# Opposing pitcher has a no-hitter going. Bottom of 9th, down 4-0. Bunt? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [July 30, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposing-pitcher-has-a-no-hitter-going-bottom-of-9th-down-4-0-bunt/458219 "2008-07-30T11:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposing-pitcher-has-a-no-hitter-going-bottom-of-9th-down-4-0-bunt/458219/21 "2008-07-30T21:54:18Z")
4-0? No way. 1-0? Sure, if the batter is a speedy guy and a good bunter, I’d try anything to get him on base and give me a decent chance to get the tying run in. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposing-pitcher-has-a-no-hitter-going-bottom-of-9th-down-4-0-bunt/458219/22 "2008-07-30T23:13:22Z")
[QUOTE=Santo Rugger] I’d probably ask [these guys.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=435068&highlight=hitter+inning+base)My favorite post in that thread: > [@IntelSoldier](#): > > If you were a bowling pin in the 10th frame, and the bowler was going for a perfect game, would you fall down on purpose or just wobble around and try to stay up? [/QUOTE] What if the bowling pin would grow up to be Hitler? Regards. Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2008, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposing-pitcher-has-a-no-hitter-going-bottom-of-9th-down-4-0-bunt/458219/23 "2008-07-30T23:21:21Z")
[QUOTE=Mosier] People have come back from a 4 run deficit in the bottom of the 9th before. If it’s 12-0 you might be an asshole for bunting, but 4-0 is still a “play as hard as possible” scenario. [/QUOTE] I concur. ---
**Author:** ![Santo\_Rugger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Santo\_Rugger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santo_Rugger)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposing-pitcher-has-a-no-hitter-going-bottom-of-9th-down-4-0-bunt/458219/24 "2008-07-31T04:43:29Z")
[QUOTE=Shodan] What if the bowling pin would grow up to be Hitler? Regards. Shodan [/QUOTE] God. You win. ---
**Author:** ![Jules\_Andre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jules_andre/32/9334_2.png) [@Jules\_Andre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jules_Andre)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposing-pitcher-has-a-no-hitter-going-bottom-of-9th-down-4-0-bunt/458219/25 "2008-07-31T05:28:33Z")
I would bunt if the defense was giving up the bunt. It’s doubtful that the defense would be playing back in a competitive game with a good bunter at bat. I might show bunt and then swing away, but I would do everything I could to get on base. Now if I did end up bunting for a single, I would do it knowing full well that I would be getting beaned in my next plate appearance against that team, and rightfully so. Just because it’s the right play doesn’t make it the honorable one. Baseball has a long standing unwritten code of ethics. But fuck ‘em, I’s gettin’ mines. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opposing-pitcher-has-a-no-hitter-going-bottom-of-9th-down-4-0-bunt/458219.md?page=1)