He moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on catcher Cam Gallagher's bunt single.
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I guess guys could bunt down the third base line, but you don't get paid to bunt.
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Harvey then laid down a bunt ... and for the third time in two games the Padres played an attempted sacrifice bunt into a hit.
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Altherr was intentionally walked before pitcher Vince Velasquez came off the bench to attempt a sacrifice bunt that turned into a bunt single to load the bases.
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Gimenez went to third on a bunt single by Michael Martinez, and then scored on a throwing error by third baseman Yunel Escobar on Martinez's bunt, giving Cleveland a 4-1 lead.
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Dallas Keuchel, who seemed lost trying to bunt Reddick over to second, ended up striking out on a foul bunt attempt, and then George Springer flailed at strike three to end the inning.
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Paul Janish then reached on a bunt toward first base.
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"There was an opportunity there," Hicks said about the bunt.
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Inciarte then faked a bunt before producing his decisive double.
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Sandy Leon popped out to third on an attempted bunt.
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Kolten Wong reached on a bunt single, loading the bases.
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"My mistake for not getting the bunt down," Gregorius said.
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Ezequil Carrera then surprised Clippard by dropping down a bunt.
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Villanueva subsequently scored on a swinging bunt by Carlos Asuaje.
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The White Sox made it 3-1 in the fourth when Welington Castillo led off with a double, moved to third on Jon Jay's sacrifice bunt and scored on Sanchez's safety squeeze bunt single.
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In April 2012, Topps introduced its BUNT app, a digital space for buying, collecting, and trading its card products.. Initially, the BUNT app was geared more towards kids and just giving Topps a digital foothold.
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Laying the bunt down, doing a nice job in the field.
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He later scored on a suicide squeeze bunt by Carlos Martinez.
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Panik was forced at second on a bunt by Juan Lagares.
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He laid down a bunt for a hit (in the fourth).
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He didn't bunt for a hit that time (with the homer).
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Musgrove's safety squeeze bunt scored Newman for Musgrove's first career RBI.
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Logan Schafer's sacrifice bunt advanced the runners to second and third.
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Shawn O'Malley followed with a bunt up the first base line.
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Erik Gonzalez's sacrifice bunt moved the runners to second and third.
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Frazier decided that he would bunt if the opportunity presented itself.
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He also had a bunt single that helped spark the fourth.
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After a sacrifice bunt, Francisco Lindor was issued an intentional walk.
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Manager Aaron Boone offered lukewarm support for Torres's decision to bunt.
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Hosmer reached base in an unusual matter for him — a bunt.
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Jones then dropped a perfect bunt up the first-base line.
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A guy who can steal a base and get a bunt down.
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Rougned Odor led off with a bunt single and Robinson Chirinos walked.
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Pretty good, but it's hard to top a stand-up bunt double.
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Syndergaard struck out Yan Gomes before Soto scored easily on Difo's bunt.
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Kevin Kiermaier reached second base on Stroman's throwing error after a bunt.
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Goodrum led off the ninth for the Tigers with a bunt single.
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After Erik Gonzalez flied out, Williams' sacrifice bunt got Stallings to second.
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"That's what he does: bunt and slash," said Reds manager Bryan Price.
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He was 0-for-103 with a walk and a sacrifice bunt.
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De Aza opened the inning with a bunt single and stole second.
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Wil Myers opened the Padres' three-run second with a bunt single.
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Margot stole second and moved to third on Carlos Asuaje's sacrifice bunt.
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Tatis was 2-for-12 in his debut, including a bunt single.
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Herrera scored on Perkins' bunt single between the mound and first base.
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Gregorius said Rodriguez had quick-pitched him on the initial bunt attempt.
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First, he showed bunt before pulling back the bat to swing away.
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Cabrera surprised the Phillies with a bunt toward the third-base line.
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Anibal Sanchez fielded Mondesi's bunt, but first baseman Cabrera dropped the throw.
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"It just gets you fired up," Sabathia said, referring to the bunt.
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The last injury came while Morton was running out a bunt attempt.
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Wendle scored on a throwing error, and Gomez scored on a bunt.
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Herrmann walked with one out and went second on Corbin's sacrifice bunt.
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Nolan Reimold doubled and went to third on Francisco Pena's sacrifice bunt.
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I hear a lot of comments about: 'You got to bunt more.
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Kike Hernandez walked, Martin singled and Hernandez scored on Maeda's sacrifice bunt.
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After a sacrifice bunt, Reyes brought in Mercer with a sacrifice fly.
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A player who has little experience with being asked to bunt because he batted cleanup in the minors might not be accustomed to the maneuver when asked to bunt as a seventh- or eighth-place hitter in the majors.
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Lester later helped the offense by dropping a squeeze bunt which plated Schwarber.
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Span then stole third and scored on a sacrifice bunt by Guillermo Heredia.
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"I took my foot off the gas pedal after that bunt," Clemens admitted.
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After Barnhart was intentionally walked, Dietrich scored on a sacrifice bunt by Gray.
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Federowicz advanced to third and scored when Marisnick executed a safety squeeze bunt.
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Byron Buxton's bunt single plated Suzuki, and Buxton later scored on Nunez's single.
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I covered first on that bunt and jarred my knee a little bit.
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Hernandez delivered a run-scoring squeeze bunt two batters before Kemp's grand slam.
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Take, for example, this failed bunt by Dodger Joc Pederson at the Padres.
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They got the comebacker that hit off Duffey and got the swinging bunt.
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"I was looking down for the signs thinking maybe a bunt," Hendricks said.
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"You'd like to see him get the bunt down," Manager Terry Collins said.
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Morton was hurt Saturday running to first base on a sacrifice bunt attempt.
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McNeil opened the game with a bunt single and reached safely four times.
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I haven't collected cards in decades, but the BUNT app got my attention.
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A few innings later, the Dodgers pulled a squeeze bunt at the plate.
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Diaz was erased attempting to advance to third on a Martin Maldonado bunt.
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Jarrod Dyson's sacrifice bunt put runners at second and third with one out.
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A hit-and-run happens only by mistake; the bunt is plainly outlawed.
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"If he wants to bunt there, that's a gift to us," Romine said.
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Morton was hurt Saturday running to first base on a sacrifice-bunt attempt.
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His ankle turned while charging a bunt attempt by Pirates pitcher Trevor Williams.
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Eaton then drove in a run with a sacrifice bunt in the fourth.
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He lifted a fly ball to right in his first at-bat and then, after being unable to advance Romine — who had opened the fourth with a double — with a bunt, took an abbreviated but unabashed hack after showing bunt.
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After a sacrifice bunt by Rodriguez, Moreland scored on a sacrifice fly by Betts.
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Sanchez followed with a single and both runners moved up on a sacrifice bunt.
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He scored on Jose Iglesias' one-out sacrifice bunt to make it 9-21.
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Before hitting his 17th homer, Hicks unsuccessfully attempted to bunt his way on base.
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A perfectly executed bunt is tough to defend, even if they know it's coming.
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Carlos Santana singled and went to second on a bunt single by Francisco Lindor.
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After the game, it was revealed that Nicolino was injured while trying to bunt.
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Hamilton reached on a sacrifice bunt after first baseman Ryan Zimmerman bobbled the ball.
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Greene's throwing error on Eric Sogard's bunt led off the top of the ninth.
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He added a bunt single for his first multi-hit game of the season.
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Davis was hit by a pitch on Tuesday while attempting to execute a bunt.
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Mejia then perfectly placed a bunt down the third-base line for a single.
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Desmond Jennings' bunt resulted in a fielder's choice that eliminated Souza at third base.
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With a swinging bunt chopper to third base, Jose Ramirez drove in a run.
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What of that bunt in the middle innings, he was asked after Friday's game.
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He could bunt (he's the last nonpitcher with 20123 sacrifice hits in a season).
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This is how it went: walk, sacrifice bunt, strikeout, wild pitch, wild pitch, walk.
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CF Travis Jankowski had two bunt singles Monday afternoon for the second straight game.
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Royals manager Ned Yost said he thought about a squeeze bunt with Escobar hitting.
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He moved up on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Victor Reyes' sacrifice fly.
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Toronto's Aaron Loup overcame a leadoff bunt single by Polanco to complete the eighth.
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Sabathia, who was peeved two weeks ago at Fenway Park when Andrew Benintendi tried unsuccessfully to bunt for a base hit against him, was even saltier in the first inning after Eduardo Nunez had the temerity to bunt on him with one out.
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Yangervis Solarte reached on a one-out bunt and took second on Maeda's errant throw.
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All three hits came against a defensive shift by the Mariners including one bunt single.
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Anderson's fielder's choice bunt plated Mike Tauchman in the fourth for a 3-1 advantage.
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Pham later scored on Martinez's safety-squeeze bunt to put St. Louis ahead 2-0.
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"He decided to do that on his own," manager Robin Ventura said about Cabrera's bunt.
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It ended on a squeeze bunt RBI single to the left side by Chris Owings.
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Lester found himself in a 2-2 count but nevertheless dropped down a perfect bunt.
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Lucroy hit the ball that kind of dunked into right field and then the bunt.
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And the problem isn't that they can't bunt, it's that they're even being asked to.
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Second baseman Cory Spangenberg then dragged a bunt single between first and the pitching mound.
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After Mark Reynolds walked, Tony Wolters put down a safety squeeze bunt that Archer fielded.
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CF Billy Hamilton's bunt single in the seventh inning Monday sparked a four-run inning.
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"It feels like you have to get a perfect bunt down every time," he said.
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"The next at-bat, I laid down a bunt and got a hit," Roberts said.
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An RBI double by C.J. Cron and squeeze bunt by Nick Ciuffo highlighted the uprising.
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Lorenzen followed by pushing a bunt past Wick for a single to load the bases.
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Sure, there were two runners on base, but fans seemed to wonder aloud, Why bunt?
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CC Sabathia—This asshole screams at people who dare bunt while he's on the mound.
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He went to third on Hernandez's sacrifice bunt and scored on Jon Berti's RBI groundout.
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"You can't bunt the ball when the ball is coming at your face," Snitker said. .
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It's not that I'm anti-that by any means, like, 'I'm never going to bunt.
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Then Pat Valaika put down a sacrifice bunt and the Mets intentionally walked Charlie Blackmon.
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Only one other major league player has two bunt singles in a game this season.
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"He can get 216 to 16 bunt singles a season," said Padres manager Andy Green.
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Delino DeShields then beat out a bunt, with pinch runner Will Middlebrooks going to third.
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The left-hander squared around to bunt when the Richard pitch glanced off his throat.
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He has also asked his players to bunt a little less and swing away more.
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Juan Lagares singled, Amed Rosario executed a sacrifice bunt, and Michael Conforto was intentionally walked.
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However, given Longoria's history with being no-hit, perhaps the bunt should have been forgivable.
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Following a bunt single, Boyd escaped further damage by striking out the next two batters.
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Freddy Galvis' bunt single brought home pinch runner Franchy Cordero for the go-ahead run.
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Mauer doubled, took third on Buxton's bunt single and scored on Eduardo Escobar's sacrifice fly.
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Lugo hit a one-out double and advanced to third on Harold Castro's bunt single.
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Bregman drilled a line drive to right field for his eighth home run off Cubs right-hander John Lackey (9-8) immediately before Jose Altuve, battling a stomach bug, reached on a bunt single and later scored on a squeeze bunt by Marwin Gonzalez.
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Zimmermann laid down a sacrifice bunt and Ian Kinsler drove in Jarrod Saltalamacchia with a double.
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" Said cornerback Jason McCourty: "Everybody went wild like the bunt just won us the World Series.
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In the ninth, Kang reached on an infield single and advanced to third on a bunt.
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With two outs and nobody on, Carpenter beat a shift with a bunt double to third.
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However, his bunt stopped right in front of the plate, allowing Iannetta to make the tag.
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Noesi got in trouble immediately as Cesar Hernandez led off the game with a bunt single.
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Reliever Brad Ziegler came in and got an out on a sacrifice bunt by Rey Fuentes.
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Kevin Kiermaier walked, and Michael Brosseau put down a sacrifice bunt to move up the runners.
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The left-hander helped his cause by driving in Chicago's first run with a squeeze bunt.
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He was sacrificed to third by Senzatela's bunt and scored on Charlie Blackmon's groundout to first.
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Daniel Descalso opened the eighth with a single and move to second on a sacrifice bunt.
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He advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a single by Yoenis Cespedes.
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Velasquez barehanded a swinging bunt by JT Riddle but threw wildly past first baseman Tommy Joseph.
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With one out and runners on the corners, Joc Pederson's drag bunt scored Turner from third.
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Trevor Gott came on to walk Luis Urias ahead of a sacrifice bunt by Austin Hedges.
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Altuve's squeeze bunt capped a two-run third inning that put Houston on top 2-1.
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Austin Hedges drove in the inning's fifth run with a single on a suicide bunt attempt.
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"I'm not a fan of the sacrifice bunt," Scott Servais, the Seattle Mariners' new manager, said.
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On a safety squeeze, Lester squared around to bunt, and Baez took off for the plate.
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His sacrifice bunt in the fourth enabled the Pirates to add a run to their lead.
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He walked Cheslor Cuthbert to lead off the third and Alcides Escobar had a bunt single.
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Kuhl picked up a bunt by Harvey but threw wide toward third, allowing Duvall to score.
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"No fracture," Marlins manager Don Mattingly said of Nicolino, who got hurt while trying to bunt.
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Hendricks moved Baez to second base on a sacrifice bunt, and then Ben Zobrist flied out.
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Chris Taylor tried to bunt for a single but Rafael Devers threw him out at first.
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Dom Nunez singled with one out and was sacrificed to second on a bunt by Melville.
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Amed Rosario hit a sacrifice bunt to Floro, who committed an error that loaded the bases.
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"I loved acknowledging the subtle arrogance of Hall of Famer Rod Carew's drag bunt," he said.
