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  2. Bunt (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    A bunt is a batting technique in baseball or fastpitch softball. Official Baseball Rules define a bunt as follows: "A bunt is a batted ball not swung at, but intentionally met with the bat and tapped slowly within the infield." To bunt, the batter loosely holds the bat in front of home plate and intentionally taps the ball into play.

  3. Sacrifice bunt - Wikipedia

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    The player at the plate must also lay down a quality bunt. That is, the player must lay down a bunt that does not pop up, go foul, or go straight to a fielder. Even if all goes well, if the sacrifice bunt is successful, the team must still get a hit to score the runner, and they now have 2 outs remaining instead of three. [5] [6]

  4. Squeeze play (baseball) - Wikipedia

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    In baseball, the squeeze play or a squeeze bunt is a maneuver consisting of a sacrifice bunt with a runner on third base. The batter bunts the ball, expecting to be thrown out at first base, but providing the runner on third base an opportunity to score. Such a bunt is most common with one out. [1]

  5. 'It warms my heart': Inside the resurgence of the bunt in the ...

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    As the fastest team in baseball, the 2024 Reds also can steal hits on bunt singles, and the Reds’ coaches view a timely bunt as an effective tool to break out of a slump.

  6. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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    Speedy runners also bunt for base hits when infielders are playing back. In such a situation, left-handed hitters may use a drag bunt, in which they start stepping towards first base while completing the bunt swing. Even the great slugger Mickey Mantle would drag bunt once in a while, taking advantage of his 3.1 second speed from home to first ...

  7. Video: Anthony Rizzo Had The Best Bunt Of The MLB Season - AOL

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    Down 6-4 to the Toronto Blue Jays in the bottom of the ninth inning, the New York Yankees needed a baserunner to start a rally on Wednesday night. That prompted Anthony Rizzo to bunt against the ...

  8. Plate appearance - Wikipedia

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    Under Official Baseball Rule 9.02(a)(1), an at bat results from a completed plate appearance, unless the batter: [1] hits a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly; or; is awarded first base on four called balls; or; is hit by a pitched ball; or; is awarded first base because of interference or obstruction.

  9. Baseball's unwritten rules: Is it OK to break up no-hitter ...

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    The Trenton Thunder broke one of baseball's unwritten rules and broke up the Yard Goats' no-hitter with a bunt single. What's the deal?