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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Díaz, meanwhile, added an insurance run with a sac fly in the eighth.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025
Buxton’s leadoff single in the ninth inning was erased by a double play, and the Twins only scored once in the 10th on Jonah Bride’s sac fly.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Tommy Edman added a sac fly in the seventh, and Gavin Lux ripped a two-run homer in the frame for some insurance.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2024
But in the bottom of the eighth, with the Yankees trailing 5-0, Jazz Chisholm Jr. broke up the no-no, later scoring on a sac fly.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 July 2025
Buxton’s leadoff single in the ninth inning was erased by a double play, and the Twins only scored once in the 10th on Jonah Bride’s sac fly.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 2 May 2025
Tommy Edman added a sac fly in the seventh, and Gavin Lux ripped a two-run homer in the frame for some insurance.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 10 Oct. 2024
But in the bottom of the eighth, with the Yankees trailing 5-0, Jazz Chisholm Jr. broke up the no-no, later scoring on a sac fly.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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