 on the road. 1-0 delivery taken outside, largely due to the offense. they have the largest differential in batting average in the league, home and road. >> jim: don't you think it's pretty simple. if you score over five runs at home and give up 4.3, you're going to win some games and if you score 4 and give up close to of on the road, you are not going to win games on the road. that's been the story. >> gary: you can change it. >> jim: there is certainly not a team that is -- that's not the 1985 cardinals where they have the big ballpark jack fly and they have the big guys that can fly. the pitching should be better on the road and that's going to be the goal for the second half, not to mention the next three ballgames until you get there. >> gary: he has that one. a little too much of the plate as bret -- has brett cecil and luke scott has his second hit. >> jim: no one is swinging the bat on this team better than luke scott. not only for power. you mentioned the three homeruns in the month of july and then, again, to me, he is the strongest guy on this team. and, this year, he has shown tremendous bat speed, the ability to hit the ball left center and over. >> gary: now let's see if the orioles are getting something on with less than two outs can turn it into a run inning. orioles 0-3-0. jays, 0-1-0. melvin mora cranks that one down the right field side and that will be a foul ball melvin drew a walk. the only walk surrendered by brett cecil who has three strikeouts. jason berken, a walk and a strikeout so far for the orioles starter. >> jim: melvin would like to get into that second half groove last year, shoulder problems and hit .376, drove in 56 runs in 48 games. that was probably the most productive hitter in the american league in the second half of the year. >> gary: 0-1 delivery to him. the fastball be taken up high. melvin knows, one of the questions for the orioles is what's going to happen at the corners. in the short term as well as the long term. who is going to play first and who is going to play third? will it be melvin mora? >> jim: the same across the diamond. aubrey huff will be a free agent unless will re-signs. >> gary: melvin would like to put up some numbers. >> jim: he will get the opportunity. the david hernandez move; yes, you get him to the minor league and get the start but also not having to make a decision on pie and salazar, especially with the three lefties coming up. you would like to have an oscar on the bench to help you if you need a pinch hit. >> gary: 1-1 delivery on the way. long run for hill. he gets it. he gets the out. hill had played mora more towards second base. scott goes down to second and there are two down. hill had a long way to go. >> jim: good moving fastball. your call is right. you see the bat shatters. otherwise, this ball might have gotten into right field but, again, it appears to me -- and we have only been here four innings but this infield appears slower than when we have been on the west coast. of course, he didn't hit it particularly well. >> gary: now, matt wieters stands at the plate. with two down, scott will be off at the crack of the bat. >> jim: wells has a real outstanding arm in right. lind, average in left. dellucci. >> gary: wieters starting to pull the numbers up in these situations, too, with runners in scoring position. he is 4-for-23 now. that's just .174. he got off the slide on the last couple of weeks in the last department. he tried to yank that one and went foul as he pulled it upstairs. 1-1. >> jim: the thing about brett cecil, at least he used all his pitches, maybe a little erratic. when you saw matt wieters hit his first homerun from this side of the plate, it was a bomb in anaheim. >> gary: scott is jumping around. he realized that nobody was going to cover the bag. and the 1-2 count. >> jim: there is no reason for the middle infielders to cut down the lead. he does not have that much speed. he will be running, anyway, on contact. they would rather try to field their positions. >> gary: that's something that dave trembley was talking about before the game. he said, you know, the things that are done right, fundamentally, are rarely noted. but the mistakes that are made stand out. what luke scott is doing is one of those funneled. ally right things. nobody is covering the bag. don't go two steps. go four, five, six until somebody challenges you. that gives you a better charges to get home. now stepping off, cecil wants to chat with chavez. >> jim: you see this at camden yard. i don't think on the one-hop, i don't think he can throw him out because he is going to get a tremendous jump. >> gary: that sure would make it a lot tougher. >> jim: yep. >> gary: cecil gets together with chavez on what he wants to throw to wieters with two down and a 1-2 count. and a breaking ball is what it was. 4 strikeouts. no runs, 4 hits. no errors and one left on. it remains scoreless. behind me, it seems i've got three times the bills i used to. and they're getting in the way of things i'd like to do. with the money bar, i can move my money around instantly, so when 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threw him four the last time and that led to the walk and brian roberts, great effort on the x mo, trying to get the ball before it gets into the outfield. >> gary: we'll see how brian butterfield, the acting manager, wants to play this. rios will take it inside for a ball. another one of the numbers we talk b you get a leadoff man on, how often do you score in the american league average, 422%, orioles just below that. but really right there at the average of 40%. that's the average. >> jim: that's actually down. they used to be around 49 to 50% every year. it used to go down to 15% when you got the first guy out. that's a big, big difference. >> gary: here is the 1-1 delivery. berken wanted the call, didn't get it. >> jim: and you may tell a pitcher about, okay, strike 1, because sometimes, 120, 130 point in the batting average versus ball 1, how about that number? i need to get the first guy out? oh, yes, you do because there is about a 30% difference or maybe greater. and depending upon what point in the line-up you are, you have a guy that can steal, you know, halladay loses yesterday when crawford gets on who leads the american league in stole en bases. he steals, they throw it into centerfield. runner at third with one out in the 1st inning and they end up scoring a run. >> gary: rios waiting on it chops it foul. speaking of the numbers, great story in the new york times today for those of you who like statistics in baseball. a whole new dimension is going to be opened up with a brand new camera vision that's going to follow every movement of every player and every ball that's thrown during every baseball game. it's going to measure those things we call the unmeasurables, how many balls the shortstop gets to per given chance and how many don't they and how many leads are taken and how many feet. it's going to have every darn thing that happens in the course of a game. >> jim: i think they have been doing that in basketball. i think it's one of the scouting mechanisms to see what guys do when the ball is not in their hands, how well they move. all of a sudden, you can analyze the basketball game and now baseball. >> gary: centerfield again. jones back, turns, 360, not going to get t mills played. runner had to hold up at second base. overbay. he will have to stop at third. adam jones got turned the wrong way. that's a catchable ball for him. but once he had to turn his back to the plate and pick the ball up again, he could to the do it. >> jim: if you're going to play shallow and you can see him in that little bit of sod that's been replaced here and you turn the wrong way -- that's why only the really special outfielders can go back as well as they can come in. >> gary: so berken in trouble here. two in scoring position and nobody out. rioss that delivered yet another double as he is 2-for-2 in the ballgame. now, he has 22 doubles on a ball club that leads the majors in doubles. and here is david dellucci. dellucci looking for his first hit since coming up as he has played in five games now and is 0-for-14. >> jim: he hits the same balls to the right side, he will get a run over and a run in. that's what toronto would like. obviously, they would like the bone just with a base hit. if they play the game right, ground ball to the right side, another one, and you have to either play your infield in and you have yourself a 2-0 lead. >> gary: dellucci, a .258 major league average. dellucci has played in 1081 major league baseball games. he is 35 years old and he has been all over the place in the mine morse and majors, diamondbacks, yankees, texas, philadelphia, the last two years in cleveland. he will get the rbi. brian roberts will have to make the play over to first. rbi for dellucci. he has an rbi before he gets a hit. and a 1-0 lead for toronto. overbay scores and rios goes to third. >> gary: this remind e the orioles are hosting a series of baseball camps designed for boys and girls at 16. daily lunch, professional instruction, go to orioles.com, click on fan forum to register and find out more. now, the infield is going to be drawn in. raul chavez takes the pitch for a strike. he lined out to second his first time up. >> jim: and how big is the misplay by adam jones. it's not an error but it really set up this inning. now, you put a lot of pressure on a young pitcher. just the way the game is played. we saw it in eat when the orioles went ahead on tuesday night. they had -- seattle had to play their infield in and the orioles took advantage of it. >> gary: almost hit rios in foul territory. >> jim: that's why you are in foul territory. still hurts. there you go. >> gary: tip to maloo. chavez with runners in scoring position. 0-2 count on him. and one up high and away, trying to get him to go after t he did not. and a 1-2 count on chavez. 