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Posted By: Eric Brehm

I was at the Rockies-Braves game also today. It was the classic play of that type by a shortstop when there's nobody out and the runners on first and second are moving: catch line drive, step on second, tag guy coming over from first. He also threw over to first base just for good measure (or perhaps to try to get a fourth out), so at first I didn't realize it was unassisted; I thought maybe he had missed the tag.

Matt Holliday won the game for the Rockies in the bottom of the eleventh; breaking the tie with a walk off home run. In some ways that was even more exciting. I bet it's the first game ever with both an unassisted triple play and a walk off hit. In any case, the Rockies sorely needed a win.