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suicide squeeze
noun
: a squeeze play in which the runner runs all out at the pitch without knowing whether the batter will contact the ball
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Post 96 defeated Danbury 4-2 in the final Friday night, breaking a tie in the sixth when Brendan Grady stole home on a suicide squeeze attempt.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2024
Neither team gathered much offense until a fifth-inning walk, pair of steals and suicide squeeze at home plate scored the game’s only run.
—Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 28 May 2023
Lasorda gave the sign and Reynolds executed a suicide squeeze for a walk-off win that extended the Dodgers’ lead over the second-place Braves to three games.
—Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
The Hawks manufactured their only run in the fifth inning on a suicide squeeze.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1937, in the meaning defined above
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“Suicide squeeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/suicide%20squeeze. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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