1-0 lead on the rbi by dellucci. chavez now with a chance. we'll see whether rios will go on contact on the ground ball. here is the 1-2 delivery. stays at 1-2. >> jim: hung a little slider and he jerked it foul. the orioles saw him play briefly in bald more in 2006 after playing the -- almost the entire year at aa bowie and he came in last year with the pirates when he was playing for pittsburgh. saw time with montreal, seattle, houston. he has been around, as you mentioned. >> gary: he is batting .260 in the start, the previous 22 starts that he has had. told you he has the great arm. he has thrown out 43% of would- be base stealers, 43%, very high number. >> jim: on the guy on the bench, their regular catcher he is leading the american league in rbis for catchers. that's rod about a jags. >> gary: chavez has an rbi. reimold will get it to the cutoff man and another double, three doubles in the ballgame for toronto and a 2-0 lead. >> jim: you hang sliders, that's the one he hit foul. watch this one kind of hovering around. that's up in the zone. we talked about pnc scouting reports. stay down. melvin can't catch it. he is anticipating something down and away. you can see that's why he is that far off the line. if he knew he was going to hang a slider -- okay, i'm going to hang a slider to this guy. play the line. that's not the way it works. >> gary: 193 doubles for toronto. they have seven more than boston coming into the paul game. the rbi picked up by chavez. still only one out here in the 5th inning. scutaro grounded out, flied out, top of the order. and that one in the air to right. markakis, runner tags. here is the throw. melvin mora the tag, not in time. chavez will move up on the flyball out by scutaro. i things is why nick markakis leads the american league in assists. look at this arm. and on the money. >> reporter: chavez not particularly fast. that's why they had a chance. he just got in. watch that ankle. nick markakis with 8 assists in the outfield but chavez beats that one. now here is hill. he has popped out and struck out. the slider up high. this is where berken has had all kinds of troubles as far as part of a ballgame. he has been pulled prior to completing five innings in six of his last seven starts. he was trying to get through this 5th inning and get deeper into this ballgame. wieters wasn't sure where it went. not far enough away for chavez to think about coming. >> jim: pitch count not an issue. leadoff base hit, adam jones turns the wrong way, second and third. there are the numbers you were talking about when you get into the -- they have them on the board at 67 pitches here. but his stuff, his breaking stuff is much crisper tonight even though he did hang the slide tore chaves. >> gary: 2-0 delivery on the way. popped it up. melvin mora coming, should call for it and does. and he makes the catch. but two runs in on three hits with a runner left on and the jays take a 2-0 2 lead. ?  . >> gary: manager dave trembley said today this made my day as he, nick markakis and wife christina were visiting today as part of the program with the baltimore city public schools. the children at point royal elementary school as they were there for a couple of hours working with the kids. there will be some 14,000 student with the,000 -- students with the 84 outreach program. >> jim: that's a great program. >> gary: dave wantd to make sure that we said hi to the faculty and the kid today because he really had a great time. 2-0 lead. it will be izturis coming up for the orioles as they trail. roberts and jones to follow. izturis came up with the bases loaded and hit into a fielder's choice in the 2nd inning. 4 hits for the jays, 3 for the o's as brett cecil, 23-year-old left hander, delivers inside for a ball. this toronto team lost three in a row, swept by tampa bay. they had lost 11 of their last 14. this is the first time this year that they had fallen below .500. their steps scored 34 runs in the last 37 games. >> jim: i ran the numbers. they scored a lot of runs early on and did very well in april and may and pitching has always been consistent. pitching stayed about the same. this month, e.r.a. a bit over five runs a game. there is another good pitch. izturis retired, one away. >> jim: the one thing -- and i don't know if brett cecil tried to do that on purpose but he is trying to move everybody's hits by throwing that stuff in. he is an uncomfortable guy to hit, all off the place but at the end of the day, he has been pitching pretty well. >> gary: effectively wild. >> jim: yes. >> gary: he only walked one. if you watched the game and didn't keep a count, you swear he must have walked three or four. our league leaderboard presented by firestone, a tradition of innovation. brian roberts on top with doubles. some question about whether pedroia will be able to go to the all-star game. there may have to be a replacement for the red sox second baseman. his wife, pregnant, close to giving birth and some concern apparently that nobody is talking about, private matter. they're going to wait until the last minute to see if he's going to be able to go. here is the 0-2 delivery. breaking ball to short. scutaro, two down. brett cecil has some sink going here in the ground ball in the 5th. >> jim: two guys with e.r.a.s with over 6 runs in the paul game and it's a 2-0 gamey could have been 0-0, with better defense from this guy. >> gary: adam jose molina. >> jim: we noticed when we played in anaheim, torii hunter played a little deeper and when we were in anaheim, adam was playing deeper. >> gary: jew do that when you are playing heros. >> jim: earl weaver's theory was right on, with the exception of paul blair. it's easier to come in and the balls go over your head, they are usually extra base hits or homeruns. and what torey hunter does, he play as little bit deeper, he is able to go over the wall. >> gary and give up the single maybe. >> jim: you obviously do that with two outs. >> gary: the youngest average age for the outfielder, the arizona diamondback, the reds and then the orioles at 25 for the orioles and pittsburgh. team building. that pitch is taken down low for a ball and the count goes to 2-1 on jones. nolan reimold there the left fielder. >> jim: he is 25. nick is 25. adam will be 24 in august. >> gary: 2 balls 1 strike count. brett cecil -- that one is going to be lined, left centerfield. wells will hustle to hold him to a single and will. jones makes the turn. 1-for-3, ball gets away but backed up by the pitcher. so, again, the orioles get a hit with two down. that's the same thing they did in the 2nd inning, same thing they did in the 3rd. >> jim: this ball hit very, very hard. >> terry crowley said still a lot to learn for adam jones. the reason crow was saying it --'s very good student, very hard worker but, again, maybe not even 1,000 at-bats in the big leagues. >> gary: now, nick markakis, orioles down by 2. each team has 4 hits in the ballgame. markakis a single and he has popped out. and the pitch is up high for a ball to nick. and this is one of the problems we mentioned earlier in the ballgame, the differential with these two teams offensively. the orioles have four hits but they are all singles. toronto has four hits but three of them are doubles. thus, two runs for toronto. 1-0 delivery. markakis takes it on the outside corner. didn't like it. 1-1. turns to jerry mills to have a word with him. >> jim: they ran an article on espn.com talking about nick had not hit a homerun in 168 at- bats. so, again, you are one swing away from getting one and getting the orioles right back in this game. that's why he likes to see strikes, not balls. that's the way it is when you hit. >> gary: he has been the extra hit man along with luke scott, nick markakis. 28 of his 63 hits have been for extra bases. he has had a single in this game. you look at total bases, that number really shows up between the two teams as toronto is second in the league in total bases, second only to the yankees. the orioles are 9th in total bases. that's what we are talking about with the extra base hits where that shows up. 1 ball, 1 strike count. markakis, breaking ball, outside and the count will go to 2-1. brett cecil has had problems each time. he has been able to work around it but has had to work very hard. you see the second time through the numbers down and then the third time through it, really jumps. this is the third time through. jones off first. 2-1, markakis. left center. scutaro the shortstop. and he has got it. no runs, one hit, no errors and a base runner left on as brett cecil continues to work his way out of jams here. 2-0. @ú@úéúxú0t0t geico's been saving people money on car insurance for over 70 years. 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. is a flavorful wheat beer. it has a very nice spice note. it has 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brandon inge of the tigers, the final two all stars named by the fans in the ballotting among the five players chosen by the managers that were voted on. they are both first-time all stars. 