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 MIAMI (AP) - Florida's Jeremy Hermida became the first player in more than a century and only second ever to hit a grand slam in his first major league at-bat, connecting in the seventh inning off the St. Louis Cardinals' Al Reyes on Wednesday night.
The outfielder, whose contract was purchased from Double-A Carolina earlier in the day, was just the third player to hit a slam in his first game. He batted for Brian Moehler with Florida trailing 10-0 and connected on the third pitch he saw in the big leagues.
He swung at a fastball, took a ball low, then homered over the right-field wall, a drive estimated at 373 feet.
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