US EditionCubs power past Athletics in first major league game at Sutter Health Park
- On Monday, March 31, 2025, at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento, California, Carson Kelly of the Chicago Cubs hit for the cycle in a game against the Athletics.
- The Athletics' debut at their new home in West Sacramento was spoiled by the Cubs, who jumped on A's righty Joey Estes.
- Kelly homered in the fourth, singled in the fifth, doubled in the sixth, and tripled in the eighth, driving in five runs, while Michael Busch also contributed with a two-run homer and four RBIs as the Cubs amassed 21 hits, 11 for extra bases.
- Kelly, who said he "never thought I would ever get one," is the first Cubs player to hit for the cycle since Mark Grace in 1993, with his eighth-inning triple completing the feat and extending the Cubs' lead.
- Ben Brown earned his second career win, limiting the A's to three runs on six hits in five innings, as the Cubs defeated the Athletics 18-3, their highest run total since August 26, while the A's allowed the most runs in a home opener in 100 years.
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Kelly hits for cycle and Cubs power past Athletics 18-3 in 1st MLB game at Sutter Health Park
Carson Kelly hit for the cycle and drove in five runs, Michael Busch launched a two-run homer on the way to a career-high four RBIs, and the Chicago Cubs pounded the Athletics 18-3 to spoil their first game in their new Northern California home.
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