: a batted baseball that bounds or rolls along the ground
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He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.
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With an error on a soft ground ball back to pitcher Orion Kerkering, the Phillies suffered a 2-1, 11-inning defeat to the defending World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the National League Division Series.—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025 Andy Pages, amid a miserable month, shattered his bat while hitting a ground ball back to the pitcher.—Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025 With the bases loaded and two outs in the 11th, Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages struck a routine ground ball back towards Kerkering.—Ben Church, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025 Dodgers outfielder Andy Pages hit a ground ball right back to Kerkering, who didn’t field the ball cleanly.—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for ground ball
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