BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Orioles waited a long time to put on a power-display
like this one, and they relished every hit.
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Chris Davis each hit two of Baltimores six home runs, Hyun Soo Kim had a
career-high four hits and the Orioles beat rookie Joe Musgrove and the skidding
Houston Astros 13-5 on Thursday night.Mark Trumbo and Manny Machado also homered
to help the Orioles improve to 40-19 at home and climb into a second-place tie
with Boston in the AL East. The 13 runs matched a season high, set June 1
against Boston.The Orioles had scored three runs or fewer in 20 of 32 games
since the All-Star break, so this amounted to a slugfest of major proportions.I
think there was a lot of frustration there, manager Buck Showalter said. I dont
know if frustration is the right word, but (they wanted to) get back to what
were capable of doing.Trumbo set the tone in the first inning with his major
league-leading 35th home run, a three-run shot to left against Musgrove, who
looked every bit like a 23-year-old rookie making his third major league
start.Theyre a fastball-hitting team. I like to throw fastballs, the
right-hander said. I didnt locate pitches very well. Got behind.And, for a
change, the Orioles took full advantage.Seems like a while now, we werent
getting many mistakes, Showalter said. And when we were, we werent as consistent
with making them pay as we were tonight.Musgrove (1-1) gave up eight runs and 11
hits -- including three homers -- over 5 1/3 innings.It was really just pitch
execution, manager A.J. Hinch said.Picked by Toronto in the supplemental first
round of the 2011 draft, Musgrove began his big league career with a flourish --
allowing only three runs in 19 1/3 innings. But this encounter lifted his ERA
from 1.47 to 4.18.Alex Bregman and A.J. Reed homered for the Astros. They have
lost five straight.After watching his pitching staff yield 12 runs and 17 hits
over the first seven innings, Hinch called upon infielder Tyler White to pitch
the eighth. White gave up one hit: Davis second homer of the game, the third in
two nights.They just continue to come at you, Hinch said. This how they score.
We didnt keep them in the ballpark the entire night.Kevin Gausman (4-10) struck
out eight in 6 2/3 innings for Baltimore, giving up five runs, four earned.After
Trumbo got things started for Baltimore by setting a career high in homers, the
Orioles added two runs in the second inning and went up 7-2 in the fourth when
Hardy homered with a man on.Hardy chased Musgrove with another shot in the
sixth, and Machado and Davis connected in succession off James Hoyt later in the
inning to make it 12-3.Kim, meanwhile, had three singles and his first career
triple. Playing in first year in the majors after a 10-year run in South Korea,
the rookie cant help but marvel at his teammates power.I was never with a team
that hits this many home runs, he said through an interpreter. It is very
exciting. I feel just great being part of it.TRAINERS ROOMAstros: Luis Valbuena
(right hamstring strain) made the trip to Baltimore, and Hinch said the
infielder is inching toward a rehab assignment. ... The status of RHP Lance
McCullers (sprained right elbow) remains unclear until he visits a doctor next
week. Its all guesswork at this point, Hinch said.Orioles: RHP Chris Tillman
(sore shoulder) threw off flat ground and is ready to go for his start Saturday
against Houston, manager Buck Showalter said.UP NEXTAstros: RHP Colin McHugh
(7-10, 4.70 ERA) starts in the second game of the series Friday night. Hes 0-4
with a 7.65 ERA in his last four starts.Orioles: LHP Wade Miley (7-10, 5.23)
makes his fourth start since being traded from Seattle. The lefty is 0-2 with a
7.04 ERA with the Orioles.
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Baie-Comeau Drakkar took over sole possession of first place atop the Quebec
Major Junior Hockey League on Thursday with their sixth straight win.
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Hefford scored the winning goal Friday as Canada survived a scare with a 4-3 win
over Sweden at the Four Nations womens hockey tournament.
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. Nathan MacKinnon, Jamie McGinn and Jan Hejda also scored for the Avalanche,
who won despite being outshot 38-23. MacKinnons goal, also on the power play,
came with just over a minute remaining. Ive been lucky; I havent experienced the
loss of very many loved ones. As a result, I often feel?ill-equipped to deal
with tragedy. I struggle to process death when it comes.I didnt know Marlins
pitcher Jose Fernandez, but when I woke to the news of his death?Sunday?morning,
I was filled with incredible sadness. I couldnt understand how so much joy, such
a bright light, could be extinguished so suddenly. I cant fathom the pain
Fernandezs family, friends, teammates and peers are feeling. I cant speak to the
loss of fellow Cubans, including?my colleague Dan Le Batard. I know only that I
struggled to find solace in the face of such tragedy.Like any other baseball
fan, I knew of the 24-year-old stars tremendous talent and his undeniable
charisma. I knew of his incredible journey and how he saved his mothers life
during their escape from Cuba. To go through so much to achieve a dream, only to
have it cut short, feels beyond comprehension.?How could we have lost someone
who embraced life so deeply, felt so lucky to do what he did and celebrated it
so openly??It feels wrong to simply accept that his seemingly insuppressible
smile is gone.That smile. Every memory of Fernandez begins with that smile.
After enduring multiple failed attempts to escape Cuba and a year spent in a
Cuban prison, he had a reason to be joyful every day.All he wanted to do then
was just have fun, ESPN analyst Eduardo Perez said of Fernandezs life in the
United States. Be on that mound and play the game. Not work the game,?play?it.
And he played it beautifully.Fernandez was never one to conceal his joy. He
stood and watched his first career home run in wonderment, then famously laughed
his way through the benches-clearing brawl that resulted. He ceelebrated his
teammates home runs as if they were his own and routinely inspired noted
sourpuss Barry Bonds to grab him for a bear hug.
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Fernandez is being remembered not just for his fastball but also for the joy he
brought everyone who watched him play.Why do we so often try to stifle that joy?
Weve been taught that celebrating is cause for a beaning in baseball. Pros are
expected to hide their enthusiasm, downplay their accomplishments and sterilize
the very games we turn to for entertainment. We saw how much joy Fernandez
brought to baseball fans and fellow ballplayers, and we celebrate it now, in his
absence. Why not embrace that joy as its happening? Why not let our
athletes?play?the game, instead of work it?Last year former major leaguer John
Baker wrote about the important perspective he gained playing in a league in the
Dominican Republic in 2011. When players celebrated their achievements, there
was no malice from the opposition.They werent flipping the bat to show up the
pitcher, Baker wrote. They were flipping the bat to show everyone watching that
they appreciated where they were and that they really, truly loved playing
baseball.Jose Fernandez showed us over and over again that he really, truly
loved playing baseball. If we want to?ensure that?his?story doesnt end with his
death,?we need to continue to shine his light. We need to embrace the joy in the
game and let players do the same. Said Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle
after Fernandezs death, Be where your feet are. Enjoy the moment. Therell be a
day when there wont be another day.
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