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Tigers' Kevin McGonigle lives up to hype with 4 hits in debut
SAN DIEGO — Kevin McGonigle quickly proved that the Detroit Tigers made the right call by putting him on their roster, becoming the third-youngest player with four or more hits on Opening Day in the last 100 major league seasons.
"What a debut," manager A.J. Hinch said. "He can hit."
The 21-year-old rookie hit the first big league pitch he saw for a bases-loaded, two-run double in the four-run first inning against San Diego on Thursday. He kept on going, getting hits in his next two at-bats as well as scoring his first big league run.
He added a fourth hit in the ninth inning and finished 4-for-5, with two RBIs and two runs scored.
Kevin McGonigle delivers 'big at-bat' again in Tigers' victory over Padres
San Diego – You wondered if or when it was going to catch up to the Padres. It had to, right?
Going into the eighth inning Friday, their pitchers walked four and hit another. And still they clung to a 2-1 lead.
Then in the eighth, reliever Jeremiah Estrada walked the bases loaded with one out. An infield hit by Riley Greene, who earlier hit into two double-plays, scored the tying run.
"We were putting up some good at-bats," manager AJ Hinch said. "But you need somebody to finish the connected at-bats."
In an incredible 10-pitch fight with veteran lefty Wandy Peralta, he lashed a two-run single to right field and Dillon Dingler followed with another RBI single and the Tigers grinded out a 5-2 win at Petco Park.
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Delco’s Kevin McGonigle has historic MLB debut in Tigers’ opening-day win
McGonigle, an Aldan native and Bonner-Prendergast graduate, became just the sixth player since 1900 to tally four hits in his MLB debut in Detroit's 8-2 win over the Padres.
Kevin McGonigle needed only one game to show that he was ready to be an everyday player in the major leagues.
Making his debut for the Detroit Tigers on Thursday, McGonigle, an Aldan native and Bonner-Prendergast graduate, went 4-for-5, including doubles in his first two at-bats, and finished with two RBIs and two runs scored in an 8-2 win over the host San Diego Padres.
McGonigle, 21, became just the sixth player since 1900 to tally four hits in his MLB debut and the youngest player since 1990 to collect four or more hits on opening day.
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