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Sorry this is later than usual ... I got in late from the park last night ... If anyone ever goes to a game check out the black and white board in left. These entries run in some form during the game! MAY 26TH For the complete entry see www.whitesoxalmanac.com WHITESOXALMANAC.COM GAME OF THE DAY BRETT FLIRTS WITH A NO-NO 1976: Left-hander Ken Brett, acquired just eight days earlier from the Yankees, came within one out of a no-hitter but settled for a 1-0 victory in 11 innings at California. The no-hitter ended in controversy when third baseman Jorge Orta didn’t make a play on Jerry Remy’s slow roller in hopes that it would roll foul. The ball did not and Remy was rewarded with the Angels’ first hit by the official scorer. The Sox made Brett, who retired the first 23 batters he faced, a winner when Bucky Dent brought home Jack Brohamer with a two-out single in the 11th. Clay Carroll pitched a scoreless 11th for the save. SOX BEAT THE STALL 1907: Ed Walsh held New York Yankees hitless for five innings in the White Sox 8-1 win in a six-inning rain-shortened game in Chicago. With a steady drizzle falling, New York began to stall by loading the bases after a pitching change. The Sox countered by trying to hurry the game along when Billy Sullivan waltzed home from third and was tagged out. The umpire then threatened a forfeiture if the shenanigans continued. The Sox scored two in the sixth before rain halted the game giving the good guys the victory.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 25 For the entire day see ... WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM 1919: The White Sox got a triple play in the top of the eighth two runs in the bottom of the eighth to beat Washington and Walter Johnson 6-5 at Comiskey Park. With the bases loaded in the eighth, center fielder Hap Felsch gloved a deep fly to start the triple play. Felsch got the ball in and eventually third baseman Buck Weaver and Eddie Collins recorded outs to finish off the sixth triple play in franchise history. 1992: Three minor leaguers combined for a shutout in the White Sox 5-0 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. Larry Thomas started the game and tossed six shutout for the victory while collecting two hits. Craig Grebeck went 2-for-2 with two RBI and Dan Pasqua homered as the Sox upped their record to 7-0-1 since their series with the Northsiders resumed in 1985.

THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: MAY 24/KRUK! For the rest of the day see WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM 1995: The White Sox and Rangers split a doubleheader that totaled a record 7 hours and 39 minutes before 19,368 at Comiskey Park. The Sox won the first game 10-8 on the strength of a five-run eighth which saw the go-ahead and eventual winning run cross on a bases loaded walk to John Kruk, who was making his White Sox debut. The Sox dropped the second game 13-6. The doubleheader featured a combined 49 hits and a big league record tying 32 walks. At one point White Sox broadcaster Ed Farmer said, “For those of you who have been with us the whole time, God Bless you.”

WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 23 For the entire today, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com BLASTING THE ROCKET 2000: The White Sox launched three home runs off Roger Clemens in thumping the New York Yankees 8-2 before 21,863 at Comiskey Park. Brook Fordyce, making his 2000 debut after suffering a broken foot in spring training, untied a 2-2 game in the fourth with a three-run homer off Clemens. Jose Valentin, Ray Durham, Paul Konerko and Magglio Ordonez also homered. Kip Wells, summoned from Triple-A Charlotte earlier in the day, fanned a career-high seven while allowing two runs in 6.2 innings for the win.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 22N For the rest of the day see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1915: The White Sox spoiled the Comiskey Park debut of Babe Ruth with an 11-3 win over the Boston Red Sox. Ruth allowed three hits in the first, walked three, uncorked a wild pitch and threw a way potential double play ball. Ruth was the losing pitcher as the White Sox won their fifth straight in a winning streak that would reach nine.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 21 1943: The White Sox defeated the Washington Senators 1-0 at Comiskey Park in a snappy one hour and 29 minute game in the fastest nine-inning night game in American League history. The Sox got a run in the fifth inning and that was enough for starting pitcher Johnny Humphries, who gave up just three hits in securing his third win of the year. For the rest of the day, see WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM

The entire entry!!! THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 20 MAY 20TH 1920: Thanks to an eight-run outburst in the 16th inning, future Hall of Famer Red Faber notched his fourth victory of the year in the White Sox 13-5 win at Washington. The Sox are the only team in big league history to score that many times in a 16th inning. The victory improved the defending American League champions to 14-11. 1921: The White Sox held off the Yankees 6-5 at Comiskey Park. Dickie Kerr got the win as the Sox survived a two-run outburst by Babe and the boys in the ninth. 1925: The White Sox scored nine times in the first four innings in support of starter and winner Charlie Robertson – the owner of the only perfect game in club annals – in a 10-7 win over the Red Sox at Comiskey Park. Robertson earned the fifth of his eight victories in 1925. 1926: Earl Sheely begins a record-tying streak of seven consective extra-base hits in a 13-4 win at Boston. Sheely would finish with six doubles and a home run in the streak which tied the record first set by Cleveland’s Elmer Smith on Sept. 4-6, 1921. 