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Mike Blowers Hits for the Cycle, 1998

DateMay 18, 1998
ScoreAthletics 14, White Sox 0
TypeCycle

Mike Blowers hit for the cycle for the Oakland Athletics against the Chicago White Sox on May 18, 1998: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Oakland Athletics won 14–0.

The game was played at Guaranteed Rate Field;U.S. Cellular Field in Chicago. The announced attendance was 14,387. The game took 2h 29m. It was a day game under sunny skies, at 86 degrees.

It was the only time Mike Blowers managed it. Mike Sirotka started for the Chicago White Sox. Chuck Meriwether 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, CHA199805180
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:CHA199805180
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