Los Angeles Dodgers rookie outfielder Yasiel Puig electrified the Dodger Stadium crowd blasting his first major league home run, an estimated 439 foot bomb to left-center field. It was a three-run shot that tied the game 5-5. Puig had doubled in his first at-bat, then added his second major league home run with a two run shot in the bottom of the sixth to right field to put the Dodgers up 9-6.
Puig was called up yesterday from Double-A Chattanooga where he it .313 with eight home runs, 37 runs batted in and 13 steals in 40 games and played in his first major league game last night .
Puig signed on as a free agent on June 29, 2012 out of Cuba, hit .517 with five doubles, two triples, three homers, and 11 RBI through 27 Cactus League games with the Dodgers, but with little room in the outfield was sent back to the minor leagues.
With Matt Kemp and Carl Crawford both on the DL it’s looking like Puig my be in Los Angeles for a while.
