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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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