The Baltimore Orioles placed left fielder Dwight Smith Jr. on the seven-day concussion list Friday, one day after he endured a face-first collision with the outfield wall.
Smith held on to the ball for an out despite the fierce collision in which he appeared to injure his jaw and shoulder. He departed the game one inning later in the fifth.
“He’s going to be out for a while,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde told reporters after Thursday’s loss to the Texas Rangers. “He’s going through concussion protocol, they’re going to X-ray his shoulder that he banged in the wall and he’s holding his jaw. It was like a car wreck.”
Baltimore recalled outfielder Anthony Santander from Triple-A Norfolk in a corresponding move.
Smith didn’t travel with the team after Thursday’s game. The Orioles open a three-game series in Houston against the Astros on Friday.
Smith is batting .249 with 11 homers and 41 RBIs in 59 games.
Santander was hitting .263 with five homers and 28 RBIs in 47 games at Norfolk. He went 1-for-2 with a homer against the Chicago White Sox on May 1 in his lone big league appearance this season.
Baltimore has experienced a plethora of injures this week. Catcher Pedro Severino (head), infielder Jonathan Villar (finger) and outfielder DJ Stewart (ankle) all were hurt in Wednesday’s game with the Rangers. Stewart was placed on the 10-day injured list on Thursday.