Asdrubal Cabrera Records The 14th Unassisted Triple Play In MLB History

The Cleveland Indians’ Asdrubal Cabrera became the 14th person in Major League Baseball history to turn an unassisted triple play.

Cabrera made a diving catch on a line drive by Lyle Overbay, touched second base and then tagged out Marco Scutaro to quickly end the fifth inning of Cleveland’s 3-0 loss in 10 innings.
“I was trying to speed up the game,” Overbay joked. “I get to go down in history. They can’t take that away from me.
“It’s not smart to hit a line drive on a hit-and-run. Only bad things can happen.”

History, indeed. Unfortunately, Cabrera “fumbled” when he chucked the history-laden ball into the stands for some greedy fan who’ll have the opportunity to sell it to Cooperstown for thousands. Doh!. Video of the triple play after the jump.

Indians’ Cabrera turns rare unassisted triple play [AP]