Gunnar Henderson gained his first main league residence run, however misplaced his helmet within the course of.
The Orioles’ star infield prospect, batting sixth and enjoying third base towards the Guardians at Progressive Subject after being known as up on Wednesday, took righty Triston McKenzie deep in his second at-bat within the high of the fourth inning. The solo shot traveled 429 toes midway up the appropriate area stands with an exit velocity of 107.1 mph to provide Baltimore a 2-0 lead
The ferocity of Henderson’s swing on the McKenzie slider prompted his helmet to spin towards his face and rapidly fall of his head behind him regardless of the 21-year-old finest makes an attempt to catch it. He rounded the bases with out it as cameras caught his household cheering him on from the stands. Henderson flew out in his first at-bat.
Henderson, who the Orioles chosen within the second spherical of the 2019 draft out of highschool, is the No. 2 total prospect in baseball, per MLB Pipeline. He was hitting .297 with 19 residence run, 76 RBIs and a .946 OPS over stints in Double and Triple A this season.
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