{"id":20954,"date":"2019-06-14T22:15:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T02:15:34","guid":{"rendered":"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/?p=20954"},"modified":"2019-06-14T22:21:50","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T02:21:50","slug":"jake-bauers-hits-cycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2019\/06\/14\/jake-bauers-hits-cycle\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Bauers Hits For the Cycle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hitting for the cycle is incredibly rare in baseball, but don\u2019t tell that to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bauerja01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Bauers<\/a><\/strong>. Just one day after <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/o\/ohtansh01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shohei Ohtani<\/a><\/strong> became the <a href=\"lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/\/2019\/06\/14\/shohei-ohtani-hits-cycle\/\" target=\"_self\">first Japanese-born player<\/a> to accomplish the feat, Bauers hit a cycle of his own. According to MLB.com\u2019s <strong>Mandy Bell<\/strong>, Bauers is the first Indian to hit for the cycle since <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/davisra01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rajai Davis<\/a><\/strong> in 2016.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jake Bauers has hit for the cycle with a two-run homer in the eighth. He&#39;s the first Indian to accomplish the feat since Rajai Davis in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mandy Bell (@MandyBell02) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MandyBell02\/status\/1139711667355508736?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jake Bauers needed a homer for the cycle \u2026<\/p>\n<p>He got it. \ud83d\udc4f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ac3ZcZeY8I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/Ac3ZcZeY8I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; MLB (@MLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB\/status\/1139714228338774016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">June 15, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cleveland Indians\u2019 Jake Bauers Hits For the Cycle<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Bauer\u2019s big night began in the second inning when he launched a double to right field. He followed that up with an infield single and a triple, both coming in the fourth inning. After striking out in the sixth inning, Bauers launched a 406-foot home run to right field, driving in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=ramirjo01,ramirjo02,ramire023jos,ramire022jos,ramire018jos&amp;search=Jose+Ramirez&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jose Ramirez<\/a><\/strong> and officially earning the cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Bauer was far from the only Indian with a big night. Through eight innings, the Indians managed to put up 13 runs against the 25-40 Detroit Tigers. The offense as a whole went nuts against Detroit\u2019s pitching staff, putting up eight runs in the fourth inning alone. With the (presumed) victory, Cleveland advances to 35-33 on the season and remains in the thick of the Wild Card hunt. Detroit, meanwhile, is already assured to have one of the top picks in the 2020 MLB Draft.<\/p>\n<p>This impressive night was a much-needed performance for Bauers. Entering the game, the 23-year old lefty owned an unremarkable .209\/.294\/.346 slash line with a corresponding 70 wRC+ in 238 plate appearances. His struggles were emblematic of the entire Indians roster, as the club has been one of the more inconsistent offenses in the league.<\/p>\n<p>Bauers is in his first year with the Cleveland Indians. The young lefty spent 2018 with the Tampa Bay Rays but arrived in Cleveland as part of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/e\/encared01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Edwin Encarnacion<\/a> <\/strong>trade. Cleveland received Bauers while Seattle received Encarnacion and Tampa Bay received <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/diazya01.shtml?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yandy Diaz<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=sulser000col&amp;utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cole Sulser<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"ZPn4TPxJTGxbj0gkI0mngA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1150127628\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ZPn4TPxJTGxbj0gkI0mngA',sig:'sfR0OJ-c8UPUjwVpQaV9hw4qBqVNAMWH9FEdMG4bqP8=',w:'594px',h:'445px',items:'1150127628',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cleveland Indians designated hitter Jake Bauers hit for the cycle in Friday&#8217;s divisional matchup against the Detroit Tigers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2376,"featured_media":20956,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,1071,35],"tags":[68,352,1212,85,2497,941,69],"class_list":["post-20954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guardians","category-mlb","category-news","tag-baseball","tag-cleveland-indians","tag-cycle","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-jake-bauers","tag-latest-mlb-news","tag-mlb"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2376"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}