How to Use bunt in a Sentence
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Wilson Colvin pushed the first run across the plate on a bunt.
— Robert Ladnier, al, 29 Apr. 2023 -
The Oilers tied the game on a squeeze bunt in the seventh and won it in the eighth on.
— Eric Sondheimercolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2022 -
The Guardians took a 1-0 lead in the fourth on a squeeze bunt by Giménez that scored José Ramírez from third.
— Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 July 2023 -
Gavin Grant beats out a bunt single down the third base line.
— oregonlive, 9 June 2023 -
With two on and no outs in the fifth, the Rangers asked him to do just that, move runners with a bunt.
— Evan Grant, Dallas News, 15 Apr. 2023 -
Peifer laid a clever bunt down the third-base line and just beat Peyton Holt's throw to the bag.
— Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 19 Feb. 2024 -
There was a bunt that led to an error and three runs in the third inning.
— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023 -
Guys who can beat a shift or, failing that, beat out a bunt.
— Dallas News, 20 July 2022 -
Sawa and Gilliam dropped down bunts in the sixth, and both runners reached on errors.
— Indystar Sports, The Indianapolis Star, 10 June 2023 -
There are no bunts, no stepping out of the batter’s box.
— Annika Johnson, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023 -
On the second pitch of the game, Corbin Carroll laid down a bunt single.
— Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2023 -
Jake Marisnick, pinch-running for Schoop, scored on the squeeze bunt to tie the game, 1-1, in the eighth inning.
— Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2023 -
Center fielder Hunter Lamarr followed with a bunt for a hit to load the bases and bring the top of the lineup to the plate.
— Luke Lawhorn, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Mar. 2023 -
Brown lays down a squeeze bunt, scoring Taylor to make it 5-3.
— Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al, 2 June 2023 -
Amed Rosario popped up a rare bunt with a runner on and nobody out in the first inning.
— Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 19 Oct. 2022 -
The bunt went foul with two strikes, resulting in a strikeout.
— Stephen Hawkins, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2022 -
Wright Martin later laid down a bunt back to Cohen and beat the throw to first, which scored Jack to make it 3-1.
— Matthew Gelhard, ajc, 27 Aug. 2022 -
Ohio players reached twice on bunts to load the bases and ended up scoring two runs.
— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Andrus reached safely on the bunt while moving Zavala to third.
— Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 17 Sep. 2022 -
Sophomore Jayci Kitchen followed with a squeeze bunt to score Cline for a 1-0 lead.
— Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2022 -
In the weight room, long tossing, fielding the ball on bunt coverages.
— Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 27 Mar. 2024 -
With the Braves’ infield playing deep, Rojas dropped down a bunt to the right side in a 2-2 count, beating it out with ease.
— The Arizona Republic, 8 June 2023 -
Gross sent his bunt trickling, deadening the ball and sending it out of the reach of Cabell and Ryan.
— Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2022 -
Giménez, who had three hits in Tuesday’s 10-1 win, dragged a perfect bunt single down the first-base line to score Ramírez.
— Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 July 2023 -
The first two Millers walked in the bottom of the eighth, and Zionsville pitcher Elliott Rossell slipped on the wet grass trying to field a bunt to load the bases with no outs.
— Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2022 -
With the go-ahead run on first, Melvin stuck with Grisham for the lefty-on-lefty matchup, and San Diego's outfielder dropped down a bunt on the first pitch.
— Jesse Yomtov, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2022 -
Altuve opened the game with a bunt single and scored to put the Astros ahead, 1-0, on Bregman's double.
— Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2023 -
Cheeseman also drove in Hagerstown’s first run of the game, laying down a bunt in the first inning to bring home Troutwine.
— Wilson Moore, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Aug. 2022 -
His bunt went foul with two strikes, resulting in a strikeout.
— Stephen Hawkins, ajc, 6 Nov. 2022 -
After Connor Queenan’s bunt out and Curtis’s fly out to left field, Smithfield scored two more runs in the third.
— Carlos R. Muñoz, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
- He bunted the ball toward third base.
