How to Use grounder in a Sentence

grounder

noun

• He hit a grounder to the shortstop.
• Kris Bryant sent a grounder to Turner at third base, who did not field it cleanly.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2021
• Mitch Haniger followed with a potential double-play grounder.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 29 Sep. 2021
• Ozzie Albies followed with a sharp grounder down the first-base line that Tellez caught just before stepping on the bag.
  — Steve Megargee, chicagotribune.com, 9 Oct. 2021
• Kemp made a backhand stop and spinning throw of Jose Altuve’s 101-mph grounder up the middle in the third.
  — Matt Kawahara, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Sep. 2021
• Alex Bregman hit a grounder to third and Altuve beat Moncada’s throw to the plate, making it 2-0.
  — Lamond Pope, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2021
• Wong took a feed on the run from shortstop Urías off Corey Seager's sharp grounder in the eighth, then torqued his body to get enough on a throw for the double play.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 6 Oct. 2021
• Rookie Wander Franco gave the Rays a 4-1 lead by chopping a grounder up the middle for a two-run single in the ninth.
  — Larry Fleisher, ajc, 2 Oct. 2021
• The final out came on Adalberto Mondesi’s grounder to third, but the celebration had just started.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 27 Sep. 2021
• His average grounder exit speed of 81.8 mph is well over one standard deviation below average.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 11 Sep. 2024
• Oneil Cruz drove in the game’s first run with a grounder in the third.
  — John Perrotto, ajc, 11 Sep. 2022
• Keuchel got a double-play grounder to wrap up the first.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2022
• Boyd struck out two in the ninth, recording the other out on a grounder back to the mound.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 6 Mar. 2022
• Greene scored Torkelson on a grounder to third base for the Tigers' first run.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2022
• In the eighth inning, Cedric Mullins hit a grounder to shortstop.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2022
• Kilfoyl is in a groove with a grounder to third and a strikeout to open the inning.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 16 Mar. 2022
• Peña then made the final play of the game, handling a grounder from Castellanos.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• The Guardians brought the infield in, and Nicky Lopez’s grounder got past the second baseman Arias.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024
• Myles Straw sent a grounder to short and Naylor tried to advance to third.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2023
• Hood went to third on the play, coming home on Brock’s infield grounder.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 25 Mar. 2023
• For Bohm's grounder, Tigers shortstop Javier Baez made a wild throw to first base.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2022
• In the fourth, Cabrera picked up his team's first hit with a single on a sharp grounder.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2022
• Two walks then loaded the bases but a grounder to second ended the threat.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 4 June 2023
• Starter in left field went 0 for 2 with a strikeout and double-play grounder.
  — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022
• Then with two out, Goelz hit a sharp grounder to first, which glanced off Hammoude’s glove.
  — oregonlive, 2 June 2022
• Walker said the speed of Blackmon’s grounder was a factor.
  — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2022
• José Iglesias hit a grounder in front of the plate and beat the throw to first, allowing Cron to score from third.
  — Michael Kelly, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2022
• Valdez, with a runner on third and two outs, hit a grounder to Naylor at first.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
• Cali's double play grounder brought home Bohrofen with the go-ahead run.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2023
• With Wade on second, Austin Riley fumbled a sharp grounder, putting two on with nobody out.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024