Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Synonyms

sac fly

American  
[sak flahy] / ˈsæk ˈflaɪ /

noun

Baseball Informal.
  1. sacrifice fly.

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


Etymology

Origin of sac fly

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Steven Kwan made it 3-1 by scoring Zunino with a sac fly.

From Seattle Times

With the bases loaded, Teoscar Hernandez drove in a run with a sac fly to center.

From Seattle Times

Cal Raleigh followed with a sac fly to center and Eugenio Suarez singled to left to score another run.

From Seattle Times

Houston scored two runs in the second inning thanks to a Maldonado sac fly and an Alex Bregman RBI double.

From Fox News

Altuve would come up in the following inning to add one more run on a sac fly.

From Fox News