MILWAUKEE (AP) — Miami’s Xavier Edwards became the second Marlins player ever to hit for the cycle Sunday in a 6-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.
Edwards hit his first career homer on the opening pitch of the game, drew a leadoff walk in the third, doubled in the fifth and tripled in the seventh. He capped his afternoon by beating out an infield single against two-time NL reliever Devin Williams with two outs in the ninth inning.
He reached base on all four of his plate appearances and had two runs and one RBI.
Before last year, the Marlins had been the only active major league team never to have a batter hit for the cycle. Luis Arráez became the first when he accomplished the feat while going 4 of 5 with two runs and a pair of RBIs in an 8-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on April 11, 2023.
Edwards has been on a tear, with 28 hits in his past 63 at-bats (.444 batting average) to raise his batting average from .240 to .379.
The NL Central-leading Brewers avoided a three-game sweep by the Marlins, who own the second-worst record in the NL. The Brewers have been swept once all season, June 3-5 at Philadelphia.
Jackson Chourio homered and Brice Turang went 2 for 4 and made two straight run-saving catches for the Brewers.
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Marlins: Off Monday before beginning a two-game series at Tampa Bay. The scheduled starting pitchers Tuesday are RHP Edward Cabrera (1-3, 7.04 ERA) for the Marlins and LHP Jeffrey Springs (0-0, 0.00) for the Rays.
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