sacrifice fly
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- noun
- /ˈsækrɪfaɪs flaɪ/
- Jargon
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fly de sacrificio
- Reinheimer followed with a sacrifice fly to center field that brought in Jackson.
- hit a sacrifice fly
- sacrifice fly scoring
- run on a sacrifice fly
Examples
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Later in the inning, Jim Gallagher hit a sacrifice fly to score Mitchell, giving the Knights a 3-2 lead.
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Every member of the Raptors' starting lineup recorded a hit, save for Justin Boudreaux, who contributed, nonetheless, with a sacrifice fly in the fifth.
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In 1990, George Bell tied a record with three sacrifice flies in one game.
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Eric Thames showed some quality range running the ball down near the fence, but it still turned into a two-run sacrifice fly.
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In the bottom of the 6th inning, Mike Moustakas hit a sacrifice fly to left; Alex Gordon scored on the play.
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They had no reason to turn back after Nate McLouth's sacrifice fly, his second RBI of the night.
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Arizona's Chris Owings apparently did tie the game in the seventh with a sacrifice fly, only for the runner to be called out for leaving the base too early.
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A Leslie Anderson sacrifice fly makes it 7-2, and Brooks Conrad walks to put two men on with two outs for Stephen Vogt.
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Alex Rodriguez went 0-for-3, but a sacrifice fly gave him 1,950 career RBI, tying Stan Musial for fifth place on baseball's all-time list.
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Rodriguez stole third and scored the tying run on a sacrifice fly by Ken Griffey Jr.
Synonyms
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6.7
An out made by a batter to move base runners forward
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is partly compositional: 'fly' names the type of batted ball and 'sacrifice' signals that the batter gives something up for the team's benefit, so a learner familiar with baseball could infer a fly that advances a runner. However, the precise rule (batter is put out but credited with an RBI) is domain-specific and not derivable from general word knowledge alone, making the expression only partially predictable to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Sacrifice fly shows a clear picture: the batter hits a high fly ball on purpose that a fielder catches, so the batter is put 'out' while a runner waits and then runs home to 'score'. Because the batter gives up their own chance to reach base to help the team, the play is called a 'sacrifice' and the batter still gets credit for the run.