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Eric Kevin Bruntlett was born March 29, 1978, in Lafayette, Indiana, [1] to Craig and Angela Bruntlett. [2] He was a two-sport athlete at William Henry Harrison High School in Tippecanoe County: in addition to playing second base and shortstop for the Harrison Raiders baseball team, [3] [4] he was a cornerback for the American football team. [5]
Conversely, it took more than 41 seasons after Neun's play before Ron Hansen performed the feat on July 30, 1968, marking the longest span between unassisted triple plays. [5] The most recent player to make an unassisted triple play is Eric Bruntlett, accomplishing the feat on August 23, 2009. [6]
Team executes two triple plays in a game. Number of occurrences: 1. [30] Minnesota Twins, July 17, 1990. Shortstop plays doubleheader without an official chance. Number of occurrences: 1. [31] Toby Harrah, June 25, 1976. Unassisted triple play. Number of occurrences: 15. [32] Most recently, Eric Bruntlett, August 23, 2009. Three errors on one play.
Eric Bruntlett, a reserve second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies, pulled off baseball's fifteenth unassisted triple play against the New York Mets at Citi Field on August 23, 2009. It ended a Major League Baseball game for the first time since 1927, as the Phils beat the Mets, 9–7. The only other player to turn an unassisted triple play ...
c Eric Bruntlett turned the 15th unassisted triple play in the modern era of Major League Baseball history. It was the second in Phillies history (Mickey Morandini) and the second game-ending unassisted triple play (Johnny Neun, 1927). [116] d The attendance figure is unavailable (listed as "0") for game one of the doubleheader. [186]
And regarding the playoffs, only three other teams have turned a triple play on the day they clinched a postseason berth: the Milwaukee Brewers on Sept. 27, 2020, the Chicago Cubs on Oct. 2, 1910 ...
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 ...
Nick Pivetta pitched five scoreless innings of relief, Masataka Yoshida hit a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox overcame a triple play to beat the Atlanta Braves 7-1 on Tuesday night in a game ...