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safety squeeze

American  

noun

  1. squeeze play.


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Minnesota pushed the lead to 3-0 off Shelby Miller in the fifth, Byron Buxton leading off with a walk, stealing second, taking third on Farmer’s groundout and scoring on Jeffers’ safety squeeze.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 17, 2023

Toronto scored one run after loading the bases with one out in the fourth, but Los Angeles went up 3-1 on David Fletcher’s safety squeeze bunt moments later.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 8, 2023

So after the botched safety squeeze, Ruiz went from representing the tying run to jogging to the dugout with his head bowed.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2022

Two of those scored on Clark’s bunt on the safety squeeze.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2022

How about considering the double steal, hit-and-run, sacrifice bunt, bunt-and-run, suicide squeeze or safety squeeze?

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2022

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