<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (June 2016) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> In baseball, the squeeze play (a.k.a. squeeze bunt) is a maneuver consisting of a sacrifice bunt with a runner on third base . The batter bunts the ball, expecting to be thrown out at first base, but providing the runner on third base an opportunity to score . Such a bunt is uncommon with two outs because there is a significant chance that the batter would be thrown out at first base, ending the inning . Likewise, such an attempt is unlikely with two strikes because a bunt that is fouled off with two strikes is an automatic strike out . The squeeze play is said to have been invented during a college game at Yale University by Dutch Carter and George B. Case . </P> <P> In a safety squeeze, the runner at third does not take off until the batter makes contact bunting, waiting for more certainty that the ball will go to a location from which it will be difficult for the fielding team to make an out at home plate . </P>

Maneuver consisting of a bunt with a runner on third base providing the runner a chance to score