Adam Eaton bunted for a single on the first pitch of the game, and Trea Turner bunted, delivered a hit-and-run single and stole his major-league-leading 33rd base.
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Jacob Stallings singled, and Erik Gonzalez bunted him to second.
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Adalberto Mondesi then bunted for a base hit, scoring Gore.
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After pitcher Jason Vargas bunted, Rosario laced his two-run single.
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Against Crick, Murphy bunted for a single to load the bases.
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Marlins starting pitcher Caleb Smith bunted in front of the plate.
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Buchholz bunted both runners over, and Jay's sacrifice fly scored Ahmed.
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Brett Gardner bunted into a double play in the third inning.
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Smith, the manager replied, had never bunted in his professional career.
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In the top of the third, Nixon bunted for a base hit.
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Zobrist bunted for a single to start the four-run fourth inning.
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Even the slow-footed Adrian Gonzalez bunted, dragging the ball toward second base.
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After the game, Machado said he had bunted because Chacin quick-pitched him.
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Kolten Wong walked, was bunted to second by Mikolas and scored on Pham's double.
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Marquez bunted to Hess but Rodgers beat the throw home to tie the game.
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"I should have bunted, get the guy over and continue the rally," Lindor said.
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Ichiro Suzuki bunted Realmuto to second, and Andino followed with the tiebreaking base hit.
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Braun batted in the fourth inning but bunted out softly to pitcher Kyle Hendricks.
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Starling Marte bunted for a single and went to third on Davies' throwing error.
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Yoan Moncada led off with a single and Adam Engel bunted for a hit.
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She draped a yellow gown over her black blazer and moss green bunted skirt.
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Nicky Lopez bunted for an RBI hit, and then the offense stepped up a notch.
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Agrazal bunted them to second and third, and Bauer loaded the bases by hitting Newman.
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However, Piscotty was out at the plate when Wacha bunted directly to first baseman Myers.
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But Jose Ramirez, trying to sacrifice, bunted into a force out at second, retiring Naquin.
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After pitcher Tomlin bunted him over, Santana walked and Kipnis was hit by a pitch.
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Justin Verlander bunted him over to second, and George Springer's single sent him to third.
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Jarlin Garcia came on in relief, and Frazier bunted the runners to second and third.
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After being bunted to third with one out, Diaz was stranded after Albers held the lead.
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Abraham Almonte bunted into a fielder's choice, stole second and advanced on catcher Narvaez's throwing error.
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Adam Eaton bunted, and Josh Bell's error when he flubbed the catch allowed Turner to score.
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Greg Allen bunted for the second out, then Francisco Lindo struck out to end the inning.
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One out later, Smith bunted, and Kelly threw wildly to first, allowing two runs to score.
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After Raul Mondesi bunted them over, Orlando scored on a wild pitch from Ramirez (2-1).
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Valencia led off the inning with a double to right, and Dyson bunted him to third.
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Byron Buxton continued to torment Toronto when he bunted for a hit to start the fourth.
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Acuna singled against Steven Brault (5-3) to start the inning and was bunted to second.
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Scherzer was injured Tuesday when he bunted a ball and it caromed right into his nose.
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After Godley bunted Dyson to second, Jay smacked a two-run double to make it 5-0.
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Harold Castro bunted and reached on a throwing error by Keller, putting runners at second and third.
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Scherzer (6-5) bunted a ball into his nose during pitcher's batting practice Tuesday at Nationals Park.
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"The guys got something on him," said Lindor, who bunted during the four-hit, two-walk rally.
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Ryan Rua then bunted back to Mengden, who had an easy play on Mazara at third base.
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Naquin bunted Martinez over, and he advanced to third on a wild pitch to Rajai Davis, who walked.
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They said he wore his uniform accessories — stirrups, sunglasses, compression sleeve — too ostentatiously, and he bunted too often.
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Lee has actually bunted for a double before, although it wasn't nearly as tricky as this most recent attempt.
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Odor, who scored three times, bunted for a single earlier, but his three RBIs came without getting a hit.
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Martinez elected to leave Sanchez in the game to bat, and he struck out on a bunted foul ball.
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Dee Gordon bunted for a hit and scored from first when Stanton laced his opposite-field double to right.
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Granderson drove in Mets starter Jacob deGrom, who had bunted into a fielder's choice, and Reyes, who had doubled.
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Ozzie Albies bunted and inexperienced first baseman Jay Bruce could not stay on the bag while catching Lugo's throw.
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Urias opened the inning with an opposite-field single to right and this time was bunted to second by Quantrill.
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Leading off the 20033th, Hicks bunted for a single and advanced on catcher Willson Contreras' throwing error on the play.
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Facing Wells to lead off Game 5, he bunted again — and Wells injured his back reaching down for the ball.
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Adam Eaton bunted for a single to start the frame and moved to second on a single by Juan Soto.
