THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 14TH/Lights, Looie, Ozzie

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: AUGUST 14TH

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1939: The White Sox topped the St. Louis Browns 5-2 in the franchise’s’ first night game at Comiskey Park. The game attracted 30,000 fans. Lake Forest native John Duncan Rigney was the winning pitcher. Rigney went the distance and fanned 10 while walking just one. Catcher Mike Tresh paced the White Sox 13-hit attack with two RBI. The lighting plant cost the team $ 140,000.

1983: The White Sox dropped a controversial 2-1 decision to the Baltimore Orioles in front of 37,846 at Comiskey Park. Carlton Fisk appeared to hit a two-run home run in the fifth inning but home plate umpire Jim Evans overruled third base umpire Greg Kosc, saying that a fan had touched the ball below the yellow line and awarded “Pudge” a ground rule double. Sox manager Tony LaRussa was ejected for arguing the call. His parting shot was a heave of third base on his way to the White Sox clubhouse. The homer would have given the White Sox a 3-0 lead but Scot McGregor got out of the inning without any further damage.

1984: The White Sox retired Luis Aparicio’s No. 11 uniform jersey in a pregame ceremony at Comiskey Park on Luis Aparicio Night. Two days earlier, Aparicio was inducted into the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. His uniform number was the fourth in tema history to be retired.

1985: Ozzie Guillen registered his first career four-hit game and his first career home run in the White Sox 10-7 loss to New York at Comiskey Park. Guillen, on his way to the American League’s Rookie of the Year Award, clubbed his homer off Ed Whitson.