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  "path": "/cubs/2026/06/15/cubs-pete-crow-armstrong-hits-for-the-cycle-reverse-order-home-run-triple-double-single",
  "publishedAt": "2026-06-16T02:09:17.518Z",
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  "textContent": "<p>Pete Crow-Armstrong is so hot right now, he pulled the cycle off backwards.</p><p>The <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs\" >Cubs</a>’ star center fielder hit for the cycle Monday night, quirkily doing it in reverse order by going homer, triple, double, single in four at-bats, the 13th time in club history a batter accomplished the noted baseball feat.</p><p>Of course, it hasn’t been long since a Cubs hitter did this, with catcher Carson Kelly hitting for the cycle just last season.</p><p>But Crow-Armstrong’s night for the record books is a new signature moment during a scalding-hot stretch. Since May 30 – when he <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https://chicago.suntimes.com/cubs/2026/05/30/cubs-pete-crow-armstrong-cardinals-shirtless-tarps-off-fans-home-run-sliding-catch-overrated-chants\" >quieted heckling Cardinals fans</a> with a 444-foot homer into their section of shirtless fans – he’s batting a ridiculous .453 with seven homers and 14 extra-base hits.</p><p>Monday’s big performance started with a bang, as he smacked his second leadoff home run in the last three games. He continued with a third-inning triple off the ivy, a fifth-inning double into the right-field corner and a cycle-completing single in the seventh inning.</p><p>The last few weeks have been dotted with memorable Crow-Armstrong moments. In addition to that big homer in St. Louis, he homered and delivered a walk-off hit in a win over the A’s and homered twice – including a game-tying shot in the ninth inning – in a win over the Giants on the ensuing home stand.</p><p>And now this.</p><p>Sprinkle in his typical defensive brilliance and a consistent bat that recently made him NL Player of the Week, and Crow-Armstrong has looked like the All-Star player he was a season ago.</p><p>That’s something to build around for the Cubs, not only in the long term – he’s looked rather deserving of that big contract extension of late – but in the immediate as this team looks to escape the shadow of an 8-22 stretch that dropped them from atop the NL Central to .500.</p><p>Crow-Armstrong has been at or near the top of the lineup for weeks now, the perfect place to help ignite the offense and pull off a summertime turnaround.<br></p>",
  "title": "Pete Crow-Armstrong hits for Cubs’ 13th cycle as center fielder’s hot streak gets new signature moment",
  "updatedAt": "2026-06-16T02:09:17.518Z"
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