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sacrifice fly

noun as in caught baseball but someone scores

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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.

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The Blue Jays would also add on from there, making it a 4-2 lead on a sacrifice fly later in the inning.

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Against the Brewers, he gave up two walks, a ground-rule double and a run-scoring sacrifice fly in the span of two outs.

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That meant, instead of a sacrifice fly situation, a force play was on for the defense.

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Brandon Marsh added insult to injury with a sacrifice fly in the next at-bat.

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