Gary Sánchez and other delightful triples in Brewers lore

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TL;DR

Gary Sánchez and Garrett Mitchell hit back-to-back triples for the Milwaukee Brewers in a 12-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers. This marks the first time the Brewers have achieved consecutive triples since 2015.

Key points

Gary Sánchez hit a triple on April 21
Garrett Mitchell followed with another triple
First back-to-back triples for Brewers since 2015
Sánchez has four career triples
11 players over 240 pounds have hit triples for Brewers

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Gary Sánchez provided a moment of thrill and perhaps inspiration for the, uh, slower-footed ballplayers of the world when he tripled April 21, part of the Milwaukee Brewers' 12-4 handling of the Detroit Tigers.

Not only that, Garrett Mitchell followed one batter later with a triple of his own, the first back-to-back triples for the Brewers since May 4, 2015, when Héctor Gómez and Gerardo Parra did it in the sixth against Clayton Kershaw at Miller Park.

Brewers.TV hilariously shared a post of the triples side-by-side, showing that the players arrived at their destination on varying schedules.

The 6-foot-2, 251-pound Sánchez actually already had a triple in his Brewers career – two years ago when he was last with the team and clearing the bases in Oakland. He has four in his career overall.

There are 11 players in the Baseball Reference database listed at 240 pounds or greater to hit a triple for the Brewers, and, while a couple won't surprise you, most are pretty delightful.

Here is our list:

Corey Hart (33 times)

Sorry, Corey, but you probably don't fit the spirit of our list. Hart (6-6, 240) stole 83 bases with the Brewers and hit 33 triples. He was a good runner and only counts by the slimmest of margins. Was "slimmest" an intended pun? Who can say?

Prince Fielder (nine times)

The story here is that Prince Fielder had nine triples with the Brewers. Fielder also had a triple in the All-Star Game when he was with the Detroit Tigers and one in a regular-season game with Detroit, as well. When you find out a 5-11, 275-pound big-leaguer has 10 triples in his career, what does it make you feel? The answer is joy.