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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From there, a sac fly to center by Garza cut the Aggies' lead in half.
—Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 15 Feb. 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
The Twins went on the load the bases with no outs off Woodford, then win it against left-hander Andrew Saalfrank, who walked Trevor Larnach on five pitches to bring home Jhonny Pereda with the tying run, then allowed Keaschall’s no-doubter sac fly with all nine Diamondbacks playing in.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
On Lee’s sac fly, Austin Martin was doubled off second base after Addison Barger made a spectacular diving grab to steal a hit.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 15 Feb. 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
The Twins went on the load the bases with no outs off Woodford, then win it against left-hander Andrew Saalfrank, who walked Trevor Larnach on five pitches to bring home Jhonny Pereda with the tying run, then allowed Keaschall’s no-doubter sac fly with all nine Diamondbacks playing in.
—John Shipley, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
On Lee’s sac fly, Austin Martin was doubled off second base after Addison Barger made a spectacular diving grab to steal a hit.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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