1991 AL Championship Series Game 4

October 12, 1991

  Wasn't expecting my Tigers to be eliminated so quickly, but the Chicago White Sox completed their sweep by defeating Detroit 7-6 in 10 innings tonight. The Tigers scored quickly and Chicago starter Alex Fernandez didn't survive the 1st inning. Then it was the White Sox turn, and they chased Tiger starter Walt Terrell with 4 runs in the 3rd for a 5-2 lead. Detroit outfielder Pete Incaviglia hit 2 2-run homers to keep his team in the game, 1 in the 4th inning and 1 in the 8th inning that tied the score at 6. Tiger closer Mike Henneman made his first appearance of the Series in the 8th inning and ended up the loser of the game when he allowed the White Sox a run in the 10th. Bobby Thigpen entered the game in the 9th and pitched 2 scoreless innings to get the Win for Chicago.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Chicago White Sox At 1991 Detroit Tigers            10/12/1991
 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Raines LF         5  1  3  1 .333     T.Phillips RF       6  1  1  0 .176  
  J.Cora 2B           6  1  2  1 .333     S.Livingstone DH    4  0  1  0 .250  
  R.Ventura 3B        4  1  0  0 .200   F-R.Deer PH           0  0  0  0 .000  
  F.Thomas DH         2  1  0  0 .500   G-S.Barnes PR,DH      0  0  0  0 .000  
  D.Pasqua 1B         3  0  0  1 .143     L.Whitaker 2B       2  1  0  0 .364  
  C.Fisk C            5  1  2  1 .200     C.Fielder 1B        4  0  0  0 .071  
  L.Johnson CF        5  1  3  2 .500     M.Tettleton C       3  0  1  1 .231  
  W.Newson RF         0  0  0  0 .000   D-L.Moseby PR         0  1  0  0 ----  
A-S.Sosa PH,RF        2  0  0  0 .182   E-A.Allanson C        0  0  0  0 ----  
B-M.Merullo PH        1  0  0  0 .000     A.Trammell SS       4  0  0  1 .083  
C-M.Huff RF           1  1  1  0 .500     T.Fryman 3B         4  1  1  0 .214  
  O.Guillen SS        5  0  3  1 .353     P.Incaviglia LF     5  2  2  4 .333  
                                          M.Cuyler CF         5  0  1  0 .214  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      39  7 14  7                 Totals      37  6  7  6
 
A-Pinch Hit For Newson In 3rd Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Sosa In 8th Inning
C-Subbed Defensively (RF) For Merullo In 8th Inning
D-Pinch Ran For Tettleton In 8th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Moseby In 9th Inning
F-Pinch Hit For Livingstone In 9th Inning
G-Pinch Ran For Deer In 9th Inning
 
White Sox....... 0 1 4  0 0 0  0 1 0  1 -  7 14  1
Tigers.......... 2 0 0  2 0 0  0 2 0  0 -  6  7  0
 
White Sox (4-0)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
A.Fernandez               0 2/3   2   2   2   3   0   0  27.00
M.Perez                   3       2   2   1   1   4   1   1.29
S.Radinsky HOLD(2nd)      0 1/3   0   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
D.Pall BS(1st)            3 2/3   2   2   2   2   3   1   3.18
W.Alvarez                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
B.Thigpen WIN(1-0)        2       1   0   0   2   2   0   0.00
Totals                   10       7   6   5   8  10   2
 
Tigers (0-4)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
W.Terrell                 2 1/3   5   5   5   3   1   0  19.29
J.Gleaton                 1       2   0   0   1   1   0   0.00
P.Gibson                  3 2/3   2   0   0   2   3   0   2.70
M.Henneman LOSS(0-1)      3       5   2   2   1   1   0   6.00
Totals                   10      14   7   7   7   6   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 51,674 DATE- Saturday, October 12th 1991 TIME- Night WEATHER- Bad
UMPIRES- Ken Kaiser, Larry Barnett, Al Clark, Greg Kosc
T- 3:08
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox:11  Tigers:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 0  Tigers: 3
ERRORS- R.Ventura
DOUBLES- T.Raines(1st), J.Cora-2(2nd), M.Huff(1st), T.Phillips(2nd)
HOME RUNS- P.Incaviglia-2(2nd)
RBIs- T.Raines(3rd), J.Cora(1st), D.Pasqua(2nd), C.Fisk(1st), L.Johnson-2(2nd),
      O.Guillen(2nd), M.Tettleton(2nd), A.Trammell(1st), P.Incaviglia-4(4th)
STOLEN BASES- O.Guillen(1st), S.Barnes(1st), T.Fryman(1st)
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Raines, D.Pasqua, A.Trammell
WALKS- R.Ventura-2, F.Thomas-3, D.Pasqua, W.Newson, R.Deer, L.Whitaker-3,
       C.Fielder, M.Tettleton, A.Allanson, T.Fryman
STRIKE OUTS- J.Cora-2, D.Pasqua, C.Fisk, L.Johnson, S.Sosa, T.Phillips,
             L.Whitaker, C.Fielder-2, M.Tettleton-2, A.Trammell, P.Incaviglia,
             M.Cuyler-2
GIDP- R.Ventura, L.Johnson, O.Guillen
2-out RBI- O.Guillen, J.Cora, P.Incaviglia-2
RLISP 2-out- F.Thomas, P.Incaviglia-2, T.Raines-3, C.Fisk, R.Ventura,
             A.Trammell, T.Phillips
TEAM RISP- White Sox: 4 for 13  Tigers: 1 for 9
 
The Chicago White Sox nipped the Detroit Tigers in 10 innings 7 to 6 at Tiger
Stadium in a hard fought contest.
 
The game was deadlocked at 6 after nine full innings.  Chicago ended up
winning it in the 10th inning.  Mike Huff doubled.  Ozzie Guillen next to the
plate and he stroked a one-base hit.  Tim Raines then hit a deep fly scoring
the run.  Chicago had 14 hits overall, while Detroit had 7.  
 
The winning pitcher was Bobby Thigpen(1-0) who allowed no runs in 2 innings.
Mike Henneman(0-1) was the losing pitcher in relief.  He gave up 5 hits and 1
walk in 3 innings.

1991 AL Championship Game 3

October 11, 1991


 The AL Championship Series moved to Detroit for the next 3 games but the results weren't any  better for the Tigers. Up 2 games to none, the Chicago White Sox won Game 3 tonight by the score of 5-3. Detroit got on the scoreboard 1st by plating 3 runs in the 4th inning. But the White Sox came back in the 5th inning and put 5 runs on the board on 6 hits and a costly 2 base error by centerfielder Milt Cuyler. Melido Perez (pictured) came on in relief for Charlie Hough in the 4th inning and shut the door on Detroit over the next 3 2/3 innings. Perez got the Win and Scott Radinsky pitched 2 perfect innings for the Save. Chicago now has a commanding 3-0 lead in this best of 7 Series.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Chicago White Sox At 1991 Detroit Tigers            10/11/1991
 
  White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG     Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Raines LF         4  1  0  1 .231     T.Phillips LF       4  1  1  0 .182  
  R.Ventura 3B        4  0  0  0 .273     S.Livingstone 3B    4  1  1  2 .250  
  F.Thomas DH         3  0  1  2 .625     L.Whitaker 2B       2  1  0  0 .444  
  D.Pasqua 1B         4  0  1  0 .182     C.Fielder DH        3  0  0  0 .100  
  C.Fisk C            4  1  1  0 .100     M.Tettleton C       3  0  0  0 .200  
  L.Johnson CF        3  1  2  0 .455     R.Deer RF           4  0  0  0 .000  
  S.Sosa RF           3  0  1  0 .222     D.Bergman 1B        2  0  1  1 .143  
  S.Fletcher 2B       4  1  1  1 .143   A-S.Barnes PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
  O.Guillen SS        4  1  1  1 .250     T.Fryman SS         4  0  1  0 .200  
                                          M.Cuyler CF         3  0  1  0 .222  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      33  5  8  5                 Totals      30  3  5  3
 
A-Pinch Hit For Bergman In 9th Inning
 
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 5 0  0 0 0  -  5  8  0
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  3 0 0  0 0 0  -  3  5  1
 
White Sox (3-0)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
C.Hough                   3 1/3   3   3   3   3   2   1   8.10
M.Perez WIN(1-0)          3 2/3   2   0   0   2   1   0   0.00
S.Radinsky SAVE(1st)      2       0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
Totals                    9       5   3   3   5   3   1
 
Tigers (0-3)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
B.Gullickson LOSS(0-1)    4 1/3   4   5   4   1   2   0   8.31
J.Gleaton                 0       1   0   0   1   0   0   0.00
P.Gibson                  2 2/3   2   0   0   1   0   0   6.00
J.Cerutti                 2       1   0   0   1   1   0   0.00
Totals                    9       8   5   5   4   3   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 51,859 DATE- Friday, October 11th 1991 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Vic Voltaggio, Jim Joyce, Jim McKean, Dale Ford
T- 2:41
LEFT ON BASE- White Sox: 6  Tigers: 5
DOUBLE PLAYS- White Sox: 1  Tigers: 1
ERRORS- M.Cuyler
DOUBLES- T.Fryman(1st), M.Cuyler(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Livingstone(1st)
RBIs- T.Raines(2nd), F.Thomas-2(6th), S.Fletcher(1st), O.Guillen(1st),
      S.Livingstone-2(2nd), D.Bergman(1st)
STOLEN BASES- L.Johnson(1st)
CAUGHT STEALING- L.Johnson
SACRIFICE FLIES- T.Raines
WALKS- R.Ventura, F.Thomas, L.Johnson, S.Sosa, L.Whitaker-2, C.Fielder,
       M.Tettleton, D.Bergman
STRIKE OUTS- R.Ventura, S.Sosa-2, S.Livingstone, C.Fielder, T.Fryman
GIDP- C.Fisk, T.Fryman
WILD PITCHES- B.Gullickson
RLISP 2-out- C.Fielder, S.Fletcher
TEAM RISP- White Sox: 5 for 8  Tigers: 1 for 6
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Travis Fryman robbed Frank Thomas of a base hit.
 
In a two run game the Chicago White Sox got by the Detroit Tigers by the score
of 5 to 3.
 
Chicago did all the necessary damage in the 5th inning when they came up with
5 runs on 6 hits.  The key at-bat was by Frank Thomas who deflated the mood
of the partisan fans when he slapped a single bringing home two baserunners.
Detroit went down without a fight in the bottom of the 9th.  
 
Melido Perez(1-0) went 3 and 2/3 innings allowing no runs for the win. Scott
Radinsky was credited with his 1st save.  Bill Gullickson(0-1) was the losing
pitcher.  He allowed Chicago 5 runs in 4 and 1/3 innings of work.  
 

1991 AL Championship Series Game 2

October 9, 1991

  Tonight's game between Chicago and Detroit started out with a bang. The Tigers scored 2 runs in the top of the 1st but the White Sox came back with 3 runs of their own in the bottom of the 1st. The big hit was a 3-run homer by Frank Thomas. With the game tied 4-4 in the 5th, Thomas (pictured) hit a sacrifice fly scoring the 5th run of the game for Chicago. Both teams' bullpens took over after the 5th inning and the White Sox came away with a 5-4 victory. The series heads to Detroit now with Chicago up 2 games to none.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Detroit Tigers At 1991 Chicago White Sox             10/9/1991
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Phillips LF       3  1  1  0 .143     T.Raines LF         5  1  2  0 .333  
  L.Whitaker 2B       4  1  3  3 .571     J.Cora 2B           3  2  1  0 .333  
  A.Trammell SS       5  1  0  0 .125     R.Ventura 3B        4  1  2  0 .429  
  C.Fielder 1B        3  0  1  0 .143     F.Thomas DH         2  1  2  4 .800  
G-J.Paredes PR        0  0  0  0 ----     D.Pasqua 1B         3  0  0  1 .143  
  M.Tettleton C       4  0  2  1 .286     C.Fisk C            2  0  0  0 .000  
  R.Deer RF           3  0  0  0 .000   C-M.Huff PR,RF        1  0  0  0 .000  
H-D.Bergman PH        1  0  0  0 .000     S.Sosa RF           2  0  0  0 .167  
  T.Fryman 3B         3  0  0  0 .167   D-W.Newson PH         1  0  0  0 .000  
  S.Barnes DH         1  1  0  0 .000   E-R.Karkovice C       1  0  1  01.000  
A-S.Livingstone PH    0  0  0  0 ----     L.Johnson CF        4  0  1  0 .375  
B-P.Incaviglia PH,DH  1  0  0  0 .000     O.Guillen SS        4  0  1  0 .250  
F-L.Moseby PR,DH      0  0  0  0 ----                                          
  M.Cuyler CF         3  0  1  0 .167                                          
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  4  8  4                 Totals      32  5 10  5
 
