In an interleague game in Philadelphia, Rays pitcher Nathan Karns homers off Aaron Nola, who his making his major league debut. The homer comes in the 3rd inning for Karns’s first major league hit. It turns out to be the only run of the game, the first time a homer by an American League pitcher has accounted for the sole run in a 1-0 game since Milt Pappas did so for the Orioles on April 18, 1962.

On July 21, 2015 — In an interleague game in Philadelphia, Rays pitcher Nathan Karns homers off Aaron Nola, who his making his major league debut. The homer comes in the 3rd inning for Karns’s first major league hit. It turns out to be the only run of the game, the first time a homer by an American League pitcher has accounted for the sole run in a 1-0 game since Milt Pappas did so for the Orioles on April 18, 1962.

 

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