Kevin McGonigle, Jackson Merrill share hilarious moment after home run robbery
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Detroit Tigers high prospect Kevin McGonigle appears fairly comfy on the main league stage, however one veteran does not need him too comfy.
McGonigle made the Tigers’ Opening Day roster, and he confirmed why he deserved it by notching 4 hits in his MLB debut.
McGonigle was again in motion on Friday in San Diego towards the Padres, and on the high of the second inning, he launched a ball to deep middle subject that traveled 403 ft. However, Jackson Merrill leaped and robbed McGonigle of his first home run.
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Kevin McGonigle of the Detroit Tigers celebrates after hitting a two-RBI single towards the San Diego Padres in the course of the eighth inning at Petco Park on March 27, 2026, in San Diego, California. (Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
In the underside half of the inning, after Merrill doubled, McGonigle appeared to go with Merrill on his catch, which Merrill thanked him for.
But that did not come earlier than Merrill joked about McGonigle’s massive Opening Day.
“You got four yesterday!” Merrill mentioned to the rookie.
McGonigle turned the twenty first participant in MLB historical past to have 4 hits in his MLB debut and the primary to do it since JP Arancibia in 2010.
Jackson Merrill of the San Diego Padres makes a leaping catch in the course of the recreation towards the Detroit Tigers at Petco Park on March 27, 2026, in San Diego, California. (Matt Thomas/San Diego Padres/Getty Images)
Merrill’s home run robbery supplied a lift early on, however McGonigle received revenge with a game-winning two-run single in a four-run eighth inning for Detroit en path to a 5-2 victory.
The Tigers choked a double-digit AL Central lead final season however nonetheless managed to get to the American League Division Series after defeating the identical workforce who overtook them within the standings within the Cleveland Guardians.
Kevin McGonigle of the Detroit Tigers celebrates after hitting a two-RBI single towards the San Diego Padres in the course of the eighth inning at Petco Park on March 27, 2026, in San Diego, California. (Orlando Ramirez/Getty Images)
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The Padres performed extra October baseball as a wild-card workforce because the Los Angeles Dodgers took one other NL West title earlier than repeating as World Series Champions.
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