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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Trammell tagged up, an aggressive move with Scott, the Cardinals center fielder, in the 62nd percentile of major-leaguers in arm strength, per Baseball Savant.
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Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Wong and Anthony each flew out, and while Durbin was able to tag up and advance to third on Anthony’s flyout, Contreras struck out to leave him 90 feet away.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 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.
—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
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Matt Kawahara, Houston Chronicle, 19 Apr. 2026
Wong and Anthony each flew out, and while Durbin was able to tag up and advance to third on Anthony’s flyout, Contreras struck out to leave him 90 feet away.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 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.
—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
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“Tag up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tag%20up. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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