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

Recent Examples on the Web

Williamson, the automatic runner at second base, went to third on a sacrifice bunt by Taylor Walls and scampered home on a wild pitch by Nick Frasso (0-1), who was making his major league debut. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

The Giants did not record a critical out last month in Kansas City because Adames was not expecting catcher Daniel Susac to throw to second base after fielding a sacrifice bunt and wasn’t standing on the base to record a forceout. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026

Fermin hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning, drove in Bogaerts with a single in the sixth and moved Bogaerts to third base with a sacrifice bunt in the ninth. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2026

Emotions ran high in the sixth inning when first baseman Willson Contreras and DH Masataka Yoshida opened with back-to-back singles and advanced to third and second, respectively on Durbin’s sacrifice bunt. — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1877, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sacrifice bunt

• affront
• confront
• exeunt
• forefront
• lakefront
• manhunt
• sederunt
• upfront
• battlefront
• oceanfront
• riverfront
• waterfront