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⚾ A baseball out ⚾ To hit and get out
groundout

groundout

1 6.5
A baseball play where a player fields a ground ball and throws to first base to get the batter out
  • noun
  • /ˈɡraʊndaʊt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : out por rodado
  • He threw 20 pitches, 13 for strikes, retiring the side on a groundout and two fly balls.
  • RBI groundout
  • induced a groundout
  • batter on a groundout

Examples

  • After getting two groundouts, McDonald allowed a two-out single to left field.

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  • The runner was put out at first base on a groundout after the batter hit a sharp ground ball.

  • Then he had a weak groundout, which of course is not vintage Cano.

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  • In his last at-bat, he rolled over a first-pitch groundout.

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  • Twenty of New York's thirty plate appearances were over within three pitches, mostly via groundout.

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  • An 11th-inning groundout ended his night, as Girardi pulled him for a second straight game for a pinch-hitter, this time Eric.

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  • With one out in the Nashville ninth, Farris singled to center and moved to second on a groundout.

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  • Young's first RBI of the postseason came in Game 2 of the ALDS, when his groundout tied the game at 1-1.

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  • He came around to score on a single and a groundout that Cedeno and Walker couldn't convert into a double play, even though they probably should have.

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  • Darwin Barney (1-for-3 with an RBI) drove in the Cubs' only run with a groundout in the second inning.

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Synonyms

to ground out
vsgroundout
  • Jargon
3 7.8

To be thrown out at first base after hitting a ground ball

is written as one word for the same play

Antonyms

strikeout
  • Specialized
38 3.9

An out after a batter fails to hit the ball three times in one turn at bat

Surface Forms

groundout singular
groundouts plural

Morphology

groundout = ground + out (semi-transparent) = ground + out

The compound is clearly formed from 'ground' + 'out', but the specific baseball sense ('an out resulting from a ground ball') is domain-specific and not fully predictable for general learners.

Etymology

The word groundout comes from the words ground ('a ball that hits the ground') and out ('a player is out'), so it means a play where the batter is put out after hitting a ground ball.