How to Use sacrifice fly in a Sentence

sacrifice fly

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  • The Tigers cut the deficit to 12-2 with Marisnick's sacrifice fly.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 6 July 2023
  • Juan Soto’s sacrifice fly put the Padres in front in the 10th.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 July 2023
  • In the game, Ramirez went 3-for-3 with a homer, sacrifice fly and four RBI.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2022
  • France skied a sacrifice fly to the warning track in left to put the Mariners ahead.
    — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2021
  • The Reds won 1-0 on a walk-off in the ninth on a sacrifice fly hit by Mike Moustakas.
    — Andrew Tredinnick, USA TODAY, 6 July 2022
  • Abreu scored the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly to right by Sheets.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Down 4-2 after Lindor scored on a sacrifice fly in the fifth, the Mets closed the gap in the sixth.
    — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 July 2024
  • Myers added a sacrifice fly in the ninth to make it 8-6.
    — George Henry, ajc, 14 May 2022
  • Will Smith lined a sacrifice fly to left for a 3-0 lead.
    — Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2022
  • Arias went 1 for 3 with a homer, a sacrifice fly and two RBI.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Zach Marks’ sacrifice fly tied the score at 2 in the fourth inning.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 18 May 2022
  • The Astros took a 2-1 lead on a sacrifice fly by Trey Mancini in the fourth.
    — The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Ha-Seong Kim hit a sacrifice fly to drive in a third run.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Vance Sheahan stepped to the plate with the bases loaded and had a sacrifice fly to left.
    — Alex Kushel, Sun Sentinel, 14 May 2022
  • In the fifth, Alex Bregman put the Astros ahead 2-0 with a sacrifice fly.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 14 Sep. 2022
  • But in the second inning, Vargas put the Dodgers on the board with a sacrifice fly.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2022
  • The Twins took a 6-5 lead on Nick Gordon’s sacrifice fly.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The Sox added three runs in the fourth with a sacrifice fly to right by Eloy Jiménez and a two-run double by Vaughn.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The Red Sox had snapped a scoreless tie in the top of the fifth on Bobby Dalbec’s sacrifice fly.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2022
  • Both teams then failed to score in the 10th before Alex Verdugo pushed a run across with a sacrifice fly in the 11th.
    — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024
  • Keller got on the scoreboard in the first inning with a sacrifice fly from Cole Koeninger.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2024
  • Still, Jonathan Schoop made sure Goodrum scored — making the score 8-7 — on a sacrifice fly to right field.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 27 Sep. 2021
  • Nick came around to score on a Rhys Hoskins sacrifice fly later in the inning.
    — Josh Criswell, Chron, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Irvin retired the next two Twins to keep the game scoreless, and Mullins produced the game’s first run with a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
    — Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 8 July 2023
  • One run scored there and a sacrifice fly later in the inning gave the A’s their second run of the inning.
    — Dallas News, 24 July 2022
  • Burger had three hits, a sacrifice fly and a team-high three RBI.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024
  • The Cubs extended their lead to 6-4 with a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 23 Aug. 2023
  • The Royals made it 3-0 on a sacrifice fly by Nick Pratto in the second.
    — Gordon Wittenmyer, The Enquirer, 13 June 2023
  • The first two runs scored without a hit (a ground ball by Shohei Ohtani and a sacrifice fly by Mookie Betts).
    — Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Alas, Francisco Alvarez hit a sacrifice fly to right (making the score 7-4) and Lindor struck out to end the inning.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024

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