CINCINNATI -- Plenty of players have hit for the cycle before in Major League history. No one has ever had a full house, at least not the way Kris Bryant did Monday night.
Bryant went 5-for-5 with six RBIs and became the first player in modern MLB history, dating back to 1913, to hit three home runs and two doubles in the same game. He also set a Cubs franchise record with 16 total bases, as Chicago beat the Reds, 11-8, at Great American Ball Park. It was the first three-home run game in Bryant's career. Two of them were mammoth blasts into the upper-deck bleachers in left field.
Jake Arrieta, who made history the last time he pitched against the Reds by tossing his second career no-hitter, and Anthony Rizzo added solo home runs for the National League Central leaders. It was just the second win in the last eight games for the Cubs, but they still own the best record in MLB (49-26).
Joey Votto hit two homers for the Reds, who battled back from an 8-3 deficit with four consecutive runs to make it an 8-7 game after seven innings. Bryant and Rizzo hit back-to-back homers with two outs in the top of the eighth inning to give the Cubs some breathing room.
Kevin Goheen is a contributor to MLB.com and covered the Reds on Monday.
Cody Pace is a reporter for MLB.com based in Cincinnati.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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