the marlins get that call on the strong throw by hanley ramirez. here is brian roberts. he s 0-2 with a walk trying to extend a hitting streak to seven straight. 1-0, ball outside, 1. tim wood was brought along very slowly after he signed. he didn t even pitch in 2002 the year he was drafted. that s outside ball three. if he was in a-ball every year of his career from 2003 through 2008 before last year, finally earning a promotion to double- a. there s a two-out walk. buck: you can see he has pretty good movement on movement on his fastball. so far in this inning he s really battling his butterflies and nerves as this is his first inning in the big leagues. he s got good arm strength and a lot of good movement on that fastball. jim: nick markakis has a a couple of hits in this game. looking to find that stroke. now has 23 multihit efforts on the year. there s another base hit. hard-hit ball pass the glove of uggla. roberts goes to second and holds there. two of his thre
he ll keep ramirez close. ramirez has 10 steams steals on the year. he has been caught five times. two hits in the inning. the double to get the rally going and single to drive in chris coghlan. strike taken by cantu. buck: they re going to have to use a few more fastballs and changeups here in the middle of the order just to put a different thought into the hitters mind. he s hitting breaking ball pretty consistently. even that swing right there, he was looking breaking ball. this is just a product of studying some video looking at rich hill s good outing seeing how he utilized that curve ball. he has enough confidence to throw at any time. right now, the marlins are looking for it with two strikes and they re doing a pretty good job of staying back. jim: 0-2 on jorge cantu. ramirez runs. taken inside. throw to second base goes into center field. i think it hit ramirez! adam jones quickly gets in on it and flips it back in. that will be a stolen base and another throwing
umm fancy a crisp? geico. fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. jim: after no score, we to the bottom of the second as rich hill goes to work against the marlins retired the side in the order in the first on three strikeouts. tonight, we are covering the base wall street rich hill presented by home depot. visit homedepot.com/spring, more saving. more doing. that s the power of home depot. buck: you see some of the notes on rich hill drafted by the cubs out of university of michigan. fourth round pick in 2002. 21-18 hinges with the cubs and orioles. 183 strikeouts in 2007 with the cubsment so far this season, a3- 1 record. we mernd mentioned the club is 6-1 when rich hill goes to the mound. jim: jorge cantu leads off takes a breaking ball inside. 1-0. uggla on deck then paulino, four, five and six against the oriole left-hander who is 6 5 . he is the shorter of the two pitchers in this game. cantu hit in three straight games. he tak
buck: that s something interesting we don t talk about very often. it s a very simple thing. managers are presented with the poant opponent s lineup. lineup cards, home team are white. visiting teams are blue. you always carry those lineups in your pocket just to make sure. all the players are listed on the card they just have it s something interesting i hohn least didn t know until i managed it s a kurty to list all your position players. they don t necessarily have to be on the lineup card, but the lineup has to be on there and you list other players as a courtesy. some people put the pitchers on there. some people don t. that s the official lineup card. you get a copy of it after meeting at home plate. jim: yeah, there are some bench coaches who actually sell those cards out to the managers that will get cards from teams. there s the official lineup card. that s the one that hangs in the dugout, so the players know who is coming up next. that s why you see all those
e and internet today and get an ultra-sleek compaq mini netbook. call the verizon center for customers with disabilities the following is a masn presentation. jim: it was one of those nights if you re a major league manager. qebls plaidz plays on the on both sides. errors in the field. marlins won the first two games in the three-game series leaving brian roberts and the orioles looking to salvage one game. tonight we ll be covering the base wall street left-handed pitcher rich hill who takes the mound tonight for the orioles. it s the birds-marlins, the finale of three throo up next on masn. of three up next on masn. jim: it is a warm andhumid night in n miami as the orioles get set to take on the marlins. final game of the three-game series as the others look to bounce back after dropping the first two to the n. l. east marlins. hi, everyone. i m jim hunter. thank you for joining us tonight as the orioles close out the national league on the road portion of the