When they did make contact, it was often just a ground ball; he recorded nine ground-ball outs, including one that came after an error by Todd Frazier on another ground ball.
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The first inning, it's just a ground ball down the line, another ground ball infield hit, two runs, right there.
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I don't mean a slow ground ball to third, either.
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Moylan retired him on a ground ball on five pitches.
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"That's what you're hoping for — a ground ball," he said.
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Kinsler and Iglesias opened the inning with ground ball hits.
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We need to get a ground ball through the hole.
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Zobrist later scored on a ground ball single to center.
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Morton got a ground ball to second base — Trillo's position.
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Freeland leads the National League with a 61.9 ground-ball percentage.
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Torres hit a slow ground ball, and Eduardo Nunez fielded it.
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"That was an easy ground ball right to me," Soria said.
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He caught two pop-ups and fielded a ground ball cleanly.
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Escobar scored on Albert Pujols' ground ball to shortstop Marcus Semien.
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"Just fielding a ground ball wasn't easy at first," says Carosone.
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"I was trying to get the ground-ball double play," said Rzepczynski.
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There were a lot of ground ball hits in that one inning.
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Sure enough, Frazier proceeded to hit a ground ball up the middle.
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Drew Butera's ground-ball single scored Omar Infante with the first run.
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He allowed five walks but just one hit — a ground-ball single.
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He struck out six, walked one and got 14 ground-ball outs.
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He allowed six hits and one walk, getting nine ground-ball outs.
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Cabrera was injured diving for a ground ball in Friday night's game.
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I tried to keep the ball down and get a ground ball.
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You get a flare to right, broken bat and ground ball single.
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But Alcantara retired Drew Robinson on a ground ball to end the threat.
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Another run scored on a ground ball, putting the Bucs ahead 183-1.
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He did some PFP (pitchers fielding practice) with some light ground ball work.
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Fowler pulled up lame while running out a ground ball to third base.
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"To me, there's a lot of opportunity for ground ball outs," Johnson said.
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The right-hander got nine ground-ball outs and struck out four batters.
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Plawecki then hit a routine ground ball that should have ended the inning.
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"We get that ground ball, and we're not in that situation," Collins said.
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He threw 21 pitches, struck out four and got 217 ground-ball outs.
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He landed awkwardly on first base while running out a ground ball Tuesday.
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Smith had only one strikeout through four innings and one ground-ball out.
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Nothing much came of it, just a routine ground ball to second base.
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I remember one time Willie Stargell nearly killed me with a ground ball.
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He entered with the highest ground-ball ratio in the majors at 60.2 percent.
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Pillar then beat the throw home on a Ryan Goins' ground ball to first.
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However, Colome retired Ryon Healy on a ground ball to record his 23th save.
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Colome, however, induced a ground ball from catcher Christian Bethancourt for a double play.
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So, yeah, acquiring some more ground-ball pitchers in the offseason couldn't hurt. [MLB]
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Posey and Duffy got advantageous jumps on Brandon Belt's ground ball to second base.
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Familia then snared Nick Markakis's ground ball to start a game-ending double play.
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As ground-ball specialists, he and Stroman rely on the Blue Jays' strong defense.
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The article also referred incorrectly to Dallas Keuchel's ground-ball-to-fly-ball rate.
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Keuchel retired the side in order in the first inning on ground-ball outs.
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Three pitches later, Gary Sanchez hit a sharply hit ground ball to left field.
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After Barnette struck out Albert Pujols, Daniel Nava hit a ground ball that Odor bobbled.
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With a mix of low pitches in the zone, Gibson got 11 ground-ball outs.
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Alvarado then retired Dixon Machado on a fielder's choice ground ball to end the game.
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They get a ground ball for a run, then a wild pitch on a strikeout.
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I felt at that time he was the best guy to get that ground ball.
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Martinez was injured while running out a ground ball in the first inning on Saturday.
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Pat Murphy, the Brewers' bench coach, gestured to an infielder scooping a lazy ground ball.
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That is fine when charging a chopping ground ball or throwing from an awkward angle.
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Stanton made contact for the final out, but hit a harmless ground ball to short.
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Watson responded by striking out Aaron Hicks and retiring Pete Kozma on a ground ball.
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He gave up a leadoff single to Dee Gordon and then got a ground ball.
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Trusting that, trusting the process, knowing when and how to get the ground-ball outs.
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"It's a routine ground ball that I'm used to making," Torreyes said of the grounder.
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Ruggiano appeared to get hurt running out a ground ball in the bottom of the third.
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He said he suffered a hamstring tweak while fielding a ground ball in the fourth inning.
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Kaleb Cowart then hit a sharp ground ball that had the potential to bring Perez home.
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After Jacoby Ellsbury flied out to left, Headley hit a ground ball between first and second.
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Beltre's ground ball to shortstop was fielded by Jorge Polanco, who threw Choo out at home.
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Howie Kendrick followed with a ground ball off a checked swing in front of the plate.
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Kim was initially injured running out a ground ball July 2289 against the Los Angeles Angels.
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"Most of my pitches sink, so I get a lot of ground-ball outs," Rusin said.
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In the fifth inning, Alex Rodriguez left clutching his hamstring after running out a ground ball.
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In that situation I wanted a ground ball, I got it, it just wasn't at somebody.
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Buxton took third on a flyout and scored on Dozier's ground ball to shortstop Tim Anderson.
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He knows how to get a ground ball and help him get out of some trouble.
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Smoker got weak contact, but Freeman's ground ball went into shallow center field for a single.
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With the infield in, Guillermo Heredia pushed a ground-ball single to center, bringing home Valencia.
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Pinch hitter Rosell Herrera led off with a ground-ball double down the first-base line.
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Mark Canha drove in the game's first run with a ground ball that scored Marcus Semien.
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Roberts said he let Kelly face Kendrick because he thought he could induce a ground ball.
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Keuchel entered his 16th start of the season leading the major leagues in ground-ball rate.
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Adeiny Hechavarria tripled and scored on Freeman's ground ball, resulting in the first baseman's 121st RBI.
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Nick Markakis walked, went to third on Matt Adams' single and scored on a ground ball.
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Castro suffered the injury while running to first base on a ground ball in Monday night's game.
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He got Trout to ground into a double play, then retired Albert Pujols on a ground ball.
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Sabathia ended his outing by inducing a weak ground ball by Jay Bruce to end the fifth.
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He also made a key defensive play, getting an out at the plate on a ground ball.
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Prado followed with an RBI double on another ground ball to Reynolds, who retreated rather than charged.
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Gennett made a diving catch on a Rojas ground ball, saving a run and ending the game.
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The Indians then tried to get fancy on a ground ball from Addison Russell and it backfired.
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He committed a two-base throwing error after Gardner hit a leadoff ground ball to the mound.
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He handled himself adequately in the field, missing one ground ball down the line in the sixth.
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Still, it was enough time to experience the nerves of his first at-bat and ground ball.
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"Whether I'm jumping over the fence or fielding a routine ground ball, I'm not changing," he said.
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Castro was injured during Monday's 6-5 victory while running to first base on a ground ball.
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He left Sunday's game in the sixth inning after bruising his left knee diving for a ground ball.
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Eovaldi then started using his splitter to get four of his five strikeouts and four ground ball outs.
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One out later, Kole Calhoun hit a sharp ground ball that second baseman Odor speared while playing in.
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Bryce Harper had a single and scored the only run for Philadelphia on an Odubel Herrera ground ball.
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Castro was placed on the DL after getting injured running out a ground ball June 27 in Chicago.
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He was injured running out a ground ball in the third inning Tuesday night and left the game.
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Arrieta (3-1) allowed six hits and two runs and induced the Mets into 12 ground-ball outs.
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On Thursday night, he hit a ground ball up the middle and slid into second with a double.
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He moved to second on Alex Presley's single and scored on JaCoby Jones' ground ball single to left.
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Eighth inning, runner on, Linares hit a ground-ball base hit and we tie the score, 2-2.
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As he slid into second base on a ground ball by Cody Bellinger, Machado's outstretched hand hit Arcia.
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The Rockies tied a franchise record for a nine-inning game by inducing five ground-ball double plays.
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After Jorge Polanco flied to left, C.J. Cron's ground ball eluded Hunter Dozier at third to score Arraez.
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Keuchel (225-2) had a season-high 16 ground-ball outs while surrendering three hits and one walk.
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Zimmerman understood what Murphy meant, and he does have a better ground-ball-to-fly-ball ratio now.
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I came and I practiced getting the ground ball on the line, touching third and throwing to second.
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Hicks' throw occurred just before the Red Sox scored their first run on a ground ball by Bogaerts.
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Following a Bryce Harper walk, Cubs shortstop Addison Russell booted a Ryan Zimmerman ground ball, allowing Turner to score.
