THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 7TH AND 6TH

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THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: JUNE 7TH

 

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1927: Two members of the famed “Murderer’s Row” did in the White Sox in a 4-1 loss at New York. Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig hit back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning off Tommy Thomas to help the Yankees open up a two game lead over the Sox. First baseman Bud Clancy’s homer accounted for the Sox only run.

 

1944: The White Sox took advantage of nine Hal Newhouser walks in six innings to defeat the Tigers and the future league MVP and Hall of Famer 3-1 at Comiskey Park. Orval Grove got the victory, which was the White Sox seventh in a row and improved them to 21-21.

 

1959: Luis Aparicio’s two-run single highlighted a six-run second as the White Sox beat Boston 9-4 in Game 1 of a doubleheader before 25,844 at Comiskey Park.

 

1962: Al Smith went 5-for-5 – all singles – in the White Sox 8-4 win over the Angles at Dodger Stadium. Smith drove in two as did Mike Hershberger and Juan Pizarro. Eddie Fisher turned in 5.1 innings of one-run relief for the victory.

 

1963: Juan Pizarro hit a two-run home run and went the distance while striking out 10 in the White Sox 7-1 win at Kansas City. Pizarro’s homer was part of a five-run eighth that broke the game open.

 

1964: The White Sox took over first place with by sweeping a doubleheader from the Detroit Tigers before 36,313 at Comiskey Park. The Sox took the opener 8-3 thanks to a RBI by Pete Ward in the sixth, which gave the team the lead for good. The Sox stole the nightcap 2-1 with two in the eighth which made a winner out of Joe Horlen, who went the distance.

 

1965: Moose Skowron went 3-for-3 with two solo homers in the White Sox 7-3 win over the Red Sox in Boston.

 

1970: Bobby Knoop’s single in the 12th scored Tommy McCraw with the go-ahead run in the White Sox 4-3 win over the Yankees in New York.

 

1972: Rookie Rich Gossage notched the first of his 310 career saves in the White Sox 2-1 triumph of the Red Sox before 11,857 at Comiskey Park. Gossage, a rookie appearing his 11th big league game, earned the save with three shutout innings.

 

1973: Eddie Leon’s single tied the game and Jorge Orta’s sac fly gave the Sox the lead in the fifth inning of a 3-2 win at Baltimore. The victory enabled the Sox to take over sole possession of first place in the American League West by a half game.

 

1974: The White Sox used a three-run fifth to overtake the Boston Red Sox in an 8-6 win over the Red Sox before 15,173 at Comiskey Park in a game that was delayed 70 minutes when a popcorn machine in the right field stands caught fire causing fans to flee for safety. Bill Melton scored the tying run on an error and Jorge Orta forced home Ron Santo with the go-ahead run to make a winner out of Jim Kaat, who was making a rare appearance out of the bullpen.

 

1977: The White Sox used the top overall pick in the draft to select Harold Baines, who went on to have a brilliant career on the South side.

 

1978: The White Sox scored eight times in the first two innings and then cruised behind starter Ken Kravec in an 8-3 win at Minnesota for the 6,000th triumph in franchise history. The left-hander pitched into the ninth and struck out 12 for his fourth win.

 

1982: Carlton Fisk’s home run – his second of the game -- in the ninth forced extra innings and Billy Almon’s RBI single in the 11th won it in a 6-5 victory over the A’s before 16,744 at Comiskey Park. Chicagoan Kevin Hickey tossed two scoreless innings for his first career victory.

 

1983: Greg Luzinski’s single in the 10th scored Tony Bernazard with the go-ahead run in a 12-11 win over the Angels in Anaheim. Luzinski also hit a three-run home run in the wild affair, which featured 25 hits and four innings of at least four runs.

 

1984: Behind Harold Baines’ six RBIs, the White Sox overcame an early 7-0 deficit in outlasting California 11-10 before 20,721 at Comiskey Park. On the seventh anniversary of his drafting by the Sox, Baines hit a three-run homer in the third and then launched another three-run homer in the fifth, which gave the Sox the lead for good. Tom Paciorek and Ron Kittle also homered as part of the 11-hit attack. Bert Roberge got the win with 4.1 innings of shutout relief.

 

1986: The White Sox’ biggest Comiskey Park crowd since Opening Day witnessed a 10-3 win over Oakland. Greg Walker’s homer in the third fronted the Sox for good and Bobby Bonilla added a three-run shot in the fifth as 26,773 saw the “good guys” win their third consecutive game.

