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Jones recovers in time

By David Ginsburg | Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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BALTIMORE (AP) | A couple hours before Baltimore faced the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night, the lineup in the Orioles' clubhouse was completed except for the No. 2 slot.

Manager Dave Trembley wanted to be sure Adam Jones had recovered from an ankle injury that forced the center fielder to miss Sunday's game. Jones insisted he was all right and after proving it during batting practice was inserted into the starting lineup.

The move paid off for the Orioles, who got two important hits from Jones in an 8-3 victory.

Jones homered in the third inning, then legged out an infield single in a three-run fifth - one day after being sidelined with a swollen right ankle.

"He was determined to play tonight," Trembley said of Jones. "He's 22 years old. I think he's got a great mind-set. Other than his ability and his tools and everything, the guy's got his head on right."

Jones went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and scored twice. He has reached base safely in 20 straight games, going 29-for-78 (.372) with 15 RBI.

As he ate heartily from the postgame spread, Jones had a huge ice pack wrapped around his tender ankle.

"I wanted to play [Sunday], but I treated it as an off-day," he said. "It didn't hurt [Monday]. It felt just like a normal day. It didn't hurt at all."

Ramon Hernandez homered for the Orioles, who climbed out of last place in the AL East ahead of Toronto.

Baltimore went up 6-3 in the fifth against Jesse Litsch (8-7). After Brian Roberts doubled with one out, Jones hit a grounder deep in the hole at shortstop and beat the throw from David Eckstein.

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