he's going. and jones swings and foul tips it again and that was close. wanting to throw, pulled that bare hand out which is always a dangerous mode for a catcher. >> buck: when a runner is taking off, you have to get your hand close to your glove and he got a little foul ball, bounced up and hit him, got a piece of it. that was right off the end of the bat. he was fortunate to get a piece of it. . >> gary: the announcers let that kind of a replay go because you can see it. 3-2, this time greinke just to hold him. >> buck: don't want to talk about it. >> gary: thank you so much. >> buck: hang with it miguel. [ laughter ]. . . >> gary: 3-2 the count. outfield deep on adam jones, roberts there he goes again. and again, it will be fouled away. so one thing the orioles have done already with only two batters at the plate is to force greinke to work here in the 1st inning and whenever you get a starter of his calibre, you want to do that. >> buck: yeah. before he gets really locked in with all of his pitches. right now adam jones is fouled off a couple of tough pitches. full count. brian roberts appears to be running on the pitch so a lot of good things could happen for the orioles here. >> gary: greinke threw over once trying to catch roberts leaning and will try to do so again here. zach greinke that is pitched against the orioles this season, got a win, 8-1, one run, six hits over seven. couple of walks, six strikeouts in that ball game. 3-2, long look, roberts not going, and again, jones fights it off. adam holds that count at 3-2. >> buck: looked like a changeup there and zach greinke will throw them at any time so now he has adam jones with that on his mind. not being too aggressive. after a changeup. watch how the timing is disrupted a bit. and barely gets a piece of it off the end of the bat. >> gary: jones really working here against greinke. 3-2. roberts not running. that in the air, left field, that ball is hit deep, back at the wall, goodbye home run, he's done it again! as was true last night, 1st inning, adam jones, home run, 2-0 o's. >> buck: we're going to have to send him to the all-star game more obvious. three straight home runs in the first inning. and he followed off some tough pitches. target down and away, greinke misses all the way across the plate, and adam jones doesn't. squared up on the bat, it's a no-doubter. . >> gary: number 17, rbis 57 and 58. and jones gives the orioles a 2-0 lead. two up and two in. orioles center fielder just continues to inspire. here is nick markakis. back in the number three spot. he has not had a hit in the first two games, going 0-for-8. greinke gives up his sixth home run, three to righties, three to lefties. 1-0 count on markakis, takes it down the left field line. dejesus, gets by him, markakis into second will stay, he's got a double. three consecutive hits for the orioles off the number one e.r.a. pitcher in the majors. >> buck: we had told you that zach greinke had been human recently for the last two months. 2-5. this pitch is away and markakis stays on it, 95 miles an hour. that ball gets away from dejesus. three straight hits off zach greinke in an early 2-0 lead and they have greinke on the ropes. >> gary: runner on at second base, aubrey huff. still nobody out in the inning. aubrey gets a good cut, fouls it right straight back. it is time for aubrey to get a going just by the numbers. it's been such a tough month. .157 in july. had one home run. talking with wally bell while the visitation is made by the kiching coach bob mcclure to the mound trying to change the rhythm here with greinke. >> buck: greinke has been off on his location. the home run to adam jones was meant to be a breaking ball down and away and it missed all the way across the plate on the inner half, and then that last pitch to aubrey huff was a fastball right out over the place in huff's wheel house. aubrey huff has hit greinke well. >> gary: we hope to keep that going. designated hitter as ty wigginton is getting the start at first base. 0-1 count. markakis on second. a strike taken on the inside corner. greinke ahead, 0-2. >> buck: that's what greinke is most effective, both to righthanders and lefthanders is elevating the fastball on the inside corner. that's the first pitch he's thrown effectively inside to any hitter here tonight. >> gary: there's the 0-2 delivery. and huff on nasty breaking ball down and in is a strikeout victim. greinke has 147 strikeouts and that strike out moves him to second place in the league in ks. >> buck: here's the last pitch to aubrey huff. a tight light breaking slider down and in and huff is over top of it on the 0-2 count. >> gary: nolan reimold, a five-game hit streak for him. runner at second and one out. and the fastball is taken inside. again, as has happened for nolan seemingly throughout this season, he gets to stay under the radar because every time he just starts to pique everybody's interest, something else happens with the orioles like tillman coming up that turns the attention away. i think that's probably the best thing that could happen to nolan reimold. he's quietly having a magnificent rookie season. >> buck: plodding away, he likes it just the way it is. >> gary: that is certainly fitting to his personality. 1-1. he's trying to get an rbi here. reimold with a five-game hit streak, 11-for-17 during the streak. fastball on the inside corner, if greinke can get those balls that will be tough. >> buck: that's where he lives and dies inside. that's when hitters have to start worrying about the inside corner. he made a good pitch inside to aubrey huff and has done the same to reimold and changed the complexion of those two at-bats. >> gary: here's 1-2 delivery. that's outside. the bowling green universities pittsburgh steeler fan, we will take a look at young man in our covering the bases tomorrow. game time is at 12:30. we'll have the pitchers and the details and the stories tomorrow. and his brother will be joining us. >> buck: chance to catch up with his brother john who has played professional basketball. >> gary: oversees. that will be fouled away, 2-2. unfortunately, nolan's sister will not be able to join us tomorrow. she is a model in new york city. we talked with nolan about that when we were in new york when he was on with us for a wired wednesday. he kind of has kept that a secret from the rest of the team. [ laughter ]. . >> buck: a wise man. >> gary: i think he's saying it so the players will hear it when they watch the replay at 2 in the morning. reimold takes the count to 3-2. >> buck: this is something we've seen consistently from reimold. he won't chase bad pitches. you rarely see him go after a breaking ball out of the zone. he never gets too pull conscious so he doesn't pull off that outside pitch. >> gary: he is .366 with runners in scoring position, yet another big number. he's got one out there at second right now in nick markakis. he's on with a walk! greinke doesn't give up many of those. that's only his 28th walk in 142 innings. >> buck: defense niend greinke, dejesus, bloomquist, maier, butler, teahen, callaspo, olivo is behind the plate. >> gary: kansas city defense has been a big problem as they lead the [technical difrts]. -- difficulties]. . >> gary: 2-2 delivery, that is going to be popped up, zaun back. >> buck: how about that trade, bedard for five players, adam jones, george sherrill, both all-stars. cam looil has pitched 12 games. tillman pitching his first game, butler is in a ball, 11 starts so far this year. four of the five have pitched in the big leagues and erik bedard is on the disabled list now. >> gary: that is up high. i laughed today when i saw this. this was a written statement they were talking about tillman. and the writer said if you're a mariners fan or a close friend of one don't be stunned to see them calling in to work tomorrow with an upset stomach, that one in the air to right field. that is way back. and goodbye home run. that one out on utah street as callaspo got a hold of it and it's 2-1 ball game. and he had that one perfectly timed. 7th homer of the year. >> buck: he's done in all three of these games, he's got hate. seventh home run. a no-doubter over the score board and right on to the flag court. quick, short stroke produces a long fly ball. bouncing near utah street. . >> gary: that is the first hit for the royals. their designated hitter is mike jacobs. that's a strike. he has had a 0-for-3 in the one game he's played in in this series. worse yet for seattle fans, erik bedard back ton the dl. the possibility of trading him kind of disappeared. >> buck: yeah. it sure did. and for erik bedard, a disappointing time as well. he's a free agent at the end of this year and his name certainly tossed around this trading season because of that free agency. >> gary: 1-2 strike count on jacobs. tillman this year gave up five home runs in the 96 innings at triple a. he gave up ten in 135 innings at buoy. that is the strikeout and that is his major league first. >> buck: put that one in the books. first home run given up to callaspo, comes back and makes a perfect pitch down and away. he gives up a home run and throws strike to the next hitter and punches him out. >> gary: comment you made about these young pitchers is the same one that was echoed by trembley the skipper of the orioles. he said the best thing about him, talking about tillman, is they say he doesn't get rattled. the confidence factor a big one for him towering fly ball, reimold back, at the wall, up and goodbye. home run. this game is tied. miguel olivo. just enough to get it out of the yard. olivo's first hit in this series. >> buck: he loves the high fastball. target is down around his knees. you can see how badly tillman missed. this time he catches up to it, olivo, just beyond the reach of reimold. >> gary: olivo gets his 14th home run. so two homers in the inning have tied this ball game at 2-2. the one by callaspo, no question, the one by olivo, just enough to get it back into the seats. the 0-1 delivery on the way, fastball is inside. mitch maier making the start in centerfield in the ball game tonight. he has appeared in this series only coming off the bench defensive purposes. 