Question

ariana garcia apontes practice ll.6 identify gerunds and their functions
select the gerund or gerund phrase.
in baseball, bunting can be a good strategy to help runners advance to the next base. when the batter hits the ball softly, the infielders are forced to run in toward home plate.

Explanation:

A gerund is a verb form ending in -ing that functions as a noun. In the sentence "In baseball, bunting can be a good strategy to help runners advance to the next base", "bunting" is the gerund as it is the -ing form of the verb "bunt" and acts as the subject of the sentence.

Answer:

bunting