Fri 6/8/12 12:16 AM

Adam Jones left Thursday's game against the Red Sox after eight innings with right wrist soreness. The Orioles were getting blown out at the time, so manager Buck Showalter simply wanted to limit his at-bats. "Adam is still a little sore. We picked a spot there to get him out of there and save an at-bat. He got jammed earlier and I know it bites him a little bit, but it goes away," said Showalter. "Everybody is banged up in some sort or fashion because you play a game every day. I get an opportunity there to keep him hopefully healthy and get Nicky an at-bat, who hasn't had many, I am going to do it." Jones recently underwent X-rays and an MRI on the wrist, which both came back negative, so it's just a matter of pain tolerance right now. He'll likely be right back in there Friday against the Phillies.