Cardinals' Baez bashes record three homers in MLB debut
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St. Louis rookie Joshua Baez smacked three home runs, the most ever by any player in his Major League Baseball debut, as the Cardinals beat the host Chicago Cubs 8-4 on Saturday.
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Cardinals' Baez bashes record three homers in MLB debut
Baez hit 34 home runs for Class AAA Memphis to lead Triple-A. He'll be in the lineup against the Cubs on Saturday, weather permitting at Wrigley Field.
A second-round pick in 2021 out of Dexter Southfield School in Brookline, Báez has hit .256 with a .901 OPS, 34 home runs, 90 RBIs, and 21 stolen bases for Triple-A Memphis over 103 games.
On the first pitch he saw in the first at-bat of his highly-anticipated MLB debut, St. Louis Cardinals newcomer Joshua Baez crushed a 449-foot home run, joining rare company.
St. Louis Cardinals rookie outfielder Joshua Báez made Major League Baseball history by hitting a home run in each of his first three plate appearances.
Joshua Báez became the first player to hit three home runs in his first three at-bats in the major leagues, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. The 23-year-old left fielder, called up from Triple-A Memphis earlier in the day, hit the first pitch he sa…
23-year-old hits home run on first pitch in majors Báez drives in five during 8-4 victory over Cubs Rookie was called up from Triple-A earlier in day Joshua Báez became the first player to hit three home runs in his first three at-bats in the major leagues, leading the St Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 v…
The 23-year-old left fielder, called up from Triple-A Memphis earlier in the day, hit the first pitch he saw into the Wrigley Field bleachers, then homered in his next two at-bats. He also drove in five runs.
Joshua Báez became the first player to hit three home runs in his first three at-bats in the major leagues, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday.
Joshua Báez became the first player to hit a home run in each of his first three at-bats in the majors, leading the St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday. Called up from Triple-A Memphis before the game, Báez had 30 members of his family in attendance at Wrigley Fie…
St. Louis rookie Joshua Baez smacked three home runs, the most ever by any player in his Major League Baseball debut, as the Cardinals beat the host Chicago Cubs 8-4 on Saturday.
Cardinals rookie becomes the first in major-league history to homer in the first three at-bats of his career, bringing his mother to tears and even Wrigley to its feet.
The first pitch he saw in the majors landed in the bleachers about 450 feet away. And Joshua Báez, from Boston, had two more home runs in him on Saturday.
St. Louis Cardinals outfielder Joshua Baez certainly announced his presence with authority when he became the first player ever to hit three home runs in his MLB debut.
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