THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 12TH

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THIS DATE IN WHITE SOX HISTORY: MAY 12TH

 

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WALSH DEBUTS

1904: Hall of Famer Ed Walsh made his Major League debut in the White Sox 9-3 loss at Philadelphia. “The Big Reel” went on to win 195 games and fanned 1,732 batters in a White Sox uniform. Walsh was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1946.

 

EFFICIENT FABER

1915: Using just 67 pitches, future Hall of Famer Red Faber fired a complete-game in beating the Washington Senators 4-1 at Comiskey Park.

 

A SLOPPY BUT WISE MOVE

1923: The White Sox made a shrewd move in acquiring pitcher Sloppy Thurston from the St. Louis Browns. Thurston went on to post a 3.05 ERA in 191.2 innings in 1923 and then went 20-14 with a 3.80 ERA the following year. After going 10-14 in 1925 and 6-8 in 1926, the Sox dealt Thurston to the Senators with Leo Mangum for Roger Peckinpaugh Jan. 15, 1927.

 

SOX FINALLY SOLVE KINDER ON A BUSY

1953: After being defeated by him 18 consecutive times, the White Sox finally beat Red Sox pitcher Ellis Kinder with a 9-7 decision in 10 innings at Fenway Park. The White Sox took the lead in the 10th when Kinder walked in a pair of runs. This was the White Sox first win over Kinder since June 24, 1948. … Off the field, the White Sox purchased pitcher Sandy Consuegra from the Washiington Senators. The Cuban right-hander was an effective and sometimes spectacular contributor for the Sox over four seasons, going 29-13. His best season was 1954 when he went 16-3 and pitched in the All-Star Game.

 

HOORAY FOR HOWIE!

1956: Veteran Howie Pollet picked up his first American League win in the White Sox 7-6 victory at Detroit. Pollet, a lefty making his second appearance with the Sox after 383 National League outings, tossed 1.2 scoreless innings of relief with a strikeout. Minnie Minoso’s RBI in the fourth gave the Sox the lead for good.

 

REELING IN SOME RELIEF

1957: Bill Fischer fired 7.2 innings of relief for the win in the White Sox 5-4 triumph at Detroit. Fischer took over for starter Jack Harshman in the second after the Tigers had plated three runs. Larry Doby’s three-run homer in the seventh, his second roundtripper of the game, put Fischer in position for the well-deserved win. Fischer gave up four hits and one run with one strikeout for his first victory.

 

WHADDYA SAY, AL!

1959: Al Smith’s two-run homer in the 12th was enough for the White Sox to win 4-3 in Boston. The Sox survived a Boston homer in the bottom of the frame in earning their fourth straight victory in a streak that would reach eight.

 

A WYNN-ING EFFORT

1961: Early Wynn went the distance in picking up his 287th victory in the White Sox 2-1 win over Kansas City before 15,735 at Comiskey Park. The future Hall of Famer gave up four hits and one walk while striking out seven to improve to 3-1.

 

A WIN AT DODGER STADIUM

1962: A four-run third, powered by a three-run homer from Charley Smith, carried the White Sox to a 7-6 win over the Angels at Dodger Stadium. This was the White Sox first win at Dodger Stadium, the Angels home after spending their expansion year at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles.

 

THUMPING THE HALOS

1963: The White Sox banged out 16 hits in stretching their winning streak to seven with a 14-2 thumping of the Angels in the first game of a doubleheader before 13,267 at Comiskey Park. The Sox took control with a five-run second inning with Nellie Fox and Jim Landis each driving in two runs. Floyd Robinson went 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs. John Buzhardt went the distance and gave up nine hits and three walks with five strikeouts to improve to 3-1.The Sox dropped the nightcap 7-6 in 12 innings.

 

GET THE BROOMS OUT

1965: The White Sox swept a doubleheader from the Kansas City Athletics to move to within a half game of first place. The Sox took the first game 7-4 and prevailed in the nightcap 6-4. In the first game, the Sox overtook the A’s in the sixth on RBI singles by Moose Skowron and Ken Berry. In the second game, the Sox tied it in the fifth on Skowron’s RBI and took the lead in the sixth on Don Buford’s RBI. The sweep touched off a homestand which would see the Sox go 7-0 and ignited a nine-game winning streak.

 

RARE ERROR BY BROOKS HELPS

1966: The White Sox used two wild pitches, a walk and an error by the great Brooks Robinson in rallying by the Orioles 5-3 in Baltimore. Don Buford scored the tying run on a wild pitch in the fifth. In the next inning, Gene Freese singled, took second on a wild pitch, moved to third on a ground out and scored the go-ahead run when Ron Hansen reached on Robinson’s error. Jack Lamabe threw 2.1 shutout innings of relief for his first win.

