: a batted baseball that bounds or rolls along the ground
Examples of ground ball in a Sentence
He hit a ground ball to the shortstop.
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Chris Taylor drove in one with a fly ball and Luis Rengifo drove in another with a ground ball.—Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 12 Sep. 2025 Baseball Savant shows the Astros' lefty being in the 98th percentile for inducing ground balls.—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 See All Example Sentences for ground ball
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