With Adam Jones ailing, Orioles add Borbon to outfield
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}NEW YORK (AP) With star outfielder Adam Jones nursing a tender hamstring, the Baltimore Orioles selected the contract of Julio Borbon from Double-A Bowie and optioned pitcher Mike Wright to Triple-A Norfolk.
Borbon was inserted in the starting lineup for Baltimore, batting ninth against hard-throwing New York Yankees rookie Chad Green.
''We had some other center field options,'' manager Buck Showalter said. ''Borbon is our best option at this point.''
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Jones left Friday's game in the second inning with a left hamstring strain. He departed the previous night's game at Washington in the ninth inning with hamstring cramps and aggravated the injury hustling down the first base line on a soft grounder to third.
''I got a feeling that if he hadn't had that first swinging bunt, it might not have been a problem,'' Showalter indicated. ''He's not going to trot to first base as much as I talked to him about it before the game.''
Although Jones was unable to talk his way into Saturday's lineup, Showalter speculated that he might be available to pinch-hit.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The 30-year old Borbon was 2 for 9 in five games with the Orioles earlier this season, but was designated for assignment on July 26. To create room for Borbon on the 40-man roster, pitcher Logan Ondrusek was designated for assignment on Friday.