It has been an exhilarating two weeks for Houston Astros rookie reserve outfielder Corey Julks.

On April 5, 2023, he got his first major league RBI at Minute Maid Park against the Detroit Tigers. He almost completed another first in that same game as his double to left field in the bottom of the eighth inning almost cleared the Crawford Boxes, which would have given him his first career home run.

"I thought it was pretty close," Julks said after the game. "I was hoping it would get up, but I will take a double. Every first is always big. You get that first one out of the way, and you just keep going from there."

One week later, he finally achieved the milestone he was searching for on the road. His solo home run in the bottom of the fourth inning against the Pittsburgh Pirates was his first-ever major league home run, and it helped the Astros get a much-needed road victory.

Even though that feeling of excitement from getting his first career home run is something he will remember and cherish. There was still one more first he needed to complete before he would feel satisfied.

The Friendswood, Texas, native, who played college baseball at the University of Houston, grew up an Astros fan, had not hit a homer in front of his family and friends in Minute Maid Park.

That changed on Monday night as Julks hit a solo home run in the bottom of the third inning against the Toronto Blue Jays. It was near the exact spot where teammate Yordan Alvarez hit his first-ever major league home run inside of Minute Maid Park as Houston defeated the Blue Jays by a score of 9-2.

"Oh yeah, it felt awesome," said Julks after the game. "I can get that first one in front of friends and family, so it was definitely special."

Julks has hit safely in nine of the ten games he has started this season and is beginning to see the ball better with the more at-bats he receives, something he displayed last season with the Astros' Triple-A affiliate, the Sugar Land Space Cowboys, by hitting 31 home runs to go along with 89 RBI.

"Every day, the more ABs (at-bats) you get,  just trying to build off that," said Julks. "Everybody around here has definitely helped me a lot, helped me get comfortable. And I just try to show up to the field every day ready to go."