Major League Baseball has announced the umpires for the All-Star Game.
Mark Wegner will be the crew chief and call the balls and strikes. This will be his second All-Star Game. He has also worked two World Series, five League Championship Series, eight Division Series and two Wild Card Games.
Wegner’s crew:
1B: Brian O’Nora;
2B: Phil Cuzzi
3B: Tim Timmons;
LF: D.J. Reyburn;
RF: Jordan Baker;
Replay: Fieldin Culbreth
Nationals shortstop Trea Turner hit for the cycle on Tuesday night against the Rockies, becoming the first National to hit for the cycle since, well, himself back on April 25, 2017… against the Rockies.
Turner led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run to center field off of Peter Lambert. He singled in the second, tripled to lead off the fourth, and hit an RBI double as part of an eight-run seventh inning to complete the cycle.
Turner is the fourth player to hit for the cycle this season. The others:
After completing the cycle, Turner is hitting .286/.343/.494 with eight home runs, 25 RBI, 41 runs scored, and 20 stolen bases in 277 plate appearances this season.
