Main league debuts are all the time a big day.
Braden Montgomery’s first sport within the massive leagues was a bit further particular.
The White Sox prospect whacked a walk-off homer within the tenth inning on Tuesday evening to ship host Chicago to a 6-5 win over the Braves.
After Atlanta grabbed a 5-4 lead within the first half of additional innings, the White Sox made consecutive outs with out scoring, with free runner Andrew Benintendi solely transferring to 3rd base.
Montgomery, with an RBI single within the fourth inning already on his ledger, stepped in towards Braves nearer Raisel Iglesias with an opportunity to both tie or win the sport.
He did the latter when he crushed a second-pitch changeup over the left discipline wall that bounced off of the house bullpen and into the jubilant stands of White Sox followers.
Making the sport much more particular, legendary sports activities voice Bob Costas was on play-by-play duties for Chicago Sports activities Community as a part of a throwback broadcast.
“Sends it within the air to left, it’s again close to the wall — it’s over the wall for a game-winning residence run!” Costas stated. “How about that, speak about drama, speak about theater.”
Montgomery smiled across the bases as fireworks went off earlier than his White Sox teammates piled on him at residence plate, giving him a Gatorade tub besides.
Montgomery completed his roaring debut with two hits and three RBIs.
He turned simply the fifth participant since 1900 with a walk-off homer in his MLB debut, based on ESPN’s Jesse Rogers.
Montgomery, the twenty first total prospect on MLB Pipeline’s Prime 100, was a key piece within the commerce that despatched ace Garrett Crochet to the Crimson Sox earlier than the 2025 season.
He hit 10 homers with a .970 OPS between Double-A and Triple-A this yr earlier than his first call-up to the South Facet.