 

1987: Bill Long fired his second complete game shutout in a little over a month in a 4-0 win at California. The right-hander scattered seven hits and struck out seven while walking none to improve to 3-1. He received support from batterymate Carlton Fisk, who hit two home runs.

 

1988: The White Sox exploded for seven runs in the seventh inning in rallying past Minnesota 10-8 before 11,923 at Comiskey Park. Harold Baines, Dan Pasqua, Ozzie Guillen and Rob Woodard each drove in two runs while Pasqua and Baines homered.

 

1989: Ozzie Guillen’s single gave the White Sox the lead for good in a three-run sixth in a 6-4 win at Texas. Guillen’s single came a batter after Carlton Fisk had tied the game with a sacrifice fly.

 

1991: Charlie Hough pitched into the eighth and received help from Scott Radinsky in the White Sox 2-0 win at Kansas City. Hough gave up six hits and no walks while striking out three. Radinsky turned in 1.1 perfect innings for his first save. Robin Ventura and Dan Pasqua had RBIs as the Sox won for the second straight day.

 

1992: Charlie Hough played stopper in knuckling the White Sox past Oakland 6-1 before 42,415 at Comiskey Park. Hough went the distance and limited Oakland to just three hits as the Sox halted a four-game skid. Robin Ventura went 3-for-4 with a homer, double and two RBI. Warren Newson also homered to help the Sox pull to within 5.5 games of the American League West lead.

 

1993: The White Sox unleashed a home run barrage in walloping the Detroit Tigers 7-3 before 27,490 at Comiskey Park. Frank Thomas, Dan Pasqua and Ellis Burks all homered as Jason Bere collected his second consecutive win over Detroit. The win allowed the Sox to move into sole possession of second place in the American League West.

 

1996: Robin Ventura doubled and homered and drove in three and Tony Phillips and Ron Karkovice also went deep in an 8-2 win at Baltimore. Alex Fernandez went the distance and earned his sixth win despite giving up 11 hits.

 

1997: The White Sox outlasted the Baltimore Orioles 1-0 in 11 innings before 31,548 at Comiskey Park. The Sox won the game in the 11th when Dave Martinez walked, took second on a passed ball and advanced to third on Darren Lewis’ sacrifice bunt. After an intentional walk, Harold Baines drove in Martinez with a single. Wilson Alvarez, Matt Karchner, Tony Castillo and winner Roberto Hernandez limited the Orioles to nine hits.

 

2000: Frank Thomas couldn’t have picked a better time for his first career pinch-home run in the White Sox 6-4, sweep-completing win over the Reds in Cincinnati. Thomas’ homer, a two-run shot, came in the sixth with the White Sox trailing 3-2 and gave the team the lead for good.

 

2001: Mark Buehrle fashioned eight shutout innings in earning the win in the White Sox 5-1 triumph at Kansas City. Buehrle was backed by a 4-for-4 performance from Magglio Ordonez and a home run from Carlos Lee for his fourth win.

 

2003: Bartolo Colon went the distance and was supported by home runs from Joe Crede and Frank Thomas in the White Sox 4-1 over the Dodgers in Los Angeles. Colon gave up four hits and struck out five for his sixth win in the Sox first game at Dodger Stadium since a 2-1 loss in 14 innings to the Angels in the second game of a doubleheader Sept. 15, 1965.

 

2005: A.J. Pierzynski and Jermaine Dye drove in runs in the fourth as the first-place White Sox posted a 2-1 interleague win over the Rockies in Denver. Jose Contreras tossed six strong innings and received stellar relief help from Neal Cotts and Dustin Hermanson, who combined to fan five in three perfect frames.

 

2006: For the second consecutive day, Alex Cintron drove in the winning run in a White Sox 4-3 win over Detroit. Cintron’s single in the seventh scored Joe Crede with the go-ahead run before 37,612 at US Cellular Field. Jose Contreras improved to 6-0 while Bobby Jenks earned his 17th save.

 

THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: JUNE 6TH

 

1910: Ed Walsh fired the fourth one-hit shutout of his career in a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox at the 39th Street Grounds. It was the final one-hitter at the 39th Street Grounds. Twenty-four days later, the White Sox would inaugurate Comiskey Park.

