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sacrifice fly
noun as in caught baseball but someone scores
Strongest match
Weak matches
Example Sentences
He scored on a sacrifice fly, a run the Blue Jays would not have scored had Hernández played it safe and played the ball on a hop.
The Blue Jays would also add on from there, making it a 4-2 lead on a sacrifice fly later in the inning.
Against the Brewers, he gave up two walks, a ground-rule double and a run-scoring sacrifice fly in the span of two outs.
That meant, instead of a sacrifice fly situation, a force play was on for the defense.
Brandon Marsh added insult to injury with a sacrifice fly in the next at-bat.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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