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White sox play by play2/19/2023 ![]() It wasn’t Sundberg’s day on the basepaths in the 11th inning he was thrown out after taking too large a turn at first on his single. The Brewers lost their chance to take the lead when Sundberg was caught trying to score from third on Ted Simmons’s grounder to third baseman Vance Law. Ready redeemed himself by scoring the tying run in the seventh, getting a leadoff walk and making it 1-1 on singles by Sundberg and Robin Yount. Baines walked, and the White Sox’ Tom Paciorek singled in the first run of the game. Walker should have been stranded on second, but Brewers third baseman Randy Ready dropped Harold Baines’ foul popup. ![]() Greg Walker singled with one out and stole his first base of the season after Greg Luzinski fouled out. The Brewers gifted the White Sox a run in the sixth. (The Brewers pulled off six in all.) Sutton was not quite as efficient as Fallon, walking two in the first inning, and allowing two singles in the third, but with no damage to the scoreboard. Fallon faced the minimum through six innings, surrendering a single in the third and walks in the first and fourth innings, all eliminated by double plays. 5ĭespite the contrast in careers, Fallon was Sutton’s equal on this chilly May night. Fallon’s major-league season did not survive the game he was sent to the White Sox’ Triple-A affiliate in Denver after the game. Sutton’s baseball journey ended in Cooperstown. Taking the mound this day would be future Hall of Famer Don Sutton for the Brewers and Bob Fallon, making his third career start for the White Sox. 4 The defending AL West champions were worse off in fifth place at 12-15, 3½ games behind the California Angels. 500, 9½ games behind the surging Detroit Tigers in the AL East. The Brewers, although having outscored their opponents by 18 runs in 26 games sat at. Neither team entered this game playing well. ![]() “That was the most unbelievable game I’ve ever seen,” Brewers catcher Jim Sundberg said. 2 Along the way to the White Sox’ 7-6 win over the Brewers in 25 innings, the 14,754 spectators at Comiskey Park were treated to 13 runs, 43 hits, 4 errors (almost all of them costly), and sleep deprivation. ![]() George Bernard Shaw once wrote, “Baseball has the great advantage over cricket of being sooner ended.” 1 On May 8 and 9, 1984, the Chicago White Sox and Milwaukee Brewers challenged that notion, playing the longest major-league game by time at 8 hours and 6 minutes.
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