THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 10

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THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 10

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SEARING SOX STAY HOT

1973:

The first-place White Sox improved to a whopping 17-6 (the best record in the Majors) and Wilbur Wood moved to 8-2 in a 4-3 win over the Angels in 12 innings in Anaheim. The 17-6 start was the White Sox best since 1919. Only the 1912 team, which won 18 games, posted a better 23-game start than the 1973 or 1919 squads. The White Sox scored the go-ahead run in the 12th when Jorge Orta walked, took second on Luis Alvarado’s sacrifice and scored on Pat Kelly’s single. Terry Forster got the Angels in order in the 12th for the save after Wood had knuckled his way through the first 11 frames.

 

O WHAT A RELIEF HE IS

1974:

Terry Forster tossed 8.2 innings of shutout RELIEF in the White Sox 8-7 win at Texas. The White Sox finally put Forster in position to win in the 14th when Dick Allen doubled and scored on Jorge Orta’s single. Forster gave up a single in the 14th but got a double play to end the game for the victory. The portly lefty gave up two walks and four hits while improving to 2-3. The Sox forced extra innings in this 4 hour and 18 minute affair on Bill Melton’s two-run double in the seventh.

 

SABO PROVIDES THE DRAMATICS

1995:

Chris Sabo’s two-run home run in the eighth inning -- his only four-bagger as a Southsider -- lifted the White Sox to an 8-7 win over the Minnesota Twins before 15,816 at Comiskey Park. Ray Durham got the inning going with a single a -- his third hit of the night -- and Sabo followed with the homer off Mark Guthrie.