How to Use double play in a Sentence

double play

noun

• They turned a double play to end the inning.
• The batter hit into a double play.
• Schwarber tagged Correa and stomped on first for a double play, but his throw home was late.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Oct. 2021
• Moore escaped a first-and-third, one-out jam in the 10th by getting Rice to ground into a double play.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• Later, Maldonado thwarted a Red Sox threat with a strike-him-out, throw-him-out double play.
  — New York Times, 23 Oct. 2021
• Betts led off the game with a single but the Giants got out of it with an inning-ending double play and Webb faced the minimum through two.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
• Freddie Freeman had grounded into a double play when Ozzie Albies lined a double.
  — Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2021
• Fitzgerald leaped off the base and tagged Griffin Conine, but the Giants had to settle for a force out instead of a double play.
  — Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2024
• But slumping Hunter Renfroe grounded into a double play and Alex Verdugo grounded to first.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 21 Oct. 2021
• Francisco Lindor and Jose Iglesias combined for two dynamic double plays.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
• Will Smith worked around a leadoff walk to Yelich and a single by Urías in the ninth by getting a flyout and a groundball double play for his first career postseason save.
  — Steve Megargee, ajc, 10 Oct. 2021
• Kendrys Morales reached when Correa mishandled a potential double play ball after Sipp deflected it, allowing two more runs to score and tie the game.
  — James Yasko, Chron, 11 Oct. 2021
• But that contract didn’t look so bad in Game 1 when La Stella walked and scored in the first inning, singled in his next two at-bats and started a dazzling double play to end the top of the fourth.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2021
• But the Tigers failed to turn the double play and fell behind 3-2.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 Aug. 2022
• And when the Padres turned a double play in the second inning, the cheers were back.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2022
• Urías made a nice pick on the ball by Yan Gomes to get the double play started.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2023
• Reid then made the throw to third base to complete the double play and end the top half of the inning.
  — oregonlive, 15 Apr. 2022
• So the double play and getting out of that jam was big.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2022
• Pirates could’ve gotten a double play but the throw to the plate is off.
  — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024
• Blue Devils got a huge double play ball for the first two outs.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 17 May 2022
• Evan Phillips benefitted from a double play in the eighth, the Dodgers’ third of the game.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2022
• Friedl lost track of the ball and was running to third when the Phillies completed the double play at first base.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 8 Apr. 2023
• Jalen Battles fielded the grounder, won the footrace to second, and fired to first to complete the double play.
  — Arkansas Online, 22 June 2022
• And the final pitch of the game and of South Windsor’s miraculous run was a 1-6-3 double play.
  — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2022
• Bonita Vista used a double play to end the fifth inning.
  — Jim Lindgren, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2024
• Nathaniel Lowe led the top of the ninth off with a single, but a Mitch Garver double play wiped him off of the basepaths.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
• Heim lined a ball to short that nearly became a double play ball.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 31 Aug. 2023
• By the time the ball made it around the diamond, Santana beat out the back end of the double play, allowing the fourth run to score.
  — Dallas News, 26 July 2022
• Rutschman was the only batter to reach during the stretch, and he was erased on a double play that ended the third.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2022
• Gold Glover Matt Chapman calmly stepped on the base for the second out and fired to first to complete the double play.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2022

Last Updated: 2 Oct 2024