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

In the second, Sal Stewart picked up his MLB-leading 107th RBI with a sacrifice fly. — Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026

Díaz's sacrifice fly against Wells trimmed the deficit to one again and put the potential tying run at third with two outs, but Foscue popped out. — ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Ryan McMahon loaded the bases with a bunt single and Paul Goldschmidt hit a sacrifice fly. — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

DeLuca advanced to third on the play and scored on Mateo’s sacrifice fly. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sacrifice fly

• canaliculi
• dwi
• micronuclei
• oversimplify
• abscissae
• adonai
• alibi
• alkali
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• amoebae
• amplify
• annuli

Kids Definition

sacrifice fly

noun

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