How to Use grounder in a Sentence

grounder

noun

• He hit a grounder to the shortstop.
• Oneil Cruz drove in the game’s first run with a grounder in the third.
  — John Perrotto, ajc, 11 Sep. 2022
• With the game tied in the last of the 9th, Wilmer Difo scored from 2nd on a grounder to 1st.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 16 Sep. 2021
• Ernest Riles came to the plate and hit a grounder to second.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2021
• The Tigers took a 5-4 lead on Cabrera's grounder to third base.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 16 May 2021
• Keuchel got a double-play grounder to wrap up the first.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2022
• Aaron Judge’s bat broke on a grounder to third base in the third inning.
  — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2025
• The third run scored on a double-play grounder by Baty.
  — Staff Report, courant.com, 14 Aug. 2021
• Betts scored the go-ahead run, beating a throw home on a grounder to first.
  — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 Oct. 2020
• Nelson got a grounder to the mound and a strikeout to end the inning.
  — Mark Inabinett | [e-mail], al, 6 Mar. 2021
• Boyd struck out two in the ninth, recording the other out on a grounder back to the mound.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 6 Mar. 2022
• Javier Báez limped to the dugout after trying to beat out a grounder to first in the third.
  — Mallory Schnell, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• Greene scored Torkelson on a grounder to third base for the Tigers' first run.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2022
• But the Phillies’ ace got him on the ninth pitch of the at-bat: a 97.9 mph sinker inside led to a weak grounder.
  — Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 30 May 2025
• Toro made a routine play on Bo Bichette’s grounder to third base for the last out.
  — Fox News, 2 Sep. 2019
• In the eighth inning, Cedric Mullins hit a grounder to shortstop.
  — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2022
• Rhys Hoskins hit a routine grounder to the left of second base.
  — Aaron Bracy, sun-sentinel.com, 16 July 2021
• Canning got a grounder from Hunter Dozier to end the threat.
  — Greg Beacham, Star Tribune, 10 June 2021
• Kilfoyl is in a groove with a grounder to third and a strikeout to open the inning.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 16 Mar. 2022
• Casey Opitz then hit a sharp grounder to third base and reached on an error.
  — Matt Jones, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2021
• Javy Baez hit a polite grounder to third that should have brought the inning to a close.
  — Jason Gay, WSJ, 28 May 2021
• Peña then made the final play of the game, handling a grounder from Castellanos.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
• Will Little, who tried to jump over the grounder down the line during a three-run sixth.
  — Ken Powtak, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2021
• The Guardians brought the infield in, and Nicky Lopez’s grounder got past the second baseman Arias.
  — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024
• Kevin Kiermaier cut the deficit to 4-3 on a fielder's choice grounder off Hunter.
  — Mark Didtler, Star Tribune, 25 Sep. 2020
• Bell is in the same area of Texas as Lewis and said the two were planning on starting to hit and take grounders together as early as next week.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 8 Jan. 2026
• That came on defense in the bottom of the ninth, when Rojas backhanded Varsho’s grounder at the edge of the infield dirt.
  — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
• Ohtani stranded him with a grounder and two strikeouts.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2025
• The infield was in when Muncy sprawled to his left to snag a grounder, followed by a perfect spinning throw home to get the second out of the inning.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
• Pages hit a bouncing grounder to Kerkering, who had a tough time fielding the ball.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2025