O’s recall Ondrusek, option Bridwell to Triple-A

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WASHINGTON — The Orioles’ reliever carousel continued Thursday, when Parker Bridwell was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk as the team recalled Logan Ondrusek from Double-A Bowie. Bridwell becomes the third reliever sent down since Friday as the O’s try to keep fresh arms in the ‘pen.

The O’s signed Ondrusek on July 29 after he had returned from playing in Japan. He has appeared in six games with the club, allowing four earned runs over 5 1/3 innings before being optioned to Bowie on Aug. 11.

“I went down there to work on a couple pitches and just kind of reset a little bit,” said Ondrusek. “It was a big rush coming back from overseas and just getting back on track and get back to pitching like I know again.”

One of the challenges on switching from pitching in Japan to the Majors was the different baseballs. Ondrusek said the baseballs in Japan “have a little more …

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