1936: The White Sox halted a four-game losing streak by beating the Philadelphia Athletics 4-0 at Comiskey Park. The Sox scored two in the fifth and two in the eighth in support of starter and winner Sugar Cain. The game also marked the franchise’s first win on a May 20th since 1926. 1945: The first-place White Sox swept a doubleheader from the Boston Red Sox at Comiskey Park. The White Sox took the first game 4-2 behind starter and winner Thornton Lee and won the nightcap 8-2 with Orval Grove getting the victory. The sweep improved the Sox to 15-7 for their best 22-game start in a decade. 1948: In front of only 5,001 fans at Comiskey Park, Joe DiMaggio hit for the cycle and drove in six runs in a 13-2 rout of the White Sox. The Yankee Clipper paced the “Bronx Bomber’s” 22-hit attack with two home runs, a triple, a double and a single. 1951: The surprising White Sox, in the early stages of their “go go” era won their third straight game with a 5-4 decision at Washington. Starter Ken Holcombe, in the midst of the best season of his seven-year career, picked up his third win of the season. The win pushed the Sox to 16-9 for their best 25-game start since the 1935 Sox began 17-8. 1959: Luis Aparicio went 4-for-5 with two runs and Dick Donovan went the distance as the future American League champions bested the Orioles 5-2 in Baltimore. The Sox took the lead for good in the fifth on a sac fly by Sherm Lollar. Donovan gave up four hits and fanned five in improving to 2-2. 1960: Ted Kluszewski launched a two-run homer off Whitey Ford and finished with four RBIs as the first-place White Sox entertained 40,970 at Comiskey Park with a 5-3 win over the Yankees. Kluszewski’s homer in the third gave the Sox the lead for good and he padded the lead with a two-run single as part of a three-run eighth. 1962: Al Smith went 5-for-8 with two home runs and five RBIs in leading the White Sox to a doubleheader sweep – both wins by 8-3 scores -- of the Baltimore Orioles before 22,122 at Comiskey Park. Smith clubbed two homers the first game. In the nightcap, Smith went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and got help from Bob Sadowski as the White Sox crept to within two games of first place. 1963: The White Sox stayed in a tie for first place by beating the Senators 5-4 in Washington. The Sox took the lead in the sixth on a Dave Nicholson sacrifice fly. Jim Brosnan secured Eddie Fisher’s third win with 2.1 innings of shutout relief for his fifth save. 1970: Gail Hopkins sacrifice fly in the ninth enabled the White Sox to walk-off with a 3-2 win over the Angels before 3,712 at Comiskey Park. The Sox tied the game when Chicago native Bob Christian hit a pinch-homer with Bill Melton on base. After a hit-by-pitch, a single and walk, Hopkins came through with the game-winner. 1972: Dick Allen homered and drove in four and Stan Bahnsen fired a two-hitter in the White Sox 8-0 win over the Angels at 21,190 at Comiskey Park. Allen, who would win the 1972 A.L. MVP Award, hit a two-run homer in the first while Bahnsen fanned six and walked none for his fifth win as the Sox pulled to within a half game of first place in the American League West. 1973: The White Sox set a Comiskey Park and city baseball attendance record by drawing 55,555 fans for bat day Sunday doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins. The Sox won the first game 9-3 behind a combined seven RBIs from Bill Melton and Carlos May. The Twins won the nightcap 3-0. 1976: Rich Gossage continued to show tremendous durability as a starter in going in the distance in a 3-2 win over the Twins before 6,999 at Comiskey Park. Gossage gave up seven hits with eight strikeouts and no walks in logging his second straight complete game effort and fourth in seven starts. 1980: Wayne Nordhagen’s sixth inning single fronted the first-place White Sox for good in a 4-2 win over the Twins before 12,864 at Comiskey Park. Chet Lemon added an insurance run with a homer in the eighth as the Sox won for the fourth straight time. 1981: Carlton Fisk went 4-for-5 and drove in the go-ahead run with a single in the eighth in a 6-5 win at Toronto. 1983: Tom Paciorek and Greg Luzinski homered off Vida Blue in the White Sox 9-6 win at Kansas City. Rookie Ron Kittle launched his seventh homer in the seventh inning as the Sox stopped a five-game skid. 1984: Bound for the All-Star Game, Richard Dotson tossed a six-hitter in the White Sox 3-0 win at Toronto. Dotson bested long-time Sox killer Dave Stieb while striking out six in upping his record to 6-2 and dropping his ERA to 2.45. 1986: Joel Davis went the distance as the White Sox extended their winning streak to six with a 2-1 win over the Blue Jays before 12,837 at Comiskey Park. Davis yielded eight hits and three walks with six strikeouts in improving to 2-1. Davis limited Toronto to one hit through seven innings but got some help from his defense in the eighth when the Sox executed an 8-6-2 putout at the plate. In the ninth, Davis struck out Fred McGriff with the tying run on base to end it. 1994: Darrin Jackson went 4-for-5 with a home run in the first-place White Sox 13-6 win at Oakland. An eight-run second, spurred by Lance Johnson’s three-run homer, keyed the victory. Jackson hit his home run, a three-run shot, in the sixth. 1995: Frank Thomas launched a 461-foot home run, the third-longest in New Comiskey Park history, in the Sox 7-5 loss to the Angels before 28,470 on the South side. … Lance Johnson swiped the 193rd base of his career to move past Shano Collins into fifth place in Sox history. 