BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Orioles have confidence that Kevin Gausman eventually will emerge as a top-of-the-rotation starter.
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Oakland. Gausman earned his first win as a starter while Adam Jones and
David Lough each homered, leading the Orioles over the Athletics, 6-3. Called up
from Triple-A Norfolk earlier in the day, Gausman (1-1) set career highs by
pitching seven innings and striking out six. Gausman, the fourth overall pick in
the 2012 draft, gave up one run and four hits and walked one. He had made six
previous starts in the majors over two seasons. "Its always huge when you get a
win, especially against a team like the As," Gausman said. "Theyre playing great
baseball right now. Its been a fun serious to watch so far. Hopefully, we can
win the series tomorrow." Jones hit his ninth homer, a solo shot in the first.
Lough, who entered the game batting just .184, hit his second homer. Still,
Jones said the difference in the game was how Gausman contained Oaklands
powerful lineup. "Hes getting the opportunity," Jones said. "This game is all
about confidence. Its not about necessarily about stuff. Your stuff will get you
here, but your confidence. "Now hes going to get his shot to start. I told him,
Hey, go after him. Use your stuff. Youve got a good arm for a reason, so use
your stuff and go after them. " Sonny Gray (6-2) allowed a season-high five runs
and four hits and four walks in 5 1-3 innings, his shortest outing of the year.
"I felt really good there early in the game, then it was like four or five
hitters, and the game just kind of blew up on me right there," Gray said. "I
just went out and started throwing balls, and I dont know why. I got behind a
lot of hitters that inning, and it was just too many balls, then that one big
hit." Coco Crisp got three hits for Oakland. He connected in the third for his
fourth home run, and extended his hitting streak to a season-high 11 games. It
was 1-all before Baltimore scored three times in the fifth to give Gausman a
cushion. Lough drew a one-out walk and Caleb Joseph followed with a double,
setting up RBI singles by Nick Markakis and Manny Machado. The As threatened in
the sixth when Alberto Callaspo and Eric Sogard led off with singles and
advanced on a wild pitch. Gausman escaped by striking out Josh Donaldson and
Brandon Moss. "Kevin was good, really good," Orioles manager Buck Showalter
said. "Got his feet on the ground. I thought Caleb and him worked real well
together. I wanted Caleb catching him today. He had caught him, obviously, in
Norfolk. "Good split, got enough breaking balls over to show a third pitch,
established the inner half of the plate. Hes got pretty good stuff. He got in a
couple situations and went and got another level, which was good to see." After
a walk to J.J. Hardy ended Grays night, former Orioles closer Jim Johnson
entered and allowed a two-run homer to Lough on his second pitch that extended
Baltimores lead 6-1. Johnson got only two outs, allowing two hits. The As pulled
within 6-3 in the eighth when Brian Matusz allowed a walk to Sogard and a double
to Crisp. Darren ODay entered and gave up a two-run single to Kyle Blanks. "He
pitched pretty well," Oakland manager Bob Melvin said about Gausman. "He hit 99
(miles per hour), and he started mixing it up and pitching a little differently.
His two-seamer was significantly different from his four-seamer, in terms of
velocity and movement. Then he started throwing his slider for a strike and
putting away some splits." NOTES: Orioles RHP Miguel Gonzalez (strained right
oblique) will throw a bullpen session Sunday or Monday and then could possibly
begin a rehab start later in the week. ... Baltimore optioned LHP Tim Berry to
Double-A Bowie to make room for Gausman. ... Oakland has homered in 15
consecutive games, eight games shy of the club record. . ... Oakland LHP
Scott Kazmir (6-2, 2.40 ERA) faces Orioles RHP Ubaldo Jimenez (2-6, 4.39) in the
series finale. ... Johnson faced his former team for the first time and drew a
mixed reaction from the sold-out crowd.