2 balls, 2 strikes on lind. >> jim: so 93, pitch count in the low 70s. they are very economical tonight. >> gary: the manager watching, berken is putting on a show, trying to show why he should remain in the rotation. offst. pete just got enough. berken can't believe it. that was the sunday time newspaper hit there. just a soft thud >> jim: this is 9 big leagues. this is a .300 hitter. and if you hang them, you will get it. you can't play defense -- he can't play defense like nick markakis but his offensive numbers this year, very nick markakis like. scott rolen on a checked swing. did he go? nobody is asking so he didn't. this is a strong man holding up a swing right here. >> jim: could have been that 26th hit. >> gary: he has flied out and popped out. 25-game hit streak, career high, batting .390 during the streak. that is the longest active streak in the majors right now and as a result, moved his average to third best in the american league. >> jim: the other yells will get somebody up in the bullpen. that's kind of critical for young pitchers because you have to get hitters out the third time. matt albers is getting loose for the orioles. the third time, you have to make quality pitches. you can't be like the change-up to lind, belt high, because they have seen all your stuff. they see the movement, see how the slider breaks, see how the curve ball curls, how the change-up moves. so make some good pitches. >> gary: down the line, right field and heading foul. a 2 balls, 2 strikes count. the '97 rookie of the year with philadelphia,'s five-time all stars, 7 gold gloves and that's the career high streak that he brings into this series. >> jim: pretty nice streak. >> gary: that's a major, major streak right there. >> jim: when you talk to scott, he says he is finally healthy. that front shoulder had all kinds of sum call problems. laid off that fastball. almost thought about swinging at it. >> reporter: almost had to change his swing. he said, i can't hold that bat way up like i used to because my shoulder won't allow that. so he had to drop that down. >> jim: you can see him choking up a little bit. too many guys do that. >> gary: 3-2, runner going. jones is there at center camped upped t he has got it. one away here in the 6th. space is sold out for sunday at 2110 eutaw street. you will get another chance. there will be new dates added. august 152nd, august 30 and september 5th. each day, just $21 gets you a reserve eutaw street reserved seat and the exclusive "i live at 2110 eutaw street" t-shirt. right between jones and markakis. right there. here is vernon wells. wells has a nine-game hit streak. he has popped out and flied out as well. he, too, hitting big during the streak, .285. >> jim: his legs are healthy, hamstring problems last year. >> gary: this, again, is going to be jones. two down. >> jim: nice job by jason berken, leadoff hit, nobody has advanced. good news about adam lind, he does not have a lot of speed. so he pretty much stays right at first base. >> gary: six putouts in centerfield for jones so far in the ballgame. >> jim: if it had been 7, the game would be tied. >> gary: exactly. the one he wants most is the one he didn't get. >> gary: lyle overbay. >> jim: it's easy to turn the wrong way on a ball hit directly at you. >> gary: yep. that's one of the tasks of learning to play center. >> gary: some players have trouble if they move right to right, centerfielders have to look at the balls directly hit at them. some players make the adjustment easily and others have to work at it. overbay will take that one for a strike. overbay got out of an 0-for streak he has been in. he came in with an 0-for-10. wieters, you saw him almost standing up giving the sign there he want that had pitch up high and out of the strike zone. that's right where he got t 1 ball, 2 strikes count. lind over at first base. 1-2. 2-2. dave trembley said of berken, delivery is the problem. he throws the curve ball too hard. tries to yank it too hard. take it easy. let up on it a little. he will be all right. 2-2 delivery. offspeed will miss, 3-2. 2 down, huff will move back. >> jim: there is that breaking ball you were talking about. but from 0-2 to 3-2, now, he is going to be running. not a lot of speed but you certainly give him and opportunity to get a much bigger jump at first. runner going and he walked him. that is the second walk surrendered. overbay got the other one in the 2nd. >> jim: there is a young batter -- if it was a young batter, he would try to get hmm out with breaking balls. by doing that, even though he does not have as good command as the fastballs, they're going to go to the bullpen. he pitched himself right out of the ballgame. it's not the pitch count but the scoreboard. >> gary: rick krantsdz will 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yeah. umpire got it wrong. >> gary: looks like he had that knee on the bag. we could go three deep in managers if we have one more call like that. here is luke scott. and luke will take the pitch for a strike. scott has had two singles. luke now has a 10-game hit streak uping his average to .310. >> jim: they came in 22-for-66 against left handed pitching. now that is after hitting .215 last year. he had 7 of the 17 homeruns against left handers. >> gary: 17 homeruns leading the orioles, a career high 7- rbi game tuesday at seattle after promising the skipper that he was going to deliver a long ball and some rbis for him. did he ever. 0-2 delivery on the way. breaking ball, chopped swing and it will stay at two strikes. brett cecil was going about seven innings average. then that unloading against boston, minors for a month since coming back. he worked seven against washington, three against cincinnati and 3 2/3 again new york. he had one relief appearance. 0-2 delivery on the way, swung on and missed but he is going a heck of a lot deeper in this one. he retired the side in order. we completed 66. toronto blue jays leading it 2- 0. maybe other people are 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. 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count. another game here tomorrow night and then sunday afternoon to wrap up the pre-all-star schedule. here is the 1-1 delivery. dellucci, a ground ball. roberts. one down. on tuesday, july 28th, orioles reach will be supporting the maryland food bank and you can find out just what our favorite o's cook. it will be the orioles cook off as brian roberts, jeremy gutry and greg zaun cook off in the espn zone. more inknow at (410)685-7776. you can go to espnzone.com. third base, mora off the bat of chavez. two down. >> jim: raul chafls has done a terrific job. not only the double but he has steered his rookie pitcher through at least six shutout innings. that's pretty impressive considering the numbers coming in. >> gary: brett cecil's finest outing by far and he is out of the ballgame as he was congratulated by the acting manager, brian butterfield. brad ansburg. >> jim: that's good news fort orioles, the way i look at it. you take somebody out that's pitched as well as he did. he had six shutout innings. you can't figure that the guy coming in is going to be any better. >> gary: it's going to be a negative numbers if he is. >> jim: yes, it is. >> gary: marco scutaro, 0-for- 3 in the ballgame. the man after whom the great pool game was named for kids in the swimming pool in the summer. >> jim: it's marco po polo. >> gary: oh! >> jim: maybe some of your friends, the greek version [ laughter ]. >> gary: taken low i u you have been off too long. i'm telling you [ laughter ]. >> jim: had a good week, five days or four days or whatever. >> gary: 2-1. and that is a base hit. so scutaro is on, the leadoff batter for the jays. he gets a two-out single here. >> jim: going to be an incredible year. a lot of doubles coming in. he has now reached base 156 times. again, one of those guys that is awfully, awfully good. that leads the american league. he looks down because of the count. he got one down and hit it past melvin mora who made a great effort. >> gary: now a two-out effort with scutaro on and hill up. he will try to extend a three- game hit streak he popped out, struck out and popped out again. he is fifth in the league in homeruns with the 20 that you see right there. and, again, the throw over. >> jim: i think you have to. he doesn't steal that much, 7 out of 11 but you have to make them stop. he was getting one of those creeping leads. i would not be surprised again with a 2-0 lead if they would send him even though hill certainly with one swing can hit. again, another creeping lead. >> gary: gets the strike in there, 0-1. >> jim: the concussion last year, he can flat out hit. anything up, high breaking ball, high fastballs, one the fastball hitters in the american league. right center on. >> gary: slider will miss away. he is 6th in rbis, secretary in hits, second until multi-hit ball games. his 20 homeruns only three behind the league leaders. starting the day, carlos peqa of tampa bay, mark teixeira, 7 of 21 tied with mourneau and russell branyan. 1 ball, 1 strike count. and, again, the throw over. 2-0 ballgame for albers trying to make sure that scutaro gets no lead here, no chance to take off. 1-1 delivery on the way and that will be fouled off. 1-2. 2 down, 1-2 delivery. checked swing. did he go? yes, he did. mike dimuro making the call. albers gets the strikeout. one left on. 7th inning stretch time brought to you by jack daniels fantasy whiskey, please drink responsibly. ♪ ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ always feel like mebody's watching me. ♪ ...it's the money you could be saving with geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving with geico.  . >> gary: 7th inning stretch time here at camden yards. 2-6-0 for the jays, 0-4-0 for the birds. jim palmer and amber theoharis here with us. we weren't expecting this kind of ballgame, both over 6 e.r.a.s. now. it's a pitchers' duel. >> jim: you know, managers want them to pitch beyond their years. brett cecil pitched well. jason berken almost as good. orioles pitch better here at home than on the road. but they have not hit so far. up to this point. >> gary: orioles will try to come back like they did against seattle. >> jim: they don't have any out. the jays will be making a pitching change and let's see if the orioles can take advantage of that. >> gary: shawn camp with appear in his 40th game here with that 4-0 mark. the oriole, as jim said, probably more than happy to see brett cecil out of there, the starter and get a shot at camp. cecil, outstanding job going the 6 innings. he gave up just the 4 hit, no run, 1 walk and 5 strikeouts in the ballgame. melvin mora will come up to hit against camp. and that is in there for a strike. one of the problems for the orioles, trying to develop any kind of offense is that they have not had any leadoff man on in the six innings worked by brett cecil. >> jim: that allows you to get out of inning. that's what bret was able to do. >> gary: the slider, getting down in the strike zone. melvin mora hitting at .260, a couple of homeruns, both of his homeruns have been hit here at camden yards. mora, 2 for 8 lifetime off camp. the orioles get a look at the right hander here after the young left hander went 6. 