Mike Easler Hits for the Cycle, 1980
Mike Easler hit for the cycle for the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Cincinnati Reds on June 12, 1980: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The Pittsburgh Pirates won 10–6.
The game was played at Cinergy Field in Cincinnati. The announced attendance was 31,557. The game took 3h 00m. It was a day game.
It was the only time Mike Easler managed it. Mike LaCoss started for the Cincinnati Reds. Ed Montague umpired behind the plate. It is the third of five cycles the archive records that season.
Key figures
Hits for the Cycle
Sources
- Retrosheet, CIN198006120
- Retrosheet event files — event:CIN198006120
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