June 4, 200718 yr THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 4 www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1972: In one of the great days in club history, the White Sox treated a Bat Day crowd of 51,904 at Comiskey Park to a doubleheader sweep of the New York Yankees. MVP-to-be Dick Allen capped the party by launching a three-run pinch-hit home run with one out in the bottom of the ninth off Sparky Lyle to power the Sox to a 5-4 win in Game 2. The blast made a winner out of Cy Acosta, who pitched a scoreless top of the ninth in his big league debut. In the opener, the Sox rode a four-run third -- thanks to two-RBIs each by Mike Andrews and Carlos May -- to a 6-1 win. Tom Bradley gave up one run on six hits with one walk and eight strikeouts in a complete game effort to improve to 6-2. 1988: In one of the most dramatic games in recent memory, the White Sox scored six in the ninth with the last four coming on Gary Redus’ grand slam to beat the Texas Rangers 10-8 before 17,101 at Comiskey Park. Ivan Calderon led off the ninth with a home run. After singles by Greg Walker and Dave Gallagher and a walk to Donnie Hill loaded the bases, Mike Woodard singled with one out to pull the Sox to within 8-6. Redus then came up and ended the game with his second grand slam in a week. Edited June 4, 200718 yr by StatManDu
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