Miles Mikolas, the pitcher who eats lizards, crushed the first pitcher homer of 2018
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Miles Mikolas, who has spent the last few years playing baseball in Japan, returned to the Majors with the Cardinals for the 2018 season. The 29-year-old got the start (and the win) in Monday's 8-4 victory against the Brewers. He pitched pretty well, giving up four runs while striking out five over 5 and 2/3 innings. He also crushed the first pitcher home run of the year:
It was Mikolas' first MLB hit and it was a doozy -- traveling at 106.1 mph, according to Statcast™. That's the fastest exit velocity ever recorded off a Cardinals pitcher's bat and it would've been the sixth-fastest by a pitcher in 2017.
How did Mikolas do it? Weights? Green smoothies? Hamburgers? Nope. He eats lizards. He's a #PitcherWhoRakesAndEatsLizards.
So, remember kids: Work hard, stay in school and eat your lizards.