Pete Crow-Armstrong hits for the cycle as the Cubs walk off the Rockies, 5-4

CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong became the first major league player to hit for the cycle this season as the Chicago Cubs rallied for a 5-4 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Monday night.

Chicago trailed 4-3 in the ninth inning before Pedro Ramírez hit an RBI single off Seth Halvorsen with the bases loaded and nobody out. Matt Shaw then walked on five pitches to force home the winning run.

Cole Carrigg's three-run homer off Caleb Thielbar in the eighth, his third home run in seven big league games, gave the Rockies a 4-2 lead. Crow-Armstrong's sacrifice fly in the bottom half pulled Chicago within one.

Crow-Armstrong extended his on-base streak to 19 games with his second leadoff home run in three games, a 434-foot shot center field off Michael Lorenzen.

Crow-Armstrong led off the third with a triple to center. He doubled in the fifth and singled leading off the seventh for the 13th cycle in Cubs history and second since 1993.

A triple short of a cycle on Saturday, Crow-Armstrong joined Hack Wilson (1930) as the only Cubs center fielders to hit for the cycle since 1901.

Crow-Armstrong finished 4 for 4 with two RBIs but only scored once as the Cubs went 0 for 9 with runners in scoring position until the ninth. He was picked off first base by Brennan Bernardino after his single.

Daniel Palencia (2-1) pitched a scoreless ninth for the Cubs (38-35).

Juan Mejia (1-6) took the loss for the Rockies (27-46).

Chicago starter Shota Imanaga allowed one run over 5 2/3 innings. He was lifted with two on before reliever Phil Maton walked Carrigg to force home Colrado's first run.

With the score tied 1-all in the sixth, Shaw tripled into the right-field corner to score Moises Ballesteros from first.

Ramírez entered as a pinch hitter in the eighth.

Rockies RHP Ryan Feltner (2-2, 5.20 ERA) starts Tuesday against Cubs RHP Edward Cabrera (4-3, 4.86).

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Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong waves to fans after hitting a single to complete the cycle during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Chicago, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong hits a single to complete the cycle during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Chicago, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong, right, celebrates with Michael Busch after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Chicago, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong reacts as he rounds the bases after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Chicago, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Chicago Cubs' Pete Crow-Armstrong watches his solo home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Colorado Rockies in Chicago, Monday, June 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

HOUSTON (AP) — Colt Keith rediscovered his home run swing in Houston, swatting three round-trippers against the Astros on Monday night.

Keith, who bats from the left side, hit a towering, two-out, two-run shot to right-center in the third inning, a two-run drive down the right-field line in the seventh, and an opposite-field solo homer in the ninth over the 19-foot left field wall at Daikin Park.

“I was up there and on-time for the fastballs tonight and I was able to do some damage," Keith said after finishing with six RBIs in the Tigers' 9-3 victory. “We all know they come in bunches in this game."

The 24-year-old Keith hit 13 home runs in each of his previous two major league seasons, but had just one this year before Monday night's power display in Houston.

The only Tigers player younger than Keith to launch three home runs in a game was Hall of Fame outfielder Al Kaline, who was 20 when he did it on April 17, 1955.

“I see the ball well here,” said Keith, who was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the first. ”Definitely one of the best games I've had in my life. It was a lot of fun. We've just got to keep stacking days, and keep doing it and get back in this thing."

The Tigers (30-42) have struggled for much of this season, but were six games out of the American League's third and final wild-card playoff spot after Monday's victory.

Max Muncy and Andy Pages of the Los Angeles Dodgers are the only other major leaguers to hit three homers in a game this season. Muncy did it April 10 against Texas and Pages accomplished the feat May 6 — also in Houston.

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In a repeat of the third inning, Detroit Tigers' Dillon Dingler, center left, and Colt Keith, center right, hug at the plate after they both scored on the two-run home run by Keith against the Houston Astros during the seventh inning of a baseball game Monday, June 15, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Detroit Tigers' Colt Keith (33) scores on his third home run of a baseball game near Houston Astros catcher Christian Vazquez, left, during the ninth inning of a baseball game Monday, June 15, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Detroit Tigers' Colt Keith watches his two-run home run against the Houston Astros during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, June 15, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Detroit Tigers' Colt Keith (33) watches his second two-run home run of a baseball game in front of Houston Astros catcher Christian Vazquez, left, during the seventh inning Monday, June 15, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

Detroit Tiger' Colt Keith, right, connects for a two-run home run in front of Houston Astros catcher Christian Vazquez, left, during the third inning of a baseball game Monday, June 15, 2026, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)