Sydney Cricket Ground was the scene of today's World Tour game, as the White Sox beat the Giants, 5-4. Some 10,000 fans attended.
Shortstop Luke Appling, who at age 36 led the AL in hitting (.328) and on-base (.419) in the prior season and logged the highest MVP finish (second) of his career, was inducted into the Army at Camp Lee, Va.
As part of a plan to add more depth to the rotation, the White Sox signed veteran hurler Orlando "El Duque" Hernández. Hernández started strong in 2005 and faded somewhat down the stretch, but pitched perhaps the most incredible inning in franchise history when he came in to a bases-loaded, no-out situation at Boston in Game 3 of the ALDS. With the White Sox leading by a slim, 4-3 margin, El Duque proceeded to get two pop outs and a strike out, as the White Sox held on to win, 5-3, and advance to the ALCS.
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