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Bruntlett turns unassisted triple play to seal the win

Written by Mike Mariano | 23 August 2009

Luck and timing has a lot to do with it, but Eric Bruntlett was in the right place at the right time to turn one of baseball rarest feats.  The unassisted triple play. Eric accomplished this feat to end the 9-7 Phillies win over the Mets this afternoon.  I initially thought it was Chase Utley because my 87 year old grandma called me on vacation to tell me of the feat and thought it was Utley. And why wouldn’t she?  Who would guess that Bruntlett and not Utley would be the guy to turn the 15th unassisted triple in history?  Not to mention the fact that Brunty bobbled the two previous plays to make it two men on and no outs. Pedro got the win and Brad Lidge preserved it with a save in the second straight over the Mets after last night’s 4-1 win.  J.A. Happ balled out yesterday and Pedro did enough today.  Utley homered yesterday to lift the Phillies and Jay Werth and Chuuch hit homers today. Tomorrow Cliff Lee throws against Bobby Parnell so the odds are overwhelmingly in our favor.  A win would give the Phillies a 3-1 series win over the Mets which would be lovely.  I’m currently on vacation and a little salty that I missed the triple play, but the beach was nice today despite some hurricane winds and rain.  Then again, all you working guys don’t want to hear shit about the beach so I’ll spare the details!

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