sacrifice fly

noun

: an outfield fly in baseball caught by a fielder after which a runner scores

Examples of sacrifice fly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hernández went 0-for-2 with a sacrifice fly, demonstrated zone awareness while drawing two walks, and made the play of the night, ranging far into foul ground after gloving a ground ball that threaded the chalk line. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 26 July 2026

McCray impacted the game on the bases by stealing second and on a sacrifice fly, then showed off his arm in the top of the 10th by throwing out a runner at third to end the inning. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 July 2026

San Diego then tied the game on a Jackson Merrill sacrifice fly against Cade Gibson to bring home Manny Machado from third. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 July 2026

Mookie Betts matched him, then Miguel Rojas stayed back on a changeup and sent it to deep right field for a sacrifice fly. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sacrifice fly

• canaliculi
• dwi
• micronuclei
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• abscissae
• adonai
• alibi
• alkali
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• amoebae
• amplify
• annuli

Kids Definition

sacrifice fly

noun

: an outfield fly in baseball caught by a fielder after which a base runner scores