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Rivera Hits for the Cycle Saturday, August 5th , 2079 Juan Rivera of the St. Louis Hammers touched all the bases at Railhawks Ballpark in his team's 11-2 victory over Grand Blanc, hitting for the cycle. He teed off on Barons pitching, collecting 1 single, 1 double, 1 triple and 1 home run. The feat is rare in baseball as it requires a game of no fewer than four hits and the unusual combination of a home run, which requires a batter to hit for some power -- and a triple, which requires a batter to have both speed and a favorable fall of the ball. "The hardest part was the triple," Rivera confessed after the game. "A lot has to go right. It's real easy to get greedy trying to stretch a double and get thrown out. It's really hard to get a three-bagger." He finished the big day with 4 hits in 4 at-bats, 3 RBI, 2 runs scored -- and a place in the record books. Juan Rivera tripled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, hit a two-run home run off Bor-zeng Er in the 4th and hit an RBI double in the 6th. For the year, Rivera is batting .306 with 98 hits and 19 home runs. He has scored 41 times and driven in 41. View Boxscore |
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