THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: SEPT 21

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THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: SEPT 21

 

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1917: The White Sox clinched the pennant when future Hall of Famer Red Faber downed the Red Sox 2-1 in 10 innings Boston. The Sox scored the game-winner in the 10th when Ray Schalk doubled and scored one out later on a single by Shano Collins. Faber got Babe Ruth to ground into an Eddie Collins-to-Buck Weaver-to-Chick Gandil double play to end the game. Faber gave up five hits and fanned one to earn the win. The Sox would go on to defeat the New York Giants in the World Series with Faber earning three of the four victories.

 

1970: Bill Melton hit his White Sox record 30th home run in an 8-4 win over the Royals in the first game of a doubleheader before 672 Comiskey Park. Melton, who finished with 33 homers, broke the record of 29 held by Eddie Robinson (1951) and Gus Zernial (1950).

 

1988: Bobby Thigpen tied the White Sox single-season save record in a 6-1 win at Texas. Thipgen entered the game with the bases loaded in the ninth and got Chad Kreuter to pop out to end it. The save was Thipgen’s 32nd tying Bob James’ 1985 club record. Thigpen would finish the campaign with a club-record 34 saves. Shawn Hillegas, who got the win, carried a two-hit shutout into the ninth before running into some turbulence.

 

2004: Juan Uribe’s pinch grand slam in the seventh powered the White Sox to an 8-6 win over the Twins before 14,771 at US Cellular Field. Uribe’s blast came with two out and enabled the White Sox to erase a 6-4 deficit. The pinch grand slam was the first by a Sox player in their new home and the first since Joe DeSa accomplished the feat Sept. 12, 1985.