On Wednesday, the Milwaukee Brewers fell to the Minnesota Twins by a score of 7-3. Despite the loss, Milwaukee is still 4-1 on the young season.
Even though the outcome didn’t go the way they wanted, the Brewers had reason to celebrate because rookie and top prospect Jackson Chourio hit his first Major League home run.Chourio, who is the No. 2 prospect in baseball still at this point, also accomplished some baseb
at 20 years & 23 days old, Jackson Chourio is thall history that hasn’t been done in the last 25 years with the home run.
Per Sarah Langs of MLB.com on social media:e youngest player with a HR as early in a season as April since Adrian Beltre on April 6, 1999
only others in divisional era [1969] with April HRs that young or younger: 1997 Andruw Jones, 1989 Ken Griffey Jr, 1974-75 Robin YountTo be included in baseball history with Adrian Beltre is quite the accomplishment, considering that Beltre is headed into the National Baseball Hall of Fame this summer.
Chourio went 1-for-4 on Wednesday with the homer and is already hitting .350 through the early going with the homer, four RBI and a stolen base He’s also spent some time hitting in the leadoff spot in the early going, something very impressive for a 20-year-old.
The Brewers will have an off day on Thursday before welcoming the Seattle Mariners to town on Friday night.
Freddy Peralta (1-0, 1.50 ERA) will pitch for Milwaukee against Logan Gilbert (0-0, 1.29 ERA) for Seattle.
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