force play
noun
baseball
: a play in which a runner is forced to advance to the next base when the batter puts the ball in play and can be put out if a fielder holding the ball touches the base before the runner reaches it
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But Jeffers didn’t get a good read on Willi Castro’s liner that should have gone for a single and instead led to a force play at third.
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Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
In the 10th, Treinen gave up a run when Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled, stole second base, stole third base and scored on a force play.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
The Mets were well on their way to a 9-2 rout of the frustrated Reds when with one out in the fifth and Pete Rose on first, Morgan hit a ground ball to the right side which Mets first baseman John Milner fielded and threw to Harrelson covering second for a force play on Rose.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024
And amid the chaos, Evers persuaded umpire Hank O’Day to call Merkle out on a force play, nullifying the winning run.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
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Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
In the 10th, Treinen gave up a run when Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled, stole second base, stole third base and scored on a force play.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
The Mets were well on their way to a 9-2 rout of the frustrated Reds when with one out in the fifth and Pete Rose on first, Morgan hit a ground ball to the right side which Mets first baseman John Milner fielded and threw to Harrelson covering second for a force play on Rose.
—Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024
And amid the chaos, Evers persuaded umpire Hank O’Day to call Merkle out on a force play, nullifying the winning run.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
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“Force play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/force%20play. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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