THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 7TH

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THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 7TH

 

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WELCOME WALSH

1904: Ed Walsh made his big league debut for the White Sox in an 8-7 win over St. Louis at South Side Park. Walsh made the first of his 430 appearances (315 starts) which eventually landed “The Big Reel” in the Hall of Fame.

 

LARRIPIN’ LOU FINDS THE UPPER TANK

1927: The Yankees Lou Gehrig slammed the first home run into the new pavilion of recently-expanded Comiskey Park in New York’s 8-0 win. Changes to the park, including the new pavilion, were made primarily to handle the popularity of the Yankees. The grand slam was hit off Sox pitcher Ted Lyons.

 

SOX WIN BATTLE OF LEGENDS

1935: The White Sox future Hall of Famer got the best of the Yankees’ future Hall of Famer in a 4-3 win at Comiskey Park. Ted Lyons got the win over Lefty Gomez as the White Sox opened a 1.5-game lead atop the American League. The victory was the Sox third in a row and improved them to 12-4 for the franchise’s best 16-game start since 1920.

 

TEDDY BALLGAME FINDS THE ROOF

1941: Ted Williams hit the first of his two roof shot home runs at Comiskey Park in Boston’s 4-3 win in 11 innings. Williams, who would hit his second roofer in 1955, victimized John Rigney for the sixth roof shot homer in Comiskey Park history.

 

CHAMPS STAY ON TOP

1960: The defending American League champion White Sox held their share of first place with a 6-4 win over the Senators in Washington. Dick Donovan got the win, his first of the year, and Al Smith drove in two and Roy Sievers homered as the Sox improved to 11-6.

 

SOX BUZ(HARDT)KC

1963: John Buzhardt turned in eight strong innings and drove in a run in the White Sox 2-1 win – their second straight in a streak that would reach seven – at Kansas City. Floyd Robinson gave the Sox the lead for good in the first when his single scored Joe Cunningham. Buzhardt gave up five hits and one run in eight innings before getting relief help from Hoyt Wilhelm as the Sox moved to within a half-game of first place.

 

LEAVING NOTHING TO CHANCE

1965: The first-place White Sox scored three times in each of the last three innings in overwhelming the Twins 13-5 at Minnesota in improving to 14-5 for the first time since 1919. Danny Cater’s two-run homer in the seventh put the Sox over the top. Ron Hansen, Al Weis and Pete Ward also went deep as the Sox won for the fifth straight time and increased their first-place lead to 2.5 games. Bob Locker got the win with three perfect innings of relief.

 

ONE RUN ENOUGH

1966: The White Sox banged out 10 hits but scored just once in beating the Tigers 1-0 before 6,929 at Comiskey Park. The Sox scored their run in the sixth when J.C. Martin, who had three hits, drove in Danny Cater with a single. That was enough for Tommy John, who allowed just five hits as the Sox halted a four-game losing streak.

 

McCRAW SLAMS ANGELS

1968: Tommy McCraw’s third-inning grand slam highlighted a five-run frame as the White Sox held off the Angels 6-5 in Anaheim.

 

WOOD REALLY GOOD

1974: Wilbur Wood turned in one of the great pitching performances in franchise history as the White Sox tamed the Tigers 1-0 in 11 innings in Detroit. Wood and Lerrin LaGrow swapped zeroes for 10 innings before Ed Herrmann broke the deadlock with a homer to leadoff the 11th. Wood finished off the Tigers with a 1-2-3 11th, which included his 1,000th career strikeout. Wood gave up two hits and four walks while striking out 10. The closest the Tigers came to scoring came in the 10th when they loaded the bases with one out but Wood got out of the jam with a pop out and a ground out.

 

A DERON WIN FOR SOX

1975: Deron Johnson’s two-run single in the ninth lifted the White Sox to a 3-2 win over the Twins before 3,255 at Comiskey Park. The Sox entered the frame trailing 2-0 but got an RBI single from Ken Henderson before Johnson’s heroics made a winner out of Terry Forster, who tossed two shutout innings of relief.

 

ZISK POWERS SOX

1977: Richie Zisk’s two-run homer in the eighth gave the White Sox the lead for good in a 5-2 win at Cleveland.

 

SQUIRES SQUATS AGAIN

1980: Mike Squires made his second appearance behind the plate in a 12-5 loss to the Royals before 7,584 at Comiskey Park. Squires’ first appearance behind the plate was May 4, 1980, making him the first left-hander to catch in a game since Dale Long did it for the 1958 Cubs.

 

RIDERS ON THE STORM

1982: Jim Morrison hit solo homers in the fifth and sixth innings as the first-place White Sox topped the Tigers 8-5 at Detroit. LaMarr Hoyt started and improved to 6-0 and got relief help from Ernesto Escarrega, who got the final two outs with the bases loaded for the only save of his big league career.

 

THE BOOTER!

1983: The White Sox ran their winning streak to four and reached the .500 mark at 12-12 with a 4-3 win over Cleveland before 18,245 at Comiskey Park. Tony Bernazard’s first-inning double gave the Sox the lead for good and reserve catcher Marc “The Booter” Hill began a string of five consecutive hits. LaMarr Hoyt was the winning pitcher and Kevin Hickey earned his third save in as many appearances and his fifth overall on the season.

