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sacrifice fly

[sak-ruh-fahys flahy]

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noun

Baseball.

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.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of sacrifice fly¹

First recorded in 1915–20

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He also had an sacrifice fly in the bottom of the sixth when the Braves scored two runs.

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The next batter, Anthony Volpe, hit a sacrifice fly to center field and brought home a run.

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Left-handed opener Jack Dreyer followed Muncy’s bad throw with an even wilder pitch to the backstop in the next at-bat, advancing the runner to set up an eventual sacrifice fly.

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Will Smith then lifted a sacrifice fly to right, opening the scoring.

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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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