StatManDu Posted June 8, 2011 Share Posted June 8, 2011 SOX TAKE BATTLE OF LEGENDS 1925: Future Hall of Famers Red Faber and Lefty Grove swapped zeroes for eight innings before the White Sox broke through for a 1-0 win over Philadelphia before 1,200 at Comiskey Park. The Sox pushed across a run in the ninth when Ray Schalk drove in Bibb Falk. Faber was brilliant, limiting a lineup which featured future Hall of Famers Al Simmons and Mickey Cochrane to six hits as he improved to 4-4. IT’S YOUR DAY, LUKE 1947: The White Sox celebrated Luke Appling Day during a doubleheader with the Washington Senators at Comiskey Park. “Old Aches & Pains,” in his 18th year with the franchise, collected one single in the 18-inning 1-0 loss to Washington in the first game. The Sox took the second game 8-4 with Bob Gillespie getting the victory. SANTO SLAM 1974: Ron Santo’s grand slam capped a seven-run sixth in the White Sox 13-6 win over Boston before 42,096 at Comiskey Park. Santo’s slam, his second homer of the season, came two batters after Dick Allen had given the Sox the lead for good with a two-run double. SOX PULL OFF SWEEP 1986: Greg Walker drove in three runs and Bobby Bonilla brought in two to make a winner out of Joel Davis as the White Sox completed their four-game sweep of Oakland in 10 seasons with an 8-5 win before 20,975 at Comiskey Park. Dave Schmidt tossed four shutout innings of relief with six strikeouts for his second save. SOX BOMB RYAN BUT LOSE 1989: The White Sox clubbed four homers off Nolan Ryan – the most the future Hall of Famer would surrender in a game in his career -- in an 11-7 loss at Texas. Harold Baines hit two homers while Ivan Calderon and Ron Kittle each socked one off the future Hall of Famer. LEE SLAMS CUBS IN OVERTIME 2001: Carlos Lee’s walkoff grand slam powered the White Sox to a 7-3 win over the Cubs before a thrilled crowd of 45,936 at Comiskey Park. Lee’s slam was the first in extra innings in any interleague game, including the World Series. Sandy Alomar’s RBI single in the seventh eventually sent the game into extra innings. The Sox were forced to exhaust their pen because starter David Wells left the game in the first with back spasms. Keith Foulke, the last of six relievers, got the win. The unsung hero of this one was Sean Lowe, who took over for Wells and turned in five shutout frames. BTW, some of these are displayed on the left field board three times during home games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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