Hands firmly across his chest, and not even the hint of a smile on his lips, Neil Hawgoods body language might have seemed inexplicable. The coach of the Indian womens hockey team had just watched his side create history. They had beaten China 2-1 following goals from Grace Deep Ekka and Deepika Thakur, in the final of the Asian Champions Trophy. It was the first time in four attempts that India had claimed the continental crown.The players themselves were ecstatic. They draped themselves in the national flag. They danced in the team bus and ordered previously forbidden pizza once they got back to the hotel. On the ground they had even made an attempt to hoist Hawgood on their shoulders but the Australian would have none of it and the girls gave up after lifting him a few inches off the ground. When it came for posing for pictures with the trophy, Hawgood, still with very little expression on his face, stood in the corner of the frame.The Indian team understood.Coach gets emotional very quickly. After our match against Japan [where the team settled for a draw after giving up a two-goal cushion] he was crying. This time he was so happy that he probably didnt want to show his emotion, Deepika told ESPN soon after scoring the winning strike off a penalty corner with 17 seconds left on the clock.Hawgood would explain his actions later. I get more enjoyment from watching the girls celebrate. It is their success and they deserved to be at the centre of it all, he told ESPN from Singapore following what was only his sides third win against China in the last 13 encounters.The win was the second bit of history that India have created this year. They had broken a 36-year drought by qualifying for the Olympics. Once there, the side performed poorly, losing all but one game and finishing with a -15 goal difference. Hawgood and his team, however, believe that the bruising experience in Rio has paid off.We cant underestimate the role that qualifying for the Olympics has made to the team, he said. You learn more from a big lesson than a number of smaller lessons. At the Olympics, the team learned how they needed to play at a higher level for longer periods of time.Against a Chinese team ranked four places higher than them at eighth in the world, India were able to soak up spells of sustained pressure, particularly in the second and third quarters when the game seemed to ebb. The team was able to knuckle down, he said. They were able to stay focused and get through those hard periods.Deepika, who with 182 caps is the most experienced member of the squad, and had featured in three winless Asian Champions Trophy campaigns before this one, said the side is much stronger mentally.Unlike in previous editions, we werent worried how we would perform this time, she said. After having qualified for the Olympics we dont just want to be a team that takes part. We dont think we are just a normal team any more. We expect better from ourselves. Is baar jeet ki bhukh aa gayi hai team mein (We have the hunger to win now). Frankly anything less than winning the Champions Trophy would have been a disappointment for us.Indeed, Hawgood had told his side before the tournament that this was their best chance to claim the continental crown. At the end of the Olympic cycle, most teams will be rebuilding [China would send a U-21 squad]. On the other hand, we only had three seniors [albeit including captain Sushila Chanu] missing out this tournament, he said.While he expected the title, Hawgood rates the win highly simply because it means that the momentum created by the Olympic qualification is maintained. However, he knows that while his side are competitive in Asia, there is a long way to go. We are top of the mountain in Asia, but only halfway up where we need to be at the world level, he said.The team will have little time to rest on their laurels. Flying back to India on Saturday, they begin training almost immediately. After a 10-day camp, they head to Australia where they play a three-match test series against a side to whom they lost 6-1 in the Olympics. We have bigger challenges, he said. Hockey goes on.Hawgood says the side will pick another three or four newcomers for the Australia tour. There are also other areas India have to work on. The teams penalty corner woes continued in Singapore too. 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SAN FRANCISCO -- In a lineup full of sluggers and superstars, Jonathan Schoop has had the timeliest hits for the Baltimore Orioles.He delivered again with a three-run homer in the ninth inning Sunday, when the Baltimore Orioles overcame a six-run deficit to give the struggling San Francisco Giants another deflating loss, 8-7.Oh, the feeling is amazing, Schoop said.Schoop smacked a 1-0 curveball off closer Santiago Casilla (2-4) into the left-field bleachers after Manny Machado singled and Mark Trumbo walked.I see (center fielder) Angel (Pagan) is going back and I say `please get out ball, please go, and it went out, Schoop said.Baltimore has four players (Trumbo, Machado, Chris Davis and Adam Jones) with more than 20 homers this season, but Schoop leads the Orioles with 12 game-winning RBI.Good things seem to follow him around, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. Hes getting out of the game what he puts into it. Jon doesnt cheat the game. Its good to see people who approach the game that way get a return for it.Matt Wieters had a career-best five hits, including a triple, and the Orioles won for the third time in four games and concluded a 10-game trip with an even record. Baltimore trails Toronto by half a game in the AL East.Baltimore trailed 7-1 after six but got two runs in each of the seventh and eighth innings.The Giants led the NL West by 6 1/2 games at the All-Star break but have gone 9-18 since. They remained one game ahead of the Dodgers, who lost to Pittsburgh 11-3.Theyre a good club, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said of the Orioles. They have a dangerous lineup one through eight there, they can hurt you, thats what happened today.Brad Brach (7-1) pitched a scoreless eighth inning for Baltimore.Giants starter Johnny Cueto extended his streak of winless starts to six. He allowed one run, eight hits and one walk in 6 2/3 innings.Trevor Brown had two hits and three RBI, Angel Pagan doubled twice and Hunter Pence homered for the first time since coming off a two-month stint on the disabled list for the Giants.Brown had a two-run single that highlighted a four-run fifth inning. Pagan extended his hitting streak to 12 games.Orioles closer Zach Britton pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his 37th save in 37 chancess, extending the longest streak ever for a left-hander in the majors.ddddddddddddBaltimore lefty Wade Miley allowed seven runs (six earned), eight hits and two walks in 4 1/3 innings. He was acquired from Seattle on July 31 and remains winless with his new team.Derek Law allowed one hit in a scoreless 2/3 of an inning in the eighth that extended his consecutive streak of scoreless outings to 19.Trumbo hit his major league-leading 34th homer off Hunter Strickland in the top of the eighth inning to move ahead of Edwin Encarnacion, who hit his 33rd earlier in the day for Toronto.BATGIRL HONOREDThe Giants unveiled a plaque in their dugout before the game commemorating Alexis Busch, the first full-time bat girl in major league history, who was killed in a sailing crash in 2012 at age 26. She was the daughter of former Giants executive vice president Corey Busch and served as the teams batgirl from 2000 to 2001.TRAINERS ROOMOrioles: Showalter took note of CF Jones return to the lineup without complaints after getting hit on his finger and knee trying to bunt in the sixth inning of Saturday nights game. Its an honor to watch him post up every day, Showalter said.Giants: C Buster Posey was scratched from the lineup just before first pitch with lower back tightness. ... OF Mac Williamson, on the disabled list since Aug. 1 with a left shoulder strain, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento. ... RHP Cory Gearrin, out since July 6 with a right shoulder strain, pitched for a second straight day on Saturday for Triple-A Sacramento. Hell continue his rehab assignment as the Giants consider the timing of his return.UP NEXTOrioles: RHP Yovani Gallardo will pitch the series opener with Boston on Tuesday. Gallardo is 1/3 with a 4.70 ERA in his last eight starts but has had two straight quality starts, allowing three earned runs in 12 innings over that stretch.Giants: Newly acquired LHP Matt Moore will make his home debut in a series opener with Pittsburgh. He is 0-1 with a 3.00 ERA in his first two starts with San Francisco and 7-8 with a 3.99 ERA in 23 combined starts with the Giants and Tampa Bay. ' ' '