Milwaukee Brewers slugger Rhys Hoskins was the hero during their Monday night come from behind victory over the Texas Rangers. His go-ahead grand slam in the sixth inning ended up being the difference as the Brew Crew held on to win by a score of 6-3. Post game Hoskins talked about coming through for the team, why he ambushed the first pitch, and how the at-bats prior helped set up the moment.
Watch Rhys Hoskins hit a go-ahead grand slam against the Texas Rangers.
In case you have not seen the video here is Rhys Hoskins hitting a go-ahead grand slam against the Rangers in the sixth inning. He swung at the first pitch he saw and launched it into the left field bleachers.
𝗢𝗛 𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗚𝗥𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗧 𝗜𝗦!!! 𝗥𝗛𝗬𝗦 𝗛𝗢𝗦𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗦!!! 💣💣💣💣#ThisIsMyCrew #Brewers pic.twitter.com/3RbzR1rHyK
— Bally Sports Wisconsin (@BallySportWI) June 25, 2024
Three Milwaukee Brewers batters had incredible at-bats prior to Rhys Hoskins grand slam.
Prior to Hoskins magical moment all three batters ahead of him had incredible at-bats. William Contreras started the inning off with a double on the sixth pitch of at-bat. This resulted in starter Michael Lorenzen being removed from the game and left-handed reliever Jacob Latz replacing him. Christian Yelich then saw nine pitches in which the result ended up being a walk and Willy Adames also drew a free pass on the sixth pitch after initially going down in the count 0-2.
Rhys Hoskins post-game comments “It always feels great to come through for the guys”.
In a post-game video from Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Rhys Hoskins talked about the go-ahead grand slam and mentioned that, “It always feels great to come through for the guys.” He also talked about how Yelich and Adames had long at-bats ahead of him and he felt like the situation called for a high pitch, likely a strike, and he was able to capitalize on the first pitch that he saw.
“You got to want that fifth at bat if you’re 0 for 4.”
Rhys Hoskins tonight wanted the third at bat after going 0 for 2. pic.twitter.com/dQaYwCefZP
— Curt Hogg (@CyrtHogg) June 25, 2024
The Brewers and Rangers will play their second of three games on Tuesday night with the first pitch scheduled for 7:10 PM CT. Bryse Wilson is the expected starter for Milwaukee and southpaw Andrew Heaney for the Rangers.
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