On this date in Texas Rangers history, Ian Kinsler had a cycle for the ages at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Randy Johnson Jersey The game was on April 15, 2009, against the Baltimore Orioles, and it just happened to be Jackie Robinson Day around Major League Baseball. Everyone wore Robinsons No. 42 on the back of their jersey, and while doing so, Kinsler accomplished not just hitting for the cycle, but something rare in MLB history a six-hit cycle.First, the cycle. Kinsler doubled in the first Luis Gonzalez Jersey inning, homered in the third inning, singled twice in the fourth inning off two different pitchers, and then finally got the elusive triple in the sixth inning. He wrapped up his game with a double in the eighth inning. Now, the records. Kinsler became the first player in MLB history since 1900 to have a six-hit cycle in a nine-inning game. Six-hit cycles had happened twice before, but both had Robbie Ray Jersey been in extra-inning games Detroits Bobby Veach (Sept. 17, 1920) and Montreals Rondell White (June 11, 1995). There had been six-hit cycles in nine-inning games before, but they pre-dated the modern era of the game, per the Elias Sports Bureau (since 1900). Philadelphias Sam Thompson did it on Aug. 17, 1894. Bill Weaver of Louisville did it on Aug. 12, 1890, in Chris Owings Jersey what was then the Major League American A sociation. Kinsler established club records for hits in a nine-inning game, tied the AL record, and matched the Rangers record at the time for extra-base hits in a game (four) and runs scored (five). At the time, he was just the fourth Rangers players to hit for the cycle, preceded by Oddibe McDowell (1986), Mark Teixeira (2004), and Gary Matthews Jr. (2006). Scroll to ContinueAlso on this Matt Szczur Jersey date April 15, 1972: The Rangers lost their first game as the Texas Rangers, falling 1-0 to the California Angels in Anaheim. Future Texas Rangers pitching coach Dick Bosman took the lo s for the Rangers. READ MORE: READ MORE: READ MORE: