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After Unassisted Triple Play, Fans Have a Ball
The Indians' Asdrúbal Cabrera tags out the Blue Jays' Marco Scutaro to complete an unassisted triple play on Monday.
(By Amy Sancetta -- Associated Press)
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Asdrúbal Cabrera was so excited to make history that he threw it away.
The Indians' young second baseman turned the 14th unassisted triple play in major league history Monday night in the second game of a doubleheader against the Blue Jays -- then flipped the ball to fans behind the Cleveland dugout.
"He came off the field and tossed the ball into the stands," explained Indians first base coach Luis Rivera, serving as the 22-year-old Cabrera's interpreter. "Right as he did, he cried out, 'Oh, no!' "
It was the only mistake the sure-handed Venezuelan made in the fifth inning of Cleveland's 3-0 loss in 10 innings to Toronto.
Indians starter Cliff Lee gave up consecutive singles to Kevin Mench and Marco Scutaro to open the inning. The runners took off on a 1-0 pitch and Lyle Overbay hit a line drive up the middle. Cabrera moved to his right, grabbed the ball with a backhanded dive and held up his glove to show umpire Alfonso Marquez he'd made the catch. At that point, the runners had no chance.
Cabrera scrambled to his feet and took a couple of steps to touch second and retire Mench, who was already standing at third base.
Cabrera then reached out to tag Scutaro, who had run past the bag. History made, Cabrera broke into a smile as he ran off the field with the game still scoreless.
"As soon as I saw the runners take off and it was a line drive, I knew I had a chance at a triple play," Cabrera said.
· FRANCONA OUT: Red Sox Manager Terry Francona left the team and will miss his team's two-game series in Baltimore following the death of his mother-in-law.
Mary Ann Lang, mother of Francona's wife, Jacque, died Monday night in Tucson. Francona and his family traveled to Tucson yesterday.
Bench coach Brad Mills will run the team in Francona's absence.
-- From News Services