0-2 delivery to him. count will stay at two strikes. we are in the bottom half of the 7th inning. orioles coming home in seattle with a comeback win. jessie carlson up in the bullpen. first time up for carlson. >> jim: they are getting the match-up guys up. he actually gets lefties better than righties. that's. orioles get a guy on, tying run comes to the plate. >> gary: 0-2 count on him. mora fights that one off and it will end up in the seats to stay at two strikes. >> jim: the team that has made the least amount of errors in the american league is the toronto blue jays. they have a 7-time gold glover at third. you mentioned scutaro playing very well at short, overbay very good at first and then the all-star up the middle. then rios and the centerfielder vernon wells. wells with three gold gloves. so hit it to left. >> gary: and the third, a fair ball. and the orioles will get the leadoff man on. scott rolen tried to short hop on the back hand and could not get it. >> jim: the only way he could play this ball. you can see him off the line. by knocking it down, at least he saves them an extra base because if that ball gets by him -- and, again, the short hop, no easy way to play that ball. should be a base hit. >> gary: melvin mora will be creditted with a single, the fifth hit for the orioles, the first leadoff man on. now we'll see, as jim said, how big a play that was by rolen to knock it down. matt wieters, he has drawn a walk and struck out. wieters -- again, the defensive positioning. again, the defensive positioning. >> jim: if you want to execute, you can see the defense, the scout says, hey, he doesn't hit that ball down the line. if you are not over that hole, that's a base hit to left. you have to give camp some credit because he threw a fastball down and away where matt wieters had a very nice approach, did not hit it owe hard as he normally would if it had been in the middle of the plate. >> gary: now it will be cesar izturis and brian roberts. he is trying to get a base hit here. 30574 the announced attendance on this gorgeous friday night here at oriole park at camden yards. here is the 1-0 delivery. took something off that and missed. izturis takes it and the count goes to 2-0 from camp. >> jim: you can see sinker, change-ups. i would imagine that even though izturis is a singles hitter, this could very well be a change r change-up. you can pretty much look at a fastball over the plate and try to hit it up the gap. >> gary: izturis getting back off the d l today. while had he the rehab, it's nothing like playing here. you have to readjust. >> jim: six at-bats in a month. that's all he got, coming back. and they play him very shallow. >> gary: rolen still in at third and that misses. boy, camp, this is the guy you have to get out if you are in camp's position. the count goes to 3-0. >> jim: well, we will see how brian butterfield who is the interim manager for cito gaston will try to match up if cesar gets on. >> gary: and looks like brian roberts will get that chance. orioles fans, when it comes to tickets, you deserve major league service. go to stub hub the official fan- to-fan marketplace fort orioles. there is the line-up. toronto here, 7 and sunday at 1 3-0. and then the all-star break and the orioles will not resume until the friday after the break as they'll take on chicago on friday, saturday, sunday, brian butterfield making his way out. he will make the change. he's going to go to the bullpen get the match-up that he wants here. brian roberts coming up. 2 down -- 1 down, 2 on. some days my 8:15 bus is just a bus, but other days, like 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robert has hit into six double plays, two of them batting right handed. 0-for-3 in the ballgame. 1-0 delivery to him and that will miss. and carlson is behind 2-0. carl onworked against tampa bay on the 8th. he worked an inning, giving up a walk and a hit and had one strikeout. >> jim: look at those numbers for brian when he gets ahead of the pitcher. .316 with a homerun. >> gary: 2-0 delivery and that will be looped in the air into right field. mora will tag. rios has it. mora will go to third. throw comes into second base. so roberts, a flyball out and there are two down. so as baseball often does, the stage is set for a little retribution. adams jones earlier had a chance to catch a ball in centerfield that he could not get off the bat of alex rios that went for a double and set up the two runs that scored in the 5th. now, he comes up with two down and runners at first and third base. camp, on the other hand, looking to hold the orioles at 0. jones will take the pitch, maybe a little low for a ball. and that will bring chavez out to the mound. >> jim: that pitch hats been called a strike a lot tonight. the orioles get a little bit of a break. chavez comings right out. jerry meals not giving jesse charle son the low pitch on a couple of occasions. i'm not saying that was a strike. i'm saying it has been called tonight. you can see just maybe the bottom of the strike zone or maybe just a shade low. >> gary: 1-0 count. adam pops it up. first base. is there room? yes. and the play made by overbay. no runs, 1 hit, no errors and 2 left on base.   .  >> gary: a reminder that on sunday, august 16th, can you join brian roberts on theespn sports zone for a bash benefiting the children's hospital. it helps to raise money for patients. matt albers is working out of the bullpen for the orioles. he has given up a single over an inning 1/3. lind has picked up a single in three times up and now has a six-game hit streak going. and he will chop that one foul. and the 2 strikes count. orioles have continued to have their chances in the ballgame. they have left 8 on now and had of 4 of those had been -- and 4 of those had been in scoring position. not been the hits but the opportunities that have been missed. adam lind stays at 2 strikes. >> jim: i remember the number from the road trip, but at home, they used to come in and lead -- talking about the orioles -- leading the american league with runners in scoring position. not tonight, though. as of yet. >> gary: here is the 0-2 delivery on the way. that one down to first, aubrey huff, that one almost handcuffs him. albers over there. lind retired. time to text in your vote for the at&t player of the game. here are your choices. scott and the starter, brett cecil. text in your vote, a, b, c 051862. one down, nobody on. scott rolen 0-for-3 in the game. >> jim: trying toax tend that 25-game hitting streak. >> gary: and he will take a strike on the outside corner. >> jim: and no interest in trying to hit that curve ball. that's how good it was. >> gary: he has the fourth longest streak in blue jays history. sean green, 28 games in '99 the longest for the jays. >> gary: taken outside. matt albers against rolen or vice verse ya, rolen is 0-for- 3. >> jim: you talk about the 192 doubles this team has. >> gary: that one bloops, second base. brian roberts. >> jim: it seems like almost all these guys have 25 to 26 doubles. rolen with scutaro and hill. of course, he hits homeruns. he only has 16 doubles. wells has lot of doubles. >> gary: and without those, they don't score tonight. 5th inning, leadoff single, double rios, rbi chavez. and the other rbi on a groundout by david dellucci. here is vernon wells. wells with a nine-game streak he has not extended as he is 0- for-3 in the ballgame. >> jim: matt albers has come on and this is the way he pitched before he hurt the labrum. even the base hit last inning by scutaro was a sinker and it was a ground ball hit. >> gary: wells will take the strike. >> jim: this is a grounder. again, it's borderline. there have been a couple on vernon that he would like to get a 10-game hitting streak even though he might to play golf but would like to do it in the offseason. >> gary: that is scooped up outside. wells has been a very solid hit another this ballpark, here at camden yards, a lifetime .299 average, 11 homeruns here in this ballpark. he has had over 244 at-bats here. 1-2 count, 2 down, bases empty. wells, way inside. the count goes to 2-2. chicago cubs lost another ballgame today to the st. louis cardinals. and giovanni soto who was their all-star last year went on the dl with an oblique problem. 2-2 delivery on the way and it's outside. he stayed off it, 3-2. cardinals do have a formula. that's amazing how they continue to win ball games. 48 wins. they have a 4 1-2 game lead over the cubs who are in third place. milwaukee passed them for number 2 in that division. chopped it, wieters, up, and that will do it. in the 8th, a 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carlson out of the bullpen worked to just two hitters in the 7th inning. >> jim: a guy on, somebody hits on. guy on, somebody hits a double, we are right back in the game. >> gary: down to first base. having played along the line, overbay will take it there himself. markakis 1-for-4, one away here in the 8th inning. >> jim: carlson makes an awful good pitch. markakis usually does not swing at balls up and in in hitters' counts. carlson, minor league guy, came in, his first appearance for the blue jays as we look at camp. we saw -- carlson comes in with the bases loaded, nobody out, 11th inning, last april, strikes out the side and the rest is history. had a great year and never pitched in the big leagues before. >> gary: aubrey huff facing a guy who ends up on the first base side on the grass. >> jim: parts of that is deception. he jumps at you a. >> gary: about as far as can you get in the landing zone. aubrey huff 0-for-3, popped out, lined out and struck out. camp, 1/3 inning, a hit and a walk. now carlson on. orioles, jason berken, 2 runs 5 hits over 5 2/3. 2 walks and a strikeout. matt albers on. it has been all about the pitching so far in this game. 1-2 delivery on the way. high, maybe a little inside as well. 2-2 on huff. >> jim: again, a lot of action. a lot of deception. 89 to 90. a little jump. just in case they hit it back at him. >> gary: and that's going to be way inside and a3-2 count. left handers, .271, right hander, .277 against carlson. >> jim: it's not like anybody is ever going to accuse him of not following through on his delivery. >> gary: aubrey huff rips it, foul. orioles trying to get the potential tying run to the plate here in the bottom half of the 8th inning. >> jim: and you would think -- and it might happen anyway that jason frazier will come out of the bullpen. he has been pitching very well. >> gary: blue jays bullpen, 8th in e.r.a. compared to 12th for the orioles. left field, dellucci. 