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

Sacrifice Fly in a sentence

About this phrase

  • Belongs to the word: fly

Words in this phrase

sacrifice

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

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

Other phrases with this word

Other phrases with fly:

fly ball 7× fly fishing 7×

Example types with sacrifice fly

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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.

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.