Watch: Pink Sox run into ugly 8-3-5 triple play, first in AL/NL historical past since 1884

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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.

Boston Red Sox left fielder Masataka Yoshida (7) reacts after was the third out in a rare third inning triple play. The Boston Red Sox host the Atlanta Braves on July 25, 2023 at Fenway Park in Boston, MA.
The Pink Sox bumped into their first triple play since 2017 on Tuesday evening. Barry Chin/Globe Employees

The 2023 Pink 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 house recreation in opposition to the Braves at Fenway Park.

Within the backside of the third inning, the Pink Sox had runners on first and second with no outs.

Triston Casas hit a fly ball to shallow heart Michael Harris II for the primary out. Adam Duvall, located on first, drifted means too far off the bag and was subsequently picked off for the second out.

Duvall’s lack of expertise resulted in an unpleasant double play, however an ill-advised run by Masataka Yoshida led to catastrophe. As Harris threw to first to choose off Duvall, Yoshida tried to advance from second to 3rd.

Matt Olson simply threw him out, with Austin Riley tagging Yoshida nicely earlier than he reached the bag on the sizzling nook.

Right here’s a full have a look at the sequence.

Triple performs are a rarity in baseball, with Boston’s blooper standing as the primary triple play of the 2023 season. The Pink 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.