plural sac flies
baseball, informal
: sacrifice fly
The Cardinals ended the scoring on Lonnie Smith's bases-loaded sac fly in the eighth.—
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The Dodgers’ best performer of the entire postseason, meanwhile, was outfielder Mookie Betts, who was one of 12 players to have a hand in the 2024 and 2020 triumphs, and drove in the go-ahead run Wednesday with the second of the eighth-inning sac flies.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
After Smith’s sac fly, Giancarlo Stanton gave the Yankees the lead in the next half inning, smacking a towering two-run home run to left field.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux hit back with a sac fly in the bottom of the second, but the Padres’ lead was opened up again by Jackson Merrill, first with an RBI single in the sixth and later with a two-run home run in the eighth.
—Jacob Lev, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
The Jayhawks plated a run off a sac fly in the top of the ninth but never got closer.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
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Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
After Smith’s sac fly, Giancarlo Stanton gave the Yankees the lead in the next half inning, smacking a towering two-run home run to left field.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
Dodgers second baseman Gavin Lux hit back with a sac fly in the bottom of the second, but the Padres’ lead was opened up again by Jackson Merrill, first with an RBI single in the sixth and later with a two-run home run in the eighth.
—Jacob Lev, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
The Jayhawks plated a run off a sac fly in the top of the ninth but never got closer.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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