to ground out
3
7.8
- phrasal verb
- /ɡraʊnd aʊt/
- Jargon
:
eliminarse
- Juan Francisco grounded out sharply after 16 pitches.
- grounded out to second
- grounded out to third
- grounded out to first baseman
Examples
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Darwin Barney grounded out to Crawford for the first out in the fifth.
Blog text (6) -
Jose Reyes grounded out to first to end it.
Blog text (18) -
From the radio, we hear the last play of the game as Brooks Robinson grounds out 3rd to 1st.
Fiction book (2000) -
Blanco grounded out to second (2-2 pitch) to end the inning.
Blog text (6) -
After Valbuena grounded out to second (3-2 pitch), Anthony Rizzo drove a 1-1 pitch into left center.
Blog text (6) -
Berry grounds out and Miguel Cabrera walks, but Matt Cain strikes out Prince Fielder.
Blog text (4) -
Donovan Solano grounded out to short for out no. 2 on a low throw from Espinosa that LaRoche scooped up.
Blog text (18) -
Joaquin Arias hit for Lopez and grounded out to Josh Vitters (first pitch) to end the inning.
Blog text (6) -
Pablo Sandoval grounded out to first on Germano's 48th pitch of the game (30 for strikes) to end the inning.
Blog text (6) -
Jim Foster got put out at first base after hitting a ground ball, resulting in a ground out.
Synonyms
13
7.3
Cause a player to be out in a game like baseball
To hit a ground ball that a player throws to first base to get the batter or a runner out
Surface Forms
Morphology
The constituents map onto the sense: 'ground' (to hit/strike so the ball rolls along the ground) + 'out' (a player being declared out) together describe being put out as a result of a ground ball. However, the specific procedural meaning tied to baseball rules is domain-specific and not fully predictable to a general B1 learner who knows the words but lacks baseball knowledge, so the relation is only partially transparent.
Etymology
Ground out comes from baseball: the batter hits a low ball that strikes the ground, the fielders pick it up and throw to first base to get him out before he gets there. So, ground out means 'to be put out at first base after hitting a ground ball'.