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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But going first to third on a single, or maybe taking a chance to score on a shallow sac fly, will be more prevalent.
—Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Venezuela loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth but only managed two runs on an Arraez sac fly and an Alvarado fielding error on a Willson Contreras ground ball.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Sorrell added a double to put Kiel at third with Grahovac at the plate, who hit a sac fly to deep center to drive in a run.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
Miami then tacked on another run via a sac fly by Heriberto Hernandez off Juan Mejia in the seventh, pushing the score to 5-3.
Miami added insurance in the eighth with Ramírez’s two-run, 422-foot blast to left-center off Roansy Contreras that made it 7-3.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2025
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Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 13 Mar. 2026
Venezuela loaded the bases with no outs in the ninth but only managed two runs on an Arraez sac fly and an Alvarado fielding error on a Willson Contreras ground ball.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
Sorrell added a double to put Kiel at third with Grahovac at the plate, who hit a sac fly to deep center to drive in a run.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 6 Mar. 2026
Miami then tacked on another run via a sac fly by Heriberto Hernandez off Juan Mejia in the seventh, pushing the score to 5-3.
Miami added insurance in the eighth with Ramírez’s two-run, 422-foot blast to left-center off Roansy Contreras that made it 7-3.
—Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 16 Mar. 2026.
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