B. J. Upton Hits for the Cycle, 2009
DateOct 2, 2009
TeamsNew York Yankees @ Tampa Bay Rays
ScoreYankees 4, Rays 13
Venue Tropicana Field
TypeCycle
B. J. Upton hit for the cycle for the Tampa Bay Rays against the New York Yankees on October 2, 2009: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Tampa Bay Rays won 13–4.
The game was played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg. The announced attendance was 22,704. The game took 3h 16m. It was a night game indoors, at 72 degrees.
It was the only time B. J. Upton managed it. CC Sabathia started for the New York Yankees. Wally Bell umpired behind the plate. It is the last of eight cycles the archive records that season.
Key figures
Hits for the Cycle
Sources
- Retrosheet, TBA200910020
- Retrosheet event files — event:TBA200910020
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