[Nick Soulis]

Series #229



Deadball Dominance: 1905 Sox Silence Padres
Three Shutouts For Chicago Lead By White, Walsh



Game 1
At South Side Park
2021 San Diego Padres 1
1905 Chicago White Sox 2 (14 inn)
WP: E. Walsh (1-0) LP: J. Musgrove (0-1)
HR: F. Tatis Jr (1)
POG: Ed Walsh (14 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 5 BB, 12 K, 159 P)
1905 White Sox Lead Series 1-0

Well, friends, they’ll be telling stories about this one as long as baseball is played. The 1905 White Sox, written off by many as a team that couldn’t hit its way out of a paper bag, just outdueled one of the modern game’s strongest arms in Joe Musgrove.
Ed Walsh — what more can you say? Fourteen innings. Fourteen! Twelve strikeouts, just five hits allowed, and the only mistake was a home run to Fernando Tatís Jr. That ball was struck clean over the left-field wall in the seventh inning, and for a while it looked like it might stand as the difference.
But these Sox… they don’t go away. In the bottom of the 14th, Jiggs Donahue led off with a double. Two batters later, Nixey Callahan — the old captain, the steady hand — dropped a clean single into left, and the South Side erupted.
A 2–1 walk-off, and a reminder that in baseball, one run, however it comes, can be enough. Musgrove was magnificent, throwing more than 150 pitches of his own, but he is the hard-luck loser in a game that had to be decided by sheer willpower.
This, ladies and gentlemen, was baseball at its purest: Walsh with his spitball and steel nerves, Musgrove with his sliders and cutters, both pushing beyond the limits. But the ghosts smiled tonight on the White Sox.

Game 2
At South Side Park
2021 San Diego Padres 1
1905 Chicago White Sox 2 (11 inn)
WP: D. White (1-0) LP: C. Paddack (0-1)
HR: None
POG: Doc White (11 IP, 9 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 158 P)
1905 White Sox Lead Series 2-0

Well, friends, history has a funny way of repeating itself. Last night it was Walsh with fourteen innings of mastery. Today it was Doc White with eleven innings of brilliance. And for the second day in a row, the 1905 White Sox walked off the 2021 Padres in extra innings.
Chris Paddack and Doc White stood toe-to-toe, trading zeroes until the sixth, when Tatís Jr. finally broke through with a ringing double to drive in a run. But the White Sox tied it in the ninth on a clutch two-out plate appearance from Davey Holmes, pinch-hitting and showing once again how these Hitless Wonders can scrap for every inch.And then in the 11th — Danny Green delivered. A clean single to right, Donahue crossed the plate, and the Sox had another walk-off win.Paddack was valiant — 168 pitches, six hits, two runs, one earned — but he joins Musgrove in the hard-luck club. Two nights, two Padres aces giving everything, and two nights, the Sox finding just enough to win.The Sox are now up 2–0, heading to San Diego, and if you can hear it in my voice, the ghosts of the Deadball era are smiling.

Game 3
At Petco Park
1905 Chicago White Sox 3
2021 San Diego Padres 8
WP: Y. Darvish (1-0) LP: F. Smith (0-1)
HR: A. Nola (1)
POG: Yu Darvish (9 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 117 P)
1905 White Sox Lead Series 2-1

Well, friends, we’ve got ourselves a series. After two nights of agony, the San Diego Padres finally broke through here at Petco Park, and they did it in emphatic fashion — an 8–3 victory to cut the White Sox lead to 2–1.
For four innings it looked like another Deadball ambush. The Sox scratched across two runs, then added another in the fifth. But the Padres answered in thunderous fashion. Austin Nola’s home run lit the spark, and then came Jake Cronenworth with the swing of the night — a bases-loaded double that cleared the bags and flipped the scoreboard. From there, Yu Darvish took over. Nine innings, eight hits, just three runs, and complete control from start to finish. The Padres’ ace reminded everyone that this modern club still has plenty of firepower on the mound.
Fernando Tatís Jr. did his part again with three hits, two doubles, and a stolen base. When Tatís is electric, San Diego feeds off his energy — and tonight, Petco Park was alive in a way we haven’t seen yet in this series.
So the Sox still lead, two games to one, but the Padres have found their breath again. And for Chicago, four errors in the field told a story of cracks in the armor. Walsh and Doc White had been flawless, but Frank Smith stumbled, and the Padres pounced.
The ghosts may have followed the White Sox west, but tonight, the Padres sent them back into the corn with a reminder: this isn’t over yet.

