Presented with a situation in which he has come through so many times this season, Orioles outfielder Anthony Santander was instead left wincing.
Batting with two outs and two in scoring position with a chance to give the Orioles a walk-off victory in the first game of Friday’s doubleheader against the New York Yankees, Santander suffered an oblique injury. Santander, among the American League leaders in RBIs, finished the at-bat despite his obvious pain, lining out to left field to end the threat. The Yankees won an inning later.
Santander was out of the lineup for the night’s second game, a 6-3 Orioles victory, with manager Brandon Hyde saying the severity of the injury will be determined through testing Saturday morning.