ground ball
nounDefinition of ground ball
: a batted baseball that bounds or rolls along the ground
Examples of ground ball in a Sentence
He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.
Recent Examples on the Web
But a sharp ground ball to Marshall at third base resulted in a force-out at the plate and a few pitches later, Jurdrick Profar, the youngest brother of Oakland A's infielder Jurickson Profar, was thrown out trying to score on a wild pitch. — CBS News, "Louisiana beats Curacao 8-0 to win Little League World Series," 26 Aug. 2019 Yanchoris earned starts in each of her 79 college appearances and totaled 114 ground balls and 83 caused turnovers at Loyola. — Pat Stoetzer, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, "College Notebook: Century grad, Loyola standout Kristen Yanchoris named Patriot League’s top scholar-athlete," 29 July 2019 But a sharp ground ball to Marshall at third base resulted in a force-out at the plate and a few pitches later, Jurdrick Profar, the youngest brother of Oakland A's infielder Jurickson Profar, was thrown out trying to score on a wild pitch. — CBS News, "Louisiana beats Curacao 8-0 to win Little League World Series," 26 Aug. 2019 But a sharp ground ball to Marshall at third base resulted in a force-out at the plate and a few pitches later, Jurdrick Profar, the youngest brother of Oakland A's infielder Jurickson Profar, was thrown out trying to score on a wild pitch. — Tyler King, Houston Chronicle, "Louisiana wins 1st Little League World Series title," 25 Aug. 2019 But a sharp ground ball to Marshall at third base resulted in a force-out at the plate and a few pitches later, Jurdrick Profar, the youngest brother of Oakland A’s infielder Jurickson Profar, was thrown out trying to score on a wild pitch. — Tyler King, BostonGlobe.com, "Louisiana wins first Little League World Series title," 25 Aug. 2019 With runners on the corners, pinch-hitter Nick Senzel hit a ground ball to third base. — Bobby Nightengale, Cincinnati.com, "Trevor Bauer strikes out 11; Cincinnati Reds' mistakes add up in loss to San Diego Padres," 19 Aug. 2019 The Marlins tied the game moments later, when Jorge Alfaro hit a ground ball all the way to the right-field wall, driving in Ramirez. — Christian Simmons, sun-sentinel.com, "Mets get Cano tape-measure shot in eighth to snap tie, sink Marlins," 14 July 2019 Salvador added 57 goals, 16 assists, 40 ground balls, 65 draw controls and 16 caused turnovers. — Vincent Nguyen, Glendale News-Press, "Looking Back: Girls’ lacrosse success highlights eventful year for Glendale," 14 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'ground ball.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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