: a wrong or unskillful play : error
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Kylie Strom’s misplay on a long ball over the top went straight into the pressing run of Chawinga, who, with one touch, dispatched a volley past Orlando’s star goalkeeper, Anna Moorhouse.
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2025
But Trevor Story couldn’t handle Casas’ throw to second, and the misplay led to an RBI single by Chase Meidroth and a two-run home run by Luis Robert Jr. that tied the game at 3-3.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2025
Francisco Lindor stepped up to the plate in the ninth as the tying run after the Twins kicked the ball around the field with some misplays in the field.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
The grounder up the middle measured at 70.2 mph, but it was placed well and caused misplays by second baseman Tyler Freeman, who tried to field it, and shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, who scrambled to retrieve it but made an off-target throw to the plate.
—Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
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Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 17 May 2025
But Trevor Story couldn’t handle Casas’ throw to second, and the misplay led to an RBI single by Chase Meidroth and a two-run home run by Luis Robert Jr. that tied the game at 3-3.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2025
Francisco Lindor stepped up to the plate in the ninth as the tying run after the Twins kicked the ball around the field with some misplays in the field.
—James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2025
The grounder up the middle measured at 70.2 mph, but it was placed well and caused misplays by second baseman Tyler Freeman, who tried to field it, and shortstop Ezequiel Tovar, who scrambled to retrieve it but made an off-target throw to the plate.
—Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
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“Misplay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/misplay. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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