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The Cubs scored their only insurance run in the eighth, when Jeremiah Estrada uncorked a wild pitch and subsequently yielded a sacrifice fly, the home team playing the kind of small ball the visitors had failed to execute.
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Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
That led to Maikel Garcia recording a sacrifice fly for an early Royals lead.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
Former Twin Max Kepler tied the game in the eighth inning with a home run, and outfielder Harrison Bader — dealt at the deadline — scored the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Nathaniel Lowe greeted Kyle Finnegan with a sacrifice fly that brought Boston within a run before the Tigers righty reliever could end the seventh.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
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Dennis Lin, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
That led to Maikel Garcia recording a sacrifice fly for an early Royals lead.
—Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2025
Former Twin Max Kepler tied the game in the eighth inning with a home run, and outfielder Harrison Bader — dealt at the deadline — scored the game-winning run on a sacrifice fly.
—Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 28 Sep. 2025
Nathaniel Lowe greeted Kyle Finnegan with a sacrifice fly that brought Boston within a run before the Tigers righty reliever could end the seventh.
—Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
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“Sacrifice fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrifice%20fly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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