SAN DIEGO (The Sports Xchange) — Even when his catcher opened the season with 24 straight hitless at-bats, San Diego Padres manager Andy Green had faith in 24-year-old Austin Hedges.
“Hedges can hit,” Green said Friday night after the catcher hit a monumental three-run homer to cap a four-run seventh to beat Miami 5-3 and reward Trevor Cahill a victory in his first start as a Padre before his hometown fans.
“I’ve known that the whole time,” continued Green. “We knew it when he was struggling.”
Well, Hedges isn’t struggling now.
His home run onto the distant corner of the third balcony of the Western Metal Supply Co.