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It took everyone, but the Yankees pulled off a triple play in the first inning of Thursday’s series finale at Sahlen Field — their second of the season already.
This was one of the weirdest triple plays you’ll ever see, though. When the dust settled, the scorebook read a 1-3-6-2-5-6 triple play, the first in baseball history, according to the SABR Triple Play Database.
Needing to escape a two-on, no-out jam against American League MVP Award candidate Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Yankees starter Michael King got the result he was looking for from the Blue Jays slugger — a light grounder back to the mound. King fielded it cleanly and tossed it to DJ LeMahieu at first base for the first out.
LeMahieu then threw it to shortstop Gleyber Torres in the middle of the infield, who quickly sent it to catcher Gary Sánchez, sensing Marcus Semien was in no-man’s land between third and home plate. The backstop threw it to third baseman Gio Urshela, who tagged Semien out.
Urshela then spun around and quickly tossed it back to Torres, who tagged out a sliding Bo Bichette as he tried to advance from second amid the chaos.
The Blue Jays asked for a replay of the final out, but the call on the field stood.
It’s the first time in Yankees history the club has turned two triple plays in the same season.