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The bunt — or Sabathia's poor throw, which pulled Bird off first base — seemed to unnerve Sabathia.
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But Reynolds raced home on a squeeze bunt by LeMahieu, who was pinch-hitting for Chatwood.
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Dominic Smith walked but Minter struck out Amed Rosario, who failed to bunt the runners over.
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Bunt said she was pleasantly surprised with how much say she has had in her projects.
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After Sandy Leon's bunt single, Dustin Pedroia singled up the middle to make it 222-221.
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Addison Russell singled, advanced on a Happ sacrifice bunt and scored on Baez's single to left.
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Lackey then helped himself in the fourth, putting down a sacrifice bunt following Kawasaki's leadoff single.
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After a strikeout, a bunt single, an infield single and a forceout, Harvey's workday was done.
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Delino DeShields led off with a bunt single, stole second, and took third on a wild pitch.
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Eddie Rosario followed with a sacrifice bunt and Brian Dozier was intentionally walked to load the bases.
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Joe Musgrove replaced Osuna at second, and he and Frazier moved up on Jacob Stallings' sacrifice bunt.
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After Flynn walked Rajai Davis, Jason Kipnis put down a sacrifice bunt that Salvador Perez picked up.
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Wynns put down a bunt to Marquez and Alberto scored to put the Orioles ahead 1-0.
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Schwarber had reached base with a lead-off bunt and moved to second on a passed ball.
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If they were, they'd pull goalies earlier, bunt less, and go for it on fourth down more.
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The Yankees made it 3-0 when Clint Frazier scored on a sacrifice bunt by Tyler Wade.
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Kimbrel walked Michael Saunders to begin the inning, and Pillar moved him over with a sacrifice bunt.
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To be confident enough to get my bunt down, place it where I want to place it.
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Ryan Braun, who led off with a bunt single, scored from third on Vogt's groundout to second.
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OF Mitch Haniger injured the index finger on his right hand while trying to bunt on Saturday.
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His throwing error on Wacha's one-out sacrifice bunt helped Kolten Wong go from first to third.
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Specifically one that, "begins with the letter 'C' and rhymes with the word 'bunt,'" according to IvyGold.
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After advancing to third on Panik's single and Duffy's swinging bunt, Posey's sacrifice fly chased in Span.
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Carpenter walked to start the inning and reached scoring position on a sacrifice bunt by Harrison Bader.
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Cesar Hernandez had the Phillies' other hit, a leadoff bunt single in the sixth against AJ Ramos.
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Freeland helped add to the lead when he laid down a bunt single to start the fourth.
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Jonathan Villar brought in a run with a sacrifice bunt, and Tim Beckham added an RBI single.
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Daniel Descalso tried a risky two-strike bunt that seemed to be rolling foul for strike three.
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Braves starter John Gant (21-20) could get just five outs and one was a sacrifice bunt.
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Jason Grilli (2-4) pitched around a bunt single in the seventh to pick up the win.
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Sure enough, the batter tried to bunt, and "Donald charged in and tagged him out," Dobias said.
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Smith also scored on a sacrifice bunt in front of the plate in eighth by Jake Bauers.
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Aaron Altherr singled, took second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on two wild pitches by Foltynewicz.
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Zobrist — the cleanup hitter, no less — dropped a bunt toward third, where Justin Turner was playing back.
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Sometimes you just need to lay down a bunt for another guy to hit a home-run.
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Victor Robles hit a leadoff double, advanced on Sanchez's sacrifice bunt and scored on Turner's RBI groundout.
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Another single, a sacrifice bunt and a walk loaded the bases for Marcell Ozuna, who struck out.
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"I felt if I put a perfect bunt down, we would have got the lead," Gregorius said.
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Cueto followed with a bunt of his own, perfectly placed between Gray and third baseman Nolan Arenado.
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A squeeze bunt by Hendricks in the seventh brought home Szczur pushing the Cubs' lead to seven.
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The fans, ever sensitive, booed Hundley for having tried to bunt Seaver out of a perfect game.
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After advancing to second on a sacrifice bunt by Gentry, Castillo was replaced by pinch-runner Caleb Joseph.
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Zimmerman led off with an infield single, and he went to second on a sacrifice bunt by Espinosa.
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Dee Gordon led off with a double to right and advanced to third on Mallex Smith's sacrifice bunt.
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Cesar Hernandez singled, Odubel Herrera walked and Scott Kingery reached on a bunt single to load the bases.
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Alejandro De Aza popped up a sacrifice bunt, slammed his bat in disgust and wasn't running to first.
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It is clear what Pillar was thinking during his back-field bunt spree in those minor league games.
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Meadows and Mercer singled, and Kuhl followed with a bunt single to drive in Meadows and chase Bailey.
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After Friedrich sacrificed Amarista to second base, Travis Jankowski followed with a bunt in front of the plate.
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Cabrera then laid down a perfectly-placed bunt halfway between the pitcher's mound and the third-base line.
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Sanchez hurt himself when he misplayed a bunt that allowed Stephen Strasburg to reach base in the seventh.
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Corbin fielded the bunt, but threw wildly to first, allowing Myers to score and Spangenberg race to third.
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Carlos Tocci was called for interference when Fulmer's throw on his bunt attempt hit him in the helmet.
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He led off with a single, a swinging bunt that Arenado barehanded, but Gordon easily beat his throw.
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He tried to bunt his teammate over to second and put the go-ahead run in scoring position.
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Anderson scored on a squeeze bunt by Yolmer Sanchez and took second when Loup threw wildly to first.
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He escaped the ninth thanks to a bad bunt by the Braves, a double play and Loney's glove.
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LF Emilio Bonifacio went 113-for-211 with a run and a sacrifice bunt on Tuesday against Miami.
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After the first two batters reached, pinch-hitter Chase d'Arnaud popped up a bunt that Wilmer Flores dropped.
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Skaggs fielded the bunt and underhanded the ball to first baseman Jefry Marte, whose swipe tag missed O'Malley.
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But after a sacrifice bunt by Lagares, Kelly Johnson flew out, Reyes walked and Asdrubal Cabrera lined out.
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He was cruising when he was hit on his throwing hand while attempting a bunt in the fifth.
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In his place, Gamel, who had been with the RailRiders earlier that day, was sent up to bunt.
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But Asdrubal Cabrera's bunt was snared just before it hit the ground by Bleier, who doubled off Nimmo.
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Charlie Culberson, subbing at shortstop for the injured Corey Seager, moved Puig to second with a sacrifice bunt.
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The pinch-runner Leonys Martin took second on a bunt by Jon Jay, and Kris Bryant struck out.
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Nicky Lopez then tried to bunt both runners over, but catcher Chance Sisco's throw was wild at third.
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That puzzle used BUNT as the extra letters that needed to be removed to reveal the baseball team.
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For Bird, the night was largely forgettable: he struck out three times and reached on a bunt single.
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And the Yankees somewhat famously chose not to bunt against a hobbled Curt Schilling in the 2004 postseason.
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He moved to third on a sacrifice bunt, giving Wright a chance to drive in his old pal.
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Andrew Knapp singled, advanced to second on Pivetta's sacrifice bunt and scored on Cesar Hernandez's single to center.
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Jarrod Dyson then swiped second, and he took third on a Leonys Martin bunt that was perfectly placed.
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Michael A. Taylor followed with a sacrifice bunt as Robles scored to trim the margin to 3-2.
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Signs of their small-sample struggles were evident elsewhere as well: Sanchez, a superlative defender, threw a bunt away in the season opener and allowed a passed ball on Wednesday, and Bird, who hit seven home runs in spring training, tried to bunt his way on against an infield shift.
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Freddy Galvis led off with a single, Manny Margot walked, and Lauer's bunt moved them to second and third.
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After Quantrill struck out in an unsuccessful bunt attempt, Tatis lined a double through the left-center-field gap.
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Eaton reached on a leadoff bunt single in the third and came home on Anderson's triple to deep right.
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Kevin Kiermaier walked, and Michael Brosseau put down a sacrifice bunt to move the runners to second and third.
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After Ray laid down a sacrifice bunt, Jean Segura drove in two more runs with a single to left.
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Gennett drove in a run with a squeeze bunt and Tucker Barnhart knocked home the second with a single.
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He said Dickey likes a fatter bat to help him bunt—and to improve his chances of making contact.
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The Orioles appeared to have tied the game in the fourth on a Broxton bunt with the bases loaded.
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Brian McCann brought in the first run with a sacrifice fly, and Riley scampered home on Teheran's squeeze bunt.
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Mikie Mahtook reached on a one-out bunt single before McCann blasted his homer over the left field wall.
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A run scored when reliever Pedro Baez mishandled DJ LeMahieu's sacrifice bunt, cutting the Dodgers' lead to 7-5.
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Abraham Almonte led off the bottom of the 10th with a bunt single against reliever Brandon Kintzler (0-1).
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After two singles and a sacrifice bunt chased Detwiler, a hit-by-pitch loaded the bases with one out.
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The Astros used a leadoff walk (Danny Worth) and bunt single (Jake Marisnick) to set the table against Sale.
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Odor reached on a bunt single and advanced to third on a wild pitch and an Elvis Andrus single.
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Harrison Bader followed with a walk, after which Carpenter was forced at third on a bunt by Kolten Wong.
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Facing an 0-2 count, Gonzalez deposited a bunt between home plate and the mound that Giolito fielded cleanly.
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"That's part of baseball," Torreyes said through an interpreter, referring to following the fouled-off bunt with a triple.
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CF Albert Almora went 1-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt, but that wasn't the story of his game.
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Jose Pirela doubled, was sacrificed to third on Asuaje's bunt and scored on Myers' sacrifice fly to left center.
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Adams, 20173, suffered the injury while trying to bunt on Friday in a contest against the Toronto Blue Jays.
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"So much can happen off a bunt," Pierre, who was a guest instructor at Marlins camp this spring, said.
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Whit Merrifield reached on a bunt single, stole second and scored one out later on Gordon's single to left.
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Giles made a throwing error on a Wynns sacrifice bunt which brought in the first run of the eighth.
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Houston reclaimed the lead on the Gonzalez sacrifice bunt and completed a sweep of the seven-game season series.
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One of the batters, Jarrod Dyson, was hit by a pitch on his left hand while trying to bunt.
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Kole Calhoun led off with a single, and David Fletcher followed with a bunt single, moving Calhoun to second.
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He made his major league debut, starting in right, going 0-for-3 with a strikeout and sacrifice bunt.
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Gonzales put down a sacrifice bunt, with Davies' throwing error allowing Williamson to score and Gordon to reach third.
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Urena, who had allowed just one hit through six innings, allowed Adam Jones' bunt single to start the seventh.
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The Indians tied the game thanks to a leadoff double, a well-placed bunt, and a run-scoring single.
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Roberto Perez did a terrific job of executing the bunt with Rizzo only about 20 feet away from him.
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Lindor led off with a double, moved up on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Carlos Santana's sacrifice fly.
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The fact that record-breaking hit came on a bunt was kind of full circle, so it was cool.
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Starling Marte's swinging bunt landed him on second — it was ruled a single and then a throwing error by Richards.
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Reliever Shane Greene faced four batters and gave up three hits, one on a bunt by pinch-hitter Mallex Smith.
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Kevan Smith, attempting to bunt with two strikes, rolled the ball up the third base line almost to the bag.
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Guillermo Heredia put down a sacrifice bunt, but Alvarado's throw was dropped by first baseman Brad Miller for an error.
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Both runners moved up a base on Joc Pederson's sacrifice bunt, and Turner lined a two-run single to right.
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He walked Eric Hosmer, and Mike Moustakas put down a bunt single to the left side that beat the shift.
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After a sacrifice bunt, Shin Soo-Choo drew a walk, but McKay struck out Delino DeShields to end the inning.
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Let Chris Taylor hit away with runners on first and second in the sixth when the situation screamed sacrifice bunt?
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With runners on first and third and no outs, Strasburg laid down a nice bunt up the first-base line.
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Bradley followed Leon's bunt by lining a 2-and-43 fastball from Clemens 399 feet into the right-field stands.
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The pitcher put down a sacrifice bunt on the first pitch to drive in Braun and advance the other runners.
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Darwin Barney failed to bunt them over and instead grounded into a fielder's choice that got Montero out at third.
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Erik Kratz tried to advance the runners, but his bunt was too hard, and Mengden forced Frazier at third base.
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Leury Garcia led off the inning with an infield single to short, and Yoan Moncada followed with a bunt hit.
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The Rockies had two infielders at first base to field a sacrifice bunt by Maeda but never touched the bag.
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CF Billy Hamilton stole a base after reaching on a bunt single in the first inning Saturday against the Phillies.
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Gentry dropped a perfect bunt down the third-base line and just beat Nuno's throw for a 3-83 lead.
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Headley was tossed by plate umpire Adrian Johnson after recovering from an apparent finger injury while fouling off a bunt.
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On Monday, Betances loaded the bases on two walks and a fumbled bunt attempt before he was replaced by Layne.
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After Travis Jankowski advanced both with a sacrifice bunt, Myers lined a two-out double down the line in left.
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In the second, when Milwaukee scored three, Matz's misfire on a sacrifice bunt by Davies allowed two runs to score.
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Then he allowed a one-out double to Derek Norris, who later scored on a squeeze bunt by Alexi Amarista.
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Jon Berti drew a leadoff walk, and Isan Diaz's drag bunt became a single when the rookie dove into first.
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Austin Hedges singled in the eighth, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a single by Pirela.
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Travis Jankowski advanced both runners on a sacrifice bunt, and Galvis scored on a sacrifice fly by rookie Luis Urias.
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Morton was hurt Saturday running to first base on a sacrifice bunt attempt and went on the disabled list Sunday.
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Former Royal Jarrod Dyson had two singles, a stolen base and a sacrifice bunt — all in the first four innings.
