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Carson Benge, Munetaka Murakami, JJ Wetherholt combine for 1st MLB history in 25,000 days originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
A lot of things have already happened in Major League Baseball.
But on Thursday, Carson Benge and Munetaka Murakami and JJ Wetherholt did something that had never before been done in MLB history.
The feat was this: Having three different players homer in their MLB debuts on the same day.
OptaStats shared that in more than 25,000 days with MLB games in the sport's history, this was the first time three guys had done that.
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Benge hit his home run as part of an 11-7 win for the Mets. The former two-way star in college rose quickly through the minor leagues to be the Opening Day right fielder for New York. He struck out his first two times, but then he connected, and he was all smiles as the crowd in Queens gave him a curtain call.
Murakami is the Japanese import slugger for the Chicago White Sox, and his home run came late with Chicago down double digits. It's still a meaningful moment for him, and one that he's hoping is the first of many.
Wetherholt got to lead off for the St. Louis Cardinals, and even as a little guy, he launched his home run to straightaway centerfield.
Together, this trio made MLB history, the kind that you might've thought had already happened.
For all three, they've set the tone well. Now it'll become a matter of keeping it rolling.
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