1-1 delivery down to first, fair ball, markakis has it in the corner. maier on his way to second base. he will stay there. he's got a double. so two home runs and a double surrounding a fly ball out and a strikeout. >> buck: this is the difference pitching in the big leagues as opposed to the minor leagues. bottom of the order, you got big league hitters, bottom of the order in minor leagues you have non-prospects hitting. quite a different approach by the hitters. so this is where tillman has to regroup a little bit, catch his breath, come back and try to strand this runner at second base. >> gary: tie ball game. each team with three hits. and yuniesky betancourt, the number nine hitter, has a 0-for-7 in this series. and he will take the pitch on outside corner for a strike. betancourt has not had a hit in his last 16 at-bats. he can get out of that right here, kansas city can get the lead. 0-1 delivery. slider away, stays away, 1-1. >> buck: that's that hard breaking ball. tillman has always been able to throw that effectively. last couple of years he was a fastball, curveball kind of guy and now he has the changeup to complement those two pitches. >> gary: 1-1 delivery, launches that one to center field, jones has plenty of room and he's got it. couple of home runs, collapse poe and olivo have tied this ball gym up. our wired wednesday, joining us with be meredith the newest member of the bullpen for the orioles. now that college is a few years 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 there's more bills than usual, it's no problem. and i use the wish list to put any extra money aside for anything i want. being in control of my money feels good. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. . >> gary: as we go to the bottom half of a second inning of a 2-2 ball game. talk a little bit about the deal, did you expect anything to be coming as far as a transfer of teams was concerned? >> no, i can't say that i, you know, totally expected anything. i know some things previous thoughts were changing, nice shot. by cesar. some things are changing in san diego and i can't say i did expect it but one thing you get used to in this profession is things are constantly going to change so it was a welcome change for me i'm happy to be here. >> buck: you're back in the american league east. you were with the red sox before you went out to san diego. i understand you're an oriole fan a bit as you grew up on the east coast. got a chance to see him. >> had the old hts growing up, on any given night you can check out the o's on hts, i think that was channel 24, and the braves on channel 17. so i was definitely an orioles fan growing up. >> gary: izturis out on the fly ball. he was one of the pitchers you watched growing up, was he not. >> i didn't get a chance to see him pitch that much. i remember hearing him on the broadcast a little bit growing up, but, you know, my dad, you know, i talked to my dad later that evening and told him i got a chance to meet him and my dad had some great things to say about him, really enjoyed watching him back in his hay day. >> buck: you're a sidearmer. you're relying heavily on movement. who do you lean on in that bullpen to bring you up the speed. >> we have a lot of guys with some arm side things. i can pick anybody's brain. we have some good boys down here. we have some guys with some good stuff, too. they keep me updated and i just try to watch the ball game and pick out little things when i can. >> gary: adam jones at the plate, his 17th home run, 2 rbis in his first at-bat in the ball game. play, you get a fresh perspective on the orioles and the building process coming from the outside. what do you see? what do you make of it? >> man, you were just talking about adam jones. i think in my opinion, i've said it to a number of people, there's not a better outfielder in the league. defensively, arm strength, at the plate, speed. we have a lot of excitement on this team. had a couple of veterans that have been here for a wall, roberts, markakis in there right now. but there's some exciting players here and i'm glad to be a part of it because i think the next couple of years are really going to be, you know, there's going to be some changes in the a.l. east. i think the orioles can, can do some things. >> buck: the perception from the media and the fans is that the american league east is a tough decision. what about players in the national league? what is the perception of competition in the a.l. east. >> it's not a perception. you can look at players and the talent and the teams and the track records and everything that is done. they call it the a.l. east for a reason. some of the best baseball in the major leagues, and certainly when you're in the national league and you're an outsider looking in you kind of do watch and your eyebrows gets raised every once in a while. >> gary: nick markakis standing in, izturis on first, two down here. final question, clay, your role in the bullpen. how do you see it? what is it you like to do out there? >> to be honest with you, i haven't heard about a role. haven't talked about a role. seven of us down here. your closer is a little different. from the time i got to major leagues, i consider myself a relief pitcher. whether that's late in the ball game with a lead or early in the ball game when we're behind. i like to take the ball as much as i can, and like i said, i'm hear to help out, and get the boys in the dugout. >> gary: think you just defined your role. thanks for being with us, great having you as oriole. >> thank you, guys. >> gary: he's joining us from the bullpen. he's right on the point about that. that really is what he does. he's available for any section of a game. he can give you the quick out if you need it tore stay in the ball game and work innings. >> buck: because he is a sidearmer, he can come in and get you out of a tough situation. like what bradford did for this ball game. get awe ground ball, get you out of a tough situation in the middle innings. a lot of different looks in that bullpen and a number of quality arms and it's been a real good mix. clay adds another dimension to that bullpen. >> gary: 2-2 to markakis. and swung on and missed and got him. that's four strikeouts in the ball game for greinke. a couple of in inning. tied at 2-2. ♪ ♪ tell me who's watching. ♪ i always feel like somebody's watching me. ♪ (announcer) it's right here. it's easy. . >> gary: orioles baseball on masn brought to you by southwest airlines. book your next trip at southwest.com. and by pnc, pnc leading the way. buck martinez, i'm gary thorne, great to have you here as the orioles had a 41-minute rain delay to get the baseball starter. chris tillman making his debut, dejesus leading it off. since '69, tillman is the fourth youngest pitcher to debut for the orioles, matt riley, storm davis, and hayden pen were all 20 years. chris tillman 21 years and 105 days. that ball in the air. left center field. reimold going over, back near the wall, and he's got it! right up against the wall, right at 364 mark. >> buck: nolan reimold just about ran out of room and had a bead on it and felt he was comfortably in front of that wall. it's the youngest debut of oriole starters since '69. storm riley -- storm davis in '82 and hayden pen in 2005 and chris tillman tonight. >> gary: and a strike on the outside corner to bloomquist. >> buck: interesting numbers. riley would have the 9 decisions in thinks career. e.r.a. 6. storm davis had a tremendous career, just over 4 e.r.a. mason pitched in over a thousand games and pen with ten decisions. so you have mixed results bringing up the young pitchers and hopefully it will turn out to be more like storm davis. >> gary: 1-1 to bloomquist. bloomquist flied out his first time out. >> buck: i don't think there's any form for having a guy knowing when he's going to be ready. everybody is different, and obviously every personality is different. and they handle success and failure in different fashions. >> gary: 2-1 delivery. and that will be in to right center field and that's a base hit. markakis on a hop. bloomquist is on. six hits, 11 at-bats in the series for the rightfielder tonight, willy bloomquist. tillman will work with a runner on. that is hit number 4. each time run runs, four hits, orioles have left four, royals one. and you look at greinke in that last inning and you wonder, is that bases loaded situation in the first going to come back and haunt? billy butler lined out to short first time up. and butler will foul it away. butler comes in the third in the league in doubles. he is on fire right now against the orioles. he's hitting .293, 11 homers and 47 rbis on the season. butler in that number three spot in this series has had six hits and 11 at-bats. here's the 0-1. slider will miss outside to him. 1-1 strike count, runner at first base, one out. good crowd on hand tonight. no question, tillman brought out some oriole fans to watch this debut. here's the 1-1 delivery. really got up on top of that pitch and a 1-2 count. >> buck: that's the changeup and he's shown a lot of confidence in it here early on. watch the arm action, fastball arm action, lot of sink on that pitch. watch how far out butler is. ball not even there yet. great confidence boost for tillman to a good hitter like butler on a changeup and fooled him that badly. >> gary: bloomquist pretty good lead, not going, and the slider, taken outside. >> buck: that's the breaking ball he needs to get over. and so far he's made good pitches with his fastball, he's thrown an exceptional changeup, but he hasn't put that breaking ball into the minds of the hitters yet. he hasn't thrown it for a strike so they discount it. >> gary: 2-2 count. and that one in the air to right field. markakis, runner will go back to the bag, butler is retired for the second out here in the 3rd inning. the scouting report, dave schmidt, the o's had on the orioles's starter, he said he's got late life on his fastball, his curve, very good spin, got a little tighter this year, a quality curve that can effective against right and lefthanders, and the changeup which they really feel as you've seen in this game that he's got much better on this year. >> buck: late life is an interesting phrase. we hear it all the time. what that means is it will get into the hitting zone where it has a finish on it, a live fastball at a particular speed but it has movement and life and acceleration at the end and all caused by good delivery and hand action. >> gary: tillman has two down here. bloomquist had the one-out single, still on at first, teahen flied out to left his first time up. and will step off and do it again. and that pitch will be taken down low. 2-0 count. tillman hasn't walked anybody, has struck out one. trying to keep those cleats cleaned. mud gets kicked up with the rain we had even with the drying agent that's out there surrounding the pitching area. runner on first and the 2-0, bloomquist going, and that will be fouled back. royals have been running in this series when given the opportunity, trying to create an offense with a team that's last or next to last in almost every offensive category. you wouldn't know that against