Triple Play

One of the game's very rare feats was accomplished in our second game today, in the top of the 3rd inning. Sam Melendez led off with a walk, and moved to second on a single to left by Sam Magnus. This brought up Bob Holzwasser, who got 4 hits in the first game, so he shouldn't feel too bad about this:

Bob hit a hard grounder to Freddie Melendez at second base, and Freddie flipped it to Dave Sommers to retire Sam Magnus. Sommers' throw to Joe Geller at first was in time to get Bob. While this was happening, Sam Melendez turned third and decided to head in, and it took a perfect strike from Geller and an acrobatic tag from pitcher Ian Parfrey to get him, to complete a 4-6-3-1 triple play.

A similar triple play was turned last season, with the added complication of Marvin Cohen getting the final assist to nab a runner headed home.

Anyway, the play turned the fortunes of the defensive team, who were in a 3-0 hole at the time, and scored six times in the bottom of the inning, keyed by Jim O'Connor's grand slam down the LF line, enroute to a 9-4 win.