Yelich hits for cycle as part of incredible 6-for-6 performance

Christian Yelich continued his red-hot season with an epic and historic performance on Wednesday.

The Milwaukee Brewers outfielder hit for the cycle as part of a six-hit evening during Milwaukee's wild 13-12 win over the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ball Park.

Yelich got his night started with a single in the first inning off Reds starter Matt Harvey. After singling again in the third, he launched a two-run homer off Sal Romano in the fifth inning, doubled off Michael Lorenzen in the sixth, and then completed the cycle by tripling to tie the game at 10-10 in the seventh.

But his career performance was far from finished after the cycle. In the top of the ninth inning, Yelich beat out an infield single to push his line to a perfect 6-for-6, tying the Brewers single-game record.

And if that wasn't enough, he also flashed some fine form in the field, nailing what would have been the go-ahead run at home plate with a beautiful throw in the seventh inning.

On the cycle side of things, Yelich is the second player to accomplish the feat this season, joining Boston Red Sox star Mookie Betts, who did it on Aug. 9. He's the eighth Brewers player to do it and the first since George Kottaras in 2011.

Yelich joins John Briggs, who did it in 1973 while the Brewers still played in the American League, as the only players in team history with six hits in nine innings. Kevin Reimer and Jean Segura also tallied six-hit games with the Brewers, though they needed extra innings to reach the mark. The six hits also left him one shy of the major-league record set by Rennie Stennett of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1975.

The 26-year-old joins Ian Kinsler, Rondell White, and Bobby Veach as the only players to record six hits while also hitting for the cycle, according to Baseball-Reference. In addition, Yelich matched Veach's exact line from 1920 to become just the second player since at least 1908 with exactly three singles, a double, a triple, and a home run in one game.

Yelich's epic performance not only raised his season slash line to an impressive .319/.380/.563, but he also took over the NL batting lead from Cincinnati's Scooter Gennett.