force play

[fawrs pley]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Baseball.

a defensive play in which the fielder holding the ball can make a putout by stepping on, or otherwise touching, the base that a runner is heading toward, having been forced to advance to that base because of a batter’s base hit.

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An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

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Canady responded by striking out Taylor Stephens on a change-up and getting Kaitlyn Terry to ground into a force play at home to end the threat.

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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.

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The next batter, Steve Garvey, hit a shot to almost the same place, but Nettles grabbed it and threw to second for the force play and third out.

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In the fourth, Matt Olson was initially called out on a force play at second.

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Crawford to set up a force play on the base.

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