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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In the top of the fourth, shortstop Xander Bogaerts tagged up on a fly ball and was thrown out for a double play.
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Dennis Lin, New York Times, 26 July 2025
With runners on first and second and no outs, Tatis caught a line drive by Brady House in right field and, with Josh Bell tagging up from second, fired a 96 mph throw that bounced once before reaching Machado, who put on a quick tag for the out.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 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
But on Gavin Sheets’ fly ball to right field, which easily moved Merrill to third, Bogaerts chose to tag up and ran into an out.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
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Dennis Lin, New York Times, 26 July 2025
With runners on first and second and no outs, Tatis caught a line drive by Brady House in right field and, with Josh Bell tagging up from second, fired a 96 mph throw that bounced once before reaching Machado, who put on a quick tag for the out.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 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
But on Gavin Sheets’ fly ball to right field, which easily moved Merrill to third, Bogaerts chose to tag up and ran into an out.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-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 19 Aug. 2025.
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