plural sac flies
baseball, informal
: sacrifice fly
The Cardinals ended the scoring on Lonnie Smith's bases-loaded sac fly in the eighth.—
Jim Kaplan
Jim KaplanExamples of sac fly in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
The Orioles scored again on a Ryan Mountcastle sac fly off Tyler Matzek in the ninth, but the run hardly made a difference in the blowout.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
Lewis went 2-for-3 with a sac fly, scored two runs and played seven innings at third base for Triple-A St. Paul on Sunday.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Brent Iredale finished a long at-bat with a sac fly to center field that scored Wehiwa.
—Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 18 Apr. 2025
The runner on third scored, resulting in a tough luck sac fly for Edman, and Taylor undoubtedly saved the runner on first from scoring.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sac fly
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
Lewis went 2-for-3 with a sac fly, scored two runs and played seven innings at third base for Triple-A St. Paul on Sunday.
—Dan Hayes, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
Brent Iredale finished a long at-bat with a sac fly to center field that scored Wehiwa.
—Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 18 Apr. 2025
The runner on third scored, resulting in a tough luck sac fly for Edman, and Taylor undoubtedly saved the runner on first from scoring.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 17 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sac fly
Cite this Entry
“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share