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It was also the first triple play the Phillies had turned since 2017 and the first 1-3-5 triple play in Major League Baseball since 1929, according to The Athletic's Jayson Stark. Remarkably, that ...
That triple play in 1929 was also turned in Detroit, according to the SABR database. The Tigers did it against the Boston Red Sox when batter Russ Scarritt lined back to pitcher Josh Billings.
The Philadelphia Phillies turned a rare third-inning triple play to snuff out a possible Detroit Tigers rally on Monday night. Trailing 4-0, the Tigers had a chance to get something going when ...
The most recent triple play in MLB was turned by the San Diego Padres on September 24, 2024, against the Los Angeles Dodgers in the bottom of the ninth inning. [10] With Tommy Edman at second base and Enrique Hernandez at first base, Miguel Rojas lined a ball to the third baseman, Manny Machado, who fielded the ball on a hop and touched third base (first out). [10]
The 1980 National League pennant race was one of the most exciting races in baseball history, [1] as both divisions came down to the final weekend. The NL East race featured the Pirates, the defending World Series Champions; the Phillies, who were hovering just over a .500 winning percentage and in third place until the middle of August; and the Expos, who were leading the division or within ...
The Phillies won the season series over the Mets, 7–6. [11] This was the first postseason meeting of the Phillies and Mets, who have been rivals since the creation of the Mets franchise in 1962 but have had mutual winning seasons only ten times in 63 years of co-existence. [12]
Alec Bohm hit a two-run double in the top of the 11th inning shortly after a 71-minute rain delay, and the Philadelphia Phillies outlasted the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 on Friday night. With one out ...
In conjunction with Major League Baseball's celebration in 1969 [54] of the 100th anniversary of professional baseball, the Phillies conducted a fan vote to determine their all-time team. The players were honored on August 5, 1969, at Connie Mack Stadium before the Phillies' game against the San Francisco Giants. [54] The players were as follows: