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Kevin McReynolds Hits for the Cycle, 1989

DateAug 1, 1989
ScoreMets 11, Cardinals 0
TypeCycle

Kevin McReynolds hit for the cycle for the New York Mets against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 1, 1989: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The New York Mets won 11–0.

The game was played at Busch Stadium II in St. Louis. The announced attendance was 40,444. The game took 2h 44m. It was a night game, at 81 degrees.

It was the only time Kevin McReynolds managed it. Scott Terry started for the St. Louis Cardinals. Steve Rippley umpired behind the plate. It is the third of four cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, SLN198908010
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:SLN198908010
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