Examples of ground ball in a Sentence
He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.
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The right-hander generated a ground ball to get the force out at home in an extremely close call, and the very next pitch was a risky fly out tracked down by Andy Pages (who entered the game after the bases were loaded).
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Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
After Mookie Betts’ game-sealing double play on an Alejandro Kirk ground ball in the bottom of the 11th inning in Game 7, the Dodgers were celebrating once again.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
With plenty of ground balls and frustrated walks back to the dugout, the slugging Division Series Guerrero was gone.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 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
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Gabe Smallson, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
After Mookie Betts’ game-sealing double play on an Alejandro Kirk ground ball in the bottom of the 11th inning in Game 7, the Dodgers were celebrating once again.
—Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2025
With plenty of ground balls and frustrated walks back to the dugout, the slugging Division Series Guerrero was gone.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 16 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
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“Ground ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20ball. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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