Jose Abreu hit for the cycle Saturday night:

With a chance to hit for the cycle, Jose Abreu momentarily lost his balance during his eighth-inning dash to third base.

“My legs weren’t responding, but I’m a warrior,” Abreu said.

Abreu became the first White Sox player to hit for the cycle in 17 years, among a season-high six Chicago players to go deep in a 13-1 rout of the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.

Abreu hit his 29th homer in the first off former White Sox starter Jeff Samardzija (9-13), doubled in the third, struck out in the fifth, singled in the seventh against Josh Osich and hit a two-run triple in the eighth versus Roberto Gomez. The previous White Sox player to hit for the cycle was Jose Valentin against the Baltimore Orioles on April 27, 2000.

It was Abreu’s fifth triple of the season. He hit six triples total in his three previous seasons.

There have been quite a few cycles hit this year, seven in total. That’s not a record as there were eight hit in 2009. It is the second most in a season in the history of the Day by Day Database, which now covers 60 years of games.

In the last two day we’ve seen an inside the park grand slam, a triple play, and a cycle. Earlier in the week we saw a four home run game. We are due for a perfect game. 🙂