The story of baseball is littered with notable and, in some cases, legendary father-son duos who got the opportunity to play the game they love at the highest level. The Leiter family now has two such pairings,

Taveras doubled with one out and went to third on Marcus Semien’s fielder’s choice, eluding a tag by Detroit third baseman Gio Urshela. Seager then grounded to first and Taveras scored to break a 7-all tie.

Thursday afternoon at Comerica Park, Texas Rangers pitching prospect Jack Leiter made his MLB debut against the Detroit Tigers ( GameTracker ). Leiter was the No. 2 pick in the 2021 draft and his father, Al Leiter, won 162 games during a 19-year big league career from 1987-2005.