From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdouble playˌdouble ˈplay noun [countable] DSBthe action of making two runners in a game of baseball have to leave the field by throwing the ball quickly from one base to another before the runners reach either one
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double play• Maddux summoned a killer sinker and got Wade Boggs to bounce into a 4-6-3 double play.• Wade Boggs grounds into a double play.• Mesa got Hammonds to ground sharply to the right side of the infield for what looked like an easy double play.• McGwire turned a nice double play in the first to erase Pat Listach after a leadoff single. 