THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY JUNE 11

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1967: The White Sox stormed into first place by sweeping a doubleheader from New York before 62,582 at Yankee Stadium. After winning the first game 2-1 with Don Buford and Ken Berry going a combined 6-for-9, Jerry McNertney’s three-run bomb delivered the Sox a 3-1 win in the nightcap.

 

 

 

1968: Left fielder Jim Snyder hit a grand slam and drove in five and Pete Ward had three RBIs in the White Sox 9-5 win at Yankee Stadium. Mickey Mantle started a first base for New York and hit a homer – the last of his career against the White Sox – in the sixth inning off Joel Horlen. Wilbur Wood earned his sixth save with two perfect innings.

 

 

 

1969: Duane Josephson’s sacrifice fly capped a three-run eighth in the White Sox 4-3 “home-away-from-home” win over the Cleveland Indians before 15,715 at County Stadium in Milwaukee. Josephson’s sac fly gave the Sox the lead for good and followed Buddy Bradford’s game-tying single.

 

 

 

1972: Dick Allen accounted for two of the White Sox five home runs in a 6-4 win over Milwaukee in the first game of a doubleheader before 23,868 at Comiskey Park. Luis Alvarado, Mike Andrews and Ed Herrmann also went deep to help Stan Bahnsen earn his eighth win. Terry Forster helped out by fanning seven in three innings of shutout relief for his seventh save. In the second game, Pat Kelly secured the Sox a sweep when his “walkoff’ singled delivered the team a 5-4 victory after the Sox had been trailing 4-0.

 

 

 

1978: Francisco Barrios turned in eight strong innings as the White Sox got by the Rangers 2-1 in Arlington, Texas. Barrios gave up one run on eight hits in eight innings with one walk and five strikeouts. Lerrin LaGrow tossed a spotless ninth for his fifth save.

 

 

 

1980: Bound for the All-Star Game, Ed Farmer posted his 14th save with 3.2 innings of shutout work in a 7-4 win over Toronto before 17,537 at Comiskey Park. Lamar Johnson had three RBIs while Junior Moore had two and Jim Morrison added three hits in helping starter Ken Kravec pick up the victory.

 

 

 

1981: The White Sox held off the New York Yankees 3-2 before 33,777 at Comiskey Park in what would be the last game before the prolonged work stoppage. Steve Trout got the win as the Sox improved to 31-22. The next regular-season game at Comiskey Park wouldn't be until Aug. 10.

 

 

 

1985: Tim Lollar pitched into the seventh inning to pick up the win in the White Sox 7-1 thrashing of the Mariners at Seattle. Lollar, acquired with Ozzie Guillen and Luis Salazar from San Diego as part of the LaMarr Hoyt deal the previous December, allowed five hits in improving to 2-2. Rudy Law’s two-run triple highlighted a four-run second that sent the Sox to their fourth straight victory.

 

 

 

1988: Jerry Reuss went five innings and then watched relievers Steve Rosenberg, Jeff Bittiger, Rick Horton and Bobby Thigpen hold the lead in the Sox 5-3 win over Milwaukee before 26,141 at Comiskey Park. Reuss gave up one earned run in improving to 5-2 while Thigpen logged his 11th save. Daryl Boston went 2-for-4 with a triple and a homer and he scored the go-ahead run in the fourth on Steve Lyons’ single.

 

 

 

1990: The battery of Melido Perez and Carlton Fisk powered the White Sox to a 3-1 win at Seattle. Catcher Fisk’s two-run homer made sure that pitcher Perez’s seven shutout innings resulted in a victory. The win was the fourth straight for the surprising and surging Sox and pulled them to within two games of Oakland in the American League West.1993:

 

 

 

1993: The White Sox scored one run in each of the first five innings in beating the Royals 6-1 in Kansas City. Included in the single tallies were home runs by Frank Thomas and Robin Ventura. Jack McDowell fired seven solid innings for his ninth win.

 

 

 

1999: The White Sox notched their inaugural regular-season win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field with a rain-shortened 5-3 victory. Greg Norton’s two-run homer in the fifth staked the White Sox to an insurmountable 5-1 lead. Jim Parque went the distance for his second straight win. The game was halted by rain after the top of the sixth and delayed for 2 hours and 33 minutes before it was called.

 

 

 

2000: The White Sox hit five solo home runs but wound up losing to the Cubs 6-5 before 43,158 at Comiskey Park. Jose Valentin logged the sixth multi-homer game of his career which accounted for the 100th and 101st round-trippers of his career. The Cubs scratched across a run in the ninth on a fielder’s choice. The series drew 131,104 fans, the second-longest turnout for a three-game set at New Comiskey Park, falling 172 clicks of the turnstile short of the record set in 1999.