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

Hicks scored on Joe Mack’s fielder’s choice grounder, and Otto Lopez followed with a sacrifice fly to deep center. — Miami Herald, 19 July 2026

Keith and Riley Greene followed with sacrifice flies for a 6-0 lead. — ABC News, 19 July 2026

The Giants lost 4-3 to the Seattle Mariners in 10 innings on Saturday evening at T-Mobile Park as Julio Rodríguez delivered a walk-off sacrifice fly off reliever Dylan Smith. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 19 July 2026

Anthony Seigler hit a one-out sacrifice fly in the 10th to push in the go-ahead run. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 13 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sacrifice fly

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Kids Definition

sacrifice fly

noun

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