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WATCH: Patrick Kivlehan blasts home run for first hit in MLB debut with Padres

2nd MLB at bat @BaseballRU & @RFootball letterwinner @PatrickKivlehan crushes 451-foot homer https://t.co/VaufAWL9v1

— Kevin Lorincz (@Kevin_Lorincz) August 21, 2016

Patrick Kivlehan touched down in San Diego and then lifted off.

Called up early Saturday morning, the former Rutgers football and baseball standout launched a solo home run later in the night in the fifth inning of his Major League Baseball debut with the San Diego Padres.

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Rutgers alum Patrick Kivlehan homered in his MLB debut but the San Diego Padres lost.