Slams yes, cycles no
Mike Lowell hit one of Boston's two grand slams Thursday night against Kansas City.
But he assured reporters afterward that he probably will never hit for the cycle. With a single, double and homer, he came within one hit of the cycle for the seventh time as a member of the Red Sox, and 14th time in his career.
"I can't hit a triple," the third baseman said in the Boston Globe. "I need two outfielders to run into each other, and they both have to be on stretchers as the third outfielder throws home while I'm sliding head-first into third."
Home run historian David Vincent told the Globe that two grand slams by the same team in the same game has happened only 72 times since 1876. Over that identical time period, there have been 245 no-hitters.
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