'20 Black sox knock out '88 Bucs in 4

ChiSox Bind Bonds and Bucs

Game 1 at Pittsburgh – Red Faber (7IP) and the ’20 White Sox blanked the ’88 Pirates in the opener 3-0. All 3 Pale Hose runs came in the 7^th. Shano Collins led off with a triple. Ray Schalk (3 hits) singled him in. Swede Risberg fanned, but “Finding” Nemo Leibold singled. Faber bunted to put runners on 2^nd and 3^rd and Eddie Collins singled to drive in both runners.

Game 2 at Pittsburgh – A wild 11^th inning capped a pretty good pitcher’s^th on a Shoeless Joe Jackson RBI double and a Shano Collins suicide squeeze plating Jackson. Spanky LaValliere led off the B11 with a base on balls from reliever Dickie Kerr. Jose Lind (3 hits) struck out, but Junior Ortiz followed with a single up the middle. Roy Wilkinson (0-1) took the mound but Felix Fermin tripled to tie the game. PH Darnell Coles knocked Fermin in with a game-winning single. Jim Gott (1-0) was the winning pitcher in relief. 

duel and found the Bucs evening the series with a 5-4 win. Eddie Cicotte (9IP) and Bob Walk (7IP) each gave their respective clubs a chance and the combatants went to extra innings tied at 2-2. The ChiSox went up 4-2 in the top of the 11

Game 3 at Chicago – Swede Risberg’s suicide squeeze plating Happy Felsch in the B9 gave Chicago a bunt-off (let’s hope that phrase doesn’t catch on) win, 4-3. The play caused great celebration for White Sox fans and agony for the Pirates and their cranks. Pittsburgh had led 3-0 heading into the B8 on a 2^nd inning Andy Van Slyke triple and tally; a Van Slyke sac fly in the 6^th and Lind RBI single in the T8. The ChiSox began their come-back in the 8^th on a 2-run PH single from Harvey McClellan. Jackson, Felsch and S. Collins hit back-to-back-to-back singles to open the 9^th with Jackson scoring to tie the game. One out later, Jeff Robinson issued Eddie Murphy a free pass and Bob Kipper took the mound with the bases jammed. Risberg bunted his 2-0 pitch.

Game 4 at Chicago – The White Sox advanced to the 2^nd round of the Holiday Festival Tournament Happy Felsch powered the offense with 4 RBI and 3 hits, including a 3-run blast in the 5^th. Tough choice for MVP in this series; Red Faber earned his second win with 8 innings of stellar work. He had an ERA of 0.60 in 15 innings. 1B Shano Collins had a BA of .438 with 4 RBI. In fairness, Bonds wasn’t exactly bound, as he hit .333.

with a blow-out 10-1 win.

Chicago now advances to play the 1963 Cardinals

--submitted by Bruce Thomas--