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Estrada retired 12 batters in a row after Michael A. Taylor's bunt single with two out in the second inning.
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Meibrys Viloria singled, advanced on Jorge Lopez's sacrifice bunt and scored on Merrifield's two-out, opposite-field hit to right.
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Ruiz wound up at third on the play, from where he raced home on a squeeze bunt by Hanser Alberto.
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While I liked the idea, BUNT works only from a baseball standpoint and not so much from a wordplay standpoint.
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Jason Heyward doubled to open the seventh and moved to third on Happ's bunt single up the third base line.
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Jason Heyward doubled to open the seventh and moved to third on Happ's bunt single up the third base line.
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Quintana got another bunt down in the sixth, sending Javier Baez to third ahead of Ben Zobrist's run-scoring single.
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He accidentally hit second baseman Adrian Sanchez, who was squaring to bunt, in the chest with a 97-m.p.h. fastball.
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Moore is 0-for-7 in his career but does have a successful squeeze bunt that got him an RBI.
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After an intentional walk to Greg Garcia, Jeremy Hazelbaker dropped a sacrifice bunt to move both runners into scoring position.
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Martin Maldonado followed Lopez' home run with a double, and moved to third on a bunt single by Terrance Gore.
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A throwing error on a bunt produced another run, and Jason Kipnis' sacrifice fly increased the lead to 33-3.
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Adam Rosales hit a leadoff double to left, took third base on Jemile Weeks' sacrifice and scored on Jankowski's bunt single.
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Trea Turner led off with an infield single, advanced on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Anthony Rendon's single to left.
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Luis Urias grounded a run-scoring single to center, and Austin Hedges brought home another run with a safety-squeeze bunt.
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Iannetta led off with a double, O'Malley beat out a bunt single and Aoki and Smith hit RBI singles to right.
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Christian Vazquez's sacrifice bunt moved Bradley to third and both Mookie Betts and Andrew Benintendi walked to set up Ramirez's heroics.
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Eaton led off with a walk and Jose Abreu singled in the first before Melky Cabrera put down a sacrifice bunt.
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Bradley was credited with a single when first baseman Wil Myers made a late throw to first on a bunt attempt.
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Mike Freeman executed a surprise drag bunt with two outs in the seventh inning to give Cleveland a 23-1 lead.
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What was harder to grasp was what Torreyes did with the next pitch — after he had fouled off the bunt attempt.
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Eric Fryer started the inning with a single and moved up when Federowicz threw wildly on Ivan Nova's sacrifice bunt attempt.
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And after Heyward struck out, Baez laid down a perfect bunt just where Russell had hit the ball, loading the bases.
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The pivot point for the turnaround was a fittingly simple play: Zobrist's bunt, which was their first hit of Game 20.
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Because of a left shoulder injury, Gsellman, who throws with his right hand, cannot swing the bat; he can only bunt.
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He then buckled down to record consecutive ground-ball outs after Escobar dropped a sacrifice bunt that advanced Orlando to third.
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After Adam Engel advanced both runners with a bunt, Keuchel surrendered a sacrifice fly to Tim Anderson that pulled Chicago even.
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The next night, a bunt single by Ben Zobrist started a rally that led to the first of three comfortable victories.
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He moved to second base on a sacrifice bunt and stayed there when Duensing struck out the pinch-hitter Kyle Farmer.
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Pollock hit his two-run triple and catcher Jeff Mathis dropped a bunt single to put Arizona up by four runs.
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Garrett Hampson then beat out a bunt to Devers at third base, allowing Desmond to score to make it 13-1.
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Frazier went to second on a bunt and took third on a groundout before Darvish retired Jeff McNeil on a flyout.
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He allowed a leadoff double and a bunt single that sandwiched an intentional walk to load the bases with no outs.
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Hernandez opened the fourth inning with a drag bunt single past Minor and eventually scored on a single by Sam Travis.
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He tried to bunt a high pitch, but the ball rolled to Seaver's right and Seaver threw Hundley out at first.
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Sebastian Begg, an A&R and artist manager at Interscope Records, said he noticed success similar to Dae Dae's with BUNT.
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Muncy drew a walk to lead off the second, moved to second on a bunt by Maeda and scored on Seager's single.
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After Robles tripled, Sanchez stepped to the plate and did something puzzling: he tried to bunt twice and ended up striking out.
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Wong moved up on Hudson's sacrifice bunt and scored on Dexter Fowler's RBI single to push the Cardinals' lead to 2-0.
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Cardinals right-hander Carlos Martinez (23-224) retired 23 consecutive batters before Billy Hamilton led off the seventh with a bunt single.
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The hit by Utley scored Andrew Toles, who led off with a single and took second on a sacrifice bunt by Kershaw.
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Pillar and Darwin Barney singled leading off Toronto's fifth, but Luke Maile popped up a sacrifice bunt attempt that Salvador Perez caught.
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Chacin contributed to Milwaukee's run off Quintana in the third inning with a sacrifice bunt after Arcia led off with a single.
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Adams also added a bunt single in the second to take advantage of an overshifted defense and also drew a rare walk.
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Pitcher Kenta Maeda's safety-squeeze bunt became an RBI single when no one covered first, plating Andrew Toles with the first run.
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After Turner walked with one out, Gonzalez followed with a bunt single down the third-base line against an extreme infield shift.
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That set up the drama in the ninth, when Gordon — known for his speed — wasn't sure if he should try a bunt.
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Taillon fielded the bunt but twisted his body awkwardly and stumbled a bit as he turned to make the throw to first.
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Keuchel retired the first nine batters he faced, yielding his first hit on Whit Merrifield's bunt to lead off the fourth inning.
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We messed up the bunt coverage, and that inning could have went south in a hurry, but Rusin picked us up there.
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Segura opened the seventh with a single off Padres reliever Brandon Morrow and was sacrificed to second by Michael Bourn's perfect bunt.
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Left-hander Tony Watson struck out Robinson Chirinos and retired Odor on a bunt back to the mound to end the threat.
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Urias drew a one-out walk, moved to second on Quantrill's sacrifice bunt and scored on Tatis' opposite-field single to right.
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He also doesn't sacrifice bunt much, and the Orioles are typically station-to-station when it comes to steals, or lack thereof.
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Straily, who is reportedly on the trading block, appeared to injure his groin while fielding a bunt but remained in the game.
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"You start getting the bunt down, just trying to move runners, and one thing turns into another," center fielder Dexter Fowler said.
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"My guess is that Trump is just trying to bunt his way to the election — making sure that he's reinstated," Ablin said.
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With Davies on first base in the fifth, third baseman Wilmer Flores threw away Jonathan Villar's bunt, leading to two more runs.
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Boog Powell hit a leadoff double off Fernando Salas, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Joyce's sacrifice fly.
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Mets 243, Dodgers 313 LOS ANGELES — As Noah Syndergaard squared around to bunt, a sardonic murmur seemed to circulate among the fans.
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The Rays loaded the bases when the Blue Jays failed to get the runner at third base on a sacrifice bunt attempt.
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Baltimore right-hander Darren O'Day (0-2) left with what appeared to be an injured leg while trying to field Segura's bunt.
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Manuel Margot's RBI bunt single and Hedges' two-run single gave San Diego a 10-7 lead the top of the 11th.
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When he did lay down a bunt in the second, Lester bounced his throw to first but managed to throw Pederson out.
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In journalistic terms, it counts as a muted victory, like driving home the winning run of the World Series with a bunt.
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The first: they would show bunt whenever they could, betting that Lester's hesitations about fielding would make him miss the strike zone.
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The Brewers added another run later in the inning when Cory Spangenberg's squeeze bunt with runners on the corners scored Tyler Austin.
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"Buffalo even made it to third, so I guess it was that good of a bunt," Frazier said, using Ramos's affectionate nickname.
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But it was quickly overshadowed by what was at its core a case of baseball etiquette: When is it O.K. to bunt?
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Ozuna advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on a double by Wong that skipped past Schwarber in left field.
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He pitched the second one-hitter in Mets history in May 1966, allowing only a bunt single by Cardinal pitcher Ray Sadecki.
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Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo left the game in the third after spraining his right ankle while trying to field a bunt.
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He put down a terrible bunt and Brad Peacock, without hesitation, spun and fired to third base to get Justin Turner easily.
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They added their final run as Tim Beckham doubled and scored when Sanchez bounced Mallex Smith's bunt into the right-field bullpen.
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Blake Parker replaced Mitchell in the seventh and allowed a leadoff bunt single to Ezequiel Carrera that started a four-run rally.
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Hoping to take advantage of the baserunner by playing some small ball, the Indians had Roberto Perez bunt Crisp over to third.
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Jose Ramirez led off the fifth with a bunt, but Scherzer fielded the ball quickly and threw him out by a step.
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Eduardo Escobar grounded a leadoff single to right, Eddie Rosario walked and Robbie Grossman beat out a bunt to load the bases.
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He moved to second on a sacrifice bunt, and Springer grounded a sharp single to center past a drawn-in Oakland infield.
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He was charged with a throwing error on Eduardo Nunez's bunt before loading the bases by walking Andrew Benintendi and Mookie Betts.
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Cordell's sacrifice bunt in the eighth inning broke a tie, before Leury Garcia provided an insurance run with a sacrifice fly RBI.
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On the first pitch, Culberson squared up to bunt and Fernando Rodney threw a fastball that nailed Culberson in the right cheek.
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Odor doubled off the right field wall, advanced on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Shin-Soo Choo's sacrifice fly to left.
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His franchise-best 31-game hitting streak ended this month after a bunt single that broke a record that George Brett held.
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After a Jackie Bradley Jr. bunt advanced both runners, Vazquez lofted a deep fly to center to drive in the game-winning run.
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He also drove in a run with a two-out bunt single for a 43-2 lead to cap the go-ahead fourth.
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Gerardo Parra led off with a sharp single off first baseman Paul Goldschmidt's glove and moved to second on Charlie Blackmon's sacrifice bunt.
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Instead of getting the bunt in play, Hedges whiffed on the first two attempts, forcing him to get it done a different way.
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That left runners at first and third, and Amarista delivered Norris with his squeeze bunt, which Nola fielded up the first base line.
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The hit scored Austin Barnes, who led off the inning with a walk and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Maeda.
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After Jones moved the runners up with another bunt, Duffy got out of the jam by striking out Joey Rickard and Manny Machado.
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Soroka's sacrifice bunt was fielded by first baseman Eric Hosmer, who threw wildly to second base in an effort to erase Johan Camargo.
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Morrison took third after tagging up on Shane Peterson's deep foul out to first and scored on a sacrifice bunt by Daniel Robertson.
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Gronk must've missed the memo about PRETENDING ... 'cause the dude switched up his batting stance to bunt the ball ... and he made contact. .
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Duvall doubled to open the second inning, took third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Schebler's single for a 1-0 lead.
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The Rays appeared to break through and score in the eighth when pitcher Shawn Armstrong made a throwing error on Adames' swinging bunt.
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Tony Wolters led off with a double and Marquez beat out a bunt single to put runners on the corners with no outs.
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Kiermaier dropped a perfect bunt single down the third-base line, and Longoria hit an RBI infield single for a 1-0 lead.
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In the third inning, the speedy Dyson beat out a bunt and later scored from first base on a double by Mitch Haniger.
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Mondesi's bunt single got Gordon home and Orlando advanced to third when pitcher Marcus Stroman's throw sailed over first baseman Edwin Encarnacion's head.
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He then moved up on a sacrifice bunt by Revere and scored on Bryce Harper's grounder to give the Nationals a quick lead.
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A sacrifice bunt moved the runners, but Harvey got the dangerous Todd Frazier to pop out on a 94-mile-an-hour fastball.
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Marquez reached on a bunt single, and consecutive walks, the second to LeMahieu, gave Colorado a 2-1 lead and ended Godley's night.
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Orlando Arcia then reached on a bunt single after Rockies second baseman Ryan McMahon was late covering first, putting runners on the corners.
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Muncy and Corey Seager walked off Young with one out, and Martin singled in Muncy before Maeda's safety squeeze bunt drove in Seager.
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Then, with instructions from Boone, Austin Romine laid down a sacrifice bunt that pushed Wade to second as Gardner strode to the plate.
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After Ketel Marte's first-inning bunt single, Darvish sent down 13 in a row before Descalso hit his second homer of the series.
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Haseley led off with a double, moved to third on a sacrifice bunt by Velasquez and scored on a sacrifice fly by Realmuto.
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Fried, trying to bunt, was hit by a pitch on his backside, but he remained at the plate because a balk was called.
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Frazier pounced with his hands choked up on the bat, pushing a bunt through the hole into right field, driving in Dominic Smith.
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The fight was touched off when Michael, at the plate, missed a squeeze bunt as Thurman Munson was barreling home from third base.
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The umpires ruled that Culberson tried to bunt the ball, and it was called a strike instead of being a hit by pitch.
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Cessa pitched out of a tiny bit of trouble in the bottom of the inning after Martin Maldonado reached on a perfect bunt.
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His leadoff bunt single in the fourth marked Pittsburgh's first hit of the night, and he added a leadoff double in the seventh.
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Chicago's Kyle Schwarber led off the eighth inning with a bunt single against Andrew Miller, but Willson Contreras grounded into a double play.
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Neris was brought in after Mike Morin had allowed the first two batters to reach and Luis Guillorme's sacrifice bunt advanced both runners.
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Ezequiel Carrera led off with a bunt single and moved to third on Gausman's throwing error on a pickoff attempt at first base.
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He appeared to have tweaked something in his right leg while fielding Jones's swinging bunt and throwing him out for the second out.
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In the 10th, an infield error, a bunt, a groundout and two intentional walks set up Puig's single off the right field wall.
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Rajai Davis ripped a leadoff single, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Plutko and scored on Brantley's hit to center field.