1997: Frank Thomas extended his streak of reaching base to 15 consecutive plate appearances in the White Sox 10-1 win over the Boston Red Sox before 16,563 at Comiskey Park. Thomas, whose 10 consecutive hits during the streak tied a club record, collected an RBI double and two walks before flying out to center to end the streak one shy of Ted Williams’ big league record. Harold Baines drove in three runs to move him past Johnny Bench into 52nd on the all-time list with 1,377 RBI. 2000: The White Sox sent David Wells to the showers early in a 6-2 victory at Toronto. The Sox scored five runs in the first three innings off Wells in support of James Baldwin. Baldwin went the distance to improve to 7-0 on the season which was the best start by a Sox starter since Wilson Alvarez began 1994 8-0. Baldwin, who went nine innings without yielding a walk in his career, improved his career record to 14-1 in domes. 2003: Bartolo Colon went the distance for his fifth in the White Sox 4-1 win over the Blue Jays before 12,857 at US Cellular Field. Colon made four unearned runs stand up as the Sox halted a four-game skid. 2004: Frank Thomas hit a three-run homer as part of a six-run second as the White Sox obliterated the Twins 10-3 in the Metrodome. Thomas’ blast was part of a four-hit game, which was matched by Paul Konerko, who hit two homers. 2005: The first-place White Sox opened the ninth season of interleague play with the sweetest triumph of all – a win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field. The Sox prevailed 5-1 behind seven strong innings from Freddy Garcia and home runs from Joe Crede and Jermaine Dye. Garcia gave up five hits, a walk and an unearned run while striking out three. SOX STUMPER Who was Steve Stone's catcher in college (answer tomorrow)? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER Steve Stone went to Kent State. Editor's Note: Information for these entries is gleaned from the author's files, retrosheet.org, various Internet sources, press reports of the day, White Sox media guides and the many White Sox books written by the great Rich Lindberg.

For the rest of the day see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1972: Wilbur Wood, one of the worst hitting pitchers of his era, went 2-for-3 with an RBI and earned the win as the White Sox topped California 3-1 before 21,838 at Comiskey Park. Wood singled and scored in the third and drove in Rick Reichardt with a single in the fourth. The multi-hit game was the first of Wood’s career but one of three he would get in the final season pitchers batted in the American League. Despite his “improvement” at the plate in 1972, Wood still finished with an .084 lifetime average (27-for-322). The performance on the mound was typical for Wood. The portly left-handed throwing knuckleballer gave up one run on six hits with no walks and five strikeouts in eight innings to improve to 7-2 as the surprising White Sox improved to 16-10 with their seventh win in their last eight games.

THIS DATE IN WHIE SOX HISTORY: MAY 18 By www.whitesoxalmanac.com ENJOY! 1934: Philadelphia slugger Jimmy Foxx became the first player to homer into Comiskey Park’s center field bleachers. He victimized Ted Lyons but Lyons had the last laugh as he was the winning pitcher in the White Sox 5-4 triumph. When Comiskey Park closed in 1990, only seven home runs were hit into those bleachers, which were an estimated 440-feet from home plate. 1976: The White Sox sent first baseman-outfielder Carlos May to the New York Yankees for left-handed pitcher Ken Brett and outfielder Rich Coggins. 1982: LaMarr Hoyt set the franchise record by winning his 13th consecutive game in a 10-2 win before 11,633 at Comiskey Park. The victory was Hoyt’s eighth of the season and – coupled with his five victories from the end of 1981 – he broke Jim Kaat’s record of 12. “The Lammer” also extended his Comiskey Park career record to 15-0 with the victory. 1983: Richard Dotson pitched a one-hitter in the White Sox 1-0 loss at Baltimore. “Dot’s” only blemish was an eighth-inning home run ball to “Disco” Dan Ford. This marked the first time the Sox had been on the losing end of a one-hitter, 1986: The White Sox completed a three-game sweep of defending World Champion Kansas City with a 5-1 win before 18,425 at Comiskey Park. A four-run third – highlighted by a three-run homer by Carlton Fisk – made a winner out of Floyd Bannister, who bested Bret Saberhagen. 1987: The White Sox waxed the Cubs 10-6 before a raucous gathering of 42,006 at Comiskey Park. Ralph Citarella got the win over Les Lancaster. Greg Walker, who homered, was named the MVP as the Sox posted their third consecutive win over the Cubs. 1993: Wilson Alvarez became the first Sox lefty in six seasons to win five consecutive starts in a 7-4 win over California before 22,878 at Comiskey Park. George Bell homered and drove in three runs as the first place Sox improved to 23-4. 1995: Alex Fernandez carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning in the White Sox 4-2 win over the Oakland Athletics before 15,819 at Comiskey Park. Fernandez, who evened his record at 2-2, allowed four hits over eight innings with 10 strikeouts. He got relief help from Roberto Hernandez, who pitched the ninth for his fifth save, and offensive help from Mike Devereaux, who went 3-for-4 with a homer and two RBI. 1996: The White Sox pounded out 21 hits in thrashing the Tigers 16-4 at Detroit. Harold Baines went 4-for-5 with a homer while Ray Durham hit a grand slam and Darren Lewis clubbed his first American League roundtripper. Kirk McCaskill turned in five innings of one-relief to earn the victory while Bill Simas tossed five hitless innings for his first career save. 1997: Frank Thomas went 4-for-4 with a walk, three runs and two RBI as the White Sox ripped the Athletics 10-4 before 45,227 in Oakland. Thomas’ outing extended his streak of consecutive times reaching base to 12, a career-high and four shy of the Major League record held by Ted Williams. … Prior to the game, the White Sox traded Tony Phillips and Chad Kreuter to Anaheim for Jorge Fabregas and Chuck McElroy.

