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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Trout added a deep sac fly to center that scored Paris.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
The literal base hit, a double, plated Ben Rice before Oswaldo Cabrera scored on newcomer Cody Bellinger’s sac fly.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
After producing an earlier sac fly, Lee singled and walked with his parents in the stands.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
Gavin Lux, though, tied the game with a sac fly, and then Shohei Ohtani reached base on a catcher’s interference to load the bases again.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
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Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2025
The literal base hit, a double, plated Ben Rice before Oswaldo Cabrera scored on newcomer Cody Bellinger’s sac fly.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2025
After producing an earlier sac fly, Lee singled and walked with his parents in the stands.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 4 July 2024
Gavin Lux, though, tied the game with a sac fly, and then Shohei Ohtani reached base on a catcher’s interference to load the bases again.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sac fly
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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 10 Apr. 2025.
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