A college baseball player put together the game of his life on Friday, and he did it both on the mound and at the plate.
In a remarkable Shohei Ohtani-like feat, DII player Brady Ware of the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds hit for the cycle and threw a no-hitter in the same game. Ware accomplished the feat against Drury University in an emphatic 14-0 win.
Ware pitched the second game of a doubleheader and struck out 11 over 7 innings without allowing a hit. At the plate, he went 4-for-4 with five RBI and two runs scored. He homered and tripled in an eight-run third inning, doubled in the fourth and singled in the fifth to complete the cycle.
⚾️ | Brady Ware threw a no-hitter AND hit for the cycle IN THE SAME GAME! @ESPNAssignDesk x #SCTop10 pic.twitter.com/6wVqkHYEbe
— UIndy Athletics (@UIndyAthletics) April 7, 2023
While it was not confirmed, Ware may be the first player in NCAA history to accomplish such a feat.
“I was about 15 minutes late today, so I’ll be about 15 minutes late every day,” Ware joked to a teammate, via Stephanie Sheehan of MLB.com.
Ohtani is pretty much the only MLB player who could even dream of pulling something like this off. He did set a first of his own this week, but it is not quite as exciting as what Ware did.
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