: an outfield fly in baseball caught by a fielder after which a runner scores
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Kody Clemens scored on an error by five-time Gold Glove-winning catcher Salvador Perez in the second, and Byron Buxton added a sacrifice fly off John Schreiber in the eighth, before the Twins teed off against Royals reliever Steven Cruz in the ninth.—CBS News, 3 Apr. 2026 Hoerner doubled home Miguel Amaya while Alex Bregman, Shaw and Crow-Armstrong had RBI singles and Dansby Swanson hit a sacrifice fly.—Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 2 Apr. 2026 Baltimore would score twice more in the inning on Jackson's RBI single and Ward's sacrifice fly.—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026 Bregman singled in Hoerner, and Dansby Swanson drove in Ian Happ with a sacrifice fly.—Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sacrifice fly