Sloppy Thurston pitches first extra inning imaculate inning

On Wednesday, August 22, 1923 At Comiskey Park the Philadelphia Athletics beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 in 13 innings. In the
12th inning White Sox Sloppy Thurston, facing Beauty McGowan, Chick Galloway, Sammy Hale pitches an immaculate innings.

Thurston will give up a single to Bing Miller and he will steal second and score on Frank Welch’s single.

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Philadelphia Athletics 3, Chicago White Sox 2

 

Game Played on Wednesday, August 22, 1923 (D) at Comiskey Park I

PHI A    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    1  -   3 11  1
CHI A    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  0  0    1  0  0    0  -   2  8  2
WP: Rommel (13-15)
LP: Thurston (5-4)

Play by Play

Umpires: HP - George Hildebrand, 1B - Pants Rowland, 3B - Billy Evans
Time of Game: 2:21   
Starting Lineups:

   Philadelphia Athletics        Chicago White Sox        
1. McGowan             cf        Hooper              rf
2. Galloway            ss        McClellan           ss
3. Hale                3b        Collins             2b
4. Hauser              1b        Sheely              1b
5. Miller              lf        Falk                lf
6. Welch               rf        Barrett             cf
7. Scheer              2b        Kamm                3b
8. Perkins             c         Schalk              c
9. Rommel              p         T. Blankenship      p

ATHLETICS 1ST: McGowan walked; Galloway singled to left [McGowan
to second]; T. Blankenship threw a wild pitch [McGowan to third,
Galloway to second]; Hale struck out; Hauser struck out; Miller
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 1ST: Hooper grounded out (second to first); McClellan
doubled to left; Collins grounded out (pitcher to first)
[McClellan to third]; Sheely struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 2ND: Welch flied to left; Scheer singled to center;
Perkins doubled to left [Scheer to third]; Rommel popped to
shortstop; McGowan grounded out (pitcher to first); 0 R, 2 H, 0
E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 2ND: Falk grounded out (pitcher to first); Barrett
lined to left; Kamm flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 3RD: Galloway singled; Hale out on a sacrifice bunt
(third to first) [Galloway to second]; Hauser lined into a
double play to left [Galloway out at second (left to second)]; 0
R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 3RD: Schalk grounded out (third to first); T.
Blankenship flied to left; Hooper flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 0, White Sox 0.

ATHLETICS 4TH: Miller struck out; Welch singled to center;
Scheer flied to left; Perkins doubled to right [Welch scored];
Rommel grounded out (shortstop to first); 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Athletics 1, White Sox 0.

WHITE SOX 4TH: McClellan singled to center; Collins out on a
sacrifice bunt (pitcher to first) [McClellan to second]; Sheely
grounded out (third to first); Falk reached on an error by
Galloway [McClellan to third]; Barrett singled [McClellan scored
(unearned), Falk to third, Barrett to second (on throw to 3b)];
Kamm flied to left; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 1,
White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 5TH: McGowan lined to left; Galloway popped to
shortstop; Hale popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 5TH: Schalk grounded out (third to first); T.
Blankenship grounded out (shortstop to first); Hooper flied to
center; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 6TH: Hauser lined to right; Miller popped to
shortstop; Welch grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 6TH: McClellan popped to second; Collins walked;
Sheely flied to right; Falk popped to shortstop; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E,
1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 7TH: Scheer grounded out (shortstop to first); Perkins
flied to center; Rommel flied to right; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB. 
Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 7TH: Barrett flied to left; Kamm flied to right;
Schalk flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 1, White
Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 8TH: McGowan walked; Galloway out on a sacrifice bunt
(first to second) [McGowan to second]; Hale flied to left;
Hauser flied to left; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White
Sox 1.

WHITE SOX 8TH: T. Blankenship grounded out (third to first);
Hooper grounded out (first to pitcher); McClellan singled to
left; Collins grounded out (second to first); 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 9TH: Miller walked; Welch out on a sacrifice bunt
(pitcher to second) [Miller to second]; Scheer grounded out
(shortstop to first) [Miller to third]; Perkins popped to third
in foul territory; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 1, White Sox
1.

WHITE SOX 9TH: Sheely singled to right; Falk out on a sacrifice
bunt (pitcher to first) [Sheely to second]; Barrett popped to
shortstop; Kamm popped to shortstop; 0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 1 LOB. 
Athletics 1, White Sox 1.

ATHLETICS 10TH: Rommel grounded out (second to first); McGowan
flied to left in foul territory; Galloway singled to left
[Galloway to second (error by Falk)]; Hale doubled to right
[Galloway scored (unearned)]; Hauser popped to third in foul
territory; 1 R (0 ER), 2 H, 1 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox
1.

WHITE SOX 10TH: Schalk walked; STRUNK BATTED FOR T. BLANKENSHIP;
Strunk singled to right [Schalk to second]; Hooper out on a
sacrifice bunt (first to second) [Schalk to third, Strunk to
second]; McClellan singled to right [Schalk scored, Strunk out
at home (right to catcher), McClellan to second (on throw to
home)]; Collins walked; Sheely grounded out (pitcher to first);
1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 11TH: THURSTON REPLACED STRUNK (PITCHING); Miller out
on an unknown play; Welch reached on an error by McClellan;
Scheer struck out; Perkins singled [Welch to second]; Rommel
struck out; 0 R, 1 H, 1 E, 2 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 11TH: Falk out on an unknown play; Barrett singled;
Barrett was caught stealing second; Kamm out on an unknown play;
0 R, 1 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 12TH: McGowan struck out; Galloway struck out; Hale
struck out; Thurston struck out the side on 9 pitches; 0
R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 12TH: Schalk out on an unknown play; Thurston walked;
Hooper out on an unknown play; McClellan out on an unknown play;
0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 1 LOB.  Athletics 2, White Sox 2.

ATHLETICS 13TH: Hauser out on an unknown play; Miller singled;
Miller stole second; Welch singled [Miller scored]; Scheer
struck out; Perkins out on an unknown play; 1 R, 2 H, 0 E, 1
LOB.  Athletics 3, White Sox 2.

WHITE SOX 13TH: Collins out on an unknown play; Sheely out on an
unknown play; Falk out on an unknown play; 0 R, 0 H, 0 E, 0 LOB.
 Athletics 3, White Sox 2.

Final Totals      R   H   E  LOB
 Athletics        3  11   1   11
 White Sox        2   8   2    9