On a Roll: García Hits for Cycle
You might say <Eduardo García:player#15842> wore out his welcome with the <New York Cosmos:team#82>. The third baseman gave them fits in today's 8-7 <Washington:team#262> victory by hitting for the cycle. "To hit for the cycle" is one of the rarest of feats in a baseball game. This occurs when a player hits a single, double, triple, and home run in the same game, getting every type of hit possible. <García:player#15842> ended the day with 4 hits in 6 at-bats, 3 runs batted in and 3 runs scored.

Talking to reporters in the postgame interview, he said, "After the first three hits, I thought to myself, This could be the game I hit for the cycle. And I got lucky and did it."

<Eduardo García:player#15842> hit an RBI single in the 1st, doubled in the 3rd, hit a two-run home run off <Cristo Martínez:player#3206> in the 4th, flied out in the 6th, tripled in the 8th and grounded out in the 10th.

In 43 games this season <García:player#15842> has batted at a .331 pace with 58 hits and 4 home runs.