They were in the right place for all our ground balls tonight, and in the seventh, they got some ground balls through.
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Ground balls, fly balls, line drives — it didn't matter.
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Those ground balls and line drives are now routine outs.
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There were a lot of feeble swings and ground balls.
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They sprint to cover first base on shallow ground balls that draw the first baseman out of position, and on ground balls deep down the line that keep the first baseman from reaching the bag.
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Balls off the ends of bats, ground balls...just small misses.
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And if he's getting ground balls, that's a pretty good sign.
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IF Tyler Saladino took some ground balls prior to Tuesday's game.
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A lot of ground balls, and that's when I'm at my best.
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Correa did take batting practice and fielded ground balls before Wednesday's game.
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Samardzija issued no walks and used his splitter to generate ground balls.
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He took swings via tee and toss while also fielding ground balls.
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He kept the ball down in the zone, got some ground balls.
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Thanks to four double-play grounders, Senzatela got 15 outs on ground balls.
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NOTES: New York DH Alex Rodriguez fielded ground balls at first base Friday.
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No Diamondback reached second against Chacin, who retired eight Diamondbacks on ground balls.
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He retired 12 straight hitters at one point, including nine via ground balls.
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"One thing Jon Niese can do: he can get ground balls," Collins said.
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He was able to field some ground balls and play catch with teammates.
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We were taking some ground balls out there and hitting in the cage.
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I was using my two-seamer to get inside and get ground balls.
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"I'm getting weak contact, lots of weak contact, getting ground balls," Wheeler said.
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There was a lot of ground balls tonight, a few of them found holes.
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"I tried to go to the bullpen and get some ground balls," Ventura said.
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More often, Buckeyes batters try to accumulate runs on ground balls and line drives.
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Cano has also taken ground balls at third base, where Kyle Seager is entrenched.
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Carrasco proved effective at inducing ground balls and keeping his teammates busy in support.
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He got nine outs on ground balls and retired nine straight batters at one point.
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Lamb got 11 outs on ground balls and was helped by inducing two double plays.
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INF Alexi Amarista (strained hamstring) is taking ground balls and getting close to being available.
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Ground balls settle easily into his glove and his whippetlike swing does not look violent.
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Freeland retired the final seven batters he faced and got 22 outs on ground balls.
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You can find him in batting practice every day, running himself tired taking ground balls.
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Masahiro Tanaka looked very sharp, inducing two ground balls and pop up from Jose Altuve.
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He had a season-low-tying two strikeouts and recorded 10 outs on ground balls.
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I tried to change eye levels and tried to get ground balls for my infielders.
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Last week he was able to run the bases and field ground balls without difficulties.
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DH Alex Rodriguez spent part of Friday's early workout taking ground balls as a first baseman.
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He also took ground balls and line drives, and made throws to second and home plate.
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Chicago was aggressive early in the count Wednesday and Berrios threw strikes and got ground balls.
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His ball's sinking a lot, getting a lot of ground balls, keeping us on our toes.
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He also made two dazzling defensive plays on ground balls that took away potential RBI hits.
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He had a 210-1 ratio in ground balls to flyouts on Tuesday, and that's significant.
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"He can take ground balls at first, and we'll continue to look at it," Girardi said.
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"That's the goal every time is to get ground balls and get easier outs," Wheeler said.
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"That's the goal every time is to get ground balls and get easier outs," Wheeler said.
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He wanted you to look at it and say, 'Ground balls don't go for home runs.
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The extreme shifts the Astros employed often led to ground balls when he was on the mound.
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I was able to get on top of the ball and get them to hit ground balls.
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But it tells me that him fielding that many ground balls that he must be getting better.
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He got 20 outs on ground balls and just four outs on balls hit in the air.
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"To be honest, we could have blown that game open by (hitting) some ground balls," Collins said.
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Bettis (7-783) got 12 outs on ground balls and struck out five with just one walk.
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Mark Lowe replaced Zimmermann and retired Jarrod Dyson and Alcides Escobar on ground balls to end the threat.
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"I've been trying to keep the ball down, and I'm getting a lot of ground balls," he said.
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He took ground balls there on Friday in the hope that it might get him some playing time.
