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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While Bellinger stole the show defensively, Judge also drove a deep sac fly to left in the seventh.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025
Back-to-back wild pitches moved pinch runner Ainsworth to third before Marsella’s sac fly upped the lead to 4-0.
—Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025
Justin Thomas struck out in 3 pitches with a sac fly opportunity, bringing Davalan to the plate.
—Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2025
Cleveland got on the board early, driving in a run in the first inning, but a sac fly by Detroit in the next inning tied it up.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2024
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025
Back-to-back wild pitches moved pinch runner Ainsworth to third before Marsella’s sac fly upped the lead to 4-0.
—Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025
Justin Thomas struck out in 3 pitches with a sac fly opportunity, bringing Davalan to the plate.
—Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2025
Cleveland got on the board early, driving in a run in the first inning, but a sac fly by Detroit in the next inning tied it up.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sac fly
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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.
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