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08/22 21:17 CDT Reds' Bleday hits for cycle in 1st 4 at-bats against
Diamondbacks
Reds' Bleday hits for cycle in 1st 4 at-bats against Diamondbacks
PHOENIX (AP) --- JJ Bleday of the Cincinnati Reds hit for the cycle Saturday
night in his first four at-bats against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Cincinnati left fielder doubled in the first inning, tripled in the third
and singled in the fourth. He homered to right on the first pitch from
Arizona's Zack Littell in the sixth inning, giving the Reds an 8-2 lead.
The home run was Bleday's 21st of the season, topping his previous career high
of 20 with the Athletics in 2024.
Bleday is the first Cincinnati player to hit for a cycle since Elly De La Cruz
on June 23, 2023, against Atlanta.
There were three previous cycles in the majors this year --- Pete
Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs, the Phillies' Bryce Harper and the most recent one,
by Tristan Peters of the White Sox on July 10.
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