THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 13TH

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MAY 13TH

 

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 13TH

 

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0-0

1905: The White Sox played the first scoreless tie in their history. The Sox and New York, then known as the Highlanders, matched zeroes at South Side Park.

 

A LONG DAY

1909: The White Sox and Washington played 17 innings and had to settle for a 1-1 tie at South Side Park. The White Sox started Doc White while the Senators countered with Walter Johnson. The Senators scored a run in the fifth while the Sox tallied in the seventh. At the time, the game was tied for the second-longest in franchise history behind a 6-6 tie with New York on June 25, 1903.

 

20-5

1912: The White Sox improved to a sizzling 20-5 – the best 25-game start in franchise history -- by extending their winning streak to seven with a 3-1 win at Philadelphia. The win enabled the White Sox to maintain their 4.5-game cushion atop the A.L. The 20-5 record stood until the 2005 White Sox started 16-4.

 

FOX POWER

1956: A rare home run from Nellie Fox helped the White Sox defeat the Tigers 8-1 in Detroit. Accompanying the 17th homer of Fox’s Hall of Fame career were a complete game from Billy Pierce and three RBIs from Sherm Lollar.

 

SENSATIONAL SHAW

1959: Bob Shaw fired a gem in the White Sox 4-0 win at Boston. Shaw, who would win 18 games in 1959, gave up five hits and struck out three in logging his first career shutout. Del Ennis and Earl Torgeson made things easy on Shaw with RBIs in the first.

 

PIERCE DOES IT ALL

1961: Billy Pierce did not allow and earned run for the win and went 2-for-4 with two RBIs in the White Sox 10-1 victory over Kansas City before 6,836 at Comiskey Park. Minnie Minoso and Floyd Robinson keyed the rout with home runs in the first inning.

 

LATE OUTBURST

1962: The White Sox broke a tie by scoring 10 times over the final two innings in beating the Angels 15-6 at Dodger Stadium. A seven-run eighth, which featured three bunts, gave the Sox the lead for good. Bob Sadowski’s bases-loaded walk put the Sox on top to stay. Floyd Robinson finished with four RBIs while Joe Cunningham and Mike Hershberger eachhad three hits.

 

INTO FIRST

1965: The White Sox moved into first place with a 6-3 win over Kansas City before 2,025 at Comiskey Park. Danny Cater drove in two runs and Gary Peters earned his third win with eight strong innings as the Sox won their third straight in a streak that would reach nine.

 

OH MY! O'TOOLE!

1967: Chicagoan Jim O’Toole tossed a complete-game two-hit, 10-inning shutout in the White Sox 1-0 win – their second triumph by that score in as many days -- over the Angels before 4,479 at Comiskey Park. O’Toole struck out 11 and gave up singles in the second and 10th innings for his first win of the season. The Sox made O’Toole a winner in the 10th when Pete Ward doubled and was lifted for pinch-runner Walt Williams, who took third on a fielder’s choice and scored on Smoky Burgess’ sacrifice fly.

 

MELTON MUSCLE

1972: Bill Melton’s three-run homer keyed a five-run third inning in the White Sox 9-3 win over the Orioles before 20,697 at Comiskey Park. Dick Allen also drove in three as the Sox won their third straight.

 

BANNY HELPS STONEY

1977: Alan Bannister’s two-run single in the fifth made a winner out of starter Steve Stone in the White Sox 5-3 triumph over Cleveland before 27,130 at Comiskey Park. Stone gave up three runs on 10 hits in 7.1 innings before being relieved by Lerrin LaGrow, who went the rest of the way for his fifth save.

 

THAD COMES THROUGH

1980: Thad Bosley’s RBI in the 10th was the difference in the White Sox 6-5 win at Milwaukee. Reliever Britt Burns got the win. His only mistake in five innings was a game-tying gophner ball to future Hall of Famer Robin Yount in the ninth. Ed Farmer finished off the Brewers with a scoreless for his ninth save after the Sox had taken the lead in the top of the frame. Junior Moore, Wayne Nordhagen and Jim Morrison homered as the Sox improved to 17-13.

 

HOYT 7-0

1982: LaMarr Hoyt had no problem improving to 7-0 thanks to the White Sox 13-3 win over Milwaukee before 23,043 at Comiskey Park. Hoyt went the distance with one walk and three strikeouts. The Sox banged out 20 hits with Greg Luzinski and Ron LeFlore going deep.

 

BIG DEBUT FOR BOSTON

1984: Daryl Boston turned in one of the more memorable debuts in recent White Sox history in an 8-1 win over the Texas Rangers before 21,768 at Comiskey Park. Boston tripled off Charlie Hough in his first big league at bat and then delivered consecutive singles before fanning in his final at bat. Boston fell one hit shy of the big league and White Sox record for consecutive hits at the start of a career.