the orioles, though. this team is hitting .296 against the orioles in the first six games. they've outscored the o's coming in to this one. the delivery, breaking ball, way up high, and the count goes to 3-1. teahen with legitimate power if he gets hold of one. >> buck: good time for bloomquist to run 3-1 count with two outs. if teahen can drive one to the gap, bloomquist has a chance to score. >> gary: 3-1, runner goes, swung on and missed. and there were four outs. >> buck: can you get the cherry over. >> gary: so one out -- no, kaunt do that. 2-2. so when you said you bring fiber optic all the way to the home, you meant... we 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(announcer) it's a whole new internet. makes uploading as easy as downloading. because your internet's not fast unless it's two-way fast. two runs, four hits, no errors each way. the skipper trembley joining us live from the dugout. assess to this point your starter pitcher, dave? >> locates the fastball he's very good. i think he's got to get his secondary pitches, especially the second and third time around in the lineup, or they'll sit one pitch on him. i like thinks poise. direction to the plate is good. delivery is good. like to see the ball down a little bit, more ground balls. >> buck: how about the poise of your center fielder? >> oh, gosh, he's -- he makes it look easy. he's come a long way. i mean those of us who have the privilege of watching him from one year to the next, each and every day he comes out here and does something a little better. going to be a special player. real special player. >> buck: talk about the defensive play the first play of the ball game when he ran down that dejesus drive to center. got a great jump on t went back on it well. didn't play the ball into the fence. it was text book. really a text book play. obviously, you know, he got tillman a big out to start the ball game so he could breathe easier. >> gary: strikeout victim the first time up, greinke will take it inside. >> greinke is going to strike people out when he has 140 some, throwing 96 and breaking balls that are nasty. >> gary: he's one of the starters first inning, had a chance, on the ropes with the bases loaded, and i guess you always wonder with a guy like him is that the one we're going to look back on. he's tough. >> yeah, he is. hopefully you get another chance. these kind of guys that are special like greinke, they turn it up a notch as well. >> gary: 2-2 delivery on the way, ground ball to first, that will be a foul ball. on the offense, dave, i mean you have aubrey huff is one of them, some of the hitters who are struggling right now. have you chosen to give the day off with a day game tomorrow just to take their minds off the offense as far as bp is concerned. >> we played 11 innings last night. we've struggled. i think sometimes we have to change the routine up, you know, get guys to take the foot off the pedal. i see guys trying real hard, really trying to force it. you have a guy on second, let's hit him over. take a walk. take a pitch out of the strike zone. trying so hard to make it happen all at one at-bat, and i think from my perspective, you see it, you feel it, you know, you try to make adjustments to help them out. >> buck: dave, here's a guy at the plate in aubrey huff who has been a terrific second half hitter going through a tough time and he's a guy that gives you the air everything is going to be all right but you see him a little frustrated now. >> you know, this is the way i look at it, buck: these guys are all major league players but they're people as wie. they're human beings, they have feelings and they care and they have a lot of pride. no one likes to fail. it's tough to come in and keep your chin up. you understand its part of the game. you're happy when it's over. my feelings is these guys will go through it, they'll be over because they're all profrn proven guys who have done it in the past. >> gary: dave trembley on our wired wednesday. and aubrey huff, is it going to stay fair? no, way way up there. the back of the seats. >> buck: hit that ball so hard it looked like it might have hooked foul. he certainly had the distance, and that's the way it's been going for aubrey the last three games. starting to swing the bat much better. bullet line drive at the first baseman last night. this one missed going out of the yard. just hooked foul at the last moment. >> gary: dh in the ball game. got him on the off-speed, no, fouled off. just enough. it will stay 3-2. greinke can do a number on you when he gets the rhythm going. >> buck: he sure can. aubrey was barely able to pick it and stay alive. greinke can really go back and forth on the velocity. >> gary: a fastball this time. so aubrey huff has struck out twice in the ball game. greinke has five ks. >> buck: three in a row. fastball missed his location by by two feet. was trying to get the ball inside. but his velocity allows him to make up for those location mistakes. . >> gary: one down, here's nolan reimold who drew a walk his first time up. reimold will take a pitch on the outside corner for a strike. nolan has continued to pick up the free passes. he's got 26 now. only 39 strikeouts, ten doubles, nine homers. breaking ball again, and an a miss. 1-1. >> buck: 68 miles an hour, from 95 to 68. >> gary: 1-1 delivery fouled up. break up the rhythm of hitters, greinke can do that. >> buck: 94 miles an hour. tough to catch up to a pitch. you get out in front and he throws you the slow curveball. those are only two of his four pitches. >> gary: yeah. 1-2 count. reimold trying to jump on a fastball, fouls it back. royals got greinke tied up with a new four-year deal that will take him through 2012. only 25 years old. it is his sixth season with the royals. this is his 156th start appearance, 124 start and olivo wants to go out and have a substantial talk with greinke. . >> buck: you mentioned the four-year contract, $38 million will take him into 2012 and he's comfortable in kansas city and they've dealt with him very, very effectively. he's had a couple of situations off the field where he had anxiety issues and they coaxed him through it allowed him to get away from the game for a while, brought him back, started him back up at double a. and the organization has stood right next to him through all of this and, boy, the rewards have been great for greinke and the royals. >> gary: he has a natural talent. you watch him pitch and it's almost he can do whatever he wants whenever he wants to do it out there. the orioles tonight have forced him to throw a lot of pitches. 2-2 delivery ton the way. fouled back -- on the way. fouled back again. >> buck: you have seen martinez over the years and he has that same time of smooth delivery. a wide spectrum of velocities. and i think that was the asset of pedro martinez, never threw pitches at the same speed, everything was all over the map and hitters can't gauge it. >> gary: 2-2 delivery on the way, and it's fouled off. greinke can also throw the foot out pitch away and get a strikeout. so you guys gets whose timing is off and then you have to have one to alleviate the foul balls, and he's struck out 151, second in the american league. a 2-2 count on reimold. that is what the orioles are doing tonight. they are fouling them off. >> buck: they have really forced him to throw a lot of pitches and that last pitch at 96 miles an hour, 66th pitch of the night. pitches in first inning.-->>- >> gary: 2-2 delivery. reimold takes it outside andth count is full, 3-2. nolan works the count around here. 3-2 with one down. drew the walk th first time up with theof at-ait greink 3-2. mighty happyng hitt in particular. >> buck:ch nod is hitting .291. 3-2 deliver again, and again, fights it off. going to 1pitch bat. >> buck: one thing tha nolan has shown us, he has great stre zone erts,even with adam jones, h& -úúe!b o pitches out of the zone. >> gary: 3-2 a >> buck: that looked like it may have been load. a flat slider designed to be inside and reimold had a good look at it and thought it was out of the strike zone. greinke us every weapon in the arsenal. >> gary: greinke has two down and a chance to strike thede out. had 11 strikeouts in july in a game against oakland. it was the high for him. he had ten strikeouts in his last start against texas. he's had double digits strikeouts in four games this season. olivo going back out, a 2-0 count on ty wigginton. >> buck: when you have a pitcher like greinke who is pretty much his own mentor and guide, he kind of knows what he's doing, he watches the pitch and makes adjustment in the course of a game, six strikeouts, no groundouts, couple of fly balls and one of those fly balls went out of the ballpark. adam jones in the first inning with the 6th home run that greinke has allowed all year long. >> gary: wigginton flied ot his first time out. that is in left field. dejesus on to make the sliding catch, a 1-2-3 inning. three complete. a nice night here in baltimore. . >> gary: tomorrow you can skip out of work early and gather up the family, an afternoon dwam here at camden yards. a 12:35 start, first 10,000 fans 14 and under will receive an orioles foam finger and every thursday kids 10 and under receive a free upper reserve feet with a paying adult. up to two free kid tickets per adult. for details, 888-848-bird. go to orioles.com. tomorrow, the starters. >> buck: good pitching matchup. chen will face bergesen. 