THIS DATE IN SOX HISTORY/APRIL 20

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GROUNDING THE PILOTS FOR THE FIRST TIME

1969: Thanks to the robust bat of Bill Melton, the White Sox swept a doubleheader from the Seattle Pilots for the Sox first victories over the expansion team in Chicago. Melton’s walkoff homer in the 10th inning delivered the Sox a 3-2 win in the first game of a doubleheader. Melton hit one of the Sox four homers in the sweep-completing 13-3 win in the nightcap before 12,579 at Comiskey Park. Ron Hansen, Duane Josephson and Buddy Bradford also went deep as part of a 10-hit attack

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MAY 31, 1970: WHITE SOX 22, RED SOX 13 AT FENWAY PARK

1970: The White Sox had their best offensive game in 15 years and their second best overall in hammering the Boston Red Sox 22-13 at Fenway Park. The 22 runs were the most by a Sox team since they scored a club record 29 in a win at Kansas City April 23, 1955. The 35 runs by both teams tied the club mark set on Sept. 9, 1921 and April 23, 1955. The Sox banged out 24 hits but their only home run came from Bill Melton, who hit a solo shot in the sixth. Melton finished with four RBIs. Leadoff man Walt Williams went 5-for-7 with five runs, a double and two RBIs while Luis Aparicio was 5-for-5 with three runs, a triple and three RBIs. Duane Josephson was 3-for-6 with two doubles and three RBIs and Ossie Blanco, who started at first base and batted third, was 2-for-5 with three RBIs. The Sox scored six in the first off Boston starter Gary Peters, who lasted just two-thirds of an inning. The Sox scored one in the third, three in the fourth, one in the fifth, seven in the sixth and four in the eighth.