double play
Noun
Meaning
the act of getting two players out on one play
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There was Shawon Dunston and Mark Grace, and together we were a double play combination for ten years.
Atlanta had runners on second and third with no outs before a pair of base-running blunders led to a 5-2-5-6 double play.
Cam Williams followed up with a double-play groundout, but that was enough to score Kennedy from third and give the Longhorns their two-run lead.
Domingo Santana then walked to load the bases, but Littell got out of the jam when he got catcher Sandy Leon on a comebacker to start a 1-2-3 double play.
During the fifth inning of game three of the series, Joe Morgan hit a double play ball to Mets first baseman John Milner with Rose on first.
Los Angeles Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux, center, turns a double play over the slide of Texas Rangers’ Joey Gallo, bottom, during the second inning of a baseball game Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020, in Arlington, Texas.