{"id":2501223,"date":"2026-07-14T06:49:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2501223"},"modified":"2026-07-14T06:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T06:49:13","slug":"orioles-blaze-alexander-fractures-hand-when-hit-by-pitch-vs-royals-wtvb-1590-am-%c2%b7-95-5-fm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/orioles-blaze-alexander-fractures-hand-when-hit-by-pitch-vs-royals-wtvb-1590-am-%c2%b7-95-5-fm\/","title":{"rendered":"Orioles\u2019 Blaze Alexander fractures hand when hit by pitch vs. Royals | WTVB | 1590 AM \u00b7 95.5 FM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Baltimore utility player Blaze Alexander sustained a non-displaced fracture in his left hand when he was hit by a pitch against \u200bthe Kansas City Royals on Sunday, Orioles \u200cmanager Craig Albernaz said.<\/p>\n<p>Both benches cleared in the seventh inning after Alexander was hit by a 95-mph fastball from Royals right-hander Lucas Erceg, who said after the Orioles\u2019 8-2 victory \u200cthat \u200bhitting him with the inside \u2060pitch, the seventh in \u2060the at-bat, was not intentional.<\/p>\n<p>Imaging revealed the fracture and Alexander, 27, will meet with a doctor during the All-Star break this week, Albernaz said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou \u200bknow it hurts, but he has a good attitude about it,\u201d Albernaz said. \u201cBlaze will be around \u2060and see where he\u2019s \u2060at rehab-wise and go from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While there \u200bis no timetable yet for Alexander\u2019s return, Albernaz called \u200bthe team losing this player \u201cdefinitely a gut punch.\u201d \u200cAlexander was not made available to media after the game.<\/p>\n<p>Alexander played third base on Sunday and went 2-for-2 with two runs scored and a walk \u2060before his injury. He raised his batting average to a team-leading .312 with a .368 on-base percentage and .439 slugging percentage. He \u2060has four \u200chome runs and 29 RBIs in \u206082 games.<\/p>\n<p>The Arizona Diamondbacks selected Alexander \u200bin the \u200c11th round of the 2018 MLB \u200bDraft and \u2060traded him to Baltimore in February for rookie right-hander Kade Strowd and two minor leaguers.<\/p>\n<p>The versatile Alexander has started at third base (34 games), second base (11), shortstop (seven), center field (six), left field (four) and right field (two) this \u200bseason.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013Field Level Media<\/p>\n<footer class=\"entry-footer\">\n\t<\/footer>\n<p><!-- #entry-meta -->\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source wtvbam.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baltimore utility player Blaze Alexander sustained a non-displaced fracture in his left hand when he was hit by a pitch against \u200bthe Kansas City Royals on Sunday, Orioles \u200cmanager Craig Albernaz said. 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