How to Use triple play in a Sentence

triple play

noun

• They turned a triple play in the first inning.
• The batter hit into a triple play.
• The play also marked the first triple play of the 2023 season.
  — Zach Mentz, cleveland, 26 July 2023
• Maz grounded to third, and the Mets tried a triple play.
  — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 4 May 2020
• But five years is still a long time to wait for a triple play of joy.
  — azcentral, 3 Apr. 2018
• As a result, the Reds turned their first triple play since 2017.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 18 Apr. 2021
• Perez said of the first triple play he’s been involved in in his career.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 22 July 2019
• And all three were involved in the famed triple play that lifted them to the title.
  — Caleb Wiegandt, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2023
• There aren't many times when that kind of triple play crosses your path.
  — Karen Walker, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
• Tulane turned its first triple play in 13 years in the eighth inning.
  — Christopher Dabe, NOLA.com, 28 Apr. 2018
• But with the help of that triple play, Deer Park went on a 13-4 rampage to win going away.
  — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 24 June 2018
• For the first time ever, the Rangers have both turned a triple play and hit into one in the same season.
  — Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2022
• And this was a lot more complicated than the around-the-horn triple play the Yanks pulled against the White Sox on May 21.
  — Pete Caldera, USA TODAY, 18 June 2021
• Buck & Gio made the 1st 8-5 triple play in MLB history look easy.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2022
• In the nightcap, the Brewers turned a triple play in the fourth while nursing a 4-2 lead and wound up winning, 9-3.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 8 Sep. 2022
• With my luck, my cardboard cutout will be in the pressbox restroom when the A’s turn a triple play.
  — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 12 July 2020
• The triple play in the first inning marked the first time the storied Yankees franchise turned two in one year.
  — Mike Haim, Star Tribune, 17 June 2021
• Their last around-the-horn triple play at home was started by Gary Gaetti in 1995.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 20 May 2018
• But the around-the-horn triple play was a neat little bow on the season on a liner off the bat of Yadier Molina.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Sep. 2020
• The Minnesota Twins turn the first-ever 8-5 triple play.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2023
• Baltimore turned a triple play to get right-hander Dean Kremer out of a jam in the third.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 18 Sep. 2022
• The Gladiators seemed poised to extend their lead in the top of the sixth, but a triple play ended the inning.
  — Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar. 2023
• Beck then quickly threw behind the runner at first to complete the triple play.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2022
• This was the second triple play the Rangers have turned this season and the eighth in Texas’ franchise history.
  — Dallas News, 20 Sep. 2022
• Now, imagine a 20-minute break in the middle of the game to discuss whether a pitcher had trapped a line drive — or caught it to start a triple play.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2022
• The Twins turned the 15th triple play in franchise history Sunday.
  — Star Tribune, 6 June 2021
• The smart money is on a triple play to preserve it in the 19th inning or at last call, whatever comes first.
  — Bud Shaw, cleveland.com, 14 Sep. 2017
• With two on and no outs in the fifth, Bregman bounced Ramirez a 5-4 double play, but no throw for a triple play was possible.
  — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 18 May 2018
• The Rangers bailed Dane Dunning out of yet another first-inning jam with their first triple play since 2018.
  — Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2022
• Dunning did not get into first-inning trouble and didn’t need the triple play defense to save him, which had been the hallmarks of his first three starts.
  — Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024