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One inning earlier, the Astros erased a 2-1 deficit against Bundy, with Marwin Gonzalez dropping a bunt that scored Jose Altuve from third.
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Martin Maldonado followed with a sacrifice bunt, moving the runner to second and bringing up Cozart, who already had two hits in the game.
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Rosenthal got off to a bad start, issuing a lead-off walk to Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Hernan Perez.
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RHP Justin Verlander retired the first 16 batters he faced Wednesday, striking out 10 of them, before a bunt single by Seattle's Jarrod Dyson.
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Harrison Bader led off with a double, and pinch hitter Greg Garcia was safe on a sacrifice bunt to put runners on the corners.
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Victor Caratini then laid down a bunt fielded by Sewald, who overthrew first base as Baez raced to third and Caratini went to second.
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They made it 2-0 by manufacturing a run with Robles' single, stolen base, a sacrifice bunt from Sanchez and Trea Turner's sacrifice fly.
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On the first pitch to Perez, Maybin broke for home and scored after Perez laid down a perfect bunt up the first-base line.
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Adam Engle scored in the third inning when he doubled, took third on Garcia's sacrifice bunt and scored on Gibson's two-out wild pitch.
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Dee Gordon hit an infield single, advanced on a Realmuto walk, stole third and scored on a two-out bunt hit by Christian Yelich.
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Francisco Lindor singled to start the game and advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt before coming around to score on Carlos Santana's single.
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After a sacrifice bunt, Shin Soo-Choo drew a walk, but McKay struck out Delino DeShields to end the inning and cap his day.
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They scored twice in the second on Leake's safety squeeze bunt and Carpenter's RBI hit, then equalized on Jedd Gyorko's single in the third.
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He got a single on a drag bunt — Harvey should've tried to let it roll foul but picked it up and had no play.
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Atlanta's Dallas Keuchel retired the first nine batters he faced, yielding his first hit on Whit Merrifield's bunt to lead off the fourth inning.
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Manuel Margot and Wil Myers followed with back-to-back bunt singles to the left side to load the bases with no one out.
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The Padres tied the game in the bottom of the inning on a Freddy Galvis double and an RBI bunt single by Manuel Margot.
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The Mariners took a 1-53 lead in the second as Kyle Seager beat the shift with a bunt down the third base line.
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The Cubs added two runs in the fourth, one on a safety squeeze bunt by Lester, before blowing the game open in the fifth.
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Asdrubal Cabrera followed with a bunt single, perfectly placed on the grass between the mound and the third-base line, as Granderson scampered home.
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After Greg Bird's bunt single put runners at first and second, Neil Walker lined a single to right field to make it 6-3.
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Both runners moved up on Marquez's bunt and scored when Blackmon hit his fifth triple, to left-center, increasing the lead to 4-0.
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This one, on a bunt single by Pat Valaika, went into the right field corner, allowing the Colorado second baseman to reach third base.
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Jeff Mathis walked to open the eighth inning off Taylor Williams (0-22), and pinch runner Jarrod Dyson took second on a sacrifice bunt.
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Matt Carpenter doubled on the first pitch of the game, advanced to third on Jose Martinez's sacrifice bunt and scored on Paul DeJong's single.
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Amed Rosario and J.D. Davis both drew walks to load the bases for Syndergaard, who had executed a sacrifice bunt in the third inning.
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From his bunt to his homer and everything in between, it was all Minnesota on a night that had begun with deGrom chasing history.
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I wonder if the time spent helping Tebow learn to hit a curve ball might be better spent teaching Dominic Smith how to bunt?
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Grichuk hit his 28th homer against Cortes in the fifth, a three-run blast that followed Bo Bichette's bunt single and Cavan Biggio's walk.
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Kevin Plawecki walked and Steven Matz, the ninth batter of the inning, recorded the first out after missing a bunt attempt with two strikes.
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With two men after bloop singles in the bottom of the ninth inning, Amed Rosario failed on two slash bunt attempts before striking out.
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Ross advanced to third on Lester's sacrifice bunt and came home for a 26-2813 lead on Dexter Fowler's one-out single to left.
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NOTES: CF Mallex Smith has four bunt singles in his 18 games with Tampa Bay this season, equaling the rest of the team combined.
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Texas' Ronald Guzman singled to open the third inning and took second on a sacrifice bunt before Choo singled to make it 1-0.
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A sacrifice bunt by Roberto Perez moved Naquin to third, and Naguin scored on a sacrifice fly by Santana to make it 4-0.
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Chacin also made a diving catch of an Albert Almora bunt in the fourth inning, throwing to second to complete a spectacular double play.
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But Matz failed to come up with Straily's safety squeeze bunt with two out in the inning, allowing Miguel Rojas to score from third.
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Jarrod Dyson led off with a bunt single, went to third on Marte's single and scored on David Peralta's fielder's choice bouncer to second.
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The White Sox tried to rally in the top of the ninth, getting a swinging bunt single from Leury Garcia to lead off the frame.
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Allen opened the inning with a bunt single, went to second on a single by Mercado and then scored on a single by Carlos Santana.
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Robles led off with a bunt hit down the third-base line, advanced to second on a groundout and scored on Kendrick's opposite-field single.
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Brad Hand pitched the final 1 2/13 innings, allowing only a bunt single to Jorge Polanco, to earn his 26th save of the season.
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Anthony DeSclafani beat out a bunt to reload the bases and Peraza singled off Cardinals starter Miles Mikolas' glove to drive in the third run.
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The Nationals finally got their second baserunner of the night when Howie Kendrick walked, and he reached second on a sacrifice bunt by Asdrubal Cabrera.
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He made it 22.29-0 later the inning, scoring when Garza flubbed a sacrifice bunt by Dee Gordon and couldn't make a short toss home.
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Sanchez laid down a bunt that died on the fair side of the third-base line to drive in Suzuki before the inning was over.
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Jesse Winker and Jose Peraza each singled in two runs, and Romano dropped down a suicide squeeze bunt to make it a 6-3 game.
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Garcia's bunt single and Sanchez's double occurred after Mike Moustakas was robbed of a homer by Garcia's leaping catch in center field in the third.
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Wilson, however, got out of the mess after Whit Merrifield popped up a bunt to Cabrera in foul ground and picked Dyson off first base.
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But while he homered on Monday, this time he played small ball, getting a bunt hit, stealing second and scoring on a Marcell Ozuna single.
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After a sacrifice bunt by Greinke moved runners to second and third, Jarrod Dyson lifted a sacrifice fly to right to make it 3-0.
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John Jay advanced to third on a bunt single and a throwing error by Longoria with two out and scored on Kris Bryant's infield single.
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Ziegler (2-2), who worked the ninth, walked Nolan Arenado to load the bases after LeMahieu's bunt but struck out Carlos Gonzalez and Trevor Story.
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Jason Heyward moved him over with a sacrifice bunt and Jay sent him home with a single back up the middle, putting the Cubs ahead.
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It's a lazy way to bunt on actual appraisal of the title in question, playing off presupposed notions of what the reader wants to hear.
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Yasmani Grandal and Howie Kendrick followed with walks before moving up on Maeda's sacrifice bunt and scoring on Utley's single for a 2.76-2140 lead.
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So if there's a guy on first, I'd bunt him, especially with maybe a guy who can't run, a high double-play guy, on base.
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Brian Flynn walked Jose Ramirez to start the ninth, and then dropped a bunt by Crisp, who was batting for Lonnie Chisenhall, for an error.
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After Abraham Almonte led off with a double off Miller, the Yankees were expecting a bunt from Yan Gomes, who entered the game hitting .172.
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Jason Kipnis tried to bunt for a single, which was certainly a decent idea since Jon Lester is so wary of throwing to first base.
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The Padres made it 5-0 in the third on a single by Hedges, a sacrifice bunt by Lauer and an RBI single by Garcia.
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And the go-ahead run came home after Girardi called for a rare sacrifice bunt: Didi Gregorius bunting Headley and Castro to second and third.
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He advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Eflin and went to third on a flyout before jogging home on a Rhys Hoskins double to left.
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Allen made amends for failing to execute a sacrifice bunt in the fourth by slapping an RBI single up the middle to score Jake Bauers.
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The next two batters both reached base, and after a sacrifice bunt, Jonathan Villar roped a two-RBI double to make the score 4-0.
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Why, there was even the 39-year-old Carlos Beltran, given a respite as the designated hitter, legging out a bunt for a base hit.
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It was a delicately hit ball, a bunt placed by Eduardo Nunez just in front of the pitcher's mound in the first inning on Thursday.
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Gordon stole second, and Mallex Smith walked before J.P. Crawford put a sacrifice bunt down the third-base line, advancing both runners into scoring position.
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When Machado saw the quick pitch, he responded with the bunt — even on a 3-2 count, when a foul would have meant a strikeout.
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First-inning breakdown: Walk, sacrifice bunt, single, single, fielder's choice, walk, double, intentional walk, walk, double, double, fly out, strikeout (reached on wild pitch), groundout.
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The game remained 1-0 until the top of the ninth when the Rockies made it 2-0 on a squeeze bunt by DJ LeMahieu.
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But then the Mets went hitless against Marlins starter Adam Conley until the seventh, when Walker led off with a bunt for a base hit.
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Less celebrated — but still pretty cool — was Guillen's bunt single that bounced the White Sox from a division series five years later at Safeco Field.
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Duvall doubled to lead off the fifth and advanced to third on right-hander Dan Straily's sacrifice bunt, but Locke retired the next two batters.
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Diaz singled in the fifth and moved up on a Garcia sacrifice bunt and a groundout before scoring on Piscotty's infield hit off Greinke's glove.
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Giavotella lined a single of 24B Luis Valbuena's glove in the second inning and drove in a run with a squeeze bunt in the seventh.
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The Orioles' best offensive threat came in the third, when Chris Davis appeared to score from second on a throwing error off Richie Martin's bunt.
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With Teheran set to bunt, Smith was called for the first balk of his career, and Marlins manager Don Mattingly was ejected for disputing the ruling.
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The Royals (2-13) have lost nine straight, but Whit Merrifield extended his hitting streak to 31 games with an RBI bunt single in the seventh.
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"I was smart enough to do the little things — hit and run, bunt and catch the ball — to make myself a decent player," Davenport told SFGiants.com.
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With one out and the infield shifted to the right against the left-handed Lopez, the catcher rolled a bunt single down the third base line.
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By using the bunt, not only might he pick up some useful singles, but also perhaps put some uncertainty in the collective mind of the defense.
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After Drew Butera's sacrifice bunt put runners on second and third, Kluber retired Merrifield on a fly ball to second baseman Kipnis and struck out Escobar.
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Colorado added runs on a single by Garneau and a bunt single by Chris Rusin, who worked 3 1/3 scoreless innings in relief of Lyles.
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Chris Gimenez, after failing on two sacrifice bunt attempts, bunting foul both times, swung away and slapped a single to right field, moving Almonte to second.
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Pitcher Jorge De La Rosa, who relieved Godley in the bottom of the sixth, attempted a sacrifice bunt with none out and a runner on first.
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Toronto added a fifth run of Snell in the seventh on Darwin Barney's bunt single, scoring Russell Martin, who had reached base on Snell's fifth walk.
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After Tony Wolters singled with one out for his first major league hit, Bettis showed bunt but then singled to right-center, sending Wolters to third.
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On the first pitch he saw to begin the fourth, Zobrist dropped a bunt down the third-base line and raced to first without a throw.
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So, even though he was hitting cleanup, Zobrist thought nothing of dropping down a bunt that third baseman Justin Turner could not make a play on.
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Leonys Martin drove in a run with a second-inning sacrifice fly and scored the Mariners' final run on Shawn O'Malley's bunt single in the fourth.
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The Marlins (43-65) trimmed their deficit to 5-3 in the seventh as Miguel Rojas scored on a throwing error by Jackson on Gordon's bunt.
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That came against Samardzija in the fifth inning, when Garrett Hampson beat out a bunt with one out and took second on Tony Wolters' ground ball.
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Derek Dietrich hit a leadoff single to center, advanced on a swinging bunt by Brian Anderson and scored on Justin Bour's two-out single to center.
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He suffered a fractured finger on his pitching hand while fielding a bunt and went on the disabled list four days later, retroactive to Aug. 6.
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Vargas carried a two-hit shutout into the sixth, along with a 1-0 lead thanks to McNeil's two-out RBI bunt single in the third.
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On Thursday, Sabathia threw wide to first base after Nunez's one-out bunt on Boston's second at-bat of the game, allowing him to reach base.
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Lewis Brinson singled in Diaz, and, after Alcantara's sacrifice bunt, Miguel Rojas drove in Brinson with a single to give the Marlins a 5-0 lead.
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In both the third and fifth innings, he turned two-on, no-out sacrifice bunt attempts by Mariners starter Felix Hernandez (8-12) into double plays.
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A three-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove winner, Rizzo injured his ankle on Sunday while charging toward home plate to field a bunt.
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Odor led Texas' 22-hit attack by going 20-for-113 — including a bunt hit to start the second — with two stolen bases and three runs.
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Danny Jansen laid down a two-strike bunt back to Jurado, who threw the ball away trying to retire Drury at third, scoring the only run.
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Carpenter hit a two-out double off the right field wall, moved to third base on Kolten Wong's bunt single and scored on Matt Wieters' infield single.
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Grandal added a pair of singles — one on a bunt down the third-base line against a defensive shift — in a 173-for-217, six-RBI night.
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Freeland popped out on a bunt attempt, and Parra was thrown out at home by right fielder Gregory Polanco while trying to score on David Dahl's single.
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Newcomb ended up working five innings, giving up just two hits — the other was a bunt single by Cesar Hernandez — and the one run on 96 pitches.
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Astros center fielder Carlos Gomez reached on a bunt single, stole second base, and advanced to third on a groundout to the right side of the infield.
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Gregor Blanco had a bunt single down the third base line with two outs in the fifth before Iannetta homered off Richard to make it 4-3.
