Third baseman Manny Machado accomplished a feat that’s happened just 20 other times in Orioles history Sunday when he swatted three home runs in the win over Chicago.
Manager Buck Showalter believes he had a bit of extra motivation to help him do it, with the announcement that fellow Miami native and Machado’s longtime mentor, Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees, was retiring this week.
“I know Manny had a lot of emotions, and he took them out on the field with him,” Showalter said.
“To see him go up there and talk and leave it there, it’s tough,” Machado said after the game.