{"id":660050,"date":"2026-04-03T02:46:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/660050\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T02:46:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T02:46:39","slug":"jordan-lawlar-hits-1st-career-home-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/660050\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Lawlar hits 1st career home run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 This has been a big week for Arizona Diamondbacks youngsters hitting their first major league home runs, as Jordan Lawlar put himself on the board Thursday against the Atlanta Braves.<\/p>\n<p>Lawlar attacked a first-pitch fastball from Braves right-hander Reynaldo Lopez and slugged it <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballsavant.mlb.com\/gamefeed?date=4\/2\/2026&amp;gamePk=825105&amp;chartType=pitch&amp;legendType=pitchName&amp;playerType=pitcher&amp;inning=&amp;count=&amp;pitchHand=&amp;batSide=&amp;descFilter=&amp;ptFilter=&amp;resultFilter=&amp;hf=scoreboard&amp;sportId=1&amp;liveAb=#825105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">424 feet<\/a> to left-center field, a no-doubter that landed about a dozen rows back.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jordan Lawlar LAUNCHES his first Major League homer! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cHTlTaK9gW\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/cHTlTaK9gW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/2039892634471186890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">April 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lawlar is the second Diamondbacks player to hit his first career home run during this opening homestand, as <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/author-dan-bickley\/diamondbacks-boost\/3616523\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Jose Fernandez captured attention<\/a> by hitting two home runs in his big league debut on Tuesday against the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday was Lawlar\u2019s 48th major league game, and his first home run was a couple years in the making (126th plate appearance). He debuted in September 2023, struggled with injuries in 2024 and went through a 2025 campaign that started with an 0-for-31 streak in the major leagues before he finished strong.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old hit 11 home runs in 63 minor league games last year and clubbed four more during a stellar Cactus League performance this spring.<\/p>\n<p>Lawlar made the Opening Day roster for the first time out of spring training, earning a starting role as an outfielder. He has fielded his new position well and entered Thursday hitting .313 with a double in his first five games.<\/p>\n<p>Catch the rest of Diamondbacks versus Braves on 98.7 and the Arizona Sports app.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexjweiner\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @alexjweiner<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 This has been a big week for Arizona Diamondbacks youngsters hitting their first major league home&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2404],"tags":[146,22,4314,5,38,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-660050","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arizona-diamondbacks","8":"tag-arizona","9":"tag-arizona-diamondbacks","10":"tag-arizonadiamondbacks","11":"tag-baseball","12":"tag-diamondbacks","13":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116338490661532574","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=660050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}