CINCINNATI -- In the top of the eighth inning Monday night, a sea of Cubs fans erupted at Great American Ball Park as third baseman Kris Bryant trotted around the bases.
As he entered the dugout, they only got louder -- beckoning Bryant for a curtain call. Bryant, reluctant, hid in the dugout. Even after outfielder Jason Heyward pulled him to the dugout railing, Bryant avoided his curtain call and was quickly saved by an Anthony Rizzo home run.
But Bryant deserved it. That home run was his third of the game, an 11-8 Cubs win, which marked the young star's first career three-homer game. His first dinger was a solo shot in the third that came off the bat at 105.1 mph and traveled 410 feet, according to Statcast™. In his next at-bat, just one inning later, Bryant belted a mammoth shot 444 feet and 107.1 mph off the bat into left. He followed it up with a 105.1-mph, 403-footer in the eighth. The three home runs combined for 1,257 feet, nearly a quarter of a mile.
Bryant finished the game 5-for-5 with the three home runs and two doubles, making him the first player in modern MLB history, dating back to 1913, to record three home runs and two doubles in one game. He also set a Cubs franchise record with 16 total bases, making him the 19th player since 1913 with 16 or more total bases in a game. Bryant became the second player in Cubs franchise history with five extra-base hits in a game, the only other one being George Gore on July 9, 1885 (three doubles, 2 triples).
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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