sacrifice bunt
noun
variants
or less commonly sacrifice hit
plural sacrifice bunts also sacrifice hits
: a bunt in baseball that allows a runner to advance one base while the batter is put out
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On Wednesday, with no outs, a pinch runner on second and the game tied in the ninth, Profar laid down a sacrifice bunt.
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Dennis Lin, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
The Cavaliers’ lineup pounded out 11 hits, walked five times and executed two sacrifice bunts.
—Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
After Soto drew a walk and Aaron Judge followed with a single, both advanced on Jazz Chisolm Jr.’s sacrifice bunt.
—Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
After another walk in the second inning was followed by a sacrifice bunt and RBI single from Shohei Ohtani — who is six for eight this postseason with runners on base but hitless in 16 at-bats otherwise — Senga was finally chased from the game.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
The switch-hitting utility man has six sacrifice bunts in his six-year career and has usually hit toward the bottom of the order for the St. Louis Cardinals and Dodgers.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Korey Lee moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Dominic Fletcher and scored on a sacrifice fly to center by Miguel Vargas to give the Sox a 2-1 lead.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2024
After singles from Will Smith and Gavin Lux, and a sacrifice bunt from Kiké Hernández, key trade deadline acquisition Tommy Edman feathered a single into right to drive in two go-ahead runs.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
The night before, manager Bob Melvin let Mike Yastrzemski and the bottom of the order swing away instead of trying to move the runner over with a sacrifice bunt.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
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Dennis Lin, The Athletic, 29 Aug. 2024
The Cavaliers’ lineup pounded out 11 hits, walked five times and executed two sacrifice bunts.
—Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 25 Apr. 2024
After Soto drew a walk and Aaron Judge followed with a single, both advanced on Jazz Chisolm Jr.’s sacrifice bunt.
—Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024
After another walk in the second inning was followed by a sacrifice bunt and RBI single from Shohei Ohtani — who is six for eight this postseason with runners on base but hitless in 16 at-bats otherwise — Senga was finally chased from the game.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
The switch-hitting utility man has six sacrifice bunts in his six-year career and has usually hit toward the bottom of the order for the St. Louis Cardinals and Dodgers.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Korey Lee moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Dominic Fletcher and scored on a sacrifice fly to center by Miguel Vargas to give the Sox a 2-1 lead.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 19 Sep. 2024
After singles from Will Smith and Gavin Lux, and a sacrifice bunt from Kiké Hernández, key trade deadline acquisition Tommy Edman feathered a single into right to drive in two go-ahead runs.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2024
The night before, manager Bob Melvin let Mike Yastrzemski and the bottom of the order swing away instead of trying to move the runner over with a sacrifice bunt.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
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