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Byron Buxton Becomes First Player to Hit for the Cycle at Target Field

The achievement foreshadows his participation in the Home Run Derby next week

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Overview

  • Buxton completed the cycle with a 427-foot solo home run in the seventh inning on his bobblehead giveaway day
  • It was the first cycle at Target Field since the park opened in 2010 and the first by a Twins player since Jorge Polanco in 2019
  • His sequence included a triple in the second inning, a ground-rule double in the third and a single in the fifth
  • The cycle-completing homer was his 21st of the season, tying him for fifth in the American League
  • His four-hit effort powered Minnesota to a double-digit lead over the Pirates and capped a standout run before the All-Star break