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sacrifice fly

[sak-ruh-fahys flahy] / ˈsæk rəˌfaɪs ˈflaɪ /
NOUN
caught baseball but someone scores
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That enabled Miles Clark to hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Razo for the game’s first run.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Mora’s sacrifice fly to right field gave the Bobcats a 1-0 lead in the second inning.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Shohei Ohtani plated a run on a force-out, Mookie Betts drove in Kim on a sacrifice fly to tie the score and Freddie Freeman bounced a double off the right-field wall to drive in Ohtani.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

Darius Basco’s sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh won it.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

It was a sacrifice fly and moved the runners to second and third with only one out.

From "Life Is So Good" by George Dawson



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