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Future Gamecock launches bombs in high school home run derby at MLB All-Star Game

Tyler Callihan can mash baseballs in an MLB stadium.

Now, South Carolina fans have to hope they’ll get to see him do the same at Founders Park.

The class of 2019 commit to the Gamecocks took part in the High School Home Run Derby at the MLB All-Star Game in Washington D.C. on Sunday, and came in a tie for fourth among eight competitors.

Callihan, a resident of Jacksonville, Florida, smacked 21 home runs in the competition, five short of the top two, who will face off in the final on Monday during the nationally-televised MLB Home Run Derby.