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SAN DIEGO -- Steve Fisher gave quite the halftime speech to his San Diego State Aztecs on Wednesday night, some 48 hours after they were embarrassed by No. 14 Gonzaga.Leading San Diego Christian by 14, Fisher told his players that their forced effort reminded him of kickball in third period gym class when he was a teacher and coach at Rich East High in Park Forest, Illinois.Then, he jokingly asked the two 13-year-old honorary coaches if they had tennis shoes because he was going to need to put one of them in due to a shrinking number of healthy players.The Aztecs came out looser in the second half and ran off to an 81-58 victory, with Jeremy Hemsley scoring 23 points and Trey Kell adding 19.They were trying to shake off a 21-point loss at Gonzaga on Monday night.One young freshman said, `Coach, this is forced fun. I said, `It looks like its forced fun. Youre feeling sorry for yourself about the whipping we took on Monday and you cant do that, Fisher said, recounting his halftime talk.I thought the second half was far from perfect but I liked the pop in our step and we played with a little more, `Im really glad to be here, rather than, `Do I have to be here?Zylan Cheatham and Dakarai Allen scored 15 points each for the Aztecs (2-1), who improved to 7-0 against the Hawks.This was an exhibition for San Diego Christian, an NAIA team from suburban Santee. Isaiah Milan scored 19 for the Hawks and Luis Salgado had 12.San Diego State jumped to a 14-2 lead against the Hawks. Hemsley scored seven points in the opening run, including a 3-pointer and a dunk on an alley-oop pass from Kell. The Aztecs led by three with six minutes left before going on a 15-4 run to close the half for a 37-23 lead. Kell had a 3-pointer and Hemsley had two buckets.It was a good game to get the bad taste out of our mouth but we still remembered what happened, Hemsley said. That game isnt something we can hang our heads on. It happened and we have to move on from it and get better.San Diego Christian, an NAIA school from suburban Santee, was playing its first game since its bus was involved in a fiery fatal crash early Sunday on the way home from a game at Cal State Bakersfield. The team was OK but the driver of the car that rear-ended the bus was killed. The car caught fire, which spread to the bus and destroyed the teams road uniforms and personal belongings.The Hawks wore a set of alternate jerseys.Coach Edgar Mendez said there was no thought about rescheduling this game.I think we needed something back to basketball. That was more important, he said. This brought us back to the game that we love. And Im hoping it took some of that thought away from all of our guys. Its been a couple of days where thats all weve been talking about.BIG PICTURESan Diego Christian: After Sunday mornings accident in San Bernardino County, the Hawks had to wait for a replacement bus to arrive. They got back to campus at 5:30 a.m.San Diego State: The Aztecs were once again without 6-foot-10 forward Malik Pope, who has a knee injury, Ben Perez (back), and two other injured players. Matt Shrigley (ankle) could have played in an emergency. Guard Emmanuel Wilson, who made the team last season through open tryouts, made his season debut. Allen shook off a leg injury and returned in the second half. When he went out, the Aztecs had only five healthy scholarship players.UP NEXTSan Diego Christian plays at Chapman on Saturday.San Diego State plays California in Sacramento on Monday night. Nick Lima Jersey . The third-ranked Ivanovic, who won the event in 2008 and 10, served five aces and broke Wickmayer, also a former winner in 2009, five times. 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NEW YORK -- Missing key components, the Baltimore Orioles offense is sputtering.You dont say, well, this is just que sera, something that comes about, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said after Tuesday nights 7-1 loss to the New York Yankees. You cant live in that world. Were better than that. I know our guys are frustrated.Baltimore has lost three straight and nine of 15, and its AL East lead over second-place Boston was cut to one-half game. The Orioles have scored 10 runs in five games since the All-Star break and batted .150 (9 for 60) with one extra-base hit in the first two games of the series.First baseman Chris Davis (stomach virus) missed his second straight game and catcher Matt Wieters (sore right foot) also was out. Outfielder Hyun Soo Kim (strained right hamstring) went on the disabled list before the game.Weve got to find ways to continue to grind at-bats out and get guys on base, whether its a walk or a two-strike hit or something, said Caleb Joseph, who started in place of Wieters. Thats something that we usually do that prolongs innings that gives us a chance to win the games.Davis might be available for Wednesday.Hes got a little better color, a little better look, Showalter said. Hes had a pretty tough go of it, and I was proud of him that he came in the locker room. ... Hes starting to eat a little bit. I think he tried to have a banana and some other stuff, but hes just now getting to where he can hold something down.Wieters fouled a ball off the foot in the series opener. Showalter said a Wednesday return was possible.Matts pretty sore, he said.Starlin Castro homered in the second off Vance Worley (2-1) and hit a two-run double in the sixth against Odrisamer Despaigne. Chase Headley added a two-run homer off Mychal Givens in the eighth.Wearing glasses with bright orange frames, Worley maade his first start since April 15 following 18 consecutive relief appearances.dddddddddddd He allowed three runs, three hits and four walks in 4 1/3 innings, lasting 88 pitches.Im going to treat it as if Im in the rotation until they tell me Im out, so Ill get my work in and do what I need to do, Worley said. Its up to them to make their decision..Nathan Eovaldi (8-6) retired 11 straight batters before walking Ryan Flaherty in the sixth. He gave up Joey Rickards RBI double and loaded the bases with a walk to Manny Machado.Anthony Swarzak got major league home run leader Mark Trumbo to foul out to Rob Refsnyder down the right-field line, and the rookie first baseman made a two-hop throw home that held Adam Jones at third. Jonathan Schoop then fouled out to shortstop Didi Gregorius. Swarzak retired eighth straight batters, and Nick Goody struck out the side in a perfect ninth.We had some good people up, Showalter said. When you get those opportunities youve got to try to cash them in. Youre not going to get many.TRAINERS ROOMOrioles: Kim was put on the 15-day DL retroactive to July 11 and Baltimore selected the contract of OF Julio Borbon from Double-A Bowie. OF Henry Urrutia was designated for assignment. ... RHP Darren ODay (strained right hamstring) threw a 35-pitch simulated game. He could make a minor league appearance Friday for Bowie and be activated Sunday or Monday.UP NEXTRHP Michael Pineda (3-9) is to start for the Yankees on Wednesday and RHP Yovani Gallardo (3-1) for the Orioles. Gallardo hasnt gotten a decision in his last three outings; he is 2-0 with a 5.04 ERA in six starts since he was activated June 18 following a stint on the DL caused by right biceps tendinitis. ' ' '