- The batter bunted for a single.
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The other day on the road, Leody Taveras tried to bunt with two strikes.
— Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2022 -
The next batter, Evan Hammond, tried to bunt the runner home on the first pitch.
— James Weber, The Enquirer, 4 June 2022 -
Ava is a triple threat at the plate who bats from the left side and can bunt, slap or hit for power.
— oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2021 -
Friedl offered to bunt on back-to-back pitches but couldn’t get the bunt down.
— Evan Grant, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2023 -
Howes squared to bunt on a safety squeeze, but Coxon‘s pitch was low and outside.
— Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 16 Apr. 2021 -
Kemp tried to bunt with two on and nobody out in the second inning of a 0-0 game and popped out.
— Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2023 -
Buher then tried to bunt, but her attempt was popped up and caught by Gallagher.
— Randy McRoberts, baltimoresun.com, 18 June 2021 -
Dozier tried to bunt Santana to second, but Hedges pounced on the ball in front of the plate and threw a strike to second for the force.
— Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 7 Apr. 2022 -
Mason Neville bunted him over to third base and Cali scampered home on a wild pitch to increase the Hogs' lead to 5-2.
— Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 6 May 2023 -
During such shifts, many of us are wondering why the batter doesn’t bunt or hit the ball to the massive open space.
— Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2021 -
The sidearming Cishek’s third pitch, an 88 mph fastball, sailed up and in and off the face of the switch-hitting Lindor, who was squaring around to bunt.
— Jerry Beach, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2022 -
Jarren Duran tried to bunt him to second, but Jose Ramirez fielded the ball and threw to second to force Downs.
— Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 28 July 2022 -
Hunter Grimes walked, then Rowland bunted for a single that scored Slavens.
— Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2023 -
Mateo Rodriguez bunted for a base hit to lead off the fifth and scored on a single by Guilmer Galva.
— Ethan Winter, BostonGlobe.com, 3 June 2023 -
The other side of it is that when a road team doesn’t score, the home team merely has to bunt a runner over to third and hit a sacrifice fly to win the game.
— Steve Megargee, Houston Chronicle, 9 July 2020 -
Small ball works — get on base, steal second base, bunt them around, get runs and hopefully the pitching holds up.
— Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 11 June 2023 -
After twice failing to bunt, Araúz lined a three-run homer to right field in the eighth inning as the Sox beat the Cleveland Indians, 4-3.
— BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2021 -
Wangler bunted her way on and Miller singled up the middle, to tie a championship-game record with her fourth hit of the day.
— Wright Wilson, Detroit Free Press, 17 June 2023 -
Kason Howell got hit by a pitch while attempting to bunt with two outs.
— Nubyjas Wilborn | Nwilborn@al.com, al, 13 June 2022 -
After failing to bunt him over twice, the left fielder hit a dribbler down the third base line putting runners on the corners with no out.
— Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2022 -
More often today, someone else does the shooting and it’s left to the net-front attacker to tip, chop, hack or bunt it home.
— Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022 -
His baseball teams were known for bunting and putting pressure on opposing teams.
— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2023 -
One day during March, the Reds brought a bunting specialist into camp in Goodyear, Arizona.
— Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 1 Apr. 2023 -
Arkansas lost a good chance to break on top in the third, as Tavian Josenberger bunted Bolton to third with one out.
— Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 14 May 2023 -
John Bolton bunted on a 1-2 pitch for a sacrifice that advanced Grimes and Rowland to third and second base.
— Bob Holt, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2023 -
Tygart also hit Hayden Dunhurst, who was trying to bunt, to load the bases and bring on Morris.
— Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 23 June 2022 -
Sparks flew when Canada's Chris Robinson bunted for a hit with his team leading Mexico 9-3 in the top of the ninth inning.
— José M. Romero, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2023 -
And after festooning its stores in rainbow bunting for years, Starbucks declined to decorate for Pride this year at stores in 21 states, according to an employee union.
— Michael Wilson, New York Times, 25 June 2023
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