{"id":750698,"date":"2026-07-13T14:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/750698\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T14:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T14:09:15","slug":"benches-clear-after-blaze-alexander-hit-by-pitch-fracturing-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/750698\/","title":{"rendered":"Benches clear after Blaze Alexander hit by pitch fracturing hand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BALTIMORE \u2014 While the Orioles enter the 2026 All Star Break on a four game winning streak, they&#8217;ve also lost one of their hottest hitters.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday afternoon O&#8217;s utility man Blaze Alexander was plunked in the left hand by a 95.5 mph fastball from Kansas City&#8217;s Lucas Erceg.<\/p>\n<p>Tests later showed Alexander sustained a non-displaced fracture, potentially putting him on the shelf for an extended period.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED: <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wmar2news.com\/sports\/baseball\/orioles\/os-cap-off-first-half-of-2026-season-in-4th-place\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">O&#8217;s cap off first half of 2026 season in 4th place<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The incident sparked a bench clearing face-off between the Birds and Royals.<\/p>\n<p>In his first season wearing an Orioles uniform, Alexander has posted a .312 batting average with four home runs and 29 RBI.<\/p>\n<p>The club has plugged Alexander in at six different positions throughout the infield and outfield this season, making him a valuable piece.<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore has off until July 17 when they travel to Houston to play the Astros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BALTIMORE \u2014 While the Orioles enter the 2026 All Star Break on a four game winning streak, they&#8217;ve&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732244,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2374],"tags":[143,47,2538,5,47579,30643,93113,93114,93115,4,125,12759,64151,93116,9585],"class_list":["post-750698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baltimore-orioles","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-orioles","tag-baltimoreorioles","tag-baseball","tag-birdland","tag-blaze-alexander","tag-blaze-alexander-hand-fracture","tag-blaze-alexander-hit-by-pitch","tag-blaze-alexander-injured","tag-mlb","tag-orioles","tag-orioles-game","tag-orioles-news","tag-orioles-royals-benches-clearing","tag-orioles-score"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116913069333001080","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}