This Day In Sox History...August 13

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August 13, 1943 - Future Hall of Famer, shortstop Luke Appling collected his 2,000^th hit in a game. It came against the Red Sox helping the White Sox to a 3-2 win. The hit drove in a run in the first inning off of Cecil “Tex” Hughson as Wally Moses scored.

 

August 13, 1954 - Sox pitcher Jack Harshman who is tied for the franchise mark for most strikeouts in a game, notched another milestone. On this date against the Tigers, Harshman pitched all 16 innings in the Sox 1-0 win at Comiskey Park. The Sox finally plated a run in the last of the 16^th on a triple by “Minnie” Minoso scoring Nellie Fox. Harshman allowed nine hits and faced 57 hitters. Incredibly Detroit’s Al Aber also went the distance in the contest!

Billy Pierce also threw 16 innings for the Sox in a game in 1959. The franchise mark is held by Ted Lyons who threw 21 innings in a game in 1929.

 

August 13, 1967- All season long the Sox battled the big boys, the Tigers, Twins and Red Sox in the greatest pennant race in American League history. This game marked the beginning of the end of the dream.

The Sox lost a controversial game to the Twins 3-2 when Tommie Agee was called out at third base on a close play in the ninth inning. He doubled to center to lead off the inning and tried to stretch it into a triple. The Sox dropped out of first place for the first time in two months as the Twins swept them three straight games in Minnesota.

After the game manager Eddie Stanky kept Vice President Hubert Humphrey waiting outside the locker room with reporters saying, “What do I need Humphrey for? Can he hit?” 

 

August 13, 1996 - Sox third baseman Robin Ventura slugged his franchise record ninth grand slam leading the Sox to an 8-4 win over the Yankees.

It came in the fifth inning off of David Weathers and erased a 4-1 New York lead.

 

August 13, 2002 - Sox infielder Jose Valentin homered from both sides of the plate in the same game. He did it in Texas off the Rangers Dennys Reyes and Todd Van Poppel. The shot off Reyes was a grand slam. He drove in six runs in the 12-3 win. Those were his only two hits for the night.

Valentin first did this trick in 2000 and would do it a third time in 2003!