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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Toronto’s first run came in the third inning when Justin Turner tied the game with a sac fly.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Mather Spear scores on a sac fly by Nathan Spear, Coventry leads Canton 6-0 top 4 #ctbase pic.twitter.com/suGV6RFRr4
— Lori Riley (@lrileysports) June 1, 2024
Johnson was tested early.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2024
The Sooners got on the board first with a sac fly from sophomore catcher Easton Carmichael, but the Jayhawks answered with three runs in the second aided by three OU errors.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
Obando walked and Dietrich’s sac fly gave Walkersville’s a 1-0 lead.
—Sean Maslin, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Senior infielder Collier Cranford provided a sac fly to center for the go-ahead run.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
Alex Bregman added a sacrifice fly in the inning, with Mauricio Dubon adding another sac fly in the fourth.
Brooks, who provided Oakland’s first quality start in more than a week, hadn’t started pitched in the majors in two years or started a big league game since 2019.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
Michael Massey followed with another sac fly that brought home Witt.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
Puk then issued his third walk of the inning, this time to Jared Triolo, to force in a run before Michael A. Taylor hit a sac fly to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
Mather Spear scores on a sac fly by Nathan Spear, Coventry leads Canton 6-0 top 4 #ctbase pic.twitter.com/suGV6RFRr4
— Lori Riley (@lrileysports) June 1, 2024
Johnson was tested early.
—Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2024
The Sooners got on the board first with a sac fly from sophomore catcher Easton Carmichael, but the Jayhawks answered with three runs in the second aided by three OU errors.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 23 May 2024
Obando walked and Dietrich’s sac fly gave Walkersville’s a 1-0 lead.
—Sean Maslin, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
Senior infielder Collier Cranford provided a sac fly to center for the go-ahead run.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
Alex Bregman added a sacrifice fly in the inning, with Mauricio Dubon adding another sac fly in the fourth.
Brooks, who provided Oakland’s first quality start in more than a week, hadn’t started pitched in the majors in two years or started a big league game since 2019.
—Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024
Michael Massey followed with another sac fly that brought home Witt.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
Puk then issued his third walk of the inning, this time to Jared Triolo, to force in a run before Michael A. Taylor hit a sac fly to give the Pirates a 2-0 lead.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2024
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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 2 Jul. 2024.
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