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<blockquote data-quote="pruman91" data-source="post: 1766800" data-attributes="member: 3916"><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-rookie-yepez-delivers-first-homer-sticks-in-lineup-starts-in-left-because-his/article_0e09f1e8-1292-5598-8d5c-c2430b5d83da.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold" target="_blank">Derrick Goold</a></p><p>SAN FRANCISCO — As a young corner infielder at the lowest levels of professional baseball, Juan Yepez still packed an outfielder’s glove and would roam the grass during batting practice tracking down fly balls, sometimes to the bemusement of teammates.</p><p>“What are you doing out there?” he recalled them saying. “You’ll never play outfield.”</p><p>Yepez smiled as he told the story.</p><p>“You never know,” he would reply.</p><p>The Cardinals are intent to find out.</p><p>A first baseman most recently in the minors and auditioned as designated hitter during spring training, Yepez made his second start in a week in the outfield Sunday— a move with his glove to do what the Cardinals can to keep his bat in the lineup. During the Cardinals’ 4-3 loss Sunday to San Francisco at Oracle Park, Yepez hit his first major-league home run — on Mother’s Day with his mom, Marujua, in the crowd.</p><p></p><p>Marujua's son had his fourth multi-hit game in his first five big-league games and scored two of the Cardinals’ three runs. Juan drew a walk in the sixth inning to momentarily tie the game 3-3.</p><p>The rookie from Venezuela whose father would call him into the house from playing so he could watch Albert Pujols’ at-bat found Pujols waiting for him at home plate to congratulate him on that first homer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pruman91, post: 1766800, member: 3916"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-notebook-rookie-yepez-delivers-first-homer-sticks-in-lineup-starts-in-left-because-his/article_0e09f1e8-1292-5598-8d5c-c2430b5d83da.html[/URL] [URL='https://www.stltoday.com/users/profile/dgoold']Derrick Goold[/URL] SAN FRANCISCO — As a young corner infielder at the lowest levels of professional baseball, Juan Yepez still packed an outfielder’s glove and would roam the grass during batting practice tracking down fly balls, sometimes to the bemusement of teammates. “What are you doing out there?” he recalled them saying. “You’ll never play outfield.” Yepez smiled as he told the story. “You never know,” he would reply. The Cardinals are intent to find out. A first baseman most recently in the minors and auditioned as designated hitter during spring training, Yepez made his second start in a week in the outfield Sunday— a move with his glove to do what the Cardinals can to keep his bat in the lineup. During the Cardinals’ 4-3 loss Sunday to San Francisco at Oracle Park, Yepez hit his first major-league home run — on Mother’s Day with his mom, Marujua, in the crowd. Marujua's son had his fourth multi-hit game in his first five big-league games and scored two of the Cardinals’ three runs. Juan drew a walk in the sixth inning to momentarily tie the game 3-3. The rookie from Venezuela whose father would call him into the house from playing so he could watch Albert Pujols’ at-bat found Pujols waiting for him at home plate to congratulate him on that first homer. [/QUOTE]
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