Baltimore Orioles shortstop Ruben Tejada will return to the bench Friday against the St. Louis Cardinals.
Tejada will surrender his starting spot to J.J. Hardy on Friday. Hardy will slide into the nine spot for the O's.
Tejada has 0 homers and 1 RBI in 18 plate appearances, and is projected for 1 home run and 8 RBI the rest of the year.
Source: Baseball Press