It wasn’t the prettiest — and actually should have been ruled an error — but Tigers top prospect Nick Castellanos registered his first career major league hit Saturday in the Tigers’ 4-3 loss to the Royals.
Castellanos trickled a slow-roller off the end of his bat to Royals second baseman Emilio Bonifacio, who made a nice charging play and flung the ball over to first baseman Eric Hosmer. But Hosmer could not handle the throw and Castellanos was ruled safe with an infield single. Here’s the video.
Castellanos made it to second base on a Ramon Santiago walk, to third base on an Austin Jackson walk and then scored when Miguel Cabrera drew a bases-loaded base-on-balls.
The run — however easily he came about it — was also a career-first for Castellanos.
Castellanos got called up to the major leagues on September 1 after performing well enough this summer at the Triple-A level. The talented 21-year-old corner outfielder was a .303/.359/.445 hitter in four-plus minor league seasons and figures to have a starting job in Detroit on Opening Day next spring.
