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Sacrifice fly

In baseball, a batted ball is considered a sacrifice fly (denoted by SF) if the following four criteria are met:

There are fewer than two outs.
The ball is hit to the outfield.
The runner is out, either caught or put out at first base, or would have been out except for an error.
A run scores

(see Rule 10 of Major League Baseball)

See also: baseball statistics

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