sacrifice fly

noun

: an outfield fly in baseball caught by a fielder after which a runner scores

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Betts simple sacrifice fly brought home the winning run. Dan Freedman, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 Still, there was a long way to go before the ninth, especially after Graterol gave up a go-ahead sacrifice fly to Stanton in the sixth, and was replaced by Treinen with two outs in the inning. Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024 New York retook the lead in the sixth inning, but two sacrifice flies by Los Angeles in the top of the eighth put the visitors ahead for good. Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024 The frame started with a walk to Jace Jung, then featured RBI knocks by Meadows and Matt Vierling as well as a sacrifice fly by Kerry Carpenter. Kyle Newman, The Denver Post, 10 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sacrifice fly 

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sacrifice fly was in 1944

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“Sacrifice fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrifice%20fly. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.

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sacrifice fly

noun
: an outfield fly in baseball caught by a fielder after which a base runner scores

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