THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY AUG 22-23/Black Jack and Beards!

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THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY AUGUST 22ND

 

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1923: Sloppy Thurston became the first White Sox pitcher to fan the side on nine pitches in the 12th inning of a 3-2 loss to Philadelphia at Comiskey Park. At the time, Thurston was the 10th A.L. pitcher to accomplish the feat and the first to do it in extra innings.

 

1958: Nellie Fox extended his record streak of games without a strikeout to 98 in the White Sox 8-5 loss at Yankee Stadium. The streak would end in the first inning of the next day’s game when Whitey Ford K’d Fox.

 

1993: In one of the guttiest performances in recent memory, Jack McDowell went the distance to notch his 20th victory in the White Sox 1-0 win at Minnesota. McDowell gave up eight hits and one walk while fanning 10. Seven of his strikeouts came with men on base. “Black Jack” became just the third Sox pitcher since World War II to win his 20th game in August. McDowell made Frank Thomas’ homer in the first stand up as the Sox went 14 games over .500 for the first time in 1993.

 

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY AUGUST 23ND

 

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1906: The White Sox won their A.L. record 19th consecutive game by downing host Washington 4-1 behind pitcher Roy Patterson. The White Sox broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth inning on an RBI by George Davis. The streak began Aug. 2 and included seven wins over the Yankees, six over the Red Sox, five over the Athletics and one over Washington.

 

1972: Dick Allen hit the first home run by a White Sox player and the fourth overall into the center field bleachers at Comiskey Park in a 5-2 win over the New York Yankees. Allen victimized the Yankees’ Lindy McDaniel for the fourth of what would turn out to be seven of such homers in the park’s history. The blast came on day where Harry Caray was announcing from the bleachers and the drive missed the colorful broadcaster by just a few rows. It took the Sox 62 years to reach this area with a home run. Richie Zisk joined Allen in 1977 and they would be the only two Sox to accomplish this feat at the old park.

 

1982: The White Sox acquired Jim Kern from Cincinnati a day after the relief pitcher had challenged the Reds’ no facial hair policy. The Sox picked up the bearded right-hander for minor leaguers Leo Garcia and Wade Rowdon.