A former Clemson baseball starter had quite a day for himself Sunday at Major League Baseball’s Speedway Classic in Bristol, Tennessee.
Atlanta Braves outfielder Eli White, who played at Clemson from 2014-16, crushed two home runs in the Braves’ 4-2 win over the Cincinnati Reds. The game was played at Bristol Motor Speedway, the crown jewel of NASCAR’s short-track circuit that previously hosted a regular season college football game between Tennessee and Virginia Tech in 2016.
White was 2-for-4 at the plate with four RBIs. He started his day with a three-run blast down the left field line off Reds reliever Brent Suter that traveled 411 feet in the top of the second inning for a 3-1 Braves lead.
Leading off the seventh inning, White went deep again with a 413-foot smash to left center off reliever Scott Barlow to cap the Braves’ scoring.
For White, now in his sixth major league season, the home runs were his fifth and sixth of the year. He’s up to a career-high 24 RBIs for the year, and his four RBIs Sunday were a career high for one game. White’s seventh-inning blast tied his career high for most home runs in a season, and his batting average rose to .254 through 76 games this season.
A product of Wren High School in Piedmont, South Carolina, White has already played in more games this season than his previous high of 64 with the Texas Rangers in 2021. He was an 11th round pick by the Oakland Athletics in the 2016 MLB draft after hitting eight home runs and 22 doubles across three seasons at Clemson.
Take a look at White’s home runs at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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