The last time the Orioles turned a triple play, the president was Bill Clinton and the three Orioles involved in the play were Melvin Mora, Jerry Hairston, and Jeff Conine. The date was September 1, 2000, and here nearly seventeen years later, they broke that drought against Boston on Tuesday night.
The Orioles lost the game, so this fluke triple play is one of the few things that was good about the game. Even the fact that they could turn a triple play in the bottom of the eighth inning was concerning because it came against fresh-off-the-DL Zach Britton, who, when totally well, doesn’t even allow enough baserunners for a triple play to be a possibility.