THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: APRIL 19

Terry Forster finished off the Kansas City Royals with a flurry in the White Sox 5-4 win before 9,317 at Comiskey Park. With the Sox clinging to a one-run lead and a runner on first with one out in the ninth, manager Chuck Tanner summoned Forster from the bullpen to take over for Jim Kaat. Forster responded by whiffing the Royals best hitters -- John Mayberry and Hal McRae -- to end the game. The Sox tied the game in the fourth when Jorge Orta scored on Jerry Hairston’s fielder’s choice. The Sox took the lead for good in the fifth on Orta’s RBI.

 

Harold Baines hit the first home run of his career in the White Sox 5-4 win in 12 innings over the Orioles in Baltimore. Baines touched future Hall of Famer Jim Palmer for the first of his 221 White Sox home runs immediately after Jim Morrison led off the seventh with a roundtripper. The outburst sent Palmer to the showers and pulled the Sox to within one at 4-3. The Sox forced extra innings in the ninth when Mike Squires’ single scored Baines. The game remained tied until the 12th when Marv Foley drilled a two-out home run which provided the difference. Ed Farmer got the win with 1.2 scoreless innings. The real pitching hero, however, was Tex Wortham, who turned four shutout innings of one-hit relief while striking out three.

 

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