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

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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 Junior Caminero’s sac fly got Diaz home, but Christopher Morel struck out (for the first of four times on the night) and Jonny DeLuca flied out. Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025 The Marlins got to Gil in the bottom of the second, putting up three runs thanks to Troy Johnston’s RBI double, Xavier Edwards’ RBI single and Kyle Stowers’ sac fly. James O'Connell, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2025 Riley Greene’s two-out single up the middle scored Parker Meadows from second in the first inning, Matt Vierling drove in another run on a sac fly in the third and Spencer Torkelson drove in the final run on a one-out double in the sixth. Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for sac fly

Word History

Etymology

sac short for sacrifice entry 1

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sac fly was in 1928

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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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