Examples of ground ball in a Sentence
He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.
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And Gerrit Cole and Anthony Rizzo did not communicate who was going to cover the first base bag on a simple ground ball.
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Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
Dodgers Photos: Dodgers, Yankees, Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge in the starriest World Series in decades
Oct. 26, 2024
Shortstop Anthony Volpe erred next, spiking a throw to third on a ground ball from Will Smith to load the bases with no outs.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Less than two weeks after returning, Freeman took a bad-hop ground ball off his right hand and suffered a hairline fracture in his middle finger.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 30 Aug. 2024
Meanwhile, Bo Bichette continues to rehab his right calf strain in Florida, as well, and has hit in the cage and taken ground balls, but hasn’t begun a run progression yet, Schneider said.
—Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
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Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 1 Nov. 2024
Dodgers Photos: Dodgers, Yankees, Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge in the starriest World Series in decades
Oct. 26, 2024
Shortstop Anthony Volpe erred next, spiking a throw to third on a ground ball from Will Smith to load the bases with no outs.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Less than two weeks after returning, Freeman took a bad-hop ground ball off his right hand and suffered a hairline fracture in his middle finger.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 30 Aug. 2024
Meanwhile, Bo Bichette continues to rehab his right calf strain in Florida, as well, and has hit in the cage and taken ground balls, but hasn’t begun a run progression yet, Schneider said.
—Kaitlyn McGrath, The Athletic, 19 Aug. 2024
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“Ground ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20ball. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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