Examples of grounder in a Sentence
He hit a grounder to the shortstop.
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In 14 starts, San Francisco’s ace is above the 90th percentile in run value, walk rate and induced grounders.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 14 June 2025
The play by Mookie Betts on Machado’s grounder, chopped toward the hole, was also a change.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 11 June 2025
At least that deficiency is mostly due to a shortfall in the least impactful area, grounders, where his 88.5 mph average exit speed allowed is over a full standard deviation worse than league average.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
On April 18, 2014 against Pittsburgh, Maldonado hit a grounder to third.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 14 June 2025
The play by Mookie Betts on Machado’s grounder, chopped toward the hole, was also a change.
—Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 11 June 2025
At least that deficiency is mostly due to a shortfall in the least impactful area, grounders, where his 88.5 mph average exit speed allowed is over a full standard deviation worse than league average.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
On April 18, 2014 against Pittsburgh, Maldonado hit a grounder to third.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2025
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“Grounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grounder. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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grounder
noun
ground·er
ˈgrau̇n-dər 
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