How to Use force play in a Sentence

force play

noun
  • Senzel sprinted to the bag, but he was called out on the force play.
    — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Parsons would contort himself to get around blocks and force plays to fall apart.
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • Straw went 0-for-4, reaching base in the eighth inning on a force play.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 24 Apr. 2022
  • In the sixth, Seager threw wide of second on a force play attempt.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Naylor had to charge the ball, leaving him with just a force play at second to attempt.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2023
  • Again, this is a byproduct of his attempting to force plays to happen.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Battles quickly rolled over and, from his backside, threw to second base for a force play.
    — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 31 May 2021
  • None of the runners took off, so Arraez was able to throw to second for the force play.
    — La Velle E. Neal Iii, Star Tribune, 31 Aug. 2020
  • Downing was intentionally walked to load the bases to set up a force play at home.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2021
  • But 15 of those were throwing errors, and many of them came when trying to force plays that were not there.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Siemian’s biggest problem has been the turnovers that result from him forcing plays.
    — Andy Benoit, SI.com, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Utley slid hard into Ahmed on a force play at second last Thursday.
    — Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 9 May 2018
  • But the threat ended there as Miguel Rojas grounded into a force play.
    — Craig Davis, Sun-Sentinel.com, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Erik Kratz drove in a run with a force play at third before Kremer struck out Tyler Wade.
    — David Ginsburg, Star Tribune, 6 Sep. 2020
  • The walks did not hurt Bieber as Abreu hit into a force play to end the first and went down on a fly ball to center to end the third.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 20 Aug. 2022
  • With two out, Gorkys Hernandez grounded into a force play at second.
    — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, 11 July 2018
  • On a force play at second base, Manny Machado slides over the bag and spikes Pedroia in the knee.
    — Andrew Mahoney, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Aug. 2019
  • Derek Fisher struck out and George Springer lined into a 5-4 force play to strand the bases loaded.
    — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
  • The second out came on a force play at the plate before Wagner ended the game with a curveball in the dirt for a swinging strike three.
    — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2022
  • Instead, Baez fielded Ian Desmond’s grounder with the bases loaded and fired to home plate to get a force play for the second out.
    — Mark Gonzales, chicagotribune.com, 13 June 2019
  • After Benintendi walked with two outs on a full count, Ramirez hit a grounder to Semien for an easy force play at second.
    — CBS News, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Augustin Ramirez walked leading off the Miami fourth and Liam Hicks hit into a force play.
    — Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But Castro then induced consecutive ground balls to first, where Davis erased the leadoff runner at the plate on force plays.
    — Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 7 July 2018
  • Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, has claimed in the past that his forces play a major role in impeding the route to Libya.
    — Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Toney has become that, and at this point there’s simply been no reason for the coaches to force plays for Massey that would otherwise go to Toney.
    — Ryan Young, ajc, 4 Oct. 2017
  • But Pomeranz walked Murakami to load the bases, and after a force play at the plate, Montgomery came through in the clutch to end it.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But Jeffers didn’t get a good read on Willi Castro’s liner that should have gone for a single and instead led to a force play at third.
    — Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 10 Aug. 2024
  • In the third inning, Callen Robinson, patrolling at third base, cleanly fielded three straight ground balls and fired to Snider for the force play.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 10 June 2019
  • 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.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2020
  • The Astros used three hits, two walks, a hit batter and a Bumgarner throwing error on a force play at second base in plating five runs.
    — Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 4 Aug. 2020

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