I don't envy Yang Eui-ji today...17th in ML career + 59 years in Cubs history! The commentators run in one heart!
Apr 01, 2025
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The Chicago Cubs beat the Oakland Athletics at Sutter Health Park in Oakland on the 1st (Korea time) with 21 hits and a whopping 18-3 victory.
In this process, a hero of glory was born. Catcher Carson Kelly, who is in his 10th year in the big league, had four hits, five RBIs and two walks in four at-bats, and had the best day of his life leading to a hit-for-cycle with six at-bats.
Kelly doubled in his first at-bat in the first inning and walked in his second, in which the Cubs led by scoring four runs in the first inning alone.
Kelly, who added a walk in the second inning, appeared as a leadoff hitter in the fourth inning and fired a solo shot over the left fence.
He added a two-run timely hit in the fifth inning and a double in the sixth. Already, the Cubs had a wide lead of 16-3 by adding 5 points in the fifth inning and 6 points in the sixth inning.
Originally, however, the biggest obstacle to the original hit-for-cycle was a triple. Kelly is a slow-footed player who is classified as a backup catcher with a shot. He has only had two triples and three stolen bases in 10 years in the big league.
The eighth episode of fate has come. Kelly's ball headed deep into the right-center field and hit the fence as it was. The Oakland center fielder jumped with all his might, but his glove couldn't reach it.
The hit by the fence rolled out. Kelly ran to third base in a desperate bid, and the commentators shouted, `Go! Go! Go! Go!" Kelly, who finally reached third base, smiled brightly as he was cheered by his teammates.
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Since his debut in 2016, he has recorded 55 home runs and 0.688 on-base plus slugging percentage (OPS). Although he is steadily surviving in the big leagues, he deserves a lot of regrets in many ways. But I don't think anyone will be jealous today.
The catcher's hit-for-the-cycle was the 17th in MLB history, with the most recent record ahead of Kelly being J.T. Realmuto (Philadelphia Phillies) in 2023. Yang Eui-ji (then NC Dinos) is the only professional baseball player in Korea in 2021.
In terms of his team's Cubs, it has been 32 years since Mark Grace in 1993, and 59 years since Randy Hundley in 1966.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
