Off zero sleep, Jake Burger homered in his 1st game following his 4-month-old daughter’s open heart surgery Burger was at a Nashville hospital until 11PM, caught a flight at 5AM, and reported to camp at 7:45AM. Hours later he crushed this 408’ HR. pic.twitter.com/e2y3e7y6v2

Rangers 1B Jake Burger crushed a home run against the Mariners in their Spring Training matchup after his daughter's surgery.

Jake Burger hit his first home run as a member of the Texas Rangers on Thursday. During the fifth inning of the Rangers Spring Training game against the Seattle Mariners, Burger, who started at DH, took Blas Castano deep with two outs and a runner on first.