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Ruiz bunted to A's third baseman Chapman, who threw the ball errantly, allowing Severino to score and tie the game.
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With one out and runners and first and third, Quintana bunted perfectly down the first base line on the first pitch.
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Davies bunted for a single past a diving Eflin and Eric Thames scored to tie the game 3-3 in the fourth.
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After Contreras's hit, Jason Heyward bunted the ball back to pitcher Will Smith, who fired a strike to Crawford for a forceout.
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Jason Heyward bunted into a force out at third base before Russell grounded into a double play on back-to-back deliveries.
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After Guyer's leadoff double against Brandon Workman (0-1), Holt fielded the bunted ball and tried to throw out Guyer at third.
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Ronald Torreyes bunted him to third, and then Castro hit a sharp grounder to the left of Russell, who was playing in.
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After Leonys Martin's single sent Zunino to third, Zunino came home when Ketel Marte bunted down the third-base line for a single.
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Ray said the blister popped up on the last pitch he threw, an 87 mph changeup that Phillies CF Odubel Herrera bunted foul.
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Lockett recorded just one out in the third — on a sacrifice by Chatwood, who bunted Carlos Gonzalez to second following Gonzalez's leadoff single.
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Kolten Wong bunted for a single, and an out later, Ozuna hit his 26th homer, to right-center, for a 4-0 lead.
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Burch Smith, the third Giants pitcher, got the first two outs in the seventh before Magneuris Sierra bunted toward third baseman Evan Longoria.
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The Padres had an opportunity in the third when Adam Rosales singled up the middle and Shields bunted him over to second base.
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Lamet then bunted back to Anibal Sanchez, who overthrew third in an attempt to get the advancing d'Arnaud, who scored on the throwing error.
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Jason Kipnis, who had been hitless in his past 16 at-bats, saw no third baseman due to a shift and bunted in that direction.
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Gardner bunted him to third, but Austin scored and Gardner took second when Duffy's throw bounced past Miller, the second baseman who was covering first.
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That left runners on second with one out, but Hamels bunted into a ground out and Lackey struck out Rougned Odor to end the inning.
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The only way the Trout team would have a chance is if he bunted for hits or Kershaw just couldn't play any defense at all.
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Strasburg exited after he was credited for a strikeout when opposing pitcher Foltynewicz was called out when he bunted a ball foul for the third strike.
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The next batter, Cody Bellinger, took advantage of a shift that left no one at third base, and he bunted for a single in that direction.
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The ball was bunted too hard and right back to Moylan, who made the easy toss to the plate for a force to end the inning.
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The Blue Jays added one more in the fourth when Steve Pearce singled, was bunted to second and scored on Kevin Pillar's ground single to left.
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The Mariners got one back in the second when Seager bunted his way on, Zunino walked and Leonys Martin singled to right to make it 3-1.
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The Reds got the potential winning runs on base in the ninth when Tucker Barnhart bunted for a hit and Devin Mesoraco was hit by a pitch.
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Eduardo Escobar singled Kepler home, Rosario bunted for a hit, Juan Centeno sacrificed and Dozier stroked his two-run single to left on a 2-2 pitch.
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Tyler Naquin bunted Martinez over, and he advanced to third on a wild pitch to Rajai Davis, who had come in as part of a double switch.
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Cliff Pennington bunted down the third base line for a single, moved to second base on Graterol's sacrifice and took third when pinch hitter Nick Buss grounded out.
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An Alabama player bunted, and Texas catcher Mary Iakopo picked up the ball and threw toward second base, hoping to put out the runner from first, video showed.
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After Abraham Almonte bunted into a fielder's choice, with Ramirez out at third, Rajai Davis was announced as the pinch hitter for Tyler Naquin, and Joakim Soria relieved Flynn.
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Jacoby Ellsbury singled with two out in the second, after which Fister held the Yankees hitless until Chase Headley bunted for a hit with two outs in the seventh.
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Shortstop Jorge Polanco exemplified the approach when he bunted for a base hit in the first inning, but his teammates were soon delivering full swings against deGrom as well.
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The next day, Callaway was asked after yet another loss why Dominic Smith, the Mets' young prospect, had not bunted despite having a wide open infield in extra innings.
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Spain then had a match point which Nadal miscued, but when Skupski bunted a volley long it meant Lopez had a service point to seal it, and he delivered.
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Brandt bunted it directly in front of home plate, where catcher Chris Harvey was able to make a very quick play by throwing to second to get the lead runner.
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Contreras followed with a groundball single to left, Kyle Schwarber bunted for a hit and David Bote reached when left fielder Domingo Santana dropped a fly ball, loading the bases.
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After Joe Panik bunted Rosario to third, the southpaw Hand intentionally walked Pete Alonso to bring up left-handed hitting Michael Conforto, who hit a potential double-play ball to first.
