When is a cycle not a cycle? When the official scorer gets overruled.
MLB issued several official scoring changes to Sunday’s game between the Royals and Orioles, changing the stats for some Royals players. That afternoon, Bobby Witt Jr. hit a single, double, and triple, flirting with the first cycle by a Royals hitter since 1990. Or so we thought. His “triple” was a fly ball to deep centerfield misplayed by Jorge Mateo. This week, we learned that was actually an error.
CHANGE 7
4/6 @Orioles at @Royals
B1 Bobby Witt reaches on a three-base error by center fielder Jorge Mateo, instead of a triple.