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It always seems to be one of those that you try to get a lot of ground balls.
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Lots of guys play the game the right way, run out ground balls, get their uniforms dirty, etc.
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Rodriguez told Andujar that each day when he takes ground balls, he should be at four seconds flat.
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He was hitting far too many ground balls, the numbers showed, and needed to raise his launch angle.
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Still, as a precaution, right fielder Jay Bruce took ground balls at first base during workouts on Sunday.
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You saw more ground balls by our offense today than you have all year, it seemed like it.
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It reminded me of when I was with the Cardinals: induce ground balls, sinkers, that kind of stuff.
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Eight of his 15 outs were on ground balls on Sunday in the 7-1 loss to the Royals.
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Ground balls and fly balls, for example, are beholden to a pitcher's defense, and therefore not included in FIP.
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NOTES: Baltimore 1B Chris Davis (stomach virus) took batting practice and ground balls but missed his third straight game.
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NOTES: Red Sox 2B Dustin Pedroia (wrist) swung in the cage one day after taking ground balls on the field.
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OF Kevin Pillar (left thumb) hit in the indoor batting cage Tuesday and also fielded ground balls and fly balls.
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OF Howie Kendrick (oblique) took ground balls at Nationals Park before Friday's game was rained out, manager Pete Mackanin said.
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Story has hit with the team and fielded ground balls to test his non-throwing shoulder and had no issues.
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With those pitches, Johnson wanted to hit line drives or hard ground balls up the middle or toward left field.
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IF Jean Segura (ankle) fielded ground balls on Monday at Target Field as he works his way back from injury.
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Howard also fielded ground balls and headed to the outfield to limber up with some strange-looking contortions and gyrations.
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By rushing his swing, Duda was rolling over pitches and producing weak ground balls instead of hard-hit line drives.
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The only thing that really doesn't go out is his ground balls, and he's not trying to hit those anyway.
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More ground balls this time than last time out, so it means we're getting to the bottom of the zone.
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Williams, the team coach, told reporters he was hitting ground balls when he heard what sounded like a car engine backfiring.
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SS Aledmys Diaz (thumb) took ground balls Tuesday and is hoping to increase his "baseball activity" after seeing a specialist Monday.
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"I want what's best for the team," said Walker, who has yet to take any pregame ground balls at third base.
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According to Cash, Arcia will start taking some ground balls at first base as soon as his first baseman's glove arrives.
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On Thursday, Cano, who drew criticism for not running out ground balls as a Yankee, set the pace during baserunning drills.
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Senzatela, 22, gave up five hits and, thanks to four double-play grounders all on sliders, got 15 outs on ground balls.
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Then he showed up to spring training this weekend looking like he spent the off-season fielding more Twinkies than ground balls.
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The problem for CNN is that their mistakes aren't just about bobbling ground balls and an inability to hit a curve ball.
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Suzuki started slowly, working methodically on specific tasks at the plate that resulted in a weak stream of ground balls to third.
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"Instead of weak ground balls to the second baseman, I was able to get through the baseball and drive it," McCann said.
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Sano, who missed two games due to illness this week, said he practiced fielding ground balls up the line before the game.
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Turner, who has been on the disabled list since June 30, took ground balls with the team but did not make any throws.
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He hit ground balls everywhere, didn't pull the ball all that much, and kept his team in inning after inning by doing so.
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In the second and third innings, he coaxed inning-ending ground balls from Brian McCann and Evan Gattis, both with two runners on.
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Thornburg began the season on the DL. INF Josh Rutledge (left hamstring strain) took some ground balls before Thursday's game against the Pirates.
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The players knelt in a semicircle on the infield as instructed, and a coach began hitting hard, chopping ground balls toward their chests.
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Those things are: They don't allow homers, they get lots of strikeouts, they don't walk hitters, and they get tons of ground balls.
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Story (left shoulder strain) has hit with the team and fielded ground balls to test his non-throwing shoulder and had no issues.
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His specialty is inducing ground balls, a trait that plays well with the Rockies' skilled infielders and the thin air at Coors Field.
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He could be moody in his seven years with the Washington Nationals, and was sometimes cited by managers for not hustling on ground balls.
