A pair of Pittsburgh Pirates minor leaguers put up an astonishing stat line Tuesday night.
Kevin Newman and Jacob Stallings completed cycles three batters apart for the Triple-A Indianapolis Indians in a 12-5 win over the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
🎶 BI-CYCLE! BI-CYCLE 🎶#Pirates Kevin Newman (@OfficialKBN) and Jacob Stallings complete the cycle in the same inning for @indyindians.
📰: https://t.co/eeJ7O4C4wM pic.twitter.com/Gl03cYgVGJ— Minor League Baseball (@MiLB) August 8, 2018
Newman hit a solo homer in the eighth inning to finish his first career cycle with his fifth hit of the game. Later in the inning, Stallings legged out his first triple at any level since 2015 on a drive to right-center field. It was also the first career cycle for Stallings, who has played in the majors each of the past three seasons.
Jacob Stallings had five career triples over 1,899 plate appearances, spanning seven professional seasons.
In need of a triple for his first career cycle, plate appearance No. 1,900 was a memorable one.#RollTribe #RingIt pic.twitter.com/Gpmx4FCwGA
— Indianapolis Indians (@indyindians) August 8, 2018
HELLO, NEWMAN!!!!!!
His fifth hit of the night is a HOME RUN, giving him the CYCLE!
He's the first Tribe player to hit for the cycle since @JBell_19 on April 22, 2016 and is the fifth to accomplish the feat since Victory Field opened in 1996! #RollTribe #RingIt pic.twitter.com/Av66DPOGck
— Indianapolis Indians (@indyindians) August 8, 2018
The last Indianapolis player to hit for the cycle was current Pirate Josh Bell on April 22nd, 2016. This is a pretty special day at the ballpark.
