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Bunt meaning
The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. | A push or shove; a butt. | A ball that has been intentionally hit softly so as to be difficult to field, sometimes with a hands-spread batting stance or with a close-hand, choked-up hand position. No swinging action is involved.
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Example sentences (20)
A sacrifice bunt by Cervola and a bunt single by junior Maggie Howard led to the first two runs.
A chaotic sacrifice bunt in the eighth extended the TCU lead to 6-3.
After watching the recent College World Series, I have some advice for the coaches of these eight elite teams: Either teach your players how to bunt or eliminate bunting from your offensive strategy.
Blanco tripled and scored to help the Royals tie it at 2 in the third, and had a run-scoring bunt hit to cap a five-run fourth.
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Campbell ignited another scoring inning with an infield single, moving into scoring position on a sacrifice bunt.
Carson Tew with a well-placed bunt, sprints to first.
Gannon Black launched an RBI double deep into left-center field to plate Hayden Griffin and stretch the lead to 2-0 and just a few pitches later, a sacrifice bunt by Devyn Ellis allowed Black to slide in safely from third and make it a 3-0 game.
Greensburg Salem had two singles and a bunt to load the bases with two outs, but Yough starter James Shoman struck out senior Matt Scarpa to end the top half of the inning.
Katie Beth Yovino led off the inning with a single to center field, then a sacrifice bunt by Jones moved her over to third.
Lawrence County cooked up a two-out rally that saw them cut it to 5-3 on a bunt single, but the Lady Warriors added to their lead in the bottom of the sixth.
Noah Boser went 1-for-4, Aaron Weber had a sacrifice bunt and Matt Tautges and Lane Girtz both earned a walk.
Reanna Rudd then in the final run of the ballgame with a sac bunt that increased the lead to 5-0 with three outs to record.
Sandlin got hit by the pitch to lead off the inning, then Marsh reached on a bunt single.
Sentencing Bunt, magistrate Rana Daher told him "this offence strikes at the heart of community safety".
Shortstop Mitchell Daly advanced both runners with a sacrifice bunt, but first baseman Jared Thomas struck out for the second time on a slider from Smith, as did third baseman Jalin Flores.
Another was thrown out in the fourth attempting to score on a squeeze bunt.
Astros pitcher Parker Mushinski then threw the ball away on an Austin Wells bunt that allowed the catcher to take second while Alex Verdugo scored to make it a 4-1 game.
Austin Peay State University returned in the ninth and opened with back-to-back singles by shortstop sacrifice bunt, Voitik tied the game with a sacrifice fly.
Both runners moved up on Jackson Merrill’s sacrifice bunt, and Profar scored by beating out Alexander’s throw home Luis Campusano’s grounder.