ST. LOUIS — Cardinals rookie shortstop Masyn Winn did get a memento baseball to take residence after recording his first main league hit in his MLB debut.
But it wasn’t straightforward to get the ball after New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso tossed it into the stands.
The 21-year-old Winn was taking part in in his first MLB recreation Friday night time when he beat out a dribbler down the third final analysis for his first profession hit within the backside of the fifth inning.
Alonso, after being informed to throw the ball out of play, tossed it over the netting and into the primary base stands, behind the Cardinals dugout.
“I had no idea,” Winn mentioned. “When I acquired to first I couldn’t actually take into consideration all the pieces else. But once I heard (first base coach Stubby Clapp) was proper there and he talked to Pete, he was like, ‘Did you just throw that ball in the stands?’
“I don’t even think he knew at first. He apologized on first and then when he got to second later, he apologized as well. It was a complete accident. I thought it was quite funny, especially when we got the ball back.”
Alonso mentioned he felt the load of his mistake.
“I feel awful,” Alonso mentioned, “I didn’t mean to. I know it sounds stupid, but it’s just a bad brain fart. I know throwing the ball in the stands, that robs him of a kind of a really special moment. I feel really bad thinking back on on my first hit and and just getting the ball thrown back to the dugout. I feel awful. I feel like a piece of crap. It’s just in the heat of the moment you kind of get lost.”
After the Busch Stadium crowd eruputed in a chant of “Give it back!,” the fan who acquired the ball gave it to a crew safety offical within the high of the sixth inning.
“I was trying not to crack at short when I heard it,” Winn mentioned. “It was very funny, and I’m really glad she gave it back and I’m glad I got to sign a ball for her.”
Winn mentioned after the sport that he isn’t holding the ball for himself.
“I think everybody’s going to remember their first big league hit or first big league strikeout,” Winn mentioned. “I’m super excited I got the ball back. I’m hoping I get to the first extra-base hit, and my mom can get the first hit.”
Winn, the Cardinals’ second spherical decide within the 2020 MLB draft, went 1 for 4 within the Cardinals‘ 7-1 loss to the Mets.
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