Orioles

Jackson Holliday’s 1st major league home run is a grand slam

In his first game in his second stint in the major leagues, Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday hit his first major league home run, a grand slam, against Toronto’s Yerry Rodriguez in the fifth inning of Wednesday afternoon’s game. It gave the Orioles an 8-3 lead.

Holliday’s home run traveled 439 feet and landed on Eutaw Street. It came on an 0-2 count. The spot where it landed on Eutaw Street was marked, and fans immediately began taking pictures of it on their cell phones.

Fans also demanded a curtain call from Holliday, who waved to the crowd during James McCann’s at-bat.

He’s the third Orioles player to hit a grand slam as their first major league homer, joining Fritz Connolly on April 19th, 1985 and Frank Baker on April 19th, 1973.

Holliday had been 2-for-34, with 18 strikeouts, in his first stint with the Orioles in April and was sent down after 10 games. He grounded out in his first two at-bats on Wednesday and just missed a three-run homer to left field in the at-bat after the grand slam before striking out.

Immediately before Holliday’s home run, third baseman Jordan Westburg was hit on the right hand by a pitch, loading the bases. Westburg left the game after he scored and was replaced at third by Ramón Urias.

Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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