ground ball

[ground bawl] / ˈgraʊnd ˈbɔl /

NOUN

baseball hit on the ground

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bunt chopper comebacker grounder roller

WEAK

bleeder drag bunt dying quail nubber slow roller squibbler wormburner

Example Sentences

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Immediately, Suter got Alex Freeland to hit a ground ball to shortstop Zach Neto, for what should have been an inning-ending double play.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

Then Flores had Colemenares show him how to field a ground ball with an imaginary ball in class.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

He didn’t dive for fly balls and on rare occasions failed to run hard when he hit a ground ball.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

With runners on the corner and one out in the bottom of the 11th, he induced a routine ground ball to shortstop off the bat of Alejandro Kirk.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 2, 2025

I learned the other reason they waited for a thunderstorm to play when Jasper, trying to avoid Edward’s infallible fielding, hit a ground ball toward Carlisle.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer