<그래픽> 강정호 2호 홈런·결승 안타 - 메이저리그 최초 ‘트리플플레이’ Pirates' win vs. rival a sight for sore eyes(VIDEO)

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Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang threw to second to complete the rare 

triple play.

미국프로야구(MLB) 피츠버그 파이리츠의 한국인 타자 강정호(28)가 

기선을 제압하는 시즌 2호 홈런과 결승타를 차례로 날리고 팀 승리의 주역이 됐다

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Unprecedented triple play, two big innings help top NL Central 

leaders for first time

By Stephen J. Nesbitt / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Yadier Molina hit the first pitch he saw Saturday night right on the screws, then watched in disbelief, his hands glued to the sides of his pine-tarred helmet, as the play before him unfolded into the first recorded 4-5-4 triple play in major league history. With St. Louis Cardinals runners on second and third and no outs in the second inning, Neil Walker snared Molina’s screaming line drive and threw to third baseman Jung Ho Kang, doubling off Jhonny Peralta. Jason Heyward, the runner coming from second, had slowed to a walk, thinking the inning was over. Kang made the same mistake, initially, but finally heard his teammates’ calls and threw to second to complete the rare triple play. “Kang took off toward the dugout, and we’re screaming, ‘No! Throw it to us!’ ” shortstop Jordy Mercer said afterward, and manager Clint Hurdle cracked, “I was just hoping [Kang] wouldn’t throw the ball up in the stands.” The Pirates played by the rule of three Saturday. They followed a triple play with three-run innings in the second and sixth, sandwiched around the Cardinals’ five-run fourth, and knocked off the hottest team in baseball, 7-5, before a sellout crowd of 38,068 at PNC Park. After losing the series opener Friday, 8-5, Hurdle noted that while the Pirates collected 12 hits, they were still missing “the big one.” Saturday, they got one big hit after another. Mercer, who entered the game batting .186, socked a bases-loaded, two-run double off the wall in center field in the sixth inning to put the Pirates ahead for good. They defeated their National League Central Division nemesis for the first time in eight games. “Everybody poured in what they had,” Hurdle said. Left fielder Starling Marte, the cleanup hitter batting .344 in his previous 16 games, left after three innings because of severe dizziness. He will be reevaluated before today’s game. http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/pirates/2015/05/09/Pittsburgh-Pirates-beat-St-Louis-Cardinals-7-5/stories/201505090132

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