In a game at Comiskey Park, White Sox pitcher Hollis “Sloppy” Thurston threw an immaculate inning of relief (striking out the side on only nine pitches) versus the Philadelphia Athletics. Thurston’s Immaculate Inning came in the 12th, mowing down Frank “Beauty” McGowan, Clarence “Chick” Galloway and Sam Hale.
Thurston became just the fifth pitcher in MLB history to throw and immaculate inning — and the first to do so in extra innings!
Still Thurston, who came into the game starting in the 11th, got the loss in the 13-inning game, 3-2.
1926
In response to the Sesquincentennial Celebration in Philadelphia honoring 150 years of American independence charging for tickets for Sunday admission (flouting blue laws for freedom, it seems), the A’s announced they would play and charge admission for a Sunday baseball game, held on this day, against the White Sox.