Pete Crow-Armstrong became the 13th Chicago Cub to hit for the cycle, completing the feat with a seventh-inning single in a tight game against the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.
Armstrong’s hit drew a raucous response from fans at Wrigley Field. The moment, however, got doused with groans after the Rockies picked off Armstrong on first base.
Chicago led 2-1 after Armstrong’s hit. The Cubs surrendered that lead the following inning as the Rockies scored three runs in the eighth to go ahead 4-2.
Crow-Armstrong got another RBI, courtesy of a sac fly in the bottom of the inning, to narrow Colorado’s lead to a run.
The Cubs outfielder got his four-hit night started with a solo homer in the first inning, followed by a triple in the third inning and a double in the fifth.
It was the fifth reverse cycle since the expansion era, MLB.com’s Sarah Langs reported.
The Athletic’s Patrick Mooney put the accomplishment in historic context as Crow-Armstrong joined the likes of Carson Kelly and Hall of Famer Hack Wilson:
The last Cub to hit for the cycle was Carson Kelly, who did it on March 31 last year against the Athletics. Crow-Armstrong is only the second Cubs center fielder since 1901 to hit for the cycle, joining Hall of Famer Hack Wilson, who turned the feat on June 23, 1930.
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