plural sac flies
baseball, informal
: sacrifice fly
The Cardinals ended the scoring on Lonnie Smith's bases-loaded sac fly in the eighth.Jim Kaplan

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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 While Bellinger stole the show defensively, Judge also drove a deep sac fly to left in the seventh. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 July 2025 Back-to-back wild pitches moved pinch runner Ainsworth to third before Marsella’s sac fly upped the lead to 4-0. Matt Roy, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025 Justin Thomas struck out in 3 pitches with a sac fly opportunity, bringing Davalan to the plate. Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sac fly

Word History

Etymology

sac short for sacrifice entry 1

First Known Use

1928, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sac fly was in 1928

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“Sac fly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sac%20fly. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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