grounder

Several times, Freeman grunted as he rolled soft grounders toward first base.

If one fielder bobbles a grounder or makes an errant throw, they all have to start over again.

Betts cleanly fielded all three grounders that came his way, including two up the middle that took awkward hops off the mound.

He took grounders on an almost daily basis near his home in Los Angeles.

In the next, he fought off a couple of pitches foul before tapping out on a harmless grounder against “a slider that looked exactly like a fastball.”