A 3-6 putout in a baseball game is nothing out of the ordinary. You have a runner at first base, there's a ground ball to the first baseman, he goes to second to get the lead runner -- you know the drill.
But what about two 3-6 putouts ... on the same play?
That's what transpired in the bottom of the third inning on Monday when the Twins beat the White Sox, 9-6, at Target Field. With one out and a runner on first, Kody Clemens chopped a ground ball to Jacob Gonzalez at first base. Gonzalez threw to shortstop Colson Montgomery covering second to get the lead runner, but the return throw for an attempt at completing a double play was high and went over Gonzalez's head.
Gonzalez chased the ball down, turned and fired toward second again -- this time, Clemens was trying to take the extra base. The throw ended up being a two-hopper, but it was right on the money and Montgomery applied the tag to get Clemens.
Technically, it won't go down in the record books as a double play because the batter reached base; instead it's the less-heralded and more general "two-out play."
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it's the first time there were two 3-6 putouts on the same play since the Cardinals did it to the Expos on June 26, 1972, when Hall of Famer Bob Gibson induced a groundout to first from his former batterymate Tim McCarver.