Kelsie Whitmore collects her first professional hit

On Wednesday night, history was made when Kelsie Whitmore of the Sonoma Stompers recorded the first hit of her professional career.

As some people would say, this is a big deal. Kelsie Whitmore, who signed with Sonoma Stompers in June and made her debut on July 1, recorded her first professional hit on Wednesday night against the San Rafael Pacifics. It was an RBI single that zipped past the first baseman.

Whitmore, who was away from the Stompers for two weeks, got the hit with her mom and dad in the crowd. She told MLB.com’s Michael Clair after the game that it seemed her teammates were more excited about the hit than she was, adding, “They’re super supportive. They’re great guys and I love playing with them.”

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And in even more exciting news, the Stompers have signed catcher Anna Kimbrell and on Friday, July 22, she and Whitmore will become the first female battery in professional baseball since the All-American Professional Girls Baseball League which existed from 1943-1954.

Both Kimbrell and Whitmore, along with Stompers teammate Stacy Piagno, play with Team USA Women’s baseball team. Kimbrell has experience catching both Whitmore and Piagno so it should be an easy transition.

Stompers GM Theo Fightmaster told MLB.com back in June that the signings were not done just for publicity:

"“This isn’t a one-day event. That’s been done a dozen times. Let’s give women a chance to be part of a team, let’s give women a chance to play against men. What will they learn? What have they not been coached because they haven’t had the same coaching as boys? I remember being really disappointed with my sister’s coaches because they coached the girls a lot different than how I was coached.”"

It seems he made good on his promise by adding another female to the Stompers’ roster.

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Kimbrell will be with the Stompers until July 27, while Whitmore and Piagno will remain with the team until September when Team USA heads to South Korea to compete for the Baseball World Cup.