: 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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Lotus scored the second via a ground ball by Kates.—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026 Third baseman Luis Rengifo mishandled a ground ball to let Teoscar Hernández reach base in the seventh inning.—Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026 Seeman was doing her usual thing on Friday, coaxing batters to hit ground balls and pop-ups.—Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026 An error on a ground ball to third by Deacon Baker scored Alaniz to chase Brown who finished allowing two runs, both unearned, on four hits with six strikeouts and two walks.—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for ground ball