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Definition of "force-out" []

  • Baseball The act or fact of putting out a base runner on a force play. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "force-out" in a sentence
  • "After walking the leadoff batter and getting a force-out from the second hitter, Glavine gave up a single, a single, a double, a single, a walk, a single, and then he hit a batter."
  • "But the game ended with Jerry Hairston grounding into a force-out at second."
  • "Mid 3, 1:51: Chamberlain retired Chris Marrero on a force-out at second."
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