Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jorge Mateo suffered an obvious left arm damage throughout Tuesday night time’s sport towards the Miami Marlins (field rating). Mateo’s arm appeared to bend awkwardly on a collision with fellow infielder Gunnar Henderson as each pursued a batted ball from Marlins outfielder Jesús Sánchez in the course of the third inning. After the sport, the Orioles introduced Mateo had returned adverse X-rays, however that he was set to bear an MRI.

Mateo, 29, got here into Tuesday having hit .230/.268/.403 (92 OPS+) with 5 house runs and 13 stolen bases (on 15 makes an attempt) over the course of his first 67 video games. His contributions up to now this season have been price an estimated 0.8 Wins Above Substitute, based on the calculations housed at Baseball Reference.

Orioles supervisor Brandon Hyde subsequently eliminated Mateo from the competition and altered his defensive alignment. Jordan Westburg, Baltimore’s beginning third baseman, was shifted to the keystone; Ramón Urías got here off the bench to take over on the sizzling nook.

It is price noting that Mateo was not the one Orioles participant to go away the sphere with an obvious damage in the course of the third inning. Baltimore right-hander Albert Suárez was struck within the foot by a line drive from the following batter, Otto López. Suárez, a nice shock who entered the night time with a 2.82 ERA on the season, was changed by lefty Keegan Akin. Suárez was described as having a bruised shin. (The Orioles are identified to be within the commerce marketplace for pitching assist.)

If Mateo is pressured to overlook any sport motion, it is a minimum of attainable that the Orioles would deliver prospect Jackson Holliday again to the majors for the primary time since his demotion in late April. Holliday has hit .316/.494/.614 since getting back from the injured record in late June. He is homered thrice and walked 5 extra occasions than he is struck out in 17 Triple-A video games.