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Machado plated Rickard and came around to score when Trumbo's ground ball went off third baseman Eduardo Escobar's glove.
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On his 22th and final pitch, Tanaka had a ground ball by Yandy Diaz go off his lower leg.
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Healy left with a face contusion after being hit by a ground ball hit by Duda in the sixth.
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Lowrie botched a two-out ground ball in the sixth, allowing the first run of the game to score.
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Everytime we'd get something going, he was able to put enough of something different to get a ground ball.
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The Angels scratched for a final run in the ninth inning with Cron scoring on a Robinson ground ball.
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He worked quickly by getting 8 first-pitch strikes and kept his defense active with 11 ground ball outs.
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Abreu was injured when he attempted to back-hand a ground ball in the top of the fifth inning.
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After striking out Park, Eduardo Escobar's ground ball single to center scored Mauer to tie the score at 2.
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A stolen base and a ground ball moved Pagan to third base with two outs and Brandon Crawford awaiting.
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See, even a few months ago, Scalise bending over to field a ground ball, however mechanical, wasn't an option.
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Durham's mitt may have, in essence, been stuck shut as he was trying to snare a crucial ground ball.
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He was removed in the third inning of Monday's game after getting hurt while running out a ground ball.
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Keuchel ended that threat with a ground-ball out, his 16th of the game for a season-high total.
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Starter Bartolo Colon left after four pitches when a ground ball off Whit Merrifield's bat hit Colon's right thumb.
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Clevinger sustained the injury in his Monday start against the Texas Rangers while fielding a second-inning ground ball.
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He then scored when Cubs second baseman Javier Baez threw wide of third base on Neil Walker's ground ball.
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The Cubs loaded the bases with two outs for Russell, who hit a ground ball to the pitcher's mound.
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Another run came home when Oakland first baseman Matt Olson failed to glove a ground ball off Gardner's bat.
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With one out and runners on first and third, Alex Bregman hit a ground ball to Gregorius at shortstop.
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But Chad Green, who relieved Ottavino, got Eddie Rosario to drill a ground ball into the Yankees' shifted defense.
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"Coming into that situation I was just hoping to get a ground ball, maybe a double play," Bedrosian said.
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But Chapman induced a ground ball from his former Cubs teammate Dexter Fowler to seal a 4-3 victory.
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Rosario said covering second base and then breaking the opposite direction for a ground ball was a difficult play.
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Riddle then hit a ground ball down the first-base line that Lucas Duda deflected but could not field.
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The Yankees took their first lead on pinch hitter Didi Gregorius' ground ball single that went off Biagini's glove.
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"He made good pitches to Freeman, and Kemp hit a ground ball through" manager Craig Counsell said of Peralta.
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The big first baseman had a ground ball take a high hop and deflect off his right chest on Friday.
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"I made a really, really big pitch to Saunders — a 23-and-22016 cutter for the ground ball," Lester said.
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Pinch runner Gordon Beckham tried to take third on Jacob Hannemann's ground ball, but shortstop Marcus Semien threw him out.
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Garrett Cooper extended his hit streak to 12 games by pulling a ground-ball double down the third-base line.
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Cano began the inning by hitting a ground ball off the heel of second baseman Pennington's glove for an error.
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But being able to bounce-back, we regrouped got the ground ball from Voit to get out of the inning.
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Willson Contreras reached base when Kipnis muffed a ground ball that could have been the third out of the inning.
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Adam Jones reached after first baseman Sano couldn't handle a routine throw from shortstop Jorge Polanco on a ground ball.
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Through three starts, his ground-ball rate of 65.2 percent is tied for the third highest among qualified starting pitchers.
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A ground ball by Francisco Cervelli drove in the third run, and Austin Riley's sacrifice fly brought in the fourth.
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He got eight ground-ball outs and two in the air in what was his best performance of the season.
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LeMahieu had reached on a ground ball single and went to second on a strange wild pitch by Zack Greinke.
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"I felt like I took every pitch, every bat, every ground ball like it could be my last," Veazey said.
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Another was seeing Aroldis Chapman run at full speed to cover first on a ground ball to the right side.
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Lind sprained his right index finger while fielding a ground ball in Sunday's 3-2 win against the Oakland Athletics.
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The left-hander needed two pitches to retire pinch hitter Blake Swihart on a ground ball to shortstop Marcus Semien.
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We got a bunch of ground ball base hits through the holes and it was a good offensive day for us.
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But Brantley came back in the fifth with a ground-ball single to right field to score Jose Altuve, who doubled.
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The Indians held a 1-0 lead in the second after Franmil Reyes scored on a ground ball by Greg Allen.
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Valbuena collapsed attempting to beat out a ground ball to Yankees SS Didi Gregorius and required help to leave the field.
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Schwarber reached third on Jason Heyward's fielder's choice grounder but was tagged out at home on Victor Caratini's infield ground ball.
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Alex Verdugo doubled and scored when Padres third baseman Manny Machado uncorked a wild throw after a Justin Turner ground ball.
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Michael Taylor led off with a sharp ground ball that got past third baseman Mike Moustakas for a two-base error.
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Adalberto Mejia finished seven innings in Monday's victory and Gibson used his ground ball-heavy approach to stay out of trouble.
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A ground ball hit to the second baseman when a runner is on first base should result in a double play.
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But with Perez on second and two outs, Carlos Santana rocketed a ground ball to the left side of the infield.
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"Throw my sinker down and make sure they make contact and get a ground ball and believe in myself," he said.
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He then buckled down to record consecutive ground-ball outs after Escobar dropped a sacrifice bunt that advanced Orlando to third.
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In L.A.'s 4-3 victory in Game 2, Machado failed to run out a ground ball in a close game.
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That makes sense, given that the Yankees have the highest ground-ball ratio of any pitching staff in the American League.
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Mets starter Robert Gsellman lasted only three innings after he suffered a left hamstring injury while running out a ground ball.
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The Dodgers finally broke through in the sixth inning when Andre Ethier's ground ball sneaked through to right field, scoring Pederson.
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The Astros' George Springer hit a ground ball up the middle that neither Paxton nor second baseman Gleyber Torres could corral.
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Now, if you've got a ground-ball pitcher and a bunch of left-handers coming up, it's probably a different story.
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He went 1 for 4, notching his first major league hit by beating out a ground ball in the eighth inning.
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Eric Thames led off with a double, but was retired at third when he tried to advance on Santana's ground ball.
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Indeed, his ground-ball rate rose from about 42 percent in 2016 to nearly 51 percent last season, according to FanGraphs.com.
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Eaton lined a one-out single and moved to second when Lowrie, playing second base, threw late after fielding Rollins' ground ball.
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But if we get it below the zone, he probably swings over the top of it and maybe hits a ground ball.
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He allowed two runs and eight hits in eight innings, walking two and striking out five while recording nine ground-ball outs.
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Mancini also homered, his 53th, in the third off Gray, who was lifted after Gregorius deflected Nunez's ground ball into left field.
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Kirk Nieuwenhuis doubled off the right-field fence, driving in Lucroy, but Gray retired Martin Maldonado on a ground ball to Semien.
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Second baseman Starlin Castro left the game because of a strained right hamstring that he sustained while running out a ground ball.
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Third baseman Giovanny Urshela booted a ground ball by Starlin Castro that would have been the second out of the second inning.
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Kelly committed a fielding error on a spinning ground ball along the first base line to start the third for St. Louis.
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Another time he grabbed a ground ball behind second and did a pop-up slide on the bag to force the runner.
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Starlin Castro drew a one-out walk, and the Marlins caught a break on a ground ball to Sogard at second base.
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The rookie bobbled a ground ball from Los Angeles Angels SS Andrelton Simmons in the third inning of a 1-0 loss.
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Torres fielded a ground ball by Kiermaier but threw the ball into the stands as heavy rains descended on to the field.
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Fortunately for us, Alex made a great pitch, he got him to hit the ground ball and Longo (Evan Longoria) turned it.
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LeMahieu sustained a left knee contusion diving for a ground ball in the sixth inning Sunday and had to leave the game.
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Mikolas, who grew up less than two hours from Marlins Park, struck out just one batter but got 14 ground-ball outs.
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Wheeler (9-6) struck out five, walked one and induced 53 ground-ball outs while throwing 101 pitches, including 72 for strikes.
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The hits in the fourth inning, I can kind of look away and forget about those — bad contact and a ground ball.
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Valencia hit a sharp ground ball past diving third baseman Escobar for a single that ended Weaver's streak of 14 successive outs.
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Brian Anderson led off by reaching on an error, a ground ball that rolled through the legs of rookie second baseman Albies.
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Walker was tested defensively when Eric Hosmer ripped a ground ball to him at second base with one out in the ninth.
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The Mets were two outs away — or, rather, one fielded ground ball away — from completing their first series sweep in a month.
