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bunt

[buhnt] / bʌnt /
VERB
hit half-heartedly
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With the would-be tying run standing on first base and one out, Scott crashed hard on Geraldo Perdomo’s sacrifice bunt and zipped a throw across the diamond just in time for the out.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

Please explain to Dave Roberts that you don’t try a sacrifice bunt when you know the Marlins then automatically walk Shohei Ohtani.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026

Brady Murrietta had tied the score with a squeeze bunt in the bottom of the seventh.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

They mainly hate it because over time, teams that sacrifice bunt score less than teams that don’t.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Herbie Goldfarb served up a home run, a deep fly out, a triple, and then Harlan Betchel laid a nice bunt down along the first base line.

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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