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Outlaws Priyodarshi Sizzles with Cycle Monday, April 19th, 2021 There are four types of hits in baseball. It is a rarity for one player to get them all in one game. Jagatkarna Priyodarshi did it -- single, double, triple and a home run -- and sparked Ottawa to a 17-13 win over Frisco at Parliament Field. "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 Jagatkarna Priyodarshi of the Ottawa Outlaws reflecting on his great game against the Frisco Rams. He hit for the cycle and is headed for the record books. For the game the Outlaws second baseman banged out 4 hits in 4 at-bats and totaled 8 RBI and 2 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." Jagatkarna Priyodarshi hit an RBI triple in the 1st, singled in the 1st, walked in the 4th, hit a three-run double in the 5th and hit a GRAND SLAM off Orlando Soto in the 7th. Batting .500 to date, Priyodarshi has 1 home run and 11 RBIs. |
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