The Twins pulled off a beautiful triple play against the Yankees and fans loved it

The Minnesota Twins gave us something that we unfortunately don’t get to see all that often – a beautiful triple play against the New York Yankees.

Seriously, triple plays seem to be so rare. We need more of these in our baseball lives. Especially on a nice summer night when there isn’t a lot going on in the sports world.

The Yankees had runners on first and second with no outs in the first and looked like they could be getting ready for a big inning in Minnesota.

But instead they watched as the Twins turned an Edwin Encarnacion grounder into this triple play:

🚨 TRIPLE PLAY 🚨 pic.twitter.com/sdm8pfmY5d

— MLB (@MLB) July 23, 2019

Twitter loved it:

omg that was a TRIPLE PLAY 💥💥💥 pic.twitter.com/tgHhcej6nx

— Marney Gellner (@MarneyGellner) July 23, 2019

Triple play! #MNTwins pic.twitter.com/kkKEmVaMXn

— Twins Photography (@TwinsPics) July 23, 2019

A TRIPLE PLAY!!!

Arraez/Schoop/Sano turn the first triple play for the #MNTwins since Sano/Dozier/Mauer on June 1st 2017! pic.twitter.com/x6KQ3WuDGW

— SKOR North (@SKORNorth) July 23, 2019

Target Field is still buzzing about that triple play as the bottom of the first begins. It was the 13th triple play the Twins have had in team history.

— Coley Harvey (@ColeyHarvey) July 23, 2019

The #Yankees starting off with a triple play is the most Monday thing ever. pic.twitter.com/i6GOhRiSkZ

— Chris Dixon (@cdixon25) July 23, 2019

Edwin Encarnacion took 4.66 seconds to get from home to 1st, which is just a fraction of a second longer than it took the Twins to turn a triple play on him pic.twitter.com/jJ3GvLJcIn

— David Adler (@_dadler) July 23, 2019

The @Twins turned their 13th triple play in club history (5-4-3). This ball is headed to the #MNTwins archives. pic.twitter.com/b2kbmvfwnB

— Dustin Morse (@morsecode) July 23, 2019