“Here’s a high fly ball to right center and deep, it’s got a good look, it’s way back, it’s gone. Home run, Jase Bowen, in his Indianapolis Indians debut. He belts one over the wall on the first pitch he sees.”

Called by longtime Indians broadcaster Howard Kellman on Aug. 7, it was the moment the Central Catholic graduate realized he got a step closer toward achieving his dream.

Bowen was promoted from Double-A the day before. If hitting a home run in his first Triple-A at-bat wasn’t miraculous enough, he wasn’t even supposed to be in the lineup after cutting his hand.

“My mindset the whole day was just to get through it because my finger hurt so bad, but in a way, it kind of calmed the nerves,” Bowen said. “Then during the first at-bat, I made contact and when the ball went over the fe

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