11-year-old plays catch with Mike Moustakas

Rachel Lowry poses with her son, Austin

As any 11-year-old boy would be, Austin Lowry was excited to get the opportunity to throw out one of the ceremonial first pitches at the Omaha Storm Chasers game on Sunday afternoon.

It was his first trip to Werner Park and he came prepared. He brought his baseball glove and he wore his Storm Chasers t-shirt – which he got autographed by pitchers Blaine Hardy and Greg Holland as well as infielder Irving Falu.

That’s a pretty good day, but it got even better. While Austin was on the field, waiting to take the mound before the national anthem, he pretended to be throwing pitches. Omaha third baseman Mike Moustakas spotted him and invited him to play catch.

Did Austin know who Moustakas was or was he just going with the flow?

“Oh Moose?” Austin said. “Yeah, he’s one of the players.”

They played catch for a couple of minutes, creating a memory Austin will probably never forget.

“Then his arm got tired,” Austin said.