THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: JULY 18TH/The Yankee Flipper (1995)

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THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: JULY 18TH

 

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1936: Rip Radcliff became the first White Sox player to collect six hits in a game in a 21-14 win in the nightcap of a doubleheader in Philadelphia. In the highest scoring game in league history, Radcliff was 6-for-7 with two doubles and four singles in becoming the 20th American Leaguer to accomplish the feat. Clint Brown got the victory in what was the highest scoring game in franchise history at the time. The Sox won the opener 7-4.

 

1939: White Sox owner J. Louis Comiskey, the son of the “Old Roman,” died at the age of 56 at the family’s resort in Eagle River, Wisconsin.

 

1941: The White Sox denied Lefty Grove his 300th win by defeating the Red Sox 4-3 in 10 innings.

 

1948: Pat Seerey set a White Sox record with four home runs in a 12-11 win in Game 1 of a doubleheader at Philadelphia. Three of Seerey’s homers were consecutive in the 11-inning affair. Seerey was the first American Leaguer to hit four homers in a game since Lou Gehrig accomplished the feat June 3, 1932. The feat wouldn’t be accomplished again until June 10, 1959 when Rocky Colavito launched four homers in a row.

 

1987: Jim Winn struck out Joe Carter to save the White Sox 6-3 win over the Cleveland Indians before a Fireworks Night crowd of 21,866 at Comiskey Park. Winn entered the game in relief of Bobby Thigpen with runners on first and third. Winn's strikeout of Carter secured him his first save of the season. Thigpen got the win over knuckleballer Tom Candiotti with 3.1 shutout innings of relief. The victory was the second in a three-game sweep of the Tribe.

 

1995: Jim Abbott and Dave Righetti helped the White Sox sweep a doubleheader from the Yankees in New York. Abbott went the distance in the White Sox 9-4 win in the first game. In the sixth inning, Tim Raines set an American League record by swiping his 37th consecutive base. Righetti started the nightcap and netted his first win in two years in the Sox 11-4 victory. Righetti, who was called up before the game, allowed four runs in 6.2 innings for his first victory since April 20, 1993. The Sox ripped Jack McDowell for 13 hits and nine runs in 4.2 innings. After being pulled, McDowell gave the finger to the unruly crowd thus dubbing “Black Jack” the “Yankee Flipper.”

 

 

[Greg The Bull Luzinski]

THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: JULY 18TH

 

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1995: Jim Abbott and Dave Righetti helped the White Sox sweep a doubleheader from the Yankees in New York. Abbott went the distance in the White Sox 9-4 win in the first game. In the sixth inning, Tim Raines set an American League record by swiping his 37th consecutive base. Righetti started the nightcap and netted his first win in two years in the Sox 11-4 victory. Righetti, who was called up before the game, allowed four runs in 6.2 innings for his first victory since April 20, 1993. The Sox ripped Jack McDowell for 13 hits and nine runs in 4.2 innings. After being pulled, McDowell gave the finger to the unruly crowd thus dubbing “Black Jack” the “Yankee Flipper.”

 

I can honestly say that I have no recollection of Dave Righetti pitching for the White Sox, but I do remember the Yankee flipper.