April 15 (UPI) — Jackson Holliday jumped on a 99-mph inside fastball, sending the pitch into proper discipline, for his first MLB hit in a Baltimore Orioles win over the Milwaukee Brewers in Baltimore.
The second baseman hit the one within the backside of the seventh inning of the 6-4 victory Sunday at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Holliday went 1 for 4 with a run scored.
“I noticed a first-pitch slider and I used to be in a position to take it,” Holliday mentioned on the in-stadium broadcast. “Then I knew a heater was coming.
“I used to be glad to have the ability to sq. it up and get successful.”
Holliday, 20, made his MLB debut Wednesday in a 7-5 win over the Boston Purple Sox. He went 0 for 11 with an RBI and two runs scored by his first three video games.
Holliday struck out in his first two at-bats Sunday, pushing his opening skid to 0 for 13. He returned for the 14th at-bat of his profession within the backside of the seventh. Third baseman Jordan Westburg began the half inning with a single to left discipline. Holliday got here to the plate subsequent, with the Orioles trailing 4-3.
He watched an 89.3-mph slider miss the strike zone earlier than settling in for the second pitch of his trade with reduction pitcher Abner Uribe.
The suitable-handed pitcher then tossed in his 99.3-mph fastball, to the best of the center of the zone. Holliday pulled the pitch to proper, sending the ball rolling to outfielder Sal Frelick and pushing Westburg to 3rd.
Westburg got here house in the course of the subsequent trade when shortstop Gunnar Henderson singled to proper two pitches later. Catcher Adley Rutschman grounded right into a double play within the subsequent trade, however Holliday scored on that play to present the Orioles a 5-4 lead.
Orioles outfielder Colton Cowser homered within the eighth for the ultimate run of the night time. That 422-foot solo shot got here off a 2-2 fastball from reduction pitcher Hoby Milner.
Orioles starter Corbin Burnes allowed six hits and three runs, together with two earned, over 5 innings. He was not on report for a choice. Aid pitcher Yennier Cano allowed two hits and one run over 1 1/3 innings to earn his second win this season. Nearer Craig Kimbrel allowed two hits and no runs within the ninth to earn his third save of 2024.
Heart fielder Cedric Mullins and designated hitter Ryan O’Hearn every recorded two hits, together with one house run apiece, for the Orioles. Henderson went 2 for 3 with an RBI and run scored within the victory.
Designated hitter William Contreras and middle fielder Blake Perkins every homered for the Brewers.
The Orioles (9-6) sit in second place within the American League East, 2 1/2 video games behind the division-leading New York Yankees (12-4). They are going to host the Minnesota Twins (6-8) at 6:35 p.m. EDT Monday in Baltimore.
