How to Use grounder in a Sentence

grounder

noun
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  • He hit a grounder to the shortstop.
  • Oneil Cruz drove in the game’s first run with a grounder in the third.
    — John Perrotto, ajc, 11 Sep. 2022
  • Keuchel got a double-play grounder to wrap up the first.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2022
  • Boyd struck out two in the ninth, recording the other out on a grounder back to the mound.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Greene scored Torkelson on a grounder to third base for the Tigers' first run.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 28 Sep. 2022
  • In the eighth inning, Cedric Mullins hit a grounder to shortstop.
    — Steve Kroner, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Kilfoyl is in a groove with a grounder to third and a strikeout to open the inning.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Peña then made the final play of the game, handling a grounder from Castellanos.
    — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The Guardians brought the infield in, and Nicky Lopez’s grounder got past the second baseman Arias.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2024
  • Myles Straw sent a grounder to short and Naylor tried to advance to third.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Hood went to third on the play, coming home on Brock’s infield grounder.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 25 Mar. 2023
  • For Bohm's grounder, Tigers shortstop Javier Baez made a wild throw to first base.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2022
  • In the fourth, Cabrera picked up his team's first hit with a single on a sharp grounder.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 28 Apr. 2022
  • Reggie Smith hit a hard grounder down the line that Nettles snared and threw to first to get Smith.
    — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Two walks then loaded the bases but a grounder to second ended the threat.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 4 June 2023
  • Starter in left field went 0 for 2 with a strikeout and double-play grounder.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 18 July 2022
  • Then with two out, Goelz hit a sharp grounder to first, which glanced off Hammoude’s glove.
    — oregonlive, 2 June 2022
  • Walker said the speed of Blackmon’s grounder was a factor.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 2 July 2022
  • José Iglesias hit a grounder in front of the plate and beat the throw to first, allowing Cron to score from third.
    — Michael Kelly, Hartford Courant, 21 May 2022
  • Valdez, with a runner on third and two outs, hit a grounder to Naylor at first.
    — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 7 June 2023
  • Cali's double play grounder brought home Bohrofen with the go-ahead run.
    — Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 13 May 2023
  • Tedesco fielded the grounder going toward third base and got the force out there.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 3 June 2022
  • The Cardinals tied the game in the ninth on a grounder that went off the glove of reliever Kendall Graveman.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 July 2023
  • Tucker drove in another run with a grounder in the sixth.
    — Lary Bump, Chron, 26 Apr. 2022
  • Paris scored on a grounder to third by Randall Grichuk for what proved to be the winning run in a 2-1 loss to the Angels.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 16 Sep. 2023
  • But Baumann got Riley Bertram, hitting sixth, to hit a weak grounder back to the mound for the third out.
    — Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 29 May 2022
  • Carlton then knocked down Josh Buckley's grounder and picked up the ball and threw him out to end the inning.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 28 May 2022
  • There was hustle in the form of beating out the relay on a double-play grounder and a steal of home.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Michael Maywood came on in relief, then got the next two outs on a grounder and a strikeout.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Guardians outfielder Steven Kwan’s grounder to left field brought in a run to cut the deficit to 5-2, but that was as close as Cleveland would get.
    — Homero De La Fuente, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024

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