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Virginia Tech made it through a tough stretch of four road games in its last five outings and it returns home on Saturday with a chance to clinch a berth in the ACC championship game.The No. 18 Hokies (7-2, 5-1) would need No. 15 North Carolina lose at Duke on Thursday night and then beat Georgia Tech (5-4, 2-4), but either way, fullback Sam Rogers and the Hokies know their destiny is in their hands if they simply keep winning.Even if the Tar Heels should lose, the Hokies focus needs to be locked in on the Yellow Jackets.If you look too far ahead, youre going to trip on something right in front of you, and I honestly believe that, Rogers said Monday, so weve just got to worry about Georgia Tech right now and what happens at the end of the season is what happens.Nevertheless, they head into the weekend feeling good about the run they are on, winning four of their last five. Since getting a bit too full of themselves and losing 31-17 at Syracuse a month ago, theyve trounced Miami and won narrowly at Pittsburgh and at Duke.We feel like weve gotten some momentum now, Rogers said. We feel like were doing well game to game, but weve just got to keep preparing the exact same way, taking it one game at a time. Weve seen earlier in the year what its like to get too high on ourselves.The Hokies victory at Duke came despite a lackluster offensive performance, but that also built confidence.I honestly think thats really important, to show that when things are a little bit sloppy, we still just find a way to win because, at the end of the day, it doesnt say that it was a sloppy win or a very good loss, Rogers said. It just says win or loss.While he will be happy to be back in Lane Stadium, first-year coach Justin Fuente said theres no sense of relief that the difficult road stretch is over because the Hokies havent achieved any goals they set just yet.I mean, were happy that we won the game last week, he said. I felt a sense of relief after it was over with. And I feel a strong sense of trying to get ready for Georgia Tech. Im happy that were playing at home, but I know we have a huge challenge. Like Ive talked about many weeks, the previous weeks dont really mean anything in terms of what were trying to accomplish this week.The Yellow Jackets have not had their typical high-powered offense. They rank 72nd nationally, scoring 27.2 points per game, and 70th in total offense, averaging 401 yards, but are still only one victory from a bowl berth.For Virginia Tech seniors like right tackle Jonathan McLaughlin, this time of year has often been one of desperation in recent seasons with the Hokies trying to rally to keep their 24-year bowl streak alive. Now, with the program on pace to get to the ACC championship game for the first time since 2011, theres no time to lose focus on the task at hand, he said.The only thing now is weve got to keep going, he said, take it one week at a time.---More AP college football: http://collegefootball.ap.org---Follow Hank on Twitter: www.twitter.com/hankkurzjrAustin Reiter Jersey . Oaklands loss to Seattle clinched the ALs best record for the Red Sox with one day to spare in the regular season. "I think everybody was kind of watching," catcher David Ross said. 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It was hard for Luck to pull off another comeback, or even get into the end zone, while standing on the sideline. Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Allen and Nick Novak kicked four field goals to give the Chargers a 19-9 victory against the Colts on Monday night. BALTIMORE -- It was a wild half inning that had a little bit of everything -- three straight homers, a grand slam and eight runs before there was a single out. There was even a bit of mystery: Did Jason Hammel try to hit Matt Tuiasosopo with a pitch, and did the right-hander deserve to be ejected? Miguel Cabreras grand slam capped an eight-run fourth inning for the Detroit Tigers, who cruised past the Baltimore Orioles 10-3 Saturday to snap a four-game losing streak. Justin Verlander (7-4) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings to win his third straight start and improve to 8-0 lifetime against Baltimore. But his performance was secondary to that of the Detroit offence, which built a 9-1 lead in the pivotal fourth. After Victor Martinez opened the inning with a home run off Hammel, Jhonny Peralta followed with a shot to left and Alex Avila made it three in a row with a drive to centre. Hammels next pitch struck Tuiasosopo in the left shoulder, then ricocheted off the flap of his helmet. Home plate umpire Hunter Wendelstedt immediately tossed the right-hander from the game. Hammel, who had already issued three walks, argued the ejection. So did Orioles manager Buck Showalter. But the decision stood. "Im not going to make a big deal of it. I hit him with a slider," Hammel said. "Zero intent there to hit him. Obviously I give up three home runs, but Im not the guy that answers getting hit around with hitting somebody. Thats bush league if you ask me. It was a mistake. A slider that got away." Tuiasosopo wasnt so sure. "All I know is we hit three homers off him, then the first pitch is at my head," he said. "I wanted to try to go up there and hit a fourth one, but obviously I got hit." Showalter defended his pitcher, but acknowledged that the umpires were simply doing their job. "I understand what the umpires trying to do, but its very tough for them to judge intent," the manager said. "But Ive got a real biased opinion of it, and its pretty obvious to us there was nothing intentional about it." Crew chief Jerry Layne said, "In this particular situation, everythings kind of played into what this looks like. They claim there was no intent. Three home runs and a guy gets hit, youre an umpire, what do you do?" Interestingly, Tigers manager Jim Leyland didnt believe Hammel was aiming the pitch at TTuiasosopo.dddddddddddd "In my heart, I do not think he was throwing at him," Leyland said. Tuiasosopo dropped his bat after the pitch, looked briefly at Hammel and walked to first base. "I wasnt happy about it. He got thrown out, and so he got his," Tuiasosopo said. "Im just going to go to first base. What am I going to do? Charge the mound? Then I would get in trouble, too. He got thrown out and we ended up tagging them for more. " After Hammel (7-3) left, rookie T.J. McFarland was summoned from the Baltimore bullpen. Avsail Garcia singled, Omar Infante doubled in a run and Andy Dirks walked to load the bases for Cabrera, who delivered his fourth career grand slam. It was his 200th home run with the Tigers, tying him with Bill Freehan for ninth place on the teams career list. It was the first time the Orioles have ever given up four homers in an inning, according to STATS, Inc. Detroit had not hit four home runs in an inning since Sept. 10, 1986. Prince Fielder added a sixth-inning drive for the Tigers, whose five homers were a season high. J.J. Hardy hit two home runs for Baltimore, and Nate McLouth singled twice and stole a base. Hammel gave up five runs, five hits and three walks in three-plus innings. The three walks and three home runs were both season highs. "I did not have command today," Hammel said. "Obviously, very frustrated. Cost the bullpen a lot of innings." In his first time through the batting order, Hammel gave up two hits and walked three, but Detroit could only get one run -- when Martinez led off the second with a walk and scored on a two-out single by Tuiasosopo. Hardy opened the third with a homer to knot the score at 1. The deadlock didnt last long. On Hammels fifth pitch of the fourth inning, Martinez hit a drive inside the right field foul pole, and the rout was on. NOTES: Every Detroit starter had at least one hit. .. Cabrera has 17 homers and leads the majors with 65 RBIs. ... Kevin Gausman (0-2, 11.00 ERA) makes his third major league start Sunday for Baltimore in the finale of the three-game series. Rick Porcello (2-2, 5.29) will start for the Tigers. ... Detroits starting pitchers recorded 203 strikeouts in May, the third-highest total in a single month by a major league rotation since 1900. ... It was Hardys 10th career two-homer game. He came in mired in an 0-for-11 skid. ' ' '