June 7, 200718 yr THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 7TH For the rest of the day see www.whiteosoxalmanac.com 1972: Rookie Rich Gossage notched the first of his 310 career saves in the White Sox 2-1 triumph of the Red Sox before 11,857 at Comiskey Park. Gossage, a rookie appearing his 11th big league game, earned the save with three shutout innings. 1984: Behind Harold Baines’ six RBIs, the White Sox overcame an early 7-0 deficit in outlasting California 11-10 before 20,721 at Comiskey Park. On the seventh anniversary of his drafting by the Sox, Baines hit a three-run homer in the third and then launched another three-run homer in the fifth, which gave the Sox the lead for good. Tom Paciorek and Ron Kittle also homered as part of the 11-hit attack. Bert Roberge got the win with 4.1 innings of shutout relief.
June 7, 200718 yr 3 shutout innings for a save. How often do you see a guy even go more than one inning now adays?
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