Baltimore Orioles' Cedric Mullins Becomes 7th Player in Team History to Hit For Cycle
Baltimore Orioles outfielder and former All-Star Cedric Mullins became the seventh player in franchise history to hit for the cycle, doing so on Friday against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
The Orioles won, 6-3, to move to 25-13 on the season while the loss dropped the Pirates to 21-18.
Mullins singled in the third inning, tripled in the fifth, doubled in the seventh and homered in the eighth. The home run was important because it turned a 3-2 game into a 6-2 game, providing some extra insurance.
With the 4-5 night, Mullins is now hitting .268 with five home runs and 31 RBIs. He's added 12 stolen bases as well. For his career, he's a .263 hitter with 58 homers and 181 RBI. He hit a career-high 30 homers in 2021. He made the All-Star team that year.
By hitting for the cycle, Mullins joined Austin Hays, Jonathan Villar, Felix Pie, Aubrey Huff, Cal Ripken Jr. and Brooks Robinson as O's to accomplish the feat.
With the Tampa Bay Rays losing to the Yanees, the Orioles are now just 4.0 games back of the Rays in the competitive American League East. Our own Tom Brew recently wrote how good the Orioles are, while former MLB executive Steve Phillips thinks they aren't as good as the record indicates.
The O's have the second-most wins in the American League right now. Baltimore is three games up on Toronto, 3.5 up on Boston and four up on the Yankees for second place in the division.
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