Alex Ochoa Hits for the Cycle, 1996
Alex Ochoa hit for the cycle for the New York Mets against the Philadelphia Phillies on July 3, 1996: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The New York Mets won 10–6.
The game was played at Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia. The announced attendance was 43,158. The game took 3h 05m. It was a night game, at 78 degrees.
It was the only time Alex Ochoa managed it. Terry Mulholland started for the Philadelphia Phillies. Ed Montague umpired behind the plate. It is the last of three cycles the archive records that season.
Key figures
Hits for the Cycle
Sources
- Retrosheet, PHI199607030
- Retrosheet event files — event:PHI199607030
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