A Cycle in Chi-Town?

A rare feat was witnessed Sunday evening as fans got to see Melky Cabrera become the first Yankee since 1995 to hit for the cycle. It all started with a 3 run shot in his first at bat against Mark Buehrle to give the Yankees a 3-o lead in the 2nd. His success against Buehrle continued with a double in the 4th. Cabrera then went on to hit a run scoring single in the 5th. The lone blemish on Cabrera's day at the plate came on a groundout in the top of the 6th inning. When Cabrera stepped up to the plate in the top of the 9th, the feat was possible but would be difficult to complete with the most difficult part of the cycle remaining. If Cabrera was going to complete the cycle he would need to hit a triple. Before coming up to the plate, Cabrera's teammates told him to go for third regardless of the type of hit that came off of his bat. Chances of the feat happening became very real when Cabrera launched a line drive over Jermaine Dye's head in right. He beat the throw and slid into third to become the first Yankee to complete the cycle since Tony Fernandez in 1995. What was equally impressive was that he accomplished this feat off of the man that just fired a perfect game in Mark Buehrle. Not only did Cabrera hit for the cycle, but in doing so drove in 4 rbi's and scored 3 runs, accounting for 6 of the team's 8 runs. Yes you read that right, 6 of the team's runs due to the fact that one of the RBI's that came from his homerun was his own. This marks the 2nd time in a week that Mark Buehrle was involved in a piece of baseball history. Although, something tells me he's probably not as excited about this game as he was to make history in his last outing.