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 | Un-four-gettable: Blackmore Hits for Cycle Thursday, June 8th , 2045 Tim Blackmore was jubilant as the Modoc Red Claws left the field with a win, 14-4, over the Otter Lake Caribou. He had every right to be. The 24-year-old center fielder hit for the cycle at Red Claws Grounds, had a 4-for-4 game and added 5 RBI and 3 runs to boot. "It's too bad I can't do that every day," Blackmore said with a smile to reporters after the game. "It would do wonders for my batting average." Modoc manager was "proud" of the center fielder's feat, but was not expecting it to happen. "Cycles are tough because triples are tough," the skipper said. "As soon as the ball left the bat on that triple, guys were jumping off the bench for him. Honestly, I wasn't sure he was going to be able to leg it out." Tim Blackmore walked in the 1st, doubled in the 2nd, hit a two-run home run off Archie Blair in the 4th, singled in the 6th and hit a three-run triple in the 7th. This year, Blackmore has hit 15 home runs and posted a .310 batting average. |   |
