Brewers' Christian Yelich ties MLB record with third career cycle; Reds the opponent all atlanta braves jersey men white austin riley three times

May 12, 2022 By Edward Sutelan 0

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Christian Yelich made MLB history in 2018 when he hit for the cycle twice vs. the Reds in a span of 20 days. No player had ever hit for the cycle twice in a season agaMookie Betts inst the same team. Four years later, the Brewers outfielder made more cycle history, at the expense of the same division rival.

Yelich completed his third cycle against Cincinnati on Wednesday in his team's 14-11 loss. He hit a ground-rule double in the first inning, a two-run homer in the third, a single in the fifth and a triple in the ninth.

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Yelich made baseball history in several ways with the 335th cycle in MLB history. The Sporting News looks at the significance of behind his latest cycle:

Most cycles in MLB history

Yelich is just the sixth player in MLB history to record three cycles. The other five are John Reilly, Bob Meusel, Babe Herman, Adrian Beltre and Trea Turner. Only 34 players have hit for multiple cycles. 

Where Yelich makes more history is that he is the only player in MLB history to tally all of his three cyclesKeds against the same team. Reilly hit two of his against the Pittsburgh Alleghenys and Turner had two against the Rockies.

The only other player to have notched multipl atlanta braves jersey kids cheap 10 e cycles against the same team was Fred Clarke of the Pirates, who also hit two against the Reds.

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Yelich also collected his three cycles in the second-shortest time span. It took him 1,351 days from his first cycle to his third. Herman's 866 days between his first and third is the shortest time span.

Yelich also shared the historic moment with the Reds. Cincinnati moved into second all time for most cycles allowed, with 20 in the history of the Red Stockings, Redlegs and Reds. Only the St. Louis Brown Stockings/Perfectos/Cardinals, with 24, have allowed more.

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