Examples of double play in a Sentence
The batter hit into a double play.
They turned a double play to end the inning.
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Harrison settled down in the second inning, retiring the side and inducing an inning-ending double play after allowing a one-out single.
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
The Hurricanes loaded the bases again in the fifth and scored five runs on a Jake Ogden hit by pitch, three consecutive singles from Gonzalez, Tanner Smith and Bobby Marsh and Renzo Gonzalez double play to to up 7-4.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
Kingery and Anderson, the second baseman, collaborated on a quick turn to get an inning-ending double play in the fifth.
—Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
Roberts was on first base and alertly scampered back to avoid a double play.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
The Hurricanes loaded the bases again in the fifth and scored five runs on a Jake Ogden hit by pitch, three consecutive singles from Gonzalez, Tanner Smith and Bobby Marsh and Renzo Gonzalez double play to to up 7-4.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2025
Kingery and Anderson, the second baseman, collaborated on a quick turn to get an inning-ending double play in the fifth.
—Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 27 Feb. 2025
Roberts was on first base and alertly scampered back to avoid a double play.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Double play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20play. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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