Mike Cubbage completes the cycle when he connects for a two-run seventh-inning triple in the Twins’ 6 – 3 win over the Blue Jays at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota third baseman’s rare event becomes possible when he is thrown out (9-4-5) at third base, trying to stretch a double into a triple in his first at-bat.

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On July 27, 1978 — Mike Cubbage completes the cycle when he connects for a two-run seventh-inning triple in the Twins’ 6 – 3 win over the Blue Jays at Metropolitan Stadium. The Minnesota third baseman’s rare event becomes possible when he is thrown out (9-4-5) at third base, trying to stretch a double into a triple in his first at-bat.

 

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