misplay

How To Use misplay In A Sentence

• He played himself out of center field when he misplayed a number of flies early in the season, but the Astros like his range in left field.
• That became a big out when Cruz misplayed a flyball into a double on the next batter.
• And much of the defense's ineptitude - missed double plays and misplays ruled as hits - isn't reflected in the error total.
• Beware of the two-par third hole: A misplay of the plateau lay can easily kill a round. Fathom: Hanging Onto Summer In Wrightsville Beach, NC
• The bidder gets to score the amount of his bid and his meld, the player that misplayed loses all meld and takes a single set, and the third player scores only his meld.
• Nyjer Morgan led off the inning with a bunt single which was actually misplayed by Capuano, who made an ill-advised attempt to swipe at Morgan with his glove, rather than make the safer play and throw to first, but Morgan was wiped out on a double play grounder from Ian Desmond. Live blog: Nationals at Mets, Port St. Lucie, Fla.
• Anderson was soundly criticized by the local news media - probably less for the misplay than for the fact that there has been so little to criticize in his 11 years with the Angels.
• Long wasn't enthusiastic about the move, and in his first start in left, his misplay cost the team two runs.
• In the second inning Mets rightfielder Timo Perez misplayed Paul O'Neill's hit to the corner and overthrew his cutoff man, allowing O'Neill to reach third.
• Another time, Weaver pleaded with scorer Bill Stetka to give his player a hit on a pop-up that was misplayed by Detroit's Alan Trammell.