​CHICAGO — Tristan Peters didn’t have much time to dwell on his chances to hit for the cycle. But when the Chicago White Sox rookie came to the plate a second time in the seventh inning Friday night, he knew exactly what he needed to do. Needing a triple to complete the cycle after homering earlier in the frame, Peters lashed a hard grounder past Athletics first baseman Joey Meneses and down the right-field line. He wasted no time as he rounded second, ignoring a stop sign from third-base coach Justin Jirschele, and he beat the relay throw with a headfirst slide into third, eliciting a thunderous ovation from the crowd.
When the ball left his bat, Peters was already thinking three. He would become the first White Sox player to hit for the cycle since Jose Abreu accomplished the feat on Sept. 9, 2017, and he joined a select group as the fifth major leaguer to achieve the cycle while batting from the No. 9 hole in the lineup. What made his cycle particularly notable was the path he took to achieve it. MLB records show that Peters became only the third player since 1961 to collect two hits in the same inning to complete a cycle, joining Felix Pie (2009) and Jim Ray Hart (1950) in that rare club.
“That’s No. 1, for sure,” Peters said when asked where this ranks among his career highlights. “That was incredible. It’s awesome, amazing.” The 26-year-old Canadian made his big-league debut last August 8, and this night marked his 93rd career game. Peters improved his batting average to .303 with a 4-for-4 performance, driving in four runs and scoring twice as the White Sox crushed the Athletics 14-1. The night was a showcase of his steady growth and two-way impact, as he contributed four RBIs and two runs while helping Chicago extend its lead in the American League Central.
Manager Will Venable called the display impressive, noting that cycles are still a rarity in today’s game. “There aren’t many of those,” Venable said. “Tristan has done a great job of playing the right way—putting swings on good pitches to hit.” Peters’s outing came as Chicago remained positioned atop the AL Central by a slim margin, percentage points ahead of Cleveland.
Peters’s moment began when his two-out double to center in the third left him stranded at second. Then in the fifth, his run-scoring single to right made it 2-0. The decisive seventh featured Kyle Teel’s leadoff walk, followed by Peters’s two-run homer. But the sequence didn’t stop there: his triple extended the inning and completed the eight-run frame in which the White Sox sent 12 batters to the plate.
As one of the season’s most remarkable individual achievements, Peters now stands among the small handful of players to accomplish the cycle in 2024, alongside the Cubs’ Pete Crow-Armstrong and the Phillies’ Bryce Harper. The feat adds another memorable chapter to a career that began with high expectations and has already produced a moment that fans will remember for years to come.