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08/05/2008 6:57 PM ET
Orioles call up POW Montanez
Eastern League Triple Crown threat fills Jones' roster spot
By Spencer Fordin / MLB.com
Lou Montanez was riding a 19-game hitting streak when he was promoted to the Majors. (Will Bentzel/MLB.com)

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ANAHEIM -- The Orioles got bad news involving Adam Jones on Tuesday when they learned the center fielder had suffered a fractured left foot last week. Baltimore placed him on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Sunday, and purchased the contract of Lou Montanez from Double-A Bowie to fill his spot.

The Orioles pushed southpaw Adam Loewen to the 60-day disabled list to make room for Montanez on the 40-man roster before making the transaction.

Montanez, the third overall selection in the 2000 First-Year Player Draft, was leading the Eastern League in batting average (.335), home runs (26) and RBIs (97) at the time of his promotion. He hit for the cycle on Friday in the Baysox's 19-3 rout of Altoona.

Jones injured himself by fouling a ball off his foot in Saturday's game, and the Orioles pushed him through a battery of tests that included a standard X-ray and a CT scan. The early returns were bad enough that they sent him on a flight back to Baltimore late Monday night, ostensibly to meet with doctors and plot his recovery.

"You can't do anything about it," said Jones, who was acquired as part of the five-player bounty for Erik Bedard last winter. "It would be pointless to sit here and be mad over things I can't control."

Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.