How To Use Groundball In A Sentence
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Well, if you strike out a bunch of guys and get the vast majority of the remaining outs via groundballs, you're not likely to allow too many home runs.
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In baseball though, the boy played flawlessly, often reaching second safely on a lazy groundball hit to the second baseman.
A Boy Who Looks Like Horses, or A Horse Who Looks Like Boys
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We have a lot of groundball pitchers, so it's a point of emphasis.
Diamondbacks put emphasis on defense
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At 12:01 a.m. on October 21, 2004, New York batsman Rubén Sierra hit a routine groundball to second baseman Pokey Reese, who threw to first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz for the final putout of a dominant 10-3 victory.
One Season
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Granted, groundball pitchers tend to give up more hits than flyball pitchers, but the extra hits generally go for singles rather than homers.
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Their slick-fielding first baseman is watching groundballs elude his grasp like never before and their young leader is scuffling so badly he was benched.
USATODAY.com
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With that kind of groundball rate, that skill set works.
Royals Review
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He gave up loads of fly balls - his 39.3-percent groundball rate was sixth-lowest in the NL - but he gave up just 64 extra-base hits, which was 18th among qualifying pitchers.
Can Livan Hernandez do it again?
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Outfielder Corey Brown sprained his left ankle this afternoon after sliding into a New York Mets catcher while trying to score on a groundball to first by Bryce Harper.
Corey Brown's sprained ankle not a 'huge concern'
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Wes Parker follows with a groundball single to right, scoring Fairly with Parker taking second on Oliva's misplay.
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That's a 33% savings over the monthly price! given that so called groundball pitchers would probably want to get the groundball in most normal situations, their approach probably wouldn't change when it is a dp situation. perhaps comparing their gb ratios in dp situations with those in runner on third situations would better showcase the results of situational pitching.
Baseball Prospectus
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Both players mix OK strikeout numbers with good groundball rates, and both are workhorses with solid control.
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At 12:01 a.m. on October 21, 2004, New York batsman Rubén Sierra hit a routine groundball to second baseman Pokey Reese, who threw to first baseman Doug Mientkiewicz for the final putout of a dominant 10-3 victory.
One Season
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This spring he's needed 70 pitches in seven innings, and today he induced eight groundball outs.
Jason Marquis's efficiency, Danny Espinosa's big day, Todd Coffey's dominance
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To some, all the groundball base hits were proof that this offense is multi-dimensional.
Balls Take Yankee Bounce