 

1942: White Sox minor leaguer Gene Stack, the first player ever drafted from a Major League roster into the military, died of a heart attack following an army ball game. Stack never played for the White Sox.

 

1944: All Major League games were cancelled as the country turned its attention to Europe where allied forces invaded occupied France.

 

1955: The White Sox dealt veteran pitcher Harry Dorish to the Baltimore Orioles for catcher Les Moss. While he was at the end of his career, the pickup of Moss wasn’t a bad one for the Sox. Moss hit 10 home runs in just 127 at bats in 1956 in becoming just the second backstop in club annals to reach double figures in homers in a season.

 

1957: The first-place White Sox maintained their five game lead over the Yankees with a 3-2 win over the Red Sox before 7,597 at Comiskey Park. The Sox improved to an amazing 31-12 thanks to a two-run home run by Minnie Minoso in the seventh.

 

1960: The White Sox scored all of their runs in the eighth and ninth innings in stunning the Yankees and Whitey Ford 3-2 in Yankee Stadium. Ford had fired seven shutout innings of two-hit ball before the Sox scored two in the eighth and one in the ninth. Minnie Minoso’s two-run single in the eighth put the Sox ahead while Luis Aparicio’s RBI single in the ninth provided some insurance.

 

1961: Al Smith went 4-for-4 with a double, a home run and three RBIs in the White Sox 7-1 win over Detroit before 18,402 at Comiskey Park.

 

1966: Lee Elia clubbed the first home run of his career in the White Sox 5-1 win – their fifth straight – at California. Elia’s blast came in the second, an inning after the Sox had taken the lead for good on Floyd Robinson’s RBI single. Dennis Higgins, the cousin of Joe Crede, fired four perfect innings for his second save in preserving Juan Pizarro’s fifth win.

 

1967: Tommie Agee’s two-run single in the seventh scored Al Weis and Ed Stroud to break a 3-3 tie in the White Sox 5-3 win over Boston before 10,463 at Comiskey Park.

 

1971: Jay Johnstone hit two home runs – including a three-run blast in a five-run first – as the White Sox topped the Tigers 8-2 before 25,356 at Comiskey Park. Bill Melton also homered and Tom Bradley pitched into the ninth for his sixth win.

 

1976: Ken Brett and Jesse Jefferson combined on a three-hitter in Game 2 to cap a White Sox sweep of the Indians in a doubleheader before 24,413 at Comiskey Park. After the Sox took the opener 3-2, Brett fired seven shutout frames to improve to 3-0 and Jefferson closed with two in a 5-0 win.

 

1977: The "Southside Hitmen" White Sox exploded for four runs in the 12th in besting the Twins 9-5 in Minnesota. Oscar Gamble capped the outburst with a three-run homer after Richie Zisk, who was 4-for-5, had given the Sox the lead with an RBI single.

 

1978: Francisco Barrios fired a seven-hitter in the White Sox 3-0 win at Cleveland. Barrios walked three and struck out three in improving to 4-5. The Indians had the tying run at the plate in the ninth but Barrios got a 6-4-3 double play to secure his second shutout in three starts and his third consecutive complete game.

 

1979: Lamar Johnson, Milt May and Eric Soderholm homered in leading the White Sox to an 8-5 win at Boston. A two-run double in the first by Alan Bannister gave the Sox the lead for good.

 

1980: Diminutive Harry Chappas’ double in the ninth scored Bobby Molinaro with the winning run as the White Sox beat the Indians 8-7 before 20,231 at Comiskey Park. Marv Foley’s two-run, pinch-homer in the eighth tied the game, setting the stage for the 5-foot-3 Chappas’ heroics. Ed Farmer got the win in relief to improve to 5-0.

 

1984: Tom Seaver recorded his 58th career shutout, a four-hit masterpiece in a 4-0 win over the Angels before 20,995 at Comiskey Park. Seaver delivered first-pitch strikes to 20 of 30 batters and he retired seven hitters on the first pitch. Seaver fanned eight and walked none and was backed by a home run from batterymate and future fellow Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk.

 

1985: Ron Kittle broke a 1-1 tie with a three-run homer in the sixth to lift the White Sox to a 4-3 win at Texas.