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And yet, from time immemorial, ballplayers square around and bunt anyway, whether on orders from the dugout or from a big idea germinating in their own brain.
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On the pitch before his single, Harper tried to get a two-out bunt hit, hoping to drive in the runner from third with the surprise play.
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Jett Bandy singled to open the seven-run fourth and Suter was safe at first when first baseman Goldschmidt threw wildly first on a sacrifice bunt attempt.
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In both versions as well, she was murdered shortly after the wedding by the supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the mastermind of SPECTRE, and his consort, Irma Bunt.
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Lloyd and Muriel The beautiful thing about the Jays just now seeming to have realized that their players can't bunt is that it took them this long.
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The Rangers loaded the bases with no outs in the second on singles by Odor, Asdrubal Cabrera and Delino DeShields, the third hit coming on a bunt.
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In the fifth, Baez drove in a run with a sacrifice bunt and Heyward rapped an RBI double for a 6-1 lead as Chicago chased Taillon.
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J.T. Riddle singled to lead off the inning, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Straily and scored on a two-run single by Christian Yelich.
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He and 3B Brock Holt failed to get together on a bunt, a key to the big inning that was capped by Jose Bautista's two-run homer.
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"They shut themselves out, they said they clearly were not gonna be part of anything (inaudible) Obamacare," Bunt said on "Morning Newswatch" on local Missouri radio KZRG.
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The Orioles scored three in that first thanks to a Chris Davis sacrifice fly, a Chance Sisco bases-loaded walk and Craig Gentry's bases-loaded bunt single.
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Giants left fielder Jarrett Parker walked before third baseman Conor Gillaspie singled to center and rookie right-hander Albert Suarez's sacrifice bunt moved them up a base.
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Alex Rodriguez and Brian McCann got aboard to start the seventh and were both moved into scoring position on a bunt by Starlin Castro, ending Gibson's night.
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Wacha dropped a safety squeeze bunt to score Paul DeJong, and catcher Jose Lobaton clanked the throw for an error that moved Wong from first to third.
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Gomez, who walked, stole second, advanced to third on Robinson Chirinos' sacrifice bunt and scored the Rangers' first run on Nomar Mazara's sacrifice fly in the third.
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After Butler was out on a bunt attempt, Charlie Blackmon lined a single into right field to score two more runs, and the Rockies led, 7-1.
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But the third batter popped up a bunt attempt to the catcher, and the Cyclones caught both runners off base for a 2-6-3 triple play.
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Trea Turner led off with a single and Adam Eaton reached on a bunt hit, with Turner going to third on a throwing error by David Bote.
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One sequence of signs may tell a batter to bunt, or tell a runner to steal, or tell them both that the hit-and-run is on.
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He created it by intentionally walking Carlos Beltran following a sacrifice bunt by Jacoby Ellsbury and ended it by getting fly balls by McCann and Starlin Castro.
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And Beltran, who hit a solo homer, his 20th of the season, also dropped down a bunt single against a shift that moved Jacoby Ellsbury to second.
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The Royals brought in a new pitcher, RHP Peter Moylan, to relieve starter RHP Edinson Volquez and Romine tried a surprise squeeze bunt on the first pitch.
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Gavin Cecchini hit a two-run single, and after a fielding error by shortstop Freddy Galvis on a bunt by Montero, Reyes had a run-scoring single.
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He can dump one out in left field with two strikes, or he can steal a base, or he can bunt, hit a homer tonight, makes plays.
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After his homer on Tuesday, Taylor showed bunt in his second plate appearance and walked in his third, setting up Turner's go-ahead homer off Dallas Keuchel.
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There are some clear cases: It is considered poor form to try to break up a no-hitter with a bunt when the game is not close.
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He's a fast kid and game for fun: A perfect time to have a batter lay down a bunt and send Nimmo home and vaya con dios.
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"I just hear what they say, enjoy it, take it all in," said Machado, who appeared to make a crude gesture to the fans after his bunt.
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Strahm ran into trouble when he wasn't able to get Max Kepler out at first on a bunt and intentionally walked Brian Dozier to load the bases.
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Strategically, with a man on second and no one out, some managers may be tempted to have their first hitter bunt, then hope for a sacrifice fly.
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Reliever Tim Hill replaced Duffy and promptly gave up a bunt single, then walked Candelario and then Cabrera with the bases loaded to bring in a run.
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The Nationals grabbed a 5-3 lead with two runs in the top of the seventh when reliever Juan Nicasio had a throwing error on a bunt.
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With his wrist, which got in the way of a Baltimore throw to first base on Martin's bunt, he helped win Game 4 of the World Series.
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After a sacrifice bunt by Joey Rickard advanced both players, Cobb had a throwing error on a grounder by Seth Smith that allowed the first run to score.
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Max Kepler tried to sacrifice Polanco to second but was safe on the bunt down the first-base line after an umpire review showed he beat the throw.
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A bunt by Washington RHP Stephen Strasburg remained a sacrifice and RBI but an error was taken away from Pittsburgh 21B David Freese and ruled a fielder's choice.
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Gonzalez ran into trouble in the bottom of the inning, allowing a leadoff single to Davies, who moved to second on a poorly fielded bunt single by Villar.
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Ty Kelly put down a sacrifice bunt, with Diaz fielding the ball and throwing it away down the right field line to put runners at second and third.
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Herrera, who got to second by challenging the arm of right fielder Brandon Nimmo, advanced on Alcantara's bunt single and scored when Granderson bounced into a double play.
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The day before he had gone through an intense weightlifting session with his trainer Alex Bunt, something he doesn't have as much time for during the regular season.
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The Royals added a run in the fifth on a bunt single by catcher Cam Gallagher, and another in the sixth on a home run by Jorge Soler.
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In the top of the fifth, Chance Sisco doubled, went to third on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Stevie Wilkerson's single to tie the game 2-2.
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Roman Quinn had a one-out bunt single, advanced to third on a Zimmermann error and scored when center fielder JaCoby Jones dived and missed Hernandez's fly ball.
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A walk to Cesar Hernandez and an infield bunt single by Freddy Galvis loaded the bases and ended Guerra's day as Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell summoned Michael Blazek.
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The Padres' only hit off Richards was a push-bunt single by left-handed-hitting reserve catcher Austin Allen leading off the third inning to beat the shift.
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He left after singles by Joey Gallo and Kiner-Falefa and a sacrifice bunt by Carlos Tocci put the potential tying runs in scoring position with one out.
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Seattle's Dee Gordon reached on a bunt single with two outs in the second inning but was thrown out trying to steal second by Rays catcher Mike Zunino.
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A passed ball by catcher Omar Narvaez put Escobar into scoring position, and after Drew Butera popped out on a bunt attempt, Merrifield grounded his hit into center.
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The winning rally — in which no one got a base hit — began with a walk by Chase Headley, who moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Gregorius.
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Severino looked much like he did a year ago, allowing one hit — a bunt single by Neil Walker — and striking out five in four and a third innings.
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Anderson then stole third two pitches later and easily scored the fifth run on Adam Engel's sacrifice bunt, which was initially an infield single before replay overturned it.
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The Orioles were trying to maintain a 2-1 lead, but Dee Gordon started the inning with a double, and Jean Segura then reached on a bunt single.
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Pitches bounced in front of the plate and off catchers' masks, a player missed a bunt, a double-play ball flipped out of the hands of an infielder.
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Atlanta Braves pinch hitter Charlie Culberson departed Saturday's game against the Washington Nationals after being hit in the right side of his face on a failed bunt attempt.
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And in the fourth, Nix raced to the third-base foul line to field a bunt by Denard Span and throw out the Mariners' left fielder at first.
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A sacrifice bunt by deGrom set up another run-scoring single by Conforto in the sixth, and Curtis Granderson singled in the Mets' fifth run in the seventh.
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Francisco Lindor doubled to right field to lead off the inning, advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt by Brantley and scored on a groundout by Jose Ramirez.
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But the Dodgers' Cody Bellinger answered in the top of the second with a two-run blast after bunt hit by Manny Machado off Brewers starter Jhoulys Chacin.
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Pinch-hitter Manuel Margot doubled to left with one out, moved to third on pinch-hitter Ian Kinsler's bunt single and scored on Fernando Tatis Jr.'s sacrifice fly.
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Ramirez advanced to third on Tyler Naquin's sacrifice bunt, but Leclerc induced Jason Kipnis to ground out to first base before Franmil Reyes flied out to end the game.
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After a walk and bunt single by Bourjos, the Rays got a two-out, two-run single from Kevin Kiermaier, who broke out of an 0-for-213 slump.
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Chicago had runners on second and third with one out in the third and Hendricks made it 264-21 when he brought home Zobrist with a successful sacrifice bunt.
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The Nationals took a 1-0 lead in the third as Goodwin doubled to the warning track in left and took third as Sanchez laid down a sacrifice bunt.
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"I don't know if it did anything in particular," Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said of whether Verlander was affected by having his perfect game broken up by a bunt.
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Pinch hitter Kevin Cron doubled to open the 11th inning off Tyler Bashlor (0-33) and took third on Nick Ahmed's sacrifice bunt before Alex Avila was intentionally walked.
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After Ryder Jones flied out to right, Giants starter Matt Moore placed a perfect bunt toward third for a single with Panik scoring on Spangenberg's errant throw to first.
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Travis came to the plate in the eighth inning with runners at first and second and none out with none out and was asked to bunt the runners along.
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Alvarez faced one batter, getting Omar Narvaez to pop out on a bunt before being replaced by right-hander Blake Wood, who walked Tyler Saladino to load the bases.
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The Nats still had runners at first and second with nobody out, but Gonzalez failed to get down a bunt, and Wheeler got Turner to fly out to left.
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During his day off from weightlifting, he stretched with Bunt before heading over to the Devils' practice rink for a three-hour session with his skating coach Kam Brothers.
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In the fifth inning, Hellickson's two-run double, the first of his career, put the Phillies ahead to stay after he twice failed to lay down a sacrifice bunt.
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He pounced off the mound on a sacrifice bunt attempt by pitcher Merrill Kelly, fired to third for a force, with Kingery throwing to first for the double play.
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Jose Peraza attempted a sacrifice bunt, but first baseman Carlos Santana fielded it and threw to third for the force out on Gennett, the first out of the inning.
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Jacob Stallings led off with a single to center, moved to second on Musgrove's bunt, to third on Adam Frazier's base hit and scored on Bryan Reynolds' sacrifice fly.
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The Rockies took command with a four-run third with the help of a fielding error by Yankees first baseman Luke Voit on a sacrifice bunt by Tony Wolters.
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The Brewers out-hit Oakland 7-6, with Mike Moustakas collecting two of their hits, including a two-out bunt single before Braun's RBI hit in the first inning.
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The Rockies were in a shift on the right side, and the power-hitting Davis dropped a perfect bunt down the third base line where nobody was in place.
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The Phillies' winning rally started against reliever Jonny Venters (5-2), who walked Jose Bautista, couldn't handle Scott Kingery's bunt single and intentionally walked Wilson Ramos with one out.
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St. Louis tied it in the fifth when Sierra reached on an infield single, advanced on Martinez's bunt and scored on Matt Carpenter's double to the corner in right.
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The bunt sign was called off, so the pitcher-turned-slugger brought his bat back up over his head and stared out at Maeda like a real batting threat.
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Smith's sacrifice bunt put runners on second and third with one out, but Kimbrel struck out Jesus Sucre and struck out pinch hitter Carlos Gomez to end the threat.
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That brought Rich Hill to the plate, and the pitcher executed a nice swinging bunt, but was retired on a bang-bang play at first to end the inning.
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Sanchez guided a sacrifice bunt down the first base line to score Eloy Jimenez, who singled earlier in the inning and advanced to third on a Tim Anderson single.
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Clayton Kershaw, who has considerably more experience as a batter than Dallas Keuchel, showed him how the National League does things with a bunt that sent Barnes to second.
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But as it evolved, BUNT not only brought a collection element into the digital space, but it gamified that collection, making the experience something more akin to fantasy sports.
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And many of these have also made the transition to successful digital apps like BUNT, including a new Marvel app that launched alongside the theatrical release of Avengers: Endgame.
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The Pirates gave the bullpen an additional cushion with a run in the sixth on a Cole Tucker RBI double and another in the eighth on Diaz's RBI bunt.
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First of all, why would the Dodgers have Enrique Hernandez, batting fourth, drop down a bunt in the seventh inning of a game where runs are coming in bunches?
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A sacrifice bunt moved Florimon to third and Hernandez was intentionally walked by right-hander Austin Brice (23-1) before Kingery hit a fly to right to score Florimon.
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In the eighth, with two out and the go-ahead run at third, Didi Gregorius saw third baseman Miguel Sano playing back and tried to bunt for a hit.
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Maldonado, who erased Adames as part of a strikeout-throw out double play in the sixth, drove home Yuli Gurriel after twice failing to deliver a safety squeeze bunt.
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Lopez drove in the second run in the fourth on a bunt base hit, driving in Ryan McBroom, who extended his hitting streak to seven games with a single.
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Dozier scored on Buxton's bunt single that was fielded by Happ, who decided he had no play at home from his knees and found no one covering first base.
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Things appeared normal at first: a sacrifice bunt by Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda was recovered by Rockies third baseman Nolan Arenado, who began to instinctively throw toward first base.
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If a pitcher razzed a hitter for striking out, that hitter might bunt down the first-base line and try to spike him as he went to cover first.
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Cedric Mullins led off with a single, and Jonathan Villar laid down a perfect bunt toward third on a 1-2 pitch that the Blue Jays could do nothing with.
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Pollock's two-out, two-run triple in the bottom of the eighth off Greg Holland pushed the lead to 22-23, and Jeff Mathis' bunt single drove in another run.
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DH Victor Martinez laid down the first bunt single of his career Monday night in the fifth inning and followed it with a sharp single to left in the eighth.