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He retired Melky Cabrera on a first pitch fly ball to shallow center and Eric Hosmer on a ground ball to third.
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He hurt his right foot trying to track down a ground ball in the fourth and limped his way into the sixth.
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Miller proceeded to strike out Addison Russell and to retire Jason Heyward on a ground ball to first to preserve the shutout.
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Despite his inflated ERA, Perdomo, 23, has the best ground-ball rate (59 percent) of any NL pitcher with at least 100 innings.
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When he gets right, he'll probably still be a more of a ground ball guy, but not as extensive as it is now.
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Kevin Pillar's hard ground ball deflected off Evan Longoria to Robertson at shortstop, who got the out at first as Barney took second.
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Carpenter began bleeding after fielding a ground ball by New York CF Aaron Hicks that deflected off his hand and into the glove.
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That's what you want, the ground ball to get the third out and try to give us a chance to win the game.
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He also made a diving stop on a ground ball by Kansas City 1B Eric Hosmer for the final out of the third.
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Duffy again had to work out of a jam in the fourth, which Eduardo Escobar began with a ground ball single to center.
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Gardner followed with a hard ground ball that deflected off left-hander Xavier Cedeno's glove and allowed McCann to score the tying run.
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He struck out two and got seven ground-ball outs, but he was forced to leave the game due to an unspecified injury.
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The crowd went wild when the first ground ball of the game went straight to him and he took the Democratic player out.
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Indeed, in the seven regular-season starts since he came back from knee surgery last September, he has averaged 12 ground-ball outs.
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Yonder Alonso recorded the first hit, leading off the eighth with a ground ball that found its way past Torres into the outfield.
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With two runners on and two out, Jose Reyes hit a ground ball up the middle that was scooped up by Rougned Odor.
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Devenski retired Stephen Vogt on a slow ground ball to shortstop Carlos Correa that brought home Smolinski, giving Oakland a 1-0 lead.
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Castro capped the rally, throwing his bat at a low slider and pulling an RBI ground-ball triple down the third base line.
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One of the areas highlighted for improvement: "If I didn't hit a ground ball all year, I'd be in good shape," he said.
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Boston scored three runs in the second inning, highlighted by the first RBI of Price's career on a ground-ball single to right.
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But Marlins first baseman Justin Bour made a stellar defensive play on a ground ball by Carlos Santana, keeping the Phillies off the scoreboard.
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Potentially, I could have gotten a ground-ball double play, but I fell behind, he was taking, I kept throwing balls and ... (stuff) happens.
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Rondon came in with two on and two out in the sixth inning Friday night and got the third out on a ground ball.
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He scored when first baseman Cody Bellinger could not hit Darvish on a throw to first base after a ground ball from Alex Bregman.
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Rosales then made a diving stop of Ben Revere's ground ball up the middle and threw to second for the force, saving a run.
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Both runs were unearned after the sixth inning started with a throwing error by third baseman Justin Turner on a ground ball by Baez.
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Davies was lifted after speedster Billy Hamilton's ground ball trickled under second baseman Jonathan Villar in the seventh, putting runners at first and third.
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Francisco Lindor hit a ground ball to first baseman Kennys Vargas, who threw to shortstop Jorge Polanco at second for the force on Jackson.
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He had a forgettable debut on Sunday, with a strikeout, a ground-ball double play, a foul out and a fly out to right.
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Munoz scored and Harrison Bader reached safely when a ground ball got under the glove of Reds third baseman Eugenio Suarez for an error.
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Eflin (231-03), who struck out seven without walking a batter, benefited from 20 ground-ball outs to post his fourth career complete game.
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Mackanin removed Herrera from the game after he didn't run out a ground ball back to the pitcher in the top of the seventh.
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Fulmer, 25, ripped a ground ball to third base in his first career at-bat but injured his leg while hustling down the line.
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On Wednesday in Arizona, Headley threw to first base when he had Jean Segura hung up between third and home on a ground ball.
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He also made a diving stop on a ground ball by Baltimore C Wellington Castillo when he ranged about three steps to his right.
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Cron singled up the middle to begin the inning, then Giavotella beat second baseman Logan Forsythe's throw on a ground ball for another hit.
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Syndergaard got a pop-up for the inning's second out, but Rivera bobbled the next ground ball for his second error of the inning.
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Reds reliever Amir Garrett entered, and Andrew McCutchen drove in what proved to be the difference-making run with a fielder's choice ground ball.
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Wong, 27, underwent tests in St. Louis on Monday after injuring his hamstring while running out a ground ball in Saturday's game at Colorado.
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After falling behind in the count at 235-2, Beltre hit a ground ball to second base, moving Andrus to third with one out.
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The All-Star outfielder had a pregame meeting with Manager Dave Martinez after Harper failed to run out a fifth-inning ground ball Friday.
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But when the next batter, -of the Kansas City Royals, chopped a ground ball toward third base, even the sure-handed Urshela was helpless.
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Cashner (4-03) retired 10 consecutive batters before Jeff McNeil singled on a ground ball that caromed off first base in the fourth inning.
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Ward called the same situation a few moments later, and Turner bounded a ground ball to second to move the imaginary runner to third.
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Miguel Rojas broke up Richard's bid for the no-hitter with a clean, ground-ball single to center with two outs in the seventh.
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A day earlier, he landed on it awkwardly as he attempted to field a ground ball in the Yankees' 245-210 win over Texas.
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That's the difference between a ground ball and a line drive, broadly speaking, and it's happening for Altuve with no meaningful drop in contact ability.
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New York expanded its lead off Tim Hill when Kansas City was unable to turn a double play on a ground ball by Gleyber Torres.
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In the bottom of the fifth on Sunday night in Kansas City, a ground ball from Omar Infante dragged Wright nearly to the foul line.
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An out later, Moran's ground ball went for a two-run single and a 10-2 lead on the play where Arcia and Hiura collided.
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He was buoyed by the ground ball, inducing 11 groundouts, among them four double plays and an around-the-horn triple play in the third.
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With Los Angeles threatening to add to its 2-0 lead, Cano made a backhanded stop of SS Andrelton Simmons' ground ball up the middle.
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The Pirates scored four times in the second inning, starting things when third baseman Muncy had a throwing error on Elias Diaz's leadoff ground ball.
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One error occurred when he did not cleanly field a ground ball, and he was charged with another when he threw wide of first base.
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"Parnell did get a ground ball and if it's five feet to the right, it was a double-play ball," Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said.
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Former Marlin Adeiny Hechavarria's groundout drove in Cano, and Michael Conforto beat out a ground ball to second baseman Starlin Castro to score Todd Frazier.
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In the second inning Sunday, he killed a bases-loaded threat with a ground ball back to the mound that resulted in a double play.
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I want them to see that I play defense as hard as I can, I go after every ground ball as hard as I can.
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Didi Gregorius made a curiously weak throw to first base on Alex Bregman's ground ball, and that forced D.J. LeMahieu to make a nice scoop.
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Yangervis Solarte followed with a ground-ball single through the right side and Pirela beat a strong throw to third from right-fielder Yasiel Puig.
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"He had a good day (Sunday) … BP, aggressive infield and ground-ball work," Red Sox manager John Farrell told reporters about Pedroia, who is batting .
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With one out, Yan Gomes hit a ground ball to short, and both he and the throw from shortstop Miller arrived at the same time.
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Machado hit an infield single with one out, moved to second on a passed ball and took third when Alonso booted Andrew Romine's ground ball.
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With one final meek ground ball, the Indians went gently into that good night, and the Cubs erupted in a celebration 20073 years in the making.
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Drew has not played since April 11 when he suffered the injury running out a ground ball in the fifth inning against the St. Louis Cardinals.
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With two out, Gonzalez hit a ground ball to third baseman Javier Baez, who threw to second baseman Ben Zobrist in an attempt to retire Seager.
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Yuli Gurriel made a great diving play to stop a Trea Turner ground ball and he dived again to reach first base for the final out.
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A wild pitch by Kershaw moved Longoria and Pillar up a base before Crawford brought home Longoria on a fielder's choice ground ball to second base.
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Harper left after his left foot slipped on the first base bag as he tried to beat out a ground ball to first baseman Ryder Jones.
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With Neil Walker at third base and James Loney at first with one out, Wilmer Flores hit a broken-bat ground ball to Schimpf at second.
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Trayce Thompson followed with a ground ball to third base that was thrown away by Shaw, allowing Tilson to score and Thompson to advance to second.
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The shortstop made a sliding, backhanded catch of Joc Pederson's ground ball at the cut of the outfield grass near second base and threw Pederson out.
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That came against Samardzija in the fifth inning, when Garrett Hampson beat out a bunt with one out and took second on Tony Wolters' ground ball.
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Leadoff batter Dee Gordon walked, stole his 16th base of the season and scored on a one-out, ground-ball single to center by Christian Yelich.
