Team Cycling Without Lance

May 22, 1984
Montreal 3, San Diego 2

     R  H  E
SD   2  4  0
MON  3  4  0

Today's Boxscore

This is a fun one, impossible to find without the wonders of modern computing. Did you figure this it out over the weekend? If not, here it is:

Montreal had only four hits, which happened to be a single, double, triple, and HR! And not only that, they did it naturally, with a single in the third, a double and triple in the fourth, and a homer in the sixth. But wait, there's more! San Diego almost pulled the same feat, also getting only four hits: two singles, a double, and a home run!

Notes:

• This "exclusive" team cycle has occurred 40 times since 1969.
• In those 40 games, the cycling team had a record of 14-26.
• How many runs did they score? Funny you should ask. Here's the run distribution in those 40 games:
  

  1   3
  2  16
  3  11
  4   3
  5   3
  6   4

• This odd feat was achieved exactly 10 times each of the past three decades.
  
• It's been done nine times already in the 00's (don't we have a name for this decade yet??), including four times in 2004.
• When Oakland did it in 9/10/92, only two guys got the hits: Mike Bordick with a double and triple, and Ruben Sierra with a single and homer.

I'd love to check out other individual feats in these and other games, but don't have the data. Does anyone know if there's downloadable player-game data available?