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Reds starter Tanner Roark (113-211) got the first two outs of the inning before Daniel Descalso reached on a bunt single and Albert Almora Jr. followed with another single.
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Earlier on Tuesday, Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer sustained a broken nose during batting practice when he attempted a bunt and the ball hit him in the face off the bat.
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JT Riddle singled, advanced to second on a sacrifice bunt by Volquez and scored when Dee Gordon pulled a low breaking ball down the right-field line for a double.
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The Mariners tied it in the third as Dee Gordon led off with a bunt single and advanced on Cole's throwing error in a bid to get him at first.
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The Cubs scored three times off Iwakuma in the second inning after putting runners at second and third with two outs following Lester's sacrifice bunt down the first-base line.
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Jamie Squire/Getty Images; flickr4jazz/Flickr Bunting is now literally illegal and players who attempt a bunt will be arrested on the spot and tried in a court of law.
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The Cardinals added single runs in the seventh and eighth, respectively, on Matt Carpenter's sacrifice fly and Kolten Wong's squeeze-bunt single, to end the Padres' three-game winning streak.
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Washington led 3-23 entering the bottom of the sixth when Miami used a leadoff walk to Giancarlo Stanton and a bunt single by Justin Bour to mount a threat.
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In the third, with Greg Garcia at second after a single and Michael Wacha's sacrifice bunt, Dickey induced a flyout from Matt Carpenter and a bouncer out of Tommy Pham.
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He was sacrificed to second on a bunt by Byron Buxton, but a flyout by Brian Dozier preceded a soft groundout to first by Joe Mauer to end the inning.
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After a fielder's choice put runners at first and third, first baseman Josh Bell misplayed Marquez's bunt, which was ruled a sacrifice, and Tapia scored to make it 3-0.
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Washington had runners on first and third with one out when Strasburg laid down a sacrifice bunt on which pitcher Shane Carle made a throwing error, letting in a run.
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Astros 2, White Sox 1 Jose Altuve slugged a home run, Marwin Gonzalez delivered a perfect squeeze bunt, and host Houston completed a sweep of its season series with Chicago.
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Before he called it a night, Bumgarner contributed a sacrifice bunt in the seventh inning after A's reliever Jake Diekman walked Aramis Garcia and Brandon Crawford to open the inning.
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After a strikeout by Ryon Healy, Decker hit an RBI single to left, and Rosales followed with a sacrifice bunt that brought in Alonso for a 3-0 A's advantage.
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A walk, a bunt and an error loaded the bases in the seventh, and Severino struck out Michael Conforto after allowing only one run, keeping the lead at 6-4.
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Jason Heyward struck out on a checked swing for the first out of the inning, but then Javier Baez fooled everyone with a bunt to third that loaded the bases.
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Brewers CF Keon Broxton reached on a bunt single in the 13th inning Wednesday - his first major-league hit after starting his career 0-for-24 with 16 strikeouts. 2.
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People who didn't know an infield fly rule from a sacrifice bunt knew who Joe was because he was versatile enough to host 'Today' and substitute host 'The Tonight Show.
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He benefitted from Verlander hitting into an inning-ending double play in the fifth inning instead of attempting a sacrifice bunt with two runners on in a 3-0 game.
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Beede, who had singled earlier in the game, then surprised the Brewers in a bunt situation by slashing a single to right-center, scoring Solano with the go-ahead run.
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But one reason the Astros are here is their superlative defense, which had rescued them moments earlier when reliever Brad Peacock threw out Justin Turner at third on Hernandez's bunt.
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Backed by McNeil's run-scoring bunt single in the third, Jason Vargas had a two-hit shutout when he pitched into the sixth inning for the first time this year.
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He also had a bunt single that set up the first run and made a nifty behind-the-back grab of J. D. Davis's one-hopper in the first inning.
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Daniel Descalso, just into the game in the top half, played back and Asdrubal Cabrera executed a perfect bunt for a single that left the third baseman with no play.
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Delino DeShields Jr. reached on a bunt single with one out in the ninth to bring the tying run to the plate, but was picked off first by catcher Freitas.
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During the series against the Nationals, Garcia had a home run to the opposite field in right, had a bunt single and saved a few runs with plays at third base.
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Collins' homer helps Tigers defeat Indians DETROIT — The Detroit Tigers know things are going their way when Victor Martinez can lay down a bunt and beat it out for a single.
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Josh Bell added an RBI with a double in the fourth, and Sean Rodriguez scored on a wild pitch by Jared Hughes in the eighth after reaching on a bunt single.
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Bradley's two-out triple gave Arizona an 20-26 in the seventh inning after the Rockies closed to within one on Charlie Blackmon's RBI bunt in the top of the inning.
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He also gave up a two-run homer to Christian Yelich, and his failure to come up with a fielding play on a swinging bunt led to two more Miami runs.
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Cleveland bolted out of the blocks to open the scoring, as Francisco Lindor ripped a double down the first-base line and advanced to third on a bunt from Jason Kipnis.
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Stephen Piscotty's sacrifice bunt advanced the runners and Laureano's bloop single off the end of the bat to shallow right field plated Olson for the Athletics' second straight walk-off win.
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He allowed a third hit on a single to Jacoby Ellsbury and held the next 16 batters hitless until Chase Headley's bunt single to the third base side of the mound.
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Kevin Kiermaier reached on an error in the third, advanced on Jesus Sucre's sacrifice bunt and scored on Alex Dickerson's two-out single to right field for a 1-0 lead.
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Mets rookie reliever Jacob Rhame (0-2) took the loss, allowing a leadoff single by Miguel Rojas, a Magneuris Sierra sacrifice bunt and then Holaday's double on a 1-1 slider.
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Garrett put the Reds ahead in the second when he faked a bunt and then lined a double to right for his first career hit, driving home the go-ahead run.
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Shin-Soo Choo erased Oakland's game-long lead in the seventh by cracking a two-run homer to left-center off Yusmeiro Petit, cashing in Delino DeShields' one-out bunt single.
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Cron scored on a double to center field by Robertson, who scored the third run on a single to left by Adames after advancing on a sacrifice bunt by Mallex Smith.
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Mets rookie reliever Jacob Rhame (0-2) took the loss, allowing a leadoff single by Miguel Rojas, a Magneuris Sierra sacrifice bunt and then Holaday's double on a 1-33 slider.
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Iglesias led off the fifth inning with a single against Wacha and advanced to third base after Tucker Barnhart was hit by a pitch and Gray laid down a sacrifice bunt.
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White Sox shortstop Leury Garcia led off the 10th inning with a double to the right-center-field gap off Pressly, and he advanced to third on Tyler Saladino's sacrifice bunt.
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His two-run double, the first of his career, came in the fifth inning after he twice failed to lay down a sacrifice bunt and put the Phillies ahead to stay.
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Heyward tripled into the right-field corner and scored easily when Javier Baez, who had tried to bunt earlier in the at-bat, lifted a pop fly to shallow center field.
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He gave up a ground-rule double in the second inning to Daniel Murphy, the N.L. batting leader, and Danny Espinosa's 500th career hit on a bunt single in the fifth.
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Zobrist reached on a bunt single and Schwarber singled to center before Castellanos went deep for his 23rd homer of the season and his 12th since Chicago acquired him July 31.
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After German walked Ezequiel Carrera and both runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt, a soft grounder that traveled about 15 feet off the bat of Ryan Goins scored the winning run.
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His arm would not be needed — the inning ended after Javier Baez fouled off a bunt attempt with a full count and Dexter Fowler grounded out — but his bat would be.
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Because so much of the early parts of that show were really about using black culture in a way that was funny, but black culture wasn't the bunt of the joke.
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Israel added a run in the bottom of the eighth on a walk by Borenstein, a single by Lavarnway and a safety squeeze bunt by Gailen that allowed Borenstein to score.
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Dyson beat out a bunt single and was part of a double steal in the sixth inning, when Arizona got only one ball out of the infield while scoring three runs.
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Miller escaped the jam when Javier Baez put down a bunt to try to score Rizzo from third, but Miller easily fielded the ball and threw him out at the plate.
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St. Louis had taken a 1-0 lead in the third inning after Harrison Bader led off with a single and went first to third on a sacrifice bunt by Hudson.
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The Rays threatened immediately upon Jackson's exit when Mallex Smith reached on an infield single and Matt Duffy on a bunt single to open the sixth against A's right-hander Shawn Kelley.
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Hudson entered in the ninth and allowed a leadoff single to Billy Hamilton, a walk to Merrifield, a sacrifice bunt to Lopez and a sacrifice fly by Gordon to tie the game.
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Rookie Nick Margevicius (20-210) recorded his first major league win with six innings of one-run ball and aided his own cause with a sacrifice bunt that helped produce a run.
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With runners on second and third, pinch hitter Rosell Herrera's swinging bunt went about 10 feet, and two runs scored as Scherzer threw wildly to the plate trying to get Miguel Rojas.
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Angels 13, Rangers 5 (10 innings) Los Angeles scored three runs in the ninth inning to tie the game, then won it in the 10th on a squeeze bunt by Carlos Perez.
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With the score tied at 21, Francisco Lindor singled up the middle off Jose Alvarado (0-4) to lead off the eighth inning and advanced to second on Jason Kipnis' sacrifice bunt.
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The Diamondbacks came back to tie it in the bottom of the inning on singles by Paul Goldschmidt and Lamb, Chris Owings' sacrifice bunt and Drury's second RBI grounder of the game.
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The Cardinals brought in right-hander Luke Gregerson, who fielded a bunt by Byron Buxton and threw the ball down the right field line, letting Morrison score and sending Buxton to second.
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Rodon struck out five Twins his first time through the order and Hughes didn't allow a baserunner until Rollins' swinging bunt down the third-base line with one out in the fourth.
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But Padres first baseman Wil Myers turned an attempted sacrifice bunt by Greinke into a force-out at third and Cosart retired Segura on a grounder to short to end the inning.
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RHP Jason Grilli pitched around a bunt single in his one inning, the seventh, and picked up his second win against four losses in the 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds.
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David Castro led off with an infield single, moved to second on Teheran's bunt, advanced to third on Ender Inciarte's ground out and scored on Freddie Freeman's two-out single to center.
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In addition to Coghlan's hit, they took a brief lead when Ross stunned the Cardinals with a two-out bunt hit, and they won when Anthony Rizzo drew a bases-loaded walk.
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Then, in the 10th, Mark Reynolds led off with a double against Chasen Shreve (3-3), and pinch runner Michael Taylor moved to third when Adam Eaton reached on a bunt single.
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The Rockies got one in the second when Ian Desmond walked, moved to third on Raimel Tapia's single and scored when Arizona first baseman Christian Walker misplayed Garrett Hampson's sacrifice-bunt attempt.
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After a single and a sacrifice bunt in the sixth inning, Juan Uribe found himself on second base and the subject of a pretty great prank from Reds second baseman Brandon Phillips.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers sought to exploit Lester's discomfort at every turn on Thursday night, repeatedly showing bunt, taking enormous leads and dancing on the basepaths in an attempt to fluster him.
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Players with promise, such as shortstop Amed Rosario, arrive in the majors unable to bunt and with a swing long enough to bring a smile to the face of a big slugger.
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But for C. C. Sabathia, who came down off the hill to field it, the bunt came saddled with a gesture, one that seemed bold enough to awaken a bear in winter.
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Thus it did not go unnoticed when, in his last start against the Red Sox, two weeks ago at Fenway Park, the emerging star Andrew Benintendi tried, unsuccessfully, to bunt against Sabathia.
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After Tommy Edman hit a solo home run, Harrison Bader hit a single, advanced on Flaherty's sacrifice bunt, stole third base and scored on catcher Yasmani Grandal's throwing error on the steal.
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When the Twins had an early chance to assert themselves, loading the bases in the first inning with none out against Sabathia with two bunt singles and a base hit, they wilted.
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Blackmon led off with a single and advanced to second on a bunt single by DJ LeMahieu (three hits) and went to third on a throwing error by Washington pitcher Marc Rzepczynski.
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After a sacrifice bunt by Joe Panik advanced Pence to second, Posey reached out and blooped a two-strike single to right-center off Cardinals closer Seung Hwan Oh, tying the score.
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The Phillies quickly got runners at second and third to start the ninth inning when Scott Kingery singled and reliever Luke Jackson threw wildly after fielding a sacrifice bunt by Sean Rodriguez.
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Oakland continued to find hits against Wright, as Lowrie singled and Reddick reached base on a bunt to open the third before Stephen Vogt delivered a sacrifice fly for a 2-0 lead.
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Squeeze bunt helps Padres beat Phillies PHILADELPHIA — The San Diego Padres, scoreless in their first three games of the season, are now finding all kinds of ways to push runs across the plate.
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Altuve tried to sacrifice the runner to third base, only to see his bunt get fielded by Seattle closer Steve Cishek, who threw to third base and caught Marwin Gonzalez in a rundown.
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Jace Peterson led off the ninth against Familia (238-25) with a single, went to second on a bunt by Dansby Swanson and took third on a single by pinch hitter Emilio Bonifacio.
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The outburst included White Sox third baseman Todd Frazier scoring from third base on a fielder's choice after the Padres had turned their backs after catching a popped-up bunt to first base.
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With one out, Joey Gallo put a bunt down the third base line against the shift for a hit and advanced to second on Milone's throwing error trying to get Gallo at first.
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Hosmer again took advantage of Wright in the sixth inning Sunday, laying down a bunt while the Mets were shifted to the right and forcing Wright to charge and make a difficult throw.
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In a 1-1 game, Trea Turner opened the bottom of the eighth with a walk against Junior Guerra (6-2.003) and was moved to second on a sacrifice bunt by Adam Eaton.
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Baseball minds genuflected before idols—the stolen base, the sacrifice bunt, the hit-and-run—that turned out to have little to do with winning games in the real world of professional sports.
