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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Hill reached base twice and laid down a sacrifice bunt in a 5-2 victory over St. Laurence.
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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
The first was running in to grab a sacrifice bunt on the foul line and throwing to first base for the first out.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
Chicago took a 2-1 lead in the fifth on Shaw’s leadoff walk, a sacrifice bunt by McGuire and a two-out RBI single up the middle by Tucker.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
After a sacrifice bunt from Graham Pauley and a throwing error loaded the bases, Edwards shot a ground ball up the middle, scoring two.
—Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
In the sixth, Dorian Gonzalez Jr. led off with a double to right and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Williams on the next at-bat.
—Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
Jeremiah Estrada worked in extra innings for the third time — and this time stranded the automatic runner on a sacrifice bunt and two groundouts after taking the loss in the first two games.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
Wildcats leadoff batter Landon Hu reached on a two-base error, moved to third base on Manning’s sacrifice bunt and scored on a ground out.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 31 May 2025
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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
The first was running in to grab a sacrifice bunt on the foul line and throwing to first base for the first out.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2025
Chicago took a 2-1 lead in the fifth on Shaw’s leadoff walk, a sacrifice bunt by McGuire and a two-out RBI single up the middle by Tucker.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 26 May 2025
After a sacrifice bunt from Graham Pauley and a throwing error loaded the bases, Edwards shot a ground ball up the middle, scoring two.
—Noah Gulley, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2025
In the sixth, Dorian Gonzalez Jr. led off with a double to right and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Williams on the next at-bat.
—Miami Herald, 8 June 2025
Jeremiah Estrada worked in extra innings for the third time — and this time stranded the automatic runner on a sacrifice bunt and two groundouts after taking the loss in the first two games.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2025
Wildcats leadoff batter Landon Hu reached on a two-base error, moved to third base on Manning’s sacrifice bunt and scored on a ground out.
—Steve Fryer, Oc Register, 31 May 2025
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“Sacrifice bunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrifice%20bunt. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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