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Rays fan wins Tweet-Up, throws out first pitch

Tweet and ye shall receive -- just ask Brianna Malone. The Rays superfan won a @RaysBaseball contest over the weekend and was rewarded with the opportunity to throw out the ceremonial first pitch prior to Tuesday night's Blue Jays-Rays game.

Malone attended the game as a participant in the Rays Tweet-Up, their first such event of the year. As a special surprise, the Rays gave Malone a customized jersey with her Twitter handle (@brii_malone) on the back.

 

 

 

 

As the time for the first pitch approached, Malone took to Twitter to describe her emotions:

 

 

 

 

But she was apparently happy with her performance after the fact:

 

 

 

 

Nice work, Brianna.

-- Jonathan Gantt / MLB.com Real-Time Correspondent

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