Pete Crow-Armstrong has officially entered MLB's history books.
With a leadoff home run in the first inning, a triple in the third, a double in the fifth and a single in the seventh, Crow-Armstrong became the 13th player in Chicago Cubs history to hit for the cycle. Additionally, by collecting his hits in descending order of total bases, the 24-year-old center fielder recorded just the 11th reverse cycle in baseball history. The last player to hit for the reverse cycle was Rajai Davis on July 2, 2016.
The cycle is the latest chapter in Crow-Armstrong's ridiculous hot streak. Over his last 15 games, PCA is hitting a mind-boggling .453/.478/.922 with four doubles, seven home runs, 10 RBI and a 1.400 OPS.
Crow-Armstrong had nearly hit for the cycle just two days ago against the San Francisco Giants. In a 6-1 win in San Francisco, the center fielder went 3-for-5 with a single, double and home run, with the homer coming to lead off the game.
Naturally, PCA led off Monday's game against the Colorado Rockies with a home run, hitting a 434-foot shot off Rockies starter Michael Lorenzen. Crow-Armstrong then hit a ball off the base of the right-center field wall in the third and yanked a liner into the right field corner in the fifth, both against Lorenzen. Finally, he hit a clean single to right field against left-handed reliever Brennan Bernardino in the seventh inning to complete the historic statline.
It is the second straight season where a Cub has hit for the cycle, as catcher Carson Kelly accomplished the feat last year on March 31 against the Athletics.
Crow-Armstrong later came to bat again in the bottom of the eighth inning, with the Cubs trailing 4-2 and the tying runs in scoring position. He hit a sacrifice fly off Rockies reliever Victor Vodnik to drive in Matt Shaw from third. He nearly came up for a sixth plate appearance in the bottom of the ninth before the Cubs won 5-4 on Shaw's walk-off walk.
