Wheel play

The wheel play is a defensive strategy in baseball designed to defend against a sacrifice bunt.

[1] The wheel play begins with the shortstop running to cover (defend) third base.

Recording an out at third base represents a successfully executed wheel play.

The offense can attempt to defeat the wheel play: One of the earliest recorded instances of the wheel play being used in Major League Baseball (MLB) was when it was executed by the Pittsburgh Pirates against the St. Louis Cardinals on August 14, 1960, resulting, as reported by The Pittsburgh Press, in "an electrifying double play [...] that had the 36,775 fans screaming.

[5] The Cardinals successfully used the wheel play against the Texas Rangers in the second inning of Game 6 of the 2011 World Series.