A neat baserunning feat

In the lower leagues of minor league baseball, players can sometimes get away with things they cant get away with in the higher levels. Take an event that occurred on July 8, 1981 at Chemeketa Field in Salem, Oregon. In the Northwest League game between the Salem Senators and the Eugene Emeralds, the home team managed to steal three bases in one play. Although the triple steal seems to be a lost art anymore, the Senators managed to do it with only two runners on base.

In the fourth inning with two outs, the Senators had Lonnie Garza on third and James "Sap" Randall on first base. The play began with Randall taking off for second, a throw was made to attempt to catch him at second. When the throw was made, Garza took off for the plate and the fun began. A return throw was made in an attempt to catch Garza, that throw was unsuccessful. When the return throw was made, Randall forgot to stop at second and kept going. The throw to third was just late to catch him. Randall was credited with two stolen bases on the play. Garza went on to play only three seasons of minor league baseball, while randall went on to play 4 games with the Chicago White Sox.

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