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

They indeed led 2-0 early but wasted some baserunners and Ohtani left the bases loaded with a groundout in the second.

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Infielders often look up after catching what they thought was an easy groundout and are surprised to see the Milwaukee runner already closing in on first base, which causes them to rush the throw.

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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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