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June 16, 1954

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Athletics 6 12 1
White Sox 11 14 0
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Athletics 6 12 1
White Sox 11 14 0

Johnny Groth Season Stats

  Game Season
Average .500 .306
OBP .500 .354
At Bats 4 193
Hits 2 59
• Singles 2 45
• Doubles 0 10
• Triples 0 0
• Home Runs 0 4
Walks 0 14
RBI’s 0 25

Sonny Dixon Season Stats

Wins Losses Saves
1 2 3
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Comiskey Park - June 16, 1954
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Out
Sonny Dixon
Joe Astroth
Lou Limmer
Spook Jacobs
Jim Finigan
Joe DeMaestri
Elmer Valo
Bill Wilson
Bill Renna
Johnny Groth
Count:  - , 1 Out
Count:  - , 2 Outs

Groth hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.

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PRIOR PLAYS:
Bottom 8 Michaels hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 DeMaestri hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Fox settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Top 8 Wilson hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 8 Don Johnson now pitching. Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the right side of the infield. Fox scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Sawatski hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 7 Rivera hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 7 Fain hits a long drive deep into center field. That ball is bouncing around. Wilson is chasing the ball. Fain rounds third and comes all way home with an inside-the-park grand slam home run.
Bottom 7 Minoso takes first base on ball four. Carrasquel moves to third. Fox moves to second.
Bottom 7 Fox hits a ball on the ground towards first. Limmer juggles the ball. That's an error on Limmer. Kell scores. Carrasquel moves to second.
Bottom 7 George Kell pinch runs for Sherm Lollar. Carrasquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Michaels scores. Groth scores. Kell moves to third.
Bottom 7 Sonny Dixon now pitching. Sherm Lollar pinch hits for Sandy Consuegra. Lollar hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Michaels moves to third. Groth moves to second.
Bottom 7 Groth hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Michaels moves to second.
Bottom 7 Michaels hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe.
Bottom 7 Sawatski hits a ball on the ground towards first. Limmer scoops up the ball, races to the bag, and beats Sawatski for the out.
Top 7 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play.
Top 7 Finigan hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Limmer moves to second.
Top 7 Limmer hits a line drive into left field for a base hit.
Top 7 Jacobs hits a popup towards short. Carrasquel settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Rivera is called out on strikes.
Bottom 6 Fain takes first base on ball four. Carrasquel moves to third. Minoso moves to second.
Bottom 6 Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carrasquel moves to second.
Bottom 6 Fox hits a popup towards first. Limmer settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 6 Carrasquel takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 6 Consuegra hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 6 Romberger hits a ball on the ground towards second base. Fox fields it and races to the second base bag for the out.
Top 6 Astroth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Valo scores. There goes DeMaestri trying to get to third. Rivera throws the ball in to Michaels, who tags DeMaestri for the out.
Top 6 DeMaestri hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Valo moves to second.
Top 6 Wilson is called out on strikes.
Top 6 Valo hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Bottom 5 Groth hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 5 Michaels strikes out.
Bottom 5 Sawatski hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Renna hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Top 5 Finigan hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 5 Sandy Consuegra now pitching. Limmer hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Consuegra fields it and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 4 Rivera hits a popup towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 4 Fain takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 4 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards short. DeMaestri fields it, throws to second for one, and over to first - double play. Marsh scores. Carrasquel moves to third.
Bottom 4 Dutch Romberger now pitching. Fred Marsh pinch runs for Willard Marshall. Fox bunts towards the mound. Romberger fields the ball and throws it to first. Safe. Marsh moves to third. Carrasquel moves to second.
Bottom 4 Carrasquel hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Groth scores. Marshall moves to second.
Bottom 4 Willard Marshall pinch hits for Morrie Martin. Marshall hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Groth moves to second.
Bottom 4 Groth hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 4 Jacobs hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 4 Trice hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Astroth scores.
Top 4 Sawatski fires to third and they've got Wilson trapped. The throw back to Sawatski who tags Wilson for the out. Astroth moves to second.
Top 4 Astroth takes first base on ball four.
Top 4 DeMaestri bunts towards the mound. Martin fields it and throws to first for the out. Wilson moves to third.
Top 4 Wilson hits a line drive into left field, out of the reach of Minoso. Wilson reaches second base with a double.
Bottom 3 Michaels hits a popup, foul, in front of the plate. Astroth settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Sawatski takes first base on ball four.
Bottom 3 Rivera hits a popup towards the right side of the infield. Jacobs settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 3 Fain hits a ball on the ground in front of the plate. Astroth fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Valo hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 3 Renna hits a line drive into right field, out of the reach of Rivera. Renna reaches second base with a double.
Top 3 Finigan hits a ball on the ground towards third. Michaels fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 3 Limmer hits a long drive deep into right field. That ball is going, going, gone. A home run.
Top 3 Morrie Martin now pitching. Jacobs hits a ball on the ground towards short. Carrasquel scoops it up and throws to first for the out.
Bottom 2 Minoso hits a ball on the ground towards third. Finigan fields it and throws to second for the out.
Bottom 2 Fox hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Cavarretta moves to third.
Bottom 2 Carrasquel hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out. Michaels tags and scores. Cavarretta tags and moves to second.
Bottom 2 Phil Cavarretta pinch hits for Mike Fornieles. Cavarretta hits a line drive into right field for a base hit. Sawatski scores. Michaels moves to third.
Bottom 2 Groth hits a fly ball into center field. Wilson settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 2 Michaels takes first base on ball four. Sawatski moves to second.
Bottom 2 Sawatski hits a line drive into right field for a base hit.
Top 2 Trice strikes out.
Top 2 Astroth hits a fly ball into center field. Groth settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 2 DeMaestri hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Rivera hits a popup, foul, towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Fain hits a popup, foul, towards third. Finigan settles under it and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Minoso hits a line drive into left field for a base hit. Carrasquel moves to second.
Bottom 1 Fox hits a fly ball into left field. Valo settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Bottom 1 Carrasquel takes first base on ball four.
Top 1 Wilson hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.
Top 1 Valo hits a ball on the ground towards the mound. Fornieles fields it and throws to first for the out.
Top 1 Renna hits a long drive deep into left field. That ball is going, going, gone. A three run home run.
Top 1 Finigan hits a line drive into center field for a base hit. Limmer moves to second.
Top 1 Limmer hits a line drive into center field for a base hit.
Top 1 Jacobs hits a fly ball into left field. Minoso settles under the ball and makes the catch for the out.