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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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
Though Margot singled in the fifth to load the bases, the Twins got only a run on Lewis’ sac fly.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
The next batter, Mookie Betts, hit a sac fly, giving the Dodgers a 7-6 lead.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
Previously in the fifth, Cortes let the Red Sox retake the lead on a Masataka Yoshida sac fly.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
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Ryan Morik, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
Though Margot singled in the fifth to load the bases, the Twins got only a run on Lewis’ sac fly.
—Dan Hayes, The Athletic, 20 Aug. 2024
The next batter, Mookie Betts, hit a sac fly, giving the Dodgers a 7-6 lead.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 31 Oct. 2024
Previously in the fifth, Cortes let the Red Sox retake the lead on a Masataka Yoshida sac fly.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 27 July 2024
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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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