Safety Squeeze (Noun)
Meaning
The runner on third base waits to start home until the batter has bunted successfully.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The safety squeeze was perfectly executed, allowing the runner to cross home plate safely.
- A good batter can turn a safety squeeze into a bases-empty single by beating the throw to first base.
- To avoid the defense tagging out the runner, a safety squeeze often starts when the batter makes contact with the ball.
- As the runner anticipated a successful bunt on the safety squeeze, he broke for home plate before the ball was fielded.
- The batter's responsibility in a safety squeeze is to place the ball on the ground low enough to allow the runner to reach home plate safely.