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Gary Matthews Hits for the Cycle, 2006

DateSep 13, 2006
ScoreRangers 11, Tigers 3
TypeCycle

Gary Matthews hit for the cycle for the Texas Rangers against the Detroit Tigers on September 13, 2006: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Texas Rangers won 11–3.

The game was played at Comerica Park in Detroit. The announced attendance was 24,672. The game took 2h 40m. It was a night game, at 67 degrees.

It was the only time Gary Matthews managed it. Justin Verlander started for the Detroit Tigers. Jerry Layne umpired behind the plate. It is the fourth of five cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, DET200609130
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:DET200609130
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