How to Use sac fly in a Sentence

sac fly

noun
  • The sac fly put the Angels ahead, 1-0, in the second inning.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2023
  • An Amed Rosario double and a Jose Siri sac fly brought two more runs in.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 12 July 2024
  • That just required ball-in-play type thing, or sac fly.
    oregonlive, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Williams advanced to third on Urshela’s single and scored on the sac fly.
    Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Toronto’s first run came in the third inning when Justin Turner tied the game with a sac fly.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 14 June 2024
  • Anderson hit his sac fly to Sox teammate Robert in the third.
    Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Troy’s Tremayne Cobb’s solo homer in the top of the ninth proved crucial as a sac fly brought the Eagles within a run.
    Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 3 June 2023
  • Leroy adds a run in the bottom of the third inning as Campbell Newell scores on a sac fly from Abbey Davidson.
    al, 16 May 2023
  • The Rangers scored their final three runs of the night on a fielding error, Jankowski’s chopper and a sac fly.
    Evan Grant, Dallas News, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The two runs that followed came via Shane Lewis’ single to right and Myers’ sac fly to deep center.
    Michael Casagrande | [email protected], al, 4 June 2023
  • Michael Massey followed with another sac fly that brought home Witt.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2024
  • Obando walked and Dietrich’s sac fly gave Walkersville’s a 1-0 lead.
    Sean Maslin, Baltimore Sun, 16 May 2024
  • The Razorbacks extended their lead to 3-0 in the fourth inning on Diggs’ second sac fly.
    Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Adames crushed the ball on his sac fly swing but ultimately wasn’t rewarded beyond the run batted in.
    Journal Sentinel, 7 May 2023
  • Emmanuel Rivera’s sac fly in the ninth was Baltimore’s only reply.
    Jamie Barton, CNN, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Sheldon’s Brooke Peterson recorded a run in the fourth inning and helped set up her teammate Kinley Pappas for a sac fly in the sixth.
    Joe Zochert, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Shohei Ohtani knocked a two-run home run — his fourth of the season — into the Yankees bullpen in the first inning, scoring another run in the fifth inning on Anthony Rendon’s sac fly.
    Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023
  • Bryan Reynolds — who continued his outrageous series by going 1 for 3 with a double, sac fly, and walk — lofted a fly ball to left-center.
    Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Senior infielder Collier Cranford provided a sac fly to center for the go-ahead run.
    Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2024
  • One run would be cashed in as junior utility infielder Rylee Turlington hit a sac fly into deep center field to advance both runners and give the Wildcats the early lead 1-0.
    Alex Chenevey, The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2023
  • Freeman was easily thrown out on the third-inning sac fly attempt, trying to score on a relatively shallow fly ball to right fielder Jake McCarthy.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 July 2024

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