The 1919 White Sox won the Roger Maris Bracket to earn a ticket to the Press Room Pass Strat Madness Tournament to face the (3) 1940 Reds in Cincinnati.
Eddie Cicotte of the Chicago White Sox limited the Chicago Cubs to five hits as he led his squad to a 5-1 victory.
Cicotte fanned five and walked one, while surrendering a RBI triple to Harry Steinfeldt in the fourth inning.
Chick Gandil and Swede Risberg each knocked in a run to put the White Sox ahead in the second.
The score remained the same until the top of the ninth when the White Sox picked up three runs against Cubs starter Jack Taylor. Risberg walked with the bases loaded and Cicotte added a two-run double.
IN REAL LIFE:
In 1919 when the White Sox lost to the Cincinnati Reds in the World Series, Eddie Cicotte led the American League with 29 wins against seven losses with a 1.82 ERA. He also topped the AL with 30 complete games.
Cicotte might have been in the midst of a career that could have put him in the National Baseball Hall of Fame until the Black Sox scandal. He was 21-10 when the 1920 season ended for him and seven others as he was banned from the majors by commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis.
He ended his career with a 209-148 record in 14 seasons. He began his time in the big leagues with Detroit in 1905. After two years in the minors, he pitched for the Boston Red Sox from 1908 until he was sold to the White Sox in July of 1912.
The Michigan native led the Chicago pitchers in 1917 as the White Sox won the World Series over the New York Giants. He was 28-12 with a league-leading 1.53 ERA.