One for my alma mater ... For the rest of the day see www.whitesoxalmanac.com THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 17 1981: New Trier East graduate Ross Baumgarten fired a four-hit shutout in the White Sox 9-0 win over Texas before 30,990 at Comiskey Park. Baumgarten retired the first 13 batters of the game and wound up facing just two over the minimum while striking out four. Wayne Nordhagen paced the Sox 15-hit attack with three hits and four RBIs.

Couldn't update my aol blog so here is the whole thing ... MAY 16TH WHITESOXALMANAC.COM GAME OF THE DAY: SOX BYRNE YANKS WITH SLAM 1953: Pitcher Tommy Byrne’s pinch-hit grand slam in the eighth inning lifted the White Sox to an improbable 5-3 win over the New York Yankees before 24,966 at Yankee Stadium. Byrne victimized Ewell Blackwell and was pinch-hitting for Vern Stephens, who had 10 career grand slams. The slam was the second of Byrne’s career. 1902: Wiley Piatt tossed the second one-hitter in White Sox history in a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Browns at South Side Park. The Sox got their two runs in the third while the Browns scratched in the ninth. 1918: Dan Danforth tossed 10-plus innings of scoreless relief in the White Sox 4-2 win in at Washington. Washington KO’d Sox starter Joe Benz in the first and Danforth posted zeroes the rest of the way and was rewarded with a win when the Sox scored two in the 11th. 1944: The White Sox defeated the Yankees 10-4 at Yankee Stadium in stopping New York pitcher Hank Bowory’s winning streak, which spanned two seasons, at 11 games. Bill Dietrich was the winner for the Sox. 1965: Eddie Fisher saved both games as the first-place and streaking White Sox swept a doubleheader from the Angels 6-2 and 5-4 before 17,905 at Comiskey Park. The sweep extended the Sox winning streak to seven and improved their record to 21-8. 1969: The White Sox survived a three home run outburst by Mike Epstein in beating the Senators 7-6 before 10,200 at Comiskey Park. Carlos May gave the Sox the lead for good with a homer in the seventh. 1978: The White Sox traded outfielder Bobby Bonds to the Texas Rangers for outfielders Claudell Washington and Rusty Torres. 1981: Harold Baines went 4-for-4 and Britt Burns went the distance in defeating the Texas Rangers 9-1 before 20,206 at Comiskey Park. The Sox used a five-run second inning, which featured two RBIs each from Jim Morrison and Bill Almon, in making things easy for Burns, who improved to 3-2. 1982: The White Sox ignited a six-game winning streak with a 6-1 win over the Milwaukee Brewers before 21,339 at Comiskey Park. Steve Kemp and Tom Paciorek provided the RBIs which gave the Sox the lead for good in the seventh. Starting pitcher Steve Trout’s victory improved the White Sox record to 21-12. 1984: Carlton Fisk became the first and only White Sox player to hit for the cycle at Old Comiskey Park in a 7-6 loss to the Royals before 21,669 at 35th and Shields. Fisk doubled in the first, singled in the second, homered in the fourth and tripled in the seventh in joining Jack Brohamer and Ray Schalk as the only players in Sox history to hit for the cycle. Fisk had a chance to win the game in the ninth but bounced into a double play to kill a rally. 1986: Reid Nichols’ three-run double in the fifth pushed the White Sox to a 4-2 win over Kansas City before 24,215 at Comiskey Park. Starter Richard Dotson got the win and got relief help from Gene Nelson, who fashioned 3.2 scoreless innings, and Bob James, who got the game’s final out for the save. 1990: Carlos Martinez clubbed a two-run home run and added a double in leading the White Sox past Baltimore 4-2 before 20,042 at Comiskey Park. Ozzie Guillen added two hits and Ivan Calderon swiped a career-high three bases in support of rookie Jerry Kutzler, who notched his second win of the season. 1992: Frank Thomas launched a 466-foot home run in the White Sox 7-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles before 40,903 at Comiskey Park. The blast off Bob Milacki landed on the concourse in left field and was the second-longest in the history of the park at the time behind only Dan Pasqua’s 484-foot blast on April 27, 1991. 1993: In his best day in a White Sox uniform, Ellis Burks hit two homers, including a grand slam, and drove in six in the a 15-8 win at Texas. Burks’ grand slam, the seventh of his career, came in the second inning. Bo Jackson, Ron Karkovice and Robin Ventura also homered as the Sox banged out 17 hits. 2000: Cal Eldred, Bob Howry and Keith Foulke combined on a three-hitter in the White Sox 4-0 win at Yankee Stadium. The shutout was the first by the White Sox at Yankee Stadium since July 12, 1990 when Melido Perez tossed a rain-shortened no-hitter vs. the Bronx Bombers. The shutout was the first nine-inning whitewashing by the Sox at Yankee Stadium since Neil Allen fired a two-hitter on July 20, 1986. Eldred went the first six, scatted three singles, walked four and struck out four to improve to 3-2. The White Sox sealed the deal with two in the ninth off Mariano Rivera. 