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 | Sanu on a Tear, Hits for Cycle Tuesday, June 30th, 2015 Getting 4 hits in a game is no easy feat, but hitting for the cycle is much more rare. Yoriyuki Sanu was on fire today, going 4 for 5 and hitting for the cycle against ORIX at Sea Hawks Stadium. His batting escapade sparked the Saitama Seibu Lions to a 6-3 victory over the Buffaloes. For the day the Lions right fielder scored 2 runs and drove in 1. The feat is rare in baseball as it requires a game of no fewer than four hits and the unusual combination of a home run, which requires a batter to hit for some power, and a triple, which requires a batter to have both speed on the basepaths and a well-placed drive deep into the outfield. He told reporters after the game, "It just happened. Must have been fate or something... you can't plan this. I was more concerned with winning the game." Yoriyuki Sanu tripled in the 1st, hit a solo-shot off Eiichi Miyazaki in the 3rd, grounded out in the 5th, doubled in the 8th and singled in the 9th. This season in 47 games, Sanu has hit at a .261 clip with 42 hits, 7 home runs, 20 RBIs and 27 runs scored. |   |