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If he does not hustle to first base on a ground ball, he becomes a stand-in for the insufficient work ethic of his entire generation.
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Asked to work out of a terrible jam, Otero immediately got a ground ball to third-base from Kris Bryant to erase the run at home.
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Lindor, who started the at-bat behind 21923-13, hit a ground ball that the Cubs turned into a double play, Baez to Russell to Rizzo.
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The run was unearned after Marlins first baseman Justin Bour couldn't handle a hard ground ball that hit his glove, putting runners on first and third.
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SS Jose Iglesias was back at shortstop Saturday after taking a wild throw off his right hand running out a ground ball in the sixth inning.
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Marte also had a costly error on a ground ball off the bat of Houston's Jose Altuve that took a bad hop in front of him.
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Harper was running out a ground ball in the first inning when he avoided contact with Giants first baseman Ryder Jones and slipped on the base.
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LF T.J. Rivera left Tuesday's game against the Washington Nationals in the seventh inning after he limped to first base while running out a ground ball.
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He did record 10 ground-ball outs, including a crucial double play off the bat of Altuve to stifle an Astros threat in the third inning.
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But he left the game after being hit on the lower right leg by Pinder's hard ground ball that went for a one-out infield single.
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Pujols, who went to Fort Osage High about 15 miles from Kauffman Stadium, hit a ground ball single up the middle to score Escobar and Calhoun.
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Pagan hit a hard ground ball down the left-field line for a single in the third inning before finishing 2100-for-3 with an intentional walk.
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"I was trying to get a double play there, and I was fortunate that I got a swing from (Perez) to get a ground ball," Treinen said.
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Bruce misplayed a ground ball single to right field in the first inning and then missed hitting a home run by a few feet in the second.
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With two outs, Inciarte brought Santana home from third with a double to right on a ground ball down the line that got past first baseman Alonso.
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With Brad Miller at third and Logan Morrison at second and two outs, Corey Dickerson hit a sharp ground ball into the hole on the left side.
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The hit came after Murphy made an error on a ground ball off the bat of Eric Campbell that could have been an inning-ending double play.
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"If I were the make a pitch to Judge there, one out (I) get a ground ball, we wouldn't be talking about a leadoff walk," Andriese said.
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Zack Cozart hit a sharp ground ball to third baseman Matt Chapman, who backhanded the ball but threw to first base off line and in the dirt.
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Former Marlin Adeiny Hechavarria's ground out drove in Cano, and Michael Conforto beat out a ground ball to Marlins second baseman Starlin Castro to score Todd Frazier.
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Mark Teixeira followed with a single to right, and Brian McCann loaded the bases when Ryan Goins mishandled a ground ball that was charitably scored a hit.
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Austin Romine drove in Rodriguez, dribbling a ground ball through the no man's land between the pitcher's mound and third base for a 2-1 Yankees lead.
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"Just the situation of the game you set up a force-out everywhere and (Jeremy) Jeffress is a ground-ball pitcher with a heavy sinker," Turner said.
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The death knell arrived in the seventh, when Tim Flannery's ground ball squirted between Leon Durham's legs at first base, leading to a four-run Padres rally.
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Bergman was originally slated to play with the Republicans, but unfortunately had to bow out after taking a ground ball to the kneecap at a baseball practice.
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But in the top of the sixth, the Cubs' Javier Baez led off with a ground ball chopped to Anthony Rendon, the Nationals' slick-fielding third baseman.
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Alex Bregman scored on a ground ball hit by Altuve that gave the Astros a 2-0 lead before the Dodgers had even came up to bat.
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In the third, Santana laced a single to left with one out and stopped at second on Michael Brantley's ground ball single to right with two outs.
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He entered with two on and two outs in the top of the 10th and got Willson Contreras on a weak ground ball back to the mound.
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Running with the pitch, Margot reached second on Hosmer's ground ball and third on a wild pitch before coasting in on Spangenberg's ground single to right field.
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Chapman booted C Wilson Ramos' hard ground ball in the second inning, ending his streak of 22017 chances without an error to begin his major-league career.
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He got tired in the seventh, issuing two walks, but finished the day allowing just two hits while striking out three and inducting nine ground ball outs.
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Willy Adames delivered a ground-ball single to left field and scored a run in Rays' half of the fifth inning after starting the season 1-for-27.
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But when Fiers induced a double-play ground ball from Red Sox catcher Christian Vasquez, it allowed him to erase Josh Rutledge, who singled, and cap the fourth.
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However, the right-hander was impressively efficient as he struck out five, walked one and induced 13 ground-ball outs while throwing 101 pitches, including 72 for strikes.
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A weak ground ball off the bat of Gregory Polanco managed to get through Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard and into the outfield, allowing Josh Bell to score.
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In Game 4, with the Mets leading 43-2 in the eighth, Murphy tried to scoop up a harmless ground ball that ended up trickling under his glove.
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Jean Segura, Mitch Haniger and Cruz then strung together ground-ball hits to left field in succession, with Cruz plating Segura to cut the deficit to one run.
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With runners on first and second, third baseman Todd Frazier misplayed Eduardo Nunez's ground ball, making the error while transferring the ball from his glove to his hand.
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Left-hander Andrew Chafin entered and gave up ground-ball singles to right field by the next two hitters, Yasiel Puig and Adrian Gonzalez, to finish the scoring.
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After Jay Bruce's ground ball advanced Flores to third, Frazier came through with his fly ball to medium-deep left field, easily scoring Flores with the difference-maker.
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After the Mets scored two runs to tie it, a ground ball by Mookie Wilson passed through Buckner's legs and allowed Ray Knight to score the winning run.
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While attempting to field a ground ball, Verlander fell to his back and wound up throwing the ball off his leg, leaving the runner safe at first base.
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Cubs starter Jon Lester held the Dodgers scoreless until the fifth before Culberson led off with a double and later scored on Turner's ground-ball single to right.
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He's not walking almost anyone (just four in 26.2 innings), he's got a silly 56.7 percent ground ball rate, and he's not allowed a single homer all season.
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Baltimore took the lead in the sixth when Jonathan Villar beat a throw home on a ground ball by Pedro Severino to second base with the infield in.
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And then he induced a ground ball from Brian McCann which second baseman Logan Forsythe fielded in shallow right field before throwing him out to end the inning.
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But after Tanaka struck out Yordan Alvarez, Gregorius made a perfect, easy throw to first base after he scooped up a ground ball off the bat of Gurriel.
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Hinch went to Pressly, who got Didi Gregorius out on a weak ground ball but appeared to be injured on the play as he limped to the dugout.
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Yet with a thin market for starting pitchers, the Astros acted quickly to sign Morton, eager to pair his ground-ball tendencies with their young and athletic infielders.
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Another Yankees runner was cut down at home when Contreras tagged out Aaron Judge, who had tried to score on a ground ball to second baseman Ben Zobrist.
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They taxed Santana early and loaded the bases against Duffey with two outs in the seventh, but Rogers induced an inning-ending ground ball to smother that threat.
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The winning run was scored by Herold Dominic "Muddy" Ruel in the 12th inning on a ground ball that bounced over the head of the Giants' third baseman.
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He got 22 ground-ball outs, including three double plays, and did not allow a hit after opposing pitcher Matt Boyd's infield single leading off the third inning.
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In addition, because Indians pitchers lead the majors in strikeouts and were eighth in ground-ball rate, their outfielders had the third-fewest chances in baseball this season.
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Jays third baseman Josh Donaldson left the game with right calf tightness after he tried to beat out a ground ball deep to third base in the sixth inning.
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He walked George Springer, the leadoff hitter, but used his power sinking fastball in the mid 90s to get a inning-ending ground ball double play from Michael Brantley.
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Alvarado allowed a hit and a walk in the ninth, but retired Brandon Crawford on a ground ball as the potential game-tying run to record his fourth save.
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The key play was Belt's error on a ground ball by Jake Lamb near the first base line that allowed Chris Owings (double) and Paul Goldschmidt (walk) to score.
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He led off the first with a ground ball up the middle that caromed off the second base bag and rolled into short left center field for a double.
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Mercer also threw Phillips out at home trying to score from second when third baseman David Freese misplayed a ground ball as the Pirates trailed 3-2 after five.
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I mean, if you get overeager right there, you're going to put that sinker in play, it's a ground ball to third base, inning over, none of this happens.
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Third baseman Anthony Rendon, trying for a force play at second, made a throwing error on Chris Iannetta's ground ball, putting runners at first and third with nobody out.
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Pujols' weak ground ball scored Yunel Escobar in the eighth inning to give the Angels a 2-214 win over the Oakland Athletics on Monday night at Angel Stadium.
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Ohtani belted a home run off Luis Severino in his first at-bat, but left after tweaking his ankle while running out a ground ball the next time up.
