ground ball

noun

: a batted baseball that bounds or rolls along the ground

Examples of ground ball in a Sentence

He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.

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Five runs would come around to score with two outs in the inning, beginning when Mookie Betts beat Yankees first baseman Anthony Rizzo to the bag on a ground ball between first base and the pitcher's mound. —

Stephan Pechdimaldji, Newsweek, 14 Dec. 2024 Whitcomb committed an error on a routine ground ball during Houston’s win on Monday, too. —

Chandler Rome, The Athletic, 21 Aug. 2024 Holmes’ three pitches (sinker, slider, sweeper) and his stuff lead to a ton of ground balls. —

Will Sammon, The Athletic, 7 Dec. 2024 Aaron Judge dropped a routine fly ball in center field, Anthony Volpe misfired on a throw to third baseman Jazz Chisholm, and Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rizzo did not communicate who was going to cover the first base bag on a simple ground ball. —

Ryan Morik, Fox News, 5 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ground ball