What Philadelphia player made as unassisted Triple Play?”
It happened so fast, Eric Bruntlett(notes) needed a few moments before he realized he had just ended a game with an unassisted triple play. Bruntlett became the second player in major league history to get the final three outs on his own, accomplishing the feat Sunday to preserve the Philadelphia Phillies’ 9-7 victory over the New York Mets. “I didn’t know how to react. I didn’t know what to do,” Bruntlett said. “The ninth inning was wild. The whole game it seemed was strange.” Indeed, it was a stunning end to a crazy game that included an inside-the-park homer after the ball got stuck under the outfield wall. Bruntlett turned the 15th unassisted triple play in big league history—the second that ended a game. Detroit Tigers first baseman Johnny Neun also turned the trick on May 31, 1927, completing a 1-0 victory over Cleveland, according to STATS LLC. The amazing final sequence made a winner of Pedro Martinez(notes) in his return to New York and quashed a Mets rally against closer Brad
NEW YORK — It happened so fast, Eric Bruntlett needed a few moments before he realized he had just ended a game with an unassisted triple play. Bruntlett became the second player in major league history to get the final three outs on his own, accomplishing the feat Sunday to preserve the Philadelphia Phillies’ 9-7 victory over the New York Mets. “I didn’t know how to react. I didn’t know what to do,” Bruntlett said. “The ninth inning was wild. The whole game it seemed was strange.” Indeed, it was a stunning end to a crazy game that included an inside-the-park homer after the ball got stuck under the outfield wall. Bruntlett turned the 15th unassisted triple play in big league history — the second that ended a game. Detroit Tigers first baseman Johnny Neun also turned the trick on May 31, 1927, completing a 1-0 victory over Cleveland, according to STATS LLC. The amazing final sequence made a winner of Pedro Martinez in his return to New York and quashed a Mets rally against closer Bra
