sac fly

noun

ˈsak-ˈflī 

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

Andruw Monasterio extended the lead with a sac fly in the sixth, but the Blue Jays were able to erase the four-run deficit thanks to Kazuma Okamoto's three-run blast in the seventh and Andrés Giménez's sac fly in the eighth. — ABC News, 24 July 2026

Camilo Doval, no longer trusted in close games, then hit Pages, allowed a sac fly to Freeman and walked Mookie Betts before a brutal eighth ended with a Muncy groundout. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026

Myles Straw delivered a late sac fly, capitalizing on an RBI situation. — Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 23 June 2026

Caminero produced a sac fly, but Richie Palacios grounded into a double play, made possible with a standout play by second baseman Nasim Nunez on the turn. — Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

sac short for sacrifice entry 1

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sac fly

• apply
• awry
• belie
• bely
• bigeye
• bonsai
• buckeye
• comply
• coxae
• decry
• defy
• deny