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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Though Margot singled in the fifth to load the bases, the Twins got only a run on Lewis’ sac fly.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
The next batter, Mookie Betts, hit a sac fly, giving the Dodgers a 7-6 lead.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
Previously in the fifth, Cortes let the Red Sox retake the lead on a Masataka Yoshida sac fly.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
Joey Ortiz hit a go-ahead sac fly, Jackson Chourio singled in a run, Brice Turang singled in two more and William Contreras singled in a run to put Milwaukee ahead by five runs.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 20 July 2024
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Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
The next batter, Mookie Betts, hit a sac fly, giving the Dodgers a 7-6 lead.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
Previously in the fifth, Cortes let the Red Sox retake the lead on a Masataka Yoshida sac fly.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
Joey Ortiz hit a go-ahead sac fly, Jackson Chourio singled in a run, Brice Turang singled in two more and William Contreras singled in a run to put Milwaukee ahead by five runs.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 20 July 2024
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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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