plural sac flies
baseball, informal
: sacrifice fly
The Cardinals ended the scoring on Lonnie Smith's bases-loaded sac fly in the eighth.Jim Kaplan

Examples of sac fly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux hit back with a sac fly in the bottom of the second, but the Padres’ lead was opened up again by Jackson Merrill, first with an RBI single in the sixth and later with a two-run home run in the eighth. Jacob Lev, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024 The Jayhawks plated a run off a sac fly in the top of the ninth but never got closer. Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024 Emmanuel Rivera’s sac fly in the ninth was Baltimore’s only reply. Jamie Barton, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024 Williams advanced to third on Urshela’s single and scored on the sac fly. Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sac fly 

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Word History

Etymology

sac short for sacrifice entry 1

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sac fly was in 1928

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Cite this Entry

“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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