2 down in the 89th. this copyrighted telecast present bid authority of the orioles may not be reproduced or retransmitted in any form and any account or retransmission may not be transmitsed without the written con s&p of the -- consent of the orioles. butterfield family, well-known throughout the pine tree state. he is getting a chance to manage. there is brian, the bench coach for cito gaston who is off for the next two games. bullpen, match-up time as reimold will be coming up, 2 down, nobody on.   . >> gary: there is jason frasor. his last outing against tampa bay was not very good. >> jim: look ted numbers here, almost a strikeout per inning which is usually the case, 31- year-old out of chicago. the orioles still trying to get back in the game. they have to do it against frasor with two outs here in the 8th. >> gary: nolan reimold has faced frasor only once, 0-for-1 against him. he grounded out twice and struck out in the ballgame. the orioles have four singles, two by luke scott, one by mora and one by jones. that has been about it here in the ballgame tonight. it's been all about the singles. and the pitch is taken up high for a ball. orioles trying to get a runner here on base for luke scott. reimold hitting at .259 and he will take it in there for a strike. nolan continues to lead the rookies in almost all categories even though the month of july has been tough for him. reimold will take that down low. yet, he shows patience, 2-1. >> jim: frasor, low 90s, has the split fingerred fastball when he pitched against the orioles early on, very effective with that. it looks like a fastball and then it dies when he throws it. again, this is -- any time you are only down by two runs, this is a critical count right here. he's going to get a good pitch. make sure it's a strike. and it is. >> gary: and he got the flyball to right field. rios and the 1-2-3 inning here in the 8th. 8 complete at camden yards and the jays up 2-0.     . >> gary: orioles baseball on masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. gary thorn, jim palmer, amber theoharis, gorgeous night here in baltimore. great to have you on board. a 2-0 lead here for the jays, the first of three. and cam kam mickolio will come out here to pitch. >> jim: rick krants moved him and he has been hitting 90 miles per hour. >> gary: the two walks surrendered by the starter, jason becker, went to overbay. hitting at .2252. dellucci on a ground ball out. raul chavez on an rbi double scoring overbay who singled and rios who doubled. that's the inning of runs here in this ballgame. otherwise, the pitchers have gotten the job done. the orioles' best chance, 2nd inning but it was two-down effort with the bases loaded. and that will be taken inside for a ball and they left two on again in the 7th inning and they got two on on on -- and one away. >> jim: kam who hales from montana, lives in boseman. >> jim: moving the 24 inches to the other side -- because he throws across his body, a much better chance of throwing strikes. coming into this season, he only had 144 innings in the minor leagues. not a lot of innings to find out what you do well and what you don't, what you need to work on. rios, a cross fire action on the inside corner for a strike. >> jim: across your body is when you throw at anangle and it's almost as if you step across. you see that right there t will be a straight line from that right foot. he's going to be, see, almost all the way across. that's almost 4 inches across his body. >> gary: hit hard to short. izturis. two down. and let's check in on how you are doing on the at&t voting for the player of the game. right now, luke scott on top. rios and cecil the starter. you can still text in your vote to a, b, c. final results on 0's xtra. two down, paces empty. david dellucci. ground ball second base. brian roberts. orioles have three outs to get 2 runs to get this game going or to win it. bottom of the 9th when we come back.   . >> gary: freeze cam. he would pick up an important rbi in the ballgame and that would make it a 2-0 lead. that one came in the 5th inning. >> jim: so the closer out of the bullpen. that could have been b. j. ryan last year with 32 saves. he they released b. j. ryan who never could regain his velocity. he just came off the dl because of a sprained toe. he has only been scored in three of his 27 appearance, 8 straight games without allowing a run. how do you get lefties out, righties, even more difficult to solve. terrific numbers. orioles need a runner as they make some defensive changes. jose batista was a rule 5 gay for the orioles many, many moons go, still going to left field. >> gary: the orioles bottom of the 9th inning against downs, who has had 8 saves in 9 chances. last outing, came on the 8th against tampa bay, gave up one hit, no part of an inning pitched. big story, b. j. ryan was released, 15 million owed to him by the jays. >> jim: they tried everything to create some arm speed for him and, you know, eventually, the word was they were not going to do it until the offseason but just no way to really use him. they know how to use scott downs. they bring him in to try to save this 2-0 ballgame. brett cecil certainly attentively watching. >> gary: scott is 0-for-4 against downs. scott, mora and wieters. scott at .308 will take the first pitch up high for a ball. obviously getting the leadoff man on here in the inning,ey norm rustly important for the oreos to try to get something going. that has been a tough road tonight, getting somebody on. they did it with mora with a single in the 7th inning. got two on with one away and that's as far as the inning went and that's the only time that's happened. toronto has six shutouts to their credit. the orioles have been shut out five times. 1 ball, 1 strike count. chance to win the ballgame for brett cecil, their 23-year-old lefty starter. he is trying to get his third against one loss. orioles' jason berken, the starter. the pitcher of record, 2 runs, 5 hits. could be 1-6 if the orioles do not come back. >> jim: that would be a very, very tough loss for him and the ball club. berken pitched well with any kind of run support. again, he has only 2.9 all year long and that number will go down after tonight. it big breaking ball. he also has a change-up. scott downs is not over powering, 89, maybe will touch 90 on occasion. but the herky jerky motion. he starts a lot like george sherrill. you don't pick up the ball that well. outfield straight away. 1-2 delivery. and a breaking ball outside. you get two young pitcher, e.r.a. over 6 come in. two teams with outstanding offenses that can generate a lot of runs and the jays have been doing that and the oriole does that on the road in the last two games. and here you are in a 2-0 ballgame. 2-2 to scott. breaking ball got him. >> jim: perfect breaking ball, 2-2. i don't think luke saw it, but, again, showed him a couple and then -- that's where he caught it. but where it goes in reference to the plate. apparently jerry meals thought it was high enough. >> gary: melvin mora has faced downs a lot, 4-for-17 with one homerun. mora has had a single, a walk and grounded out. one of the orioles five hits in the ballgame. and melvin will take the fastball down low, ball 1. downs doesn't walk many, so you don't expect to go up there and get an opportunity to get a free pass against him. >> jim: that's the last thing he wants to do with a 2-0 lead is to issue a free pass. >> gary: melvin taking right there only five walks surrendered in the 27 innings worked coming in, as opposed to 28 strikeouts. downs, 1-1. the delivery to mora and that's fouled off the handling, and a 1 ball, 2 strikes to melvin. >> jim: a little movement. again, deceptive so 89 to 91, the big curve, has not thrown a change-up yet. if you can do it at 89, 91, take a little bit off and you are deceptive, which he is, he will get some people out. >> gary: pitches very confidently in the way he approaches. >> jim: just looks like he knows what he is doing. >> gary: yeah. 1-2 delivery, came back inside on him. >> jim: the guy has good numbers. i don't know if you pitch around to him. brian roberts hits him well. he is 7-for-18. greg zaun, 4-for-7. he caught him last year. markakis, 5-for-14, .357. he has done a nice job against scott downs. >> gary: you have to get to him breaking ball got him and he gets another strikeout. two k's in the bottom of the 9th inning. >> jim: one of the reasons that scott downs has such a good feel is that he was a starting pitcher early on in his career. you saw mike flanagan do this. he never closed but he was one of the best set-up guys because, later on in his career, he knew how to pitch, knew how to get something off the ball. >> gary 2 down. matt wieters will try to keep it alive, drew a walk in his last at-bat. these two teams have played some very tight ballgame. orioles have outscored toronto 34-32 in the seven games they played. salazar is waiting on the ondeck circle to hit for izturis if wieters can get on base. downs with a 1-0. wieters will foul that one away. and the count is evenned up at 1-1. brian butterfield over there, sitting in for cito gaston for two games. the wins and losses, however, in these situations, including dave trembley sitting out on the suspension go to the true manager. meaning gaston or trembley will get the w or l. set up down low, chavez, that one right down to the mound. downs has got t this one is in the books. and a 2-0 win as the orioles are shut out by the jays. brett cecil get the win to go 3- 1. jason berken will take the loss, 1-6 and there is your final line. game 2 tomorrow, brad bergesen will take the how much against ricky romero. our coverage on maps 2 begins at 6 3-0 on o's xtra. for jim palmer and amber theoharis and our great crew, i'm gary thorn. thorne. a look at how it all went down. o's xtra coming up.   . >> jim: the blue jays go off celebrating a win. the blue jays, two runs in the 5th inning and that holds up. o's xtra presented by verizon fios. some will head home and the rest will hang around and enjoy the fireworks. maybe they are repositioning themselves here at oriole park at camden yards. thanks for join can us. here we are in the booth because the fireworks will be shot right by where we sit. so we are not allowed out there because it's dan dangerous. >> rick: pretty good that the fans get to see some fireworks before the night is over because that didn't happen during the ballgame. the blue jays got the only two runs they would need in the 5th inning. what does dave dellucci do? rbi groundout. >> jim: he hits a ground ball to the right side. pretty good situational hitting here. >> jim: the next batter comes up, raul chavez. he goes over the head of melvin mora for a double down the line. >> rick: berken leaves the slide ear little bit up in the zone. right down there into the corner, no chance for a play right here ant easy score for the front toe blue jays. they put their second run on the board and that's all they need. >> jim: the orioles in the 7th inning, first and third and two outs and adam jones, that pop foul to overbay. orioles left two on. >> rick: atam jones not too happy about that. orioles having a tough time putting more than one hit in an inning. the orioles just kind of flat on offense tonight, jim. >> jim: there is the line score, 2-6-0, 0-6-0 for the birds. the orioles in seattle had the bats explode. it was a five-run rally in the day game and they come home and get shut out. cecil, the university of maryland product gets the shutout. and jason berken with a tough loss. one of those nights where the other starter was doing whatever he was doing to hold ounce the orioles' bats and the birds could not get anything positive going with any consistency. >> rick: you have to give credit to brett cecil. as jim was saying, they had been swinging the hot bat copping home from seattle. you can see how much trouble the oriole also have with left handers from time to time. this year actually playing much better than they have in the past but cecil tonight, pretty unhittable with that big sweeping slider. he certainly found the outside corner quite often. did not leave too many pitches. luke scott has one of them right there, striking out twice tonight, one time for brett cecil. the university of maryland product and maryland native comes back to baltimore and he allows no runs in 6 innings to pick up the win, only the four base hits. he walked two and struck out 5. it's really amazing when you look at first-time pitchers against the orioles, how they seem to dominate because the orioles have no reference points and they are in control. cecil was sontd. orioles never seen them. >> rick: and especially the toronto blue jays, they seem to be sending that first-year guy there against the orioles. >> jim: the orioles were hoping for a solid start by jason berken. he did that but, unfortunately, they didn't get it done for him. he was lifted in the 6th inning but he kept the orioles in the game. >> rick: i thought he did a pretty good job because he missed low in the strike zone and i said tonight he was probably going to have his best game already and i would think i would have to say that tonight. only one bad inning. he made good pitches for most of the night. right there, just situational hitting. you'll take the ground ball in that situation and try to keep the damage control intact and he certainly did that tonight. only one bad inning giving up the two runs. pretty disappointing, though, if this young man can go out there with all the good innings that he has had, the orioles have not been able to score him any runs. he came into this gil with only 2.9 runs per game and tonight, as jim palmer said earlier in the telecast, that will go down from that point, too. >> jim: there were a couple of balls hit over adam jones' head. jones playing shallow. it's unusual to have two balls hit almost directly over 0 the centerfielder's head. one bounced over for a grounds rule double and the other was hit over in straight away. >> rick: one the toughest plays for a centerfielder is a ball hit directly at him because you don't know how to read t aand legs rios hit a ball that wasn't that high to read it but it kind of snuckled a little bit you can see that on jonesy at centerfield. and then he just plain missed that ball. he had an opportunity but it sailed on him just enough to get by him. >> jim: blue jays get the opener. 2-0 the final score. taking a look at the at&t player of the game as voted on by the fans and it's luke scott getting the hometown vote. brett cecil -- come on, eastern maryland, he only get 11% of the vote? he won the game. luke scott is the at&t player of the game. luke scott got a couple of hits but the blue jays get the win shotting out the orioles by a final of 2-0. male announcer: the chicken is tender, juicy, and lightly breaded. the sauce is a 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[ laughter ]. i don't know if i would want to get the root canal that spencer got but i would rather go to the dentist than sit there. i got one down. one more to go. >> berken elevate add couple of pitches. >> yeah, he did. yeah. gosh darn rios played well against us, hit well against us. the change-up overbay hit that was up. almost caught it. ant ball rios hit, he pitched a nice game. he did. he was more on line at the plate, his delivery was better. like i said, you know, he got us late in the game. he was in a position to win. we needd to put some hits together back to back. >> looks like cecil was on to you guys he cut the ball to the right hand hitters, same thing to the lefties, pitched into the lefties and he is in the outer part of the plate. his breaking ball was good. his breaking ball was sharp. it was a sharp breaking ball. you know it's one that looks like it's in the strike zone and he throws it. he kind of wraps it on your back foot, right handed. >> you guys had some trouble scoring runs against left handed pitchers. any reason to that? we certain have seen enough of them. we'll see two more and we'll probably see the first two against the white sox. the style of lefties we have faced have been different. some of them are power pitchers. vargas the other day is a change-up, change-up, change-up guy. cecil was a breaking ball, sweeping breaking ball guy. like i say, we have seen a lot of them. all righty? >> you got it. >> jim: manager dave trembley. if you wonder why he was out of uniform, tonight was the first game of a two-game suspension. the major league rules are you cannot be in uniform so he changed after batting practice, watched the game from somewhere else in the stadium and back downstairs there. he is apermitted to address the media and the team following the game as the blue jays won it by a final of 2-0. dave trembley was asked about brett cecil. i was impressed by young left hander. he seems to have pretty good poise for a guy who has only been in the big leagues since may. he had command of everything he threw. >> rick: he did. that's one of the problems that he had. very much like jason berken. he had trouble in the zone. he got hit hard at times that 6.2 e.r.a. is really some indication that it has not been all roses. tonight, he put it together against the orioles had had a tough time as of late against the left handers. he had that big sweeping curve ball. when rich hill throws that, that's very, very tough to hit. it's like that same pitch that rich hill was throwing. by the time they finish that, they were well out of the strike zone. >> jim: luke scott had two of the orioles' five base hits to extend his hitting streak which is now up to 102 consecutive games which now -- up to 10 consecutive games which ties his career high. into left handers used to give him a tough time. last year, only five homeruns all season long against left handers. but he has made that adjustment. he gets that front foot planted and he gets a better swing at them. we are not even to the all-star break yet. that was his 10th game hitting streak on the line tonight. you saw it came up with two big hits to extend it to 10 but he is really waiting back so well on the ball right now when they do make pitches. they go for at least singles. >> jim: let me ask you about the find set of a player. luke is certainly not young, maybe young in experience playing every day since he came to the orioles but he is not a young player. he struggled against left handers. as raul, he would get seated when left handers came. now he is doing a good job. is it simply the extra time against lefties or confidence or what? >> rick: when he got him from houston, he was having a hard time against lefties, also. now he is where he wants to be. this is as good as it's going to get for luke scott because if you make a mistake on him, left hander or right hander, he is so strong. you shake hands with him sometimes, you can feel the strength in his hand. he stays back and uses his hand well. that's why he can take a pitch on the outside corner when a pitcher makes a good breaking ball down and away, he can it will run that top hand across and power the ball. that tells you how strongest. >> jim: tonight, we are in the masn booth because it's fireworks night at oriole park at camden yards. look at the beautiful fireworks display going on right outside our booth. ?  . >> jim: o's xtra presented by verizon fios. it is fireworks here at camden yards. luke scott had two hits to extend the hitting streak. down to the clubhouse, amber is with luke. >> amber luke, it seems like pitchers that you are facing for the first time have some success. what are the challenges in facing pitchers you have not seen before. >> you have not seen him before, you don't have that experience, don't have that knowledge off how he has been pitching before. best thing you can go sat developing game plan, check out the video of his last couple of starts and trying to pick up what he likes to do. >> amber: you have two hits tonight. you have a hit streak going. what is making you feel comfortable now for that streak? >> my body feels good. i'm thankful for that. i've been patient at the plate but also i look for a pitch in the zone, take an a-plus swing at t it's been a good first half. >> amber: overall, looking at the opportunities that you guys had in this game, especially notice 2nd inning, with the bases loaded, is it tough to walk away knowing there is no run support for berken and a two- run loss. >> it's tough. cecil had pretty good stuff working. he had a sinker, 93, 94 miles per hour and a a slider, 88 miles per hour. not much anything he ever the plate. he did a good job. >> amber: is is there a feeling at times there has got to be a way to get some run support. it seems to be east feast or familiarin. the team can score 12 runs one night and no run the next. >> offensively, it's determined by what the pitchers do on the mound. if the guy leaves balls over the plate, we'll get hits most of the times. in a case like tonight, the guy is making husband hit his spots, changing speed, changing location we are not getting much to hit. you know, moment like that, it's tough. you have to battle and try to put together, get a pitch count up. >> amber: thanks a lot, luke. >> you're welcome. >> jim: amber, thank you very much. listening to luke scott talking to amber, it looked like cecil put on a pitching clinic. he would confuse them. it's all about deception. they might think what is coming on as a hitter but you don't know. >> rick: one thing that determines how well a pitcher is going to have -- the kind of a night he's going to have is if he can throw the breaking ball when he is behind in the count. tonight, he had no problem dog that. that's one of the things that i talked to their pitching coach. he had a tough time keeping the ball down in the strike zone and staying ahead of the hitters. tonight, he was ahead of the hitters all the time. when you are that far ahead of hitters all the time, you can throw any pitch you want in any situation. he did that tonight. even when he did get behind the count, he used that big sweeping curve ball to equalize everything. very tough to get that pitch. whenever the orioles did get a mini threat going, he would get a big out and all of a sudden, the inning would be over. he only walked two guys. as rick says, he had the command and threw strikes, which is important. kam mickolio is back with the team. back to the clubhouse we go. amber is with the tall right hander. >> amber: obviously, not happy with the team loss but for you, you go out, have a good strong inning, going up against batters that you don't know a whole lot about. how do you prepare going into the game now that you are facing the batters that you have not -- pitchers that you have not seen. >> you go out and prepare the best. you go into that situation and try to keep the score the same. you get in there to get the save opportunity for george. >> amber: two very effective enings for you. what have you brought from the minor leagues that have worked very well for you. >> i'm trying to slow the guam down mentally and try not to get in a rush for me, getting in a rush creates problems. that's probably been the biggest thing, you know, i had to work on and hopefully improving on. >> amber: for you coming in and knowing that berken kept you guy notice game and albers comes in and puts up seer yos, your mentality as you come in, i don't want to let them down? >> a little bit. you can't let it get to you. regardless of any situation, you try to go in there and try to keep the score the same, you know and not let too many big things happen. >> amber: thanks a lot, kam. >> thank you. >> jim: taking a look at the scoreboard tonight.    let's get a look at the american league scoreboard from tonight. as kansas city and boston, how about that, a 1-0 game at fenway park going into the 8th inning, it was scoreless. red sox had only one base hit but, somehow, they got a run and won 1-0. yankees at anaheim, no score. tampa bay at home, a 6-0 lead. final tigers at home beat the indians 5-1. in the 6th at the dome. minnesota and white sox tied at 4. big series in that a.l. west as texas and seattle are scoreless in the 1st inning. here at oriole park, blue jays get the opener of the three- game series. when we come back, you hear from jason berken on o's xtra. sam adams boston lager is my favorite because it has so much flavor. so i wanted to design a glass that would enhance the taste of boston lager. we did a laser etch on the bottom. it releases the hops aromas this bulb is for collecting aromas. there's a little ridge on the inside. and that allows you to sense the hops as it enters your mouth. the way this hits your tongue, you really get the full flavor out of sam adams lager. having a boston lager in this glass was like tasting a boston lager for the first time again. ♪ who's watching? 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if joey logano holds on, indeed, we will. >> logano is timed by .2 of a second faster, and just blowing his doors off right now as far as speed. logano has won 2 of 3. >> i remember watching at dover, delaware, how close they ran there. then in kentucky again. i've seen these two hook up a lot. >> white flag. one lap at chicago. and now kyle busch is going to be focused and concerned about hanging on to the second spot. >> joey loga in. o who became the youngest winner in nationwide competition a year ago, at 18 years. two weeks ago he became the youngest winner in nascar sprint cupr history in new hampshire. at 19, a month and four days. and now coming out of turn four, joey logano wins at chicagoland speedway. >> dave rogers, he said, you covered me, dude. >> sliced bread wins at chicagoland. the unofficial winner. you saw him holding off kyle busch. saw the graphic of busch and log awn owe finishing quite a bit this season. >> big night for toyota. >> the proed deal that would -- proposed deal that would send carlos boozer to the bulls has hit a snack. they want jared bayless from portland to restore depth. portland doesn't want to part with bayless. in the deal they'll give up kirk heinrich, and they lost ben gordon to free agency. and the jazz would get thomas from chicago coming off his best season as a pro. >> jazz willing to trade boozer so they can sign paul millsapp. chris broussard reports the blazers offered millsapp a four-year deal worth 32 to 36 million. millsapp a restricted free agent. so utah has 7 days to match the offer. >> the miami heat's number one priority was to resign dwyane wade to an extension, and make other roster moves. well, d. wade wants it the other way around. the heat superstar publicly criticized the franchise for not being active this summer. this is what d. wade said. coach ryely openedp up a wound say -- riley said until duane saenz back, we can't do anything. but we aren't against each other, we both want the same thing, we're just in two different positions. >> after aqua man set a record last night. michael phelps had a setback today. stay tuned to >> joey logano won the nationwide a few moments ago. tomorrow, chicago land hosting the 19th race of the year of the nascar sprint cup series. and brian vickers will hold the pole, 8:00 eastern start out of the lights. kyle busch won the race starting from pole position qualifying canceled due to weather. he's the defending race winner. >> hot ticket is brought to you by: >> he is human after all. a sore neck forced michael phelps to withdraw from the 100 meter freestyle at the u.s. national championships today. phelps swam through the pain last night. not only did he swim through the pain, he set a world record in the 100 meter butterfly. phelps currently holds five world records. also owns the mark in the 200 meter butterfly, 200 meter freestyle, and the 200 and 400 meter individual medleys. >> top stories ahead. after serving his sentence, donte stalworth out of jail. what lies ahead? 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no, not today. but we'll come out and play tomorrow. that's all you can do. >> look at what pujols has done over the course of his last 162 games. first in the majors in home runs. r.b.i., runs and slugging percentage. hitting .351. he is a legitimate triple crown candidate, folks. it will be a story line to watch the second half of the season. >> john lester facing the royals for the second time since he no hit them last season. top of the second. man on second. getting miguel owe leave aswinging. mark kotsay in a jam here between first and second. billy butler going home because ellsbury's there. and he called out. else bury can't believe it. hits daryl cousins. bottom o of the eighth. still scoreless. 7 and 2/3 of scoreless baseball. then dustin pedroia goes off the wall with his 28th double. that is the difference. gets the w. and red sox get the win, 1-0. jonathan papelbon, his 23rd save in 25 chances. for less terks he is now the sixth pitcher to win at least 20 of his first 25 decisions at fenway park. and look at his turn around. first ten starts this season, he was awful. era over 6. in his last eight starts, he's now with a 1.48er aa. holding opponents under .200. and he's bhiffing over 11 batters per nine innings. >> yankees up 3-0. tied for first place in the american league east. the yanks jumpped on joe saunders early. a-rod, a two-run single. #e nick swisher, and the yanks have not trailed the last 67 innings on the road. >> rays four and a half back. orioles and bluejays, skipper dave trembly suspended for this game. seizeil, six innings, five strikeouts, no earned runs for cecil. top 8, scott rolen, hops to second. his 25-game hit streak comes to an end with an 0 for 4. bluejays will take the win, 2-love. they win for just the third time in 13 games. tront toe, beating baltimore. and scott rolen mentioned that hit streak. fourth longest in blue jay history behind olerud, shannon stewart, and three behind sean green who set the club record in 1999. >> so the rays, four and a half back of the yankees and red sox. hosting the a's. carlos pena. this team has won eight straight at the trop. second longest streak in team history. and pena playing a game we like to call connect 4. sending his lead to 24 home runs. something we haven't seen since june 17th, a home run. number 17 for the all-star, and the rays go on to win 6-0. second shutout of the season. he had six k's as well. and for pena, that home run snapping a ten-game homerless drought. second longest of the season, as i mentioned before. he leads the a.l. in home runs. the a's have won 14 of 15 at the trop. and they have won 10 of the last 11 starts when jeff neiman's on the bump. >> at 5:55 this morning, donte stalworth