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JJ Wetherholt's First Pro Home Run is a Game-Winner

The first of many homers for the former Mountaineer.

Schuyler Callihan

You remember that JJ Wetherholt guy? Yeah? Well, he's doing what JJ Wetherholt does - hit.

In the first game of the Palm Beach Cardinals' doubleheader against the Dunedin Blue Jays, Wetherholt belted his first career home run in the pros. The big knock in the top of the seventh would end up being the game-winner as the Cardinals took game one, 7-6.

Through the first six games of his career, Wetherholt is 5-of-17 (.294) at the dish and has issued four walks. The home run was also his first career RBI.

The St. Louis Cardinals made Wetherholt the highest drafted player in West Virginia baseball history when they selected him seventh overall last month. He will likely spend the remainder of the season in the Florida State League of Single-A, but could perhaps get the bump to High-A when several roster moves are made at the start of September.

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Schuyler Callihan
SCHUYLER CALLIHAN

Publisher of Mountaineers Now on FanNation/Sports Illustrated. Lead recruiting expert and co-host of Between the Eers, Walk Thru GameDay Show, Mountaineers Now Postgame Show, and In the Gun Podcast.

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