Longtime Canadian broadcaster Rod Black cuts short Cancun trip, calls son's 2nd MLB hit

The Milwaukee Brewers called up infielder Tyler Black on Tuesday, adding the hot-hitting 23-year-old to an already young and inexperienced lineup.

Black, from Stouffville, Ont., was summoned from triple-A Nashville ahead of the Brewers game against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays to add some punch to a struggling offence.

"He's coming on," Brewers manager Pat Murphy said. "He's a really good athlete and moves really well left to right. It's just experience that he lacks. That's kind of a theme for us."

Black, the son of longtime Canadian sports broadcaster Rod Black, was off to a tremendous start at Nashville. In 117 plate appearances, Tyler Black was batting .303 with three triples, five home runs and 18 runs batted in while compiling a .919 on-base-plus slugging percentage.

Rod Black was in Cancun, Mexico when he received a call from Tyler about his call to the majors and hopped on a plane to Wisconsin. Sitting in the stands at American Family Field, he called his son's fifth-inning single on local television.

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The Brewers are hoping Tyler's production will help an offence that's been held to three or fewer runs in 10 of the last 14 games.

Defensively, Black had played primarily at third base since Milwaukee selected him out of Wright State in the first round of the 2021 draft.

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