A-Pinch Hit For Barnes In 6th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Livingstone In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Ran For Fisk In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Sosa In 6th Inning
E-Subbed Defensively (C ) For Newson In 7th Inning
F-Pinch Ran For Incaviglia In 8th Inning
G-Pinch Ran For Fielder In 9th Inning
H-Pinch Hit For Deer In 9th Inning
 
Tigers.......... 2 1 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  4  8  2
White Sox....... 3 0 1  0 1 0  0 0    -  5 10  0
 
Tigers (0-2)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
F.Tanana LOSS(0-1)        5       5   5   3   3   0   1   5.40
D.Gakeler                 0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
J.Cerutti                 1 1/3   1   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
P.Gibson                  0       1   0   0   0   0   0  54.00
J.Gleaton                 1 1/3   3   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    8      10   5   3   3   1   1
 
White Sox (2-0)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
G.Hibbard WIN(1-0)        5       6   4   4   4   3   1   7.20
M.Perez HOLD(1st)         0 1/3   0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
S.Radinsky HOLD(1st)      0 2/3   1   0   0   1   0   0   0.00
D.Pall HOLD(1st)          2       0   0   0   3   0   0   0.00
B.Thigpen SAVE(1st)       1       1   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
Totals                    9       8   4   4   8   4   1
 
ATTENDANCE- 43,128 DATE- Wednesday, October 9th 1991 TIME- Day WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Steve Palermo, Mike Reilly, Larry Young, Rich Garcia
T- 3:18
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers:11  White Sox: 8
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  White Sox: 2
ERRORS- A.Trammell, C.Fielder
DOUBLES- T.Phillips(1st)
HOME RUNS- L.Whitaker(1st), F.Thomas(1st)
RBIs- L.Whitaker-3(4th), M.Tettleton(1st), F.Thomas-4(4th), D.Pasqua(1st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Cora(1st)
SACRIFICE HITS- T.Fryman
SACRIFICE FLIES- L.Whitaker, F.Thomas, D.Pasqua
WALKS- T.Phillips, C.Fielder-2, M.Tettleton, R.Deer, S.Barnes, P.Incaviglia,
       M.Cuyler, J.Cora, F.Thomas, C.Fisk
HIT BY PITCH- T.Phillips
STRIKE OUTS- M.Tettleton, R.Deer, D.Bergman, T.Fryman, L.Johnson
GIDP- A.Trammell-2
WILD PITCHES- D.Pall
RLISP 2-out- T.Fryman, C.Fisk, T.Phillips, R.Deer, D.Pasqua, L.Whitaker,
             T.Raines
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 2 for 9  White Sox: 3 for 6
WEB GEMS- Top 1st: Ozzie Guillen robbed Rob Deer of a base hit.
          Bot 1st: Milt Cuyler robbed Joey Cora of an extra base hit.
          Top 7th: Robin Ventura robbed Alan Trammell of a base hit.
 
Designated hitter Frank Thomas went deep and had 4 RBI as the Chicago White
Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 5 to 4 at New Comiskey Park.
 
Chicago jumped on top of Detroit in the 5th inning scoring a single run.
After an out was recorded, Joey Cora reached on an error.  Robin Ventura
stepped into the batter's box and he lined a one-base hit.  Thomas then hit a
sacrifice fly scoring the run.  Detroit made it exciting in the 9th, but they
were unable to push the needed runs across.  
 
The victory went to Greg Hibbard(1-0) who went 5 innings, allowing 4 runs.
Hibbard got help from Bobby Thigpen who earned his 1st save.  Frank
Tanana(0-1) was tagged with the loss.  He gave up 5 runs and 5 hits in 5
innings.  
 
'He gutted it out' Jeff Torborg said of Hibbard.  'I was very impressed by his
tenacity.'

1991 AL Championship Series Game 1

October 8, 1991

  The AL Championship Series got underway tonight at Comiskey Park in Chicago featuring a matchup between the White Sox and Detroit Tigers. Detroit had a 'play-in game' yesterday against Toronto that Bill Gullickson started. Frank Tanana started the day before that and Walt Terrell pitched in relief the day before Tanana. So the Tigers were forced to begin this Series with their #4 starter Mark Leiter. Leiter did well before leaving the game with the bases loaded in the 5th inning. Detroit got out of that inning allowing only 1 run.
  But the story of this game was the pitching of Chicago starter Jack McDowell. McDowell went the distance, allowing 1 run and striking out 12 as the White Sox defeated the Tigers 3-1. The big hit for Chicago came from Sammy Sosa who hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 8th.

