appeal play

American  

noun

1. Baseball. an appeal by the team in the field to the umpire regarding a possible base-running infraction, such as failure to touch a base or leaving it to score before a fly is caught, that is considered only when the defending team tags the runner or base in question before making the appeal.

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Example Sentences

If the third out is made during a play in which an appeal play is sustained on another runner, the appeal play decision takes precedence in determining the out.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2022

Kiermaier was called out at third base on an appeal play after Gurriel made a nifty running catch in left on Díaz’s third-inning liner.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2021

Does the hard-edge cultural appeal play less well there?

From Slate • Nov. 4, 2018

But Treanor was called out on an appeal play to end the inning after umpire Jerry Meals ruled that he left the bag too soon.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2012

We have already referred in several places to the extraordinary rôle scholarship and the literary appeal play in the governance of China.

From The Fight For The Republic in China by Putnam Weale, B. L. (Bertram Lenox)