It took a couple of weeks, however the 24-year-old infielder checked that field within the Orioles' 3-2 victory over the Phillies on Monday night time at Citizens Bank Park.

Westburg, Baltimore's No. 3 prospect and the No. 30 prospect within the Majors per MLB Pipeline, opened the scoring when he lined an opposite-field shot simply contained in the right-field foul pole with one out within the second inning. He jumped on a knee-high sinker over the center of the plate from Phillies starter Cristopher Sánchez, roping it the opposite manner with an exit velocity of 99.9 mph.

Westburg entered Monday's sport slashing .262/.318/.383 over his first 19 video games. He had recorded a multihit efficiency in six of his 15 begins, and he had made 12 appearances at second base and 11 at third. He has additionally made a pair of pinch-hit appearances and entered as soon as as a pinch-runner.

Westburg, the thirtieth total choose within the 2020 MLB Draft, moved rapidly by way of the Minor League ranks. He racked up 27 homers and 106 RBIs over 138 video games between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk final season, then hit 18 residence runs in simply 67 video games with Norfolk this season earlier than incomes his promotion to the large leagues.

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