Orioles rookie right-hander Luis Ortiz, one of the three players the club acquired from the Milwaukee Brewers in the Jonathan Schoop trade, will receive his first major league start in Friday’s home series opener against the Chicago White Sox.
Ortiz, a former first-round pick of the Texas Rangers who was traded for the second time at the July 31 nonwaiver deadline, was called up last week and made an unspectacular major league debut Friday at Tampa Bay.
He allowed five of the seven hitters he faced to reach base, yielding three runs on three hits and two walks over 2/3 of an inning in the Orioles’ 14-2 loss to the Rays.