TODAY IN SOX HISTORY/Baines 1st HR

[StatManDu]

TODAY IN SOX HISTORY: NO. 1 FOR HAROLD

1980: Harold Baines hit his first career home run in the White Sox 5-4 win in 12 innings over the Orioles in Baltimore. Baines touched future Hall of Famer Jim Palmer for the first of his 221 White Sox home runs immediately after Jim Morrison led off the seventh with a roundtripper. The outburst sent Palmer to the showers and pulled the Sox to within one at 4-3. The Sox forced extra innings in the ninth when Mike Squires’ single scored Baines. The game remained tied until the 12th when Marv Foley drilled a two-out home run which provided the difference. Ed Farmer got the win with 1.2 scoreless innings. The real pitching hero, however, was Tex Wortham, who turned four shutout innings of one-hit relief while striking out three.arold Baines hit his first career home run in the White Sox 5-4 win in 12 innings over the Orioles in Baltimore. Baines touched future Hall of Famer Jim Palmer for the first of his 221 White Sox home runs immediately after Jim Morrison led off the seventh with a roundtripper. The outburst sent Palmer to the showers and pulled the Sox to within one at 4-3. The Sox forced extra innings in the ninth when Mike Squires’ single scored Baines. The game remained tied until the 12th when Marv Foley drilled a two-out home run which provided the difference. Ed Farmer got the win with 1.2 scoreless innings. The real pitching hero, however, was Tex Wortham, who turned four shutout innings of one-hit relief while striking out three.

[Texsox]

Easyily one of my all time favorite Sox players.

[Middle Buffalo]

Easyily one of my all time favorite Sox players.

Tex Wortham? I guess that makes sense.