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ground·out | \ ˈgrau̇nd-ˌau̇t 
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\Definition of groundout
: a play in baseball in which a batter is put out after hitting a grounder to an infielder
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Recent Examples on the Web Buster Posey had a triple and Brandon Belt then had an RBI groundout.
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Sporting Green Staff, SFChronicle.com, "June 14 Strat-O-Matic results: Marlins top Giants, A’s blank Phillies again," 14 June 2020 In the ninth, Bridges was efficient with the first two batters, getting a quick groundout followed by a four-pitch strikeout.
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Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, "Armando Galarraga isn't the only Detroit Tiger to just miss perfection on the mound," 1 June 2020 Bridges retired the next batter, Rice, on a groundout, and all that was left was the grumbling from Tigers players.
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Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, "Armando Galarraga isn't the only Detroit Tiger to just miss perfection on the mound," 1 June 2020 Flaherty loaded the bases in the fifth after drilling Ronald Acuna Jr. with a fastball, but induced an inning-ending groundout from Freeman.
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Paul Newberry, baltimoresun.com, "Cardinals score record 10 runs in first inning, rout Braves, 13-1, to advance to NLCS," 9 Oct. 2019 Vuckovich worked 6 2/3 innings, Simmons had two hits and drove in the tying run on a groundout in a strange inning where sluggers Robin Yount and Cecil Cooper both reached base on bunt attempts, and Fingers worked a 1-2-3 ninth.
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Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "50 in 50: Brewers make a deal for three 1980s cornerstones," 20 Apr. 2020 Springer reached on an infield hit, took second on Gary Sánchez’s passed ball, advanced on a groundout and scored when Paxton bounced a breaking ball off Sánchez’s glove for a wild pitch.
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Ronald Blum, The Denver Post, "DJ LeMahieu, Aaron Hicks lift Yanks over Astros, close to 3-2 in ALCS," 19 Oct. 2019 George Springer reached on an infield hit, took second on Gary Sánchez’s passed ball, advanced on a groundout and scored when Paxton bounced a breaking ball off Sánchez’s glove for a wild pitch.
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Ronald Blum, baltimoresun.com, "Yankees stay alive in ALCS with 4-1 victory over Astros in Game 5," 18 Oct. 2019 George Springer reached on an infield hit, took second on Gary Sanchez’s passed ball, advanced on a groundout and scored when Paxton bounced a breaking ball off Sanchez’s glove for a wild pitch.
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chicagotribune.com, "Yankees stay alive with a 4-1 win against Justin Verlander and the Astros in Game 5 of the ALCS," 18 Oct. 2019
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The first known use of groundout was in 1965
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