Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre hit for the cycle tonight against the Astros. And he needed just five innings to do it.
Beltre had a two-run triple in the first inning before reaching on a double in the second and a single in the third. That put him just a home run away. The veteran slugger remedied that in his very next at-bat, taking Mike Fiers deep for a solo shot. Check it out below:
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This was the third cycle of Beltre’s career, which puts him in some crazy company.
Adrián Beltré joins Bob Meusel, Babe Herman and Long John Reilly as the only players with 3 cycles in MLB history (via @eliassports)
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) August 4, 2015
According to Brian McTaggart of MLB.com, Beltre is the first player to complete a cycle by the fifth inning since B.J. Upton in 2009.
