St. Louis Cardinals rookie Joshua Báez’s first career game in the big leagues was something out of a movie.
Báez made Major League Baseball history by hitting a home run in each of his first three plate appearances in the Cardinals’ game against the Chicago Cubs Saturday afternoon at Wrigley Field.
The 23-year-old wasted no time in his first-ever at-bat, blasting the first pitch he saw in his major league career 450 feet to dead center field for a two-run homer to give the Cardinals a 3-0 lead.
Báez pummeled Cubs starter Matt Boyd’s 93-mph fastball and sent the Cardinals’ dugout into a frenzy. The rookie rounded the bases with a smile on his…
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