One thing I love about baseball is on any given day, you may see something you’ve never seen before:
The Washington Nationals made history by turning the first 3-3-5 triple play ever in the major leagues then watched as third baseman Anthony Rendon tossed the ball from the milestone moment into the crowd at AT&T Park.
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The Giants loaded the bases in the eighth with two walks sandwiched around a single. Brandon Crawford then lined an 0-1 pitch from Sammy Solis to first baseman Ryan Zimmerman, who had entered the game moments earlier as a part of a double switch.
Zimmerman quickly stepped on first base for the second out then threw to third baseman Anthony Rendon to catch Denard Span to complete the triple play.
“Once I caught it I knew I had the double play,” said Zimmerman, who was moved a few steps back before Crawford swung. “Then Tony was jumping up and down with a smile on his face so I just tossed the ball over to him. Got out of a jam just like that.”
Cool. I’m impressed Zimmerman didn’t throw the ball over Rendon’s head.
The Nationals won 4-1. Washington now holds a six game lead in the NL East, while the Giants lead is down to one game. Max Scherzer moves into third place in Tom Tango Cy Young Tracker points with the fine outing.
from baseballmusings.com http://ift.tt/2a7dCHR
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