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sac fly

[sak flahy]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Baseball Informal.

sacrifice fly.
The only run allowed by Red Sox pitching came on Carter’s sac fly in the seventh inning.

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Origin of sac fly¹

First recorded in 1925–30

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A sac fly from Kendle in the fourth and a run-scoring groundout by Woody Hadeen pushed the Irvine advantage to 6-2.

Cal Raleigh put Seattle up 1-0 with a sac fly to deep left field.

Raleigh had to settle for a sac fly and a 1-0 lead.

Victor Caratini scored Singleton from third with a deep sac fly to make it 3-2.

When the seventh ended, they trailed 5-4 after Ryne Stanek gave up a sac fly for a run and served up a three-run homer to CJ Abrams.

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