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Examples of sacrifice fly in a Sentence
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The Marlins cut the deficit back to one run on a Jonah Bride sacrifice fly but got no closer.
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Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 July 2024
Tyler Soderstrom capped the scoring with a sacrifice fly to center.
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Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 4 July 2024
Austin Slater’s sacrifice fly to right made it 3-0.
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Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
The Rockies scored their only run on Brenton Doyle’s eighth-inning sacrifice fly to drive in Nolan Jones, who drew a walk and advanced to third on Jake Cave’s double off reliever Shawn Dubin.
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Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 26 June 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1944, in the meaning defined above
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“Sacrifice fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrifice%20fly. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
sacrifice fly
noun
: an outfield fly in baseball caught by a fielder after which a base runner scores
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