
Jake Rill
BALTIMORE — Jeremiah Jackson has unexpectedly been one of many Orioles’ hottest hitters for the previous month-plus, and that continued Tuesday, when the 25-year-old rookie homered within the sixth inning of a series-opening 3-2, 11-inning win over the Pirates at Camden Yards.
Nevertheless, Jackson’s evening ended with a minor harm scare.
Jackson exited the competition within the backside of the eighth, when he was hit on the best elbow by a 95.5 mph sinker from Pittsburgh right-hander Braxton Ashcraft. Jackson was seemed over by a coach whereas strolling down the first-base line, however he then left the sphere and was changed by pinch-runner Daniel Johnson.
Interim supervisor Tony Mansolino expects Jackson to be positive and to be again within the lineup on Wednesday evening, as there have been no preliminary plans for him to bear testing.
“All indications are that he’d be OK,” Mansolino mentioned.
It marked the fourth consecutive sport during which a Baltimore participant left as a consequence of harm, following right-hander Dean Kremer (right forearm discomfort) on Friday, catcher Samuel Basallo (right hand discomfort) on Saturday and righty Tomoyuki Sugano (right foot discomfort) on Sunday. Basallo returned to the lineup Tuesday — hitting a walk-off RBI single in the 11th — whereas Kremer and Sugano are anticipated to keep away from the injured checklist as nicely.
The O’s — who’ve had 28 gamers spend time on the IL this season — seem to have caught one other break with Jackson, who went 2-for-3 and is hitting .314 with an .867 OPS by way of the primary 33 video games of his MLB profession.