A play in which a batter is put out by hitting a ground ball to a fielder who throws it to first base before the batter touches that base.
〔棒球〕（击球员击出内场地滚球后的）被杀出局
he proceeded to second base on a groundout
Example sentencesExamples
In the top of the ninth, he doubled and then moved up to third on an infield groundout.
A base hit should get the runner to third base, and a groundout usually advances him to second.
His mission - bring in a run - was accomplished with a simple groundout to second base.
His main pitch was a nasty forkball, and I remember hitting a groundout to second base.
In fact, the final two outs of Greene's no-hit performance were a groundout to third base by Larry Walker and a hard smash on the ground back to Greene by Tim Wallach.
Definition of groundout in US English:
groundout
nounˈɡrounˌdout
Baseball
A play in which a batter is put out by hitting a ball on the ground to a fielder who throws it to or touches first base before the batter touches that base.
〔棒球〕（击球员击出内场地滚球后的）被杀出局
he proceeded to second base on a groundout
Example sentencesExamples
His main pitch was a nasty forkball, and I remember hitting a groundout to second base.
In fact, the final two outs of Greene's no-hit performance were a groundout to third base by Larry Walker and a hard smash on the ground back to Greene by Tim Wallach.
In the top of the ninth, he doubled and then moved up to third on an infield groundout.
His mission - bring in a run - was accomplished with a simple groundout to second base.
A base hit should get the runner to third base, and a groundout usually advances him to second.