Welcome to the show, Rikuu Nishida! (1st outfield assist & hit in first MLB game!) - MLB Highlights

Riku Nishida, we all had a chance to talk to him before the game. He's a Refreshingly exuberant young player and he's just at this point just happy to be here and now he wants to leave his mark on the major leagues In the air It is Nishida his first test here in Major League Baseball And he makes the catch to end this top of the first So run on at first with one out here in the second as Keyshaw attacking the first one pops it up in the air As Nishida you can hear him calling for it all the way up here. He is known for his energy He is known for his personality as he makes that catch for out number two Single through the hole to right field Nishida. He's gonna come up flying. They test his And the slide around the tag But Romo gets it in time Riku Nishida, welcome to the show We'll take a look at this a quick throw and then they do a dance at home plate you miss the plate our see it has to try to go back and The tag and he's out. It will be as things move along as they have been Nishida drifting back makes the catch at the warning track White Sox are very excited about his acceleration how much ground he can cover an above-average defender and right This ball is hit awfully hard and Nishida goes back to the alley and hauls it in so not only a good catch but kudos to the defensive alignment Flyball to right field No problem for Nishida second at bat for Riku Nishida Went down swinging in his first big league appearance Spoke to Paul Janish this morning. He was the director of player development for the White Sox organization And he said to give you an idea just how special of a player Nishida is he said had multiple staff and players Who were actually? Shedding tears when they found out that he was getting called up because of what he means the organization How every day he grinds wants to play every day Managers have to take him out That's how much he wants to play and just the fact that he gets the most out of his body at five foot six not Many people gave him a chance to be where he is right now What I like about this entire front office Administration and the new guys they brought in is that they're really keying on how a guy fits into a locker room That's very good and very tight right now It comes here in this fourth inning Congratulations as the crowd rising to their feet here at the rate appreciating that effort I'm pretty sure he didn't expect to see a standing ovation and this is first major league game But this time he gets a slider and it doesn't do much to take it right back up the middle Matthews started to go after that But he didn't know the positioning of his infield had he looked at the infield before he would have tried to make that catch Ball right field as Nishida went in now going back makes the adjustment for the catch Welcome to the wind here in Chicago It's as if the twins keep testing him because that's five fly balls to right field early in his game He goes back not an easy catch. I mean, this is his first look at right field in this ballpark and He's gotten a very windy day to try to adjust Fly ball down the line in right field Nishida fouled territory makes the catch right on the wall He has been tested early and often That's six fly balls early in this game Fly ball right field and Nishida Gets there to make the play to start this seventh