sacrifice fly

noun

: an outfield fly in baseball caught by a fielder after which a runner scores

Examples of sacrifice fly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Dodgers tied it on Mookie Betts’ sacrifice fly in the eighth, but without Edman’s play in the sixth, the Yankees might have won in regulation. Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024 Alas, Francisco Alvarez hit a sacrifice fly to right (making the score 7-4) and Lindor struck out to end the inning. Dan Freedman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024 Shohei Ohtani hit an RBI single in the sixth, with three more runs coming in the eighth inning via a Teoscar Hernández sacrifice fly, a Mookie Betts double and an Enrique Hernández single. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024 Cleveland responded quickly, cutting the lead in half with an RBI sacrifice fly from José Ramírez in the bottom of the first. Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sacrifice fly 

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Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sacrifice fly was in 1944

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“Sacrifice fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrifice%20fly. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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sacrifice fly

noun
: an outfield fly in baseball caught by a fielder after which a base runner scores

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