sacrifice fly

noun

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

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Doyle led off with a single, went to third on Karros’ one-out single and scored on a sacrifice fly by Yanquiel Fernandez. Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2025 Masataka Yoshida tallied a sacrifice fly, and Rob Refsnyder drove in another run from third with his groundout to second. Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 15 Sep. 2025 Friday night’s contest between the Twins and Arizona Diamondbacks ended with a walk-off sacrifice fly. Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 14 Sep. 2025 The Padres tied the game on Laureano’s sacrifice fly before Merrill flied out to end the inning. Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sacrifice fly

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First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sacrifice fly was in 1944

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“Sacrifice fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrifice%20fly. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.

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sacrifice fly

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

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