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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Pete Crow-Armstrong found the barrel to hit a rocket to shortstop Miguel Rojas, who flagged it down and fired it to Edman at second for an inning-saving double play.
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Jay Paris, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Extra bases: For all that Sheets has done lately and did on Sunday, manager Mike Shildt was most effusive in his praise for Sheets beating out a potential double play grounder in his final at-bat, keeping the inning alive.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
Harrison settled down in the second inning, retiring the side and inducing an inning-ending double play after allowing a one-out single.
—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
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Jay Paris, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
Extra bases: For all that Sheets has done lately and did on Sunday, manager Mike Shildt was most effusive in his praise for Sheets beating out a potential double play grounder in his final at-bat, keeping the inning alive.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
Harrison settled down in the second inning, retiring the side and inducing an inning-ending double play after allowing a one-out single.
—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
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“Double play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20play. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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