groundout

noun

ground·out ˈgrau̇nd-ˌau̇t

: a play in baseball in which a batter is put out after hitting a ground ball to an infielder

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After retiring Shohei Ohtani on a groundout to second base, Ohtani’s 10th out in 11 at-bats after beginning the series 2-for-3 with a home run, Cease sent a 2-2 fastball down the middle that cleared the wall in left-center field and bounced in the Padres’ bullpen. —

Kevin Acee, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024 Keep in mind this was the same crowd ready to pounce on any negative thing such as a groundout to second, something Verdugo did 81 times during the regular season for a groundout or a double play. —

Larry Fleisher, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024 The game went about as well as the A’s could’ve hoped, as Mason Miller closed out a 3-2 win over Texas, with the final out coming on a groundout to third baseman Max Schuemann. —

Shane Lantz, The Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2024 The Rockies scored on Hunter Goodman’s groundout off Joe Kelly in the second inning and Blackmon’s two-out solo homer off Daniel Hudson in the fifth. —

Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for groundout