2002: Danny Wright fired a five-hit gem in the White Sox 4-0 win over the Texas Rangers before 13,119 at Comiskey Park. Wright walked one and struck out four in dispatching the Rangers in a Mark Buehrle-like 2 hours and 16 minutes. This was the only shutout and complete game of Wright’s career, which was cut short by injury in the 2004 season. 2004: The White Sox got three hits each from Magglio Ordonez, Carlos Lee and Jose Valentin in whitewashing Minnesota 11-0 before 26,348 at US Cellular Field. Valentin homered and drove in four and Joe Crede also went deep to make things easy on starter Mark Buehrle, who pitched into the seventh for his third victory. SOX STUMPER What college did Robin Ventura attend (answer tomorrow)? YESTERDAY'S ANSWER Stan Bahnsen threw the Sox only one-hitter of the 1970s on Aug. 21, 1973. Editor's Note: Information for these entries is gleaned from the author's files, retrosheet.org, various Internet sources, press reports of the day, White Sox media guides and the many White Sox books written by the great Rich Lindberg.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 15TH For more see WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM A few gems from the first half of the 20th Century ... 1951: Nellie Fox’s first big league home run lifted the White Sox to a 9-7 win over at Boston. The game featured Ted Williams’ 300th career home run and a bold maneuver by Sox manager Paul Richards. In the eighth, Richards moved reliever Harry Dorish to third and brought in the left-handed Billy Pierce to face the left-handed hitting Williams. Pierce retired Williams and Dorish returned then to the mound but the Red Sox tied it in the ninth, setting the stage for Fox’s heroics. … Also on this date, the Sox acquired Saul Rogovin from Detroit for fellow pitcher Bob Cain. 1918: Walter Johnson tossed the longest shutout in history by beating the White Sox 1-0 in 18 innings in D.C. Lefty Williams matched Williams until the 18th when he gave up two singles and uncorked a wild pitch that brought home the game winner. The Sox managed just 10 hits off Johnson in what was tied for the second longest game in franchise history at the time. 1919: Babe Ruth fired 11 innings of relief for the victory as the Red Sox defeated the White Sox 6-5 at Comiskey Park. Red Sox starter Joe Bush was ejected in the top of the second and Ruth came on and went the rest of way allowing 13 hits. 1932: Carey Selph struck out for the ninth and final time of the season in the White Sox 9-2 win at Boston. Selph went another 89 games, a big league record, with striking out. He finished with just two strikeouts in 396 at bats in his second and last season. 1941: White Sox ace Edgar Smith surrendered a single which began Joe DiMaggio’s record-setting and legendary 56-game hitting streak in a 14-1 win in New York. Taffy Wright homered and drove in four runs for the Sox. The game was the eighth in a row in which Wright had driven in a run. His streak would eventually reach an A.L.-record 13.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 14 For more, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com HAVE A MORNING, JIM SPENCER 1977: Jim Spencer tied the franchise record with eight RBIs in the White Sox 18-2 win over Cleveland before 13,923 in a morning game at Comiskey Park. The game started at 10:30 a.m. to promote McDonald’s new breakfast sandwich “the egg mcmuffin.” Spencer was 3-for-3 with a two-run home run, a grand slam and a two-run single in helping the Sox bang out 17 hits. Spencer joined Tommy McCraw (May 24, 1967) and Carl Reynolds (July 2, 1930) as Sox players with eight RBI games. Spencer would duplicate the feat on July 2, 1977. MORE ... 1967: Gary Peters one-hit the California Angels and drove in two runs as the White Sox moved into first place with a 3-1 win in the second game of a doubleheader before 10,516 at Comiskey Park. A second-inning home run to Moose Skowron was the only blemish on Peters’ performance, which included 10 strikeouts. Peters gave the Sox the lead for good with a two-run single in the second. The Sox won the first game 4-2 and the sweep extended the team’s winning streak to 10. The hot streak pushed the Sox record to 18-7. 