How to Use bunt in a Sentence

bunt

1 of 2 noun

• Wilson Colvin pushed the first run across the plate on a bunt.
  — Robert Ladnier, al, 29 Apr. 2023
• The Oilers tied the game on a squeeze bunt in the seventh and won it in the eighth on.
  — Eric Sondheimercolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2022
• The Guardians took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on a squeeze bunt by Giménez that scored José Ramírez from third.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 July 2023
• Gavin Grant beats out a bunt single down the third base line.
  — oregonlive, 9 June 2023
• With two on and no outs in the fifth, the Rangers asked him to do just that, move runners with a bunt.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2023
• Peifer laid a clever bunt down the third-base line and just beat Peyton Holt's throw to the bag.
  — Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 19 Feb. 2024
• There was a bunt that led to an error and three runs in the third inning.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Guys who can beat a shift or, failing that, beat out a bunt.
  — Dallas News, 20 July 2022
• Sawa and Gilliam dropped down bunts in the sixth, and both runners reached on errors.
  — Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2023
• There are no bunts, no stepping out of the batter’s box.
  — Annika Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
• On the second pitch of the game, Corbin Carroll laid down a bunt single.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2023
• Jake Marisnick, pinch-running for Schoop, scored on the squeeze bunt to tie the game, 1-1, in the eighth inning.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2023
• Center fielder Hunter Lamarr followed with a bunt for a hit to load the bases and bring the top of the lineup to the plate.
  — Luke Lawhorn, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2023
• Brown lays down a squeeze bunt, scoring Taylor to make it 5-3.
  — Nubyjas Wilborn | [e-mail], al, 2 June 2023
• Amed Rosario popped up a rare bunt with a runner on and nobody out in the first inning.
  — Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 19 Oct. 2022
• The bunt went foul with two strikes, resulting in a strikeout.
  — Stephen Hawkins, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022
• Wright Martin later laid down a bunt back to Cohen and beat the throw to first, which scored Jack to make it 3-1.
  — Matthew Gelhard, ajc, 27 Aug. 2022
• Ohio players reached twice on bunts to load the bases and ended up scoring two runs.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023
• Andrus reached safely on the bunt while moving Zavala to third.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022
• Sophomore Jayci Kitchen followed with a squeeze bunt to score Cline for a 1-0 lead.
  — Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2022
• In the weight room, long tossing, fielding the ball on bunt coverages.
  — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 27 Mar. 2024
• With the Braves’ infield playing deep, Rojas dropped down a bunt to the right side in a 2-2 count, beating it out with ease.
  — The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023
• Gross sent his bunt trickling, deadening the ball and sending it out of the reach of Cabell and Ryan.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2022
• Giménez, who had three hits in Tuesday’s 10-1 win, dragged a perfect bunt single down the first-base line to score Ramírez.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 July 2023
• The first two Millers walked in the bottom of the eighth, and Zionsville pitcher Elliott Rossell slipped on the wet grass trying to field a bunt to load the bases with no outs.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2022
• With the go-ahead run on first, Melvin stuck with Grisham for the lefty-on-lefty matchup, and San Diego's outfielder dropped down a bunt on the first pitch.
  — Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2022
• Altuve opened the game with a bunt single and scored to put the Astros ahead, 1-0, on Bregman's double.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2023
• Cheeseman also drove in Hagerstown’s first run of the game, laying down a bunt in the first inning to bring home Troutwine.
  — Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2022
• His bunt went foul with two strikes, resulting in a strikeout.
  — Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 6 Nov. 2022
• After Connor Queenan’s bunt out and Curtis’s fly out to left field, Smithfield scored two more runs in the third.
  — Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023

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bunt

2 of 2 verb

• He bunted the ball toward third base.
• The batter bunted for a single.
• The other day on the road, Leody Taveras tried to bunt with two strikes.
  — Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2022
• The next batter, Evan Hammond, tried to bunt the runner home on the first pitch.
  — James Weber, The Enquirer, 4 June 2022
• Ava is a triple threat at the plate who bats from the left side and can bunt, slap or hit for power.
  — oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2021
• Friedl offered to bunt on back-to-back pitches but couldn’t get the bunt down.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2023
• Howes squared to bunt on a safety squeeze, but Coxon‘s pitch was low and outside.
  — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 16 Apr. 2021
• Kemp tried to bunt with two on and nobody out in the second inning of a 0-0 game and popped out.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2023
• Buher then tried to bunt, but her attempt was popped up and caught by Gallagher.
  — Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2021
• Dozier tried to bunt Santana to second, but Hedges pounced on the ball in front of the plate and threw a strike to second for the force.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 7 Apr. 2022
• Mason Neville bunted him over to third base and Cali scampered home on a wild pitch to increase the Hogs' lead to 5-2.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2023
• During such shifts, many of us are wondering why the batter doesn’t bunt or hit the ball to the massive open space.
  — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021
• The sidearming Cishek’s third pitch, an 88 mph fastball, sailed up and in and off the face of the switch-hitting Lindor, who was squaring around to bunt.
  — Jerry Beach, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022
• Jarren Duran tried to bunt him to second, but Jose Ramirez fielded the ball and threw to second to force Downs.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 28 July 2022
• Hunter Grimes walked, then Rowland bunted for a single that scored Slavens.
  — Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2023
• Mateo Rodriguez bunted for a base hit to lead off the fifth and scored on a single by Guilmer Galva.
  — Ethan Winter, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023
• The other side of it is that when a road team doesn’t score, the home team merely has to bunt a runner over to third and hit a sacrifice fly to win the game.
  — Steve Megargee, Houston Chronicle, 9 July 2020
• Small ball works — get on base, steal second base, bunt them around, get runs and hopefully the pitching holds up.
  — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 11 June 2023
• After twice failing to bunt, Araúz lined a three-run homer to right field in the eighth inning as the Sox beat the Cleveland Indians, 4-3.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2021
• Wangler bunted her way on and Miller singled up the middle, to tie a championship-game record with her fourth hit of the day.
  — Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2023
• Kason Howell got hit by a pitch while attempting to bunt with two outs.
  — Nubyjas Wilborn | [e-mail], al, 13 June 2022
• After failing to bunt him over twice, the left fielder hit a dribbler down the third base line putting runners on the corners with no out.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2022
• More often today, someone else does the shooting and it’s left to the net-front attacker to tip, chop, hack or bunt it home.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
• His baseball teams were known for bunting and putting pressure on opposing teams.
  — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023
• One day during March, the Reds brought a bunting specialist into camp in Goodyear, Arizona.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2023
• Arkansas lost a good chance to break on top in the third, as Tavian Josenberger bunted Bolton to third with one out.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2023
• John Bolton bunted on a 1-2 pitch for a sacrifice that advanced Grimes and Rowland to third and second base.
  — Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2023
• Tygart also hit Hayden Dunhurst, who was trying to bunt, to load the bases and bring on Morris.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 23 June 2022
• Sparks flew when Canada's Chris Robinson bunted for a hit with his team leading Mexico 9-3 in the top of the ninth inning.
  — José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023
• After Lauer struck out trying to bunt, Wong sent a booming double into right-center to score Bradley all the way from first base to tie it.
  — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2021

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