: a play in baseball by which two players are put out
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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Four pitches later, the Padres turned a double play to give King a 110-pitch complete-game shutout.—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 The Bulldogs tried to turn a double play, but Davalan beat the throw to first and it was not fielded cleanly anyway.—Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2025 That included starting a slick double play to end the second.—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 12 Apr. 2025 But Buehler drew a double play to get out of trouble and went on to enjoy his best outing by far since joining the Red Sox.—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 10 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for double play
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