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NEW YORK -- Pitcher Jo-Jo Reyes returned to the Orioles on Monday afternoon, rejoining the team in New York after a whirlwind weekend flying across the country to witness the birth of his son, Hudson. "Right when I landed [at the Ontario, Calif. airport], my wife's water broke," said Reyes, who left the team prior to Friday's series opener in St. Petersburg when his wife went into labor. "We had football games a 20-minute drive to the hospital. When I walked in, all the doctors and nurses started clapping because they knew the story, that I was flying across the country. Right when I got there she started pushing. Literally, in 10 minutes the baby arrived."Hudson Joseph Reyes was officially born on Saturday morning and is the second child for the couple, who are also the parents of a daughter, Payton, football games who is three. Asked where Reyes, who has been used as a starter for the Orioles, would slot back into the rotation, manager Buck Showalter said he wasn't sure and would sit down with pitching coach Rick Adair following Brian Matusz's start on Monday. "[Rick VandenHurk] presented himself well, for the most part, yesterday, so we've got some options," said Showalter, who has referenced before that football games the team could go to a six- or seven-man rotation, with the possibility to also give reliever Jim Johnson some starts. Davis, others to join team on Tuesday NEW YORK -- Infielder Chris Davis will be activated off the 15-day disabled list and is one of five players scheduled to join the Orioles on Tuesday in New York. Lefty reliever Clay Rapada, right-hander Jeremy Accardo and third baseman Jos football games h Bell will be recalled from Triple-A Norfolk, and they will be joined by Double-A Bowie's Pedro Florimon, Jr. With Cesar Izturis (groin strain) not progressing as quickly as the team hoped, Florimon will add depth in the middle infield positions. The Orioles will have to add both Rapada and Accardo to the 40-man roster, which is already at capacity, so corresponding moves will also be necessary T football games uesday. Davis played his second rehab game at Bowie on Monday afternoon, going 1-for-3 as the team's third baseman, and he went a combined 3-for-6 in two games, playing first base on Sunday. "We are hoping to get Chris healthy and get a look at him and better evaluate where he fits," manager Buck Showalter said of the 25-year-old Davis, who has been on the disabled list since August 10 with a righ football games t shoulder strain. Acquired in a non-waiver Trade Deadline deal with Texas, Davis hit .225 with one homer and three RBIs in 10 games with Baltimore before landing on the DL. While Davis isn't sure when he suffered the injury, an MRI taken on his shoulder earlier this year showed a tear in his right labrum -- aggravated during an August series in Kansas City. Right now, the infielder hopes he can a football games void surgery, come back to the Orioles and show his new club what he can do for the final few weeks of the season. Davis played third base in Monday's Bowie game, and with Oriole infielder Mark Reynolds' defensive struggles at third-- he had a pair of errors in Sunday's game to raise his total to 26 at the hot corner-- Davis could get an extended look as Baltimore's third baseman if his shoulder h football games olds up. He can also play first base and left field, both positions -- along with third -- that are still up for grabs heading into next season. "One of the good things about him is he's got a chance to be a plus defender," Showalter said of Davis. "So the shoulder's going to have to be good in order to bring that." Tidbits #149; With Triple-A Norfolk's season coming to a close, the Orioles football games will recall another pitcher -- lefty Mark Hendrickson and righty Chris Tillman are the two most likely candidates -- and infielder Chris Davis and pitcher Jason Berken are also close to rejoining the team. Berken (right elbow discomfort) threw a side session at Tropicana Field on Sunday and will throw again on Tuesday before Thursday's simulated game. If Bowie doesn't make the playoffs (right now football games a half-game out), manager Buck Showalter hinted they could promote another player from there as well. #149; Mark Reynolds' two errors at third base Sunday extended his Major League lead to 26 for the season, a club record for a third baseman and the most by an Oriole at any position since Cal Ripken Jr. made 26 errors in 1985. The 26 errors are also tied for the sixth most in a season in Orioles football games history. #149; Utility infielder Cesar Izturis (groin strain) continues to be sidelined in Florida, but Showalter said it was still too early to say Izturis would be done for the rest of the season. "He hasn't healed real well," Showalter said. "He still has some discomfort there, he had a couple really good days, he was getting ready to go out [on a rehab assignment], and then he had setback. So, football games nothing imminent with Cesar." #149; Orioles outfielder Kyle Hudson got his first Major League hit off Yankees reliever Scott Proctor with a third-inning single Monday afternoon. Hudson made his Major League debut in Sunday's game in Tampa. football games
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