Author: david bancroft

SERIES #26. THREE GAMES, WON TWO OF THREE. CHICAGO AT CLEVELAND While the Orioles were handling the Oakland A’s, the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians, two out of three, to move back into an uncontested lead in the American League West. The White Sox dropped a close, 4-3 decision in game one, but…

SERIES #25. FOUR GAMES, LOST THREE OF FOUR. DETROIT AT CHICAGO It was a rough series, as the White Sox wrapped up their homestand by losing three out of four to the Detroit Tigers. Luckily, Oakland lost twice, so the damage was less than it could have been. In the opening game, Wilbur Wood(6-5) dropped…

SERIES #24. THREE GAMES, SWEPT SERIES. BALTIMORE AT CHICAGO At the end of this series, the Chicago White Sox find themselves tied with the Oakland A’s for first place in the American League West. Jay Johnstone’s pinch hit triple in the bottom of the seventh inning, bailed out Tom Bradley(11-4), who was set to take…

SERIES #23. THREE GAMES, LOST TWO OF THREE. MINNESOTA AT CHICAGO Stan Bahnsen(7-3) pitched a gem against Minnesota on July 1st, but then the White Sox dropped both games of a July 2sd doubleheader. Bahnsen picked up his second shutout of the year, beating the Twins 2-0, on four hits. He struck out four and…

SERIES #22. FOUR GAMES, SPLIT SERIES. OAKLAND AT CHICAGO The Oakland A’s and the Chicago White Sox split their most recent head to head matchup, a four game series in which the A’s won the opening and final games, while Chicago swept a twinbill in the middle. So when the dust cleared, Oakland is in…

SERIES #22. TWO GAMES, LOST BOTH. CHICAGO AT KANSAS CITY The White Sox were probably singing, “Kansas City, let me out!”, rather than, “here I come”, after the Royals took two games in a short series, both by shutout. Tom Bradley(9-4) was beaten 1-0, by Bruce Del Canton. The lone run of the game came…

SERIES #21. THREE GAMES, WON TWO OF THREE. CHICAGO AT TEXAS The Chicago White Sox took two out of three against the Texas Rangers at Arlington Stadium. They won the first game, 4-0, when three White Sox pitchers, starter, Eddie Fisher(6-2), Steve Kealy and Goose Gossage; combined for a four hit whitewash. Dick Allen(21,22) had…

SERIES #20. THREE GAMES, WON TWO OF THREE. CHICAGO AT MILWAUKEE The Chicago White Sox and the Oakland A’s have flip flopped first place over the past three days, with the Pale Hose claiming a half game lead on the A’s at the end of their latest series with the Brewers. Chicago took two of…

SERIES #19. THREE GAMES, WON TWO. CHICAGO AT BOSTON Chicago got two strong pitching performances from Wilbur Wood(6-2), who went seven innings in a 3-1 win; and from Tom Bradley(8-3), who tossed a complete game as the White Sox won game two, 5-1. Mike Andrews had three hits in the first game. Jorge Orta(5) hit…

SERIES# 18. THREE GAMES, LOST TWO. CHICAGO AT NEW YORK. The White Sox lost their latest series with the New York Yankees, dropping the first two games, 7-3 and 5-4, before avoiding getting swept by winning the finale, 4-1. In both of the first two games, Chicago had the lead early, but couldn’t hold it…