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
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The Padres took a 3-2 lead when Jake Cronenworth and Jose Iglesias began the ninth inning with singles and Cronenworth scored on Elias Díaz’s second sacrifice bunt RBI of the night.
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
Senior center fielder Christian Lopez led off with a single, and a sacrifice bunt by junior second baseman Chase Massey moved Lopez to third.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 31 May 2025
After a sacrifice bunt, an intentional walk and a strikeout, Graig Nettles came up.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Straw, the automatic runner, scored from second when Bachman fielded Ernie Clement’s sacrifice bunt and overthrew first base.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
Pedro Pages’ sacrifice bunt attempt went right back to Casparius, who bobbled it momentarily then fired hastily and high to first base.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 8 June 2025
Sydney Whalen’s sacrifice bunt placed a Tewksbury runner in scoring position, but Rossi answered with two strikeouts.
—Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025
Hill reached base twice and laid down a sacrifice bunt in a 5-2 victory over St. Laurence.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
When Pagés followed with a sacrifice bunt, Casparius again fielded the ball off to the right of the mound and made another poor throw.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
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Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
Senior center fielder Christian Lopez led off with a single, and a sacrifice bunt by junior second baseman Chase Massey moved Lopez to third.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 31 May 2025
After a sacrifice bunt, an intentional walk and a strikeout, Graig Nettles came up.
—Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Straw, the automatic runner, scored from second when Bachman fielded Ernie Clement’s sacrifice bunt and overthrew first base.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2025
Pedro Pages’ sacrifice bunt attempt went right back to Casparius, who bobbled it momentarily then fired hastily and high to first base.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 8 June 2025
Sydney Whalen’s sacrifice bunt placed a Tewksbury runner in scoring position, but Rossi answered with two strikeouts.
—Jason Cooke, Boston Herald, 8 June 2025
Hill reached base twice and laid down a sacrifice bunt in a 5-2 victory over St. Laurence.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2025
When Pagés followed with a sacrifice bunt, Casparius again fielded the ball off to the right of the mound and made another poor throw.
—Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2025
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“Sacrifice bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrifice%20bunt. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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