A former Providence high school baseball player is off to a hot start to his Major League Baseball career.
Jeremy Peña was a standout at Classical High School in the mid-2010s.
He is a native of the Dominican Republic.
In sixteen at-bats with the Houston Astros this season, Peña has six hits and one home run.
He is batting 375.
He was a triple shy of hitting for the cycle in his second game.
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