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Triple performs are a rarity in baseball, with Boston’s blooper standing as the primary triple play of the 2023 season.
The 2023 Crimson Sox have been hindered time and time once more this yr by defensive miscues and poor baserunning.
However Alex Cora’s membership put collectively a baserunning blunder for the ages throughout Tuesday’s dwelling recreation in opposition to the Braves at Fenway Park.
Within the backside of the third inning, the Crimson Sox had runners on first and second with no outs.
Triston Casas hit a fly ball to shallow middle Michael Harris II for the primary out. Adam Duvall, located on first, drifted method too far off the bag and was subsequently picked off for the second out.
Duvall’s lack of information resulted in an unsightly double play, however an ill-advised run by Masataka Yoshida led to catastrophe. As Harris threw to first to select off Duvall, Yoshida tried to advance from second to 3rd.
Matt Olson simply threw him out, with Austin Riley tagging Yoshida properly earlier than he reached the bag on the sizzling nook.
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Triple performs are a rarity in baseball, with Boston’s blooper standing as the primary triple play of the 2023 season. The Crimson Sox final hit right into a triple play again on Could 2, 2017 in opposition to the Orioles.
However the method through which Boston bumped into three outs (an 8-3-5 triple play) final occurred in an AL/NL historical past 139 years in the past.
According to SABR, the final 8-3-5 triple play occurred on June 7, 1884 in a recreation between the Boston Beaneaters and the Windfall Grays.
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