Philadelphia Phillies’ second baseman, Eric Bruntlett, found redemption Sunday and earned my POTW.
Bruntlett snared Jeff Francouer’s line drive and completed an unassisted, walk-off triple play as the Phils defeated the New York Mets, 9-7.
Francouer’s hit looked like a sure single, but Bruntlett found himself in the right place at the right time foiling the Mets’ double steal attempt.
New York’s Angel Pagan reached on a three-base error to open the ninth. Pagan scored when Bruntlett mishandled a ground ball by Luis Castillo. Bruntlett had his first shot to redeem himself when Daniel Murphy hit a ground ball to the right side of the infield. The Phillie second baseman could not make the play, and Murphy reached with an infield single.
Francouer gave Bruntlett another chance, and this time the Phillie second baseman made good on his opportunity. Bruntlett grabbed the line drive for the first out, stepped on second to erase Castillo, and tagged Murphy to end the inning and the game.
Not since 1927 has anyone completed such a feat in MLB. On May 31, 1927, Johnny Neun, of the Detroit Tigers, turned the game-ending triple play as the Tigers downed Cleveland 1-0.
Who gets your POTW?
Kel and I come in a close second to this week’s POTW. Starting Friday morning 8am – we loaded our two daughters with a semester’s full of gear, travelled over 1,500 miles to two campuses and returned home today by 2pm.
Yes, we loaded Ceil’s gear and shuffled off to Buffalo on Friday. The family returned to New York’s Queen City on Saturday for freshmen orientation activities at Canisius College. That night Ab, Kel, and I loaded the pick-up again. Sunday, we headed for Ohio’s Queen City, Cincinnati. We reached the Xavier University campus shortly after noon. We managed a couple of trips to grocery and department stores before returning to Rochester this afternoon.
How many miles to the Saratoga Performing Arts Center? 🙂
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