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Jorge Alfaro to Make First Major League Start Tuesday Against Pirates

Jorge Alfaro and Roman Quinn arrived to Philadelphia after Reading was knocked out of the playoffs by the Trenton Thunder last week with fanfare.

Quinn earned two starts out of the gate, recording both his first major league hit and stolen base Monday. His two doubles helped spark the Phillies 6-2 win over Pittsburgh.

Catcher Jorge Alfaro entered the game as a pinch-hitter, and beat out a slow-rolling ball for an infield hit.

While an infield hit is not the first thing you would have expected a power-hitting catcher to have as his first major league hit, he had as many hits as the starter Cameron Rupp.