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Meanwhile the Yankees took a 6-5 lead when Juan Soto led off the sixth inning with a walk and came around to score on a Stanton sacrifice fly.
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Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
New York retook the lead in the sixth inning, but two sacrifice flies by Los Angeles in the top of the eighth inning put the Dodgers in the lead for good.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Advertisement After falling behind again in the sixth inning, the Dodgers found yet another answer, manufacturing two eighth-inning runs off of two sacrifice flies to take a lead before a stunned Yankee Stadium crowd.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
In the third, Ortiz smacked a solo homer, followed by Linville’s sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2024
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Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
New York retook the lead in the sixth inning, but two sacrifice flies by Los Angeles in the top of the eighth inning put the Dodgers in the lead for good.
—Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Advertisement After falling behind again in the sixth inning, the Dodgers found yet another answer, manufacturing two eighth-inning runs off of two sacrifice flies to take a lead before a stunned Yankee Stadium crowd.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
In the third, Ortiz smacked a solo homer, followed by Linville’s sacrifice fly to make it 3-0.
—Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 26 Oct. 2024
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“Sacrifice fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrifice%20fly. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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