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sacrifice fly

[ sak-ruh-fahys flahy ]

noun

Baseball.
  1. a sacrifice hit in which a fly ball, hit when there are fewer than two outs, is caught by a fielder for an out, but was hit deep enough to allow one or more base runners to score. Compare sacrifice bunt.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sacrifice fly1

First recorded in 1915–20
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In the fifth the Tigers loaded the bases again with two singles and a walk, setting up Manuel Margot for a sacrifice fly to center.

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Austin Gerken drove in the winning run on a sacrifice fly.

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Harvard-Westlake starting pitcher Evan Alexander gave up two runs in the first inning on an RBI triple to Jordan Marian and a sacrifice fly, then settled down until the sixth.

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Oaks Christian went on to secure a 5-3 victory over the Cavaliers by scoring two runs in the seventh behind an RBI single from James Latshaw and a sacrifice fly from Jack Brinkman.

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Lux tied the game with a sacrifice fly and Betts won it with another while Ohtani settled for reaching base on a catcher’s interference call, but the sequence in the on-deck circle was nonetheless revealing.

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