noun
- plural of groundout; plays in baseball where a batter hits the ball on the ground and is put out before reaching first base
Usage: baseball terminology
Examples
- The pitcher induced three groundouts in the inning.
- Most of his outs were groundouts to the shortstop.
- The team’s defense handled all the groundouts cleanly.
- He had five groundouts in yesterday’s game.
- The infielders were ready for the groundouts.
- Two groundouts and a strikeout ended the inning.