When the Detroit Tigers confirmed that young infielder Kevin McGonigle had made their Opening Day roster, the expectations could not have been higher.
Yet somehow, one of Major League Baseball’s top prospects managed to exceed them in his first game.
McGonigle roped the first pitch he saw on Thursday for a bases-loaded, two-run double, and added three more hits on the afternoon to finish the day 4-for-5 with two runs batted in, and two runs scored. In the process, he became just the third-youngest player with four or more hits on Opening Day in the last century of MLB action.
“What a debut,” manager A.J. Hinch said after Detroit’s 8-2 win. “He
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