How to Use misplay in a Sentence

misplay

noun
  • The Heat’s missed foul shots and misplays down the stretch cost them any chance to win.
    — Dave Hyde, Sun-Sentinel.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • The biggest misplay of the night might have been on the scoreboard.
    — chicagotribune.com, 10 July 2019
  • During that span, he’s made no errors or misplays.
    — Dan Hayes, New York Times, 12 May 2026
  • But, that’s not always just on the quarterback if there was a misplay.
    — Zach Berman, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Casey Schmitt made two costly misplays at first base that led to two Padres runs.
    — Shayna Rubin, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Jones pointed to his own misplay of a pass on third-and-6 in the second quarter.
    — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 30 Oct. 2020
  • Every Gavin Lux misplay seems to lead to a bunch of unearned runs.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2022
  • In the bottom half, Garcia made up for the misplay with a drive over the left-field fence to tie it.
    — Lary Bump, Chron, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Jones committed two errors in the inning on a pair of misplays in left field that went off his glove.
    — Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2024
  • The misplay put runners on second and third base with Perez coming to the plate.
    — Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026
  • The Cubs’ three base running misplays stemmed from trying to take an extra base.
    — Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • The first few innings weren’t pretty for either team, with errors, passed balls and misplays.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 18 June 2026
  • Vladar’s misplay at the start of the second period, though, was costly.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2026
  • His walks in the first were an issue, but so was a misplay by first baseman Nolan Schanuel.
    — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Duran’s misplay on an Aaron Judge fly ball to left allowed the go-ahead run to score.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Braves tied the game in the ninth inning, thanks in large part to a misplay by Blackmon in right.
    — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The Sox were sloppy on defense, with misplays all around the outfield and on relay throws.
    — Teddy Greenstein, chicagotribune.com, 8 May 2018
  • The misplay put left-hander Tarik Skubal in a bind from the beginning.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Those are the kind of misplays that good players and teams will punish, and that’s precisely what happened.
    — Nick Ashbourne, The Athletic, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Schoop had trouble corralling a routine grounder that would have ended the first inning and the misplay led to three runs.
    — Peter Schmuck, baltimoresun.com, 21 May 2017
  • Wesley was pleased that Roe’s misplay prompted the Redwings to get mad, if not even.
    — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 16 Sep. 2022
  • His night included a flub in the early innings and a misplay in the right-field corner in the sixth inning.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity, 1 July 2017
  • That said, this is the second game in a row in which a misplay of his led directly to a goal for the opposition.
    — Josh Yohe, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The run was a result of two straight misplays by catcher Luis Torrens in the first inning.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
  • That misplay didn’t end up costing the Marlins as Straily got out of the inning.
    — Clark Spencer, miamiherald, 3 June 2018
  • Even if his slip in the backfield on a vital 3rd-and-1 play late in the 4th quarter was the misplay of the game.
    — Paul Daugherty, Cincinnati.com, 24 Sep. 2017
  • Lee’s dash around the bases was the product of a misplay by Dodgers left fielder Teoscar Hernández.
    — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
  • The Cubs had back-to-back singles with one out in the fifth inning, but a misplay by Castellanos turned into a key out.
    — Dave Clark, The Enquirer, 5 Aug. 2021
  • And the Diamondbacks scored one of their two runs in the third on Dietrich’s misplay.
    — Clark Spencer, miamiherald, 26 June 2018
  • That's 0-4 with four strikeouts, nine swings and misses, and an awful defensive misplay.
    — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2026

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