Cody Bellinger collected the first hit of his career in the final at-bat of his MLB debut. It was a cue-shot infield single in the ninth inning against the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday. Not exactly the home run Bellinger envisioned, but a hit nonetheless.
On Saturday, playing in front of a sellout crowd at Dodger Stadium, which included his mother in attendance, the 21-year-old got his home run. And then some. Bellinger slugged a solo home run in the seventh inning to pull the Dodgers within two runs of the Philadelphia Phillies.
The homer was Bellinger’s first of his career, and first RBI.