14.Aug.2010 at 14 | UncleLar
Heath Featured on Front Page of MiLB Website
Nittany Lion single-season home run king recognized for his three long balls on Friday.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Former Penn State catcher Ben Heath (Huntersville, N.C.) was recognized for his three home run performance on Friday with a front page story on MiLB.com, the official website of Minor League Baseball. Heath went deep in each of his first three at-bats for the Lexington Legends and fell just short of his fourth long ball, which would have tied a South Atlantic League record.
As of Saturday morning, Heath’s story stood No. 3 on the front page of MiLB.com, only behind former American League MVP Dustin Pedroia’s impending rehab assignment and Yankees prospect J.R. Murphy driving in nine for the Charleston RiverDogs.
In just the fifth game since his call-up, Heath set a career-high (college or professional) with three home runs against the West Virginia Power, single-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. It marked his first-career multi-homer game in the pros. He hit two in a game on five occasions while at Penn State, including four times in 2010 to tie for tops in the nation.
via Penn State University Official Athletic Site – Baseball.
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