Triple plays in Twins history
June 7, 2021 at 1:59AM
The Twins turned the 15th triple play in franchise history Sunday. Their history:
Aug. 18, 1966: vs. California (Rollins-Tovar-Killebrew)
Sept. 10, 1968: vs. Cleveland (Rollins-Carew-Allison)
July 25, 1976: at Chicago White Sox (Borgmann-Gomez)
May 29, 1982: vs. N.Y. Yankees (Butera-Gaetti-Hrbek-Felton)
Aug 8, 1983: at California (Gaetti-Castino-Hrbek)
July 19, 1984: at N.Y. Yankees (Gaetti-Teufel-Hrbek)
April 5, 1988: at N.Y. Yankees (Gaetti-Lombardozzi-Hrbek)
Aug. 8, 1988: vs. Cleveland (Gladden-Lombardozzi-Larkin)
July 17, 1990: at Boston (Gaetti-Newman-Hrbek, twice*)
May 27, 2006: vs. Seattle (Castillo-Morneau-Batista)
June 1, 2017: at L.A. Angels (Sano-Dozier-Mauer)
July 22, 2019: vs. N.Y. Yankees (Arraez-Schoop-Sano)
Aug. 7, 2019: vs. Atlanta (Sano-Schoop-Cron)
June 6, 2021: at Kansas City (Sano-Simmons-Gordon)
*-only time in major league history a team has turned two triple plays in one game
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