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1919<\/strong>
\nThe White Sox won again in Cincinnati, narrowing their World Series deficit to four games to three, taking Game 7, 4-1. The Pale Hose were in control from the jump, as Shoeless Joe Jackson <\/strong>had RBI singles in the first and third innings, and Happy Felsch <\/strong>knocked in two with a single in the fifth. Eddie Cicotte<\/strong> went the distance and got his first win of the Series; despite being a member of the Black Sox conspiracy, Cicotte finished his work against the Reds with a 2.91 ERA.<\/p>\n

1926
\nTed Blankenship <\/strong>tossed a 3-0 shutout to lift the White Sox to a 4-3 win over the Cubs in the City Series. The win gave the South Siders an overall advantage in City Series at that point, 11-5-1 \u2014 and the White Sox advantage would only increase in the coming years.<\/p>\n

1959<\/strong>
\nThe Dodgers clobbered Early Wynn <\/strong>and Dick Donovan<\/strong> in the third and fourth innings, jumping out to an 8-2 lead to fuel a 9-3 triumph in Game 6 of the World Series and be crowned champions. Chuck Essegian clubbed his second pinch-hit homer of the Series as a ninth-inning insurance run, making him the first player in history to have two pinch-hit homers in the same World Series.<\/p>\n

1983<\/strong>
\nWith the White Sox down two games to one in the ALCS, Jerry Dybzinski<\/strong> overran second base after a single by Julio Cruz<\/strong> in the seventh inning of a scoreless game at Comiskey Park. In the ensuing rundown Vance Law,<\/strong> who was on base in front of Dybzinski, was thrown out trying to score what would have been the go-ahead run.<\/p>\n

The Sox wound up losing the game and the series on a home run by Baltimore\u2019s Tito Landrum in the 10th inning. The final score was 3-0, spoiling a masterful performance by Sox pitcher Britt Burns<\/strong>, who went the distance and struck out eight. Landrum\u2019s homer came on Burns\u2019 150th pitch of the game.<\/p>\n

1993<\/strong>
\nWith the White Sox down two games to none in the ALCS, Wilson \u00c1lvarez<\/strong> pitched a gem and beat the Blue Jays, 6-1. The Sox scored five runs in the third inning, which gave \u00c1lvarez some breathing room. The complete game victory was badly needed, and gave Sox fans a reason to keep hoping. \u00c1lvarez gave up seven hits and struck out six.<\/p>\n

Also in the game, Tim Raines <\/strong>went 4-for-5 with two doubles and a run scored, marking just the third time in history (and first in 93 years) a White Sox player had four hits in a postseason game.<\/p>\n

2021<\/strong>
\nWhite Sox shortstop Tim Anderson<\/strong> was a prime-time player, and it showed in his first five postseason games. When Anderson got three hits in the White Sox a 9-4 loss to the Astros in Game 2 of the ALDS, that outburst gave him 13 hits in the first five playoff games of his career, dating back to the 2020 playoff series against the Athletics.<\/p>\n

The 13 hits set the major league record, and also tied the record for the most hits in any five-game span<\/em> in postseason history.<\/p>\n

Anderson then added three more hits in Chicago\u2019s 12-6 Game 3 win two days later, giving him 16 in six postseason games \u2014 the most ever<\/em> by a player in a six-game postseason span.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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