How to Use ground ball in a Sentence

ground ball

noun

• He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.
• Nine of those outs came on ground balls as the Rays weren’t able to get the ball in the air.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Sep. 2023
• The missed ground ball left Dustin May crumpled on the grass.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2022
• In the Cubs ninth, with the score 8-3 and two out, Frank Schulte hit a weak ground ball to the mound.
  — Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2020
• The last ground ball of the game landed in the hometown hero’s glove.
  — Julia Meehan, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
• With two outs, Betts hit a soft ground ball up the first base line.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
• Eddie Rosario hit a sharp ground ball to the right side of the infield.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 27 Sep. 2020
• In the first, Semien and Seager followed with a ground ball and a lazy fly.
  — Dallas News, 27 Apr. 2022
• Most of the time, a ground ball to the third baseman with two outs ends an inning.
  — New York Times, 20 Dec. 2021
• And past Kirilloff's ground ball in the fifth, the Twins didn't have another hit the rest of the game.
  — Megan Ryan, Star Tribune, 30 May 2021
• With two out and the bases loaded, Taylor hit a ground ball to the right side of the infield.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
• Davis didn’t look great running to second on the ground ball.
  — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2022
• Dexter Fowler hit a ground ball single to right to load the bases.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2020
• His ground ball went deep in the hole to the shortstop, who made an errant throw to first.
  — Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 28 May 2024
• Miguel Rojas got aboard on a ground ball in the infield.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2023
• Then, on a ground ball to first base, Bonilla came home and beat the throw for the winning run.
  — Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2022
• Eli White broke up the no-hitter with a one-out ground ball single in the fifth.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2021
• His loss of speed, and the advent of the shift, meant that just about every ground ball was an out.
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2021
• Easy outs last year, those ground balls and line drives may now be base hits.
  — Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• Shohei Ohtani led off the inning with a double on a ground ball to right field.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Castellanos followed with a ground ball down the third-base line.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 1 May 2021
• Heyman’s hard ground ball skipped off the heel of Jimenez’s glove and went into the outfield.
  — Susan Miller Degnan, Miami Herald, 2 Mar. 2024
• Aquino went to field the ground ball, but Aquino bobbled it and was charged with an error.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 25 Mar. 2021
• With two runners on base, the senior raced to her left to snag a ground ball and throw to Lee at first.
  — Dan Albano, Orange County Register, 18 Apr. 2024
• William Contreras hit a ground ball RBI-double to left in the first.
  — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 1 June 2022
• On the next pitch, Chris Taylor hit a ground ball to Moustakas at third base.
  — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 18 Sep. 2021
• With the bases loaded and two outs, pinch-hitter Michel Perez hit a soft ground ball to the right of Aguilar at first.
  — Alan Saunders, sun-sentinel.com, 5 June 2021
• Then on a ground ball to third base, Brandon Drury got the force out at second.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 6 June 2022
• That brought up Urías, who pulled a ground ball deep into the hole at shortstop.
  — Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2020
• Rizzo fielded a cue-shot ground ball by Betts with time to run to the base for the unassisted third out.
  — Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024