drag bunt

noun

: a bunt in baseball made by a left-handed batter by trailing the bat while moving toward first base

broadly : a bunt made with the object of getting on base safely rather than sacrificing

Examples of drag bunt in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Josiah Cromwick started the rally with a drag bunt and Anson Aroz followed with an RBI single. —

oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023 Jake McCarthy tapped a drag bunt toward first base. —

Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023 How about the fact those hits aren’t drag bunts or bloopers. —

Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023 The Ducks ended it in the bottom of the frame on another two-out rally as Hanoian reached via drag bunt, Tanner Smith singled to left-center and Boettcher ripped the first pitch from Mulholland to the left side and beat out the throw from Armstrong. —

James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2021 Two innings later, Kevin Plawecki slipped trying to get back to the bag after Amed Rosario attempted a drag bunt, with catcher Alex Avila’s throw easily beating him to the bag. —

Nick Piecoro, azcentral, 15 June 2018 Connor Krantz set the tone, getting down a perfect drag bunt for a one-out single. —

Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 28 May 2018 See More

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