tag up
verb
tagged up; tagging up; tags up
: to touch a base before running in baseball after a fly ball is caught
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De La Cruz scored from second base in the fourth on Eugenio Suárez's single up the middle after singling and tagging up on Sal Stewart's 358-foot fly out to the warning track in right.
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CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
De La Cruz scored from second base in the fourth on Eugenio Suárez’s single up the middle after singling and tagging up on Sal Stewart’s 358-foot fly out to the warning track in right.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
The Yankees were also aggressive by taking extra bases on Friday, as Austin Wells surprisingly and successfully tagged up from second when Ryan McMahon lofted a flyball to left in the sixth inning.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
In a 1-1 game against the New York Mets in the bottom of the second inning, Cruz caught a fly ball for the second out of the inning as baserunner Brett Baty considered tagging up to head to second.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
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CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
De La Cruz scored from second base in the fourth on Eugenio Suárez’s single up the middle after singling and tagging up on Sal Stewart’s 358-foot fly out to the warning track in right.
—ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
The Yankees were also aggressive by taking extra bases on Friday, as Austin Wells surprisingly and successfully tagged up from second when Ryan McMahon lofted a flyball to left in the sixth inning.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 4 Apr. 2026
In a 1-1 game against the New York Mets in the bottom of the second inning, Cruz caught a fly ball for the second out of the inning as baserunner Brett Baty considered tagging up to head to second.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2026
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“Tag up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tag%20up. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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