Today in White Sox History: April 12

An invitation from Harry Caray (left) led to Mary Shane’s brief-but-historic career calling games on the South Side.1955

Two figures who helped saved the White Sox in Chicago had milestone home runs.

Pinch-hitting for starter Warren Spahn in the bottom of the eighth with his Milwaukee club trailing the Cincinnati Redlegs, 2-1, Chuck Tanner hits his first career home run — in his first-ever at-bat! Milwaukee would go on to win the game, 4-2.

A decade later, the superstar who Tanner helped convince to come play on the South Side, Dick Allen, hit the first regular-season home run at the Astrodome. The reigning Rookie of the Year blasted a two-run shot in the third inning to account for all of the…