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Great Day for Spencer, Hits for Cycle Saturday, August 15th , 2026 Dana Spencer of the Bakersfield Blaze touched all the bases at Historic Sam Lynn Ballpark in his team's 17-1 victory over High Desert, hitting for the cycle. He teed off on Mavericks pitching, collecting 1 single, 2 doubles, 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," Spencer 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 5 hits in 6 at-bats, 3 RBI, 4 runs scored -- and a place in the record books. Dana Spencer singled in the 1st, doubled in the 3rd, tripled in the 4th, grounded out in the 5th, hit a three-run home run off Joel Howell in the 7th and doubled in the 8th. For the season, Spencer is hitting .273, batted in 25 runs with 4 home runs and 41 runs scored. View Boxscore |
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