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Noun: force play
  1. (baseball) 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 play";
    - force out, force-out, force

Derived forms: force plays

Type of: putout

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