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Chicago Cubs catcher Carson Kelly hit for the cycle during the team\u2019s 18-3 rout over the Athletics Monday night at Sutter Health Park.<\/p>\n

Kelly, 30, hit a home run in the fourth inning and a two-run single in the fifth inning and doubled and walked in the sixth inning.<\/p>\n

He had been a triple away from a cycle a few times before, and he knew the odds were stacked against him for getting the elusive triple.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Cubs catcher Carson Kelly, center, is congratulated by teammates during the eighth inning after hitting for the cycle against the Athletics at Sutter Health Park March 31, 2025.\u00a0 (Sergio Estrada\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“I’ve been in this same position before where I needed a triple for the cycle. If anybody’s ever looked up my numbers, I have two triples, so odds are not in my favor, right?” Kelly said after the game.<\/p>\n

“I didn’t get it done the first time. This time I’m like, ‘Oh, I’m just going to put a good at-bat together.’ Hit it, like, \u2018Oh yeah, pretty good.\u2019 Then I hit (first base) and saw it ricochet, and I was like, \u2018Oh boy, this is it right here, I gotta go.\u2019 That’s probably the fastest you’ll ever see me run.”<\/p>\n

With the eighth-inning triple, Kelly became the first Cubs player since Mark Grace to hit for the cycle. The former first baseman did it May 9, 1993, against the San Diego Padres. Kelly is the first Cubs catcher to hit for the cycle since Randy Hundley did it Aug. 11, 1966.<\/p>\n

Kelly said he knows Grace.<\/p>\n

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Chicago Cubs catcher Carson Kelly is interviewed after the game against the Athletics. Kelly hit for the cycle March 31, 2025.\u00a0 (Sergio Estrada\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“I know Mark Grace, too, in Arizona. I’ll have to hit him up,” Kelly said. “Pretty special. Great accomplishment. Something I never thought I would get. I’m just very fortunate and blessed. A lot of hard work, a lot of great teammates pumping me up. So, all in all, just a very special night.”<\/p>\n

Kelly also became just the third major leaguer to hit for the cycle and walk twice in the same game. Joe Gordon did it for the New York Yankees in 1940, and Mickey Cochrane did it in 1937 for the Philadelphia A’s.<\/p>\n

While Kelly knew he was going for the cycle, his manager, Craig Counsell, did not.<\/p>\n

“I didn\u2019t realize he had a chance at a cycle, but when that ball kicked off the wall, the dugout started going crazy. So, I figured something was going on,” Counsell said. “They\u2019re fun days, they\u2019re rare days and they\u2019re once-in-a-lifetime-type days for players.”<\/p>\n

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Chicago Cubs catcher Carson Kelly hits a triple to hit for the cycle during the eighth inning against the Athletics at Sutter Health Park March 31, 2025.\u00a0 (Sergio Estrada\/Imagn Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The Kansas City Royals now hold the longest stretch without a cycle. Franchise legend George Brett was the last Royal to hit for the cycle July 25, 1990, against the Toronto Blue Jays.<\/p>\n

The Cubs (3-4) play the Athletics (2-3) Tuesday at 10:05 p.m. ET in the second game of their three-game series.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Canfield is a digital production assistant for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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