VIDEO: Brewers' Keston Hiura Smokes First Career MLB Hit With Line Drive off Jerad Eickhoff's Leg
By Michael Luciano
Well, that didn't take long. Milwaukee Brewers second baseman Keston Hiura, who has made a name for himself by tearing the cover off of the ball at every level of the minor leagues, roped an infield single off of Philadelphia Phillies starter Jerad Eickhoff for hits first career MLB hit in his very first at-bat.
1 at-bat, 1 hit.#Brewers top prospect Keston Hiura didn't waste any time picking up his first #MLB hit as he lined this ball 103.6 mph off Jerad Eickhoff for a base hit.
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) May 14, 2019
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A former star in college at UC Irvine, where he broke all sorts of records, Hiura was selected ninth overall in the 2017 MLB Draft. He was a career .316 hitter in the minor leagues who sprayed the ball all over the field.
Keston Hiura's spray chart from his 3 years in @MiLB, during which he slashed .316/.380/.534 with 60 doubles, 13 triples and 28 homers in 202 games.
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) May 14, 2019
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With Christian Yelich and company continuing to mash, Hiura has more than enough talent to stick full-time at second base and become a fixture in the Milwaukee lineup.