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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The Dodgers outfielder's biggeset mistake was not running after the ball hit his glove, due to the rule being that once the ball hits the glove in any capacity, the runners can tag up.
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
At third base, Hernandez had tagged up when Muncy hit the fly ball.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Earlier in the third inning on a flyout to center by Rob Refsnyder, Sogard tagged up at first and beat Trent Grisham’s throw to second.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Oct. 2025
Judge winced during a game Tuesday in Toronto after catching Alejandro Kirk’s seventh-inning fly in the right-field corner and throwing to second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. as Dante Bichette tagged up and went from second to third.
—Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2025
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Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
At third base, Hernandez had tagged up when Muncy hit the fly ball.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 14 Oct. 2025
Earlier in the third inning on a flyout to center by Rob Refsnyder, Sogard tagged up at first and beat Trent Grisham’s throw to second.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 1 Oct. 2025
Judge winced during a game Tuesday in Toronto after catching Alejandro Kirk’s seventh-inning fly in the right-field corner and throwing to second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. as Dante Bichette tagged up and went from second to third.
—Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2025
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“Tag up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tag%20up. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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