THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 5TH/Terry Forster,

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THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 5TH

 

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1919: Future Hall of Famer Eddie Collins laced the second in-the-park grand slam in White Sox history at Yankee Stadium. Collins victimized Yankee hurler Ernie Shore in the first-place White Sox 5-1 win.

 

1974: The White Sox rewarded Terry Forster with a victory in a 7-6 win in 15 innings over the New York Yankees before 7,566 at Comiskey Park. Forster fashioned seven innings of relief and gave up one run with seven strikeouts and no walks. He got the win when the White Sox pushed a run across in the 15th when Dick Allen singled, took second on a Bill Melton sacrifice and scored on Jorge Orta's double. The Yankees led 5-0 after 2 1-2 innings but the Sox scored six in the third on a two-run triple by Allen and a two-run single by Carlos May and RBIs by Bucky Dent and Ken Henderson. The Yankees tied it with two out in the ninth on a Bobby Murcer single. Like Forster, Jim Kaat was tough in relief. The left-hander tossed 5.1 innings and gave up one run. This was the longest Sox-Yankees game by innings since the Sox 2-0 win in 15 at Yankee Stadium on June 4, 1965.