: an outfield fly in baseball caught by a fielder after which a runner scores
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The Red Sox tacked on two insurance runs in the seventh on Abreu’s sacrifice fly and Masataka Yoshida’s RBI single for a 7-3 advantage.—Los Angeles Times,
6 July 2026 The Marlins tacked on two runs in the second on Lopez’s ground-rule double and Hicks’ sacrifice fly.—Miami Herald,
6 July 2026 Then, in the fifth inning, Jac Caglianone drove home Isaac Collins with a sacrifice fly to shallow center.—Kansas City Star,
5 July 2026 All-Star Miguel Vargas tacked on a sacrifice fly against Matt Festa in the ninth, scoring Tristan Peters with an insurance run.—ABC News,
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