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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Rodriguez, who was pulled last Friday after needing 85 pitches to go 2⅔ innings in a 5-2 win in Cincinnati, got inning-ending double plays in the first and third before Jo Adell hit into another after the Angels put their first two batters on base in the sixth.
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Oc Register, 17 June 2026
An inning after Clemens’ homer and with the game not yet out of reach, Texas manager Skip Schumacher intentionally walked him to get a preferred righty-righty pitching matchup and set up a potential double play.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Manny Machado singled one out later, putting runners at the corners, but Gold Glove shortstop Masyn Winn turned a nifty double play on Gavin Sheets’ grounder up the middle to keep it 3-0.
—ABC News, 15 June 2026
The Miami defense continued to shine in the sixth as Meyer struck out Spencer Horwitz before Mack threw out Davis trying to steal second for an inning-ending double play.
—Miami Herald, 14 June 2026
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Oc Register, 17 June 2026
An inning after Clemens’ homer and with the game not yet out of reach, Texas manager Skip Schumacher intentionally walked him to get a preferred righty-righty pitching matchup and set up a potential double play.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 17 June 2026
Manny Machado singled one out later, putting runners at the corners, but Gold Glove shortstop Masyn Winn turned a nifty double play on Gavin Sheets’ grounder up the middle to keep it 3-0.
—ABC News, 15 June 2026
The Miami defense continued to shine in the sixth as Meyer struck out Spencer Horwitz before Mack threw out Davis trying to steal second for an inning-ending double play.
—Miami Herald, 14 June 2026
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“Double play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20play. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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