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Mike Cubbage Hits for the Cycle, 1978

DateJul 27, 1978
ScoreBlue Jays 3, Twins 6
TypeCycle

Mike Cubbage hit for the cycle for the Minnesota Twins against the Toronto Blue Jays on July 27, 1978: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Minnesota Twins won 6–3.

The game was played at Metropolitan Stadium in Bloomington. The announced attendance was 18,285. The game took 2h 18m. It was a day game, at 74 degrees.

It was the only time Mike Cubbage managed it. Jim Clancy started for the Toronto Blue Jays. Greg Kosc umpired behind the plate. It is the last of three cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, MIN197807270
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:MIN197807270
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