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
One position player, one starting pitcher and one reliever have been unexpected stalwarts for the Twins, who have won eight consecutive games.
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