THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: OCT 8/Damn that Landrum!

[StatManDu]

THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: OCT 8/Damn that Landrum!

 

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1919: Ed Cicotte, one of the eight Sox players in on in the fix of the 1919 World Series, kept his team alive in a 4-1 win over the Reds in Cincinnati. Cicotte gave up one run on seven hits in going the distance. It was Cicotte’s first win against two losses in the ill-fated Series. Why the Sox ace, who ignited the fix by hitting the first batter he faced in Game 1, pitched to win has never been solidly established. Joe Jackson and Happy Felsch each drove in two runs as the Sox pulled to within 4-3 in the best-of-nine affair. The Series was expanded to a best-of-nine from 1919 to 1921 because of heightened interest in the event. The eight Sox players in on the fix were eventually banned from baseball for life by Commissioner Kennesaw Mountain Landis during the 1920 season.

 

1959: The Los Angeles Dodgers finished off the White Sox by winning Game 6 of the 1959 World Series 9-3 before 47,653 at Comiskey Park. The Dodgers scored two in the third and six more in the fourth to clinch their first World Series title since moving to Los Angeles. The Sox scored three in the fourth on Ted Kluszewski’sthree-run bomb but could get no closer. Kluszewski finished with a six-game Series record with 10 RBI. Larry Sherry, the Series’ MVP, tossed 5.2 innings of shutout relief to earn the win. Sherry was 2-0 with two saves and a 0.71 ERA in the Series.

 

1983: Britt Burns fashioned one of the gutsiest performances in recent White Sox history but it wasn’t enough as Baltimore clinched the American League pennant with a 3-0 win before 45,447 in Game 4 of the ALCS at Comiskey Park. Burns matched zeroes with Storm Davis and Tippy Martinez through nine innings before Tito Landrum deposited the left-hander’s 150th pitch of the game into the left field stands. Salome Barojas replaced Burns and gave up two more runs to account for the final. The Sox offense, stalled through the entire series, squandered a golden scoring opportunity in the seventh. With runners on first and second and one out, Julio Cruz singled to left with Vance Law taking third. Jerry Dybzinski, the runner on first, overran second and was caught in a rundown. During the chase, Vance Law broke for home but was tagged out at the plate. Rudy Law then fanned to end the uprising. The White Sox stranded 10 men in the game and left at least one man on base in every inning but the first.

 

1993: Starting pitcher Wilson Alvarez was masterful in delivering the White Sox their first post-season victory since Game 1 of the 1983 American League Championship Series in Baltimore. Alvarez went the distance and limited the Blue Jays to seven hits and fanned six as the Sox prevailed 6-1 at SkyDome and pulled to within 2-1 in the best-of-seven ALCS. The White Sox made things easy on Alvarez with a two-out, five-run third inning. Frank Thomas gave the Sox the lead with an infield single that scored Tim Raines. After Robin Ventura walked to load the bases, Ellis Burks singled to left-center to score Joey Cora and Thomas. Following a walk to Bo Jackson, Lance Johnson blooped a single to left which plated Ventura and Burks to make it 5-0. Ventura closed the Sox scoring with a sac fly RBI in the sixth. Alvarez cruised to victory by holding the Jays scoreless over the final six innings on three hits.

 

[southsider2k5]

If there is a hell, Tito Landrum will be the tickettaker at the front entrance.

[Hatchetman]

150 pitches from britt burns! he was a big hoss back in the day.