Despite Triple-Play, Dodgers Win NL Record First 11 Home Games
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The L.A. Dodgers got into the modern-day NL record-books on Monday by defeating Arizona, thus winning their first 11 home games, breaking the modern record of 10 set by the 1918 New York Giants and equalled by 1970 Chicago Cubs and 1983 Atlanta Braves. Those 1983 Braves were also managed by Joe Torre, who is now in his 2nd season managing Los Angeles. The Dodgers set the consecutive home victory mark by defeating the Diamondbacks by a 7-2 score on Monday at Dodger Stadium.
But this game was not just notable for the Dodgers’ home winning streak. 28 year old Diamondbacks shortstop Josh Wilson made his entry into the MLB recordbooks in this game as well.
After Dodger catcher Russell Martin led off the second inning wih a walk, the AP recap for Yahoo sports records Wilson’s play:
Wilson, making his third start this season in place of injured Stephen Drew, bobbled Matt Kemp’s routine grounder for an error in his haste to start a double play in the second inning. But he made up for the mistake moments later, making a lunging catch of Casey Blake’s line drive in the hole with the runners going and turning it into the second triple play in Diamondbacks history.
“That’s definitely a rarity, and to be a part of one is something special,” Wilson said. “I knew the runners were moving, and the ball almost came out of my glove, so I was just making sure I held onto it first. And once I did, I knew we were going to get three outs.”
This blog has written about 3 other triple plays, all unassisted, two of them in detail; Mickey Morandini’s in 1992 and Cleveland 2nd baseman Asdrubal Cabrera’s last season (2008). Also mentioned in the latter blog post was Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki’s in April of 2007.
Leftfielder Manny Ramirez and rightfielder Andre Ethier slammed back-to-back first inning homers off of Arizona lefthander Doug Davis to give the Dodgers an early 2-0 lead which they built on with 2 runs in the fifth inning, 2 more in the sixth capping their scoring with a single run in the eighth inning. Arizona socred single runs in the second and sixth innings.
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