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Tar Heels in the Pros: Skye Bolt hits first MLB homer

CHAPEL HILL, NC - FEBRUARY 19: An Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and NCAA game baseball during a game between High Point and North Carolina at Boshamer Stadium on February 19, 2020 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (Photo by Andy Mead/ISI Photos/Getty Images)

Skye Bolt launched his first career homerun in the majors on Saturday in an 11-2 victory for the Oakland Athletics.

With a 6-2 lead in the bottom of the eighth, the A’s looked to win game three of the four-game series. Bolt, the leadoff man, had not factored into the offense as he struck out his previous three at-bats in the contest.