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a putout of a base runner who is required to run; the putout is accomplished by holding the ball while touching the base to which the runner must advance before the runner reaches that base
the shortstop got the runner at second on a force
How To Use force play In A Sentence
- He eventually was declared the third out on a force play completed by Johnny Evers to end the game in a tie.
- Baldwin induced Javier into an apparent inning-ending force play. American League Baseball - White Sox vs. Mariners
- The stockpile, infrastructure and work force played a critical and evolving role in every stage of our nuclear experience, from the Manhattan Project to the present day.
- A trumpeter from the force played the Last Post and two flag bearers carried the Union flag and the ceremonial flag.
- A trumpeter from the force played the Last Post and two flag bearers carried the Union flag and the ceremonial flag.