: a play in baseball by which two players are put out
Example Sentences
The batter hit into a double play. They turned a double play to end the inning.
Recent Examples on the WebFortes was erased as a double play ended the inning before a rain delay of 1 hour, 51 minutes. George Henry, ajc, 4 Sep. 2022 Acting White Sox manager Miguel Cairo yells in the dugout after a double play in the fourth inning against the Royals on Wednesday at Guaranteed Rate Field. Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022 Reynolds followed with another single to load the bases, but Alexander answered by getting Ke'Bryan Hayes to tap into a 1-2-3 double play. Todd Rosiak, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2022 Vest was followed by Joe Jimenez in the eighth; the righty gave up a single to Semien to open the inning before getting Seager to ground into the Tigers' fourth double play turned on the night, Short to Báez to Harold Castro. Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 28 Aug. 2022 The hesitation on a ground ball in the seventh inning was enough to upset the timing of a potential double play, enough to allow the St. Louis Cardinals’ Lars Nootbar to leg out the throw to first. Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2022 Wednesday’s inning-ending double play was Aquino’s ninth outfield assist this season, one behind the National League lead, and the most by a Reds outfielder since Billy Hamilton had 12 in 2018.The Enquirer, 20 Aug. 2022 Somehow, Gilbert managed to spear the one-hopper and turn it into a 1-5-3 double play. Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 20 Aug. 2022 But Amed Rosario followed by grounding into a double play for the second straight at-bat to short-circuit the rally. Joe Noga, cleveland, 15 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
First Known Use
1867, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
double play
noun
: a play in baseball by which two base runners are put out