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Rookie Kevan Smith feels 'weight lifted' after 1st 2 major-league hits

White Sox rookie Kevan Smith said he felt "a little weight lifted off the shoulders" when he knocked a single up the middle for his first major-league hit Saturday night at Kauffman Stadium.

The hit off Royals reliever Dillon Gee came in the fifth inning of Smith's third major-league start. Less than 24 hours later, Smith collected his second hit while filling in at catcher late in Sunday's 10-3 loss to the Royals.

"It's almost like you are on a cloud kind of," Smith said of his first hit.