force play

noun

baseball

: a play in which a runner is forced to advance to the next base when the batter puts the ball in play and can be put out if a fielder holding the ball touches the base before the runner reaches it

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In the 10th, Treinen gave up a run when Jazz Chisholm Jr. singled, stole second base, stole third base and scored on a force play. —

Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024 The Mets were well on their way to a 9-2 rout of the frustrated Reds when with one out in the fifth and Pete Rose on first, Morgan hit a ground ball to the right side which Mets first baseman John Milner fielded and threw to Harrelson covering second for a force play on Rose. —

Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024 And amid the chaos, Evers persuaded umpire Hank O’Day to call Merkle out on a force play, nullifying the winning run. —

Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023 Parsons would contort himself to get around blocks and force plays to fall apart. —

Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for force play