In 1915 a Cleveland game featured an umpire error when a batter reached second on a dropped third strike with first occupied, producing runs and a 6-5 Cleveland victory that was later successfully protested and erased; the contest was replayed on September 29, resulting in a 13-6 White Sox win. In 1916 Eddie Collins began a 20-game hitting streak, batting .464 with a .543 on-base and .594 slugging while the team won 15 games. Collins later produced a 22-game streak in 1920. In 1936 Luke Appling's club-record 27-game streak ended in Boston when he went hitless against Wes Ferrell, producing an 0-for-2 with two walks in the opener and another hitless nightcap.
It was then that, with a runner on first, Jay Kirke struck out on an Eddie Cicotte wild pitch and advanced all the way to second base on the "dropped" strike. The White Sox were faced with a second-and-third situation that should never have been, as a runner can only advance to first on a "drop" if first base is unoccupied. Both runners came around to score, putting Cleveland up, 4-2.
No one on the field caught the mistake, and in fact it was the writers on press row who passed word down to White Sox second-sacker Eddie Collins, who filed a protest of the game after the fifth inning. The game ended as a Cleveland win, 6-5. Home plate umpire Billy Evans admitted his mistake, which surely aided the successful White Sox protest of the game - which was erased from the books and made up on September 29. That game ended with a 13-6 White Sox win.
Going 2-for-3 with a double and a walk in a 1-0 win at St. Louis, Eddie Collins began a 20-game hit streak that would end as the longest yet in White Sox history. Collins hit .464 over the course of the run, which lasted the balance of September and pushed the Pale Hose to wins in 15 games. Collins had an on-base of .543 and .594 slugging over the 20 games as well.
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