September 26, 200718 yr 1925: Babe Ruth victimized the White Sox with the first walkoff grand slam in American League history in the Yankees' 6-5 win in New York. Ruth hit the homer off Sarg Connally in MLB's first game-ending slam in the 20th Century. 1936: The White Sox finished their season with a doubleheader sweep of the St. Louis Browns at Comiskey Park and Luke Appling finished his season as the Major League’s leading hitter with a .388 average. The future Hall of Famer became the first Sox player to win a batting title and his average set a record for American League shortstops which still stands. The Sox won the first game 5-3 and took the nightcap 8-6 with Ted Lyons and Monty Stratton getting the victories. 1943: The White Sox scored a club record 13 runs in the fourth inning in a 15-3 win over the Senators in Washington. The White Sox recorded 10 hits in the frame in logging the most prolific fourth inning in American League history. The highlight of the inning was a perfectly-executed triple steal by Thurman Tucker, Guy Cutright and Luke Appling.
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