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Examples of ground ball in a Sentence
He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.
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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
Lux drew a leadoff walk, moved up on Rojas’ single and scored when Kiké Hernandez pushed a two-out ground ball through the right side for an RBI single.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 15 Aug. 2024
Rogers might predominantly be a ground ball pitcher, but the key to his repertoire is a fastball that hitters put into the air more often than any of his other pitches.
—Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 30 July 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1857, in the meaning defined above
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“Ground ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20ball. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
ground ball
noun
: a batted baseball that rolls or bounces along the ground
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