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June 8, 1956

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Johnny Groth Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .000 .244
OBP .000 .330
At Bats 3 78
Hits 0 19
• Singles 0 10
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 0 2
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 0 15

Hal Brown Season Stats

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1 0 0
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Memorial Stadium - June 8, 1956
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Out
Hal Brown
Gus Triandos
Bob Hale
Bobby Adams
George Kell
Willie Miranda
Chuck Diering
Jim Pyburn
Tito Francona
Johnny Groth
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Groth hits a popup, foul, towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 9 Thompson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 8 Diering strikes out.
Bottom 8 Kell is walked intentionally.
Bottom 8 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Miranda moves to third. Adams moves to second.
Bottom 8 Adams takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 8 Brown bunts towards the mound. Burtschy fields it and throws to first for the out. Miranda moves to second.
Bottom 8 Miranda hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 8 Finigan hits a fly ball into left field. Diering settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Finigan hits a popup, foul, in back of the plate. Triandos settles under it, and drops the ball. That's an error on Triandos.
Top 8 Simpson hits a popup in front of the plate. Triandos settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Chuck Diering now playing left field. Slaughter strikes out.
Bottom 7 Pyburn hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Francona hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 Triandos hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Moe Burtschy now pitching. Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Lopez strikes out.
Top 7 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Pyburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Baxes moves to third.
Top 7 Joe Ginsberg pinch hits for Bill Harrington. Ginsberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Baxes moves to second.
Top 7 Baxes takes first base on ball four.
Top 7 Groth hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Kell hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Finigan catches it and throws to first to double up Hale.
Bottom 6 Hale hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 6 Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Thompson hits a fly ball into right field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to home to get Simpson. Score that a fielder's choice.
Top 6 Simpson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pyburn who is chasing the ball. Simpson reaches third base with a triple.
Top 6 Slaughter hits a popup towards short. Miranda settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Brown hits a popup towards short. Baxes settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Miranda hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Bill Harrington now pitching. Pyburn strikes out.
Top 5 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Rance Pless pinch hits for Jack Crimian. Pless hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hale scoops it up and throws to first, with Brown covering, for the out.
Bottom 4 Francona hits a popup, foul, towards first. Power settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Triandos hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Kell moves to second.
Bottom 4 Nieman hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Kell hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Hale hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Baxes hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Thompson hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Adams hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Crimian fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 3 Miranda hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Miranda reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Pyburn hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. The ball bounces off Crimian, and towards Baxes, who fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Hal Brown now pitching. Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Simpson hits a line drive into center field, out of the reach of Pyburn. Simpson reaches second base with a double. Power scores. Lopez scores. Slaughter goes all the way around to score.
Top 3 Slaughter takes first base on ball four. Power moves to third. Lopez moves to second.
Top 3 Lopez hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Power moves to second.
Top 3 Power takes first base on ball four.
Top 3 Crimian hits a fly ball into center field. Pyburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Baxes hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Triandos hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it and throws to home to get Kell. Nieman moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Nieman hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Simpson. Nieman reaches second base with a double. Hale scores. Kell moves to third.
Bottom 2 Jack Crimian now pitching. Kell hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Hale moves to third.
Bottom 2 Hale hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Palica scores. Adams scores.
Bottom 2 Adams hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Miranda scores. Palica moves to third. Adams moves to second.
Bottom 2 Palica hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it and throws to home to get Pyburn. Miranda moves to third. Score that a fielder's choice.
Bottom 2 Miranda hits a line drive into right field. Simpson picks it up and fumbles the ball. That's a base hit and an error on Simpson. Francona scores. Pyburn moves to third. Miranda moves to second.
Bottom 2 Pyburn takes first base on ball four. Francona moves to second.
Bottom 2 Francona hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Groth hits a fly ball into center field. Pyburn settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Thompson hits a popup towards third. Kell settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 There goes Finigan. The throw from Triandos and he is safe. Finigan steals second.
Top 2 Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 2 Simpson hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Triandos strikes out.
Bottom 1 Nieman hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 1 Kell hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Bottom 1 Hale hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 1 Adams hits a fly ball into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Adams settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Kell fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Power hits a fly ball into left field. Nieman settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.