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 | Saitama Seibu Shimada Gets the Cycle Sunday, August 18th, 2013: 4 hits is a great day for any player, but when they come in four different denominations, that's a cycle -- a rarity by baseball's standards. Toshiro Shimada had a single, double, triple and home run for the Saitama Seibu Lions and led them to a 14-1 decision over Chiba Lotte at Ballpark of Nasu College with 3 runs scored and 4 runs batted in. Toshiro Shimada flied out in the 2nd, hit an RBI double in the 4th, tripled in the 5th, hit a two-run home run off Harumi Okubo in the 6th, hit an RBI single in the 7th and walked in the 9th. Shimada is presently hitting at a .375 pace with 33 home runs, 100 RBIs and has scored 87 times. |   |
