sacrifice fly

noun

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

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Senior Tanner Gable hit a sacrifice fly to cut the deficit to one run before right fielder Santiago Garza smashed a go-ahead, two-run homer to left. Justin Vigil Zuniga, Daily News, 27 May 2026 Ramírez hit a sacrifice fly off Miles Mikolas (1-4) and rookie Chase DeLauter and Angel Martinez delivered RBI singles off Richard Lovelady. ABC News, 27 May 2026 After tying the game in the sixth, Arizona took a 3-2 lead in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Geraldo Perdomo. Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 27 May 2026 Shohei Ohtani plated a run on a forceout, Mookie Betts drove in Kim on a sacrifice fly to tie the score and Freddie Freeman bounced a double off the right-field wall to drive in Ohtani. Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for sacrifice fly

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sacrifice fly was in 1944

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“Sacrifice fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrifice%20fly. Accessed 28 May. 2026.

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sacrifice fly

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

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