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June 11, 1956

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Johnny Groth Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .250
OBP .500 .320
At Bats 2 92
Hits 1 23
• Singles 0 12
• Doubles 0 7
• Triples 0 1
• Home Runs 1 3
Walks 0 10
RBI’s 2 21

Connie Grob Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
2 5 1
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Griffith Stadium - June 11, 1956
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Home Run
Connie Grob
Clint Courtney
Roy Sievers
Pete Runnels
Eddie Yost
Lyle Luttrell
Whitey Herzog
Karl Olson
Jim Lemon
Johnny Groth
Count:  - , 2 Outs
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Groth hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 7 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops it up and throws to first, with Grob covering, for the out.
Top 7 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards short. Luttrell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 6 Olson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Lemon hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 6 Courtney hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Sievers takes first base on ball four.
Top 6 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers fields it, throws to second for one, and back over to first - double play.
Top 6 Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Runnels hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Herzog hits a fly ball, foul, into left field. Slaughter settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Joe DeMaestri now playing shortstop. Yost hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Kretlow fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Luttrell fields it and throws to second for the out.
Top 5 Kretlow hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 5 Baxes hits a ball on the ground towards short. Luttrell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Groth hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A two run home run..
Top 5 Ginsberg takes first base on ball four.
Top 5 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Grob hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Luttrell hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes misplays the ball. That's an error on Baxes.
Bottom 4 Olson strikes out. There goes Lemon. The throw from Ginsberg to second, and Lemon is out.
Bottom 4 Lemon hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Courtney scores.
Bottom 4 Courtney hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Slaughter. Courtney reaches second base with a double.
Top 4 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 4 Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Runnels scoops it up and throws to first for the out. Power moves to third.
Top 4 Lopez strikes out.
Top 4 There goes Power. The throw from Courtney and he is safe. Power steals second.
Top 4 Power hits a popup into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Sievers strikes out.
Bottom 3 Runnels takes first base on ball four. Herzog moves to second.
Bottom 3 Herzog hits a ball on the ground towards first. Power fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Yost takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Grob hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Finigan scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Kretlow strikes out.
Top 3 Baxes hits a fly ball into left field. Herzog settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Groth strikes out.
Bottom 2 Luttrell hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Olson strikes out.
Bottom 2 Lemon hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Bottom 2 Courtney hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Ginsberg hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards first. Sievers scoops it up and throws to first, with Grob covering, for the out.
Top 2 Simpson hits a fly ball into right field. Lemon settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Sievers strikes out. Ginsberg drops the ball, but quickly picks it up and throws Sievers out.
Bottom 1 Runnels hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Herzog hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Bottom 1 Yost hits a ball on the ground towards short. Baxes scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Slaughter hits a fly ball into center field. Olson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Lopez hits a ball on the ground towards third. Yost fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Power hits a ball on the ground towards short. Luttrell scoops it up and throws to first for the out.