plural sac flies
baseball, informal
: sacrifice fly
The Cardinals ended the scoring on Lonnie Smith's bases-loaded sac fly in the eighth.—
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But in the bottom of the eighth, with the Yankees trailing 5-0, Jazz Chisholm Jr. broke up the no-no, later scoring on a sac fly.
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 11 July 2025
With Muñoz showing his cards, Aaron Judge was set up for a game-winning sac fly with the bases loaded and one away in the 10th.
Hit only 274 feet off Gabe Speier following a walk to Trent Grisham, Judge’s ball scored Anthony Volpe, who used an evasive slide to end the game.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
Riley Greene’s two-out single up the middle scored Parker Meadows from second in the first inning, Matt Vierling drove in another run on a sac fly in the third and Spencer Torkelson drove in the final run on a one-out double in the sixth.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 9 July 2025
The Yankees walked it off in the 10th inning after Aaron Judge hit a sac fly, scoring Anthony Volpe, who made a fantastic swim move to avoid Raleigh’s tag at the plate.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Levi Weaver, New York Times, 11 July 2025
With Muñoz showing his cards, Aaron Judge was set up for a game-winning sac fly with the bases loaded and one away in the 10th.
Hit only 274 feet off Gabe Speier following a walk to Trent Grisham, Judge’s ball scored Anthony Volpe, who used an evasive slide to end the game.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
Riley Greene’s two-out single up the middle scored Parker Meadows from second in the first inning, Matt Vierling drove in another run on a sac fly in the third and Spencer Torkelson drove in the final run on a one-out double in the sixth.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 9 July 2025
The Yankees walked it off in the 10th inning after Aaron Judge hit a sac fly, scoring Anthony Volpe, who made a fantastic swim move to avoid Raleigh’s tag at the plate.
—Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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