BOXSCORE: 1991 Detroit Tigers At 1991 Chicago White Sox             10/8/1991
 
  Tigers             AB  R  H RBI AVG     White Sox          AB  R  H RBI AVG
  T.Phillips LF       4  0  0  0 .000     T.Raines LF         4  0  1  1 .250  
  L.Whitaker 2B       3  0  1  1 .333     R.Ventura 3B        3  0  1  0 .333  
  A.Trammell SS       3  0  1  0 .333     F.Thomas DH         3  0  2  0 .667  
  C.Fielder DH        4  0  0  0 .000     D.Pasqua 1B         4  0  1  0 .250  
  M.Tettleton C       3  0  0  0 .000     C.Fisk C            4  0  0  0 .000  
  T.Fryman 3B         3  0  1  0 .333     L.Johnson CF        4  1  2  0 .500  
  D.Bergman 1B        4  0  0  0 .000     S.Sosa RF           4  1  1  2 .250  
  R.Deer RF           4  0  0  0 .000     S.Fletcher 2B       3  0  0  0 .000  
  M.Cuyler CF         3  1  0  0 .000     O.Guillen SS        4  1  1  0 .250  
                     -- -- -- ---                            -- -- -- ---      
         Totals      31  1  3  1                 Totals      33  3  9  3
 
 
Tigers.......... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 0 0  -  1  3  0
White Sox....... 0 0 0  0 1 0  0 2    -  3  9  1
 
Tigers (0-1)             IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
M.Leiter                  4 1/3   5   1   1   3   3   0   2.08
J.Gleaton                 2 1/3   2   0   0   0   1   0   0.00
P.Gibson LOSS(0-1)        0 1/3   2   2   2   0   0   1  54.00
S.Aldred                  1       0   0   0   0   0   0   0.00
Totals                    8       9   3   3   3   4   1
 
White Sox (1-0)          IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR    ERA
J.McDowell WIN(1-0)       9       3   1   1   4  12   0   1.00
Totals                    9       3   1   1   4  12   0
 
ATTENDANCE- 40,987 DATE- Tuesday, October 8th 1991 TIME- Night WEATHER- Good
UMPIRES- Dan Morrison, Tim Welke, Dale Scott, Jim Evans
T- 2:55
LEFT ON BASE- Tigers: 8  White Sox:10
DOUBLE PLAYS- Tigers: 0  White Sox: 0
ERRORS- R.Ventura
DOUBLES- R.Ventura(1st), O.Guillen(1st)
HOME RUNS- S.Sosa(1st)
RBIs- L.Whitaker(1st), T.Raines(1st), S.Sosa-2(2nd)
STOLEN BASES- M.Cuyler(1st)
WALKS- L.Whitaker, A.Trammell, M.Tettleton, T.Fryman, T.Raines, R.Ventura,
       F.Thomas
HIT BY PITCH- M.Cuyler, S.Fletcher
STRIKE OUTS- T.Phillips-3, A.Trammell, C.Fielder, M.Tettleton-2, D.Bergman,
             R.Deer-3, M.Cuyler, D.Pasqua-2, S.Sosa-2
2-out RBI- L.Whitaker
RLISP 2-out- D.Pasqua, M.Cuyler, D.Bergman, S.Sosa, C.Fielder, C.Fisk-3
TEAM RISP- Tigers: 1 for 7  White Sox: 1 for 7
 
Jack McDowell allowed just 3 hits at New Comiskey Park as the Chicago White
Sox beat the Detroit Tigers by the count of 3 to 1.
 
Chicago had the game winning rally in the 8th inning with 2 runs utilizing 2
base hits.  Lance Johnson started the inning off right when he delivered a
base-hit.  Sammy Sosa came next and he smashed a two-run homer.  Chicago had
9 hits for the night.  
 
The win was credited to McDowell(1-0) who went the whole way allowing 1 run.
Paul Gibson(0-1) was charged with the loss in relief.  
 
Sparky Anderson was upset after the game.  'I don't like to complain but did
you see that umpires strike zone?', he said.  'Maybe they ought to start
calling the strike zone the way it's printed in the rule book.'