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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.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of groundout1

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

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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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After advancing on a groundout, she was caught in a rundown between third and home.

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Max Muncy supplied their lone early RBIs, plating one run on a fourth-inning double and another on a sixth-inning groundout.

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