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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Second baseman Michael Massey also contributed, laying down an RBI sacrifice bunt to bring in Blanco.
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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
Souza and catcher Parker Rowland got down sacrifice bunts to advance runners.
—Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 18 Apr. 2024
The only run came in the top of the sixth inning when there was an error, a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly by John Calmette.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
The Panthers scored again in the fifth on a walk, sacrifice bunt, an error and an infield out.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
On Sunday, the Pirates scored the game-winning run when Alika Williams and Jason Delay hit back-to-back sacrifice bunts against Tanner Scott to score Oneil Cruz, Pittsburgh’s automatic runner at second base to begin the inning.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
Ramon Flores followed with a single of his own before Luis Torrens moved both runners over with a sacrifice bunt.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2024
Tied at three in the bottom of the final innings, Isaiah Cosme reached base and advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Jonathan Bradman.
—Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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
Souza and catcher Parker Rowland got down sacrifice bunts to advance runners.
—Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 18 Apr. 2024
The only run came in the top of the sixth inning when there was an error, a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly by John Calmette.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
The Panthers scored again in the fifth on a walk, sacrifice bunt, an error and an infield out.
—John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2024
On Sunday, the Pirates scored the game-winning run when Alika Williams and Jason Delay hit back-to-back sacrifice bunts against Tanner Scott to score Oneil Cruz, Pittsburgh’s automatic runner at second base to begin the inning.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2024
Ramon Flores followed with a single of his own before Luis Torrens moved both runners over with a sacrifice bunt.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 10 Feb. 2024
Tied at three in the bottom of the final innings, Isaiah Cosme reached base and advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Jonathan Bradman.
—Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
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