tag up
verb
tagged up; tagging up; tags up
: to touch a base before running in baseball after a fly ball is caught
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Judge winced during a game Tuesday in Toronto after catching Alejandro Kirk’s seventh-inning fly in the right-field corner and throwing to second baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. as Dante Bichette tagged up and went from second to third.
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Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2025
But on Gavin Sheets’ fly ball to right field, which easily moved Merrill to third, Bogaerts chose to tag up and ran into an out.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
Dane Myers, the first batter Trevino faced, hit his fastest pitch of the night to right field, deep enough for the runner on third to tag up and score.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Estrada’s escape was facilitated by Fernando Tatis Jr. catching a line drive by Brady House and throwing to third base to get Josh Bell, who had tried to tag up.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
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Ronald Blum, Chicago Tribune, 26 July 2025
But on Gavin Sheets’ fly ball to right field, which easily moved Merrill to third, Bogaerts chose to tag up and ran into an out.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025
Dane Myers, the first batter Trevino faced, hit his fastest pitch of the night to right field, deep enough for the runner on third to tag up and score.
—C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 10 July 2025
Estrada’s escape was facilitated by Fernando Tatis Jr. catching a line drive by Brady House and throwing to third base to get Josh Bell, who had tried to tag up.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 July 2025
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“Tag up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tag%20up. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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