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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Shores gave up just one hit, striking out four batters over 2.2 innings on the bump, including the final pitch that started a 4-6-3 double play to win it all.
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
Coastal got the leadoff man on in the bottom of the ninth, but Shores struck out Ty Dooley and then Sykes bounced into a double play to ignite the infield dogpile.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Adell seemed to spoil the rally by hitting a routine bouncer to shortstop Anthony Volpe, who should have had a routine inning-ending double play.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
His only free pass was a leadoff walk to J.P. Crawford in the first, which Julio Rodríguez promptly erased by grounding into a double play.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
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Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2025
Coastal got the leadoff man on in the bottom of the ninth, but Shores struck out Ty Dooley and then Sykes bounced into a double play to ignite the infield dogpile.
—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 22 June 2025
Adell seemed to spoil the rally by hitting a routine bouncer to shortstop Anthony Volpe, who should have had a routine inning-ending double play.
—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 18 June 2025
His only free pass was a leadoff walk to J.P. Crawford in the first, which Julio Rodríguez promptly erased by grounding into a double play.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 17 June 2025
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“Double play.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/double%20play. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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