Hours after being officially recalled from the minors, Holliday belted a towering grand slam in the fifth inning of Wednesday's 10-4 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays.
It was the first career major league home run for Holliday, the consensus No. 1 overall prospect in baseball who scuffled earlier this season in his first crack at the big leagues.
Holliday, 20, rocketed through the minor leagues and was called up April 10 to join the Orioles' elite core of young players. But he went just 2-for-34 with 18 strikeouts in 10 games before being optioned back to Triple-A Norfolk.
The No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 draft, Holliday batted 271 with 10 homers, 38 RBIs and 75 walks in 73 games at Norfolk before travelling to Baltimore on Tuesday night and officially being recalled to the Orioles roster Wednesday morning.
"Just try to keep it simple," Holliday said. "The last time I was up here, got myself trying to do a little bit too much."
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