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
Examples of sacrifice bunt in a Sentence
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The only out was when Neto dropped down a sacrifice bunt.
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Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024
The Lions retook a three run lead in the third inning with the same small ball strategy; a walk, sacrifice bunt and a wild pitch set up a sacrifice fly from senior third baseman Eric Gomez.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2024
Jeff McNeil advanced the runners on a sacrifice bunt and Stratton got Francisco Alvarez to pop up to second base.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2024
Pete Alonso walked to lead off the inning and was advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Tyrone Taylor.
—Abbey Mastrocco, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2024
Another sacrifice bunt by Jaeden Powell moved Cruz to third where Kade Cross drove him home with a ground single to right.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2024
Locked in a scoreless game in the eighth inning, senior Jake Miller went for a sacrifice bunt but beat it out, setting the Hawks up with runners on first and second with no outs.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Second baseman Michael Massey also contributed, laying down an RBI sacrifice bunt to bring in Blanco.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2024
Flores moved her to third with a sacrifice bunt and Rosser scored on an error on a grounder to third by Taveras.
Keller-Weatherford baseball delayed
Keller and Weatherford’s bi-district baseball game at Southlake Carroll Senior High School was postponed due to lightning in the area on Thursday.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
Jeff Fletcher, Orange County Register, 14 June 2024
The Lions retook a three run lead in the third inning with the same small ball strategy; a walk, sacrifice bunt and a wild pitch set up a sacrifice fly from senior third baseman Eric Gomez.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 June 2024
Jeff McNeil advanced the runners on a sacrifice bunt and Stratton got Francisco Alvarez to pop up to second base.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 17 Apr. 2024
Pete Alonso walked to lead off the inning and was advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Tyrone Taylor.
—Abbey Mastrocco, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2024
Another sacrifice bunt by Jaeden Powell moved Cruz to third where Kade Cross drove him home with a ground single to right.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 May 2024
Locked in a scoreless game in the eighth inning, senior Jake Miller went for a sacrifice bunt but beat it out, setting the Hawks up with runners on first and second with no outs.
—Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Second baseman Michael Massey also contributed, laying down an RBI sacrifice bunt to bring in Blanco.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 May 2024
Flores moved her to third with a sacrifice bunt and Rosser scored on an error on a grounder to third by Taveras.
Keller-Weatherford baseball delayed
Keller and Weatherford’s bi-district baseball game at Southlake Carroll Senior High School was postponed due to lightning in the area on Thursday.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
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