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Ray Lankford Hits for the Cycle, 1991

DateSep 15, 1991
ScoreMets 2, Cardinals 7
TypeCycle

Ray Lankford hit for the cycle for the St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Mets on September 15, 1991: a single, a double, a triple and a home run in the same game. The St. Louis Cardinals won 7–2.

The game was played at Busch Stadium II in St. Louis. The announced attendance was 26,379. The game took 2h 33m. It was a day game under cloudy skies, at 93 degrees.

It was the only time Ray Lankford managed it. Pete Schourek started for the New York Mets. Harry Wendelstedt umpired behind the plate. It is the last of four cycles the archive records that season.

Key figures

Hits for the Cycle

Sources

  1. Retrosheet, SLN199109150
  2. Retrosheet event files — event:SLN199109150
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