Left-handed relief pitcher Richard Lovelady speaks with reporters in the clubhouse at Kauffman Stadium after being promoted from the minors to the majors for the first time in his career. By
The pitch hovered over the outside of the plate, so Whit Merrifield went along with it, shooting a line drive into the right centerfield gap that traveled 103.6 miles per hour. As he slid into third base for a triple, Merrifield’s teammates stood on the top step of the dugout, asking for the baseball.
It’s a keepsake now.
The rest of the evening? Not so much.