 

SEVEN IN A ROW

1967: The White Sox ran their winning streak to seven with a 1-0 win over the Angels before 9,137 at Comiskey Park. The game’s only run scored in the fifth when Ken Berry, who reached on a fielder’s choice, took second on an error and scored on J.C. Martin’s double. Joel Horlen gave up five hits and two walks while striking out six in 8.1 innings to move to 4-0. Bob Locker got the final two outs with men on first second for his sixth save. The winning streak would eventually reach 10 games.

 

BETTER LATE THAN NEVER

1970: The Sox scored all of their runs in the eighth and ninth innings in beating the Tigers 7-2 in Detroit. The Sox took the lead in the eighth when Ken Berry tripled, Walt Williams doubled and Luis Aparicio singled.

 

RICK REICHARDT!

1971: Rick Reichardt was 7-for-10, including 5-for-5 in the nightcap, as the White Sox swept a doubleheader from Washington before 7,333 at Comiskey Park. After going 2-for-5 with an RBI in the 5-0 win in the opener, Reichardt was perfect in five at bats with a double, a homer and three RBIs in the 9-5 win in the second game.

 

HANGING ON FOR A WIN

1972: The Sox built a 4-0 lead behind homers from Bill Melton and Dick Allen and held on for a 4-3 win over defending A.L. champion Baltimore before 21,763 at Comiskey Park. Wilbur Wood pitched into the ninth and got help from Steve Kealey, who got the final two outs for his first save.

 

SOX BEAT FERGIE

1974: Pat Kelly hit a two-run homer and Wilbur Wood pitched into the eighth inning as the White Sox topped the Rangers and Fergie Jenkins 5-4 in Texas.

 

RAIN-SHORTENED SUCCESS

1978: The White Sox scored four in the third and let the rain do the rest in a shortened 4-3 win over Milwaukee before 17,953 at Comiskey Park. With the Sox leading, the game was delayed by rain at 9:44 p.m. and then called at 11:05 p.m. giving the Sox the win in a contest that started 46 minutes late because of rain. Lamar Johnson’s three-run double was the big blow in the third.

 

RUNNING GAME WORKS

1981: The White Sox swiped a season-high six bases in running past the Cleveland Indians 7-4 before 13,263 at Comiskey Park. Left-hander Steve Trout got the win improving to 2-1.

 

SOX LIGHT UP JAYS

1982: Dennis Lamp improved to 3-0 with a complete-game effort in the White Sox 9-2 win at Toronto. Lamp gave up six hits and two walks with two strikeouts. He carried a four-hit shutout into the ninth before giving up a two-out homer to Dave Revering.

 

A GEM BY BANNY

1985: Floyd Bannister fired a seven-hitter and struck out 11 in the White Sox 4-0 win over Jack Morris and the Detroit Tigers before 21,216 at Comiskey Park.

 

A RAINY WIN

1990: A five-run third drove the White Sox to a 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals before 18,174 at Comiskey Park. Carlos Martinez plated two runs in the big frame with a triple while Ivan Calderon, Ron Kittle and Robin Ventura each drove in one run. Calderon went 4-for-4 in a game that concluded in a driving rainstorm.

 

SUCCESS IN SEATTLE

1993: Robin Ventura cracked a two-run home run in the first inning to lead the White Sox to a 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners at the Kingdome. Wilson Alvarez gave up one earned run in seven innings in improving to 4-0. Roberto Hernandez nailed down his seventh save as the Sox held off a four-run rally by the Msin the eighth.

 

OUCH

1997: The Angels scored 13 runs in the seventh inning en route to a 16-8 win over the Sox in Anaheim.

 

CARLOS CASTILLO!

1998: Carlos Castillo retired all 10 batters he faced in picking up his first victory of the season in the White Sox 5-2 win over Anaheim before 13,050 at Comiskey Park. Castillo fanned four and got offensive help from Albert Belle and Greg Norton, who both homered. Belle’s two-run homer in the sixth gave the Sox the lead for good.

 

GARLAND: 7-0

2005: Jon Garland improved to 7-0 as the first-place White Sox topped the first-place Orioles 3-2 before 29,031 at US Cellular Field. Garland gave up two runs on eight hits with one walk and four strikeouts in becoming the first Sox pitcher to start 7-0 since James Baldwin in 2000. The victory was also Garland’s ninth in a row dating to 2004. Home runs by A.J. Pierzynski and Juan Urbie led the Sox offense. This was the first meeting since 1964 the Sox and Orioles met owning the best records in the game.

 

EXTRA TIME PAYS OFF

2007: Jermaine Dye’s single in the 10th brought home pinch-runner Luis Terrero with the winning run in the Sox 5-4 victory over the Royals before 36,702 at US Cellular Field. The Sox forced extra innings with a rally with two out and nobody on in the ninth. Darin Erstad singled and then scored the tying run on a double by Juan Uribe. The heroics made a winner out of Mike MacDougal.