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McKinney, in his debut in left field on Friday, recorded his first major league hit, a ground-ball single off Blue Jays starter Aaron Sanchez in the second inning.
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And when Bregman hit a ground ball, Gregorius hesitated just enough when he looked at Altuve at third base that Bregman beat out the double play at first base.
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A potentially fruitful scoring chance for the Yankees in the sixth inning fizzled when Altuve booted a ground ball but Correa, the shortstop, smartly raced over to recover it.
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Gardner hit a ground ball to reliever Xavier Cedeno, who, seeing that his middle infielders were unable to cover second base in time, rushed a throw to first base.
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As the Mets threatened with the bases loaded in the sixth inning, Padres shortstop Allen Cordoba made a stunning diving stop of a ground ball to save two runs.
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The ground ball he hit came against his good friend Pedro Strop, with whom he had lunch last week when the Yankees and the Cubs were both in Boston.
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The right fielder hurt himself as he tried to beat out a ground ball in the fourth inning of the Giants' 5-4, 11-inning loss to the Braves.
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Manager Terry Collins said he noticed Cabrera didn't look right while fielding a ground ball earlier in the week and decided to play it safe by sitting him Friday.
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Odorizzi allowed his first baserunner in the sixth, as Yankees first baseman Dustin Ackley reached when shortstop Brad Miller double-clutched a ground ball and was late with the throw.
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His final at bat could hardly have been more typical - a ground ball out that he very nearly legged into an infield single with a full-bore sprint to first.
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When Yoenis Cespedes then hit a ground ball to the left side of the infield — a play that normally keeps runners frozen at second base — Cabrera nevertheless advanced to third.
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Cleveland had runners at first and second with two outs when Tyler Naquin hit a ground ball to the right of first baseman Mark Teixeira, who made a diving stop.
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Adam Jones hit a leadoff single, advanced on Alex Avila's two-out, full-count walk, and scored when Greinke drilled a ground-ball double past a diving Walker at third.
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Anderson drove in his second run in the ninth when his ground ball deflected off first baseman Luke Voit's glove for a New York's third error as Adam Engel scored.
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The Mariners took a 1-0 lead when Gordon doubled to center field, advanced on a fielding error by shortstop Didi Gregorius and scored on Haniger's ground ball to third.
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The Dodgers' Corey Seager led off the ninth with an infield single, but Knebel ended it on strikeouts of Justin Turner, Curtis Granderson and a ground ball from Yasmani Grandal.
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Scherzer hit a leadoff ground-ball single to center, advanced to third when Adam Eaton pulled a double down the right-field line and scored on a Lopez wild pitch.
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Pineda said that if a pitch was located well, it could lead to a ground ball or strikeout — the kind of results that can keep Baltimore's power hitters at bay.
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Rivera was not charged with a third error when his throw to first on a Jean Segura ground ball was short and James Loney did not stretch enough for it.
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With runners on first and second and nobody out in the first inning, Refsnyder dived to his left to snare a sharp ground ball off the bat of Carlos Ruiz.
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Reliever Kelvin Herrera fielded a ground ball in the ninth inning, hobbled to first base and collapsed to the ground, leaving the field on a cart with a foot injury.
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"If you aim for a line drive, and you miss a little under or on top, you're going to hit a ground ball or a fly ball," Van Scoyoc said.
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In Matz's fateful third inning, shortstop Jose Reyes failed to cleanly field a ground ball, and second baseman Wilmer Flores could not hold on to the ball flipped to him.
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Robert Gsellman, the Mets' youngest player, was equally dejected after he pulled up lame with a left hamstring strain running to first base trying to beat out a ground ball.
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In the top of the ninth, he made a diving stop to his right of 3B Evan Longoria's hot ground ball and strong throw to first, saving a leadoff double.
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McCarver, a former major league catcher, told him that they were deciding who would cover second base on a ground ball to the pitcher with a runner on first base.
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"He made it interesting with a couple of leadoff walks late, but he gets the ground ball and that's what he's really good at," Rockies manager Walt Weiss said of Chatwood.
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"It's very important to have a ground ball guy coming out of your pen, because if he gets into trouble he can bail himself out with a double play," Baker said.
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In the sixth, the Rays' Evan Longoria pulled a ground ball just past third baseman Deven Marrero's glove, then scored on Ramos' two-run home run for a 4-1 lead.
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The Angels, though, missed a chance for more when Trout grounded into an inning-ending double play, marking the 53rd ground-ball double play of his career and first this season.
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RF Stephen Piscotty was placed on the 10-day disabled Friday because of a strained right hamstring sufferedThursday against Milwaukee as he ran out a ground ball in the second inning.
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He showed his defensive skills, however, fielding a ground ball deep to his right and getting the out at first to save a run before the game got out of hand.
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What I see is more like a series of small errors — a missed ground ball, a dropped pop fly — that led to questions about The Times's motives, logic and common decency.
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The Giants then finally got to Wheeler in the bottom of the inning when Belt doubled, took third on Austin Slater's ground ball and scored on Shaw's one-out fly ball.
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He hit two solid singles in three at-bats, cleanly fielded a ground ball at third base and sprinted from first to home on a double, sliding safely across the plate.
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The Dodgers took the lead for good in the fifth on a throwing error by five-time Gold Glove winner Nolan Arenado at third on a ground ball from Alex Verdugo.
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With two outs, Kershaw got Trea Turner to hit a ground ball to Seager, who gloved the ball but could not flip it to second base in time for an out.
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The Dodgers scored their lone run in the sixth inning when pinch hitter Andre Ethier hit a ground ball that found a hole on the right side to score Joc Pederson.
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In this instance, as he ran out a ground ball in the 10th inning, he dragged his left leg and kicked the exposed ankle of the Brewers' first baseman, Jesus Aguilar.
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With two outs in the bottom of the 27th, from her seat in the upper deck, Haddon watched a slow ground ball dance and hop toward Cubs third baseman Kris Bryant.
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The Dodgers loaded the bases in the eighth inning against Cardinals reliever Dakota Hudson (4-0), but Machado was retired on a broken-bat ground ball to shortstop to end the threat.
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Reddick broke his bat and hit a soft ground ball to the hole at shortstop, but his infield single was good enough to score Marcus Semien from second base with two outs.
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"I was just trying to bust him in there, knowing he was going to be swinging 2-and-0, trying to get in and get in a soft ground ball," Flynn said.
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He pulled a ground-ball double down the third-base line, scoring Parra, who was playing his first game since serving a four-game suspension following a Rockies-San Diego Padres brawl.
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In fact, Miami didn't get its first hit until Martin Prado's multiple-hop ground ball found its way past shortstop Trea Turner and into center field with one out in the fifth.
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"He had really good stuff today," said Chicago's Austin Jackson, who went 1-for-23 with a triple and was thrown out at the plate on a ground ball in the eighth.
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"We're running out of time to prove we're a team to contend," said third baseman Chase Headley, who missed a ground ball that extended a five-run eighth inning for the Rangers.
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I hit a couple homers earlier, both on breaking balls, so I assumed he was going to try and attack me with a fastball and then try to get a ground ball.
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With one out, Cron fielded Corey Dickerson's ground ball at first base but drew an error when he made a high throw that kept Weaver from getting the out at first base.
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Take, for instance, a shortstop on the rival Vallejo Admirals, a slick fielder and fast runner who would dive headlong for a ground ball even in the eighth inning of a blowout.
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In the bottom of the sixth inning, Jackie Bradley Jr. of the Red Sox took off from first toward second on a ground ball, just as Austin had done three innings earlier.
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Darvish issued a leadoff walk to Astros catcher Brian McCann to start the second inning and scored on a soft ground ball by pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. to make it 3-0.
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It was his hit, a ground ball up the middle through a hole in the shifted defense, that delivered the final devastating blow to the Yankees in a weekend full of them.
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He also walked and was on third base as the tying run in the seventh inning before breaking his at-bat on a ground ball against LHP Aroldis Chapman in the ninth.
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After Crawford fielded a ground ball from Machado and threw to Hosmer for the final out, Hosmer pumped his fist, and the United States players congregated in the middle of the infield.
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He took second when Luke Voit hit a ground ball that third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grabbed on a diving attempt, then Stanton tried to reach third on the throw to first.
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The White Sox's comeback attempt fell short in the ninth as Royals third baseman Mike Moustakas made a diving stop on a ground ball by Adam Engel that could have tied the game.
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The Padres nearly got to Maeda in the sixth, when Cory Spangenberg, who reached on a fielder's choice, tried to score from third on Wil Myers' ground ball to first baseman Adrian Gonzalez.
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Just step back, step off the mound, 'Hey, I can get a ground ball here, get a double play and we're right back in the ballgame, we're right where we want to be.
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Seager dived to his right to catch a hard ground ball from SS Andrelton Simmons at the foul line, then threw on one bounce to 23B Dae-Ho Lee to end the game.