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The 28-year-old from Osaka is not considered a strikeout pitcher, but showed his pinpoint control and retired 53 batters on ground balls.
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His manager, Eddie Stanky, would buy pitchers a Hart Schaffner Marx suit if they got 20 ground balls while pitching a complete-game victory.
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Story took ground balls during batting practice and was able to throw without discomfort or limitations and was able to take swings without any problems.
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Three days later, Tulowitzki, who had the Yankees on his list of preferred teams, was taking ground balls in front of two top Yankees scouts.
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Bettis, who got 214 outs on ground balls, gave up one run and four hits in 235 2/3 innings during his 87-pitch outing.
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Cabrera fielded a handful of ground balls at third base when d'Arnaud was at second, and d'Arnaud did not need to turn a double play.
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The Rockies scored the game's first two runs, including an unearned tally in the second when Cole made two throwing errors after fielding ground balls.
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"I felt I was pounding the zone, trying to get ahead of hitters early in the game and (force) a lot of ground balls," Shields said.
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"All the bloopers and then all the ground balls that I thought I'd get an out found a hole and that became a hit," Darvish said.
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In addition, Nationals Manager Dave Martinez said the team's analytics showed Cabrera hit the ball in the air against Greinke, as opposed to Kendrick's ground balls.
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After taking ground balls before the top of the fourth, Marte came out of the game with what the team was calling a mild ankle sprain.
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He got 22008 outs on ground balls in seven innings and accomplished his goal of pitching deep into the game to give the bullpen a breather.
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When we brought our left fielder in to reinforce our infield against a batter who hit only ground balls, we sold it as fun and adventurous.
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"He was very calm, threw strikes and did exactly what we heard he was really good at, which is get ground balls," manager Kevin Cash said.
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"We could have blown that game open with some ground balls, and we weren't able to do it," Mets Manager Terry Collins said afterward in frustration.
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He also took ground balls and fly balls, but manager John Farrell said there's no time frame yet for live at-bats or when Holt can return.
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Given a lead, Gibson settled in with his most impressive stretch of the season by retiring 12 straight hitters at one point, including nine via ground balls.
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The Phillies added to their early advantage in the third, with Rhys Hoskins and Cesar Hernandez contributing run-scoring singles, both on ground balls to center field.
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Wilson also took some ground balls at second base, impressing shortstop Didi Gregorius despite it being his first time playing the field in a year and a half.
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Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) said on Fox & Friends that he left the field shortly before the shooting, and said Scalise had been shagging ground balls at second base.
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Just because he's hitting in the two-hole doesn't mean all of a sudden you're trying to hit ground balls to the right side and hit guys over.
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They have followed the leaguewide trend of reducing their usage of sinkers, even though the pitch could theoretically mitigate the impact of Coors Field by producing ground balls.
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Carlos Perez followed with a two-run homer that extended the lead to 3-0 before Covey induced a pair of ground balls to get out of the inning.
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The White Sox had a runner at second in three of the first four innings, but Graveman induced three ground balls and a strikeout with runners in scoring position.
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"The only thing I saw today was he's too quick," Cyclones Coach Edgardo Alfonzo, a former Mets third baseman, said after Reyes had taken ground balls during batting practice.
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Then, when the workout begins, as infielders take ground balls, outfielders take fly balls and pitchers practice pickoff throws, Conti roams from field to field making sure everything runs efficiently.
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The Yankees' power-hitting offense took advantage of the Red Sox' pitching, a new artificial turf that added jet fuel to ground balls and humid air that helped balls carry.
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"That's one thing we've stressed every day: 'Hey, no matter how bad it gets, run balls out, come out early and take ground balls, continue to get better,'" Callaway said.
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"Tonight I felt like my mechanics were the closest to where I want them to be, and I was able to field some ground balls back at me," deGrom said.
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The Royals' first inning looked eerily similar to their first inning Friday — one unearned run on one hit, with Eric Hosmer driving in the run both nights on weak ground balls.
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Through Sunday, the Yankees ranked last in the American League in defensive efficiency (the percentage of balls in play turned into outs), third worst in batting average allowed on ground balls (.
