: 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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A day after clinching the division title, the Dodgers did not take batting practice on the field but Muncy took ground balls at third base for quite awhile and seemed to be moving freely.—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025 Then, after Alex Bregman flew out for the first out of the inning, Yoshida sent a soft ground ball down the first base line that should have been the second.—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Sep. 2025 Andrés Giménez was put on earth to cause misery to major league hitters looking to sneak ground balls through the infield.—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 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 See All Example Sentences for ground ball
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