Boston Red Sox utility man Brock Holt made history today during the team's first win in eight games while the Milwaukee Brewers received a positive update after their Hall of Fame broadcaster was struck in the head with an errant baseball.
Holt became the first Red Sox player since 1996 to hit for the cycle in Boston's 9-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday at Fenway Park. The 27-year-old finished 4-for-5 with two runs scored, a home run and two RBIs and broke the 19-year-old mark held by former Red Sox infielder John Valentin.
Valentin hit for the cycle on June 6, 1996, against the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park.
Holt's milestone was also the first cycle of the 2015 MLB season, which came in improbable fashion. He topped off the accomplishment in the bottom of the eighth inning with a triple off Braves' reliever Sugar Ray Marimon and smacked a home run the previous inning off starter Julio Teheran.
In Milwaukee, the Brewers were holding their breath waiting for a medical update on broadcaster Bob Uecker. The legendary voice of the Brewers was struck in the forehead by a baseball that ricocheted out of the practice batting cage before Monday night's game against the Kansas City Royals, according to Tom Haudricourt of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Uecker still conducted the broadcast for the game, but was feeling a "bit out of sorts" and left after the sixth inning to be examined by the team's medical staff. The 81-year-old was diagnosed with a mild concussion and was then sent to Froedtert Hospital where he spent the night as a "precautionary measure."
He returned home on Tuesday afternoon, but it's unknown when he'll get back to the broadcast booth. Uecker reduced his workload prior to the 2015 season and was not scheduled to join the team on their upcoming five-game road trip, which starts on Wednesday.
"The No. 1 priority is always Bob's health," said Brewers' spokesman Tyler Barnes, via Haudricourt. "But he's going to be fine."
