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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…

SERIES #17. FOUR GAMES, WON 3 0F 4. MILWAUKEE AT CHICAGO The White Sox had another fine series, taking three out of four from the Milwaukee Brewers at home. Chicago won the first two games by scores of 6-1 and 4-0, then split a double header, winning the opener, 4-2, but dropping the nightcap, 8-2.…

SERIES #16. TWO GAMES, SPLIT SERIES. BOSTON VS CHICAGO The skidding White Sox turned to their ace, Tom Bradley(7-2), to end a five game losing streak. He did so brilliantly, stopping the Boston Red Sox with a 4 hit shutout. That 5-0 win was Chicago’s first in six games. Boston won the first game of…

SERIES#15. FOUR GAMES, LOST ALL 4 GAMES. NEW YORK VS CHICAGO For the first time this season, the Chicago White Sox were swept in a series, losing four straight games to the New York Yankees. They lost the June 2sd game, 6-2, the June 3rd game, 13-5, then dropped both ends of a doubleheader, both…

SERIES # 14. FOUR GAMES, WON THREE OF FOUR. CHICAGO VS CALIFORNIA Of the four games played between the Chicago White Sox and the California Angels, two were marathons, lasting 14 and 16 innings, respectively. Chicago won 3 of 4, taking both ends of a doubleheader, 5-2 and 8-7. They then lost a 1-0 decision…

SERIES # 13. THREE GAMES, SWEPT SERIES. CHICAGO AT OAKLAND The red hot Chicago White Sox swept another series, taking 3 in a row from a powerful Oakland A’s team. The pale hose have won five straight. All the games were close, with the Sox winning by scores of 4-2; 6-5 and 5-4. Dick Allen…