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Syndergaard pitched seven sturdy innings, surrendering only one earned run and striking out nine with his surreal arsenal of pitches, including 98-mile-per-hour sinking fastballs that induced ground balls.
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First, he allowed himself to explode upwards into the ball as he swung, significantly increasing the number of line drives he hit, at the expense of some ground balls the opposite way.
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Jorge De La Rosa, who had no-decisions in each of his previous three starts, all Rockies losses, worked a career-high-tying eight innings and got 13 outs on ground balls.
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Rivera's heroics salvaged Noah Syndergaard's pitching gem and patched up the disastrous and unlucky ninth inning by Familia, who got four soft ground balls that the Mets could not turn into outs.
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Tomlin is a control pitcher who is known for getting fly balls, but he has actually induced a higher rate of ground balls lately by using his curveball more, according to FanGraphs.
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Cole is throwing more curveballs and high fastballs than he ever did with Pittsburgh, generating by far the fewest ground balls of his career but getting more strikeouts and weak fly balls.
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While his mother still worries about making sure her son eats well, his father manages the rest, including hitting ground balls to his son in the off-season, or throwing batting practice.
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Some of them wouldn't have even been fly balls: the livelier ball has driven hitters to swing harder and aim higher, eschewing ground balls and accepting strikeouts in exchange for potential home runs.
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Ground balls, pop-ups, double plays: This team involvement allows more players to have a direct impact on the game, and creates a force multiplier effect in the dugout and at the plate.
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C Gary Sanchez, who was briefly with New York on May 123, has been taking ground balls at first base with Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre while he recovers from a thumb injury.
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During workouts before Saturday's game, second baseman Neil Walker took ground balls at first base, which he had already expected to do during spring training as the Mets push to be more versatile.
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One week after letting two ground balls go through his legs, leading to two "Little League home runs" in a single series, Kiermaier got a little of his Gold Glove mojo back Wednesday.
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Like many young players now, he consciously tries to avoid ground balls, with help from a leg kick he added after rookie ball at the urging of Andy Tracy, the minor league hitting coordinator.
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Anderson, who got nine outs on ground balls, set the side down in order just once - in the first inning, but he held the Dodgers hitless in five at-bats with runners in scoring position.
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While he still strikes out a lot — 112 times, on pace to shatter Curtis Granderson's franchise record of 195 for a single season — Judge hits ground balls so hard, they often scoot through the infield.
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Though they were losing 6-3 by the time Scherzer entered the game, the Diamondbacks defense played as though they were preserving a no-hitter, diving to retrieve ground balls, covering open space in the outfield.
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Looking back, I realize that when my brother hit ground balls so I could practice breaking up the double play on poor unassuming middle infielder Ivan Kolodny, I was in extreme violation of today's slide rule.
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The Astros also managed to get a runner to second base in the third inning, but Tanaka induced two more ground balls, from the struggling Josh Reddick and Jose Altuve, to end that threat, as well.
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"He's got real good late action, gets a lot of ground balls, pounds the strike zone," says Dustin Pedroia, who, like Betts, struck out on a Stroman changeup in that first inning after seeing nothing but sinkers.
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Earlier in his career, the 36-year-old Gardner said he was told to use his speed as a leadoff hitter and slap ground balls — a risky approach as teams increasingly positioned their infields based on batter tendencies.
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There were times when Pineda was very good — striking out nine hitters in five innings and generating all other outs via ground balls — but he was undone by leaving a handful of sliders over the middle of the plate.
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"He went off the field, went to the hospital, they fixed his nose, and he's back on the field in a blood-soaked uniform taking ground balls — and it was like 42 degrees out in South Bend," Murphy said.
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"Quite frankly, I probably hit too many hard ground balls, which nowadays, with how good infielders are, it's not a great idea," said Holliday, who will turn 37 next month and agreed to a one-year, $13 million deal.
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He then scored on a couple of ground balls, taking third on Brandon Crawford's bouncer to shortstop and dashing home when Andrew McCutchen hit a roller slow enough that Panik was able to beat shortstop Scott Kingery's throw to the plate.
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But he told his therapist a few months ago he wanted elements of his rehab dedicated to getting back to playing baseball, so there he is, taking batting practice and fielding ground balls, a gold LSU jersey on his back.
