August 7 in Chicago White Sox History: Vida Blue of the Oakland A’s wins his 20th game of the season (1971)

[adrotate banner=”32″] On August 7, 1971 , just a week into August, Vida Blue of the Oakland A’s wins his 20th game of the season. The hard-throwing left-hander shuts out the Chicago White Sox , 1-0. The only run of the game scores on a balk committed by Joe Horlen in the sixth inning of the Oakland

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