grounder
noun
ground·er
| \ ˈgrau̇n-dər
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Definition of grounder
Examples of grounder in a Sentence
He hit a grounder to the shortstop.
Recent Examples on the Web
My rule for this is that Simmons can only throw from his knees or as if fielding a grounder, just to see what happens. — Jon Tayler, SI.com, "Five Position Players We Badly Want to See Pitch," 20 Aug. 2019 But Diaz couldn't field a grounder cleanly in the bottom of the inning, helping the Rockies tie it against Ryne Stanek. — Michael Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, "Yamamoto gets career-high nine strikeouts but Rockies rally to get walk-off win, sweep of Marlins," 19 Aug. 2019 Reyes singled and went to second when Orioles second baseman Jonathan Villar fielded a Machado grounder but made an errant throw trying to force Reyes. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Orioles come back to take one from Padres," 30 July 2019 Youth players took turns hitting pitches by former Astro Jarred Cosart during a hitting drill while the rest lined up with their gloves ready to field grounders. — Alvaro Montano, Houston Chronicle, "Jarred Cosart, MLB alumni treat youth players to free baseball clinic in Spring," 21 July 2019 After fielding a grounder hit by Bogaerts at shortstop, Chris Taylor turned to Enrique Hernandez at second base to start a potential double play. — Andy Mccullough, latimes.com, "Hyun-Jin Ryu starts rough but finishes strong in Dodgers’ win," 14 July 2019 Ramon Laureano, the next hitter, bounced one toward the hole; Rondon fielded the grounder and threw wildly past second baseman Yolmer Sanchez. — Ron Kroichick, SFChronicle.com, "A’s complete sweep with walk-off win over White Sox," 14 July 2019 Puig moved up on Iglesias' fly to deep center, just beating the tag by Keston Hiura, but shortstop Orlando Arcia went in the hole to field Phillip Ervin's grounder and throw him out, setting up extra innings. — Tom Haudricourt, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Reds 5, Brewers 4 (11): Defensive mistake gives away the game," 2 July 2019 Mitch Moreland, out since June 8 with a right quad strain, is hitting and fielding grounders but does not yet have a timetable for playing in rehab games . . . — Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, "Exhausted bullpen eager for Steven Wright’s return," 24 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'grounder.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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