 

EIGHT GOOD INNINGS

1985: The White Sox overcame a 4-0 first-inning deficit in overtaking the Indians 7-4 at Cleveland. The Sox tied it with two in the fourth on Julio Cruz’s single and took the lead in the fifth on Greg Walker’s two-run homer. Floyd Bannister settled down after the first, giving up just two hits while pitching into the seventh. He finished with 10 strikeouts in posting his first win of the season. Bob James fanned four in two innings for his third save.

 

A BALTIMORE BASHING

1988: The White Sox banged out 18 hits and got two-run home runs from Ken Williams, Harold Baines and Carlton Fisk in whipping the Orioles 11-7 in Baltimore. Bill Long got the win with 4.2 innings of shutout relief.

 

DIG IN … AND WIN

1989: Ground was broken for the New Comiskey Park. Across the street, the White Sox celebrated by beating New York 6-2 before 20,603 at Comiskey Park. Harold Baines went 3-for-5 with two RBI to lift his average to a league-leading .353. Eric King gave up one run in seven innings for the victory. The top three batters in the White Sox order – leadoff hitter Ozzie Guillen, Dave Gallagher and Baines – were 8-for-12 with three runs, three steals and three RBIs.

 

A WALKOFF WIN

1991: Sammy Sosa’s homer run to leadoff the 12th handed the White Sox their first extra-inning win in their new home -- a 2-1 triumph over the Milwaukee Brewers before 35,451 at New Comiskey Park. Greg Hibbard tossed 10 innings and gave up just one run on six hits but did not get a decision. Bobby Thigpen got the win in relief.

 

NICE DEBUT FOR ABNER

1992: Shawn Abner went 2-for-2 and drove in the tying run in his White Sox debut in a 7-6 win over Boston before a matinee crowd of 25,582 at Comiskey Park. The Sox erased an early 6-0 deficit to post their fifth consecutive win. Joey Cora’s sixth-inning sac fly pushed across the eventual winning run. Donn Pall got the win as the Sox overcame a 15-walk performance by their five pitchers.

 

BIG HITTERS DELIVER

1993: Robin Ventura drove in two runs in the White Sox 6-5 win over Cleveland before 24,873 at Comiskey Park. Frank Thomas, George Bell and Ventura went a combined 6-for-11 in helping Wilson Alvarez improve to 3-0.

 

OZZIE DOES IT

1994: The first-place White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 4-2 before 26,214 at Comiskey Park. Ozzie Guillen plated the go-ahead run with a two-out single in the fourth inning.

 

TARTABULL IS THE DIFFERENCE

1996: Danny Tartabull’s two-run homer in the seventh inning put the White Sox over the top in a 3-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles before 16,130 at Comiskey Park. Roberto Hernandez posted his 10th save in reaching double figures in that category for the fifth consecutive season.

 

A SMASHING DEBUT FOR LEE

1999: Carlos Lee became the first White Sox player to homer in his first big league at bat in a 7-1 win over Oakland before 11,181 at Comiskey Park. Lee made history when he deposited a 2-2 pitch from Tom Candiotti into the outfield seats in the second inning. Lee had been summoned from Triple-A Charlotte earlier in the day and started the game in left field. In the first inning, Thomas moved past Luke Appling into first place on the Sox career extra-base hit list with a double, the 588th long hit of his career.

 

FOULKE SAVES THE DAY

2001: Keith Foulke continued his hot streak in giving Jerry Manuel his 259th win as White Sox manager in a 7-4 triumph at Texas. Foulke converted his 18th consecutive save, the longest active streak in the game and two shy of the Sox record, in helping Manuel tie Gene Lamont for 10th place on the club’s managerial win list. Paul Konerko and Carlos Lee broke open the game with back-to-back home runs in a three-run fifth.

 

CRAZY EIGHTH

2002: The White Sox used an eight-run sixth – highlighted by home runs from Jose Valentin and Magglio Ordonez – in blasting the Rangers 11-6 in Texas. Kenny Lofton also homered while Thomas and Ordonez both drove in three in helping reliever Mike Porzio pick up his first victory. Matt Ginter tossed four innings for his first big league save.

 

NO. 6 FOR LOAIZA

2003:Esteban Loaiza picked up his sixth victory as the White Sox picked up a rare win in Oakland with an 8-4 triumph. Loaiza gave up two runs on four hits with three walks and one strikeouts in helping the Sox stop a 10-game skid in Oakland.

 

SOX STAY HOT

2005: The future World Champion White Sox extended their winning streak to seven with a 10-7 pasting of the Blue Jays in Toronto. Paul Konerko homered twice and drove in five runs and Jon Garland improved to 6-0 for the longest winning streak by a Sox pitcher since James Baldwin’s eight-gamer in 2000. Scott Podsednik tied a club record with four stolen bases, which was also a personal best, as the Sox improved to a big-league best 23-7.

 

CREDE COMES THROUGH

2006: Joe Crede’s eighth-inning single brought home Jim Thome with the go-ahead run in a 3-2 win over the Royals before 38,870 at US Cellular Field. The Sox fell behind 2-0 but Pablo Ozuna’s two-run triple tied the game in the fifth. Brandon McCarthy fanned the only batter he faced to get the win while Bobby Jenks earned his 10th save.