6-5 in his rookie season. . >> gary: two runs, four hits, no errors for each team. orioles have left four, the royals one. chris tillman in his major league debut. no walks, a couple of strikeouts. greinke has a walk and six strikeouts. olivo had home runs in the second inning. adam jones a home run in the first inning, a two-run rbi. that's been the offense. strikeout number three. >> buck: callaspo, goes deep, hits the score board. extends his hitting streak. done a consistent job. streak now ex-tened to 11 games. >> gary: and the pitch will be taken down low for a ball. alberto callaspo .304, strong average for him. callaspo like butler is an outstanding numbers against the orioles this year hitting .375. that's his first home run this year against the o's and his fifth rbi. 1-1 delivery to him. right over the dugout. and a 1-2 count. tillman worked 96 innings in the minors, about 8-6 record he had this year. 99 strikeouts, only 26 walks. and the delivery is way up high. count will go to 2-2. he is here to stay barring some very unexpected performance for the rest of this season. just missed outside with it, and a 3-2 count. callaspo with the 3-2. >> buck: made a lot of quality pitches with his fastball. as you heard from the manager dave trembley, one thing he'd like to see more of is his ability to throw that curveball over. he's got a hard, tight breaking curveball but so far he's not thrown it very effectively except for the strikeout of teahen. that's the best one he's thrown all night. >> gary: 3-2 delivery and that one is fouled away. >> buck: you know, the process of being a successful starting pitcher in the major leagues, first and foremost you have to command your fastball. then the second pitch in nigh mind is a changeup because you can pitch with a fastball changeup. now you bring the curveball into the mix and the final piece is late movement on the fastball. >> gary: fouled off. >> buck: think about a guy like halladay, cuts his fastball, sinks his fastball, throws a changeup and a very tight breaking curveball. >> gary: and roy halladay lost today, his record 11-4. seattle beat toronto 3-2. will it be his last game for toronto? towering pop-up, first base. callaspo is retired. two down here in the 4th inning. >> buck: halladay did start for the toronto and there was that artificial deadline of july 28th. the general manager of toronto put that up. they still have the ability to trade him until 4 p.m. on friday than would be without requiring waivers. there still is that possibility that one of the big suretiors, the philadelphia phillies landed a cy young award winner in cliff lee from the indians. >> gary: the off-speed pitch, that changeup, it is a good one. 1 strike count, two down. jacobs hitting at .216. tough season in the average numbers for him. 33 rbis. tillman trying to retire the side in order. he did that in the first inning. angels beat cleveland by a score of 9-3. lackey got his seventh win, 7-4 on the year. 12-0, hampton gave up 9 runs on four hits. >> gary: a towering fly ball to right field. that is going to be way back, and that is gone. and another shot, the likes of callaspo, right where callaspo hit his in the 2nd inning. jacobs gets his and a 3-2 kc lead. >> buck: 14th of the season. jacobs, third solo home run, and that's a breaking ball that just got a spot out over the plate. you can see how he times it. great extension, classic home run swing there and that breaking ball sat on a tee out over the plate. >> gary: so kansas city using the long ball here to get the 3-2 lead in the baseball game. bloom yis quist has a single and maier has a double. the other home run, he got one just far enough out into the left field to make the seats. two down. and that will be taken up high. >> buck: second inning, olivo hitting with two outs. there's callaspo. and then olivo hit a high fastball into the seats in left field. can't really throw him anything upstairs there's a fine line between the one that's too high and the letter high fastball that he can get on top of. >> gary: 2-0 count. two down. olivo, fouled it off. tillman home runwise, his home runs for nine innings have come down this season it was .47 per nine innings. so really only a home run every other game. given up prior seasons as much as a home run a ball game back in '07 when he started at a ball. cut that down in the second half of the '07 season. and then last year .66 home runs per 9 innings. so the home run ball has never been a big problem. >> buck: great stuff. overall dominance in the minor leagues, look at his e.r.a., 2.54 for his career. >> gary: count is full, 3-2 for olivo. >> buck: the minor league learning curve where he got better and better in the minor leagues, same type of adjustment in the big leagues. ? 3-2, two down, in the air, not deep, right field. and nick markakis will put it away. but the home run by jacobs has given kansas city the lead as we go to the bottom of the 4th 3-2. ll... all passengers... each with an average ll... speed of 590 mph... almost as fast as you. nothing's gonna hold you down. grab your bag . it's on™west so our low fares 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( ding ) book now at southwest.com. . >> reporter: junior orioles clubhouse tonight presented by chips. ten selected games, a dugout club hat, a membership card, a free kids's meal from chips olay, and an orioles lunch box for the reduced price of $12. family and friends can purchase tickets for each game for $6. to find out more, call 888-848-bird on visit orioles.com. >> gary: and a great night for the kids here at the ballpark and a 3-2 royals lead for the moment as we go to the bottom half of the 4th inning. these have been tough ball games, all three of these now, 5-3 kc win in the first one, an extra inning 4-3 win last night. 41-minute rain delay to get this ball game started and now another one-run game underway. mora, chopped off and a foul ball. melvin in the ball game hit by a pitch. >> buck: excuse me, gary. that was the same type of ground ball that led to the winning ball for kansas city last night. dribbler up the line and stayed in fair territory and come around to score on the double by john buck. . >> gary: melvin has faced greinke in a 1-for-12 clip lifetime. zaun and izturis will follow. talk about the tight games. the orioles, seven of their last eight losses have been one or two runs. and that pitch will be taken inside. the orioles' loss last night one of those where they had the lead late in the ball game. only the third time the o's have lost a ball game leading after seven. dave trembley's club has had some frustrating games since the all-star break. 1-1 delivery, that breaking ball is outside to him, 2-1. >> buck: so far in this series, they have been 3-for-18 prior to tonight game with runners in scoring position. and they had stranded 19 base runners in to play tonight. four more so far in this game. too many opportunities by the wayside. >> gary: fouled away and a 2-2 count. against kansas city in the first two games, the orioles were 3-for-18 with runners in scoring position and left 19 on base. it's not as though the o's haven't had a chance and now you face greinke, banister last night no cushion rides. he was a non-decision. inside pop-up to first base. in fair territory, and mora is retired. one away. there's that record over the last eight, averaging only three runs per game. even though they've outhit opponents by a 71-70 margin, you get them on, but they've not been able to get them in. >> buck: yeah. you can see the batting average with runners in scoring position at .157. and that was the real strength of this club. they were among the leaders in baseball early in the season, first two months of the season, hitting over .300 as a club. so a a falloff here in this season. >> gary: 0-1 gregg zaun. inside to him, 1-1. the orioles still are near the top in the american league with .291 average with runners in scoring position. so many at-bats, it takes a real decline in order to drop the season number. 1-1 delivery. that's why when dave trembley when we talked to him earlier in the sea sorn in how he measures his team and opposing team. he does it in ten-game segments, i don't know what the starting or ending point is for that. that's how he looks how people are doing. because at this point, season numbers can be very misleading at times. especially with opponent teams. if you want to know who on that team is hot, the season numbers may say one thing but the last ten games tell a different story. >> buck: players' logs are important. >> gary: drives it deep, bloomquist is back, says he has room, and he does. two down. >> buck: you can see player's trend by going back to a stat sheet, look at it, how he has played over the last ten games will give you the most accurate evaluation of who is hot and who is not. >> gary: two away is izturis, a single his first time up. izturis has a four-game hit streak now, including a 5-for-10 in this series against kansas city. greinke delivers to him beings and that will be popped up down the line in left, and a great effort by dejesus, he had a long way to go. >> buck: you don't mind sliding on the grass as it's been raining here but you get to the rubberized warning track you don't know how you will react, that, too, is wet and he had a gentle slide to a stop. >> gary: smiling when he gets up so he's okay. >> buck: that stuff will grab you if it's dry. >> gary: 0-2 count on izturis. 3-2 ball game, royals leading it by one, they're outhitting the o's 5-4. delivery on the way to izturis, taken down low, 1-2 count orioles have the red sox coming after tomorrow. smoltz, hernandez, beckett on sunday, berken and buckholtz on sunday. 2-2, fouled away, and will hold the count. red sox and yankees battling for first place. yankees have the two and half game edge, tampa bay is 6.5 out. 2-2 delivery, izturis fouls that one back. philadelphia continues to be one of the hot teams in baseball, they have a four-game win streak going right now, 8 out of the last ten games, 7 game lead over florida, and the mets had 10.5 games out. that is a fair ball. butler on the bag and a 1-2-3 inning. going to be a three, 1-2-3 innings recorded by greinke. . >> gary: the all-star in center field is adam jones. >> buck: he likes the royals pitching in the first inning opener, curveball, deep center field, number 15. brian banister, first inning, fastball, deep to left field, number 16. right here, with greinke tonight, first inning again, for adam jones, number 17. >> gary: those are the two runs for the orioles. as tillman has given up the homers too callaspo, jacobs, and olivo. >> buck: i short changed him, number 17 tonight. he has been squaring it up. >> gary: problem for the orioles is, first inning ends it. >> buck: yeah, and that's a problem, especially against guys like zach greinke. you have to continue to expand your lead and take advantage of those opportunities. they haven't had an opportunity in three straight innings after a leadoff hit in the second, greinke has retired nine straight. >> gary: a 2-1 count, mitch maier making the start in center field. doubled his first time up. fouls that one away. he just turned 27. he was a first round, 30th overall pick in the 2003 draft out of south lion, michigan. played college baseball, university of toledo. 