groundout
noun
ground·out
ˈgrau̇nd-ˌau̇t 
: a play in baseball in which a batter is put out after hitting a ground ball to an infielder
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But the Twins found the equalizer in the fourth when Harrison Bader singled to start the frame, went to second on a Christian Vasquez groundout, and came home when Byron Buxton dropped a double at the base of the wall in left field.
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
Right fielder Lawrence Butler, who hit an inside-the-park home run as well as traditional homer in Tuesday’s win, drove in the A’s first run Wednesday in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI groundout but finished 0-for-4.
—Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
After a groundout to third in the sixth, Cabrera opened the ninth against closer Andrew Bailey with the Tigers down 5-3; Cabrera then crushed the third pitch of the at-bat to left again to get the Tigers within a run, but the next three batters went down, 1-2-3.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 10 July 2025
The left-hander began the ninth with a groundout, but after Ketel Marte homered and Geraldo Perdomo drew a nine-pitch walk, Spencer Bivens and Erik Miller began to get loose.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 13 July 2025
Right fielder Lawrence Butler, who hit an inside-the-park home run as well as traditional homer in Tuesday’s win, drove in the A’s first run Wednesday in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI groundout but finished 0-for-4.
—Sacbee.com, 10 July 2025
After a groundout to third in the sixth, Cabrera opened the ninth against closer Andrew Bailey with the Tigers down 5-3; Cabrera then crushed the third pitch of the at-bat to left again to get the Tigers within a run, but the next three batters went down, 1-2-3.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 10 July 2025
The left-hander began the ninth with a groundout, but after Ketel Marte homered and Geraldo Perdomo drew a nine-pitch walk, Spencer Bivens and Erik Miller began to get loose.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 July 2025
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“Groundout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/groundout. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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