 

BURNS GLOWS

1985: Britt Burns tossed an absolute gem in the White Sox 8-0 win over Cleveland before 14,389 at Comiskey Park. Burns gave up four hits with no walks while striking out 10 in improving to 5-3.

 

MELIDO AT 3 AND 0

1988: Rookie Melido Perez improved to 3-0 with a complete-game effort in the White Sox 4-1 win over Toronto before 10,583 at Comiskey Park. Perez took a two-hit shutout into the ninth before giving up a home run to Fred McGriff. Harold Baines and Fred Manrique each drove in two as the Sox improved to 16-16.

 

THE FIRST SHALL BE BEST

1989: The first base tandem of Carlos Martinez and Ron Kittle led the White Sox to an 8-2 win at Baltimore. Martinez and Kittle combined to go 3-for-5 with two doubles and four RBIs in support of starter Eric King, who earned his fourth win.

 

SWEEP THE ROYALS

1990: The White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 4-3 before 13,731 at Comiskey Park to notch a series sweep. The Sox won the game in the ninth when Scott Fletcher doubled and took third on an error by Bo Jackson. After two intentional walks, Lance Johnson gave the Sox the win with a sacrifice fly.

 

A HAPPY HOMECOMING FOR MERULLO

1991: The White Sox pulled off one of the most improbable wins of the season with a 4-3 triumph over the Red Sox in Fenway Park. The White Sox were down to their last out when New Englander Matt Merullo delivered a pinch-homer off stopper extraordinaire Jeff Reardon. Ron Karkovice gave the Sox the lead for good with an RBI single in the 10th.

 

CAPTAIN KIRK!

1992: Kirk McCaskill flirted with a no-hitter in the White Sox 1-0 win over the Brewers in Milwaukee. McCaskill held the Brewers hitless for 6.2 innings before Kevin Seitzer came through with a single. McCaskill’s gem enabled Robin Ventura’s first-inning RBI double to stand as the game-winner.

 

CECIL HITS A LONG ONE

1998: Anaheim’s Cecil Fielder launched the second-longest home run in the history of New Comiskey Park in the White Sox 8-3 loss to the Angels. 13,498 fans watched Fielder’s fourth-inning home run travel 473-feet.

 

ABBOTT IN A PINCH

2000: Pinch-hitter Jeff Abbott powered the White Sox to an emotional win over the Minnesota Twins before 22,545 at Comiskey Park. Abbott’s blast gave the White Sox a 4-3 with a two-run, game-ending home run off Bob Wells. Abbott’s blast, the 13th game-ender at New Comiskey Park, helped the White Sox climb out of a 3-0 hole. Abbott’s homer was the first game-ender at Comiskey Park since Mike Cameron’s blast on Aug. 8, 1998 and the Sox first pinch-homer since Abbott went deep April 12, 1998 at Tampa Bay. Kelly Wunsch earned his first big league victory in relief of Mike Sirotka.

 

A GOOD START

2001: Magglio Ordonez’s three-run home run in the first inning sent the White Sox on their way to a 6-3 win over the Texas Rangers before 21,019 at Comiskey Park. Carlos Lee and Herbert Perry also homered as the White Sox posted theirsixth victory in their last eight games. Keith Foulke tossed a scoreless ninth for his seventh save of the season, 19th consecutive successful save (the longest such active skein in the game) and the 54th save of his career, tying him with Ed Farmer for seventh place in franchise history. Foulke’s save streak would end nine days later in Oakland.

 

LOAIZA STAYS HOT

2003: Esteban Loaiza improved to 7-1 in the White Sox 1-0 win over the Orioles before 14,397 at US Cellular Field. Loaiza, who had won the A.L. Pitcher of the Month Award in April, allowed just five hits and two walks while striking out seven. He received relief help from Tom Gordon and Billy Koch, who each tossed a scoreless inning. The Sox got the game’s only run in the fourth when Miguel Olivo’s ground out scored Magglio Ordonez.

 

BIG DAY FOR PAULIE

2004: Paul Konerko drove in five runs as the White Sox salvaged a split of a doubleheader with a 6-5 Game 2 win over the Baltimore Orioles in a doubleheader before 18,324 at US Cellular Field. Konerko’s three-run home run in the sixth gave the Sox the lead for good after they had dropped the first game 1-0.

 

PAULIE AGAIN

2005: Paul Konerko’s two-run single in the seventh got the first-place White Sox by the Orioles 5-3 before 28,188 at US Cellular Field. Mark Buehrle turned in eight innings for his sixth win as the White Sox increased their lead in the A.L. Central to six games. Dustin Hermanson recorded his second save in as many days. In improving to 7-1 on the Friday the13th, the Sox took a lead for the 36th consecutive game tying them for the fifth longest streak in history.