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Graham Clips Spinners for Cycle Thursday, August 13th , 2048 Aaron Graham of the Spokane Indians touched all the bases today at Edward A. LeLacheur Park in the 9-2 victory over Lowell, hitting for the cycle. He teed off on Spinners pitching, collecting 1 single, 1 double, 1 triple and 1 home run. The feat is rare in baseball as it requires a game of no fewer than four hits and the unusual combination of a home run, which requires a batter to hit for some power -- and a triple, which requires a batter to have both speed and a favorable fall of the ball. "The hardest part was the triple," Graham confessed after the game. "A lot has to go right. It's real easy to get greedy trying to stretch a double and get thrown out. It's really hard to get a three-bagger." He finished the big day with 4 hits in 5 at-bats, 4 RBI, 1 run scored -- and a place in the record books. Aaron Graham hit a solo-shot off Nherbert Silivan in the 2nd, hit an RBI triple in the 4th, flied out in the 5th, singled in the 7th and hit a two-run double in the 9th. This season Graham is batting .383 with 74 hits and 4 home runs. He has scored 43 times and has 39 RBI. |
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