Woo!

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Indians' Cabrera turns rare unassisted triple play

Indians second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera turned the 14th unassisted triple play in major league history, accomplishing the feat Monday night in the second game of a doubleheader against Toronto.

Cabrera made a diving catch on a line drive by Lyle Overbay, touched second base and then tagged out Marco Scutaro to quickly end the fifth inning.

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Undefeated Cliff Lee, who came in 6-0 with an 0.81 ERA, gave up consecutive singles to Kevin Mench and Scutaro to open the Blue Jays fifth.

The runners took off on the pitch and Overbay hit a line drive up the middle. Cabrera moved to his right, grabbed the ball with a backhanded dive and held up his glove to show the umpire he'd made the catch.

Cabrera then took a couple of steps to touch second to get Mench, who was already standing at third base.

Cabrera easily reached out to tag Scutaro, who had run past the bag. History made, Cabrera broke into a smile as he ran off the field with the game still scoreless.

I've seen a few unassisted double plays, and two triple plays, but one guy getting all three outs in one play? Slightly more rare than a perfect game.

I hope he kept the ball.

Comments

[bunyip.livejournal.com]

Oh wow

[netquiddler.livejournal.com]

I suspect he might turn the ball and/or the glove over to the Baseball Hall of Fame.

[respice]

The wild thing is that 2 of the 14 total in history have come in the last 13 months. There have also been 6 since 1992 and one in 1968. Before that, you have to go back to 1927, when there were two on consecutive days.

[kevin-standlee.livejournal.com]

I saw an unassisted triple play in little league. Bases loaded, a line drive to the third baseman who stepped on third and chased down the runner from second who had run on contact. Wham.