How to Use sacrifice fly in a Sentence

sacrifice fly

noun
  • Ward’s sacrifice fly in the fourth tied the game at 1-1.
    Field Level Media, Miami Herald, 25 May 2025
  • The Tigers cut the deficit to 12-2 with Marisnick's sacrifice fly.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2023
  • Juan Soto’s sacrifice fly put the Padres in front in the 10th.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • In the game, Ramirez went 3-for-3 with a homer, sacrifice fly and four RBI.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2022
  • In the eighth, Betts drove in the winning run with a sacrifice fly.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • France skied a sacrifice fly to the warning track in left to put the Mariners ahead.
    Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Garneau knocked in the go-ahead run in the fifth with a sacrifice fly.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Brady Slavens with a sacrifice fly in the eighth for the winning run.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
  • The Reds won 1-0 on a walk-off in the ninth on a sacrifice fly hit by Mike Moustakas.
    Andrew Tredinnick, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022
  • Abreu scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly to right by Sheets.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Down 4-2 after Lindor scored on a sacrifice fly in the fifth, the Mets closed the gap in the sixth.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
  • Myers added a sacrifice fly in the ninth to make it 8-6.
    George Henry, ajc, 14 May 2022
  • Josh Naylor hit a sacrifice fly to cut the lead to 3-1.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Will Smith lined a sacrifice fly to left for a 3-0 lead.
    Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Arias went 1 for 3 with a homer, a sacrifice fly and two RBI.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Zach Marks’ sacrifice fly tied the score at 2 in the fourth inning.
    Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2022
  • The Astros took a 2-1 lead on a sacrifice fly by Trey Mancini in the fourth.
    The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Ha-Seong Kim hit a sacrifice fly to drive in a third run.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Vance Sheahan stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and had a sacrifice fly to left.
    Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2022
  • The Royals tied the game in the ninth on Jonathan India’s sacrifice fly.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2025
  • Josh Rojas increased the lead to 2-0 in the third on a sacrifice fly.
    Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 20 Sep. 2020
  • In the fifth, Alex Bregman put the Astros ahead 2-0 with a sacrifice fly.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2022
  • But in the second inning, Vargas put the Dodgers on the board with a sacrifice fly.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The Twins took a 6-5 lead on Nick Gordon’s sacrifice fly.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The Sox added three runs in the fourth with a sacrifice fly to right by Eloy Jiménez and a two-run double by Vaughn.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The Red Sox had snapped a scoreless tie in the top of the fifth on Bobby Dalbec’s sacrifice fly.
    Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
  • Ryan Moreno’s sacrifice fly drove in the winning run in the bottom of the seventh.
    Eric Sondheimer Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2021
  • Davis hit a three-run shot and a sacrifice fly to help New York (6-9) win for only the third time in 10 games.
    Mike Fitzpatrick, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Aug. 2020
  • Goldstein drove Boozer home with a sacrifice fly and Corral plated the go-ahead run with a single through the right side.
    Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2025
  • In the top of the third, Miami plated its first run of the game on a sacrifice fly by Renzo Gonzalez, but the Cardinals blew the game open in the bottom half.
    Cameron Priester, Sun Sentinel, 7 June 2025

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