This Day In Sox History...September 8

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September 8, 1962 - Sox pitcher and future Hall of Famer Early Wynn won his 299^th career game beating Washington 6-3. Wynn would throw a complete game scattering nine hits with three strikeouts. He would get a spring training invite for 1963 but was cut.

Fortunately, the Indians, the team Wynn pitched for earlier in his career, picked him up and he got the coveted 300^th win on July 13 when he beat Kansas City 7-4 on the road. It was his last win in the Major Leagues.

 

September 8, 2022 - Sox third baseman Yoan Moncada did something that had never been done before in the American League as part of a 14-2 rout by the club over the A’s in Oakland.

Moncada went 5 for 5 with five RBI’s for the second time in the season which had never happened in the league since RBI’s became an official statistic in 1920. He had two home runs and a double among his hits and finished the game with 12 total bases.

He did it the first time on June 15 against the Tigers when he went 5 for 6 with five RBI’s.

Also happening in the game were back-to-back home runs leading the game off by the White Sox. Elvis Andrus and Moncada both went deep off of J.P. Sears to start the rout.