The Milwaukee Brewers back-up catcher George Kottaras had a career night against the Houston Astros as he became the seventh player in franchise history to hit for the cycle.
Kottaras doesn’t play a lot, but received the start on Saturday night because left-handed batters fare well against the Astros’ Bud Norris. Kottaras is the first player in the MLB to complete the rare cycle this season.
If it wasn’t for the crazy dimensions of Houston’s Minute Maid Park, Kottaras would have had three home-runs. He told Brewers.com, “Hitting [for] the cycle and having three homers in a game, they’re both rarities,” Kottaras said. “I’ll take it, for sure.”
Instead, the catcher started with the hard part by hitting a solo home-run in the fourth followed by a triple in the sixth. He singled in the seventh and completed the cycle with a ground-rule double in the ninth inning.
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