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Kemp makes first MLB start a memorable one
- Updated: May 19, 2016
CHICAGO — Tony Kemp didn’t wait long to get the first one in the books.
Kemp, who made his first Major League start — along with Colin Moran — in the Astros’ 5-3 win over the White Sox on Wednesday, ripped the first pitch he saw in his first at-bat for a double and wound up going 2-for-3 with an outfield assist. He is the first Astros player to get an extra-base hit in his first at-bat since Enrique Hernandez on July 1, 2014.
“It was really nice,” Kemp said. “You kind of dream about that moment [when] the team is calling for the ball back in. It was a pretty special moment and something I’ll never forget.”
Starting in left field and batting ninth, Kemp lined a Mat Latos pitch down the left-field line to push Jason Castro to third in the second inning, and Castro later scored on a Jose Altuve grounder. Kemp blooped a single in the fourth and drew a walk in the eighth, and after the game got a Gatorade shower from Lance McCullers.
“He gets …
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