groundout
noun
ground·out
ˈgrau̇nd-ˌau̇t 
: a play in baseball in which a batter is put out after hitting a ground ball to an infielder
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Stone Hewlett coaxed a full-count groundout by Parker Noland to first baseman Ben McLaughlin with a pair of runners on with two outs in the ninth to end the game and notch his second save.
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Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 20 Apr. 2024
Three times, Shohei Ohtani stepped to the plate with runners in scoring position, and three times the slugger swung at the first pitch, producing a 108-mph groundout to second base in the second, a routine grounder to second in the fourth and a fly ball to center field in the seventh.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
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Tom Murphy, arkansasonline.com, 20 Apr. 2024
Three times, Shohei Ohtani stepped to the plate with runners in scoring position, and three times the slugger swung at the first pitch, producing a 108-mph groundout to second base in the second, a routine grounder to second in the fourth and a fly ball to center field in the seventh.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
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“Groundout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/groundout. Accessed 7 May. 2024.
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