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Kelby dedicates first career hit to bat boy who tragically died

Last Saturday, Kaiser Carlile -- a nine-year old bat boy for the Liberal Bee Jays -- was hit in the head by a batter taking a practice swing in the on-deck circle.

On Monday, the Giants purchased the contract of Kelby Tomlinson and added him to the active roster.

Later that night, he delivered a pinch-hit single in his first career big-league at-bat.

Following the game, Tomlinson paid tribute to Carlile in a video posted to Facebook by Tyler Prater of Liberal, Kansas.

"This is Kelby Tomlinson here. Man has it been a crazy couple of days but in the mix of all of our excitement, we remember Kaiser and the entire Carlile family.