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Dyson has 29 stolen bases, third in the NL. Marte took third on Escobar's double to left and scored a hard ground ball by Christian Walker that struck Castillo in the left leg.
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He retired 15 in a row until the ninth but with runners on second and third, he retired Headley on a fly ball and Gary Sanchez on a ground ball to end it.
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Turner followed with a single that sent Seager to second base, and Seager came home on Adrian Gonzalez's ground ball that deflected off Bettis' glove and bounded into right-center field for a single.
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In a back-and-forth game, the Dodgers rallied despite seeing Joc Pederson get thrown out at third base in the ninth inning after Alex Verdugo's ground ball to Eric Hosmer at first base.
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The night before Madson had struck out Frazier with two outs and runners on base in the seventh inning, but this time Frazier lashed a ground ball up the middle, scoring Cespedes and Cabrera.
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Cashner erased Bregman when he induced a fielder's choice ground ball from Michael Brantley, but followed by surrendering a deep drive to right-center field off the bat of Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel.
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After a fly out, Markakis beat out a potential double play ground ball after a hard slide by Freeman into second base to enable Garcia to score and give Atlanta a 2-0 lead.
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He cleanly fielded a hard-hit ground ball from Harper for the final out of the game, securing Syndergaard's fourth win of the season, in which he outmatched one of the game's premier pitchers.
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NOTES: SS Jose Iglesias was back at shortstop for Detroit on Saturday after taking a wild throw off his right hand running out a ground ball to short in the sixth inning Friday night.
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One out later, Brewers catcher Manny Pina hit what looked like a double-play ground ball, but Reds second baseman Alex Blandino threw wildly to first to complete the play, allowing Perez to score.
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They have also assembled a pitching staff that leads baseball in strikeout-to-walk ratio and has the highest ground-ball percentage in the American League, categories that are darlings of the statistical set.
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"He's really putting the barrel on the baseball a little bit more consistently now, not only in the air but he's had a lot of ground-ball base hits," Chicago manager Rick Renteria said.
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Morton has transformed himself from a sinker-throwing ground-ball pitcher — his nickname was Ground Chuck — to one who relies on a heavy dose of curveballs, a four-seam fastball and a cut fastball.
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"Say a guy hits a ground ball to short and they throw it back to me from first base — as soon as I grab the ball, I'm running my thumb over these," Mussina says.
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He took second when Luke Voit hit a ground ball that third baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had to make a diving play on and then attempted to reach third on the throw to first.
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Criticized earlier in this series for not hustling to first base on a ground ball, Machado logged his fastest home-to-first time of the season, just under four seconds, according to Statcast data.
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The Michigan product has forced a National League-high 23 groundouts versus only four flyouts in 24 after leading the majors in ground-ball rate (23 percent) over the second half of last season.
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The play is iconic ... Bryant fielded a soft ground ball at third base, hurled it to Rizzo at first -- and just like that, the Cubs beat the Indians to win their first title since 1908!!!!
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NOTES: The Rays put RHP Tommy Hunter on the disabled list before Sunday's game with a right calf strain — he left Saturday's game after he pulled up trying to cover first on a ground ball.
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Corey Dickerson's single and Adeiny Hechavarria's double put runners at second and third with one out in the second, but Dickerson was thrown out at home trying to score on Miller's ground ball to first.
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Tigers shortstop Jose Iglesias made a nice stop up the middle on a ground ball by Mauer and flipped the ball behind his back to Kinsler at second, but the throw sailed wide of first.
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The 2010 American League Rookie of the Year allowed two first-inning runs and a single to start off the second, but then induced a ground-ball double play and retired the next 163 batters.
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The go-ahead run scored in the sixth inning on a two-out error by Marlins second baseman Starlin Castro, who could not corral Enrique Hernandez's hard ground ball that was hit right at him.
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Greg Garcia led off the seventh with a double for the Cardinals, but he was tagged out at third on the next play after trying to advance on a ground ball to Cabrera at shortstop.
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On his 108th pitch of the game, Syndergaard got Panik to chop a ground ball up the middle, which Syndergaard deflected and shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera recovered to throw to first for the inning's final out.
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And that defense was vital in the ninth inning of Game 211969 of the World Series when, with the Orioles threatening, he snared a hard ground ball and threw to first for the final out.
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But, Reggie says he feels terrible that Bill had to deal with such a ridiculous amount of harassment after letting that ground ball go through his legs in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series.
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After he reached second on a Greinke sacrifice and third on an error by Giants center fielder Kevin Pillar, Locastro was tagged out between third and home on Ketel Marte's ground ball for the second out.
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Escobar also made a solid defensive play in the third inning, when he charged and barehanded CF Delino De Shields' ground ball and made a one-hop throw to 1B C.J. Cron to retire De Shields.
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Jesus Aguilar and Domingo Santana hit one-out singles, and with two outs, Orlando Arcia smacked a hard ground ball that deflected off Reds first baseman Joey Votto's glove and trickled down the right field line.
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But he did not allow a hit until there was one out in the fifth, and Schimpf was the who collected it, a ground ball single to center that barely eluded the reach of Walker's dive.
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According to Fangraphs, Britton's ground-ball rate (79.7 percent) is by far the best in the majors — a full 15 percentage points better than the next-closest pitcher with at least 50 innings, Boston's Brad Ziegler.
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Blue Jays 250, Rangers 2000 | Toronto wins series, 3-0 TORONTO — It was not an obvious moment of infamy — no ground ball through the legs, no fastball down the middle just begging to be a hit.
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In Saturday's game, Bregman said, he knew there was a good chance that he would see another slow ground ball off Morton's pitches, so he cheated a bit by moving a few steps toward the plate.
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With good control and ground-ball tendencies, there is an argument to be made (statistics like FIP will make it for you) that in recent years Eovaldi's defenses haven't given a fair account of his pitching.
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He had been taken out of the starting lineup for a game after failing to run out two grounders in Miami, and then he strained his left quadriceps while running out a ground ball on Wednesday.
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Bron -- the biggest shortstop that's ever lived -- robbed wifey Savannah of a base hit early in the game ... stretched a ground ball to short into a double later ... and even hit this moonshot to center field.
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Adames snapped a 13-2 tie with a single on a ground ball that second baseman DJ LeMahieu fielded to the left side of the bag but could not make a throw after making a diving stop.
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Rodney (21-24) walked Logan Forsythe on four pitches to force in a run, and Corey Seager followed with a ground-ball single up the middle to drive in two and tie the score at 20-210.
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On a day he was named an American League All-Star, Giolito cruised, allowing only one hit — a ground-ball single by Jonathan Schoop with one out in the third — while walking none and striking out four.
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A routine ground ball, the kind he snagged easily hundreds of times, the kind he might ordinarily have gloved blindfolded given a chance, rolled through the Red Sox player's legs like a croquet ball through a wicket.
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Saupold sustained the injury in the sixth inning, when he tried to catch a poor throw from 1B Miguel Cabrera while covering first base after Cabrera fielded a ground ball from Los Angeles Angels RF Kole Calhoun.
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Bregman made a splendid backhanded stop to rob Mark Teixeira of a base hit in the second inning and smothered a ground ball from Aaron Hicks before starting an inning-ending double play to close the third.
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When Mazara hit the ground ball that would ruin his bid, it went right where the shortstop would normally be stationed, but Didi Gregorius had been stationed up the middle as part of the Yankees' defensive shift.
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He induced a ground ball from Carlos Correa after Frazier's error, and in the second inning he stranded Yulieski Gurriel at third base after he had doubled and moved over on a ground out by Alex Bregman.
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Jay Bruce's solo shot off David Robertson in the eighth got them even, and Yan Gomes's ground-ball double just inside the third-base line in the 222th lifted the Indians to a stunning 210-303 victory.
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Five of the strikeouts came in the last four innings and he induced nine ground-ball outs, a nice number for someone who is a fly-ball pitcher and has been hurt by home runs this season.
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Dakota Hudson, the St. Louis rookie starter who was making his first postseason appearance, lasted until the fifth inning, when Atlanta stitched together three runs from a ground ball, an error and an Ozzie Albies home run.
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Gyorko helps Cardinals beat Padres SAN DIEGO — Appropriately, the last out in St. Louis' 2101-22 win over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park Sunday afternoon was a ground ball to Cardinals second baseman Jedd Gyorko.
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The defensive play of the game came in the top of the seventh when the Astros had runners on first and third with two outs, and second baseman Jose Altuve hit a soft ground ball to Justin Turner.
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He recorded no strikeouts for the first time in his career, but survived with 15 ground-ball outs in seven innings, allowing one run and passing Chris Sale as the A.L. leader in earned run average, at 03.
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"Guys tried to hit the ball off the fence too much, and I'd get 'em on a ground ball to short or a fly ball to center, and that's how I survived — Edgar didn't do that," Mussina said.