2-2 delivery on the way. and didn't miss by much but did and the count is full, 3-2. may are, betancourt, and dejesus at the top of the order. here's the 3-2. no play on that. maier with only 104 at-bats at the major league level prior to this season, and he's had six professional seasons prior to this year. another player they're taking a look at. he game up when guillen was placed on the dl on july 16. here's the 3-2 delivery, maier, that one goes to the backstop. there is the first walk surrendered by tillman. more dates have been announced to enjoy baltimore's hottest new address, 2110 utah presented by first fidelity mortgage. jones in the fan club section for $21, you get a reserved utah street bleacher streak and an exclusive i live at 2110 utah street t-shirt, tickets for the 15th august are available at 888-848-bird or go to orioles.com. too bad adam didn't enjoy life. that ball will go down the line and foul. yuniesky betancourt at the plate. >> buck: you know, you love to see young people enjoy what they do, and i don't think anybody enjoys this as much as adam. he works hard at it but he also has fun. i don't know what he's doing out there. >> buck: i don't know whos's talking to. >> gary: he's not talking to anybody. that's the scary part. izturis, throw to first, two down. >> buck: bounce back, erased that lead off walk on the double play. now he's looking at the potential of having a 1-2-3 5th inning. >> gary: albers in the bullpen. top of the order, dejesus, has flied out twice, 0-for-6. dejesus at .255 now, and he will take the pitch down low for a ball. 85 pitches thrown by chris tillman, the 21-year-old, in his major league debut. . >> gary: here's the 1-0 delivery. fouled back. >> buck: the interesting thing is for chris tillman, he's only allowed five hits, but three of those have been home runs. he really hasn't had the ability to throw many breaking balls tonight. so that's kind of an encouraging aspect of his performance. only walked one batter as gary mentioned. been around the plate all night long. >> gary: 1-1 delivery on the way and that's a base hit into right field. dejesus getting it. the other thing tonight, buck, is we talk about fly ball, ground ball pitches. it's been all fly ball pitches. that ground ball double play, that's the only ground ball that he has had for an out tonight. everything else has been in the air. so it's nine fly ball outs in this game. >> buck: yeah. and that can be a good thing. you remember david hernandez three 7 innings had 17 fly ball outs. >> gary: you can be a fly ball pitcher. you just got to keep that fly ball at the biggest part of the yard. >> buck: yeah. hernandez and tillman had much different pitchers in that hernandez has that upstairs where he gets guys to hit under it and it goes straight up the chute. >> gary: bloomquist chases one up high for a strike. has had a good series against the orioles with 6 hits in 11 at-bats. >> buck: tillman might be getting near empty on the gas tank with everything he's been through today. the emotions, the adrenaline, the rain delay. >> gary: 0-1 count, runner at first base, dejesus. off-speed, misses up high. >> buck: another indication. he's not driving through his pitches now here in the 5th inning. >> gary: and those pitches are coming up and he's not in the strike zone, up above the strike zone, that can always be dangerous. 1-1, two down, just a one run lead for the royals here in the fifth. slider is outside. >> buck: pitcher starts to get to the end of his rope, his legs go out on him, you can't drive through your delivery as effectively. he's had a lot to deal with it. emotions of making his first maker league start. standing on the field and being waved off because of the rain delay. >> gary: 2-1, runner goes, swung on and fouled back. big jump toward dejesus. as soon as tillman didn't look over dejesus took advantage of it and took off. >> buck: talking about tillman, that's why i'm not a big proponent of hard and fast pitch counts because every game is different. the weather is different, the emotions, the score is different, the lineup, the atmosphere you're playing in, and i don't think you can say 100 pitches he should be tired. you could be breezing along and throw 125 and be as fresh as you were when you throw 60. >> gary: 2-2 delivery. fouled back again. two terms 24 year we've heard a -- this year we've heard a lot, command of the fastball has been everywhere this year, and the other one is let the hitters tell you when the pitcher is ready to come out of the game. just watch what's going on at the plate, never mind the pitch count. bloomquist with a 2-2, runner at first, not going. another foul ball. dave trembley would like to see tillman get the five innings in and then if the orioles could get something in the next half inning it would be to tillman's benefit even if he's coming out of the game and would give him a chance at a w in his major league debut. orioles bullpen has been ready the last two innings. 2-2 count on bloomquist. dejesus running, that one to center, jones over, base hit. dejesus on his way to third. so the corners are covered here in the fifth inning with two down on the second hit of the ball game for bloomquist. >> buck: pretty good pitch there. two outs, no concern whatsoever. now he's going to pick up his coach to make sure jones gets it back in a timely fashion and that might be the end of it for chris tillman. >> gary: wanted to get him through the inning. does not want to give up any more runs, signal has been given to the bullpen, and we'll let you listen to the fans as tillman leaves. 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( ding ) book now at southwest.com. first line of his major league career, four and two thirds, 3 runs, 7 hits, a walk and two strikeouts, responsible for the two kansas city runners. >> buck: three home runs led to his undoing and the pitch count got to a point where his pitches were creeping up in the zone. so dave trembley said, you know what, let's see if we can't save these runners on base, turn it over to matt albers and see if we can get that quick out. >> gary: albers up and obviously potentially bic runs out there. and here's butler, 0-for-2, lined out and flied out. a hard ground ball to short, izturis goes for the force, gets it. two are left on base, kansas city remains up by one. with the calendar, i can schedule all my payments. and when funds are low, danger days help me stay out of the red. i can also transfer money with just a click and a drag. so maybe i'm better with money than i thought. introducing the virtual wallet from pnc, a high-definition, online view of your money. pnc. leading the way. . [technical difficulties]. . they thought after four hits he should be paired with tillman or being babied too much but dave trembley reads and he wanted an experienced catcher working with tillman innist first start. matt would be lined up better for the weekend. fans don't want to hear that. matt should be catches tonight, that's what fans wanted it thaefrment that's the hot. >> reporter: there were some interesting developments this week, nobody knew he was injured and it seemed he and trembley weren't on the same page as far as information. >> today he told a small group of reporters he had a small tear in his shoulder and that's why he's been struggling. that was news for dave trembley and he's given an independent view with the media he didn't know about this. apparently the injury reports not showing anything about the labrum. we're's suming assuming you'll have an mri. you think the club would know about t but that is the kind of the controversy. may be they start over with his this winter and work on his mechanics. >> reporter: check out school of roark at masnsports.com. >> amber, thank you very much. we are jellous and we let him no that. >> free food, any time there's free food. >> as a judge you're supposed to sample the food, not gorge yourself with it. >> yeah, he asked for a second helping. >> he did we wouldn't have done that. there are the numbers on greinke. you can see as you go along with this veteran pitcher the number go the unusual way. >> this is the aspect of his experience, he can read what hitters are doing and find out if they're on a pitch and make the appropriate adjustments. >> the orioles get that leadoff walk. that generally means they get a run in the inning. we'll see. the only other one came to reimold in the first. nine in a row had been retired by greinke prior to roberts getting on. jones delivered the home run, 17th, first inning, roberts was on there as brian led the first inning off with a single. >> in case you're thinking about the possibility of a brian roberts steal here, greinke has been on the found when six of the eight base steal attempts have been gunned down. he unloads quickly. manages the running game very effectively. >> and olivo has thrown out 32%. that is not his best move as he kind of lobs one over. not a big lead for brian. 0-2 count slider, outside, teams understandably with jones continue to want to see if he'll bite on that slider. that pitch that's just outside the strike zone. more and more he lays off that. the orioles outfield second only to the angels in rbis for outfields in the american league. 1-2 delivery on the way, good pitch and got him. so greinke that is seven strikeouts, two against jones. >> threw him a slow breaking ball. whsis a curveball with a lot more depth. actually, it might have been a tighter slider, but you can see how adam didn't pick up on the fact that it was o strike zone.000t&t-t-qú you know, with markakis hitting, you talk about the production of the outfield. i think the interesting thing is they're second to the angels, but the experience level is a wide gap. you're talking abreu, hunter, d errero i the oldield. that's why it's so ]n[rm what they're doing here. nd they, like the young pitchers on this team, are going to have a friendly competition, they'll push one another. they do that already with the outfield in assists. >> nick markakis the leader in that department with 11 in the american league. greinke will step off. s úúúúúúúúúúú euc úagainst greinke. and he will pop that one up third base. two down. >> roberts tagged, he saw it was going to be caught by teahen and he jogged off the bag, teahen had the eye on him, never turned the ball loose. >> and that will bring on aubre huff. runner on first base, two down. aubrey has struck out twice in this ball game. against kansas city this yeer, hitting just under .300 this year. he has not had an rbi in the last nine games. and only two rbis in the last 17. that's one of the 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will have hd coverage. here's the 1-0 delivered, a breaking ball in there for a strike. it goes to 1-1. matt albers came on, threw one pitch to get the final out in the first inning, and one pitch to get the first out in the fifth. >> four relievers in the game last night as they played 11 innings. >> second base, brian roberts, albers against kansas city this season only the one game he took the loss the other night, inning and a third, a run and a hit. gets a comeback chance against them here in game number three. two out and number on. monday night against kc, one and third inning, here's mike jacobs. jacobs