THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 4TH/Seaver, Thiggy, Hough!

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THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 4TH

 

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1910: The White Sox Ed Walsh and the A’s’ Jack Coombs dueled in a 16-inning 0-0 tie at Comiskey Park.

 

1926: Bill Barrett hit the fourth inside-the-park grand slam in franchise history and the first by a Sox player in Comiskey Park history. Barrett victimized Fred Heimach of the Boston Red Sox. The inside-the-park grand slam was one of four by a Sox player in at Old Comiskey Park with the last by Carlos May on Sept. 18, 1971.

 

1956: The White Sox set a club record with six homers in a 15-4 win over the Baltimore Orioles at Comiskey Park. Jim Rivera hit two homers while Less Moss, Larry Doby, winning pitcher Jack Harshman and Walt Dropo each added as the Sox took their third straight from the Birds.

 

1985: In the city where he became a legend, Tom Seaver won his 300th game in the White Sox 4-1 win over the New York Yankees in Yankee Stadium. Seaver went the distance and gave up six hits and one walk while fanning seven. Seaver got out of a jam in the eighth by fanning Dave Winfield and then watched Harold Baines make a spectacular catch up against the right field wall to keep the Yankees at bay. Don Baylor flew out to Reid Nichols in left for the final out.

 

1989: The White Sox won their 12th straight at home in dramatic fashion by defeating the Detroit Tigers 5-4 before 16,918 at Comiskey Park. Trailing 4-3 in the ninth, Carlton Fisk singled and was lifted for pinch-runner Lance Johnson. After the Tigers botched Steve Lyons’ sacrifice, Carlos Martinez got the tying run home. Ozzie Guillen then followed with a double to right that scored the winning run.

 

1990: The White Sox won their fourth straight in Milwaukee with a 9-6 win over the Brewers. Sammy Sosa’s three-run homer highlighted a six-run sixth. Bobby Thigpen earned his 35th save, surpassing his career-high and club-record of 34 set in both 1988 and 1989.

 

1991: Knuckleballer Charlie Hough threw the 12th shutout of his career in the White Sox 1-0 win over the Baltimore Orioles before 41,059 at Comiskey Park. The 44-year old right-hander limited the Orioles to five hits while walking two and fanning seven in posting what would be the final win of his White Sox career. Hough got his only run when Frank Thomas homered off Mike Mussina – who was making his Major League debut – in the sixth inning.