St. Louis Cardinals rookie Joshua Báez made Major League Baseball history by hitting a home run in each of his first three plate appearances in the Cardinals’ game against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field.
Historic Feat
Báez, 23, wasted no time in his first-ever at bat, as he blasted the first pitch he saw in his major league career 450 feet to dead center field for a two-run homer to give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead. His second home run of the day came in the fourth inning, once again off Cubs starter Matt Boyd. Báez worked the count full and then hammered Boyd’s 78-mph changeup 382 feet into the left-field seats to give the Cardinals a 4-3 lead.
Báez’s third home run also came off Boyd, this time off an 83-mph slider on the outside of the plate. The electrifying rookie hammered the ball 368 feet into the right-field seats for a two-run home run, giving the Cardinals a 6-3 lead. The Cardinals’ dugout was in disbelief, with multiple players in awe of Báez’s historic feat.
Original reporting: Fox News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.