delivered the long ball in his last at-bat. 14th home run of the season. he and callaspo have launched shots to right field off the start of chris tillman. olivo had the one that just made it to the seats in left. 0-1 count. every time jacobs hits one of those home runs, kansas city will continue to hope because they really think he can be an outstanding major league hitter. clearly has the power, trying to find a way to cut down on the strikeouts and get other kinds of hits. 1-1 delivery on the way. albers with a 2-1 count. >> jacobs came through the mets system and down to florida with the marlins and developed his power stroke down there. kansas city, takes a while to adjust to the american league as well, but a guy who has a lot of power potential. >> interesting that kansas city's batting average is better at home in that big yard, .262, as opposed to .240 on the road. so they take advantage of the outfield space for base hits. >> over the years, hillman understand the history of the franchise that they've been a line drive, speed kind of ball club. >> towering pop-up, the shortstop out looking for help, reimold coming in says i've got it and he does. a 1-2-3 inning for albers, it remains kansas city 3, baltimore 2. úúxx . geico game summary, adam jones hitting the long ball. home run number 17 in the 1st inning. callaspo in the second with one out, goes deep, his 7th. miguel olivo, a solo home run in the second as well with two outs, and then mike jacobs hits a decisive home run, go ahead home run in this ball game, that in the 4th inning with two aboard. he allowed three earned runs all three via the home run, adam jones third straight game with a home run all coming in the first inning of the ball game. >> and the orioles down a run, bottom of the 6th inning. fooled him with that one. and reimold will be retired. callaspo hauls it in, 0-for-2 and walk in the game, one down in the 6th. greinke is used to these kinds of games. he is, coming into this game, the kansas city have scored eight runs in his last six starts. eight runs, six starts. so this is an explosion of offense for him. >> that's not very much. >> no, no, not very much at all. that's why he has to have a 2.04 e.r.a. coming in to this game. >> that's right. >> but the thing is, he's so good at utilizing all thinks pitches, that first pitch to reimold is a front door breaking ball that jammed reimold. >> ty wigginton, has flied out twice. tammy wright, that hade who have appeared in this series and effectively so. >> nine innings of scoreless relief for a bullpen that has been much maligned tall year long. they have -- all year long. they have thrown the ball well here against the orioles. >> literally off the plate and that is a fair ball and a base hit. tye wigginton beats one out, classic baltimore chop. >> boy, with wigginton defending the strike zone, hits it off the plate, high bounding ball, fielded on the run, nowhere nearly in time to get wigginton. ty got out of the batters box in a hurry as he heard it hit on the plate and go up in the air. >> all he can do with that, that's one of those with a hang time, you think it's ten years if you're the person on defense. only one away, melvin mora. mora has been hit by a pitch and he has popped out. orioles trying to get one back but it's lined and it is foul. >> and dropped by that fan. he had it played perfectly. had it in his hands, and just dropped it. melvin looking inside at that time. got the inside fastball but threw it in a spot that melvin could only pull it foul. so now you have to believe that greinke is going to come with an off-speed pitch to the utter half of the plate as melvin was guessing inside. >> melvin 1-for-13 off greinke. 0-1 delivery to him, that one in the air, left center field, dejesus over and he's got it. wigginton bag to first base. join the orioles wives and the oriole advocates, the food drive, coming up this weekend with the red sox in town friday, saturday, and sunday. representatives are going to be at each gate to collect donations, it will help the area soup kitchens and emergency shelters, 888-848-bird or go to orioles.com for details. non-perishable items to donate, or cash. and a strike taken. zahn has struck out and flied out. runner at first, two away. orioles left the bases loaded in the first inning. since then they have not had a runner in scoring position and have had two left on, singles. greinke with the 0-1. >> we talk about it often, gary. when you go up against premiere pitchers, they may give you an opportunity once a ball game and if you don't kick the door in completely you may regret t jones hits a two run home run, they had the bases loaded and couldn't cash in. >> 1-1. delivery on the wait. talking about the bullpen, buck. this bullpen of kansas city, which has been lest in e.r.a. in the american league, or next to it, most of the year against the orioles, the bullpen is 3-0 this year. every other team not even close to those numbers so what they've done against the orioles and they've done that in this series. >> and soria, very fine all-star closer that has had another good year. but they have really got some leads here. the starters have been consistent all year long even though they have mesh on the disabled list with back issues. >> greinke's numbers, here's the 2-2 delivery on the way. zaun off his foot. 2-2 count. greinke's one of the numbers that jumps out at you, almost every game he's over 100 and up 112, 115, 117, in that range of pitches thrown in almost every start. he's got five complete games and two shutouts. zaun will take it outside, a 3-2 count with two away. that will send wigginton on the fly on the pitch from first. butler will back up behind him. zaun looking for his first career hit off zach greinke. he is 0-for-8. here is the 3-2. . >> you mentioned the pitch count for zach greinke, and he has such a good delivery, that there's not an awful lot of awkward throws, always in balance, always in control. and i think that's why you discounted bobby mcclure, long-time pitcher himself with an outstanding major league career, takes a lot of pride of keeping the pitchers healthy and making sure the mechanics are sound. >> runners going, got jammed on that one, butler gets the out. one left on base, kansas city up by one. ♪ ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's 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[ laughter ]. >> he is focussed. strike, got him. runner left on at second base. kansas city up by one, 7th inning stretch time brought to you by jack daniels tennessee whiskey. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. what is it to lead? at pnc, it's doing what most benefits our customers. whether that's building more certified green buildings than anyone on earth. creating online banking tools for the next generation. or making a 10 year, $100 million investment in kids. it's how we've always done business. and will for a very long time to come. pnc. leading the way. . >> ball game within reach for the orioles, 3-2. 7th inning stretch, gary thorne, buck martinez back here with you. assess from a catcher's perspective the performance of tillman. >> for a first start, i think he showed a lot of poise. got his changeup over and that's basically his third pitch. that's been a project for the last couple of years, overall, i think i would give him about a c, given the fact that it's his first major league start and an extended rain delay before the game. >> one of the problems for the new pitching coming on, the fact that the orioles offense which had been so good virtually all season here in july such a struggle and continuing in these one-run ball games. >> and the one-run ball games, not because they haven't gotten any hits but because they haven't gotten key hits and not with runners in scoring position. the good news is greinke is now out of the game as they've gone to the bullpen and tejeda is coming into this ball game. >> the bullpen has not been very good, but he put on an impressive performance in this series, this is his 20th game, the numbers overall on the year are not good. but he came on and gave them four solid innings in the first game. three solid innings and gave up one hit. had a strikeout and a very strong performance and got the. greinke on the bench and will watch if he gets the win. >> the big thing about tejeda performance over three innings is he only threw 25 pitches. he gave up a leadoff hit izturis, and then he retired the next eight batters. had a very efficient outing to set the tone. very good changeup and a slider, and a good fastball. >> tejeda, 1-1, izturis a single, grounded out, and will take the pitch inside for a ball. this bullpen of the royals is ranked next to last in e.r.a. they've given up the second most walks at the bullpen on the season. the orioles will see if they can't take advantage of some of that here and come back in this game and we're in the 7th inning. 2-1 delivery. izturis takes it up high, 3-1. >> a walk is just what this team needs right now. get izturis on base and turn the lineup over. bring the leadoff hitter to the plate. . >> brian roberts and then adam jones are due up in the inning. 3-1 delivery, izturis takes it, he's on. orioles get what they wanted, a leadoff walk in the bottom of the 7th. greinke gave up a couple of those while striking out seven. here's brian roberts, singled and scored. flied out and walked. >> tejeda has the third baseman in. brian roberts gets the advantage there. and tejeda will step off. the orioles will try and do what kansas city did to them last night and that's have a late rally to get a w. way up high and the count goes to 1-0. tejeda's numbers with runners on, not good, .273 with runners on, .190 with bases empty. this does not look like the same reliever we saw a couple of nights ago. >> and mcclure wasn't going to allow him to throw another pitch until they talked about it. come out here and just remind the pitcher, you got to lead with your hand, get the ball out in front of you and get it down. came out of the blue jays system. >> discussion ended. brian roberts, third in runs, first in doubles. .280 batting average on the year. here 's the 1-0 delivery and that is in there for a strike. 