Examples of ground ball in a Sentence
He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.
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Randle was playing third base for the Seattle Mariners on May 27, 1981, at the Kingdome in Seattle, when Amos Otis of the Kansas City Royals tapped a ground ball that trickled toward third.
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Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
On March 31, Eloy Jiménez blew out on the way to first after hitting a ground ball — and wound up on the IL for two weeks with a strained adductor.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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
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Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
On March 31, Eloy Jiménez blew out on the way to first after hitting a ground ball — and wound up on the IL for two weeks with a strained adductor.
—Jayson Stark, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
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
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“Ground ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20ball. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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