How to Use ground ball in a Sentence

ground ball

noun
  • He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.
  • So assuming Bello's sinker is working, expect a lot of ground balls in Boston tonight.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 9 July 2024
  • Perhaps the most glaring aspect of this park’s profile is its significantly inflationary effect on ground ball offense.
    Tony Blengino, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • The last ground ball of the game landed in the hometown hero’s glove.
    Julia Meehan, Peoplemag, 24 July 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gonsolin did get Daulton Varsho to hit a ground ball after that.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2022
  • With two runners on base and two outs, Paul Goldschmidt hit a ground ball down the third-base line.
    The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2022
  • In three years with the Terps, Berkeley played in three games, recording one ground ball and one shot.
    Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 15 Feb. 2022
  • But Ryan Skerry singled on a ground ball to right field.
    BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2021

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