walked out of a miami jail. the 28-year-old wide receiver served 24 days of a 30-day sentence for d.u.i. manslaught manslaughter. stalworth pleaded guilty to hitting a 59-year-old man, and killing him on thele morning of march 14. stalworth's blood alcohol level, .126. well above the legal limit. stalworth had no comment when he left jail this morning. suspended by the nfl indefinitely. reached an undisclosed financial settlement with the man's family. stalworth's punishment is far over. eight years probation, two years of house arrest ahead of him. his driver's license has been suspended for life. however, after five years he couldga gain a limited license o do things you such as drive to work. he faces 1,000 hours of community service. >> a miami area doctor provided manny ramirez with a banned substance. >> i have never prescribed drugs of any kind whatsoever for mr. ramirez. >> espn tands by the original >> espn stands by the original reported dr. bosche is being investigated by the dea. when contacted by espn, major league baseball also confirmed the existence of the dea and baseball is cooperating with the investigation. >> still to come, the carlos boozer scenario gets tricky. is the jazz trying to trade him? we'll tell you why. >> dwyane wade said pat riley opened up a wound. why the two biggest stars in miami are on opposite sides. when your engine's running clean... you feel it. ...and pennzoil motor oil actively cleans out up to 15 percent of sludge the first time you use it. so feel the clean. not just oil, pennzoil. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. >> the jazz expected to continue to push to trade carlos boozer so they can get underneath the luxury tax line to allow utah to match millsapp's offer. now that the boozer trade that would have sent him to the bulls looks like that is stalling. chicago only wants to do the trade if they can get jared bayless from portland if they're giving up kirk heinrich. >> last month, pat riley said the miami heat's number one goal is to sign d. wade and make other roster moves. d. wade wants it the other way around. he publicly criticized the franchise for not being active this summer. this is what d. wade said. coach riley opened up the wound. he said until dwayne signs back, we can't do anything. but me and pat riley are not against each other. we both want the same thing. rather we're just in two different positions. >> >> updates from milwaukee. the dodgers and the brewers. locked in a good one at the 6-5 game. this moving right along. manny ramirez tied mickey mantle for 15th on the all time list. his home run, his 536th of his career tieing the mix. but the brewers up 6-5 in the top of the ninth. first meeting between these two this season. >> nationals and the astros. not playing as bizarre of a game they played yesterday. that is a 5-5 game in the eighth. yesterday, you might recall they made up a suspended game before playing the real game. they suspended game 1 on a walkoff hit by the nationals in the astros home ballpark. and a pitcher for the pirates got the win, yes. >> white sox found bartolo cologne in time for his minor league start last night. gave up two hits, one earned run, picked up the win. cologne went missing for a couple of days. how could they miss it. he could be back in the white sox rotation by july 24th. i've ayou loued one thing. three hours, white sox have won 9 of 12. two and a half behind the tigers coming in. and the twins coming off the sweep by the yankees, they're up 6-4 in the top of the ninth, minnesota. john derchgs walked the first four batters. and minnesota jumped out to a 4-0 lead. the white sox got back into it. right now, that is where it goes. >> speaking of mr. mouth. that is a career high, and he'll be in the home run derby, go figure. so will brandon inge. tigers third baseman has 19 home runs this season. he's only hit more than 20 in a season once. where have all the sluggers gone? in the american league at least for the home run derby. nobody wants in this year. there is inge. the tigers facing the indians. bottom two. josh anderson with the liner up the middle. anderson getting greedy. he is thrown out. trying for second. tigers up 3-0 at that point. fernando rodney coming into the ninth. indians blow the bases. not the same situation. grady sizemore grounds to third. tigers win 5-1. they improve to 6-1 against cleveland. the indians continue to struggle against detroit's pitching staff during a three-game sweep >> second round of the u.s. women's open, lorena ochoa, the number one player in the world entered the day in second place after shooting a 69 in round one. but how about this? carting a 79. 8 over par. two double bogies. 5 bogies, and she drops to 37th place with the plus six. the pink panther with the pink ball. that is paula creamer. 68 on the day. 2 under for the tournament. she had five birdies. and kristi kerr, tee shot on the par 3, 17. this would set up a birdie putt. she would get it. she leads the field after two rounds. much after her one under par for the day. >> phil mickelson will be skipping the u.s. open. mickelson plans to be with his wife after she starts her recovery from breast cancer. recently mickelson's mother found out she also has breast cancer. >> round two of the scottish open. 7th hole. third shot from the fringe here from retief goosen. the south african was money. great speed, great read. birdie-chip. moves to 10 under, takes the outright lead. next hole, another birdie situation for goosen. perfect feed. second birdie in a row. shot a 63. one stroke off the course reco record. leads the tournament at 11 under. adam scott there in second place with 9 under. look at that, anna ivanovic. happy to see scott. that's the end of extra. still ahead here. lance armstrong came in today in second place. he's dropping off the leaderboard, we'll tell you why. and michael phelps set a record last night. today he had a setback. we'll tell you what that's all >> been a career first half for nelson cruz. and the rangers outfielder will replace torii hunter. the power of the home run derby. monday for the american league, joe mauer, brandon inge will also represent the a.l. no word on shroff and where he's batting in that group. >> game time decision. rangers with a half game lead out west. facing the mariners and they're currently up 4-2. rangers 5-1 against the mariners this season. ichiro with the hit. and you see michael young, his 11th home run. the three-run shot. >> nationwide series coming to chicagoland. there's slicedl bread, joey logano. 159. green flag to this point. no cautions. run out of fuel. brad kozlowski had to pit, because he was running out of fuel. get inve there, lap 84. still on the green flag. joey logano leading. checkc out the broadcast, longet green flag in the start of nationwide wide race at chicago. the lap 144, kyle busch leading. led for 50 consecutive laps. at one point, joey logano behind him in second. 25 laps to go logano passes outside for the lead, 178. brad kozlowski on the tail of busch. little contact on the rear bumper. puts busch into the wall. eight laps to go after the restart. logano, would he get new tiresg during the caution? holding off kyle busch for the lead. we go to the final lap, and logano holds on to win at chicago. his third win of the season. kyle busch finishes second. his sixth straight finish in the top two. the second most consecutive first or second place finishes. >> day 7 of the tour de france, lance armstrong in second place coming in. and they are beginning the first mountain stage through the peer niece. i am your tour guide. pyrenees. i am your tour guide. leaving barcelona. be careful of the road. fabian came into the day in first place. had some issues. how about a flat tire. he would get back into the race. there are a lot of cars when you're trying to compete in this race. narrow roads, too. watch out there, that is the doctor's car, and he almost took out the guy who was leading the race. later on, one of the team members, alberto cantador, and armstrong taking advantage. making his move for the finish. going so fast uphill he had to stop pedaling. crosses the line in second place. moments later, armstrong would cross the finish line, but it is ronaldo who catches the yellow jersey leading the tour de france after stage 7. armstrong finishing the day in third place. 8 seconds behind. and lance really makes his move in the mountains. this is what he had to say in day one of the mountain stage. >> it's not a very steep climb, so the speed is high. you have these constant rhythm changes. you have head winds. it's maybe not my specialty, but not bad considering. >> it's not your best day. >> no, but i didn't expect, you know, i didn't expect a demonstration like some of the other years on the first mountain day. the wind wasn't conducive. you saw a big group there. we'll have plenty of days at the end of this tour where there's only a couple of guys together. >> racing before a day of rest on monday. now during his 7 tour de france wins, lance held the yellow jersey after the 7th stage only one time. that came in 2005. but it's not how you start, it's how you finish. speaking of which, j.w. stewart, kevin connors going to show you how you finish strong on espnews. >> i know. already lagging us for computers. he is human after all. michael phelps forced to withdraw from the 100 meter freestyle today. he's got a sore neck. phelps swam through the pain last night. not only did he swim through it, he set the world record in the 100 meter butterfly. >> elsewhere, president obama says he'll attend the world cup next year in south africa. blazers rookie guard paddy mills fractured a bone in his right foot. remember he broke his hand playing for st. mary's. and american sprinter tyson gay ran the fastest 100 meter time in the world, clocking in at 9.77 seconds. >> coming up, kev not connors and j.w. stewart. and albert pujols chasing the triple crown. ♪ 100 calorie light beer with lime. miller chill. ♪ it basically took me the whole summer. ♪ and i don't know how many times i needed to go to autozone. but... at least now when i go... it's not on my bike. ♪

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