double play

[duhb-uhl pley]

noun

Baseball.

1. a play of continuous fielding action in which two putouts are made. DP

double play

noun

1. baseball a play in which two runners are put out

Word History and Origins

Origin of double play¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

Example Sentences

But after a mound visit from pitching coach Mark Prior, the right-hander got Nathan Lukes to ground into an inning-ending double play.

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He was a member of the Rays when he turned a double play to end the fifth inning.

From Los Angeles Times

It led to more stress for the 37-year-old Kershaw in the third, when he yielded a pair of singles to lead off the inning before getting a double play and fanning Story with a slider.

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And, in the most frustrating of endings, a two-on, one-out opportunity in the ninth went by the wayside when Smith rolled into a double play.

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Sophomore Laif Palmer closed out the final inning, inducing the fifth double play of the day and getting a strikeout after the Trojans managed only their third hit.

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