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CHICAGO -- Manny Machado was 16 when he first met Alex Rodriguez and they quickly became close friends and offseason workout buddies. So Machado was watching intently Sunday morning as A-Rod announced he was ending his career.Im sure Manny had some emotions, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said, and he certainly took them out on the field with him.Machado became the second player in major league history to homer in the first, second and third innings, driving in a career-high seven runs in a 10-2 rout of James Shields and the Chicago White Sox.Hes a mentor to me, Machado said of Rodriguez. Ive known him for a long time. To see him go up there and talk and leave it there, its tough. Its a tough situation. I know as a personal friend he sleeps, breathes, eats baseball.Machado hit a two-run homer in the first and a three-run shot in the second off Shields, who allowed four homers while getting four outs.Machado hit another two-run homer in the third off Matt Albers. According to STATS, the only other player to do that was Carl Reynolds of the White Sox on July 2, 1930, at the Yankees.Its pretty awesome, Machado said. Im not going to lie.Chris Davis followed Machados second homer with his own and J.J. Hardy added a two-run shot before Shields (5-14) left to boos. The Orioles have hit a major league-best 168 homers this season.Dylan Bundy (5-3) stuck out a career-high nine in six innings in Baltimores fifth win in seven games. Ubaldo Jiminez pitched three perfect innings for his first career save.One day after Machado couldnt come up with a popup that drove in the winning run for Chicago, the 24-year-old slugger became the first Baltimore player to homer three times since Davis on May 20, 2014, against Pittsburgh.The All-Star third baseman pulled all three shots to left field on the warm, breezy day to make it 10-0 and give him 25 homers on the season. Hes ninth player in big league history to homer in any three consecutive innings.Machado grounded into a double play in the fifth, lined to center in the seventh and grounded to third in the ninth, failing to become the first Baltimore player to hit four homers in a game.I was trying real hard, he said.The Orioles, who sat home run leader Mark Trumbo (31) for the first time this season, showed the depth of their power as they opened a one-game lead over Toronto in the AL East.Most of the damage came against Shields, who had improved after a rough start with the White Sox following a June trade with San Diego. He was charged with eight runs and six hits with two walks and two hit batters, marking the sixth start the right-hander has allowed at least six runs.I was pretty much bad all around, Shields said. I wasnt hitting my spots. I was leaving the ball over the plate, and they were capitalizing on it. You cant do that against this team.Jose Abreu hit his third homer in four days for the White Sox, who have dropped eight of 11.Bundy, a rookie reliever-turned-starter, allowed two runs and four hits.Its hard when youre in the dugout for 20 minutes or so and these guys are hitting homers, Bundy said, smiling. Ill take that any day.TRUMBO SITSTrumbo, 0 for 9 with six strikeouts against Shields, had played in the first 109 games.Im trying to get everybody a day (off) on this trip, Showalter said.Davis, who homered for the first time since July 10, was back at cleanup after being dropped to sixth Saturday.TRAINERS ROOMOrioles: RF Steve Pearce left in the fifth after aggravating a flexor injury on Todd Fraziers sacrifice fly. He received a cortisone shot and was wearing a brace on his left forearm after the game. 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The news didnt come as a surprise after Kizer thoroughly outplayed Zaire in a 50-47 season-opening loss to Texas. The only surprise was it took until Wednesday for Kelly to let Kizer know he wouldnt be sharing time with Zaire when the Irish (0-1) face Nevada (1-0) on Saturday.He told me Id take the first snap for sure and then he kind of congratulated me on fighting through the process and encouraged me to maintain the same mind-set and assured me Id be the guy on Saturday, Kizer said.Kizer threw for five touchdowns and ran for another and guided Notre Dame within field-goal range two other times on 13 possessions against Texas. The Irish failed to score on the three possessions Zaire played.Kizer was 15 of 24 passing for 215 yards with a pass efficiency rating of 206.5 and rushed for 77 yards on 13 carries. Zaire was 2 of 5 passing for 23 yards witth a 78.dddddddddddd6 pass efficiency rating and had no yards rushing on three carries.Kelly did not talk with the media on Wednesday. On Tuesday he said he would announce a decision after talking with the quarterbacks. Zaire, the starter last season until breaking his right ankle in the second game, didnt speak with the media on Wednesday.Kizer said he believes the competition with Zaire helped him become a better quarterback by making him focus more on each play.In the last eight months I learned quite a bit about myself as a quarterback, as a leader, as a teammate, he said. From that hopefully I developed into somebody I wanted to be for this season. Malik really challenged me and he will continue to challenge me. Im really grateful for the situation.Kizer, who led the Irish to nine victories and a No. 11 ranking last season, said being able to take all the snaps with the starters should help him prepare better for Nevada.It helps with your mind-set, he said. ' ' '