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

Josh Lowe hit a sacrifice fly, and Gustavo Campero added an RBI single, but that was all the offense the Angels mustered. — ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

Ezequiel Duran tripled in the eighth and scored on Nicky Lopez's sacrifice fly. — CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026

Houston’s Jose Altuve tied the score with an RBI double in the bottom half of the inning, and Cam Smith put the Astros ahead with a sacrifice fly that scored Isaac Paredes. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

But in the 10th, a sacrifice fly by Freddie Freeman and an RBI single by Mookie Betts (who homered earlier in the game) sealed the sweep. — Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 20 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sacrifice fly

• canaliculi
• dwi
• micronuclei
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• 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