3! Outfielder ties hallowed baseball record
Corey Hart, meet Hank Aaron.
Against the Philadelphia Phillies Saturday, the Milwaukee Brewers right fielder tied Henry Aaron by recording all three putouts in an inning. It is one of Major League Baseball’s most-hallowed marks.
“What? Oh, I never really thought about it in that context,” Hart said. “No big deal. Happens to me once or twice a month.”
Hart matched Hammerin’ Hank and hundreds of other players when he caught fly balls off the bats of Chris Roberson, Tadahito Iguchi and Jimmy Rollins.
That third putout in the top of the ninth ignited a wild celebration inside Miller Park, as it not only gave Hart his share of the record, it gave the Brewers a 6-5 victory.
