After playing in 10 games this season for Triple-A Norfolk and in his first three games after his call-up Wednesday in Boston, Jackson Holliday got a day off Saturday. But he returns to the lineup today, batting ninth versus Milwaukee in the series finale.
Holliday is 0-for-11 with seven strikeouts, two runs scored and an RBI thus far. He went 0-for-8 in two games at Boston and was 0-for-3 with three strikeouts on Friday night.
Holliday played in 15 games at spring training for the Orioles, batting .311/.354/.600/.954 with three doubles, two triples, two homers and six RBIs.
The Orioles have lost by scores of 11-1 and 11-5 in this series. Before this series began their first four losses of the season had come by eight total runs.
The Orioles lost 1 1/2 games in the standings to the first-place New York Yankees yesterday as New York swept a doubleheader at Cleveland.
New York (12-3) leads the division by 3 1/2 games over the Orioles, by four over Boston and Tampa Bay and by five over Toronto.
At 10-3, Milwaukee leads the National League Central by one game over Pittsburgh and by 2 1/2 games over Chicago and Cincinnati.
For the Orioles
SS Gunnar Henderson
C Adley Rutschman
RF Anthony Santander
DH Ryan O'Hearn
1B Ryan Mountcastle
LF Colton Cowser
CF Cedric Mullins
3B Jordan Westburg
2B Jackson Holliday
Corbin Burnes RHP
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