1-1. starters have taken kansas city deep into ball games so why the bullpen has bad numbers it's not because they've had to necessarily work a lot of innings, it's just they've been ineffective. >> yeah. and they haven't had real consistency ahead of joakim soria. >> tejeda with a 1-1. roberts takes t it's inside, 2-1. greinke a couple of runs on five hits, over the 6 innings worked, a chance to win his 11th game if the bullpen of kansas city can get it done. the orioles trying to win one late, izturis with a leadoff walk at first. tejeda, 2-1. roberts takes it outside. >> we picked up on it right away. this is not the same pitcher we saw two nights ago who came in and fired bullets. >> he was aggressive and attacked. tonight he's flirting around the plate hoping the orioles first two hitters will swing at pitchers that are not strikes. they haven't. 3-1 count on roberts. there goes the base runner, roberts fouls it back. and may have chased ball 4. 3-2. . >> interesting thing about the difference in this game tonight and that game on monday, tejeda came in with his club behind. now he's trying to protect the one-run lead for greinke. and everybody knows how well greinke has pitched and how many games have been blown. >> little different, isn't it? >> yes. 3-2 see if izturis takes off. >> that's one thing i always paid attention to when i was a player and a manager is thinking about where pitchers are having success. second division closers find it very difficult to move to a pennant contender and fill the same role. because the games are much more impacted. >> 3-2 runner going and he walked him so tejeda has walked the first two orioles here in the 7th inning. >> very tentative approach throughout this at-bat by tejeda. he gets the pitching coach out, misses with another fastball away, fouled back, not even close, walked him. >> and that's going to be that. trey hillman has seen enough. tejeda who was so positive two nights ago but exactly the opposite tonight. orioles trying to make a comeback. john bale on to pitch. frsz (announcer) 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one run will score. roberts back to third, it is a tie game. just missed the home run as he gets the rbi double to tie this game up. . >> buck: boy, stayed on that pitch away very well and drove it to the opposite field. it just had a lot of carry. 19th double of the season and watch how he drives this ball, high and deep to right. willie bloomquist back on the warning track, recognised he's going to hit up against the wall. the ball bounced down in the corner. izturis comes in to tie it. roberts stopped at third, and adam jones was half way to third base but this was no one covering second so he could get back safely. >> gary: the infield is in. nick markakis, breaking ball outside. the orioles have battled back to get it tied. >> buck: zach greinke another no decision. >> gary: 21 starts, record of 10-6. the orioles got to the bullpen. and a chance to get a lead. 1-0 delivered. markakis will take it for a strike. jamey white has been up before. juan cruz up for the first time. markakis, .262 off lefthanders, bale the former oriole first time against the o's was in that ball game buck talked about last night. 1-1 delivery, markakis with a sweeping breaking ball that misses, 2-1. >> buck: i don't care what kind of game you're in or what the score is, you walk batters, they're going to come around and bite you. and even with the righthanded hitter jones, it they went to the leftie john bale. >> gary: here is the 2-1 delivery. markakis has a base hit. right center field, roberts scores, jones scores, it will be a long single and the orioles take the lead! . >> buck: bullet over the drawn infield, into right center. brian roberts jogs n right behind him adam jones, two runs now, and it's a 5-3 game for the orioles. . >> gary: markakis came in to today's play 9th in the league in rbis. he has added two more on that one. up to 68 now in the year. and here is aubrey huff, and the orioles are on top, 5 -3. they have the 2-0 lead in the 1st inning. didn't last the next half inning. kc got the lead in the fourth, and the orioles back on top, and the pitch will be taken down low for a ball. >> buck: we mentioned how the orioles fortunes could change after they got zach greinke out of the game. have you to credit that 35-pitch first inning, got the pitch count to the point he couldn't go beyond six. >> gary: breaking ball inside corner, 1-2 to huff. the two runs will be charged to robinson tejeda. two runs, no part of an inning pitched, two walks. jones, the responsibility of bale, swung on and missed, the off-speed pitch. and aubrey continues to struggle, 0-for-4 with three strikeouts in the game tonight. >> buck: john bale took a lot off this breaking ball. 1-2 breaking ball, but with two strikes, aubrey huff trying to protect the plate. can you see the it's out on the front side. >> gary: nolan reimold, reimold with one away. he gets a shot at the lefthander and will take the pitch inside for a ball. .313 off lefties, .278 off righthanders. nolan looking for his first home run of the month. he has a good average, over .280 this month, no long balls, though. quick snap toss over, markakis back to the bag. pretty good lead over there for nick markakis, reimold on a breaking ball , looks at it, down low. >> buck: the orioles have only hit 7 long balls in the month. >> gary: again, part of that offense that's suffered this month. up high, 3-0 from bale. and now you're seeing the kansas city bullpen that has been present for most of this season. >> buck: yeah. until the 9th they had had nine scoreless innings this this sear in this series. >> gary: 3-0 count. reimold will take it, he is on. first and second. time to text speed your vote for the at & t player of game. adam jones, a home run, a double, and three rbis in the ball game, albers has come to pitch out of the pen effectively, and nick markakis, two rbis and a couple of hits. text in your vote, a, b, or c, to 518262. and another pitching change here as ball will come out of there with ty wigginton due up. um... which gives you more bandwidth than cable. so you can upload faster. so it's like comparing a horse and buggy to a sports car. am i the, uh, horse? 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no. count goes to 3-1. tejeda came on, walked two, both scored, pitched no part of an inning, bale pitched a third of an inning, gave up two hits and walk, one of those has scored, and now cruz on trying to get out of the inning. for the moment, it makes matt albers the pitcher of record for the orioles and tejeda for kansas city. three-run delivery. rips to third base and caught by teahen. but the orioles will get three runs in the inning as they do it with a lead offwork to izturis to start t jones would pick up an rbi double in the inning, nick markakis coming through with a base hit and too rbis. . >> gary: chris tillman, major league debut, took the mound, anthem, rain, covered the field. talk a while, come back out and pitch and he did. three runs, 7 hits, four and two thirds innings, a walk and two strikeouts in his major league debut. three home runs, callaspo, olivo, jacobs, counting for the runs again him. non-decision in his major league start. >> buck: not bad overall. 4 and two thirds and three earned runs he gave up 7 hits, walked just one batter, had a couple of strikeouts including a called strikeout of mike jacobs who later found major payback when he took tillman deep. 93 pitches in his major league debut. >> gary: it is raining again. we had a 41-minute rain delay before the game started. albers is out, no runs a hit and no strikeouts, jim johnson in. bloomquist will lead it off and it is in there for a strike. >> buck: willie bloomquist is the first batter that johnson faced in a last night's game. he came in in the 8th inning, gave up the game tying home run. >> gary: middle of the order against johnson. fouls that one back and there will be no play. johnson took the loss in the ball game, this is his fifth appearance against kansas city this year. he has given up four runs on five hits in four innings worked. including that one home run. two strikeout on bloomquist. albers with a chance to be the winner in the ball game. bloomquist a couple of singles, bloops that one to center, right at adam jones. one away. on sunday, august 16th, you can join the orioles second baseman brian roberts, espn zone is the site in the inner harbor area for his baseball bash: it benefits the university of maryland hospital forever children. several teammates and brian will be there to sign autographs. 410-328-6064 for tickets. >> gary: pitch is taken inside, butler has had a 0-for-3 in ball game after 6-for-10 in a couple of ball games. dangerous hitter with nobody on. strike, 1-1. >> buck: bill butler had five hits for the first time in game one. two run home run off jason. >> gary: ten rbis against the orioles, the most on the kansas city team this year. couple of home runs and hitting .390 against the orioles right now. jim johnson one away and the 1-2. two down. >> buck: that was a great pitch right there. that sinking fastball down and away. to butler for the strikeout. two up, two down. movement, well placed, down aaway, tough pitch to hit. >> gary: trembley loves to do this for players like last night giving up the home run to put them right back out there as soon as possible. bunted, foul, hard foul outside of third. >> buck: get him back in the saddle. johnson has been a standup guy. gave up a home run. made a bad pitch to bloomquist for the game-tying home run. >> gary: 0-1 count with two down. swing and fouled that one off. it goes to 0-2. 0-2 delivery on the way. an effective inning. johnson with a couple of strikeouts, retires them 1-2-3. we go to the bottom of the 8th. orioles up 5-3. so you can upload faster. so it's like comparing a horse and buggy to a sports car. am i the, uh, horse? (announcer) it's a whole new internet. makes uploading as easy as downloading. because your internet's not fast unless it's two-way fast. . >> gary: at & t player of the xwam, right now adam jones on top, you can still text in your vote to 51862. the results on o's xtra on the postgame show. waun juan cruz will stay on to work in the bottom half of the 8th inning. 