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bunt

[buhnt] / bʌnt /
VERB
hit half-heartedly
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Brady Murrietta had tied the score with a squeeze bunt in the bottom of the seventh.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

But the Dodgers ran the little-used “Wheel Play” in which third baseman Max Muncy fielded the bunt and spun and threw to Mookie Betts to tag Castellanos and save the game.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 27, 2025

This sure is a lot of bunt talk for a Sunday!

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. started the inning by pulling a 96.9-mph fastball for a double and advanced to third base on a sacrifice bunt by Isiah Kiner-Falefa.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2025

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

From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols




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