Definition of groundout in English:
groundout
nounˈɡraʊndaʊtˈɡrounˌdout
Baseball A play in which a batter is put out by hitting a ground ball to a fielder who throws it to first base before the batter touches that base.
he proceeded to second base on a groundout
Example sentencesExamples
- In the top of the ninth, he doubled and then moved up to third on an infield groundout.
- A base hit should get the runner to third base, and a groundout usually advances him to second.
- His mission - bring in a run - was accomplished with a simple groundout to second base.
- His main pitch was a nasty forkball, and I remember hitting a groundout to second base.
- In fact, the final two outs of Greene's no-hit performance were a groundout to third base by Larry Walker and a hard smash on the ground back to Greene by Tim Wallach.