How to Use force play in a Sentence

force play

noun

• Senzel sprinted to the bag, but he was called out on the force play.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2021
• Straw went 0-for-4, reaching base in the eighth inning on a force play.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 24 Apr. 2022
• None of the runners took off, so Arraez was able to throw to second for the force play.
  — La Velle E. Neal Iii, Star Tribune, 31 Aug. 2020
• The walks did not hurt Bieber as Abreu hit into a force play to end the first and went down on a fly ball to center to end the third.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
• Derek Fisher struck out and George Springer lined into a 5-4 force play to strand the bases loaded.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
• Erik Kratz drove in a run with a force play at third before Kremer struck out Tyler Wade.
  — David Ginsburg, Star Tribune, 6 Sep. 2020
• On a force play at second base, Manny Machado slides over the bag and spikes Pedroia in the knee.
  — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• Instead, Baez fielded Ian Desmond’s grounder with the bases loaded and fired to home plate to get a force play for the second out.
  — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2019
• Amid a frantic ninth inning in which the Giants rallied for four runs to trail the Dodgers 9-8, Vogt was called out on a force play.
  — John Shea, SFChronicle.com, 21 June 2019
• The next batter, Steve Garvey, hit a shot to almost the same place, but Nettles grabbed it and threw to second for the force play and third out.
  — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2020
• In the 11th, Hedges reached third on Steven Kwan’s one-out ground out, but with two-out Gonzalez hit into a force play at third.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022
• Battles quickly rolled over and, from his backside, threw to second base for a force play.
  — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2021
• But the threat ended there as Miguel Rojas grounded into a force play.
  — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• Downing was intentionally walked to load the bases to set up a force play at home.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
• In the third inning, Callen Robinson, patrolling at third base, cleanly fielded three straight ground balls and fired to Snider for the force play.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2019
• Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, has claimed in the past that his forces play a major role in impeding the route to Libya.
  — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2018
• The second out came on a force play at the plate before Wagner ended the game with a curveball in the dirt for a swinging strike three.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2022
• Danny Oriente scored on the play, but right fielder Gabe Holt alertly pegged a throw to second base for a 9-6 force play.
  — Randy Rosetta, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2018
• Beyond that, a team needs only to be within four games of the No. 8 seed to force play-in games for the final spot in either conference.
  — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Aug. 2020
• After Benintendi walked with two outs on a full count, Ramirez hit a grounder to Semien for an easy force play at second.
  — CBS News, 22 Apr. 2018
• Utley slid hard into Ahmed on a force play at second last Thursday.
  — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 9 May 2018
• Toney has become that, and at this point there’s simply been no reason for the coaches to force plays for Massey that would otherwise go to Toney.
  — Ryan Young, ajc, 4 Oct. 2017
• Siemian’s biggest problem has been the turnovers that result from him forcing plays.
  — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 14 Dec. 2017
• The Twins, now 2-3 in spring training, loaded the bases in the seventh inning, but Keon Broxton grounded into a force play at second base to end the game.
  — Jerry Zgoda, Star Tribune, 4 Mar. 2021
• Jose Altuve and other Astros allowed it to drop to get Kipnis on an easy force play at second.
  — Phil Rosenthal, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018
• Odor had to stretch out the same hamstring after receiving a throw on a force play at second base in the fourth inning of Thursday's game in Oakland.
  — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 9 Apr. 2018
• But Castro then induced consecutive ground balls to first, where Davis erased the leadoff runner at the plate on force plays.
  — Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 7 July 2018
• The Twins played no small part in that, gifting the Astros a second life in the ninth inning when Jorge Polanco threw wide of second on what should have been a routine force play.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2020
• Polanco fielded the ball and threw to second baseman Luis Arraez for an inning-ending force play, but the throw pulled Arraez off the bag.
  — La Velle E. Neal Iii, Star Tribune, 30 Sep. 2020
• If that wasn’t comical enough, Sanchez decided to keep his foot on home plate on a force play at home with Gio Urshela’s throw going wide in the third inning.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 11 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 23 Jul 2024