HOUSTON — The Baltimore Orioles positioned first baseman Ryan Mountcastle on the 10-day injured checklist with irritation in his left shoulder Wednesday.

The Orioles had hoped to keep away from placing Mountcastle on the IL, however supervisor Brandon Hyde mentioned Mountcastle tried to swing earlier than Wednesday’s sequence finale at Houston and it “didn’t go as well as we were hoping.”

Mountcastle has missed the final six video games with the harm. The transfer is retroactive to Sunday.

“It was going really well with his progression, and he was feeling better,” Hyde mentioned. “He tried to swing the other day and he was a little bit sore. We were hoping that this session (Wednesday) was going to be an improvement from that last one and it just wasn’t.”

Hyde mentioned the Orioles hope that Mountcastle will probably be able to return as quickly as he’s eligible to return off the injured checklist.

Mountcastle is hitting .269 with 18 homers and 67 RBIs for the AL East leaders.

Outfielder Ryan McKenna was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk to take his spot on the roster.

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