Arizona's Hill hits for a second cycle

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Arizona's Hill hits for a second cycle



Hill registered his 1,000th career hit with a ground-rule double in the first inningArizona's Aaron Hill became the first Major League Baseball player since 1931 to hit for the cycle twice in a season as the Diamondbacks defeated the Milwaukee Brewers 9-3.









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