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He got some ground balls that snuck their way through, but I think overall today was just one those where he was just a little bit out of rhythm and didn't have the command and crispness he's had in his last few starts.
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Neil Walker, who can be counted on for quality at-bats, could find his way into the lineup at third base for Miguel Andujar, which would also give Sabathia — who yields more ground balls than any Yankees pitcher — a more reliable defender.
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Bryant took batting practice and ground balls in the field last week at Wrigley Field before being sent out on a rehab assignment, going 13-for-6 with a home run and three RBIs in two rehab games for Double-A Tennessee.
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The slender Ichiro, with an unorthodox high leg kick to time his swing in the batter's box, turned routine ground balls into short infield singles with his speed down the line and made baserunners cautious with his strong arm in right field.
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And while the proportion of ground balls has essentially held steady — 44.3 percent to 45.3 percent for each year of this decade, according to FanGraphs — hitters seem to know how to drive fly balls with more backspin to make them into homers.
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Before the game, Collins acknowledged a report by Newsday that Cabrera would begin taking ground balls at third base, ostensibly because Neil Walker, the Mets' everyday second baseman, is on the verge of returning from a five-week stay on the disabled list with a hamstring tear.
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Instead of being in the middle of the action, Rodriguez was on the edges, observing it — standing behind shortstops while they fielded ground balls, anchored at third base to watch batting practice swings, and leaning on the batting cage to chat up General Manager Brian Cashman.
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The Indians took advantage of the Royals' inability to turn a double play on either of two fielder's choice ground balls to score five times in the second inning, with Ramirez capping the uprising with a three-run homer off Kansas City starter Danny Duffy (20-5).
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When you consider that the data is so meticulous now that you can know if a hitter sends 80 percent of his ground balls to one part of the field, it does make sense to stack that area defensively, no matter how hideous it looks from the blimp-cam.
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Billy — I hadn't known that was his name — began to take me over to Trojan Field in Bronx Park and hit me endless ground balls and long flies with his old taped bat, and finally, a couple of years later, succeeded in turning me into a pretty decent ballplayer.
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The sessions usually included Marcus Thames, the Yankees' hitting coach who flipped countless balls for Torres to hit; Mendoza, who hit Torres ground balls and threw him batting practice; and a few trainers and strength and conditioning coaches who made sure Torres did not work himself into the ground.
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Yet there he was at a recent workout, fielding ground balls with three of the top shortstops in the major leagues: Xander Bogaerts, who has won two Silver Slugger awards with the Red Sox; Didi Gregorius, who replaced Derek Jeter on the Yankees; and Andrelton Simmons of the Angels, who has two Gold Gloves awards.
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Having played softball for 14 years, she's no stranger to the diamond, but getting to run the bases at Citizens Bank Park, to throw in the bullpen with the Phillies' pitching coaches, to catch pop-ups and field ground balls with the infield coaches, and to hit in the cages is a fan experience she says is unlike any other.
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Whenever he got into slumps and wasn't hitting the ball the way he wanted to, he emphasized hitting the ball out in front — because if you're on time, the correct bat angle is important, and if you hit the ball out front with a good angle, you're more likely to do damage than hit line-drive singles or ground balls through the hole.
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"The last inning I couldn't really get my slider where I needed to, and they did a good job of swinging at fastballs, and they got some ground balls that found some holes, but (Danny) Espinosa hit one rally hard and (second baseman) Howie (Kendrick) made an excellent play," said Kershaw, who is 10-2 with a 2.02 ERA in 14 games (13 starts) against Washington.
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As the Beavers took ground balls and swings under a brilliant blue sky, finishing early enough to beat the 90-degree heat that is typical this time of year, Coach Pat Casey walked slowly around the field like an ambassador, greeting orange-clad boosters near the batting cage and in the stands as he prepared for his fifth C.W.S. "I've been blessed," he said.
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As a middle reliever splitting time between the majors and minor leagues across 2316 and 2413, Brice posted unspectacular numbers: a 2241-2302 record and a 21.13 E.R.A. But he had reason to be optimistic entering what he thought would be his third season with the Reds: He appeared to have mastered his control problems and had shown an ability to induce ground balls.
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