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This is an example of grounding into a 5-4-3 triple play, also known as an "around the horn" triple play, per standard baseball positions. During the 1973 season, Baltimore Orioles third baseman Brooks Robinson started two such 5-4-3 triple plays: one on July 7 against the Oakland Athletics, and one on September 20 against the Detroit Tigers.
It was also the first triple play the Phillies had turned since 2017 and the first 1-3-5 triple play in Major League Baseball since 1929, according to The Athletic's Jayson Stark. Remarkably, that ...
The Philadelphia Phillies turned a rare third-inning triple play to snuff out a possible Detroit Tigers rally on Monday night. Trailing 4-0, the Tigers had a chance to get something going when ...
The unassisted triple play, the perfect game, hitting four home runs in one game and five extra-base hits in a game are thus comparable in terms of rarity, but the perfect game and the home run and extra-base hit records require an extraordinary effort along with a fair amount of luck. By contrast, the unassisted triple play is essentially ...
In 2006, the Hardball Times lamented the decline of the 100-triple player, although three have joined the list since that time. [5] Fangraphs, a statistical website, likewise noted the lack of modern 100-triple hitters in 2013. [6] Of the 162 Major League Baseball players who have hit 100 or more triples, 69 are members of Baseball's Hall of ...
The end result was the first triple play in the majors this season, the Braves' first triple play since May 6, 2004, and the first 8-3-5 triple play since the Boston Beaneaters turned one in 1885 ...
1–1, 9th 3 on, 1 out 5–1 In Game 5 of the 2016 Japan Series, Nishikawa hits the first walk-off grand slam since 1992 when, on a 1–0 count in the bottom of the ninth, he connects on a Nakazaki pitch to right field.
The triple play helped the Angels remain tied 6-6 going into the bottom of the ninth in an eventual 9-6 loss in 10 innings. With runners at the corners and the infield playing shallow, Harold ...