Weston Wilson become the ninth Phillies player to hit for the cycle, helping the Phillies overpower the Nationals 13-3 on Thursday night.
needed a reminder on the hit he needed to complete the cycle -- fans chanted "Double! Double!"as a noisy cue for his at-bat -- teammate"Harper was at the top stop letting me know," Wilson said, laughing. "If you hit it, keep running. Don't stop until second.". Call fell short on a diving attempt, the ball smacked off his glove and rolled toward center, giving Wilson the opening he needed to take up Harper on his advice.
With his pregnant wife cheering him on from the stands -- they are expecting a boy on Sept. 1 -- Wilson tripled and singled in the fourth; homered in the seventh and became the ninth Phillies player to hit for the cycle. Wilson played 706 games in the minors before he was called up last season and homered in his first big-league at-bat -- against the Nationals. He was upstaged by Michael Lorenzen's no-hitter in the pitcher's first start at home for the Phillies."I don't know what they're doing with it." he said. "I'm going to have to figure it out."in the 17th round of the 2016 draft, did sneak a few extra bases because of Washington's defense.
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