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Of the 13 batters he faced, Hawkins induced nine ground outs.

Wang, who has not lost since July 3, has produced 3.36 ground outs for every fly out this season, the best ratio in the league.

Mattingly and Steve Balboni followed with ground outs to end the inning.

Even when he hasn't hit, he said, he has seen improvement: fewer ground outs, more fly balls.

Pitchers induce more ground outs, fly outs, or strikeouts, depending on the style of pitch.

All it produced was a single, pop out and two ground outs.

Then, two ground outs to second baseman Kent scored two runs.

Aceves completed the inning without a run scoring, inducing ground outs from Ibáñez and Ruiz.

Rodriguez singled to lead off the sixth, moving to second and third on two ground outs.

When Millar batted in the third inning, Wang had retired the first seven hitters, six with ground outs.