A veteran outfielder is enjoying a late-career breakout with the Angels. Recently, that included the 1,000 hit of his career.
Los Angeles Angels veteran outfielder Kevin Pillar achieved a significant milestone on Sunday: his 1,000th career hit. The Southern California native achieved this milestone against the 2023 defending World Series champions, the Texas Rangers.
Pillar took to Twitter/X to express the depth of his emotions, sharing how profoundly special this moment was for him. Very proud of this moment. Thank you to all of great people have helped me to this milestone. Nothing makes me more happy than seeing how excited my kids are for me!"Baseball is poetic in a way that I'm here in Texas: my family lives here, my parents are here in attendance," Pillar told the Associated Press. "I told them I wasn't in the starting lineup.
Pillar recorded the hit when he came up to pinch hit for No. 9 batter Kyren Paris. He singled to center that scored Jo Adell and Zach Neto to break the tie in the seventh inning.The Angels are the ninth team of his career. Pillar has bounced around from the Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves, and the Chicago White Sox before landing in Orange County.
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