Definition of ground ball
: a batted baseball that bounds or rolls along the ground
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Examples of ground ball in a Sentence
He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.
Recent Examples of ground ball from the Web
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But Wily Peralta got his second career save after inducing a double-play ground ball from Ryan Braun with a runner on first base.
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McKenna then hit a hard ground ball to the left side, and Prosecky scored on an error.
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Wellesley junior Maddy Balter scooped up a ground ball in her defensive zone with 1:27 left to give the Raiders possession and all but sealed the title with a goal into an empty net with 54.7 seconds remaining.
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Second baseman Blake Reese missed a ground ball hit right at him.
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With two outs in the top of the 10th inning and two runners on base, Joaquin Arias, a scrap-heap pickup who had entered the game earlier to pinch-hit, knocked a ground ball toward Scott Rolen, the Cincinnati Reds’ third baseman.
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The annual congressional baseball game in Washington kicked off with House Majority Whip Steve Scalise -- who was shot during practice last year in Alexandria -- fielding a ground ball and threw out the first batter of the game.
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Months removed from struggling to walk, Scalise was honored before the game and started at second base for Republicans, fielding a ground ball and completing the put-out to first on the game's first play.
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Next, Willie MacIver hit a ground ball to shortstop Sahid Valenzuela, who misplayed the short hop for an error that loaded the bases.
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First Known Use of ground ball
1857
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Definition of ground ball for English Language Learners
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baseball : a ball that is hit by the batter and that rolls or bounces along the ground
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