May 3May 3 Three factoids today...May 3, 1954 – Down through the decades the White Sox have been known for outstanding pitching and in a series in Philadelphia that was shown to be valid again.With a two-hitter in a 14-3 trouncing, Sandy Consuegra extended South Side stinginess to four consecutive games that began with Virgil “Fire” Trucks tossing a one-hitter on May 1 winning 3-0 in Boston and continuing with Bob Johnson spinning a two-hitter against the Athletics in the first game of a twin bill on May 2 as the Sox won 4-0. The Sox lost the second game 2-1 allowing seven hits.Then in the blowout win Consuegra fired another gem. All three A’s runs were unearned by the way because of a pair of errors.So in the four games the Sox allowed a total of five runs on 12 hits.May 3, 1968 - It’s a dubious record, one that first baseman Tommy McCraw wishes never happened. In the third inning of a game at Comiskey Park, McCraw made three errors against the Yankees. Two of them came when he couldn’t field ground balls and the third was on a throwing error.New York scored all of their runs in that frame in beating the Sox 3-2. All the runs were unearned of course with Joe Horlen taking the hard-luck loss.May 3, 2005 - With a comeback win over Kansas City, 5-4, the White Sox established a Major League record by holding a lead in their first 26 games of the season. That broke the old mark set by the Brooklyn Dodgers. After trailing all game, the White Sox took the lead on a Carl Everett double to right-center, scoring Scott Podsednik and Tadahito Iguchi with the eventual deciding tallies. The win improved Chicago to an MLB best 19-7 record.The White Sox would extend this record to 37 games before playing a contest in which they failed to hold a lead. That happened on May 15 when they never led in a 6-2 loss to the Orioles at U.S. Cellular Field. Edited May 4May 4 by Lip Man 1
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