Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong hits for the cycle against the Rockies, 13th in franchise history

Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune on Jun 15, 2026

Published in Baseball

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CHICAGO — Two days ago, Pete Crow-Armstrong was a triple away from the cycle at Oracle Park.

The Chicago Cubs’ center fielder was well aware of how close he was to the feat and had it on his mind during the final five innings. He fell short, though, striking out in his final two at-bats.

Crow-Armstrong avoided the same fate Monday night at Wrigley Field as the Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies 5-4.

The 24-year-old star’s single to right field off Rockies lefty reliever Brennan Bernardino in the seventh inning gave him the cycle, the Cubs’ first since catcher Carson Kelly pulled it off March 31 last year in Sacramento, Calif. Crow-Armstrong became the 12th player to do it in franchise history for the 13th time overall. He joins Hack Wilson (June 23, 1930) as the only Cubs center fielders to accomplish the feat.

Crow-Armstrong became the first Cub to hit a reverse cycle — home run, triple, double, single in order — in franchise history, reported team historian Ed Hartig.

Since Wrigley Field opened in 1914 as Weeghman Park, this is the eighth cycle hit by the franchise.

Kelly became the first Cub to hit for the cycle since Mark Grace on May 9, 1993, which ended the longest drought by a National League team. The Kansas City Royals (George Brett in 1990) had gone longer without one, a streak that continues, while Cubs hitters had fallen one hit short 342 times during their drought.

The Wrigley crowd was on its feet for the duration of Crow-Armstrong’s at-bat in the seventh. On the third pitch, Crow-Armstrong pulled Bernardino’s sinker into shallow right field for an easy single.

But before Bernardino threw a pitch to begin the at-bat against Alex Bregman, he immediately picked off Crow-Armstrong. It cost the Cubs a run with how the rest of the seventh played out. Bregman singled, and Michael Busch and Seiya Suzuki followed with walks to load the bases. Instead of the three consecutive baserunners resulting in Crow-Armstrong scoring, Ian Happ and Nico Hoerner both struck out to leave the bases loaded as the Cubs failed to bring home a run in the seventh.

That proved costly as the Cubs’ slim 2-1 lead vanished the next inning when Cole Carrigg slugged a go-ahead, three-run home run off reliever Caleb Thielbar.

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