Christian Yelich makes baseball history with second cycle of season
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich on Monday night became the first player in major league history to hit for the cycle against the same team twice in one season.
Yelich, who hit for the cycle against the Cincinnati Reds on Aug. 30, accomplished the rare feat again less than three weeks later. He's just the fifth player ever to hit for multiple cycles in the same season.
Yelich singled in the first inning, doubled in the third and hit a two-run homer in the fifth, all off Cincinnati starter Anthony DeSclafani. Saving the most difficult piece for last, he smacked a two-run triple off reliever Jesus Reyes in the sixth.
In Yelich's first cycle this season, he went 6-for-6 in a 13-12 victory in 10 innings.
Long John Reilly (1883), Tip O'Neill (1887), Babe Herman (1931) and Aaron Hill (2012) are the only other players to have two cycles in the same season.
Fred Clarke is the only other player to have cycled twice against the same team in his career, doing so -- coincidentally -- against the Reds in 1901 and 1903.
Yelich is batting .500 (24 for 48) with seven homers, 17 RBIs and 12 runs against the Reds this season.
Yelich, who hit for the cycle against the Cincinnati Reds on Aug. 30, accomplished the rare feat again less than three weeks later. He's just the fifth player ever to hit for multiple cycles in the same season.
Yelich singled in the first inning, doubled in the third and hit a two-run homer in the fifth, all off Cincinnati starter Anthony DeSclafani. Saving the most difficult piece for last, he smacked a two-run triple off reliever Jesus Reyes in the sixth.
In Yelich's first cycle this season, he went 6-for-6 in a 13-12 victory in 10 innings.
Long John Reilly (1883), Tip O'Neill (1887), Babe Herman (1931) and Aaron Hill (2012) are the only other players to have two cycles in the same season.
Fred Clarke is the only other player to have cycled twice against the same team in his career, doing so -- coincidentally -- against the Reds in 1901 and 1903.
Yelich is batting .500 (24 for 48) with seven homers, 17 RBIs and 12 runs against the Reds this season.