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down, but all credit to them," said Nestor.CLEVELAND -- Brian Hoyer threw the
game-clinching touchdown pass, turned and sprinted up the field as more than
70,000 fans roared. It was the same way he used to do it in his backyard as a
boy, pretending to lead his beloved Browns to victory. On Sunday, he became a
hometown hero for real. Hoyer, the local kid who grew up dreaming of one day
being Clevelands quarterback, threw two touchdown passes in his first start at
home to lead the revived Browns to a 17-6 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on
Sunday. Hoyer tossed a 1-yard TD pass to Chris Ogbonnaya with 4:54 left to give
the Browns (2-2) an 11-point lead before Cleveland turned it over to its vastly
improved defence to put the Bengals (2-2) away. Before the ball even dropped
into Ogbonnayas hands, Hoyer took off running toward Clevelands helmet logo at
the 50-yard-line with his index finger extended in the air. Once he neared
mid-field, Hoyer stopped and pumped his fist in celebration as he did years ago
after throwing a TD while playing with his brother and friends behind his
familys home in North Olmsted, Ohio. "Its awesome," Hoyer. "Its cool to play in
front of the hometown crowd in this stadium, where I grew up 15 minutes away
from and obviously its a good day because the Tribe is winning, too." Not long
after the Browns knocked off one of their division rivals, the Indians clinched
a playoff spot for the first time since 2007. Suddenly, Clevelands beleaguered
sports teams are winning. In his second start in place of injured Brandon
Weeden, Hoyer finished 25 of 38 for 269 yards and no interceptions. He threw a
2-yard TD pass in the first half to tight end Jordan Cameron, who had 10 catches
for 91 yards. But for the second week in a row, he came through in the clutch.
Last week, Hoyer threw a 7-yard TD pass to Cameron with 51 seconds left as the
Browns rallied to stun the Minnesota Vikings. "Certainly hes been the spark that
I had hoped for and has led us to two games -- winning two games," said
first-year coach Rob Chudzinski, who also spent his childhood pulling for the
Browns. The Bengals (2-2) couldnt get anything going on offence and quarterback
Andy Dalton was intercepted by Buster Skrine with 3:43 left, ending any chance
of a Cincinnati comeback. Cleveland limited the Bengals to 63 yards rushing and
cornerback Joe Haden contained wide receiver A.J. Green. "We didnt make enough
plays," said Dalton, who finished 23 of 42 for 206 yards. "I didnt play well
enough. I expect better out of the offence. To not score a touchdown, weve got
too good of players and too good of a team not to do that. We have all the
ability in the world on this team and we didnt get it done." Hoyer began the
season as Clevelands No. 3 quarterback. But after Weeden sprained his right
thumb, Chudzinski tabbed Hoyer as his starteer.
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three picks in the win at Minnesota. And although Weeden began throwing this
week, hes not well enough to play. Now, he could be relegated to watching Hoyer
for the rest of the season. Chudzinski would not commit to Hoyer starting on
Thursday against Buffalo, but it would be stunning for there to be any other
choice. "Im still going to go through the same process," Chudzinski said. "Were
going to go in and evaluate the tape. I thought he (Hoyer) did a great job,
particularly managing some of the things early. I think guys settled in, he
settled in, made some great decisions and throws and made big plays." Clinging
to a 10-6 lead, Hoyer drove the Browns 91 yards in 12 plays for the clinching
score. Hoyer showed gorgeous touch on a 31-yard pass to Cameron to put the
Browns at the Cincinnati 24. Willis McGahee, who promised a "dramatic"
improvement in Clevelands running game this week, carried three times to the 1
and Hoyer took it from there, throwing his TD to Ogbonnaya. Even before
Ogbonnaya crossed the goal line, Hoyer was overcome with emotion. "I was just
telling Obie, by the time you caught it, I was at the 40," Hoyer said, smiling.
"Its just good because you know youre capping off that long drive with a
touchdown and thats what you need to win games." The Bengals were out of rhythm
from the start on both sides of the ball. Cincinnati was missing two starters in
its secondary -- cornerback Leon Hall and safety Reggie Nelson -- because of
injury and the Bengals offence sputtered for all 60 minutes. Mike Nugents two
field goals were all the Bengals could muster against Clevelands swarming
defence. Green had seven catches for 51 mostly meaningless yards as Haden
blanketed him all afternoon. It was a discouraging loss for the Bengals, who
overcame four turnovers last week to beat Green Bay and wasted a chance to take
early control in the AFC North. "It wasnt lack of effort," Bengals coach Marvin
Lewis said. "Today we didnt play well enough to win. Its part of what weve got
to do. Weve got to keep growing and win." NOTES: Hoyer is the first Browns
quarterback to win his first two starts since Mark Rypien in 1994. ... Pro Bowl
LT Joe Thomas made his 100th straight start, extending his consecutive snaps
streak to 6,125, the NFLs longest active streak. Thomas has not missed an
offensive play since he was drafted third overall in 2007. ... Browns K Billy
Cundiff made a 51-yarder after missing from 37 and 49. He missed most of the
week with a quadriceps injury. ... Camerons 30 receptions through four games are
the most for a tight end in Browns history. ... Browns rookie LB Barkevious
Mingo started in place of injured Jabaal Sheard and recorded his third sack in
three games.
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