3 runs, 2 hits, leaving a couple on. gregg zaun 0-for-3 in ball game. izturis and then roberts are due up. and cruz gets it in there for a strike. so bale ended up working a third of an inning, giving up a couple of hits and a run. he walked one and struck out one. two runs charged to tejeda, and two runs to greinke. a 1-1 count. oakland has beaten boston 8-6 so that coupled with the yankees win extends the yankees lead to 3.5 games. >> buck: don't be surprised if there's late news out of boston before the trade deadline. they need a shot in the line. they still have some concerns. >> gary: sherrill warming up. red sox thought they'd ironed things out as to the potential disagreements on how the pitchers in japan get their arms ready and how it's done here in this country and the red sox wanted it done the way it's done here and last week i was there for game and we sat in with francona saying they worked things out, ironed out the differences, and we're going to go with a program that we have, and then daiske unloaded yesterday claiming the red sox have hurt his arm, that he can't pitch, and two years of reserve he brought with him from japan has been exhausted. kind of an amazing story, and red sox, to say the least, are very disappointed in what he has said. 2-2 on zaun. and zaun fouls that off. >> buck: daiske's direct quote is if i'm forced to continue to train in this environment i may no longer be able to pitch like i did in japan. wow. that's a strong statement after he signed a contract that cost the red sox $103 million. >> gary: 2-2 count on zaun. and that will be a foul ball. it was kind of interesting because terry francona in that same interview, it was the day that the deal had been struck and they picked up laroche and he was talking about how red sox players, he said i've got a bunch of starters looking to seeing their names on there and they'll have to get used to not playing. youkilis did not play immediately after laroche came. he didn't make a big deal about it but he says i'm not used to watching and i don't like it. 2-2 delivery, up high. and then this from daiske and you got the irritation when you don't need it. >> buck: wakefield went out to start his rehab and he was just going to play catch and he couldn't do that, they shut him down for an extra day. since resumed playing catch and will get back on the mound shortly but they don't know when he's coming back. >> gary: 3-2 count. zaun takes it inside, gets the walk. that's six free passes surrendered by the four kansas city pitchers. izturis has drawn one of those walks and scored in the 7th inning. kicked it off with a free pass. gone one for two in the ball game with a single. he has a four-game hit streak. and izturis, izturis needs to get out and practice some bunting. he didn't get it done in an important situation in the ball game last night and he doesn't get the bunt down there. >> buck: kind of jabbed at that ball there and popped it out of play. fortunately it didn't stay around home plate. izturis has been effective in bunting in the past. that was ron mahay, the lefthander loosening up for the royals. but this year izturis has just two sacrifice bunts. >> gary: here's the 0-1 delivery, squares again. play at first, not in time. teahen has charging in. izturis does not get the bunt down and there's one away. >> buck: there's been a real problem with the orioles tacking on runs even when they get a lead, they can't add those additional runs and take advantage of a leadoff walk here in the 8th inning. >> gary: brian roberts will give it a shot. singled, 1-for-2. and walked. he's played twice in the ball game tonight. started the day third in runs in the american league. zaun still at first. inside for a ball. sean figgins started the day leading in runs in the league with 78. roberts is now up to 74. figgins, scutaro, roberts, kinsler, damen, justin morneau all in the top ten in runs scored. taken inside. and olivo will take a walk. count goes to 2-0. these are the kind of nights, trey hillman has suffered under the bullpen. he just doesn't have anywhere else to go. nobody has been consistent enough in front of their closer to be able to say, if i can get this lined up, i will be okay. from night to night he doesn't know that. that's going to a base hit, roberts shot that one into the left. brian has a couple of hits in the game. that's where brian is most effective. brian, this season, fourth most fly balls in the major leagues. when he's doing, that the average tends to suffer a little bit. last year, only 185 fly balls all year, up to 144 coming in to tonight's play. >> buck: yeah. not going to knock the ball out of the ballpark on a consistent basis. like to see him keep it on the line and the ground. that's where he'll hit for his best average. >> gary: he did that right there. >> buck: this guy can hit in the air. >> gary: he's done that tonight. 17th home run, 1st inning, two rbis, doubled 7th inning, rbi. two on again here with one away. thinking long ball? >> buck: yeah. 17 with his home run tonight. took a shot. that's what you like to see with a young hitter. have an idea. have a game plan. look for a pitch in an area and turn it loose. >> gary: 0-1 count, one down, zaun and roberts are the base runners. 19,741 the announced attendance tonight at camden yards, waiting through a 41-minute delay before the game started. going to be a quick turn around. 12:30 start time for tomorrow. red sox friday night, saturday night, and sunday afternoon. dave trembley having the ball club coming in late tomorrow. here's the 1-1. slider taken outside, 2-1. cruz on the 2-1 delivery. the giants beat pittsburgh with a run in the bottom of the 10th out in san fransisco. duke went 7 innings, no runs, six hits, cane went 9 innings, no runs on three hits. neither of them decision in the ball game. 3-1 delivery on the way. that will be popped up, sky high, olivo. two down. . >> buck: and the giants made a couple of deals. they picked up a first baseman named garko, and tonight traded for freddy sanchez, second baseman. so that gives them a little bit more flexibility and the poe continuation for an improved offense. -- potential for an improved offense. . >> gary: so here in the bottom half of the 8th inning, orioles have a couple on, nick markakis coming up. nick will wait as another change is made and a lefthander comes on. - it's on. - it is totally on. jimmy, it's on. it's on. oh, yeah, it's on. pilot: affirmative, it's on. coors banquet was shipped by stage... to places like durango, leadville... and cripple 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department. started the day 7th with brian roberts leading the american league. inside and he misses with that, 1-1. billy butler of kansas city is third in doubles. three of the top ten in the two-bag department in the ball game here at camden yards. 1-1 delivery. markakis takes it up high, 2-1. 2-1 delivery, markakis gets a base hit into left field. zaun comes around to score. dejesus will get it in to third and a big tack on run right there as the orioles get another and a 6-3 lead and markakis with a 3 rbi game. >> buck: good piece of hitting as he spoils an outside fastball were mahay. served it into left field. driven in three. good pitch down and away and markakis strokes it into left field. zaun scores an insurance run. . >> gary: so nick markakis, a successful at-bat, it will be his fifth game this year in which he has driven in three runs. aubrey huff is going to pick up a base hit. here is the throw coming in. cut off and an rbi. brian roberts scores. huff gets his first hit of the ball game. >> 7-3. >> buck: a shot back over the mound into second. aubrey huff, ease the pain a bit, picking up an rbi, bullet off a lefthanded pitcher. missed hitting a home run early in the game and this pitch is up out over the plate and you can see mahay as it comes right back at him. >> gary: aubrey had not an rbi in this the tenth game, so he takes care of that. now runners at first and second, two down for reimold. that pitch is up high for a ball. so this bullpen that had worked 9 innings against the orioles without giving up a run has surrendered five runs in this ball game. brian the 1-0 count. a couple of pitches that weren't even close, 0-for-2, a couple of walks tonight. he gets to face the lefthander right here. nolan has 17 multihit games. that pitch is taken down low for a ball. 3-0. we get some flavor of the suffering for kansas city in this game. been the story of their season, you get a start like greinke. the offense doesn't score runs, you bring the bullpen in and it falls apart. that's the way the entire season has gone for the royals. 3-1 delivery on the way. fouled back, 3-2. >> buck: two more runs here in the 8th inning. allowed 19 runs in the 8th inning alone. those are crucial runs tack on runs late in game. . frustrating stretch for their bullpen. starting pitching has been fairly consistent most of the year. >> gary: 3-2, two on for the orioles. orioles have scored five runs in the last two innings. fouled away with the runners going with two outs. the nurse the game along as a manager. you get a lead going in the 7th inning. and you lose ball games. not good. heartburn develops. and that is has been the case for kc. a towering pop-up at the mound, it's done. three hits and a walk, 7-3 lead. @@ . >> gary: book your next trip at southwest.com and by corona and corona light, the official sponsors of the timeout. relax responsibly. . so the orioles with a chance to get a win here in this 4-game set. big late inning runs, 7-3 lead now. jim johnson will stay on since it is not a save situation. he retired the side in order in the 8th. callaspo, jacobs, and olivo are due up here. >> buck: johnson could get a save in this situation as they've added two runs since he came into the situation. it was 5-3. >> gary: ground ball toward the middle and a base hit. callaspo delivered a home run in the second extending his hit streak to 11. so a 2-for-4 ball game with him with base hit here leading off the 9th inning. . >> gary: here is mike jacobs, power hitter, he unloaded in the 4th inning with his 14th home run. 1-for-3 in the ball game. and a 1-0 count. mike swanson came in, he's the vice-president of public relations for the kansas city, between innings, he said dear friend, to make a pointd that we didn't realize here tonight. kansas city has not had a defensive assist in this game. that never happens. i mean, there's only one ground ball and it was an unassisted out at first base. every other out has been in the air or a strikeout. no assists for a kansas city defense. that's very unusual. the pitch is taken inside. how unusual, swannie is trying to find out as they're running through the computer banks of baseball stats. 1-2 on jacobs. runner on, nine hits for the royals, ten for the o's, the o's have the 7-3 lead. not holding the runner at first with a lefthanded batter up. 1-2, that's a strike on the inside corner. jacobs didn't think so. he really does want to hear much of this. to his credit, lets it go. >> buck: take a look at last pitch and jacobs felt like it was inside. had a lot of movement back toward the inside corner and according to pitch track. 1-1. i like that. wally bell skwus let it leave. >> buck: i'm going to stay here until the end, so are you. >> gary: you go right back there to the bench and watch the rest of this. 0-1 count, runner at first base. olivo's home run came in the 7th inning, 14th of the year, flied out and struck out. 0-1 delivery.