plural sac bunts
baseball, informal
: sacrifice bunt
Yates allowed a leadoff single to Kerry Robinson and walked Terrence Long. A sac bunt moved both runners up before Khalil Greene knocked an RBI single to right to tie the score.—
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Arkansas 6, Georgia 5 — Middle 11th Inning Gabe Fraser reached on an infield single to lead off the inning and went to second base on a sac bunt by Ryder Helfrick.
—Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2025
After Cameron Benson struck out on a 3-2 fastball, Mateo Serna's sac bunt brought Peer home from third base to tie the game.
—Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2025
Then Kiké Hernández hit a sac bunt to move the runners to second and third, but Will Smith popped out on the next at bat.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
While in San Francisco, managing under NL rules, Bochy used his pitchers to bunt, but the Giants still had the fourth-fewest sac bunts among the 15 NL teams.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
After Zack Short beat out a sac bunt off reliever Jonathan Hernández to load the bases, Jake Rogers hit a sacrifice fly and Marisnick followed with a single to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2023
Rockwall added a third run on a sac bunt from pinch hitter Jack Jungels that brought Drew Estrada home in the bottom of the third inning.
—Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
Easton Talt led off the ninth with a single to left for Oregon State, and Talt advanced to second on Canon Reeder’s sac bunt.
—oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2023
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Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2025
After Cameron Benson struck out on a 3-2 fastball, Mateo Serna's sac bunt brought Peer home from third base to tie the game.
—Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 6 Apr. 2025
Then Kiké Hernández hit a sac bunt to move the runners to second and third, but Will Smith popped out on the next at bat.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
While in San Francisco, managing under NL rules, Bochy used his pitchers to bunt, but the Giants still had the fourth-fewest sac bunts among the 15 NL teams.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
After Zack Short beat out a sac bunt off reliever Jonathan Hernández to load the bases, Jake Rogers hit a sacrifice fly and Marisnick followed with a single to give the Tigers a 3-1 lead.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 31 May 2023
Rockwall added a third run on a sac bunt from pinch hitter Jack Jungels that brought Drew Estrada home in the bottom of the third inning.
—Lia Assimakopoulos, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
Easton Talt led off the ninth with a single to left for Oregon State, and Talt advanced to second on Canon Reeder’s sac bunt.
—oregonlive, 29 Mar. 2023
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“Sac bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20bunt. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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