The Nationals’ young shortstop Trea Turner accomplished a feat that many Major Leaguers never accomplish, for the second time in his young career on Tuesday night.
After hitting for the cycle for the first time in his career on April 25, 2017, against the Colorado Rockies, he repeated the same feat against the same team on Tuesday night at Nationals Park.
Turner got arguably the most difficult step out of the way first, slamming a leadoff home run off of Rockies starter Peter Lambert to give his team a 1-0 lead.
He then rapped an infield single off of Lambert the next inning to accomplish half of the feat.
The next trick in his book was a leadoff fifth-inning triple, which was no problem for the talented shortstop given his impressive speed.
Finally, in the seventh inning, Turner smacked an RBI double off of reliever Jairo Díaz to give his team a 9-1 lead and complete his second career cycle.
Turner is only the 26th player in MLB history to hit for the cycle twice. He finished the night 4-5 with 3 RBIs, continuing what has been a strong season for him.
The Nationals took an 11-1 triumph over Colorado on Tuesday, moving to within 5.5 games of the division-leading Atlanta Braves in the standings.