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Remember, Gronk used the trophy as a baseball bat during some hitting practice before the Red Sox game at Fenway Park ... and when he squared to bunt, the baseball left a sizable dent.
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Castillo played a vital role that inning with a sacrifice bunt that pushed Curt Casali and Kyle Farmer into scoring position after they opened the frame with a single and a walk, respectively.
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If there was a regret about the night, it seemed to be that he did not make the play on the bunt; that he reached the ball without any problem was not enough.
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With two outs in the seventh, Chase Headley squared to bunt on an 0-1 pitch from Will Harris, only to have his left hand caught by a 91-mile-per-hour cutter.
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Chatwood, who was hitting in the eighth spot in the lineup, squared as if to bunt, but the pitcher pulled the bat back at the last second and hit a roller toward short.
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The Diamondbacks chased Dickey in the fourth when Mathis singled again, moved up on Greinke's sacrifice bunt and the first of Dickey's two wild pitches in the inning and scored on Peralta's single.
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Martin Maldonado followed with a sacrifice bunt, moving the runner to second and bringing up Cozart, who swung at Duke's first pitch and lined it into left field, Young scoring without a throw.
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Phillies shortstop Jean Segura couldn't bare hand a slow roller to begin the fifth inning, and starting pitcher Vince Velasquez then failed to bare hand a bunt, resulting in back-to-back errors.
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Runners were placed on first and second base to start the 23th under the rule and after a sacrifice bunt by Mel Rojas Jr, Colombia intentionally walked Gregory Polanco to load the bases.
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Daniel Murphy reached on an infield single to put runners on the corners before Baez pushed a bunt past the mound toward second base that could not be fielded cleanly, driving in Bryant.
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A bunt single by Brett Gardner loaded the bases and set the stage for LeMahieu, who is 9-for-11 with 20 RBIs in 13 plate appearances this season with the bases loaded.
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He went to second on a bunt hit by 21B Daniel Descalso and took third on an error by Mets 22B James Loney before scoring when Mets RHP Jeurys Familia uncorked a wild pitch.
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Two batters later, Alex Bregman eluded the tag of Lucroy after his swinging bunt rolled fair mere feet from home plate, and when Lucroy attempted to retire Bregman at first, his throw sailed wide.
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The White Sox gained some separation in the sixth when they scored two runs to take a 6-3 lead, on an RBI single by Sanchez and an RBI safety squeeze bunt by Cordell.
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Reds RHP Rookie Davis worked only four innings Tuesday as he suffered a bruised right forearm when he was hit by a pitch while attempting to bunt in the top of the fifth. 3.
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Rookie left-hander Nick Margevicius (1-1) recorded his first major league win with six innings of one-run ball and aided his own cause with a sacrifice bunt that helped produce a run.
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George Springer opened the inning with a double to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, advanced to third on Josh Reddick's bunt single and scored on Jose Altuve's sacrifice fly to Lorenzo Cain.
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After Travis Jankowski hit a one-out bunt single down the third-base line, Solarte propelled De Leon's 89 mph fastball halfway up the right-field bleachers for his 15th homer of the season.
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Third baseman Miguel Andujar double-clutched a throw on a bunt single by Caleb Joseph in the second with the Orioles holding a 1-0 lead following Trey Mancini's RBI single a batter earlier.
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The only hits he allowed were a single by Yan Gomes in the second inning, a bunt single by Davis in the third and a double by Francisco Lindor leading off the fourth inning.
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Brian Goodwin, who played at nearby Miami Dade College, doubled off the wall in center, advanced to third on Difo's sacrifice bunt and scored when Bryce Harper stroked an opposite-field single to left.
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The Cubs made it 2-0 when Javier Baez led off the second with a double to the corner in left, went to third on a grounder and scored on Rene Rivera's sacrifice bunt.
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New York made it 3-0 in the fourth when Neil Walker reached on a two-out bunt single and scored when Gardner golfed a low Ramirez fastball into the seats in right-center.
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Gant quietly kept the Tigers at bay, giving up just two hits in the first six innings — a double to Castellanos in the first and a bunt single to Niko Goodrum in the fourth.
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Orlando Arcia added a rare two-RBI bunt double for the Brewers, who won their sixth in seven games to move four games up on St. Louis, the second National League wild-card team.
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The Rockies also got a run in the fourth when Carlos Gonzalez walked, took second on Mark Reynolds' swinging bunt and scored when Parra poked a soft, opposite-field single to left off Gaviglio.
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His phobia about lobbing a pickoff attempt or a throw to first base off a bunt — some of the easiest throws in baseball — has become so extreme that he rarely even tries them anymore.
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He retired the final 16 batters he faced after Didi Gregorius reached with a two-out bunt single in the third inning, and he struck out Brett Gardner with his 105th and final pitch.
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As I got older, I started to be able to drive the ball, and also word got around that I could bunt, third basemen became better, and there was less opportunity to do it.
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Second baseman Jemile Weeks placed a perfect bunt and apparently was going to beat it out for a single when he fell to the ground short of first base with an apparent right hamstring injury.
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The Giants tied the score in the eighth when Buster Posey singled with one out, advanced on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Brandon Crawford's RBI single to right field to make it 3-3.
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The game was scoreless when Boston's Sandy Leon opened the fourth by beating the Padres' shift with a perfect bunt to third bringing Padres pitching coach Darren Balsley to the mound to talk to Clemens.
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Chris Taylor worked a walk to open the second and advanced to third on a single by Yasiel Puig, from where he raced home on Barnes' bunt back to Manaea for a 2-0 lead.
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Leading 2-1 in the sixth, the Rays chased Royals starter Jakob Junis by scoring two more runs, one on a safety squeeze bunt by Carlos Gomez and the other on a single by Smith.
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After back-to-back singles to start the inning and a Soto sacrifice bunt, C.J. Cron delivered a one-out single — the fourth RBI to come from the final four hitters in the Angels lineup.
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His production helped the Phillies' offense make up for the early-game loss of starting right-hander Charlie Morton, who suffered a strained left hamstring while running out a bunt attempt in the second inning.
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Facing reliever Erasmo Ramirez, Gardner wanted to surprise the defense and bunt for a hit, steal second and let Carlos Beltran, perhaps the Yankees' best hitter so far this season, attempt to drive him in.
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In the seventh, with the score tightened to 7-5, the Mets cobbled together two hits and a walk, then watched Philadelphia catcher Cameron Rupp make an errant throw off a bunt by Juan Lagares.
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" He added, "Like if you're in a situation where you think you should bunt, and he says hit and it doesn't work out, he'll come up to you right away and say, 'That's on me.
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The Mariners tied it as pinch hitter Ben Gamel led off with a single, moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on first baseman Jefry Marte's throwing error on Jean Segura's infield single.
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Pinch-runner Wilmer Difo went to third on a groundout but was tagged out in a rundown for the third out after speedy Trea Turner tried to bunt for a base hit with two outs.
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The White Sox added a run in the fifth as Avila led off with a double to center and scored on a combined Austin Jackson sacrifice bunt and error by Angels first baseman C.J. Cron.
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C Carlos Perez, 213-for-4, with two strikeouts, a double-play grounder and a failed squeeze bunt Friday night, had a career night Saturday, going 5-for-6 with a homer and six RBIs.
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The Twins tied the score in the following inning after Buxton led off with a double, took third on a sac bunt by Brian Dozier and scored on a long flyout to center by Mauer.
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While Harvey's injury announcement was unexpected, the Mets knew Walker had hurt his hamstring when he limped off the field after running to first base on a sacrifice bunt in the third inning Wednesday night.
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And in the seventh, with Yankees on first and second, the rookie Gleyber Torres, who had homered in the third for the Yankees' first run, chose to drop a bunt in front of the plate.
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But he left trailing by 1-0 because he threw away a bunt by Robinson Chirinos, who sent Gonzalez to third, where he scored on a sacrifice fly by Ender Inciarte in the third inning.
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The Pirates' Jordan Luplow led off the seventh with a base hit to left, moved to second on Cervelli's bunt, to third on Jordy Mercer's single to left and scored on Freese's pinch-hit groundout.
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Santiago threw five innings of no-hit ball before Seattle center fielder Shawn O'Malley, called up earlier in the day from Triple-A, got the Mariners' first hit with a leadoff bunt in the sixth.
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Milwaukee gained insurance in the ninth inning as Eric Thames worked a leadoff walk, advanced to second on Lorenzo Cain's single and came home on catcher Curt Casali's throwing error following a bunt by Arcia.
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Alexi Amarista drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning squeeze bunt and Wil Myers homered as San Diego beat the Philadelphia Phillies 20113-3 Monday afternoon, the Padres' third victory in four games.
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Leadoff hitter Norichika Aoki was hit by a pitch, but the Mariners couldn't move him to second base because Texas' Mitch Moreland made a nice play to field a bunt and throw Aoki out at second.
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The Braves then loaded the bases with no outs on a single by Jeff Francoeur, a throwing error by Petit on a sacrifice bunt and an intentional walk before a downpour caused a 22014-minute delay.
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Denard Span greeted Kiefhefer with a two-run single through a drawn-in infield for a 4-1 lead, and Matt Duffy finished the scoring with a squeeze bunt on the first pitch from Jonathan Broxton.
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In the top of the third, Velasquez picked up a bunt RBI, but he did not complete the bottom of the inning as Miami rallied for seven runs, with Diaz's three-run shot the big blow.
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Chicago loaded the bases on Heyward's single, a walk to Addison Russell and Albert Almora Jr.'s bunt single, setting up Baez's second grand slam of his career and this season for a 5-0 lead.
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After Molina walked to load the bases with two outs, Kolten Wong drove in a run with a bunt single and Harrison Bader followed with a two-run single for a 3-2 lead against Sanchez.
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The Indians regained the lead in the fifth when Yan Gomes singled, went to second on a bunt single by Guyer, advanced to third on a forceout by Lindor and scored on a groundout by Brantley.
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The Cubs had two hits and a walk in the inning, with the first run scoring when right fielder Nick Markakis booted a single by Ross and the second coming on a squeeze bunt by Lester.
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Cesar Hernandez led off the bottom of the eighth with a walk, and Los Angeles pitcher Luis Avilan (218-2167) made a throwing error on Freddy Galvis' bunt attempt to put runners at second and third.
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With Mason Williams and Tucker Barnhart at the corners following back-to-back singles against Padres right-handed reliever Rowan Wick, Ervin laid down a perfect suicide squeeze bunt to drive in Williams and reach first.
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Nicolino left his last start May 30 against Philadelphia after bruising the tip of his left index finger on a bunt attempt, interrupting a solid start in which he had thrown three scoreless no-hit innings.
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Here's how you DON'T bunt a baseball ... Max Scherzer -- arguably the best pitcher in the MLB -- was working on his bunting game in Nationals' batting practice Tuesday ... when he popped a pitch straight into his face!!
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McNeil put the Mets ahead in the third with a two-out, run-scoring bunt single against major league E.R.A. leader Luis Castillo, but Suarez hit a tying home run off Vargas leading off the sixth.
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First baseman Pete Alonso began a 3-6-3-4-3 double play in the second, and the fourth inning ended when Wilson Ramos fielded a German bunt and began a 2-5-4 double play.
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Closer Mark Melancon got his 2230th save for Washington and 294th overall as he threw the ninth, getting University of Virginia product Phil Gosselin for the last out on a bunt pop to Rendon at third.
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Castillo was due up third in the 11th, and said he had quickly deduced what that meant: The leadoff man would bunt the runners to second and third, and the second batter would be intentionally walked.
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Cubs 4, Nationals 23 (10 innings) Javier Baez had three hits and three RBIs, and his bunt single in the 10th inning drove in the go-ahead run as Chicago won a makeup game at Washington.
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LHP Justin Nicolino will make his fourth start of the season on Monday and first since May 30, when he left the game after three innings when he bruised his left index finger on a bunt.
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The 35-year-old, who was moved from the 10-day disabled list to the 173-day disabled list on Friday, sustained the injury in an attempt to field a bunt during a relief outing Tuesday night.
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The Rangers tied it 3-3 by putting runners on second and third in the eighth after a hit batter, a throwing error by catcher Vazquez on a sacrifice bunt by Delino DeShields, and Andrus' sacrifice fly.
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Matt Carpenter couldn't lay down a sacrifice bunt following a leadoff double by Paul DeJong in the second, but then grounded a two-out RBI single just inside the first-base bag for a 1-0 lead.
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The news was even worse for the Padres, who lost right-handed starting pitcher Jarred Cosart in the fourth inning to a right hamstring strain suffered while running out a bunt in the bottom of the third.
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Phillies 1, Mets 0 The lone highlight for the Mets on Saturday night occurred when the Phillies' Freddy Galvis tried to surprise the infield with a drag bunt on Bartolo Colon's first pitch of the sixth inning.
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Houston committed its second error of the inning when pitcher Wade Miley flipped Yolmer Sanchez's suicide squeeze bunt over catcher Robinson Chirinos, and Adam Engel scored from second on the throwing error for a 3-2 lead.
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Nationals outfielder Michael A. Taylor beat out a bunt single to open the ninth inning, stole second, took third on a groundout and scored on Brian Goodwin's sacrifice fly to left field to make it 2-0.
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The Nationals added a run in the fifth when Taylor led off with a double, moved to third on Scherzer's one-out single and scored on Turner's surprise bunt single that left no Dodger covering first base.
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As Vosmik came tearing into the plate, Tamulis's bunt popped into the air and was caught by Boston pitcher Nick Strincevich, who kept right on running until he stepped on third to double off the embarrassed Vosmik.
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While the transition has appeared seamless, Headley cautioned that he had not yet been exposed to all the types of plays for which a first baseman must be responsible, such as bunt defense and starting double plays.
