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ONE CYCLE DESERVES ANOTHER IN BALTIMORE
MARYLAND CF VERRETT CANCELS OUT NEWARK CYCLE FROM YESTERDAY WITH ONE OF HIS OWN

BALTIMORE, MD. (July 14, 1871) – It has been quite a couple of days for baseball fans in Baltimore. After watching James Wilkerson of visiting Newark hit for the Cycle yesterday afternoon, spectators in Cecil Calvert Park got to see a member of the home team return the favor on Friday in a 13-8 Maryland BC victory.

The player to do it? None other than All-Star CF Herb Verrett, who finished the job by the end of the 5th inning:

• B1: 1-run Triple to RF off W. Lathem (R)
• B3: Infield Single off W. Latham (R)
• B4: Double to LCF off W. Latham (R)
• B5: 2-RUN HOME RUN (ItP) to LCF off C. Lee
• B7: Reached via Fielder’s Choice at 2B
• TOTAL: 4/5, CYCLE (2B, 3B, HR), 4 R, 3 RBI, 10 TB

After Wilkerson hit for the NBBO’s first Cycle in just shy of three years the day before, Verrett made it two Cycles over two days in the same venue, an NBBO first. He also became the first player to complete a Cycle in the first five innings of play.

The fourteenth Cycle in NBBO history was not the only notable feat on the afternoon. Maryland’s other All-Star, 3B Charles Palmer, was 5/5 with a Double, Triple, a pair of Runs, and four RBI in a performance that would nearly always win Player of the Game honors but had to settle for second fiddle here.

Also of note: Maryland 1B James Fisher finished the contest with a quartet of threes – three Hits in three At Bats with three Runs and three RBI each.