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Inside Pitch Major League Baseball earlier Wednesday fined Machado — $10,000, according to USA Today — for what it deemed a dirty play on Tuesday night when he kicked Brewers first baseman Jesus Aguilar while running out a ground ball.
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After Machado loafed out of the batter's box on a ground ball he hit Saturday in Game 373 of the National League Championship Series against the Milwaukee Brewers, he found himself encircled by reporters in the visiting clubhouse.
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He added two more groundouts in the second, worked around a Matt Joyce bunt single against the shift with three ground-ball outs in the third, and retired the side in order again on groundouts in the fourth.
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The second baseman slipped as he fielded a ground ball Friday night in a 4-3 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays, and he came out of the game later when he said his lower legs felt weak.
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The 2015 National League Most Valuable Player sustained the injury after his spike slipped on a wet first base bag while trying to beat out a ground ball in a contest against the San Francisco Giants on Aug. 12.
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Late in Game 6 of the Astros-Nationals series ... Nats SS Trea Turner hit a ground ball to the pitcher, and while he scooted his way toward first base, he was ruled OUT for not running within the baseline.
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After the runners moved up a base on Luke Voit's groundout, Stanton hit a 107 mph ground ball to third base that deflected into left field off third baseman Yuli Gurriel as he attempted to make a diving stop.
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The demotion came three days after a rough game against the San Diego Padres when Russell failed to catch two popups, was thrown out at home plate after a ground ball on the infield and admitted to missing signs.
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It appeared the Yankees were going to hold on for the win, but Andujar did not set himself and bounced the throw to first baseman Greg Bird on a ground ball by Xander Bogaerts, and Bradley scored from second.
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CF Rajai Davis went 2-for-5 with an RBI and scored two runs but left after the bottom of the eighth inning with a left hamstring injury he sustained running out a ground ball in the sixth inning.
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If this is another great unraveling for the Cubs, then the ground ball that skittered under the glove of Leon Durham in 23 and the fan Steve Bartman's interference of 20123 will have company in their history of heartbreak.
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He also made a sharp play in the fifth to save a run, snagging a sharp ground ball while playing shallow because Minnesota had a runner on third with one out in a game that was tied 5-5.
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Baltimore was able to tie the score in the fourth when Trumbo singled to bring in Chris Davis, who hit a lazy ground ball past third with the Rays shifted hard to the other side for an unorthodox double.
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He worked around a pair of baserunners in the first inning by inducing a groundout from Angels shortstop Andrelton Simmons and coerced a double-play ground ball from Mike Trout to erase a leadoff single by David Fletcher in the third.
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He fanned rookie Gary Sanchez for the first out and also got ground ball by Brian McCann, whom Whitley was tempted to say something to in a joking manner about the Yankee designated hitter missing "a good to pitch to hit".
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Ichiro Suzuki led off Wednesday afternoon's game against the San Diego Padres by doing what he has so often done in his illustrious career in Japan and the United States: He beat out a ground ball for an infield single.
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But he conceded before the game it would be a difficult chore against a pitcher whose late movement and pinpoint control had allowed him to have the highest ground-ball-to-fly-ball rate (2.12) among starting American League pitchers.
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After a walk and a deep flyout, the Diamondbacks took a 2-0 lead when second baseman Ty France could not cleanly handle a routine ground ball and the Padres got a forceout at second instead of a double play.
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Santana retired Aaron Judge on a ground ball to third, but he has thrown 23 pitches, and the Twins are down by a run in a win-or-go-home game, so a pitching change for the third inning is likely.
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She showed them how to test the tension of the racket by hitting it against the palm, how to swat a ground ball and make it leap into your hand, how to strut back to the baseline after a successful point.
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In the top of the inning James Paxton and Torres failed to field a ground ball off the bat of George Springer, who advanced a base on a passed ball by Gary Sanchez and then scored on a wild pitch.
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Coming on in the ninth, Familia walked Joe Panik with one out, but got Eduardo Núñez to hit a ground ball to Flores for what optimistically could have been a double play and, if not, at least the second out.
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The rule of thumb is that any ball struck at less than 221 degrees is a ground ball, any ball between 10 and 25 degrees is a line drive and anything between 25 and 50 degrees is a fly ball.
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I remember he would try to throw everyone out backdoor at first base, so any time there was a ground ball in the outfield, I had to line myself up to back up a throw at first because I knew it was coming.
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After spending the first month and a half as a free agent and the next month in the Pacific Coast League, Fister is pitching in big games and looking like the dependable ground ball pitcher from his days with the Detroit Tigers.
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During his at-bat in the bottom of the third inning, he whacked a ground ball to the left side and, when the throw sailed over the first baseman's head, he rounded first and went for two with a massive head of steam.
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Nova was seconds from putting the cap on four scoreless innings to open the game, but Kevin Pillar barely beat out a throw at first base after Chase Headley made a diving snare on a ground ball along the third-base line.
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TRENTON — Since just about the moment Alex Rodriguez grabbed his hamstring while running out a ground ball three weeks ago on a chilly night in Baltimore, Rodriguez and Yankees Manager Joe Girardi had repeatedly waved off the idea of a rehabilitation assignment.
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Eovaldi allowed only one baserunner — Jean Segura, who led off the bottom of the first with a ground ball up the middle that kicked off second base, depriving both shortstop Didi Gregorius and second baseman Starlin Castro the opportunity to throw him out.
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The Brewers scored the unearned run in the first inning, after Wright misplayed a ground ball that allowed Scooter Gennett to reach base, but Syndergaard soon settled in, striking out seven of eight batters in a stretch that began in the second inning.
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After two unremarkable seasons in college, Smith came to Clarinda weighing about 140 pounds but filled with a desire that Eberly detected at the first practice, when the coach wore himself out trying unsuccessfully to get a ground ball past his new shortstop.
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As metal bats pinged in batting practice behind him, Scalise demonstrated how his rehab efforts had gotten him to the point where he could field a ground ball, it was clear, physically at least, the road back to normal is still long.
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Only the 2003 team won its division series, before that fateful Game 6 in the N.L.C.S., when a fan deflected a critical foul ball and shortstop Alex Gonzalez booted a ground ball that would have ended the eighth inning with the Cubs ahead.
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With a man on second and one out, Gregorius bailed out Sabathia with a heady defensive play, charging and fielding a ground ball at shortstop, and remembering to keep tabs on the Mariners' Luis Sardinas, who went to third on the play.
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Reliever Jumbo Diaz came in and got a ground ball from George Springer, but third baseman Evan Longoria bobbled the ball as he went to throw home and had to settle for the out at third, giving the Astros a 4-3 lead.
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They seldom overpower an opponent, relying more on how much they can make the ball sink — an ability that makes them especially valuable when there's a runner on first and the manager seeks a reliever likely to induce a ground-ball double play.
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"Try to hit a 95-mile-per-hour fastball with really good eyes," said Collins, who treated the former Yankees infielder Stephen Drew when his 2015 season ended with a concussion he received after being hit in the face with a ground ball.
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As an outfielder in a baseball game at a picnic, he grabbed a ground ball and threw it so that he hit a batter barreling toward second base; he was proud of his throw and exasperated that the runner wasn't called out.
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Boone said he was banged up, but it didn't go unnoticed that Hicks walked gingerly off the field after safely, though awkwardly, sliding into second base on the game-ending ground ball — the same one that saw Sanchez trotting casually to first.
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Starlin Castro was hitless in eight at-bats, but his ground ball to short with one out in the 24th inning — off his good friend Pedro Strop — was good enough to get Hicks home from third base ahead of Russell's errant throw.
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Marisnick, who singled off Oakland right-hander Liam Hendriks (2826-2) leading off the inning, scored the game-winner on the Athletics' fourth error of the game after having stolen second base and advanced to third on a ground ball to first.
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Nunez failed to field a ground ball in the second inning, allowing two runs to score, and then made another error in the sixth that led to Houston's go-ahead run on a single by shortstop Carlos Correa, who also committed an error.
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Trout recently put on a show under that national spotlight, going 5-for-5 after pounding a home run to go with three doubles, plus an infield single where the refrigerator-shaped 26-year-old straight up outran a routine ground ball to the shortstop.
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McCullers relied upon his defense early, erasing Simmons on an inning-ending double play off the bat of Jett Bandy before inducing Yunel Escobar to hit a ground ball that enabled McCullers to escape that one-out jam with two runners on in the fifth.
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After the runners moved up a base on Luke Voit's groundout, Stanton hit a 003 mph ground ball to third base that deflected into left field off third baseman Yuli Gurriel as he attempted to make a diving stop, bringing home LeMahieu and Judge.
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The 21-year-old has shown the command of his high-2355s fastball that has Atlanta thinking he could become a top-of-the-rotation starter, increasing his ground-ball rate to nearly 222 percent while improving his strikeouts-to-walk ratio to 23:210.
