Christian Yelich became the fifth major-leaguer to hit for the cycle twice in the same season, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to an 8-0 victory over the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Monday night.
Wade Miley (5-2) lowered his ERA to 2.08 with five shutout innings for the Brewers, who remained 2 1/2 games behind the first-place Chicago Cubs in the National League Central.
Yelich hit for the cycle on Aug. 29 during a 6-for-6 performance, also against the Reds. He singled in the first inning Monday, doubled in the third, hit a two-run home run in the fifth and lashed a two-run triple in the sixth, completing the cycle in just four plate appearances.
The last major-leaguer to have two cycles in the same season was Aaron Hill of the Diamondbacks in 2012. The only others to have a pair of cycles in the same year were John Reilly (1883 Reds), Tip O’Neill (1887 St. Louis Brown Stockings) and Babe Herman (1931 Brooklyn Robins) — but no one did it twice against the same team in a season before Monday.
Dodgers 8, Rockies 2
Joc Pederson hit two home runs and Max Muncy added a homer as Los Angeles moved back into first place in the National League West with a victory over visiting Colorado.
Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched seven scoreless innings as the Dodgers and Rockies traded places in the NL West standings for a third consecutive day. The Dodgers moved into first place Saturday, the Rockies regained the lead Sunday and the Dodgers moved back on top after the first game of this three-game series.
Rockies shortstop Trevor Story left in the fourth inning after a swing-and-miss against Ryu. The Rockies announced after the game that Story left because of right elbow soreness and will be re-evaluated Tuesday.
Cubs 5, Diamondbacks 1
Javier Baez and Kris Bryant hit two-run homers, and Kyle Hendricks finished one out short of his fourth career complete game as Chicago posted a victory over Arizona in Phoenix.
Baez’s homer, capping a three-run sixth inning for a 3-0 lead, was his 32nd of the season and gave him an NL-leading 105 RBIs. Bryant put the game out of reach with a two-run, opposite-field homer into the pool area in the eighth inning.
Hendricks (12-11) fell short of his third career shutout when A.J. Pollock homered to lead off the ninth inning. Hendricks gave up one run on three hits with eight strikeouts and one walk. He has a 1.76 ERA in 13 September starts the past three seasons.
Cardinals 11, Braves 6
Kolten Wong had three hits, including one of the team’s four homers, to help St. Louis earn a win at Atlanta.
Wong had a single, a double, his ninth homer and three RBIs. Paul DeJong, Harrison Bader and Yadier Molina also hit homers for the Cardinals.
Miles Mikolas (16-4) got the victory after allowing two runs on four hits in five innings. He struck out six and won his third straight decision. In three starts in September, Mikolas is 3-0 with a 3.38 ERA.
Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Christian Yelich (right) hits a 2-run homer in the fifth inning against the Cincinnati Reds at Miller Park in Milwaukee on Monday. (USA TODAY Sports)
