Paul bracket: 1924 White Sox defeat 1961 Orioles in six games

Game 1: Orioles 6, White Sox 5
WP: Barber (2-0)
LP: Lyons (1-1)
Save: Wilhelm (3)

Game 2: White Sox 4, Orioles 0
WP: Thurston (1-3)
LP: Estrada (1-1)

Game 3: White Sox 1, Orioles 0
WP: Faber (3-0)
LP: Pappas (0-1)

Game 4: Orioles 5, White Sox 4
WP: Brown (2-0)
LP: Robertson (1-1)
Save: Hall (2)

Game 5: White Sox 7, Orioles 6
WP: Thurston (2-3)
LP: Barber (2-1)
Save: Connally (2)
HR: Brandt (1), Gentile (4)

Game 6: White Sox 10, Orioles 1
WP: Lyons (2-1)
LP: Estrada (1-2)

The White Sox didn't hit a homer in the six game series, but they allowed just one (unearned) run in three complete game wins en route to their second straight series upset.

The first game, in Baltimore's Memorial Stadium, went to the favored O's. Baltimore scored five runs in the third innings, topped by a three-run double by Ron Hansen on which Hansen scored on Bibb Falk's error. The White Sox never caught up.

Sloppy Thurston threw a seven-hit shutout in the second game to even the series. He walked one and struck out three. Falk went 4-for-4 for the Sox, while Earl Sheely scored twice and Willie Kamm drove in a pair.

The series moved to 1924 and Comiskey Park for Game 3, and Red Faber threw his third straight complete game shutout. The spitballer allowed four hits, waking none and striking our five. Falk drew a bases-loaded walk in the third inning to bring home Harry Hooper with the game's only tally.

Baltimore evened the series behind Hal Brown, who allowed one run in seven innings. The Sox made it close with two runs in the eighth off Hoyt Wilhelm and another in the ninth off Dick Hall. Brooks Robinson and Jerry Adair each drove in a pair of runs for Baltimore, and Jackie Brandt scored twice.

The Sox retook the series lead on a pair of big innings in Game 5, plating four runs in the third and three more in the fourth off Steve Barber. Hooper, Eddie Collins and Sheely each scored twice. The Orioles hit the only homers of the series off Thurston, who won despite allowing five runs in eight innings.

The series returned to 1961 Baltimore, and the Sox clinched the series in a sloppy Game 6 rout. A Brooks Robinson error set up three unearned runs in the first inning, and Chuck Estrada walked four and threw a wild pitch in the second. The Sox scored two more unearned runs in the fifth. Lyons went the distance, allowing an unearned run on six hits and four walks. Kamm drove in three runs as the Sox drew nine walks off four Baltimore pitchers.

Player of the Series: Earl Sheely

Projected rotation: Thurston-Lyons (with penalty)-Faber-Thurston-(Robertson)-(Lyons [full rest])-Thurston