June 19, 200718 yr THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 19/HAVE A DAY LAMAR! Look for more at www.whitesoxalmanac.com ... Also, this information is displayed on the left field black and white board during home games. 1977: Lamar Johnson did it all and then some in the White Sox 2-1 win over the Oakland Athletics in the first game of a doubleheader before 24,161 at Comiskey Park. Johnson sang the national anthem and hit two home runs in support of Wilbur Wood, who did not allowan earned run in eight innings for his first win since suffering a shattered kneecap May 9, 1976. Johnson's homers came in the second and the fifth innings. In the nightcap, the Sox scored four times in the fourth en route to a 5-1 win. Jorge Orta homered to ignite the frame while Kevin Bell drove in two with a single and Brian Downing drove in another run with a double. Francisco Barrios got the victory with a complete game effort. He struck out eight to improve to 6-3. The sweep allowed the Sox to pull into a first place tie with the Twins in the American League West. 1982: Steve Kemp drove in five runs -- four of which came on a grand slam in the fifth inning -- in the White Sox 7-6 win over the Angels in Anaheim. Kemp's slam gave the White Sox the lead for good and helped pull them to within a game of first place in the American League West. Kevin Hickey got Reggie Jackson to ground out with runners on second and third to end the game for his third save. 1983: Left-hander Britt Burns fired a complete-game, three-hit shutout in the White Sox 1-0 win over Oakland before 26,169 at Comiskey Park. Burns walked four and struck out four in firing the first of his team-leading four shutouts in 1983. The Sox scored the game's only run in the fourth when Harold Baines' two-out double scored Ron Kittle.
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