Definition of sacrifice fly
: an outfield fly in baseball caught by a fielder after which a runner scores
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Seby Zavala's sacrifice fly in the third and Matt Rose's double off the center field wall in the fifth gave Birmingham two more runs.
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Two errors opened the door for a sacrifice fly by Jones that made it 3-2.
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Huebel worked his way out of several jams and cooled the Lancers’ lineup until the bottom of the seventh when Holy Cross sent the game into extra innings off a sacrifice fly by Brendan Karamanoogian.
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Nate Jones had a sacrifice fly and Davis hit a bases loaded double to drive in three runs.
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New York broke a 3-all tie in the sixth on Andujar's sacrifice fly, scoring Didi Gregorius with his first RBI of the season.
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Mesa Skyline won its ninth consecutive game Tuesday behind J.J. Rollon's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning, a walk-off 3-2 victory over Mesa at Hohokam Stadium.
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After Longoria’s blast cut Seattle’s lead to 6-3, Gregor Blanco cracked an eighth-inning double down the left-field line and eventually scored on a sacrifice fly by Austin Jackson.
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The inning began with a single, double and a sacrifice fly, which rookie left fielder Victor Reyes punctuated by missing the cut-off man, allowing the runner on second base — Josh Harrison — to reach third.
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First Known Use of sacrifice fly
1944
SACRIFICE FLY Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of sacrifice fly for English Language Learners
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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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