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Tribe's unassisted triple play part of near flawless night

It was a weird evening for the Cleveland Indians.  In a double-header against Toronto, Cleveland pitchers held the Jays to zero runs over 18 innings and got an unassisted triple play and still managed to just split.

In the first game, the Indians' Fausto Carmona threw a five-hit complete game shutout and in the second, Cliff Lee was doing his impression of Bob Gibson (circa 1968) as he lowered his ERA to 0.67 in nine innings of scoreless work.  Along the way, Lee got some help of historical proportions when second baseman Asdrubal Cabrera  turned an unassisted triple-play in the fifth inning.  It was just the 14th unassisted triple play in Major League history.

The Blue Jays -- struggling to score runs -- had runners on first-and-second and tried a hit-and-run.  Toronto's Lyle Overbay poked a line to Cabrera's right.  The second baseman made the diving snag and both runners were committed, one had reached third base and the other second.  Cabrera touched both the bag and the runner at second and he was in the history books.

Cabrera then committed an oops when he tossed the ball into the stands as he trotted to the dugout.  Cleveland's flawless evening came undone in the top of the 10th when Toronto scored three runs off relief pitcher Rafael Betancourt to salvage the split.

 

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Bill Ordine has been a reporter and editor for more than 25 years and during that time has covered Super Bowls, major murder trials, township zoning board meetings and bat mitzvahs. In his time with The Baltimore Sun, he has been an assistant city editor, pro football writer, poker columnist, enterprise sports reporter and now blogger -- which may indicate his editors have yet to find a job he can get right.
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