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One day earlier this week, the Minnesota Twins were pounding the Baltimore Orioles 7-0 in the ninth inning when Chance Sisco, one of the Orioles' rookies, bunted for a hit.
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Peter Moylan relieved and ended the inning with one pitch — a squeeze try by Andrew Romine that he mistakenly bunted right back to the pitcher for an easy force at home.
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Ramirez led off with a single and Lonnie Chisenhall walked before Crisp bunted the runners over and Naquin got a low breaking pitch and singled to right to bring home two.
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The Nationals tied it in the fourth when Turner doubled, was bunted over third by Eaton and scored on a sacrifice fly by Rendon, who has 124 RBIs on the season.
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Fister, who had two career RBI prior to his first-pitch knock off reliever Seung Hwan Oh, sacrificed and bunted into an out in his first two plate appearances of the night.
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And so when Jake Tapper gave him a pitch right down the plate that every other presidential candidate (on the left or the right) would have hit out of the park, Trump bunted.
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The Rays got a leadoff single in the 10th, but Adeiny Hechavarria bunted into a 2-33-3 double play and pinch-hitter Trevor Plouffe lined out to left to end the game.
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He was bunted to second, stopped at third on a single to left by Jose Iglesias and scored on a bloop single to center by Ian Kinsler, who collected his fourth hit of the game.
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As Season 3 begins, Jim Brockmire has bunted the bottle after three months in rehab and is sweating through Oakland's spring training alongside a new play-by-play co-host, the softball sensation Gabby Taylor (Tawny Newsome).
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"I have not been very good at first base this year," said Myers, who failed to get an out on a ball bunted his way in the fourth then had a grounder go through his legs for an error.
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Kolten Wong bunted toward third base, and Marlins catcher Jorge Alfaro pounced on the ball, but his off-target throw sailed off the glove of first baseman Garrett Cooper for an error that allowed Goldschmidt and Ozuna to score.
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Gattis did more damage in his next at-bat, upping the lead to 4-1 in the sixth inning with a two-out single to center that plated Altuve, who bunted for a hit with one out and stole second.
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Late in the third period, with the Calgary net empty for an extra attacker, Campbell stopped a long shot, but Tkachuk neatly bunted the puck out of the air to himself and then batted it into the cage to force overtime.
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He showed that the infielder famous for diving catches actually lacked range, that the genius manager who strategically bunted was actually squandering outs, that more of your favorite slugger's homers could be ascribed to close fences than to his prodigious power.
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Sports Briefing Stephen Strasburg threw eight masterful innings and bunted in a run, Michael Taylor hit a two-run homer that broke the game open, and host Washington beat the Pittsburgh Pirates, 5-1, in its first game after the All-Star break.
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The Yankees took a 1-0 lead in the top half of the sixth when Jacoby Ellsbury doubled over the head of Kemp in right and was bunted to third by Brett Gardner, who reached when Pomeranz and third baseman Yangervis Solarte miscommunicated.
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He got a break when Corbin bunted into a double play with two on and nobody out in the top of the third of a scoreless game, setting the stage for the Braves to tee off on Corbin in the bottom of the inning.
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Ian Kinsler walked on four pitches, Maybin bunted for a base hit, Cabrera grounded an RBI single up the middle, Upton grounded an RBI single to left and McCann swatted his eighth home run off an 224-mph changeup on a 1-1 count.
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The Netherlands bunted both runners up, and, after an intentional walk, Curt Smith hit a slow grounder to Baez, whose backhand flip to shortstop Francisco Lindor gave Lindor enough time to fire a throw to first baseman T. J. Rivera for the double play.
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Cameras and reporters tracked Rodriguez's first day on the field — he stretched in the dugout, sat and waited for his group to hit, hugged the shortstop prospect Jorge Mateo and bunted the first two pitches before driving many of the ensuing ones deep around the field.
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Giants left-hander Ty Blach (29-22), who pitched the first five innings of the 24-0 Opening Day win over Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers, got into immediate trouble in the first when Dee Gordon beat out an infield single to shortstop and Jean Segura bunted for a hit.
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The Yankees received another break in the seventh when Kevin Kiermaier, who hit two homers off Sabathia in his first two at-bats and was 3 for 3 at the time, bunted with a runner on first base and no outs, popping the ball toward Chase Headley in foul territory.
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It's not that he's worked his pitchers in any frantic way—with a staff like his it would have been counterproductive to try—and although he bunted more often with position players than Roberts did (Ben Zobrist and David Ross had four successful sacrifices each) he's hardly pretending it's the Deadball Era.
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So Monday night in the fifth inning, he led off against an over-shifted defense Cleveland Indians defense — the shortstop near second base but the other three infielders to the right side against the left-handed batter — Martinez squared and bunted the first pitch from Trevor Bauer precisely where the third baseman would have normally been standing.
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