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He hit a grounder to the shortstop.
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In the fifth, the Dodgers had runners on first and second with two out when Smith hit another sharp grounder.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Volpe did score one at bat later on an Alex Verdugo grounder, but New York needs to clean up its act on the base paths.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
In either instance, Xander Bogaerts’ grounder to short would have ended the inning (either as a 6-4-3 double play, or as a simple 6-3 put out) and kept the score 1-0 Dodgers.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Mookie Betts tapped a spinning grounder toward the first baseman Anthony Rizzo that Rizzo hesitated to charge.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
Volpe did score one at bat later on an Alex Verdugo grounder, but New York needs to clean up its act on the base paths.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
In either instance, Xander Bogaerts’ grounder to short would have ended the inning (either as a 6-4-3 double play, or as a simple 6-3 put out) and kept the score 1-0 Dodgers.
—Dan Freedman, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
Mookie Betts tapped a spinning grounder toward the first baseman Anthony Rizzo that Rizzo hesitated to charge.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Grounder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grounder. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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grounder
noun
ground·er
ˈgrau̇n-dər 
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