Colt Emerson's first MLB hit was a big one for Mariners
John Glenn grad Colt Emerson gave his parents a memory they won't soon forget on May 18.
SEATTLE — With family and friends watching intently from the stands, Colt Emerson made a loud entrance to Major League Baseball. One night after making his debut with the Mariners, the 20-year-old Emerson got his first career hit — a three-run, eighth-inning homer to right field off Trevor Richards in a 6-1 win against the White Sox on May 18 at T-Mobile Park. Parents Jamie and Stacie and sister Sophie, who were unable to get to Seattle for Colt's debut on May 17, managed to find direct flights via Alaska Airlines to see the homer in person.
According to MLB. com, they were part of a traveling party of 17 friends and family that made the trip. More: John Glenn's Colt Emerson is MLB-bound after call-up from Seattle More: John Glenn's Emerson agrees to historic MLB extension, sources say Emerson, who played at John Glenn High School, became the 11th player in franchise history to homer in his first career at-bat.
A shortstop by trade, Emerson made his debut at third base against the Padres, before a national audience on NBC's Sunday Night Baseball, drawing a walk and scoring a run while batting ninth. His promotion from Triple-A Tacoma came as veteran Brendan Donovan was placed on the 10-day injured list. sblackbu@usatodayco.
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