Overview
- J.J. Bleday hit for the cycle on Saturday, finishing with four hits and driving Cincinnati to an 11-5 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.
- He completed the single-double-triple sequence with a leadoff sixth-inning home run that Statcast measured at 370 feet, marking his 21st homer of the season and a new career high.
- Teammate Elly De La Cruz also had four hits and a 450-foot homer and finished one triple short of a second cycle in the same game.
- Bleday was a low-cost, one-year signing last December who remained with the club through the trade deadline, and his performance strengthens the case for keeping him in the Reds' plans for 2027.
- The cycle was the fourth recorded across MLB in 2026 and sources differ on whether it is the eighth or 12th in Reds franchise history, a discrepancy publications are still reconciling.