sacrifice fly

noun

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

Examples of sacrifice fly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

With the score tied at one, Bryce Harper misplayed a routine fly ball to right field in the bottom of the 7th, allowing a run to score and setting up another to come in on a sacrifice fly. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Bo Davidson hit a tying sacrifice fly off Evan Phillips (3-2) with two outs in the eighth for San Francisco before Hernandez answered against Trent Harris (0-1) for his fourth home run. — Arkansas Online, 27 Sep. 2026

Bell's first-inning sacrifice fly was offset by Danny Jansen's third-inning solo homer for the Rangers. — CBS News, 27 Sep. 2026

Teel scored on a sacrifice fly to center field by Miguel Vargas. — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 26 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for sacrifice fly

• canaliculi
• dwi
• micronuclei
• oversimplify
• abscissae
• adonai
• alibi
• alkali
• alumni
• amoebae
• amplify
• annuli

Kids Definition

sacrifice fly

noun

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