Four factoids today:

April 26, 1925 - The Sox forfeited a game to the Indians. It happened in front of a Comiskey Park record crowd of 44,000 fans. Some were actually on the field because there was no more room in the stands. With the Sox losing 7-2 in the ninth inning, many fans stormed the field thinking the game was over after a close play at first. It wasn’t, as the runner was safe because of an error on the first baseman and there were only two outs. Order was never restored and a forfeit was declared. For the record the final score went down as a 9-0 Indians win.

April 26, 1942 - It doesn’t happen often, but when it does you want to hide: In a 3-2 loss to Cleveland at Comiskey Park, the White Sox batted out of order. Per details via Retrosheet, there was a discrepancy between the submitted lineup to the scorer and the official batting order handed to the umpires (Harry “Bud” Sketchley batting sixth, Bob Kennedy seventh)

Kennedy, batting out of order, supplied the third out in the second inning. In the third inning, before Sketchley took his turn at bat, manager Jimmy Dykes ran out to umpire Steve Basil and told him that Sketchley was not the proper batter. Sketchley sat and Tom Turner batted since he was listed after Kennedy. The Indians thought (and the scoreboard showed) that Sketchley was called out for batting out of turn, which was not the case since the Pale Hose successfully changed to Turner before Sketchley completed his turn at the plate. Turner doubled to left center and eventually scored. When the second out was recorded in the inning and the Indians saw they needed one more, Cleveland manager Lou Boudreau argued and then protested the game.

Boudreau, after winning the game anyway, dropped his protest.

April 26, 1972 – With a thrilling, 7-5, walk-off win over Cleveland, the White Sox completed a 7-0 homestand for just the second time in franchise history.

The club rallied to tie with four runs in the seventh, then traded runs in the eighth and ninth, before Dick Allen crushed a two-run homer to left field for the win in the 10^th inning. It was Allen’s third home run of what would end up as his M.V.P. season.

The win also moved the upstart White Sox into first place for the first time in 1972. The White Sox had a prior 7-0 homestand in 1965, and subsequent ones in 1983, 2000, 2008 and 2010. There has never been a perfect homestand (or road trip) in team history better than 7-0.

April 26, 2019 – It was one of the wildest games in team history as the White Sox beat the Tigers in come from behind fashion 12-11 at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Sox trailed 8-1 and 9-2 at various points in the game before making a major comeback to win it.

The Sox thought they had a 12-10 lead after Jose Abreu hit what was believed to be a three-run home run in the seventh inning, however his towering drive caused Tim Anderson at first base to hesitate before running and Abreu momentarily passed him on the bases. A three-run home run became a two-run single, an 11-10 lead and an out for Jose.

After Detroit tied the game, Anderson then hit a slider into the seats, off Joe Jimenez, to win it in walk-off fashion in the last of the ninth inning.

23 hours ago, Lip Man 1 said:

April 26, 2019 – It was one of the wildest games in team history as the White Sox beat the Tigers in come from behind fashion 12-11 at Guaranteed Rate Field. The Sox trailed 8-1 and 9-2 at various points in the game before making a major comeback to win it.

The Sox thought they had a 12-10 lead after Jose Abreu hit what was believed to be a three-run home run in the seventh inning, however his towering drive caused Tim Anderson at first base to hesitate before running and Abreu momentarily passed him on the bases. A three-run home run became a two-run single, an 11-10 lead and an out for Jose.

After Detroit tied the game, Anderson then hit a slider into the seats, off Joe Jimenez, to win it in walk-off fashion in the last of the ninth inning.