Game 4
At Petco Park
1905 Chicago White Sox 3
2021 San Diego Padres 8
WP: J. Musgrove (1-1) LP: E. Walsh (1-1)
HR: None
POG: Joe Musgrove (9 IP, 8 H, 3 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 130 P)
Series Tied 2-2

Well, friends, the Padres have answered back in this series with a roar. For six innings tonight, Petco Park was tight with tension. The 1905 White Sox had edged in front 3–2, looking every bit the team that had already stolen two games in extras. But then came the eighth inning, and the roof all but came off this ballpark.
Ed Walsh, the master who had thrown 14 innings in Game 1, finally showed cracks. A hit batsman, a couple of knocks, and then the pitcher on the other side, Joe Musgrove, stepped in with the swing that turned the night. A bases-clearing double from the Padres’ pitcher — the same man who was throwing a complete game gem — broke it wide open. The Sox never recovered. The Padres sent eight men to the plate in the frame, and when the dust settled, it was San Diego up 8–3. Musgrove closed it out himself, nine innings, 130 pitches, a performance equal parts redemption and defiance after that hard-luck loss in Game 1. This was modern baseball flexing its muscle, backed by a crowd of more than 31,000 roaring their club back into the fight. The White Sox still have their ghosts, but tonight, San Diego’s spirit was louder.

Game 5
At Petco Park
1905 Chicago White Sox 2
2021 San Diego Padres 0
WP: D. White 92-0) LP: C. Paddack )0-2)
HR: None
POG: Doc White (9 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 139 P)
1905 White Sox Lead Series 3-2

“Well, friends, if you weren’t a believer in the Deadball era before, perhaps tonight has convinced you. Doc White, the tall left-hander with the calm face and tireless arm, came into San Diego and painted a masterpiece. Nine innings, four hits, no runs, four walks, five strikeouts — and every Padre batter walked away shaking his head.Chris Paddack matched him for much of the night, hurling nine strong innings of his own, but one mistake here, a misplayed ball there, and Chicago cashed in just enough to win. Nixey Callahan and Danny Green supplied timely hits, Jiggs Donahue set the table, and the Sox did what they always do — manufacture a couple of runs, then hand the rest to their pitcher.Petco Park was ready to roar, but instead they sat stunned as the Sox walked off with a 2–0 shutout victory. With this, the White Sox are now just one win away from capturing Series #229, and they’ll head home to South Side Park with the ghosts firmly in their corner.

Game 6
At South Side Park
2021 San Diego Padres 0
1905 Chicago White Sox 5
WP: F. Smith (1-1) LP: Y. Darvish (1-1)
HR: F. Isbell (1)
POG: Frank Smith (9 IP, 5 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 124 P)

Well, friends, the story is written, and it is a story from another time. The 1905 Chicago White Sox, known to history as the ‘Hitless Wonders,’ have shut out the mighty San Diego Padres and claimed Series number 229 here at South Side Park.
Frank Smith, roughed up earlier in the series, returned home and threw the game of his life. Nine innings, five hits, no runs, six strikeouts, and never once did he let the Padres breathe. After Doc White’s masterpiece in Game 5, Smith followed with one of his own, and in the span of two games the Sox shut out San Diego back-to-back.The Sox struck early — Fielder Isbell’s two-run homer in the first sent the stands into bedlam, and the old park shook with every cheer. From there, the White Sox played their brand of baseball: bunts, steals, relentless pressure, and airtight pitching. By the time Smith doubled in the 8th, the game was as good as over.
Yu Darvish gave everything he had, but too many walks and too many pitches left him exposed. The Padres committed four errors, their swagger wilted, and when the final out settled into Donahue’s glove, the White Sox leapt into history — a 5–0 shutout, a 4–2 series win, and champions of the Field of Dreams.

1905 Chicago White Sox Win Series 4 Games To 2

Series MVP:

(2-0, 20 IP, 1 ER, 6 BB, 14 K, 0.95 WHIP, 2.7 BB/9)