Below you will find example sentences with "sacrifice fly". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Sacrifice Fly in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: fly
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 18
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 28.5 words

Words in this phrase

sacrifice fly

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • sacrifice can mean: Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an objec... Frequent word
  • fly can mean: Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies. Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 5 start, 8 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

with a sacrifice fly 3× a sacrifice fly by carter 1× been a sacrifice fly had it 1× error the sacrifice fly is only 1× had a sacrifice fly 1× hit a sacrifice fly for the 1× lifted a sacrifice fly the other 1× lofted a sacrifice fly and rincones 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a sacrifice fly 1× after a fielder 1× after cal poly 1× after mountcastle scored 1× after reaching second 1× andrew navigato powered 1×

Common sentence endings:

a sacrifice fly 5× 10 3 advantage 1× a sacrifice bunt 1× advance a runner 1× ball been caught 1× down 4 1 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

run 10× ball 5× two 4× hit 4× third 4× drove 4× field 4× score 4× scored 4× bunt 3× error 3× batter 2×

Related phrases

fly ball fly fishing

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around fly:

fly ball 7× fly fishing 7×

Just before it in the phrase index:

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Just after it in the phrase index:

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Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "sacrifice fly" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 28.5 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as with a sacrifice fly, a sacrifice fly by carter, run, ball and two stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with fly ball, fly fishing, fly ball and fly fishing, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with sacrifice fly

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Arden Finney drives in a run for Forbush with a sacrifice fly. (12 words)

Ashanthy Pardilla drove in the only run of the game with a sacrifice fly. (14 words)

A sacrifice fly by Carter Walsh gave Sawtooth Sockeyes the lead, 2-1, in the top of the second. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

Walsh got the first batter he faced to fly to deep center, driving in a run on a sacrifice fly, got a strike out for the second out, and escaped further damage on another fly ball to end the third only down 4-1. (44 words)

Cale Winans hit a sacrifice fly for the second out, scoring Crosby to expand the Raider advantage to 2-0, and Cooper Wenzlick added a two-run single that plated both Miller and Antoine to widen the lead to 4-0. (41 words)

The sacrifice fly is one of two instances in baseball where a batter is not charged with a time at bat after putting a ball in play; the other is the sacrifice hit (also known as a sacrifice bunt). (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

The sacrifice fly is one of two instances in baseball where a batter is not charged with a time at bat after putting a ball in play; the other is the sacrifice hit (also known as a sacrifice bunt).

The reason for this is that the sacrifice fly, unlike the sacrifice bunt, is not considered a tactical maneuver (players don't try to hit a fly ball to advance a runner).

Walsh got the first batter he faced to fly to deep center, driving in a run on a sacrifice fly, got a strike out for the second out, and escaped further damage on another fly ball to end the third only down 4-1.

Austin Peay State University returned in the ninth and opened with back-to-back singles by shortstop sacrifice bunt, Voitik tied the game with a sacrifice fly.

Gene Larkin’s pop fly would have been a sacrifice fly had it been caught, but instead dropped behind a shallow outfield for a single.

After Cal Poly’s Alex McKenna drove in the Mustangs’ second run on a sacrifice fly with two outs, Fernandez forced Kyle Marinconz to fly out to Calabuig in right field to end the ballgame.

Avancha lifted a sacrifice fly the other way to right field to score Cooney to make the score 6-4, then Tyler Cyr added another sac fly to score Romano and make it 7-4.

In the case of a fly ball dropped for an error, the sacrifice fly is only credited if the official scorer believes the run would have scored had the ball been caught.

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After a fielder’s choice grounder to shortstop advanced both runners and scored Thaxton, Ella Miller drove in Brooks with the third run on a sacrifice fly to center field.

After Mountcastle scored on Jansen’s throwing error, Mullins drove in O’Hearn with a sacrifice fly and Rutschman singled home Urías and Jordan Westburg to cap off the five-run eighth.

After reaching second on another error and advancing to third on a fielder’s choice, Tate Allison picked up the RBI on a sacrifice fly to right field tying the score at 2-2.

Andrew Navigato powered a bases-clearing triple, Julio Rodriguez lofted a sacrifice fly and Rincones batted a run-scoring double to move Erie to a 10-3 advantage.

Anthony Volpe celebrates after hitting a walk-off sacrifice fly in the Yankees’ win over the Orioles on May 23.

Arden Finney drives in a run for Forbush with a sacrifice fly.

A sacrifice fly by Carter Walsh gave Sawtooth Sockeyes the lead, 2-1, in the top of the second.

Ashanthy Pardilla drove in the only run of the game with a sacrifice fly.

Austin Pauls was credited for a RBI, he was hit by a pitch and he scored a run and Bryce Vanderbeek had a sacrifice fly.

Both runs he allowed were in the third inning, with Tucker singling home José Altuve and Yainer Díaz driving in Alex Bregman on a sacrifice fly.

Cale Winans hit a sacrifice fly for the second out, scoring Crosby to expand the Raider advantage to 2-0, and Cooper Wenzlick added a two-run single that plated both Miller and Antoine to widen the lead to 4-0.

Cole Ragans (2-0) retired the only two batters he faced, the first being Massey on the sacrifice fly.

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