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Wilkins all smiles after notching first homer
- Updated: July 26, 2016
MILWAUKEE — While trotting around the bases, in the dugout and in the clubhouse postgame, Andy Wilkins just couldn’t stop smiling.
Wilkins hit his first career home run as a part of a Brewers’ long-ball barrage in a 7-2 win over the D-backs on Monday night at Miller Park. Scooter Gennett, Jonathan Villar and Martin Maldonado also all went deep for Milwaukee.
“That’s kind of traditionally the way I think this offense can score runs,” manager Craig Counsell said. “We’ve been a little light with that lately, so I think we were kind of due for a night like that.”
Making the moment even sweeter for Wilkins was the presence of his family — a contingent consisting of his wife, Charity, and Canyon, their seven-month old son. Earlier in the day, Canyon had been taking a nap and missed the outset of the game, and Wilkins didn’t see his wife and son in the stands until later in the game.
The time that they first caught Wilkins’ eye, he said, was after he hit a bullet to center as a pinch-hitter that just cleared the fence in the sixth.
“This is an incredible moment,” Wilkins said. “Something I’ve been working for for a long time, and …
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