groundout

[ground-out]

noun

Baseball.

1. a play in which a batter is put out at first base after hitting a ground ball to the infield.

Word History and Origins

Origin of groundout¹

First recorded in 1960–65; noun use of verb phrase ground out

Example Sentences

Call avoided an IL stint after having a flare-up in his back on Tuesday, and came off the bench as a pinch-hitter for a groundout in the seventh.

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Two innings later, Machado stranded two more runners with a groundout, but his humiliation was just beginning.

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Whereas he crumbled in the fourth, giving up a two-RBI triple to Jung Hoo Lee to give the Giants a 3-2 lead, he battled out of a bases-loaded jam to keep San Francisco at bay, inducing Porter into an inning-ending groundout.

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Ojeda made quick work — inducing a groundout and a strikeout — to escape the inning.

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After recording two outs, Terry dug in for a seven-pitch battle with Angie Yellen — and won, inducing a routine groundout to end the inning and preserve the Bruins’ lead.

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