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Two-time Olympic gold medalist and Flint native Claressa Shields throws the first pitch for the Detroit Tigers' AL Central game against the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park in Detroit, on Monday, September 12, 2016. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com)

DETROIT, MI -- Claressa Shields gave a little shimmy, as if she was feinting against an opponent in the ring, before rearing back and firing the first pitch towards home plate at Comerica Park.

Shields, the two-time Olympic gold medalist from Flint, was chosen to the throw out the ceremonial pitch Monday night prior to the Detroit Tigers game against Minnesota Twins.

Outfielder Tyler Collins corralled a high pitch that made it across the plate from Shields, sporting a home Tigers jersey while standing on the mound before shaking hands with Collins.

She set history earlier this year during the Olympic Games in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, becoming the first male or female boxer to win back-to-back gold medals for the United States.