Unassisted Triple Play by Randy Velarde Box Score by Baseball Almanac

Unassisted Triple Play by Randy Velarde Box Score

Randy Velarde of the Oakland Ahtletics turned only the eleventh unassisted triple play in the history of Major League Baseball. Joe Torre was attempting to get some action started and with runners on first and second he sent them in motion. Velarde caught a hard liner hit by Shane Spencer (first out), tagged Jorge Posada who was coming from first base (second out), then tagged Tino Martinez who was diving back into second base (third out).

"I had it played perfectly. Both guys took off, it was a soft liner. I caught it. Tag, tag, that's it." - Randy Velarde

Hitting & Fielding Notes


Name	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI
Terrance Long	cf	4	0	0	0
Randy Velarde	2b	3	1	1	1
Jason Giambi	dh	4	0	1	0
Olmedo Saenz	1b	3	0	0	0
Ben Grieve	lf	3	0	0	0
Miguel Tejada	ss	3	0	0	0
Matt Stairs	rf	3	0	0	0
Adam Piatt	3b	3	0	0	0
Sal Fasano	c	2	0	0	0
a-Ramon Hernandez	ph	1	0	0	0
Omar Olivares	p	0	0	0	0
Totals		29	1	2	1


Name	Pos	AB	R	H	RBI
Chuck Knoblauch	2b	4	1	1	0
Derek Jeter	ss	4	0	1	1
Paul O'Neill	rf	3	1	0	0
Bernie Williams	cf	4	2	2	2
Tino Martinez	1b	3	0	1	0
Jorge Posada	c	2	0	0	1
Shane Spencer	dh	3	0	0	0
Ricky Ledee	lf	3	0	0	0
Scott Brosius	3b	3	0	1	0
Andy Pettitte	p	0	0	0	0
Totals		29	4	6	4

a: Grounded to pitcher for Fasano in 8th inning.

Doubles: Giambi, Jeter.
Errors: Grieve, Velarde.
Home Runs: Velarde, Williams.
Left on Base: Oakland 3, New York 5.
Triple Play: Velarde.
Triples: Williams.

Line Score

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Oakland Athletics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2
New York Yankees	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	x	4	6	0

Pitching Notes


Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Omar Olivares	8.0	6	4	4	2	3	1	5.65


Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Andy Pettitte	9.0	2	1	1	1	3	1	3.99

Batters Facin Pitcher: Pettitte 31, Olivares 33.
Ground balls-fly balls: Pettitte 17-7, Olivares 10-9.
Hit by Pitcher: Saenz (by Pettitte), Posada (by Olivares), Martinez (by Olivares).
Losing Pitcher: Olivares.
Pitches / Strikes: Pettitte 110-71, Olivares 123-77.
Winning Pitcher: Pettitte.

Game Notes

Attendance: 41,284.
Length of Game: 2:30.
Umpires: HP: Al Clark, 1B: C.B. Buckner, 2B: Rick Reed, 3B: Hunter Wendelstedt.
Weather: 63 degrees, partly cloudy, 15 mph wind right-to-left.

This was the first unassisted triple play ever turned by the Oakland Athletics and the first ever turned against the New York Yankees.

Did you know that Randy Velarde was the third second baseman to turn an unassisted triple play and the first player to ever turn one on a holiday (Memorial Day)?

At the end of the game Randy Velarde said, "The chances of that happening? You have a better chance of being hit by lightning."

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