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Originally Posted by Carrera
he was already past 2nd, and the guy was between him and first. you can't run all over the field to avoid the guy...and all he has to do is toss the ball to the first baseman anyway.
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If this occurred, it would not be an unassisted triple play, it would be a 4-3 triple play.
To clarify, in this situation, the hit and run is on, with runners on first and second. The runners go as soon as the ball is thrown. The hitter lines out to the second baseman (1 out), who then steps on second base (2 outs, since the runner originally on 2nd is forced out by the tag-up rule) and then tags the runner originally on first base (3 outs, same rule as above but this runner is tagged out instead of forced out).
EDIT: It's really surprising that this has only happened 14(?) times in history, it's actually a rather common situation. Runners on first and second with a hit and run called for.