Examples of ground ball in a Sentence
He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.
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Baseball Savant shows the Astros' lefty being in the 98th percentile for inducing ground balls.
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Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Adam was pitching in the top of the seventh inning when Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson sent a ground ball up the middle.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
Assad induced nine ground balls, including two timely double plays, to help limit the hosts to three runs in six innings.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Freddie Freeman led off the fourth with a double but ran into a fielder’s choice on Andy Pages’ ground ball to third base.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
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Drew Vonscio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Adam was pitching in the top of the seventh inning when Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson sent a ground ball up the middle.
—Dennis Lin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2025
Assad induced nine ground balls, including two timely double plays, to help limit the hosts to three runs in six innings.
—Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Freddie Freeman led off the fourth with a double but ran into a fielder’s choice on Andy Pages’ ground ball to third base.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
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“Ground ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ground%20ball. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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