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Instead, Travis d'Arnaud and Lucas Duda allowed a pop-fly bunt by the opposing pitcher to drop between them, a mistake compounded when d'Arnaud hesitated in throwing to second, where he might have gotten a force play.
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CF Billy Hamilton beat out a bunt single to open the game Monday, stole second, took third on a groundout and scored on OF Adam Duvall's single in the 17-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
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Kepler hit a two-run homer in the fourth to make it 5-0, a 427-foot shot into the second deck in right-center that drove in Polanco, who had reached base with a bunt single.
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Wendle then stole second and was trying to steal third when Mallex Smith laid a bunt right in front of the plate that was thrown away by Chicago catcher Omar Narvaez, allowing Wendle to score the tying run.
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Tim Beckham doubled down the left field line, and Mallex Smith laid down a bunt for his first hit with the Rays, and Gary Sanchez's throw went wide to allow Beckham to score to make it 7-2.
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The 23-year-old Californian also delivered two hits including a two-run triple, telling reporters: ''I haven't been very good this year, so they were getting on me telling me I needed to bunt for a hit.
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Urquidy escaped when Corbin put down a sacrifice bunt and Gomes couldn't advance, Trea Turner grounded out and shortstop Carlos Correa made a nice play to nab a pop-up off Adam Eaton's bat into shallow left field.
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The Padres threatened against Taillon only in the third, when Nick Noonan singled in his first start with San Diego, moved up on a sacrifice bunt and a wild pitch and Travis Jankowski walked, but Myers grounded out.
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Altuve was in the middle of three consecutive run-scoring plate appearances in the third, following a sacrifice bunt from Marwin Gonzalez and preceding an opposite-field RBI single by shortstop Carlos Correa that made it 240-260.
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Down 21-20 in the seventh, Mallex Smith got a leadoff walk on four pitches against Matt Barnes, advanced on a sacrifice bunt and took third on Souza's single off the glove of third baseman Tzu-Wei Lin.
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The Blue Jays unsuccessfully tried to squeeze in a run with Darwin Barney at the plate, but his failure to lay down a bunt led to the Orioles getting Travis caught in a rundown between third and home.
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It was the third walk-off win for the Cubs during their winning streak and was no less exasperating for their opponent than the other two: a two-strike squeeze bunt by a pitcher and a wild pitch.
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Villar doubled and Arcia beat out a bunt past the mound to open the sixth inning and knock out Corbin, and Braun hit reliever Evan Marshall's third pitch for a three-run homer and a 5-0 lead.
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Pirates 6, Giants 3 Michael Feliz pitched out of a fifth-inning jam to preserve a one-run lead, and Elias Diaz capped a two-RBI performance with a successful squeeze bunt, lifting visiting Pittsburgh past San Francisco.
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He added two more groundouts in the second, worked around a Matt Joyce bunt single against the shift with three ground-ball outs in the third, and retired the side in order again on groundouts in the fourth.
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The Mets scored their first run in the first inning, when Michael Conforto, the engine of the team's offense, doubled, moved to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Lagares and scored on a sacrifice fly by Flores.
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Phillips singled to center field off Marlins closer A.J. Ramos to score Johan Camargo, who had led off with a single and moved up on a sacrifice bunt, to give the Braves an 23.70-24 victory on Saturday.
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The run scored because the throw by Orioles pitcher Pete Richert to first, on J. C. Martin's bunt in the bottom of the 216th, was deflected by Martin's left wrist a few strides before he reached the base.
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Cleveland missed a chance to score in the seventh inning, as Luplow reached on an infield single to begin the inning, and Kipnis did the same after the Rangers were unable to cleanly field his bunt toward third base.
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The Rays forced a 20-25 tie in the third as Evan Longoria's one-out sacrifice scored Souza from third after Souza reached on a bunt single, stole second and went to third on catcher Willson Contreras' throwing error.
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Mazara's two-run double with one out in the first inning was followed by Choo's two-run double in the second that scored Ryan Rua, who walked, from second and DeShields — who beat out a bunt hit — from first.
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A run scored on a bunt single by Eflin, Jean Segura drove in a run with a fielder's choice, Bryce Harper had an RBI single and Rhys Hoskins drove in two with a double to make it 7-1.
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A sacrifice bunt moved him to third base, and he scored on a sacrifice fly by Jose Reyes to tie the score, 1-1, after Ryan Howard had given the Phillies the lead with a homer in the second.
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Jacoby Ellsbury opened the inning with a line-drive double over the head of Matt Kemp in right and advanced to third when Brett Gardner was awarded an infield single when Pomeranz botched his attempt at a sacrifice bunt.
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After clubbing two home runs in his first World Series game, Roberto Perez showed bunt on Jake Arrieta's first pitch to him, but he pulled the bat back and ended up striking out in an eight-pitch at-bat.
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Gonsolin (0-1) was greeted by Dyson's bunt single, Tim Locastro's infield hit, Pederson's fielding error at first base on a ball hit by David Peralta, then Eduardo Escobar's three-run home run, his 03th homer of the season.
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Two of the most pivotal plays were a surprise bunt single by their cleanup hitter — on a full count — and a lunging, lead-saving catch in left field by a player who had started the game at second base.
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That was Collins, whose team has sustained more than its share of injuries so far this season and had already had another in the third inning, when second baseman Neil Walker pulled up while running out a sacrifice bunt.
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Brandon Guyer scored when first baseman Brock Holt threw away Roberto Perez's bunt in the ninth inning, lifting the Indians over the Boston Red Sox, 5-4, on Monday night in a matchup of first-place teams in Cleveland.
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He threw 89 pitches, made a strong defensive play on a bunt, and left the Yankees feeling pretty good about his outing, even if it ended up taking second billing of sorts to another home run headline from Judge.
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The Giants scored both their runs off Syndergaard in the third, when Austin Slater and Gorkys Hernandez opened the inning with singles, Kelly laid down a sacrifice bunt and a Steven Duggar groundout and Joe Panik single each plated a run.
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Almora's single followed a four-pitch walk to Ian Happ to lead off the inning against Richard Rodriguez (4-13), a sacrifice bunt by Mike Freeman and a groundout by Victor Caratini that sent pinch runner Terrance Gore to third base.
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Rougned Odor singled off the top of the outfield wall to score Victor Martinez with the go-ahead run and Odor later scored on a suicide squeeze bunt by Alcides Escobar to give Venezuela an insurance run, which proved necessary.
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Nationals 10, Marlins 3 Trea Turner, who was benched earlier this week for not running out a bunt, homered to left in the fourth and hit a tiebreaking, two-run triple to right in the seventh, leading Washington past host Miami.
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Ramon Cabrera's double-play sacrifice fly gave the Reds a 3-2 lead in the top of the 10th inning, after Schebler pushed a bunt single down the third base line against a shift with one out and Eugenio Suarez singled.
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He made it 1-0 with a line single to left field in the second, reached on a bunt single in the fourth, avoided being forced at second on Moncada's single to the hole in shortstop and scored on Sanchez's triple.
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Padres 5, Cubs 1 Catcher Francisco Mejia homered to lead off the seventh inning to break a 1-1 tie and had a key bunt single as San Diego added three runs in the ninth for a victory over host Chicago.
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Joey Wendle reached on a sacrifice bunt for an RBI to give the Rays a 5-0 lead in the second before the Orioles cut their deficit to 5-23 in the third on an RBI infield single by Jonathan Villar.
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Padres complete three-game sweep of Reds SAN DIEGO — With the game tied, two on and none out in the seventh inning Wednesday afternoon, Franchy Cordero tried to bunt the first pitch he saw from right-handed reliever Michael Lorenzen.
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Jose Altuve slugged a home run before Marwin Gonzalez delivered a perfect squeeze bunt and the Houston Astros completed a sweep of their season series with the Chicago White Sox with a 23-1 victory on Sunday at Minute Maid Park.
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So when the diminutive Torreyes went to the plate in the fourth inning, with runners at the corners and the Yankees trailing by a run, it made perfect sense when he tried to push a bunt past Athletics pitcher Sonny Gray.
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Pittsburgh broke the tie in the fourth when Francisco Cervelli got on with a broken-bat bloop single, advanced on Jordy Mercer's single to right and Taillon's bunt, then scored on Josh Harrison's sacrifice fly for a 3-2 lead.
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After Christian Vazquez laid down a sacrifice bunt and pinch hitter Sam Travis was intentionally walked to load the bases, Owings came off the bench to line his first hit for Boston to left field for a 5-13 advantage.
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Yet in the fourth inning of Game 5, they did, with the Cubs' offense showing all the ways it could score: with power (a Kris Bryant homer), speed (a Javier Baez bunt single) and situational hitting (a Ross sacrifice fly).
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But he made a solid defensive play — something that's been an issue at times for Baltimore pitchers — sliding to pick up a sacrifice bunt from RF Ezequiel Carrera and making a quick throw to nail him at first in the seventh.
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They would launch 53-pointers and run the floor while cleansing themselves of their fanatical devotion to midrange jumpers, the low-percentage shots that pain the sport's growing collection of analytics acolytes as much as the bunt vexes their baseball cousins.
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Max Kepler's sacrifice bunt moved both runners into scoring position, but Kurt Suzuki's attempt at a safety squeeze was caught out of the air by Rangers first baseman Moreland, who fired to third to double off Plouffe and end the threat.
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Michael Martinez was brought in as a defensive replacement in right field to help prevent a sacrifice fly from scoring a run, but Shaw took care of Javier Baez by striking him out on an awkward two-strike bunt attempt.
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The Athletics manufactured their run in the sixth, parlaying a Matt McBride leadoff single and a sacrifice bunt from Coco Crisp into a scoring opportunity that shortstop Marcus Semien cashed in with a broken bat, RBI single to left field.
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"So in spite of the inconvenience,'' he added, "and it was, and in today's world, with all the events that are thundering down upon us, I thought it was kind of a bunt, so I thought we handled it well.
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The Brewers scored an unearned run thanks to shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera's misplay of a leadoff grounder by Jonathan Villar, who advanced around the bases on a single by Orlando Arcia and a bunt by Garza before scoring on a groundout by Keon Broxton.
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Chicago expanded the lead to 8-1 in the seventh on a bunt RBI single by Albert Almora Jr. that sent home Jason Heyward, a groundout by Javier Baez that scored Happ, and a single by Tommy La Stella that plated Almora.
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The White Sox extended their lead to 5-2 in the seventh when Sanchez, with one out and a 0-2 count, laid down a suicide-squeeze bunt to drive in Tim Anderson, who had doubled and advanced to third on a groundout.
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Peralta singled and Jarrod Dyson beat out a bunt single, and the runners took second and third on a throwing error by Scherzer with no outs in the first inning, but Scherzer got out of it with two strikeouts and a popout.
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Miami already led 1-0 thanks to Rojas' single and had runners on first and second when Smith laid down a one-out bunt and ended up safe when Adrian Gonzalez could not corral the errant throw by Mets third baseman Jose Reyes.
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Eduardo Nunez hit a two-run homer off Sonny Gray (8-9) after annoying CC Sabathia with a bunt Thursday as the Red Sox tied a season high by going 5 1/2 games up on the Yankees for the third time.
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Trevor Story led off the ninth with a single against Familia and stole second, Dahl drew a walk and both runners advanced a base when Daniel Descalso's two-strike bunt came to a stop just shy of the first-base foul line.
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Jose Briceno opened the top of the 10th with a double but was thrown out at third trying to advance on a bunt by Eric Young Jr. After Young stole second, Padres reliever Craig Stammen (5-2) walked pinch hitter Shohei Ohtani.
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With runners at second and third and one out, Sanchez attempted a squeeze bunt down the first base line, but Hoskins fielded the ball and alertly scooped it to catcher Andrew Knapp in time to retire Eloy Jimenez, who was sliding headfirst.
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The Dodgers got an RBI bunt single from Chris Taylor in the sixth inning for a 3-0 lead and an RBI groundout from David Freese in the seventh, along with an RBI single from Austin Barnes before Hernandez hit his slam.
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The Nationals tied the game in the 15th when a throwing error by the Twins catcher John Ryan Murphy on a bunt by reliever and winning pitcher Oliver Perez (1-0) allowed Danny Espinosa to score the tying run, also with two outs.
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The game also featured Bumgarner staring down three Padres — Myers during his home-run trot, Cashner after he struck out Bumgarner in the fifth and Padres center fielder after Bumgarner threw him out on a close play at first on a bunt attempt.
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Catcher Francisco Mejia homered to lead off the seventh inning to break a 21-20 tie and had a key bunt single as the San Diego Padres added three runs in the ninth for a 5-1 victory over the host Chicago Cubs.
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He has hit three homers and driven in nine runs in the postseason, and his bunt hit — on a 3-2 pitch that preceded a Cody Bellinger home run — was a pivotal play in the Game 7 win in Milwaukee on Saturday night.
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San Francisco had the tying run at second base with nobody out in the ninth but the Giants had a failed sacrifice bunt followed by deep fly ball outs from Buster Posey and Brandon Belt to end it against closer Kenley Jansen.
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Syndergaard struck out Yan Gomes before the Mets' pitching coach, Dave Eiland, paid Syndergaard a visit on the mound, but then shortstop Wilmer Difo managed a sacrifice bunt that drove in Soto, who slid across home plate for the 1-0 lead.
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The right-hander started off poorly, allowing Justin Turner to rap a double off the center field wall, but he showed some defensive versatility by fielding a sacrifice bunt attempt from Kike Hernandez and wheeling around to throw Turner out at third.
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Jacoby Ellsbury came in as a pinch-runner and stole second base, then scored the winning run after Frazier was hit by a pitch, Ronald Torreyes loaded the bases with a bunt single, and Gardner hit a line drive up the middle.
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Hill recovered to survive the ninth inning on a sacrifice bunt and two ground outs, before Harrison struck in the 236th, driving Hill's 23th pitch — an 27-mile-per-hour fastball down the middle — just over the fence down the left field line.
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