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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
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First Known Use
1944, in the meaning defined above
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“Sacrifice fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sacrifice%20fly. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
sacrifice fly
noun
: an outfield fly in baseball caught by a fielder after which a base runner scores
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