double play
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- noun
- /ˈdʌbəl pleɪ/
- Jargon
:
doble jugada
- Corey Hart pounded a 3-1 pitch to Darwin Barney, resulting in a 4-6-3 inning-ending double play.
- turning double play
- inning-ending double play
- hit into a double play
Examples
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The Lopez brothers pull off a double play, 4 to 6 to 3.
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Almost grounding into a game-ending double play... just beating the throw to first.
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Maybe this year you could turn a double play.
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Sam, you ready to run that double play, huh?
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To second for one, on to first, double play... ...and the Yankees take Game 1.
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Cano failed to turn a double play that could have been turned.
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They haven't turned a double play in over a month.
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The Rangers went 1-for-7 with runners in scoring position and hit into three costly double plays.
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With runners on first and second, he induced an inning-ending double play out of former BYU catcher Chad Nacapoy.
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The shortstop executed a brilliant double play to end the inning.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The components 'double' (twofold) and 'play' (an action in sport) give a clear hint that this is a play involving 'two' of something, so a learner could infer a general sense of a two-part action. However, the precise technical meaning — two outs in one continuous baseball action — is domain-specific and not fully predictable from the parts alone, so it requires prior exposure or sports knowledge.
Etymology
The noun double play comes from baseball and is made of double (two) + play (a single action). Imagine a ground ball where a fielder throws to second and then to first to get two players out in one continuous move, so the phrase means 'two outs in one action'.