After sitting out eight games in attempt to rediscover his swing Theo Riddick Jersey , the Baltimore Orioles are hoping first baseman Chris Davis is ready to resume his role as a provider of power.

Davis homered Friday night for the first time since May 9 and delivered a sacrifice fly as he returned to the lineup.

During the time he sat, Davis worked on techniques to rekindle his power and cut down on strikeouts. He was 1-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs in his return.

Davis and the Orioles will meet the Atlanta Braves on Saturday in the second game of a three-game series at SunTrust Park. Baltimore won the opener 10-7 on Friday.

Baltimore will start right-hander Dylan Bundy (5-7, 3.81) against Atlanta right-hander Julio Teheran (5-4, 3.97)

“I have a tendency to try and explore, especially when I am scuffling,” Davis said. “I was trying to get that feeling back, trying to do too much.”

Davis had certainly been scuffling. He came into Friday’s game hitting .150 and was 3-for-27 with 14 strikeouts in the first seven games of June, before manager Buck Showalter ordered him shutdown and sent for inspection. Davis had led the majors in home runs twice from 2013 to 2015.

“It’s not a one-day, two-day, three-day (adjustment),” Showalter said. “It’s some things that he really wants to stay with. He understands what made him successful and what can again.”

Teheran will be making his 15th start of the season. He spent 10 days on the disabled list with a bruised right thumb. He came off the DL and on June 17 tossed six scoreless innings against San Diego. Teheran’s velocity increased from 89.5 mph to 91.4 mph and his location improved from his previous start before the injury.

“I think the uptick in velocity definitely helps his off-speed a little more Pat O'Donnell Jersey ,” catcher Tyler Flowers said. “He had good feel with his changeup and slider. His curveball, not so much. But when you’ve got three out of four with some confidence, those are some good weapons.”

The win over the Padres broke a three-game losing streak and gave Teheran his first win since May 14.

He has one career start against the Orioles, and that was in 2015. In that game he allowed five runs in four innings and gave up a pair of home runs.

“When you have your arm feeling good, you don’t have anything else to worry about,” Teheran said. “You just go out there and make pitches. I felt like everything was working.”

Bundy will be making his team-leading 16th start. He has received more run support (5.22) than any other starter in the Baltimore rotation.

Bundy has won two straight games and was victorious against Miami on June 17 when he allowed four runs over six innings. Bundy had a longer leash that game, which the Orioles won 10-4. In his two previous starts he had combined for 15 shutout innings, including eight against the powerful Boston Red Sox. In the previous month he’s 3-1 with a 2.50 ERA.

Bundy has posted some impressive strikeout numbers. He has fanned 100 — and walked only 27 — in 89 2/3 innings. He had a season-high 14 strikeouts against the Chicago White Sox.

Bundy will be making his first career start against Atlanta.

In Brian Gaine’s first draft as the general manager of the Houston Texans, he wanted to add three things to the offensive and defensive side of the ball – speed, athleticism and explosiveness.

In doing that with his eight picks, Gaine also added competition to multiple positions on the Texans roster.

”The one thing I want people to understand is that we’re always going to be trying to add competition to the roster regardless of the position whenever it makes sense Telvin Smith Jersey ,” Gaine said. ”Any players we added to the roster this year through the draft we think has a chance to make the team.”

Gaine worked his way through the past two days, not making any draft day trades, and addressed his team’s needs.

Gaine admitted the opportunities to make trades were there and he did come close to making some moves.

”Always tempted,” Gaine said about making a trade. ”I’m always looking for an opportunity to improve the team. At every turn and every opportunity when we were selecting, I’m evaluating the pros and cons of going up to get a player or sitting tight or the opportunity to move back.”

Heading into the draft, the Texans’ deepest needs were on the offensive line, in the secondary and at tight end.

Gaine utilized four of his eight picks to bolster the secondary and the tight end spot.

In the third round, Gaine drafted University of Central Florida tight end Jordan Akins. Then in the sixth round, Gaine selected Mississippi State tight end Jordan Thomas.

”It’s important, especially in our offense at tight end because we have different roles and different jobs as it relates to the composition of the group, in terms of the Y and the F and how we use those guys Darren Fells Jersey ,” Gaines said about adding depth to the tight end position.

”Ideally we want them to be fully dimensional, but we like having versatile tight ends who can do different jobs.”

SECONDARY IS PRIMARY

Gaine bookended his first draft with a pair of picks to help the secondary.

With his first pick in the third round, Gaine took Stanford safety Justin Reid and with his final pick in the seventh round selected San Jose State cornerback Jermaine Kelly.

”We want to have a versatile secondary because of the variations of things we do in sub-package defense,” Gaine said.

ADDING TO O-LINE

Gaine filled the Texans’ need on the offensive line with Mississippi State tackle Martinas Rankin in the third round.

Gaine’s other three picks were spent on wide receiver and outside linebacker.

”With the additions we made in this draft on the offensive side we feel like we added more weapons to surround Deshaun Watson with,” Gaine said. ”We also did add offensive linemen through free agency and the draft.”

With his lone pick of the fourth round, Gaine scooped up Texas Tech wide receiver Keke Coutee with the 103rd overall pick.

Texans offensive and special teams assistant Wes Welker also played his college football at Texas Tech before playing 12 years in the NFL.

”We’ve been in contact a lot throughout this whole process,” Coutee said. ”He worked me out in my private workout, so just being able to work with him and him teaching me the game a little more and how to run routes is really good.”

GETTING DEFENSIVE

After the Coutee pick, two of the Texans’ final four picks were spent on outside linebackers.

Gaine drafted Wake Forest’s Duke Ejiofor with his 177th overall pick and Stanford’s Peter Kalambayi with the 214th overall pick.

Ejiofor finished his Wake Forest career with 128 tackles and 23 sacks. He also had 41 tackles for loss, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and six pass deflections.

Ejiofor and Kalambayi join a defensive unit that includes J.J. Watt Chidobe Awuzie Jersey , Jadeveon Clowney and Whitney Mercilus.

”This is a dream come true,” Ejiofor said. ”I’ve watched J.J. Watt, Clowney and Whitney Mercilus. This is crazy, I can’t believe I’m about to join them and learn so much from them.”

Ejiofor is recovering from right shoulder labrum surgery, but said he will be ready for training camp.

STLL NEED

The one area the Texans didn’t add to through the draft was at quarterback.

Houston has three quarterbacks on the roster in Watson, Brandon Weeden and Joe Webb III.

”We feel comfortable with the group we have at the moment,” Gaine said.

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