StatManDu Posted October 5, 2007 Share Posted October 5, 2007 (edited) THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: OCTOBER 5TH For more visit www.whitesoxalamanac.com 1908: Ed Walsh won his 40th game of the year as the White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-1 at South Side. “The Big Reel’s” win total remains a Chicago single-season record that will never be broken barring a major change in rules or philosophy. Walsh’s win pulled the White Sox to within a half game of the Tigers and forced a one-game showdown between the teams on the final day of the season the next day (the Sox lost that one). 1941: The White Sox took a 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven Windy City Series with a 6-0 win over the Cubs before 17,774 at Wrigley Field. The Sox scored two runs in each of the first, second and fourth innings and then had shortstop Luke Appling and third baseman Bill Knickerbocker execute a triple play. The Sox would finish off the Cubs with a Game 4 victory giving them seven consecutive City Series titles. 1959: Another huge crowd in Los Angeles witnessed another Dodger victory over the White Sox in the 1959 World Series. Before a Series-record gathering of 92,650, the Dodgers prevailed 5-4 on Gil Hodges’ eighth-inning homer to take a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven affair. The Dodgers scored four times off Early Wynn in the third but the Sox rallied to tie in the seventh on an RBI single by Ted Kluszewski and a three-run homer by Sherm Lollar. An inning later, Hodges untied the series with leadoff blast off Gerry Staley. 1983: The White Sox got the 1983 American League Championship Series off to a good start by trimming the Orioles 2-1 at Memorial Stadium. The White Sox, who won the American League West going away at 99-63, scored a run in the third and the sixth in their first post-season game since Game 6 of the 1959 World Series. LaMarr Hoyt, who won 24 times during the regular season, made those runs stand up by limiting the Orioles to five hits in a complete game effort. Tom Paciorek gave the White Sox the lead in the third when his infield single scored Rudy Law. In the sixth, Paciorek led off with a walk, took third when Greg Luzinski reached and then scored on Ron Kittle’s double play ball. The Orioles scored in the ninth when Dan Ford doubled and scored on Cal Ripken Jr.’s single but Hoyt then got Eddie Murray to ground into a game-ending force play at second. 1993: The defending World Series champion Toronto Blue Jays spoiled the first post-season game at New Comiskey Park by topping the White Sox 7-3 in Game 1 of the 1993 American League Championship Series before 46,246 at 35th and Shields. The Blue Jays took the lead with two in the fourth off Sox ace Jack McDowell but the Sox fought back with three in their half of the frame. Ozzie Guillen tied the game with a two-run single and Tim Raines followed with a run-scoring single which gave the Sox their first lead in a post-season game since Game 1 of the 1983 ALCS. The Sox and McDowell couldn’t stand prosperity. Toronto scored three times in the fifth to take the lead for good. John Olerud’s two-run double proved to be the game-winner. 2005: Tadahito Iguichi’s three-run homer capped a five-run fifth as the White Sox climbed out of a four-run hole to beat Boston 5-4 in Game 2 of the American League Division Series before 40,799 at US Cellular Field. The five-run outburst enabled the White Sox to a 2-0 lead over the defending World Series champions in the best-of-five series. The Sox entered the fifth trailing David Wells 4-0 but got back into it thanks to RBIs by Aaron Rowand and Jose Crede. With one out, the Sox then got a huge break when Boston second baseman Tony Graffanino whiffed on a grounder putting runners on first and third. Iguchi followed with a homer into the left field bleachers that fronted the Sox for good. Except for the first and third innings, Mark Buehrle was magnificent in earning the victory. Bobby Jenks turned in two shutout innings for his first save. Two days later, the Sox capped the sweep at Fenway Park. Edited October 5, 2007 by StatManDu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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