Tag up

In baseball, a runner must tag up if a batted ball is caught in flight. To tag up is to retouch the runner's time-of-pitch base after the ball is first touched. After a legal tag up, even if the ball was caught in foul territory, runners are free to attempt to advance. On long fly ball outs, runners can often gain a base; when a runner scores by these means, this is called a sacrifice fly. On short fly balls, runners seldom attempt to advance after tagging up.

Related Topics:
Baseball - Tag up - Time-of-pitch - Foul - Sacrifice fly

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After a caught fly ball, if a fielder can touch the runner's time-of-pitch base or the runner with the ball before he tags up, the runner is out. This is considered an appeal play. This often occurs on infield line drives.

Related Topics:
Fielder - Appeal play - Line drive

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