The Cubs came into Cincinnati having lost six of their last seven games and needing to turn things back around before it got serious. Soon-to-be two-time All-Star Kris Bryant did everything he could to single-handedly take over the game in an 11-8 win.

Bryant's final box score line: 5-4-5-6

That doesn't do him justice, however, because it doesn't include total bases. With three home runs and two doubles, Bryant set a Cubs franchise record with 16. In fact (via baseball-reference.com play index), only 18 players since 1913 have ever racked up 16 total bases, with the most recent being Josh Hamilton in 2012 when he hit four homers. The record there is 19 (Shawn Green, 2002).

Bryant also becomes the youngest Cubs player to ever hit three homers in a game, beating Ernie Banks by 10 days (1955), via Elias Sports Bureau.

There's more, though. Get this:

The effort by Bryant marked the first time in Major League Baseball history that a player recorded at least three home runs and two doubles in the same game.

Not that it matters, but none of the homers were cheap, with one easily gone just a bit left of center and two of them going into the upper deck in Great American Ball Park. Here they are:

Solid "full house" call by Len Kasper on the third one. Poker players surely loved it.

Bryant appears headed to be a starter in the All-Star Game, which is in San Diego this year. Bryant went to the University of San Diego, so that's pretty cool. Even if Nolan Arenado runs him down in voting, he'll likely be one of the first subs off the bench for the National League anyway. Bryant's line on the season is now ..278/.367/.567 with 19 doubles, 21 homers and 57 RBI. Suffice it to say, there's no sophomore slump here for the 2015 NL Rookie of the Year.

The Cubs are now 49-26, still holding baseball's best record (by win percentage), despite the recent skid.