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Though touted as good strategy by traditionalists, the sacrifice bunt has received significant criticism by modern sabermetrics. Simply, sabermetricians argue that the value of moving a runner to another base is offset by the team's sacrificing one of its limited and valuable 27 outs. An out conceded is an out wasted, in other words.
The sacrifice fly is one of two instances in baseball where a batter is not charged with a time at bat after putting a ball in play; the other is the sacrifice hit (also known as a sacrifice bunt). But, while a sacrifice fly does not affect a player's batting average, it counts as a plate appearance and lowers the on-base percentage.
In a sacrifice bunt, the batter will put the ball into play with the intention of advancing a baserunner, in exchange for the batter being thrown out. The sacrifice bunt is most often used to advance a runner from first to second base, though the runner may also be advanced from second to third base, or from third to home. The sacrifice bunt is ...
The Dodgers aren't known for their small-ball game, but a pair of well-executed sacrifice bunts by Tommy Edman and Gavin Lux made a difference in NLCS Game 1. Small-ball strategy pays off: Why ...
Between 1981 and 1997, Butler laid down 147 sacrifice bunts in the big leagues and recorded 245 hits on bunt singles. He built a career as a bunting coach, but then he saw bunting fall out of ...
After rare sacrifice bunt from a cleanup hitter, Jazz Chisholm, Stanton followed by shooting a 1-2 fastball 404 feet into the left field bleachers for a 6-2 lead. The Yankees are 12 outs from ...
hits a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly; or; is awarded first base on four called balls; or; is hit by a pitched ball; or; is awarded first base because of interference or obstruction. In common parlance, the term "at bat" is sometimes used to mean "plate appearance" (for example, "he fouled off the ball to keep the at bat alive").
Gio Urshela delivered a sacrifice fly in the fourth, scoring Colt Keith; McKinstry plated a run with a force out in the sixth, scoring Riley Greene. Keith finished 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.