In an otherwise sleepy ninth inning Tuesday at Coors Field, the Rockies turned a suddenly exciting triple play.
With Jason Gurka pitching, Arizona’s Ender Inciarte doubled to lead off. Then Gurka walked Phil Gosselin.
Paul Goldschmidt then lined out to Jose Reyes. The shortstop threw to DJ LeMahieu at second to double off Inciarte, then he threw to Ben Paulsen at first to get Gosselin.
“It was a perfect storm,” Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. “Two runners were in motion. That’s how you draw it up.”
It seemed like everybody involved was caught by surprise.