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This Day In Sox History...June 18


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June 18, 2006 - Jon Garland became the first Sox pitcher to homer in a big-league game since 1971 (Steve Kealy) when he hit a two-run shot off the Reds Esteban Yan in the eighth inning of a game in Cincinnati.

The Sox won easily 8-1. Garland scored two runs as well and picked up the win going eight innings allowing only four hits.  

 

June 18, 2019 – It was a huge moment and a big step forward for the rebuilding White Sox.

In a one all tie at Wrigley Field against the Cubs; former top Cub prospect Eloy Jimenez blasted a two-run home run into the left field bleachers giving the Sox what turned out to be a 3-1 win. The shot came in the ninth inning and he did it while breaking his bat! Jimenez was acquired by the Sox along with top pitching prospect Dylan Cease for pitcher Jose Quintana on July 13, 2017.  

 

June 18, 2023 – A brilliant individual performance by Sox starting pitcher Lance Lynn was all for naught.

Lynn, who had been badly struggling all season, found a comfort zone in Seattle and wound up striking out 16 Mariners, tying the franchise record on a Father’s Day Sunday afternoon.

But the Sox offense was so embarrassingly bad, they only scored one run and Seattle wound up winning the game 5-1 tacking on additional runs off of Reynaldo Lopez when Lynn left in the eighth inning. He was charged with three runs in the game.

The 16 strikeouts tied Jack Harshman for the team record. Harshman, a converted position player, struck on 16 Red Sox on July 25, 1954 at Fenway Park in a game the Sox won 5-2.

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