1984: Tom Seaver twirled the first shutout of his White Sox career in a 2-0 win over the Kansas City Royals before 20,007 at Comiskey Park. Seaver bested Bret Saberhagen and his masterpiece pulled the Sox to .500 at 17-17 and got them to within one game of the American League West lead. 1998: Greg Norton became the fifth player to homer twice in a game off Randy Johnson in the White Sox 5-3 win over the Seattle Mariners before 15,007 at Comiskey Park. Norton homered in the third and then in the sixth in joining the Yankees’ Jesse Barfield and Gerald Williams, Boston’s John Valentin and Anaheim’s Jim Edmonds as players with two homers off Johnson in a game. Tom Fordham started and earned his first career victory. 2002: Tony Graffanino had the game of his life in the White Sox 15-4 win over the Texas Rangers before 17,503 at Comiskey Park. Graffanino drove in a career-best six runs on the strength of a 4-for-4 performance which included two home runs and a double. The outburst helped Mark Buehrle earn his seventh win and stopped the Sox four-game losing streak.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 13TH (For the rest of the day see www.whitesoxalamanac.com) 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. 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.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 12TH For more see www.whitesoxalmanac.com 1953: After being defeated by him 18 consecutive times, the White Sox finally beat Red Sox pitcher Ellis Kinder with a 9-7 decision in 10 innings at Fenway Park. The White Sox took the lead in the 10th when Kinder walked in a pair of runs. This was the White Sox first win over Kinder since June 24, 1948. … Off the field, the White Sox purchased pitcher Sandy Consuegra from the Washiington Senators. The Cuban right-hander was an effective and sometimes spectacular contributor for the Sox over four seasons, going 29-13. His best season was 1954 when he went 16-3 and pitched in the All-Star Game. 1904: Hall of Famer Ed Walsh made his Major League debut in the White Sox 9-3 loss at Philadelphia. “The Big Reel” went on to win 195 games and fanned 1,732 batters in a White Sox uniform. Walsh was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946.

THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: SOX RIP RYAN (For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com) 1973: The first-place White Sox scored five times off Nolan Ryan in the first inning and sent the fireballer to the showers in the first inning in a 7-4 win over the Angels at Anaheim. Ryan gave up five runs on four hits with one walk while retiring just one batter for the second-shortest start of his career to that point. Mike Andrews’ two-run double finished off Ryan. The Sox improved to 18-6, the best record in the Majors, and held their two-game lead atop the American League West. The 24-game start was tied for the second best in club history with the 1919 team. Only the 1912 club, which began 19-5, had a better record after 24 games. This outing ended up being tied for the third shortest start in Ryan’s Hall of Fame career. The only shorter starts came on Sept. 28, 1971 when he was with the Mets and on Sept. 22, 1993 when he was making the last of his 773 big league starts for the Rangers. In both games, he did not retire a batter. Ryan also lasted just one-third of an inning two other times: Aug. 14, 1973 and Sept. 11, 1979 (also against the Sox). Ryan did not record a strikeout in this game, marking just the fourth time that happened to this point. Ryan would end up not recording a strikeout in nine starts in his career and, oddly enough, four of them were against the White Sox.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 10 (For more see www.whitesoxalmanac.com) SEARING SOX STAY HOT 1973: The first-place White Sox improved to a whopping 17-6 (the best record in the Majors) and Wilbur Wood moved to 8-2 in a 4-3 win over the Angels in 12 innings in Anaheim. The 17-6 start was the White Sox best since 1919. Only the 1912 team, which won 18 games, posted a better 23-game start than the 1973 or 1919 squads. The White Sox scored the go-ahead run in the 12th when Jorge Orta walked, took second on Luis Alvarado’s sacrifice and scored on Pat Kelly’s single. Terry Forster got the Angels in order in the 12th for the save after Wood had knuckled his way through the first 11 frames. O WHAT A RELIEF HE IS 1974: Terry Forster tossed 8.2 innings of shutout RELIEF in the White Sox 8-7 win at Texas. The White Sox finally put Forster in position to win in the 14th when Dick Allen doubled and scored on Jorge Orta’s single. Forster gave up a single in the 14th but got a double play to end the game for the victory. The portly lefty gave up two walks and four hits while improving to 2-3. The Sox forced extra innings in this 4 hour and 18 minute affair on Bill Melton’s two-run double in the seventh. SABO PROVIDES THE DRAMATICS 1995: Chris Sabo’s two-run home run in the eighth inning -- his only four-bagger as a Southsider -- lifted the White Sox to an 8-7 win over the Minnesota Twins before 15,816 at Comiskey Park. Ray Durham got the inning going with a single a -- his third hit of the night -- and Sabo followed with the homer off Mark Guthrie.