ground ball

In the bottom of the seventh inning with a runner on second in a tie game, Herbert hit a slow ground ball on what should have been a routine play.

With two outs, Betts hit a soft ground ball up the first base line.

After that game, several newspaper stories speculated that Scioscia’s entrance as catcher into the game had been much more important than his eventual game-winning ground ball.

Freeman was a limited participant in Thursday’s workout, but he fielded ground balls and threw to second base, ran the bases and took batting practice on the field during Friday’s workout.

Worse, he didn’t run out a ground ball, played with a smirk and explained himself thusly: “I’m not a player that’s going to be ‘Johnny Hustle.’