StatManDu Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: APRIL 23RD For more, see www.whitesoxalmanac.com/ ENJOY! WHITESOXALMANAC.COM GAME OF THE DAY 29 RUNS ON 29 HITS 1955: The White Sox administered a record 29-6 pasting of the Athletics in only the White Sox second game ever in Kansas City (it was only the A’s fourth game in KC after relocating from Philadelphia). The 29 runs tied an American League record and the 29 runs, 29 hits and seven home runs were club records that still stand. Sherm Lollar tied an American League record with a pair of two-hit innings and went 5-for-6 with two homers and five RBIs. Bob Nieman, who homered twice, and Walt Dropo, who homered once, each drove in seven runs while Minnie Minoso, who homered, brought home five. Jack Harshman started and also homered for the Sox. Chico Carrasquel had five hits as the Sox totaled 55 bases and scored at least two runs in every inning except the scoreless fifth and ninth. A GOOD START TO SEASON NO. 2 1902: The White Sox opened their second American League campaign by thrashing Detroit 12-2 at South Side Park. Nixey Callahan notched the first of his 16 wins for the White Sox. STREAKING SOX SURGE IN CLEVELAND 1912: The White Sox scored six runs in the seventh in beating the Indians 7-4 in Cleveland. The win pushed the Sox into a first place tie and was the Sox third in a winning streak that would eventually reach seven. A BIG WIN ON OPENING DAY 1919: The White Sox began their drive for their second American League pennant in three years with an easy 13-4 win over the Browns in St. Louis. The 13 runs were the most scored by the White Sox on Opening Day in 11 years. It took the Sox until 1951 to score more than 13 runs in a season-starter. WORKING OVERTIME 1921: The White Sox trimmed the Detroit Tigers 3-2 in 11 innings at Comiskey Park. Shovel Hodge got the win in relief of Red Faber. ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR “PERFECT CHARLIE” 1925: The White Sox pushed across a run in the last of the ninth in beating the Detroit Tigers 1-0 at Comiskey Park. Charlie Robertson, who fired the franchise’s lone perfect game April 30, 1922, was the winner. OWEN DOUBLES HIS PLEASURE … FOUR TIMES 1939: Marv Owen tied a White Sox record with four doubles in a 17-4 win vs. the St. Louis Browns at Comiskey Park. Two years earlier, Mike Kreevich set the record at Detroit. Johnny Rigney got the win as the Sox posted their first win of the season. The 17 runs were the most by the Sox since a 17-2 win vs. the Athletics Sept. 11, 1936. SLUGGING GUS COMES ABOARD 1947: The White Sox purchased Gus Zernial from the Cleveland Indians. The slugging outfielder from Beaumont, Texas made his big league debut April 19, 1949. Zernial set a Sox record with 29 homers in 1950, a record that would stand until Bill Melton clubbed 33 dingers in 1970. WIN NO. 1 FOR BILLY 1949: Billy Pierce won the first of his 186 games with the White Sox in a 12-5 win over the St. Louis Browns before 8,086 at Comiskey Park. The left-handed Pierce, acquired from Detroit in November, got the win in relief as the Sox scored four in the sixth and five in the seventh to pull ahead. FISHER FINISHES STRONG 1965: Eddie Fisher turned in four shutout innings in preserving the White Sox 5-3 win at Washington. The Sox took the lead with three in the sixth on Danny Cater’s home run, which put reliever Bob Locker, who also pitched four innings, in position for the victory. Fisher made sure that happened with his performance, which included four strikeouts. SHAW SALVAGES A SPLIT 1961: The White Sox scored five runs in the first inning to make things easy on starter Bob Shaw in winning the second game of a doubleheader 7-1 before 16,953 at Comiskey Park. Roy Sievers drove in the first two runs while Minnie Minoso, who had three hits, padded the lead with a two-run blast. Sherm Lollar’s RBI single capped the scoring in the inning. Shaw went the distance and gave up one run on nine hits with no walks and four strikeouts in posting his first win of the year. The Sox lost the first game 4-3. HEY BUDDY! 