Overview
- Jackson Holliday was activated from the injured list after right hamate surgery and in his first home game back recorded a single and a go-ahead two-run opposite-field home run against the Detroit Tigers on Friday night, May 22.
- Statcast measured Holliday’s homer at 93.5 mph and a projected 337 feet, which ties it among the third-shortest over‑the‑fence homers at Camden Yards since 2015 and makes it the shortest to left field in that span.
- The two-run blast came off Tigers starter Jack Flaherty and turned a 4-4 game into a 6-4 Orioles lead in the fourth inning, helping Baltimore to a 7-4 victory.
- Holliday’s immediate production is notable because hamate injuries often sap a hitter’s power early in a comeback, so his multi-hit game and run production offer a practical sign his recovery is progressing.
- The win snapped Baltimore’s three-game skid and could boost the lineup’s depth while Detroit’s skid continued as the Tigers suffered their seventh straight loss in a game played largely in heavy rain.