sacrifice fly

[sak-ruh-fahys flahy]

noun

Baseball.

1. a sacrifice hit in which a fly ball, hit when there are fewer than two outs, is caught by a fielder for an out, but was hit deep enough to allow one or more base runners to score.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sacrifice fly¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

Brandon Marsh added insult to injury with a sacrifice fly in the next at-bat.

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A fly ball two batters later — which worked for a sacrifice fly thanks to Hernández’s inability to cut the ball off — made it 3-0.

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The Dodgers kept the rally going after that, loading the bases for Call to hit a tying sacrifice fly.

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Betts made it 3-1 with another sacrifice fly to center later in the inning, giving him 18 RBIs in September and 77 for the season, two better than his total last year.

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A Mookie Betts’ homer, his second hit of the game, with one out in the seventh and a Pages’ sacrifice fly in the eighth closed out the scoring.

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