The ball was given to Soderstrom after the game, and was later gifted to his father, Steve. The ball from his first career hit was immediately retrieved from the field and taken into the Athletics dugout to get authenticated by MLB officials. The ball, which was delivered by Twins All-Star starter Pablo Lopez, was a slow roller to third base off a check swing, quickly ruled an infield single by the official MLB scorers. On the offensive side, Soderstrom hit sixth in the lineup and went 2 for 4, grabbing his first career hit in the sixth inning of Oakland’s 10-7 loss to the Twins.

26, 1978 at the age of 21 years, 38 days. The youngest is Scott Meyer, who caught on Sept. In his second career game on Saturday evening, the Turlock native became the second-youngest player to start at catcher in the history of the storied Oakland Athletics franchise at 21 years, 233 days. Through his first four games as a big leaguer, Soderstrom has gone 3 for 13 with 2 walks in 15 plate appearances. A hitless major league debut on Friday night didn’t faze 21-year-old Turlock native Tyler Soderstrom for the remainder of his week as the Oakland Athletics wrapped up their series with the Minnesota Twins and began a three-game set with the Boston Red Sox.

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