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sacrifice fly

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Definition of sacrifice fly

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

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Recent Examples on the Web Chicago's Manny Alexander hit a sacrifice fly against Doug Jones in the bottom of the eighth to give the Cubs a tiebreaking tally, and Rod Beck worked a 1-2-3 ninth. — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "With 'Long Gone Summer' about to air, re-visit the Milwaukee Brewers' role in the McGwire-Sosa home run chase," 14 June 2020 Scoring two runs, each on a sacrifice fly, normally doesn’t equate to memorable baseball. — Steve Kroner, SFChronicle.com, "June 3, 2004: A’s top Toronto in 11 innings for third straight walk-off win," 3 June 2020 Bob McClure took over and surrendered a sacrifice fly to Dwayne Murphy and then exited after walking Joe Morgan. — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "A recap of all 50 season openers for the Brewers," 25 Mar. 2020 The right-hander followed Dobnak and allowed a sacrifice fly to Giancarlo Stanton, an RBI hit to Torres and plunked Gary Sanchez before Gregorius’ drive. — baltimoresun.com, "Didi Gregorius breaks out of slump as Yankees pummel Twins for 2-0 series lead," 6 Oct. 2019 The right-hander followed Dobnak and allowed a sacrifice fly to Giancarlo Stanton, an RBI hit to Torres and plunked Gary Sanchez before Gregorius’ drive. — Jake Seiner, chicagotribune.com, "Didi Gregorius’ grand slam highlights a 7-run 3rd, leading the Yankees to an 8-2 victory against the Twins for a 2-0 ALDS lead," 5 Oct. 2019 The Rockies took a 1-0 lead in the third when Pat Valaika hit a leadoff double, advanced on Eric Lauer’s wild pitch and scored on Drew Butera’s sacrifice fly. — Bernie Wilson, The Denver Post, "Wil Myers’ walk-off single lifts Padres to 10th inning win over Rockies," 8 Sep. 2019 The right-hander entered and struck out Nolan Arenado on three pitches before yielding a sacrifice fly to Murphy. — Jorge Castillo, latimes.com, "Hyun-Jin Ryu is pummeled in Dodgers’ 13-9 loss to Rockies," 28 June 2019 Ty Adkinson came in for Lowak and scored on Jackson Hunter’s sacrifice fly. — David Hinojosa, ExpressNews.com, "Blanco falls short in state-championship bid," 8 June 2019

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First Known Use of sacrifice fly

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 13 Jul. 2020.

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sacrifice fly

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English Language Learners Definition of sacrifice fly

baseball : a fly ball that is caught by a fielder but allows a base runner to score after it is caught

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