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STANFORD, Calif. -- At the family home in South Lake Tahoe, Carol Haase sent her husband out to the shed to search for just the right pieces of wood.The creative mother of five had begun planning yet another important project in a long list of them for her kids. Son Jerod Haase, in his first season as Stanford mens basketball coach, had commissioned her to create a pair of wood-burning art pieces -- including one for outside the Cardinal locker room at Maples Pavilion.He requested three words: Invested. Tough. Selfless.And he asked for another piece to hang in his office with a space for former players to sign it when they return to visit campus.After coaching stops at alma mater Kansas, North Carolina and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, Haase is ready to put down roots on The Farm. He hopes to build a program that, eventually, contends year in and year out again like it did for decades before.For him, that starts by thoughtfully incorporating the programs past success while imparting his own philosophies on a new team.Ive come to really believe in culture, Haase said. When I first became a head coach, we had a lot of conversations on the staff, `Is culture a real thing? or `How important is it? After my second year at UAB, I really jumped all in. The idea of, we have to develop a culture and know who we are because if we want to get to a certain spot and a certain level of success, there have to be some foundational pieces that we have.Our core values at UAB were different than they are here. When I got here, I knew they would be different. Stanford is a different place, this is going to be a different team. Were going to have a different vision for our program.Those three words -- invested, tough and selfless -- are ones Haase hopes define Stanford for years to come.It took him a long time to pick the words, said Carol, a former elementary and middle school art and English teacher who still fires clay work in her kiln.The Cardinal, picked to place 10th in the Pac-12, are off to a 6-3 start and currently on their December break for final exams. Players are greeted by the reminder of the teams philosophy with the wood burning every time they open the locker room door.Thats something were trying to do for life, senior guard Marcus Allen said.Haase is trying to move the program forward while leaning on its history. Former Stanford star Casey Jacobsen is a part-time practice player, and Haase has spoken a handful of times with Golden State Warriors assistant coach and former Cardinal center Jarron Collins since taking over in March. Collins hopes his demanding NBA schedule permits him to get to a practice one day soon.He sent out emails. He does a really good job of reaching out, Collins said. They sent out all their literature and bios on the coaches. Theyve set up an email service. He seems fiery, and thats important. Im excited for his start, and I hope he does well.Haase spoke to more than two dozen former players and successful longtime ex-Stanford coach Mike Montgomery. There was also input sought from current players, and even former coach Johnny Dawkins when they ran into each other on the recruiting trail.The basketball has come along nicely, though Haase said it would be baby steps at first. Even with 10 of the top scorers returning , building cohesion was among Haases first priorities. Of course, Stanford had a strong opportunity to bond during a season-opening trip last month to Shanghai, where it beat Harvard. The Cardinal also went through a Navy Seals training course.Haase took about four months choosing those three key words, saying, I have pages and pages of notes of getting thoughts from everyone about what they think the program is, what it needs to be if were going to be successful, what is important.If Im lucky enough to be the coach here for 25 years, our core values, I would be shocked if they changed, he said.Haase is settling in at the university he once thought hed attend . He walks his kids to school most days before strolling to his office. He continues to appreciate what Stanford offers, thrilled to have the full support of Hall of Fame womens basketball coach Tara VanDerveer and Rose Bowl-winning football coach David Shaw.All that effort has helped Haase quickly establish trust with his players.He knows what he wants, Allen said. He leads by example. Coach Haase brings a level of energy and just a level of being very personable, almost like hes a player. 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The Canadiens Get: LW Thomas Vanek and a conditional fifth-round pick. BALTIMORE -- This is how good things are going for the Orioles at home this season: After blowing a late-inning lead, Baltimore launched the game-winning uprising with a third strike.Pinch-hitter Nolan Reimold hit a decisive two-out homer in the ninth inning after Pedro Alvarez reached on a strikeout, and the Orioles beat the Cleveland Indians 5-3 Sunday for a three-game sweep.Cody Allen (2-4) began the ninth by striking out Alvarez, but the ball eluded catcher Roberto Perez. After fielding the bouncing ball off the backstop, Perez hit Alvarez in the helmet with the throw for an error.As long as I have been playing baseball the rule is you run down the baseline, Alvarez said. I saw the ball get away from him and I just ran down to first base.A sacrifice bunt and a strikeout followed before Reimold lined a 2-0 pitch into the left-field seats.I was taking the first pitch, trying to get comfortable, Reimold said. After that, I got up 2-0 and I was ready to hit. I figured he would try to throw a fastball there.The Indians catchers often practice the throw to first after a dropped third strike, but Perez still evidently has some work to do.I dont think he rushed. He didnt move his feet, manager Terry Francona said. We talk to him about that all the time. You dont want somebody to learn a lesson the hard way, and he did.Jonathan Schoop also homered for the AL East-leading Orioles, who won the season series from Cleveland 5-1 and improved their home record to 36-14.I dont know what it is, but for some reason when we come home we do seem to play all-around better, starter Vance Worley said.Activated from the disabled list before the game, Darren ODay (7-1) struck out the side in the ninth.Filling a void at the end of the Baltimore rotation, Worley allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings. Making his fourth start, the right-hander retired the final 11 batters he faced in his longest outing since September 2014, with Pittsburgh against Milwaukee.Worley left with a 3-2 lead, but All-Star reliever Brad Brach promptly allowed an unearned run in the eighth. After Schoop fumbled a grounder to second base, Mike Napoli snapped an 0-for-11 skid with an RBI single.ddddddddddddCleveland starter Corey Kluber gave up three runs and six hits in seven innings. He struck out eight,The Indians went up 2-0 in the fourth on an RBI double by Tyler Naquin and a sacrifice fly by Perez, who earlier got his first hit in 17 at-bats this season.Baltimore tied it in the bottom half, courtesy of an overturned call following a challenge by the Orioles. After Manny Machado singled in a run, Alvarez hit into an apparent inning-ending double play with runners on the corners. But he earned an RBI after a replay review showed he was safe at first base.After hitting a double and scoring Baltimores first run in the fourth inning, Schoop delivered a solo shot in the fifth for a 3-2 lead. It was his career-high 17th home run, eclipsing the 16 he hit in 2014.BALL THREE, NOT FOURMachado was picked off first base in the eighth inning after Chris Davis took a pitch outside the strike zone, dropped his bat and headed from the batters box. Davis thought it was ball four, but the count actually moved to 3-2. Machado was swayed by his teammates action and strayed off the base before being thrown out by Perez.TRAINERS ROOMIndians: 3B Juan Uribe returned to the starting lineup for the first time since being hit in the head with a pitch on Friday night.Orioles: OF Hyun Soo Kim (hamstring) began a two-day rehabilitative assignment with Double-A Bowie. If all goes well, he will be activated from the DL on Tuesday. ... C Matt Wieters missed a sixth straight game with a foot injury. ... The wife of Ubaldo Jimenez had a baby. He went on paternity leave Saturday and will likely use all three days.UP NEXTIndians: Cleveland gets Monday off before opening a two-game interleague series at home against the Washington Nationals.Orioles: Yovani Gallardo (3-2, 5.69 ERA) takes on the visiting Colorado Rockies in the opener of a three-game series Monday night. ' ' '