Chicago White Sox 2018 Spring Training Game Notes
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CHICAGO WHITE SOX 2018 SPRING TRAINING GAME NOTES © 2018 Chicago White Sox whitesox.com l loswhitesox.com l whitesoxpressbox.com l @whitesox CHICAGO WHITE SOX (13-12-2) AT ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS (12-13-1) WHITE SOX SPRING SCHEDULE/RESULTS: 13-12-2 RHP Miguel González (1-0, 7.88) vs. RHP Taijuan Walker (1-0, 6.00) Day Date Opponent Result Attendance Record Fri. 2/23 at LA Dodgers L, 5-13 6,813 0-1 Game #28 | Away #15 l Thursday, March 22 l Scottsdale, Arizona Sat. 2/24 at Seattle W, 5-3 5,107 1-1 Sun. 2/25 Cincinnati W, 8-5 2,703 2-1 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE Mon. 2/26 Oakland W, 7-6 2,826 3-1 l The Chicago White Sox have won six of the last 10 games as they continue their final stretch Tue. 2/27 at Cubs L, 5-6 10,769 3-2 of Cactus League play this afternoon vs. the Arizona Diamondbacks in Scottsdale, Arizona. Wed. 2/28 Texas W, 5-4 2,360 4-2 Thu. 3/1 at Cincinnati L, 7-8 2,271 4-3 l RHP Miguel González will make his third CL start … he recorded the win in his last outing on Fri. 3/2 LA Dodgers L, 6-7 7,423 4-4 3/17 vs. Los Angeles-NL, allowing two runs on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts in 5.1 IP. Sat. 3/3 at Kansas City W, 9-5 5,793 5-4 l RHP Danny Farquhar appeared in an instrasquad game this morning vs. Sox minor leaguers Sun. 3/4 San Diego L, 6-7 3,777 5-5 … he tossed 2.2 scoreless IP and recorded five strikeouts. Mon. 3/5 at Oakland T, 9-9 4,302 5-5-1 l Chicago has five games remaining this spring (three at Camelback Ranch), including an exhibi- Tue. 3/6 Milwaukee W, 6-4 3,954 6-5-1 Wed. 3/7 Cincinnati W, 14-12 3,586 7-5-1 tion game on 3/26 against Class AAA Charlotte at BB&T Ballpark in Charlotte, N.C. Thu. 3/8 Kansas City (ss) L, 0-12 3,419 7-6-1 l Four of the five remaining games will be broadcast on TV, radio or webcast … two will air on at Texas (ss) L, 4-5 3,739 7-7-1 NBC Sports Chicago or NBCSCH+, two on WGN Radio (720-AM) and two on whitesox.com. Fri. 3/9 at San Diego L, 0-2 5,331 7-8-1 Sat. 3/10 at Cubs T, 4-4 15,508 7-8-2 ROSTER MOVES Sun. 3/11 Arizona W, 6-5 7,289 8-8-2 l Prior to tonight's game at Arizona, Chicago optioned OF Ryan Cordell to Class AAA Charlotte Mon. 3/12 at Seattle W, 4-2 7,287 9-8-2 and reassigned OF Luis Robert, RHP Rob Scahill and RHP Chris Volstad to minor-league camp. Tue. 3/13 OFF DAY Wed. 3/14 at Milwaukee L, 3-11 5,497 9-9-2 l With the moves, the White Sox have 32 players remaining in major-league camp: 18 pitchers, Thu. 3/15 at LA Angels W, 7-2 6,083 10-9-2 three catchers, seven infielders and four outfielders. Fri 3/16 Cubs L, 3-6 13,044 10-10-2 Sat. 3/17 LA Dodgers W, 5-2 13,199 11-10-2 YESTERDAY'S RECAP VS. SAN DIEGO Sun. 3/18 at Oakland L, 0-14 6,227 11-11-2 l The White Sox were limited to 1-6 with RISP and left nine runners on base in their 4-3 loss to Mon. 3/19 at Arizona W, 15-2 10,299 12-11-2 San Diego at Camelback Ranch. Tue. 3/20 Texas W, 10-0 4,561 13-11-2 Wed. 3/21 San Diego L, 4-3 4,727 13-12-2 l Jake Elmore went 2-2, Tyler Saladino went 1-4 with an RBI and Matt Skole went 1-3 with a home run … Yermin Mercedes homered in the eighth, his first of spring … Mikey Duarte appeared Day Date Opponent Radio TV/Web Time in his first Cactus League game, going 1-2. Thu. 3/22 at Arizona 6:40 p.m. l Starter Reynaldo López suffered his second loss of the spring, allowing three runs on five hits Fri. 3/23 Seattle WGN whitesox.com 1:05 p.m. with three walks and three strikeouts over 5.0 IP … Aaron Bummer (1.0 IP) and Rob Scahill (1.0 Sat. 3/24 at LA Dodgers whitesox.com 12:05 p.m. Sun. 3/25 Milwaukee WGN NBCSCH 12:05 p.m. IP) each made scoreless appearances … Juan Minaya tossed 2.0 IP, allowing a solo home run. Mon. 3/26 at Charlotte Knights@ NBCSCH+ 5:05 p.m. CT SETTLING IN All games are Arizona Time unless noted l The White Sox offense has scored 28 runs on 49 hits over the last three games … the Sox are Bold – home games (ss) – split squad games @ – BB&T Ballpark (Charlotte,N.C.) hitting .402 (49-122) with eight doubles, three home runs and 26 RBI during that span. l Chicago relievers have allowed just three runs on five hits over 11.2 IP in the last three games. UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS l Thursday, March 22 at Arizona (Scottsdale) - 6:40 p.m. CACTUS LEAGUE LEADERS RHP Miguel González vs. RHP Taijuan Walker l Matt Davidson ranks among the CL leaders in RBI (1st, 18), total bases (T5th, 36), hits (T4th, l 19), OBP (6th, .422), slugging percentage (8th, .643) and batting average (8th, .339). Friday, March 23 vs. Seattle (Glendale) - 1:05 p.m. RHP Casey Lawrence vs. RHP James Shields l Avisaíl García ranks second in doubles (7) and is tied for ninth in hits (18) … Leury García is tied for third in triples (3). l Saturday, March 24 at Los Angeles-NL (Glendale) - 12:05 p.m. RHP Carson Fulmer vs. TBA INTERNATIONAL SIGNING l Sunday, March 25 vs. Milwaukee (Glendale) - 12:05 p.m. l The White Sox have signed 17-year-old INF Jerrick Francees as an international free agent RHP Junior Guerra vs. RHP Chris Volstad … Francees is the first native of Aruba, a member country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, to sign with the Sox as an international free agent … OF Andruw Jones (2010), a native of Curacao, SPRING TRAINING MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION is the only player born in the Kingdom of the Netherlands to play for Chicago. Spring Records Home Attendance l Other Kingdom of the Netherlands/Curacao natives currently playing in the major leagues Overall: 13-12-2 Day: 11-12-2 Games: 13 include INF Xander Bogaerts (Boston), RHP Kenley Jansen (Los Angeles-NL), INF Jurickson Home: 8-5 Night: 2-0 Total: 73,189 Profar (Texas), INF Jonathan Schoop (Baltimore) and Andrelton Simmons (Los Angeles-AL). Road: 5-7-2 vs. AL: 7-3-1 Average: 5,630 l White Sox special assistant to the general manager/international operations Marco Paddy Neutral: 0-0 vs. NL: 6-9-1 Largest crowd: 13,199 (3/17 vs. LAD) said, “It’s a good beginning for us in Aruba and Curacao. I don’t need to tell you how many impact players reached the big leagues from those islands.” WHITE SOX TOP PROSPECTS (BASEBALL AMERICA) l 1) Eloy Jiménez, OF l 6) Zack Collins, C OPENING HONORS l 2) Michael Kopech, RHP l 7) Jake Burger, 3B l 3) Alec Hansen, RHP l 8) Blake Rutherford, OF l White Sox manager Rick Renteria on Saturday named RHP James Shields as the club's l 4) Luis Robert, OF l 9) Gavin Sheets, 1B Opening Day starter on 3/29 at Kansas City … the start will mark his eighth career OD nod and l 5) Dane Dunning, RHP l 10) Dylan Cease, RHP first since 4/6/15 at the Dodgers with San Diego. l Shields has gone 1-2 with a 4.75 ERA (22 ER/41.2 IP) and 30 strikeouts over his seven career WHITE SOX TOP PROSPECTS (MLB.COM) season-opener outings …he also made OD starts with Tampa Bay from 2008-10 and 2012-14. l 1) Eloy Jiménez, OF l 6) Dane Dunning, RHP l 2) Michael Kopech, RHP l 7) Blake Rutherford, OF UPCOMING TRAVELS l 3) Luis Robert, OF l 8) Jake Burger, 3B l Chicago will conclude Cactus League play on 3/25 vs. Milwaukee … following the game, the l 4) Alec Hansen, RHP l 9) Zack Collins, C team will travel to Charlotte for an exhibition game on 3/26 vs. the Knights. l 5) Dylan Cease, RHP l 10) Carson Fulmer, RHP l The Sox will travel to Kansas City on the night of 3/26 and be off on 3/27 … the club will hold a workout on 3/28 at Kauffman Stadium and play the Royals on Opening Day on Thursday, 3/29. TODAY’S STARTING PITCHER VS. ARIZONA TODAY'S LINEUP AND MINOR-LEAGUE EXTRAS l #58 RHP Miguel González — Biography on page 99 of the White Sox media guide. STARTING LINEUP: MINOR-LEAGUE EXTRAS: Date Opponent W-L G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO ERA 10 Yoán Moncada (2B) 85 Joel Booker (OF) 3/2 vs. LAD 0-0 1-1 2.0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 26 Avisaíl García (RF) 88 Trey Michalczewski (INF) 3/7 vs.