drag bunt

noun

: a bunt in baseball made by a left-handed batter by trailing the bat while moving toward first base

broadly : a bunt made with the object of getting on base safely rather than sacrificing

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Manaea got two quick outs before Garrett Stubbs legged out a single on a drag bunt. —

Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024 The double and the first-to-third on the wild pitch, and the drag bunt. —

Steve Fryer, Orange County Register, 31 May 2024 Jurickson Profar attempted a drag bunt before pulling his bat back and taking the first pitch for a ball. —

Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2024 Davalillo, batting for Steve Yeager, came to the plate and, with the infield playing deep, laid down a perfect drag bunt for a single. —

Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2023 Josiah Cromwick started the rally with a drag bunt and Anson Aroz followed with an RBI single. —

oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023 Jake McCarthy tapped a drag bunt toward first base. —

Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2023 How about the fact those hits aren’t drag bunts or bloopers. —

Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2023 The Ducks ended it in the bottom of the frame on another two-out rally as Hanoian reached via drag bunt, Tanner Smith singled to left-center and Boettcher ripped the first pitch from Mulholland to the left side and beat out the throw from Armstrong. —

James Crepea | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 12 Apr. 2021