TWO SECOND BASEMEN HIT FOR CYCLE IN SAME WEEK

Hitting for the cycle is one of baseball’s rarest feats. Yet, two Major League players turned that trick within two days of each other…and both are second basemen.

On Monday, April 13, second sacker Orlando Hudson became the first Los Angeles player ever to hit for the cycle at Dodger Stadium, and the first Dodger to do it at all since Wes Parker did it at Shea Stadium in New York in 1970. Hudson finished the game 4-for-5 with three runs scored and two driven in as the Dodgers beat Randy Johnson and the San Francisco Giants, 11-1.

Two nights later, Texas second baseman Ian Kinsler did Hudson one better, hitting for the cycle en route to a 6-for-6 performance at the plate as the Rangers trashed the Baltimore Orioles, 19-8. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Kinsler is the first player since 1890 to hit for the cycle during a 6-for-6 day at the plate in a nine-inning game.