Sentence examples for of a double play from inspiring English sources
I play hard and I'm trying to stay out of a double play.
Hidalgo was then forced out at second on the front end of a double play.
Matsui found himself in the middle of a double play in the sixth inning.
A clever base-running gambit here, a thwarting of a double play there, and torrents of runs would follow.
His power is comparable to, if not better than, Damon's, and his speed reduces the likelihood of a double play.
But Hargrove had Trombley walk Scott Brosius to load the bases and set up the possibility of a double play.
He got out of the inning on a double play ball, and two two-run homers by Berra helped him coast.
Estes could have used some help in that inning, but third baseman Edgardo Alfonzo tagged out Rolen returning to second on a grounder instead of trying for a double play.
After making the out, Mr. Date fired the ball off to Steven Antonakes, the first baseman and the bureau's director of banking supervision, for a double play.
"Get two!" or "Turn two!" or "Roll a pair!" - another way of saying go for a double play.
In a tie game with runners on the corners in the top of the ninth, O'Connor played the middle infield halfway instead of in, conceding the run and the lead in the hope of turning a double play and avoiding a big inning.