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 9TH (For more, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com or keep an eye on the scoreboard at US Cellular Field!) IN THE EIGHTH HOUR AND SIXTH MINUTE AND 753RD PITCH, A WIN 1984: Harold Baines ended the longest by-the-clock game in American League history with a home run on the 753rd pitch of the 8 hour and 6 minute affair which lasted 25 innings over two days. The historic blast powered the Sox to a 7-6 win and the bat that created it was sent to the Hall of Fame. Tom Seaver got the win and then started and won the regularly scheduled game, which the Sox won 5-4. The marathon game provided some interesting stats and bizarre plays. For example, Rudy Law, Carlton Fisk and Julio Cruz all had 11 at bats. … Tom Paciorek had a five-hit game after entering the game as a pinch-hitter! … Pitchers Ron Reed and Floyd Bannister both batted (0-for-1) while Richard Dotson was used as a pinch-runner and scored. … Juan Agosto fired seven scoreless innings of relief. Seaver became the first Sox pitcher to record two wins in one day since Wilbur Wood turned the trick on May 28, 1973 versus Cleveland. WOOD KO’D 1976: Wilbur Wood got the win but suffered a season-ending injury in a 4-2 win at Detroit. Wood was knocked out of the game in the sixth when a Ron LeFlore liner shattered his kneecap. The knuckleballing left-hander was off to a solid start in 1976. He went to the disabled list with a 4-3 record, a 2.24 ERA and five complete games in his first six starts. Wood wouldn’t pitch again until April 30, 1977 and wouldn’t make another start until May 22, 1977. Sadly, the popular Wood was never the same after the injury, going 17-18 with a 5.11 ERA before retiring after the 1978 season. BALDWIN BLANKS BOSOX 2000: James Baldwin fired the first complete game shutout by a White Sox pitcher at Fenway Park in 27 years and the first by a White Sox pitcher against the Red Sox since 1994 in a 6-0 victory. Baldwin’s whitewashing was the first by a Sox pitcher in Boston since Stan Bahnsen tossed a four-hitter in the second game of a doubleheader July 17, 1973. Prior to Baldwin’s gem, Alex Fernandez was the last Sox pitcher to zero the Red Sox. Fernandez accomplished the feat April 10, 1994 in Chicago. Baldwin entered the game with a 16.36 ERA at Fenway but limited the Red Sox to three singles and one walk as the Sox increased their lead to 1.5 games in the American League Central. Baldwin fanned eight while facing just 31 batters. The shutout made him 6-0 for the best start by a Sox starter since Wilson Alvarez began 1994 at 8-0.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 8TH (For more see WWW.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM) DERAILING WALTER “THE BIG TRAIN” JOHNSON 1912: The White Sox halted Walter Johnson’s five-game winning streak with a 7-6 victory at Washington. Johnson surrendered homers to Harry Lord in the first inning and Ping Bodie in the fifth inning as the Sox built an insurmountable 6-0 lead after five. Johnson hit third baseman Lee Tannehill with a pitch breaking his arm and ending his career. Sox starter Joe Benz left after 1.1 innings with an injury. Ed Walsh pitched 5.2 frames and allowed three runs while Frank Lange finished up by yielding three runs in two innings. THE START OF A LONG RUN 1934:The White Sox named Jimmie Dykes as manager, beginning a run on the bench that would last until 1946. Dykes took over for Lew Fonseca, who had guided the team to just four wins in its first 15 outings. When Dykes was replaced by Ted Lyons in 1946, he had compiled a still-standing franchise record 899 wins at Sox manager. THE FIRST DAY OF A MARATHON 1984: The White Sox and Brewers played 17 innings before their game at Comiskey Park was suspended sometime after 1 a.m. with the score 3-3. The White Sox won what turned out to be the longest game by the clock (8 hours, 6 minutes) in American League history the next day on a home run by Harold Baines in the 25th inning.

