Tulowitzki pulls off unassisted triple play

DENVER —  Colorado’s Troy Tulowitzki left nothing to chance while pulling off an unassisted triple play against the Atlanta Braves on Sunday.

Kelly Johnson and Edgar Renteria singled for Atlanta in the seventh inning and were running on a 3-and-2 pitch when Tulowitzki caught Chipper Jones’ line drive behind second base. The rookie stepped on the bag to double up Johnson and then tagged Renteria for the third out.

Apparently unsure if he had completed the play properly, Tulowitzki went back and touched second again, then threw to first. But the inning was already over. It was the 13th unassisted triple play in major league history and the second in Rockies history. “It’s amazing,” said Tulowitzki, a former Long Beach State star. “It kind of just fell in my lap.”

The Rockies avoided a sweep when Matt Holliday hit a two-run homer in the 11th for a 9-7 victory.