Soto, Young able to turn rare three for Iowa

Turning a triple play is a rare enough feat to accomplish. But to do it with just two players, that's almost unheard of. 
But in the second inning of Triple-A Iowa's 4-3 loss to Oklahoma City, Elliot Soto and Cubs' No. 13 prospectChesny Young did just that. 

After Iowa starting pitcher Juan Paniagua (0-2) walked Scott Van Slyke and Max Muncy to start the frame, Oklahoma City's Charlie Culberson cracked a low line drive right at shortstop Soto. The ball had some sink to it and looked destined to find dirt, but the 27-year-old caught it before it touched down.
"It had top spin, so I wasn't sure if it was going to stay up and it barely did -- by maybe a couple of inches," Soto said. "I knew we had a chance at a triple play right away because I saw the runners take off. I just wanted to get the ball to Chesny as quick as I could."
"I had a pretty clear view of the catch, it was a great play by Elliot," Young added. "I was running to second in case it hit the ground to get ready for the double play anyways. The runners took off immediately, I think if I was on base I probably would have stayed, but they took off for whatever reason."
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With Van Slyke running on contact, Soto fired the ball to Young, who stepped on second and got ready to hurl the ball to first baseman Taylor Davis. When the 24-year-old turned to make the throw, there was Muncy, sliding at his feet.
"I didn't know where Muncy was, so I turned as if I was going to throw it. He was right in front of me and kind of just slid five feet in front of me and I tagged him," Young said.
Even though that officially ended the the inning, Young said it happened so fast he almost threw the ball to Davis just to make sure. 

"You don't take in the gravity that it's about to be a triple play," the 2014 fourth-round pick said. "You're kind of just reacting, tagging bases, tagging players ... I almost just threw it to first because there was so much going on and you want to make sure everything's covered."
Young never did throw the ball to Davis, much to the first baseman's chagrin. 
"Taylor was kind of messing with Chesny saying, 'Yeah, Chesny, I didn't want to play. I didn't want to get an out right there,'" Soto said.
"Taylor selfishly wanted to be involved and was mad that I didn't throw him the ball," Young joked.
It turned out that Young might have been better suited making the extra throw to first, because out of habit he flipped the ball back to the mound on his way back to the dugout.
"The funny thing is that when it was all over, I threw it back to the mound," he said. "And then right after, I realized that I probably should have held onto it since it was the first time I'd ever been a part of a triple play. By then it was too late to peel back and get it."
In addition to playing a part in the Pacific Coast League's second triple play of the year, Young also lined an RBI double to left in the sixth. Colorado Springs completed a triple play on May 23 in a 7-2 loss to New Orleans.
Perhaps the only people more excited than Young and Soto were the Steenhoek family, who won $8,000 thanks to the feat.