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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Catcher Mickey Gasper was the first Boston bat to break through, leading off the fifth with a single and scoring Boston’s second run via sac fly, this time courtesy of shortstop Marcelo Mayer.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
McCarthy doubled in the ninth to move Kyle Karros to third before Rumfield drove him home with a sac fly to right field for a 9-8 lead.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
Judge hit a sac fly to right to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
Judge also plated a run with a sac fly in the fourth frame.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026
McCarthy doubled in the ninth to move Kyle Karros to third before Rumfield drove him home with a sac fly to right field for a 9-8 lead.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2026
Judge hit a sac fly to right to give the Yankees a 2-0 lead.
—Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 28 May 2026
Judge also plated a run with a sac fly in the fourth frame.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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