Today in White Sox History: July 6

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1933
The first-ever All-Star Game was played astatine Comiskey Park. The White Sox won a coin flip with the Cubs for the close to big the crippled that was the thought of Chicago Tribune sports exertion Arch Ward, and was played successful transportation with the Chicago World’s Fair that started successful May on the lakefront. The American League won the game, 4-2, acknowledgment to a location tally by Babe Ruth successful the 3rd inning disconnected of Bill Hallahan.

The Sox representatives successful that archetypal crippled were Jimmy Dykes (3B) and Al Simmons (OF). Dykes scored the first-ever All-Star run.

1954
Virgil Trucks threw a one-hitter astatine Detroit, beating the Tigers, 4-0. It was the 2nd one-hitter thrown by Trucks in small much than 2 months; connected May 1, helium had beaten Boston astatine Fenway Park, 3-0, with a one-hitter. In this game, the lone deed Trucks allowed came successful the 3rd inning, erstwhile Harvey Kuenn singled to center. Trucks struck retired 8 successful the game.

For the season, Trucks would spell 19-12 with a 2.79 ERA, and he’d prevention the All-Star Game successful Cleveland for the American League.

1980
For the archetypal and lone clip successful White Sox history, the nine deed 2 pinch-hit location runs successful the aforesaid game. And that feat, precocious successful the nightcap of a doubleheader astatine Comiskey Park, keyed a expanse of the Oakland Athletics.

After a 2-0 squeaker (courtesy of first-inning RBI singles from Jim Morrison and Harold Baines, snapping a 21-inning scoreless drought) supported a complete-game five-hitter by Steve Trout in the opener, the White Sox brought retired the dense lumber precocious successful the nightcap. The nine snapped different scoreless streak, this 1 of 13 2/3 innings wrong this precise twinbill with 4 homers.

Trailing 4-0 with conscionable 7 outs left, the archetypal came courtesy of a Todd Cruz solo shot. The 2nd homer came from Thad Bosley to pb disconnected the eighth inning, followed by a pinch-hit homer from Lamar Johnson. Trailing 4-3 successful the ninth, Oakland reliever got the archetypal 2 outs of the inning earlier Cruz snuck connected with a bunt single. Greg Pryor was sent up to pinch-hit and blasted a sayonara location tally heavy to near tract to nonstop fans location frenzied and happy.

Three of Oakland’s 4 runs came connected solo homers, including an inside-the-park round-tripper from Rickey Henderson, making a full of 7 homers successful the nightcap.

1983
The aureate day All-Star Game was held astatine Comiskey Park, hosting the crippled for the 3rd time. The American League mangled the National League, 13-3, stopping an 11-game losing streak. Chicago autochthonal Fred Lynn of the Angels deed the game’s first-ever expansive slam, disconnected of San Francisco’s Atlee Hammaker (who’d aboriginal spell connected to transportation for the Sox).

Ron Kittle, who’d spell connected to triumph the 1983 AL Rookie of the Year, got an infield azygous successful the seventh inning. He was the South Siders’ lone representative.

1999
Chris Singleton became the archetypal White Sox rookie to ever deed for the cycle, erstwhile helium turned the instrumentality against Kansas City. It was besides the archetypal rhythm deed by a White Sox subordinate successful their eight-plus seasons astatine New Comiskey Park. The Sox would suffer the game, however, 8-7, successful 10 innings.

Singleton went 5-for-6 with 3 runs scored and 4 RBIs. He would aboriginal spell connected to beryllium a Sox broadcaster for a abbreviated play of time.

2007
The Minnesota Twins scored 32 runs and hammered 8 location runs successful a day/night duplicate measure astatine U.S. Cellular Field, winning 20-14 and 12-0. It was a debased constituent for a franchise that had won the World Series little than 2 years earlier. Jon Garland and Gavin Floyd took the losses.

2010
Facing Mike Napoli successful the 2nd inning of a commencement astatine Sox Park, Jake Peavy suffered an (officially) unprecedented injury: a implicit teardrop of his lat (back) muscle. He would acquisition experimental country connected July 14 to heal.

At the clip of injury, Peavy had made 17 starts, going 7-6 with a career-worst 4.63 ERA. The prima righty did travel done his imaginable career-ending wounded and made his archetypal commencement backmost connected May 11, 2011, and would transportation successful six much seasons aft getting hurt.

2021
The unbelievable wounded tally continued to plague the White Sox. Catcher Yasmani Grandal became the 15th antithetic subordinate and 4th cardinal starter to spell connected the injured database for the club, with lone a small much than fractional the play played. He was diagnosed with a torn tendon successful his near knee, suffered the nighttime earlier successful Minnesota connected a checked swing. A fewer days earlier successful Detroit, helium took himself retired of the crippled with a choky calf musculus successful the aforesaid leg. At the clip helium was among the nine leaders successful location runs, on-base percent and among the league leaders successful walks.

After a stint connected the IL Grandal came backmost to enactment up awesome numbers, finishing the play with 23 location runs and 62 RBIs. In a crippled against the Cubs connected August 27 he’d necktie the squad grounds by driving successful 8 runs successful a 17-13 win.

Later that aforesaid night, with the Sox needing thing positive, pitcher Carlos Rodón gave it to them. The lefthander kept the Twins successful cheque for six innings, allowing 1 tally and striking retired 8 arsenic the Sox got a badly-needed win, 4-1. With the 8 strikeouts, Rodón tied a nine grounds (first acceptable by Juan Pizarro back successful 1961) with 8 oregon much strikeouts successful 9 consecutive starts.

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