ST. PETERSBURG -- On the first pitch that Kevin Kiermaier saw on Wednesday, he hit a 425-foot blast, which by his count was the farthest he'd hit a ball in his entire life.
But even with the distance -- it cleared the bleachers in right field and nearly hit the scoreboard -- Kiermaier, and his manager Kevin Cash, would tell you it wasn't his biggest hit of the day. That would be his game-tying single in the fourth, one of three hits in a 7-6 win over Baltimore at Tropicana Field.
"[Orioles starter Dylan] Bundy does a great job pitching [against] me," Kiermaier said.