: 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 WebThe 5-foot-9, 175-pound Betts works extensively on his defense before every game, taking dozens of ground balls and live fungos to each side and making long throws to first base and shorter double-play feeds to second.—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2024 Marco Luciano was fielding ground balls while Nick Ahmed made throws to first base, wearing a black brace where his glove would typically be on his left wrist.—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for ground ball
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