1969: Buddy Bradford put the White Sox over the top with a three-run home run in the fourth inning in a 7-1 win over the Angels in a home-away-from-home game before 8,565 at Milwaukee County Stadium. Carlos May and Luis Aparico also drove in two runs in support of Gary Peters, who went the distance with seven strikeouts for his first victory of the year. KNOOP+ERROR=WIN 1970: Bobby Knoop’s homer tied it and the White Sox got some help in getting past the Twins 7-5 in Minnesota. Knoop started the eighth inning with a game-tying homer and the Sox overtook the Twins later in the frame when two runs scored on an error. Tommie Sisk worked 1.1 scoreless innings of relief for his only victory in a Sox uniform. A DOUBLE SHY OF THE CYCLE 1972: MVP-to-be Dick Allen singled, tripled and homered in the White Sox 3-2 win over the Royals before 12,108 at Comiskey Park. Allen also scored the go-ahead run in the eighth as the Sox won their fifth straight game in a winning streak that would reach seven. ALLEN DOOMS BREWERS 1974: Dick Allen scored twice, doubled and drove in a run in the White Sox 3-2 win over the Brewers before 4,382 at Comiskey Park. Cy Acosta worked 2.2 shutout innings of relief for his first save as starter Jim Kaat improved to 2-0. SOX DROP 18 RUNS AND 26 HITS ON BIRDS 1981: Billy Almon and Chet Lemon each had four hits as part of the White Sox 26-hit effort in an 18-5 win over the Baltimore Orioles in the first game of a doubleheader before 6,839 at Comiskey Park. Lemon drove in four runs while Almon drove in three as the Sox scored seven runs in both the fourth and sixth innings. Tony Bernazard, Carlton Fisk and Greg Pryor each had three hits in support of Richard Dotson, who went the distance for his first victory of the season. The Sox took the nightcap 5-3 to win their third straight overall in a streak that would reach six. BACK ON TRACK 1982: After two straight losses following an 8-0 start, the White Sox regained their victorious form with a 4-2 win at Baltimore. The Sox broke a 2-2 tie in the ninth on an RBI triple by Jim Morrison and a run-scoring double by Ron LeFlore. CRUZ GETS BURNS A RELIEF VICTORY 1984: Julio Cruz’s single scored Vance Law with the winning run in the White Sox 7-6 victory over the Orioles before 16,939 at Comiskey Park. Cruz’s single followed back-to-back walks by Law and Scott Fletcher made a winner out of Britt Burns, who struck out seven in three shutout innings of one-hit relief. SOUTHSIDE HIT-MAN COMES THROUGH 1985: Oscar Gamble, in his second stint on the Southside, brought home Harold Baines with the winning run in the 10th inning as the White Sox overtook the Milwaukee Brewers 6-5 before 10,719 at Comiskey Park. The Brewers took the lead in the 10th but the Sox tied the game in the bottom of the frame on a Harold Baines single, setting the stage for Gamble’s pinch-hit heroics. LAST TRIUMPH FOR TOM TERRIFIC 1986: Tom Seaver earned his last win in a White Sox uniform in a 2-1 win at Milwaukee. Reid Nichols’ double in the ninth scored Bobby Bonilla with the eventual winning run as Seaver won his second game of the season and the 306th of his career. The Sox took the lead in the second on Jerry Hairston’s home run before the Brewers tied it in the third. Seaver would drop his next four decisions for the White Sox before being dealt to the Boston Red Sox in a June trade. WINDY CITY SUCCESS 1990: Dave Gallagher threw out the tying run at the plate in the last of the ninth to end the game in the White Sox 6-5 win over the Cubs at Wrigley Field in the Windy City Classic. Jerry Kutzler got the win and Dan Pasqua was named MVP after going 3-for-3 with a home run. Sox utilityman Steve Lyons played every position in the game. ORIOLES GET THE BIG HURT 1991: Frank Thomas powered the Sox to a 10-4 win over Baltimore with a homer, a double and four RBI before 23,215 at Comiskey Park. Robin Ventura and Craig Grebeck also homered in helping Jack McDowell improve to 3-1. KARKO PLAYS PARTY-POOPER 1993: Ron Karkovice’s three-run double in the seventh inning spoiled the good time of 50,000-plus fans in Toronto in the White Sox 5-4 victory. Karkovice’s two-bagger was part of a five-run inning which made a