{"id":4391,"date":"2026-02-08T11:29:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=4391"},"modified":"2026-02-08T11:29:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T17:29:22","slug":"chicago-sweeps-detroit-tiger-offensive-woes-lead-to-tournament-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/?p=4391","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Sweeps Detroit, Tiger Offensive Woes Lead to Tournament Exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"213\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PizarroJuanCHW-213x300.png?resize=213%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PizarroJuanCHW.png?resize=213%2C300&amp;ssl=1 213w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PizarroJuanCHW.png?resize=91%2C128&amp;ssl=1 91w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PizarroJuanCHW.png?resize=23%2C32&amp;ssl=1 23w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/PizarroJuanCHW.png?w=278&amp;ssl=1 278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1964 Chicago White Sox scored just 6 runs on 16 hits over the three games against the 1968 Detroit Tigers. It was still enough for a sweep, as the Tiger offense never showed up. Detroit had a little hope when Norm Cash hit a solo home run off Juan Pizarro. Mickey Lolich was pitching an amazing game, allowing just one hit heading into the 5th. That&#8217;s when Don Wert&#8217;s throwing error and two walks loaded the bases with 2 outs. Lolich struck out Jim Landis to end the threat. But, in the 6th, Moose Skowron took Lolich deep for a 2-run homer. Pizarro retired 17 straight hitters after the Cash home run, walking Cash in the 8th. Holding on to a 2-1 lead, Pizarro struck out pinch-hitter Eddie Mathews to lead off the 9th. Dick McAuliffe singled for just the 2nd Tiger hit, but Mickey Stanley grounded into a double-play to end the game, and with it, the Tigers&#8217; Tournament. The Tigers scored just 2 runs on 9 hits over the 3 games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/STB60s\/Scoresheets\/09-18-2025_DET_CHW.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"'68 Tigers @ '64 White Sox - 9\/18\/25\">&#8217;68 Tigers @ &#8217;64 White Sox &#8211; 9\/18\/25<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1964 Chicago White Sox scored just 6 runs on 16 hits over the three games against the 1968 Detroit Tigers. It was still enough for a sweep, as the Tiger offense never showed up. Detroit had a little hope when Norm Cash hit a solo home run off Juan Pizarro. Mickey Lolich was pitching [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[72],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-botd-60s"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4391"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4393,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4391\/revisions\/4393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/baseballmaelstrom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}