 

1986: Joel McKeon squelched a rally by getting the final two outs to preserve the White Sox 6-4 victory over Oakland before 19,880 at Comiskey Park. The Sox had taken a 6-1 lead early thanks to two RBIs each from Ozzie Guillen, John Cangelosi and Julio Cruz. Oakland scored two in the ninth off Richard Doston and Bob James before McKeon came on with a man on second and one out. The lefty got a ground out and a fly out to secure his first save.

 

1989: The White Sox used their first round pick on Frank Thomas thus beginning one of the most productive careers in franchise history. The first baseman out of Auburn was the seventh overall pick of the draft. Fourteen months later, Thomas debuted for the Sox.

 

1990: Melido Perez made five runs in the first inning stand up in a 5-0 victory over Seattle before 14,479 at Comiskey Park. Two RBIs each by Lance Johnson and Scott Fletcher and an RBI single by Carlton Fisk supported the five-hit performance by Perez, who gave up just four hits while fanning seven.

 

1991: Robin Ventura’s squeeze bunt scored Tim Raines with the go-ahead run in the 10th in the White Sox 2-1 win at Cleveland.

 

1993: Ron Karkovice’s eighth-inning home run handed the White Sox a 4-3 come-from-behind win over Boston before 42,393 at Comiskey Park. With Boston leading 3-1 in the seventh, Lance Johnson tripled in a run before “Karko” launched the game-winner.

 

1995: Robin Ventura’s RBI single in the fifth put the White Sox ahead to stay in their 6-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays before 18,428 at Comiskey Park. Jason Bere went the first five innings in earning his second win of the season. Bere got relief help from Scott Radinsky, Jose DeLeon, Tim Fortugno and Roberto Hernandez, who earned his 10th save.

 

1996: The White Sox turned their first triple play since June 15, 1986 in a 7-4 loss at Boston. The triple play came in the first inning with Joe Magrane on the mound and Mo Vaughn on second, Jose Canseco on first and Tim Naehring at bat. Naehring hit a grounder to Robin Ventura, who started the 5-4-3 triple play. Boston’s John Valentin hit for the cycle, marking only the second time in baseball history a triple play and a cycle occurred in the same game.

 

1997: The White Sox used a five-run fifth in surging past the Baltimore Orioles 7-3 before 21,304 at Comiskey Park. Dave Martinez’s sac fly gave the Sox the lead for good while Albert Belle, Jorge Fabregas and Lyle Mouton added RBIs in the inning. Doug Drabek earned the win and relievers Chuck McElroy, Bill Simas, Tony Castillo and Roberto Hernandez finished off the Birds.

 

1998: Charlie O’Brien hit the White Sox first official home run in Wrigley Field in a 7-6 loss to the Cubs. O’Brien’s blast came in the sixth and put the Sox on top 5-4 but the Cubs took the lead for good in the bottom half of the frame.

 

1999: Frank Thomas’ 1,000th RBI helped the White Sox turn back the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 in an interleague tilt before 26,827 at Comiskey Park. Thomas joined Luke Appling as the only players in club history to reach the 1,000-RBI plateau with a first-inning single which was part of a two-frame that gave the Sox the lead for good. The RBI also enabled Thomas to join Cal Ripken Jr., Chili Davis, Barry Bonds and Mark McGwire as the only active players with 1,000 walks and a 1,000 RBI.

 

2000: The first-place White Sox jumped to a 13-1 lead and then held off the Reds for a 17-12 win at Cincinnati. The Sox built their lead on the bats of Carlos Lee (4-for-5, two doubles, four RBI), Jeff Abbott (three RBI, two doubles) and Ray Durham (two doubles, two runs). Frank Thomas scored the 1,000th of his career in the first inning to become the sixth active player with at least 300 homers, 1,000 runs, 1,000 RBI and 1,000 walks. Thomas became just the fourth player in White Sox history to reach the 1,000-run plateau. Cal Eldred got the win and also scored three runs in the interleague tilt.

 

2005: The first-place White Sox made their Coors Field debut a successful one in pounding the Colorado Rockies 9-3 in an interleague tilt in Denver. Jermaine Dye, Juan Uribe and A.J. Pierzynski each had three hits and Paul Konerko homered to back Freddy Garcia’s 10-strikeout performance.

 

2006: Alex Cintron’s three-run homer in the eighth lifted the White Sox past the Tigers 4-3 before 37,192 at US Cellular Field. Cintron’s homer, his first with the Sox, came with two outs and Jermaine Dye and Joe Crede on base.

Edited June 7, 2008 by StatManDu

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