Baseball Plays – Sacrifice Play

Often times during a game, players will be called upon to get a runner around the bases with a fly ball or a bunt.   This is one of the [tag]baseball plays[/tag] used to  teach this.  

What you need (set up):   A full infield, a batter and a runner on first, second or third.  

How this drill works:   The batter must get the runner to the next base, but only using one of two plays:   a bunt, or a sac fly.   The fly ball must be deep enough to advance the runner and the bunt needs to be effective enough not to be a double play ball.  

Batters should work on hitting a fly ball on purpose and also bunting to the best areas to avoid outs.   These skills are important in this game situation.

Result:   This is one of the most common plays in [tag]baseball[/tag].   If you can get your team to execute [tag]sacrifice plays[/tag] with regularity, then you will notice your overall run total increase considerably.