QUOTE(StatManDu @ May 7, 2007 -> 01:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 7TH (For the entire day see, www.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM) 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. 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. Agreed ... It has been done a couple of times since then by a Sox player (Olivo, Fields). I used to have the list of dates of all Sox players first homer. I think before Lee the closest was Russ Morman, who homered in his first game. I'd love to find that list.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 7TH (For the entire day see, www.WHITESOXALMANAC.COM) 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. 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.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 6TH (For the rest of the day see www.whitesoxalmanac.com WALSH VS. JOSS: A GREAT RIVALRY 1906: Ed Walsh fired the first one-hitter of his career in the White Sox 6-0 win over Cleveland at South Side Park. Walsh’s gem – the first of his five career one-hitters -- couldn’t have come at a better time for the future World Champions. Walsh outdueled longtime nemesis Addie Joss in their first start against each other in halting the Sox four-game winless streak which included three losses and a tie. Joss and Walsh would face each other nine more times with Joss winning six of the matchups, including a perfect game Oct. 2, 1908. A DRAMATIC DUMPING OF THE CUBS 1993: Frank Thomas doubled home Steve Sax from first with the winning run in the ninth in the Sox 4-3 win over the Cubs before 34,862 frenzied fans in the Windy City Classic at Comiskey Park. Bo Jackson tied the game in the eighth with a two-run homer off Cubs’ starter Frank Castillo. The Sox improved to 8-0-1vs. the Cubs since the crosstown exhibition resumed in 1985.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 5TH (For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com PETERS SLAMS YANKEES 1968: Gary Peters’ grand slam, just the second in White Sox history by a pitcher, and Ken Berry’s solo home run powered the White Sox to a 5-1 win over the Yankees in the first game of a doubleheader before 9,827 at Comiskey Park. Berry’s homer came in the third and put the Sox ahead 1-0. Peters’ blast came an inning later and scored Tommy Davis, Duane Josephson and Buddy Bradford. Peters’ grand slam was the last by a White Sox pitcher and the first since Tommy Byrne accomplished the feat as a pinch-hitter May 16, 1953. The Sox lost the second game 4-1. Gary Peters went 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter in the nightcap. JOHNSON, FARMER COME THROUGH 1980: Lamar Johnson broke a 7-7 tie with a two-run home run in the sixth inning as the White Sox subdued the Brewers 11-7 before 27,871 at Comiskey Park. Ed Farmer retired all seven batters he faced with two strikeouts to earn his seventh save. THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT 1987: Bill Long blanked the New York Yankees in a 2-0 White Sox win at Comiskey Park. Long became the first Sox hurler to post a shutout for his first Major League win since Richard Dotson whitewashed Oakland Sept. 9, 1979. Long, a right-hander picked up from San Diego in the Ozzie Guillen-for-LaMarr Hoyt trade of Dec. 6, 1984, gave up two hits and struck out five with no walks in facing just two over the minimum. Dan Pasqua was the only Yankee to solve Long, with singles in the second and seventh innings but he wasleft at first both times. The Sox scored their runs in the third on RBI singles by Gary Redus and Ron Hassey. Long went on to have a solid season in 1987. He finished 8-8, threw another shutout and wound up with an A.L.-low average of 1.49 walks per nine innings.

THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY: MAY 4 For the rest of the day, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com LARRUPIN LOU HITS A ROOFER 1929: Future Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig launched the second roof shot home run at Old Comiskey Park in the Yankees 11-9 win. Gehrig victimized fellow future Hall of Famer Red Faber. The other roofer was hit by Babe Ruth on Aug. 16, 1927 off Tommy Thomas. CISCO KID WAS A FRIEND OF MINE 1968: In Bill Melton’s debut game, Cisco Carlos was the star as the White Sox took care of the New York Yankees 4-1 before 3,872 at Comiskey Park. Carlos, in the midst of a tough-luck campaign, turned in eight sterling innings for his victory. The right-hander gave up one run on one hit with one strikeout in the 2 hour, 4 minute affair. Carlos held the Yankees hitless until two out remained in the seventh when Mickey Mantle singled. Carlos walked the first batter he faced in the ninth and was replaced by Bob Locker, who gave up a double and a sacrifice fly before betting Roy White to line into a double play to end it. Carlos finished the year 4-14 but with a more than respectable 3.90 ERA. Melton went 1-for-2 with a sacrifice fly that scored the Sox second run and his first Major League hit --a leadoff single in the seventh.

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 3RD GIVING THE BOARD A WORKOUT 2000: The second four-homer inning in White Sox history powered the team to a 7-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays before 12,026 at Comiskey Park. Mark Johnson, Jose Valentin, Frank Thomas and Paul Konerko all homered as part of a five-run sixth that helped the Sox boost their lead in the American League Central to three games. Johnson’s homer broke a 2-2 tie. Later in the inning, Valentin, Thomas and Konerko hit consecutive homers marking just the first time since May 26, 1996 that the Sox hit back-to-back-to-back dingers. That trio of homers was also part of the only other four-homer inning in club annals. James Baldwin got the win to improve to 5-0, the best start by a Sox starter since Wilson Alvarez went 8-0 in 1994. HITTING THE ROAD FOR THE FIRST TIME 1901: The White Sox traveled 100 miles or so to the north to Milwaukee for their first American League road game. The Sox scored seven runs in the second in defeating the Brewers – who are now the Baltimore Orioles – 11-3. NO. 3 OF 40 FOR ED 1908: Ed Walsh earned the third of his club-record 40 wins in the White Sox 3-0 victory over Cleveland at South Side Park. Walsh went the distance and struck out seven in his second start in four days. For the whole day, see www.whitesoxalamanac.com