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June 17, 1956

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Bob Nieman Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .338
OBP .667 .403
At Bats 2 130
Hits 1 44
• Singles 1 30
• Doubles 0 6
• Triples 0 2
• Home Runs 0 6
Walks 1 14
RBI’s 0 28

Tom Gorman Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
4 2 1
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Municipal Stadium - June 17, 1956
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Home Run
Tom Gorman
Joe Ginsberg
Eddie Robinson
Jim Finigan
Hector Lopez
Joe DeMaestri
Vic Power
Johnny Groth
Harry Simpson
Bob Nieman
Hoot Evers
Chuck Diering
Count:  - , 0 Outs
Count:  - , 0 Outs

Tom Gorman now pitching. Nieman hits a long drive deep into left center field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Top 8 Chuck Diering pinch runs for Bob Hale. Evers takes first base on ball four. Diering moves to second.
Top 8 Jim Finigan now playing second base. Hale hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 7 DeMaestri hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. DeMaestri reaches second base with a double. There goes Ditmar trying to get to home. Nieman throws the ball in to Miranda who relays the ball to Smith, who tags Ditmar, who came all the way from first, for the out.
Bottom 7 Ditmar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Lopez scores.
Bottom 7 Enos Slaughter pinch hits for Clete Boyer. Slaughter hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hale scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Slaughter for the out. Ginsberg scores. Lopez moves to third.
Bottom 7 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Lopez hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Nieman. Lopez reaches second base with a double. Ginsberg moves to third.
Bottom 7 Ginsberg hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 7 Brown hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 7 Miranda hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 7 Causey hits a fly ball into left field. Power settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Simpson strikes out.
Bottom 6 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Robinson hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hale scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Robinson for the out.
Top 6 Smith strikes out.
Top 6 Francona hits a line drive into left center field, beyond the reach of Groth. Francona reaches second base with a double.
Top 6 Nieman hits a fly ball into left field. Power settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 6 Evers hits a popup towards short. DeMaestri settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 5 Ditmar strikes out.
Bottom 5 Boyer hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Smith fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Hale hits a line drive towards the right side of the infield. Boyer reaches out and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Gardner hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Power. Gardner reaches second base with a double.
Top 5 Brown hits a ball on the ground towards third. Lopez fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Miranda hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Ginsberg settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. Miranda fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 4 Lopez hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Ginsberg moves to third.
Bottom 4 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 4 Simpson hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Gardner scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Power hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Causey hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Smith hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Nieman scores.
Top 4 Francona hits a ball on the ground towards first. Robinson scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Francona for the out. Hale scores. Nieman moves to second.
Top 4 Nieman hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Hale moves to third.
Top 4 Evers hits a fly ball into left field. Power settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Hale hits a ball on the ground into right center field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Robinson strikes out.
Bottom 3 There's a wild pitch. DeMaestri moves to second.
Bottom 3 DeMaestri hits a ball on the ground towards third. Causey fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 3 Ditmar hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 3 Boyer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Brown fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Gardner hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Boyer fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 3 Brown hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 3 Miranda is called out on strikes.
Bottom 2 Groth hits a fly ball into center field. Francona settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Lopez takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 2 Ginsberg hits a ball on the ground towards first. Hale scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Ginsberg for the out.
Bottom 2 Simpson hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Gardner settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 Causey hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Ditmar fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 2 Smith hits a line drive towards short. DeMaestri catches it and throws to first to double up Francona.
Top 2 Francona takes first base on ball four. Nieman moves to second.
Top 2 Nieman takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 There goes Power. The throw from Smith and he is out, Miranda applying the tag.
Bottom 1 Power takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 1 Robinson hits a fly ball into right field. Evers settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 DeMaestri hits a popup, foul, towards first. Hale settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Evers is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Hale is called out on strikes.
Top 1 Gardner hits a fly ball into right field. Simpson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.