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BALTIMORE -- The Baltimore Orioles have seen the last of Ubaldo Jimenez during the first half of the baseball season. Jaren Jackson Jr. Jersey .Now they must determine how much they want to see of him after the All-Star break.Jimenez was rocked by the Los Angeles Angels in another abbreviated start, and the Orioles wasted three home runs in a 9-5 loss Friday night.Jimenez (5-9) gave up five runs, five hits and two walks in 1 1/3 innings. His ERA swelled to 7.38 after his third start of less than two innings.What do you do with an ineffective pitcher with a year-and-a-half left on a $50 million contract?We had tried to put him in the bullpen, see if we could work some things out there, manager Buck Showalter said. But necessity put him back in there, so well attack it after the break.Many in the crowd of 44,317 began booing the right-hander in the first inning, and they cheered when Showalter finally walked to the mound to summon help from the bullpen.Theres no doubt about it, this is the toughest thing that I have had to face, Jimenez said. I have to keep going, keep working hard and hopefully find something thats going to get me out of this thing.Daniel Nava had two RBI and Mike Trout scored three runs for the Angels, who have won four straight. Los Angeles built an 8-1 lead in the fourth inning and coasted to the finish.Matt Shoemaker (4-9) allowed three runs and five hits in five-plus innings to earn his first win since May 27. The right-hander was 0-4 in his previous eight starts despite owning a respectable 3.08 ERA over that span.Adam Jones homered on Shoemakers first pitch, and the Orioles also got long balls from Jonathan Schoop and Mark Trumbo.Jones shot got Baltimore to 2-1, and two batters later Manny Machado sent a drive toward the seats in left. Nava gauged the flight of the ball while backing up, shifted to his right at the last second and reached into the front row to rob Machado of his 20th home run.Baltimores rocky night was personified by consecutive errors committed by three-time Gold Glove shortstop J.J. Hardy in the fourth inning. The miscues doubled his error total for the season.After Jimenez departed, Mike Wright hit three batters over the course of his 4 2/3-inning stint, including first baseman C.J. Cron. The pitch fractured Crons left hand and sent him to the 15-day disabled list.Schoop was plunked in the helmet by Cam Bedrosian in the sixth, prompting home plate umpire Mike Everitt to issue a warning to both clubs.ROSTER MOVESThe Angels put Cron on the DL, optioned C Carlos Perez to Triple-A Salt Lake, activated C Geovany Soto from the DL and recalled 1B Ji-Man Choi.50 YEARS LATERThe Orioles paid tribute to the 1966 World Series champions with a pregame ceremony and by wearing replica uniforms of that team. Informed that the 66 Orioles used only four pitchers in a sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Showalter exclaimed, Cmon man, we use four (by) the third inning!TRAINERS ROOMAngels: LHP Tyler Skaggs (shoulder) threw 75 pitches in a rehab assignment on Thursday night. We definitely are hoping hes going to be with us and maybe part of our rotation at some point, Angels manager Mike Scioscia said.Orioles: LHP T.J. 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And, for three quarters, it showed as Gay shot a woeful three-for-13 from the field. Wales coach Rob Howley felt his players paid the price for a sluggish first half as Australia claimed a 32-8 victory in Cardiff.Australia breezed into a 20-3 half-time lead which would have been far greater had they taken all their chances. Wales mounted a belated comeback late on but Australias superiority was reflected by a handsome five to one advantage on the try count.Its very disappointing and very frustrating, said Howley, who is in interim charge of Wales with Warren Gatland on leave ahead of next summers British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand.I think the possession and territory at one stage was 80 per cent, so it wasnt what we expected. We never had a foothold in the game and, when you give a side thats very cohesive and been together a long period of time, you see how effective they can be with speed of ball in the contact area.We were unable to influence that area and get a defensive line set and, in faairness to Australia, they took every advantage they could and created a number of tries. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Jersey. It was much improved in the second half because we did have a foothold.But then youre influenced by the scoreboard and start playing too much rugby in your own half.Wales remaining autumn programme sees them play Argentina, Japan and South Africa in Cardiff. And Howley insisted he saw enough positive factors in the second half to go into those Tests with confidence.I saw enough detail (to be optimistic), added Howley. The second half share of possession was nearly 50/50 and we grew into the game. 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