Cubs' Carson Kelly first-ever player to hit for March cycle

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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Chicago Cubs catcher Carson Kelly hit for the cycle against the Athletics on Monday night -- and even walked twice, too.

Kelly homered in the fourth inning, had a two-run single in the fifth, doubled and walked in the sixth, and tripled in the eighth. He became the first Cubs player to hit for the cycle since Mark Grace on May 9, 1993, against the Padres -- before Kelly was even born in 1994.

According to ESPN Research, Kelly is the first player with a cycle in the month of March, and just the 17th catcher with a cycle in MLB history. The last one from a backstop was on June 12, 2023, when J.T. Realmuto of the Philadelphia Phillies accomplished…