The New York Yankees secured a 2-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday, but the story of the game was rookie shortstop George Lombard Jr.
New York decided Monday night to call up Lombard Jr., the team's top prospect, and while he made several clean plays in the field, his first MLB hit was a Bronx bomb to left field.
He became just the 14th player in Yankees franchise history to homer in his debut and is the second-youngest shortstop to hit a homer. The only player younger was Bobby Murcer at just the age of 19 in 1965.
The homer sent Yankees fans and his teammates in the dugout into a frenzy, including superstar Aaron Judge.
Judge had a viral reaction to watching the rookie hit the first home run of his career in his first game — something he also accomplished back in his debut in 2016.
#judge #rookie
New York decided Monday night to call up Lombard Jr., the team's top prospect, and while he made several clean plays in the field, his first MLB hit was a Bronx bomb to left field.
He became just the 14th player in Yankees franchise history to homer in his debut and is the second-youngest shortstop to hit a homer. The only player younger was Bobby Murcer at just the age of 19 in 1965.
The homer sent Yankees fans and his teammates in the dugout into a frenzy, including superstar Aaron Judge.
Judge had a viral reaction to watching the rookie hit the first home run of his career in his first game — something he also accomplished back in his debut in 2016.
#judge #rookie
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