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AUSTIN, Texas -- Charlie Strong is done at Texas.The first black coach in the history of the proud program was fired Saturday with a 16-21 record in three seasons. Strong had two years left on a guaranteed contract that pays more than $5 million per year, but was the first coach in Texas history with three consecutive losing seasons.Reports that he would be fired swirled after a late-season loss to lowly Kansas, and school officials made it official after Fridays 31-9 loss to TCU meant Texas would finish 5-7 without a bowl game for the second straight year.Charlie Strong is an outstanding leader and role model who worked hard with great integrity to move Longhorn football in the right direction, university President Greg Fenves said in a statement on Saturday. In the end, the results over three seasons were not there. It was not clear the future was going to be at the levels expected of Longhorn football.Texas moved quickly to replace him. Hours after firing Strong, Texas announced it had hired Houstons Tom Herman to take over. Herman was 22-4 in his only two seasons with the Cougars, his first job as a college head coach.Strongs tenure was notable at first for his disciplinarian style and core values code of conduct. But the losses quickly mounted and Texas struggled just to qualify for bowl games despite recruiting classes hailed as some of the nations best. Texas had hoped for a turnaround this season after a 2-0 start, but a three-game losing streak and a 0-2 start in the Big 12 quickly followed.Strong was a landmark hire for Texas in 2014, an up-and-comer who had earned his shot at one of the nations top programs after a four-year record of 37-15 at Louisville.His arrival on campus wasnt just about football , but also confronting the universitys long history of segregation and racism. Until 2010, a campus dorm was named after a past leader of the Ku Klux Klan. And a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis stood in the shadow of the central campus clock tower from 1930 until student protests forced its removal in 2015.Strongs hiring was a social leap forward, but his short tenure was marked by turmoil, losing football and a divided fan base.That he lasted three years showed remarkable restraint for a school that forced out Mack Brown in 2013, eight years after he won a national title, once the Longhorns came up just short of sharing the Big 12 championship.When I took this job three years ago, I came here to win the national championship, and I came here to change lives, Strong said after the loss to TCU. I was told when I came in three years ago to build a program. The wins and losses dont add up, but its more than that ... (Its) taking the program in the right direction.Many of Strongs players had hoped he would get another year.Weve been blessed to have him, freshman quarterback Shane Buechele said Friday night. No one wants him to leave. Everybody wants him to stay.Shortly after the decision to fire Strong was announced, defensive lineman Charles Omenihu tweeted, I love you coach.The question for Texas now is a new leader of a program that its supporters believe belongs among the nations elite, despite a long track record of mediocrity. As Strongs future became increasingly unclear, Houstons Tom Herman emerged as a leading candidate in multiple reports about the Texas job.Texas has five seasons of five losses or more since 2010. Since 1986, Texas has lost at least five games 16 times, a rate of 52 percent. Only Browns 10-year run of 10-win seasons from 2000-2009, two Big 12 championships and that national title in 2005 went against that tide of lackluster results.Strong grabbed national attention when he arrived and immediately announced his core values of team rules: honesty, treating women with respect, no guns and no drugs. Within a year, 10 players were dismissed after arrests or rules violations.But he didnt win enough games at a school that sits in the middle of one of college footballs most fertile recruiting grounds and boasts one of the wealthiest athletic programs in the country with its own ESPN-partnered television network. While some blamed Brown for leaving the program in shambles, Strongs lineups were still peppered with future NFL talent.Strong also made a promise he couldnt keep. In November 2014, the Longhorns were 6-5 and already qualified for a bowl when he promised a five-loss season will never happen again. Two more immediately followed, and the rest of his tenure was marked by blowout losses, blown leads and excruciating finishes.From the start, Strong struggled to win over some influential donors who liked his style but demanded more wins. Shortly after he was hired, Red McCombs, the billionaire businessman who is one of the programs most influential donors, complained that he shouldnt have the job.The high points for Strong included four straight wins over teams ranked No. 12 or higher in the Top 25. But that success only compounded the frustration over his losses that were too many to overcome.---AP College Football Writer Ralph D. Russo contributed to this report.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.org JB Shuck Pirates Jersey .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have placed centre Cody Hodgson on injured reserve and recalled two players from their AHL affiliate in Rochester. Custom Pittsburgh Pirates Jerseys . McCarthy, a player who played some games in the second tier for Wigan at the start of this season, would go on to shine inside Evertons midfield, outplaying the man he was brought in to replace, on one of the grandest stages in English football. 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"Alexi came up huge tonight." Much to the delight of his teammates, who have come to appreciate the hard-working backup second baseman. "It was awesome," Davis said. "I think everybodys pulling for him right there, obviously trying, hoping that hell just get a base hit. Then he does that, provided a little bit of a jolt of adrenaline for everybody." It was Casillas first home run since August 8, 2012 -- also off Masterson. That was enough to end a four-game skid in which Baltimore lost three games to Toronto and another to Cleveland by a combined 29-15 score. "I feel great to hit that home run after we lost four games," Casilla said through interpreter Einar Diaz. "I felt like I had to come and do something for the team and I did it that time." Chris Tillman (9-2) gave up three runs, four hits and four walks in seven innings to win his fifth straight start. The right-hander is 6-0 in seven starts since May 19. He was in position to lose until Davis and Casilla went deep. "Awesome, awesome," Tillman said. "Last year, I think its every night, its somebody new, somebody else. Its good to see. This is a pretty tight-knit team and we enjoy seeing that. Its fun for all of us." Jim Johnson pitched the ninth for his 27th save. Jason Kipnis homered, walked twice and singled for the Indians, who were seeking a fourth straight road victory for the first time since April 2012. Masterson, whho was perfect through four innings, took a three-hitter into the seventh but ended up allowing six runs and six hits in 6 1-3 innings.dddddddddddd "Its a good lineup," the right-hander said. "Everything was working well through six innings. Unfortunately we got to the seventh. Then it wasnt working as well." The Baltimore seventh began with Masterson hitting Adam Jones with a pitch and Davis sending the right-handers next offering into the bleachers. After Matt Wieters drew a walk and Chris Dickerson reached on a check-swing grounder, both runners moved up on a wild pitch. Then Casilla cleared the bases. "When he threw the breaking ball that went to the backstop, now we have to play kind of halfway," Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. "He tried to be fine and threw a breaking ball to Casilla that was in the middle of the plate." And although Casilla had only 11 career homers -- now an even dozen -- he put a good enough swing on the slider to put it in the seats. "Thats what we talked about before the series to all our pitchers," Francona said. "When you let them get their arms extended, especially in this ballpark, they are very dangerous 1 through 9." Cleveland used a single, two walks and a sacrifice fly by Michael Brantley to go up 1-0 in the first inning. In the second, the Indians put runners at the corners with no outs but could not score. After allowing six of the first 12 Cleveland batters to reach base, Tillman retired the next six in a row. The streak ended in the fifth inning, when Michael Bourn led off with a double and Kipnis hit a 3-1 pitch into the left-field seats. Baltimore got a run back in the bottom half. Jones singled, took third on a single by Davis and scored on a grounder by J.J. Hardy. NOTES: Cleveland dropped to 11-2 on the road when leading after six innings. ... Jason Hammel, whos 0-3 with a 6.20 ERA lifetime against the Indians, takes the mound for the Orioles on Wednesday night. Scott Kazmir will pitch for the Indians. ... The Orioles signed their top two draft picks, RHP Hunter Harvey and OF Josh Hart. ... Clevelands Mike Aviles snapped an 0-for-17 skid with a first-inning single. ... Masterson and Tillman both yielded home runs for the first time since June 9. ' ' '