THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: OCTOBER 10TH

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THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: OCTOBER 10TH

 

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1906: The Cubs pulled even with the White Sox by winning Game 2 of the 1906 World Series 7-1 in chilled South Side Park. The Cubs, who won a Major League record 116 games during the regular season, scored four runs in the first three innings off Doc White to take the lead for good. Ed Reulbach limited the Sox to one hit, a single to center by Jiggs Donahue in the seventh inning. Patsy Dougherty scored the Sox lone run in the fifth with the help of a Cubs’ defensive lapse.

 

1917: The New York Giants made a two-run fourth stand up in Game 3 of the 1917 World Series in a 2-0 win over the White Sox before 33,616 at the Polo Grounds. The victory enabled the Giants to pull to within 2-1 in the best-of-seven series. Ed Cicotte was the tough-luck loser, giving up just eight hits ineight innings. Buck Weaver and Eddie Collins combined for four of the Sox five hits.

 

1993: The White Sox fell to the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series at SkyDome. The Blue Jays scored single runs each of the first four innings off Jack McDowell in holding off the White Sox. The White Sox pulled to within two in the ninth on Robin Ventura’s home run and had the tying run at the plate but Duane Ward fanned Bo Jackson to end it in giving the Blue Jays a 3-2 advantage in the best-of-the seven series.