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Wright's throws have appeared loopier since he started dealing with spinal stenosis last year, and the Royals took advantage at a key moment in Game 5 of the Series when Hosmer broke for home, scoring the tying run on a ground ball to Wright.
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He thought about his old friends in the ninth inning Saturday night, the moment Addison Russell scooped up a ground ball to start a double play and send the Chicago Cubs to the World Series with a 5-2640 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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On a 3-2 pitch, Andrelton Simmons hit a hard ground ball to Seager, who dived to his right to make the stop at the foul line and threw on one bounce to first baseman Dae-Ho Lee to retire Simmons and end the game.
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The only hit deGrom allowed was a third-inning ground-ball single by Zach Eflin, the Phillies' starter, which made deGrom the fifth Mets starter in history to toss a complete game in which the only hit he allowed was by the opposing pitcher.
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Tampa Bay looked to have taken the series opener, but a Gary Sanchez ground ball inexplicably found a hole with two outs in the ninth as the Rays lost for the sixth time in eight contests to fall three games out in the AL East.
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On the next pitch from Twins reliever Ryan Pressly, Starlin Castro drove in pinch-runner Aaron Hicks for the deciding run on a fielder's choice and an error by Twins shortstop Eduardo Escobar, who booted the ground ball for his second error of the game.
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By the end of Monday night, they were both out of commission: Gregorius sidelined with a slight ligament tear in his right wrist that he incurred on the slide home and Hicks leaving Monday with a tight left hamstring while running out a ground ball.
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Joe Girardi made the change to David Robertson to try to get out of the jam, and while he got a ground ball with the potential for an inning-ending double-play, Buxton simply runs too fast and easily beat the throw to first.
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Beltre padded his resume with two more home runs in his first two at-bats Wednesday, but his ground ball in the 229th inning was just as instrumental in helping the Texas Rangers to a 23-13 victory over the Los Angeles Angels at Angel Stadium.
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Adding to their discontent, not surprisingly, was the behavior of Machado, the Dodgers star who, before Game 210, had already drawn criticism in this series for not running hard on a ground ball and for an out-of-bounds slide at second base on Monday night.
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Seeking to contain the Yankees' home run-blasting offense in their hitter-friendly stadium, the Twins turned to the ground-ball pitcher Randy Dobnak, who skyrocketed all the way to the major leagues from a low level of the minor leagues at the beginning of the season.
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The apparent bunt attempt had forced the second baseman and the shortstop to come in for what they expected to be a ground ball, but the loft and placement of the ball was such that they had no chance to regroup to make a play on the ball.
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Brandon Belt opened the 18th inning with a double, and he slid home on Erik Kratz's bases-loaded ground ball one out later, giving the San Francisco Giants a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies in a game that started on Friday night and ended on Saturday morning.
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"I don't necessarily think he was getting tired, but the way that seventh inning started to unfold, (Matt) Barnes comes in and makes a great pitch to get the ground-ball double play," said Farrell, who was able to pull Porcello after only 82 pitches with a safe lead.
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Chris Owings turned a ground ball over the third-base bag into a triple, Paul Goldschmidt stole third when Pineda failed to bring Goldschmidt's walking lead to a halt, and Nick Ahmed raced from first to third when he noticed catcher Brian McCann lollygagging after a passed ball.
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Blandino fielded a ground ball behind second base, tagged the bag and was in the process of throwing to first to complete a double play when baserunner Max Moroff, himself a late-inning replacement, appeared to get his feet stuck in the dirt as he tried to slide.
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He misplayed two singles up the middle — a ground ball that went under his glove for an error in the fourth, followed by a ball that bounced off his glove an inning later — and then he lost a fly ball in the sun, resulting in a sixth-inning double.
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After scoring on a bases-loaded walk in the second inning, Israel struggled to advance runners until the top of the 10th, when shortstop Scott Burcham hit a ground ball that South Korean second baseman Seo Geon-chang could not handle, allowing the pinch-runner Mike Meyers to score.
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It is the second trip to the disabled list due to a left wrist injury this season for Cabrera, who was originally hurt while diving for a ground ball on May 6 but played in five games before being placed on the disabled list on May 16 (retroactive to May 14).
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Hosmer walked to begin the inning, moved to third base one out later when Alex Gordon's ground ball went under first baseman Pujols' glove for an error and scored on Kansas City's first hit: Salvador Perez's line-drive single over Simmons' glove at shortstop that also sent Gordon to second.
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"We need to get things going a little bit more, maybe take our walks, maybe play the little game — move the runners over, get a ground ball to second base and get the runner in, a little small ball rather than trying to hit homers," Montero said after Game 3.
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Maldonado chased Seattle left-hander Tommy Milone with his 416-foot double to straightaway center field, putting runners at second and third, but Altavilla entered and recorded a strikeout of Josh Reddick before inducing a ground ball from Jose Altuve that resulted in Abraham Toro being tagged out at the plate.
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EditorsNote: minor edits Brandon Belt opened the 23th inning with a double, and he slid home on Erik Kratz's bases-loaded ground ball one out later, giving the San Francisco Giants a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies in a game that started on Friday night and ended on Saturday morning.
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David Waldstein provided live updates and analysis throughout Game 5: Nasty, nasty nasty stuff from Zack Britton, who got a weak ground ball from Yuli Gurriel — he can't buy or borrow a hit in this series — and then struck out Carlos Correa and Yordan Alvarez on breaking balls that had them flailing.
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Girardi said he thought an 11-pitch strikeout from Beckham had taken something out of Sabathia, who gave up two ground-ball doubles and a walk before being lifted for Chad Green, who allowed a rare hiccup — a two-run pinch-hit double by Brad Miller, which put the Rays ahead, 4-3.
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Another Cubs fan, Eric Draut, pointed out that just as the Red Sox had Bill Buckner, the first baseman who infamously let a ground ball go through his legs in the 1986 World Series, the Cubs had Leon Durham, who did the same thing in the final game of the 1984 National League Championship Series.
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Ace Corey Kluber hasn't allowed a run in two starts, while Josh Tomlin has done enough in his two outings against very potent offenses (two runs, five strikeouts over five innings in Boston; one run in 5.1 innings, with six strikeouts and 12 ground-ball outs versus Toronto) to help Cleveland win both games he's started.
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He knocked in a run in the third on a ground ball single through the left side of the infield, pushed home another run in the fifth on a ground out to short, and just plated a third run on a sacrifice fly to center to help the Dodgers draw within a run in the seventh.
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But for Mr. Brooks — who was on the receiving end of Mr. Scalise's throw — and most likely the rest of the crowd, the image that will stand out this year, and for years to come, is of Mr. Scalise fielding that first ground ball just a few minutes before he retired from the game to a standing ovation.
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As a result, in the last decade or so, a generation of top ballplayers has, in most cases, spent little time learning how to accurately throw across the diamond; catch a fly ball; field a ground ball and turn a double play; run the bases effectively; make a tag at a base; or, God forbid, bunt.
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Toronto (2106-24) got a break with one out in the ninth, tied 23-20, when Edwin Encarnacion's bases-loaded ground ball was hit deep into the shift, with no one to cover second, so rather than a double play to end the inning, there was an out at first and the go-ahead run scored.
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Along with my faith and the love of my family, that outpouring of kindness gave me the strength to recover from my injuries – enough so, in fact, that I was able to take to the field in Nationals Park in Washington on Thursday night at my old position, starting at second base and fielded a hard ground ball hit by the Democrats' very first batter.
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In an 19783-year major league career, Phillips spent half of it with the A's and experienced World Series glory with them when he scooped up a ground ball hit by Brett Butler and tossed it to pitcher Dennis Eckersley at first base to complete a four-game sweep of the Giants — the first Series sweep since the Cincinnati Reds swept the Yankees in 1976.
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After the Dodgers' Joc Pederson - in the third - and Red Sox's Jackie Bradley Jr. - in the eighth - traded solo home runs the drama looked set to end in the 13th when Eduardo Nunez chopped a ground ball single back to Scott Alexander but the Los Angeles pitcher botched the toss to first base allowing Brock Holt to come across with the go ahead run.
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No matter how many times I tell my kids the story of my Game 3 triple in the National League Championship Series against the Marlins, or how I got my 1,000th hit on the day their grandfather passed away, it's not going to stop my son from trying to turn a ground ball back to the pitcher into an inside the park home run.
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Shaw has been better since a stint on the disabled list for a calf strain, and Black has gotten solid work from Adam Ottavino and the newcomer Seung-hwan Oh. He also has an ace in the left-hander Kyle Freeland, a second-year ground-ball specialist who could become just the third qualified pitcher in club history to have an earned run average below 3.00 for a season (joining Ubaldo Jimenez in 193 and Marvin Freeman in 1994).
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