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Braden Montgomery Got Called Up This Morning. By Midnight He Was a Chicago Legend. 🖤🔥⚾

Walk-off home run in the 10th. First career hit, first career RBI, first career HR, first career walk-off. Fifth player in MLB history to do it in a debut.

By BaseChaser · June 9, 2026 · 4 min read

Braden Montgomery got called up from Triple-A this morning. By midnight he was a Chicago legend. 🖤🔥⚾

June 9 — White Sox 6, Braves 5 (10 innings). Rate Field.

The Braves came in with the best record in baseball at 45-22. Matt Olson gave them a 4-0 lead with two home runs in the first three innings. Chicago looked done.

Then Montgomery stepped up.

His first career hit? An RBI single in the 4th that made it 4-3. Then in the bottom of the 10th — two outs, down 5-4 — Montgomery connected on an 0-1 changeup from Braves closer Raisel Iglesias and sent it 343 feet over the left-field wall. Walk-off. Game over. Rate Field exploded.

In one night Braden Montgomery collected his first career hit, first career RBI, first career home run AND first career walk-off — only the fifth time in MLB history that has ever happened in a debut.

The Comeback

Miguel Vargas hit a two-run shot in the 3rd to begin Chicago's comeback. Jacob Gonzalez tied it at 4 with an RBI single in the 7th. Mauricio Dubón put Atlanta back ahead 5-4 in the top of the 10th. Then Montgomery happened.

Ronald Acuña Jr. left in the 4th with left hamstring tightness. The Braves just can't stay healthy. 👀

Erick Fedde started for Chicago — 5 innings, 4 strikeouts. Grant Taylor got the win with 2 clean innings.

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Braden Montgomery in his MLB debut — first career hit (RBI single), first career walk-off home run. Fifth player in MLB history to hit a walk-off HR in their debut.
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The walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th — 0-1 changeup from closer Raisel Iglesias, 343 feet over the left-field wall. Rate Field went absolutely berserk.
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White Sox playoff odds — up and climbing. Braves: 99%.
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Braves record coming into this game — best in baseball. Left with their 22nd loss and a broken heart.

Welcome to the Big Leagues 🎓

Called up from Triple-A Charlotte this morning. A 12th overall draft pick in 2024. No. 36 prospect in baseball. And by midnight, a Chicago legend.

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