How to Use grounder in a Sentence

grounder

noun

• He hit a grounder to the shortstop.
• Oneil Cruz drove in the game’s first run with a grounder in the third.
  — John Perrotto, ajc, 11 Sep. 2022
• With the game tied in the last of the 9th, Wilmer Difo scored from 2nd on a grounder to 1st.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2021
• 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
• Will Little, who tried to jump over the grounder down the line during a three-run sixth.
  — Ken Powtak, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2021
• 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
• Reggie Smith hit a hard grounder down the line that Nettles snared and threw to first to get Smith.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The Indians’ first baseman hit a grounder to the right side and reached first when the pitcher failed to step on the bag.
  — New York Times, 21 Sep. 2021
• Cali's double play grounder brought home Bohrofen with the go-ahead run.
  — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2023
• Tedesco fielded the grounder going toward third base and got the force out there.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2022
• The Cardinals tied the game in the ninth on a grounder that went off the glove of reliever Kendall Graveman.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2023
• Tucker drove in another run with a grounder in the sixth.
  — Lary Bump, Chron, 26 Apr. 2022
• Paris scored on a grounder to third by Randall Grichuk for what proved to be the winning run in a 2-1 loss to the Angels.
  — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
• Edman was left stranded on third after moving over on the Ohtani grounder.
  — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 26 Oct. 2024
• The error put two on with no outs for Will Smith, who chopped a grounder to the shortstop hole that Anthony Volpe fielded cleanly.
  — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024