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Jeff Kent Hits for the Cycle, 1999

DateMay 3, 1999
ScoreGiants 8, Pirates 9
TypeCycle

Jeff Kent hit for the cycle for the San Francisco Giants against the Pittsburgh Pirates on May 3, 1999: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The San Francisco Giants lost 9–8.

The game was played at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh. The announced attendance was 11,099. The game took 2h 59m. It was a night game, at 76 degrees.

It was the only time Jeff Kent managed it. Chris Peters started for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Jeff Nelson umpired behind the plate. It is the first of three cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, PIT199905030
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:PIT199905030
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