grounder
Example Sentences
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And then he got James McCann to hit a soft grounder up the middle, but McCann beat second baseman Tommy Edman’s throw to first by a split second.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026
Shortstop Miguel Rojas, who botched a grounder to his left earlier in the inning that enabled a run to score, was late breaking to cover third, leaving the bag wide open.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
A broken-bat grounder to the right side of the infield, hunted down by Freeman ranging to his backhand side from first base, ended the inning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. managed to hit an inside-the-park homer Saturday on a well-placed grounder that traveled just 17 feet in the air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026
“What kind of trouble?” she asked, fielding the ball and bouncing a hard grounder back at me.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