winner out of Kirk McCaskill. Roberto Hernandez picked up his third save as the future A.L. West Division champions improved to 8-7. ONE DOG CLEARS ‘EM 1994: A bases-clearing triple by Lance Johnson and a two-run home run by Ron Karkovice highlighted a six-run first inning in the White Sox 9-3 win over Detroit before 39,846 at Comiskey Park. BALD-WIN NO. 1 1996: James Baldwin tossed four scoreless innings in earning his first big league win in the White Sox 6-5 win at Texas. Baldwin departed after giving up five runs in the fifth. Tony Phillips went 3-for-5 with a double, two runs and two RBI and Harold Baines homered for the second consecutive game to fuel the Sox offense. SIROTKA SHUTS OUT DETROIT 1999: Mike Sirotka fashioned the White Sox best pitching performance of 1999 by whitewashing the Detroit Tigers 5-0 before 9,837 at Comiskey Park. Sirotka limited the Tigers to five hits and allowed just runner to reach third base in the Sox first complete game shutout since Wilson Alvarez turned the trick against the Cubs June 18, 1997. SOX BEAT UP TIGERS AGAIN 2000: While the fighting stopped, the White Sox assault on the Tigers did not. A day after a fight-filled game, the White Sox ripped the Tigers 9-4 before 12,154 at Comiskey Park for their fifth consecutive win. The Sox scored eight runs in the first two innings and then cruised to victory in completing a three-game sweep of the Tigers. Magglio Ordonez was a single shy of hitting for the cycle while James Baldwin improved to 3-0. RITCHIE TOUGH ON INDIANS 2002: Todd Ritchie gave up one run on three hits with one walk and eight strikeouts in the White Sox 5-1 win at Cleveland. Ritchie gave up a homer to Jim Thome in the second inning and then shut down the Indians. The Sox took the lead for good off Bartolo Colon on Carlos Lee’s two-run double in the fourth. CREDE’S FLY DOES IT 2004: Joe Crede’s sacrifice fly in the 10th gave the White Sox a 3-2 win over Tampa Bay before 12,049 at US Cellular Field. The Sox trailed 2-0 early but got a homer from Frank Thomas in the fourth and tied the game on an error in the seventh. In the 10th, Magglio Ordonez reached on an error, took second on a balk and moved to third on a wild pitch to set the stage for Crede’s heroics. THE BEST 18-GAME START IN FRANCHISE HISTORY 2005: The future World Champions improved to 14-4 with a 3-2 win over the Royals in 10 innings in Kansas City. Aaron Rowand’s RBI in the 10th helped the White Sox to their best 18-game start in franchise history. The Sox escaped trouble in the ninth when Damaso Marte tagged out a runner on a pitch that got away from catcher A.J. Pierzynski. Marte got the win after getting out of a bases loaded jam in the ninth and tossing a scoreless 10th. URIBE SHOWS OFF HIS MUSCLE 2006: Juan Uribe hit two home runs in support of starting pitcher Jose Contreras, who extended his winning streak to 11, as the White Sox blasted the Twins 7-3 before 38,102 at US Cellular Field. Uribe drove in four and Joe Crede and Brian Anderson also homered as the White Sox improved to 13-5 and extended their wining streak to eight games. PAULIE POWER 2007: Paul Konerko’s second homer of the game in the eighth inning snapped a 3-3 tie and powered the White Sox to a 7-4 win over the Royals before 12,265 at US Cellular Field. Konerko’s 20th career multi-homer game helped make a winner of Mark Buehrle, who went seven innings in his first start since no-hitting Texas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iWiN4PreP Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 THE BEST 18-GAME START IN FRANCHISE HISTORY 2005: The future World Champions improved to 14-4 with a 3-2 win over the Royals in 10 innings in Kansas City. Aaron Rowand’s RBI in the 10th helped the White Sox to their best 18-game start in franchise history. The Sox escaped trouble in the ninth when Damaso Marte tagged out a runner on a pitch that got away from catcher A.J. Pierzynski. Marte got the win after getting out of a bases loaded jam in the ninth and tossing a scoreless 10th. :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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