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 | Ridin' High: Cook Hits for Cycle Friday, May 23rd, 2014 There are four types of hits in baseball. It is a rarity for one player to get them all in one game. Mark Cook did it -- single, double, triple and a home run -- and sparked Lake of the Isles to a 11-7 win over Riverside at Red Bull Stadium. "Yeah, I was some kind of hitter in this game. It was like all I had to do was close my eyes and swing the bat. I don't think they could have gotten me out with a bazooka." Those were the words of Mark Cook of the Lake of the Isles Wolves reflecting on his great game against the Riverside Red Bulls. He hit for the cycle and is headed for the record books. For the game the Wolves first baseman banged out 4 hits in 6 at-bats and totaled 2 RBI and 3 runs scored. Speaking to the press corps about the difficulty of hitting for the cycle, he told them, "A triple is so hard to hit. You hit very few in a year. To hit one in a game when you need it for a cycle, it's impossible to try to do it. If you need a single, you could bunt or do some other things. To hit a triple, usually something weird has to happen, the ball kicking past an outfielder or somebody falling down. It's hard. If you could hit one in the gap every time, you'd be a great hitter. It's a lot of luck to hit for a cycle." Mark Cook hit an RBI double in the 1st, singled in the 2nd, grounded out in the 4th, tripled in the 6th, hit a solo-shot off Jim Unknown in the 8th and grounded out in the 9th. For the season Cook has hit .394 with 6 home runs and 29 RBIs. He has played in 20 games and scored 17 times. |   |
