plural sac flies
baseball, informal
: sacrifice fly
The Cardinals ended the scoring on Lonnie Smith's bases-loaded sac fly in the eighth.—
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Senior infielder Collier Cranford provided a sac fly to center for the go-ahead run.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
Alex Bregman added a sacrifice fly in the inning, with Mauricio Dubon adding another sac fly in the fourth.
Brooks, who provided Oakland’s first quality start in more than a week, hadn’t started pitched in the majors in two years or started a big league game since 2019.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
Michael Massey followed with another sac fly that brought home Witt.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
Puk then issued his third walk of the inning, this time to Jared Triolo, to force in a run before Michael A. Taylor hit a sac fly to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
Leroy adds a run in the bottom of the third inning as Campbell Newell scores on a sac fly from Abbey Davidson.
—al, 16 May 2023
Ragan Brownlow grabbed an RBI sac fly in the second, followed by Aynslee Malone, who scored on an error. 10:52 a.m.
—Preps, al, 17 May 2023
The Rangers scored their final three runs of the night on a fielding error, Jankowski’s chopper and a sac fly.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
The Demons tacked on two more runs thanks to a sac fly from freshman catcher Bella Morris followed up by a two-out RBI double from sophomore shortstop Taylor Borup to give the Demons their sixth run of the game.
—Alex Chenevey, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
Alex Bregman added a sacrifice fly in the inning, with Mauricio Dubon adding another sac fly in the fourth.
Brooks, who provided Oakland’s first quality start in more than a week, hadn’t started pitched in the majors in two years or started a big league game since 2019.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
Michael Massey followed with another sac fly that brought home Witt.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
Puk then issued his third walk of the inning, this time to Jared Triolo, to force in a run before Michael A. Taylor hit a sac fly to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
Leroy adds a run in the bottom of the third inning as Campbell Newell scores on a sac fly from Abbey Davidson.
—al, 16 May 2023
Ragan Brownlow grabbed an RBI sac fly in the second, followed by Aynslee Malone, who scored on an error. 10:52 a.m.
—Preps, al, 17 May 2023
The Rangers scored their final three runs of the night on a fielding error, Jankowski’s chopper and a sac fly.
—Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
The Demons tacked on two more runs thanks to a sac fly from freshman catcher Bella Morris followed up by a two-out RBI double from sophomore shortstop Taylor Borup to give the Demons their sixth run of the game.
—Alex Chenevey, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 28 May. 2024.
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