The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Tribune Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

JAZZ Chisholm Jr and the Miami Marlins completed a three-game sweep over Lucius Fox and the Washington Nationals.

Chisholm was out of the lineup on a scheduled rest day, but Fox started his second consecutive game at shortstop when the Marlins took a 3-2 win in the series finale at Nationals Park in Washington, DC.

Fox is still in search of his first major league hit after he finished 0-2 with a walk.

In the first game of the series, Chisholm went 1-5 in the Marlins’ 5-2 win Monday night.

In game two of the series Tuesday night, The 24-year-old duo made Bahamian baseball history when they became the first pair of Bahamas-born players to appear in the same Major League Baseball game since 1961.

According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only other pair of Bahamians to play in the same game were Andre Rodgers and Tony Curry, who faced each other six times during the 1960 and 1961 seasons.

“Just to do it with Jazz means a lot. We spoke about this moment from when we were kids when we started playing baseball,” Fox told the Washington Post following the historic game.

“I don’t take it as pressure, I take it as pride, I get a lot of support from the people back home. And just making it at this level is a big deal for us. So I’m proud of what we’ve done so far and looking forward to doing many more great things in the future with this game.”

Both players were members of the 2015 International Signing Class. Chisholm made his MLB debut in 2020 while Fox received the call this past offseason. He made his MLB debut and his first career start on April 10.

“He’s just like a big brother to me. The love I have for Lucius is just like anyone else who’s my blood,” Chisholm said about Fox before he reflected on the moment, “I feel like, for us, it’s super important.

“Just to show the kids that anybody could do it. We always go back, we always go home and talk to the kids and be like, ‘Bro, we’re from the same place you are.’”