CHICAGO WHITE SOX GAME NOTES
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WHITE SOX 2014 BREAKDOWN SAN DIEGO PADRES (26-30) at CHICAGO WHITE SOX (28-29) Sox After 57/58 in 2013 ...... 25-32/25-33 Current Streak ...... Lost 2 LHP Eric Stults (2-5, 4.92) vs. LHP Chris Sale (4-0, 1.73) Homestand ...... 5-4 Last Trip ...... 4-5 Game #58/Home #31 Sunday, June 1, 2014 Last 10 Games ...... 5-5 Series Record ...... 6-10-3 Series First Game ...... 12-7 WHITE SOX AT A GLANCE COUNTDOWN TO COOPERSTOWN First/Second Half...... 28-29/0-0 The Chicago White Sox have won seven of their last 12 games Frank Thomas will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Home/Road ...... 16-14/12-15 as they conclude a 10-game homestand today vs. San Diego. Fame on July 27 in Cooperstown, N.Y. … joining Thomas in the Class Day/Night ...... 9-13/19-16 LHP Chris Sale, who has allowed just one earned run over his of 2014 are pitchers Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux and managers Opp. Above/At-Below .500 ...... 14-10/14-19 vs. RHS/LHS ...... 22-22/6-7 last three starts (16.0 IP), takes the mound for Chicago … he is Bobby Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre. “The Big Hurt”, the White Sox all-time leader in most offensive cat- vs. AL East ...... 6-5 looking to extend his winning streak to fi ve games, which would vs. AL Central ...... 14-11 egories, is one of four players in major-league history with a career .300 vs. AL West ...... 3-6 be his longest since a career-high eight from 5/17-7/15/12. average, 500 home runs, 1,500 RBI and 1,000 runs scored and 1,500 Interleague ...... 5-7 The White Sox are in second place in the American League walks, joining Mel Ott, Babe Ruth and Ted Williams. Central, 5.5 games behind the division-leading Detroit Tigers. Comeback W’s/L’s After Leading ...... 17/12 Extra innings ...... 2-2 Following today’s game, the White Sox will take a six-game, WHITE SOX VS. SAN DIEGO One-run/two-run games ...... 10-7/5-6 seven-day trip to Los Angeles (6/2-4) and Anaheim (6/6-8). Ahead after 6/7/8...... 17-3/18-3/22-3 Chicago and San Diego are meeting for just the third time Trailing after 6/7/8 ...... 5-21/4-22/3-24 TODAY’S STORYLINES during interleague play and fi rst since 2005 at Petco Park. Tied after 6/7/8 ...... 6-5/6-4/3-2 Chris Sale owns a 0.56 ERA (1 ER/16.0 IP), 24 strikeouts and The White Sox took two of three games in the last meeting Sox/opp. quality start...... 17-13/11-17 Sox/opp. score fi rst ...... 16-10/12-19 a .040 opponents average (2-50) over his last three starts. from 6/10-12/05 at San Diego. Chicago is hitting .227 (59-260) with 10 homers, a 3.11 ERA Sox/opp. score 4+ ...... 22-11/7-26 Chicago is trying to avoid its fi rst three-game sweep. Sox/opp. score 3 or less...... 6-16/20-5 (25 ER/72.1 IP) … each team has scored 27 runs scored. Six of the Sox last seven wins have been by one run. Average time of game ...... 3:13 White Sox starters own a 2.49 ERA (18 ER/65.0 IP) and .216 The all-time series is even at 4-4 … the White Sox have gone opponents average (52-241) over the last 11 games. 2-3 at U.S. Cellular Field and 2-1 at Petco Park. UPCOMING PROBABLES The Sox are hitting .215 (41-191) with two home runs and 15 INTERLEAGUE INFORMATION runs scored over the last six games (2.5 runs per game). AT LOS ANGELES DODGERS The White Sox are 176-139 (.559) all-time during interleague Monday: 9:10 p.m. CT, CSN Conor Gillaspie has hit safely in 21 of his last 24 games, batting play, the fourth-best record in the major leagues … Chicago has LHP Jose Quintana 3-4, 3.61) vs. .371 (33-89) with eight doubles and eight RBI (eight multihit). gone 22-28 since 2012, including a 12-14 mark at home. LHP Clayton Kershaw (3-2, 3.57) Tuesday: 9:10 p.m. CT, WGN YESTERDAY’S RECAP The Sox are hitting .258 (108-418) with 13 homers, a 4.71 RHP Hector Noesi (0-3, 4.33) vs. San Diego pitchers combined on a fi ve-hitter to lead the Padres ERA (57 ER/109.0 IP) and own a 56-54 edge in RS in 2014. RHP Dan Haren (5-3, 3.28) to a 4-2, series-clinching win over the White Sox. Paul Konerko ranks second all-time with 59 homers (Jim Wednesday: 9:10 p.m. CT, CSN Thome, 64) and 176 RBI (Alex Rodriguez, 203) during IL play. LHP John Danks (3-5, 4.66) vs. The Sox cut the defi cit to 3-2 on Dayan Viciedo’s RBI double RHP Josh Beckett (3-2, 2.52) in the fi fth but were held hitless over the fi nal four innings. LONG BALL LOGISTICS Chicago was limited to just one extra-base hit, left seven run- All games carried live on WSCR 670 AM The White Sox rank fi fth in the American League with 56 home ners on base and went 1-9 (.111) with RISP. and 97.5 FM ESPN Deportes runs this season but have hit just two over the last seven games Starter Andre Rienzo suffered his second straight loss after … their last multihomer game came on 5/23 vs. Yankees (2). allowing three runs on seven hits over 3.1 IP. The Sox are 22-9 when hitting at least one homer and 13-3 Alexei Ramirez (2-4) recorded his fourth multhit game in his SOX IN INTERLEAGUE PLAY (5-7) when recording a multihomer game (6-20 when homerless). last six … Paul Konerko (1-4) made his fi rst start since 5/27. Date Opp. Result WP LP Chicago ranks among the MLB homer leaders in the following 4/7 at Col. L, 1-8 Lyles Paulino STRIKEOUT MACHINE categories: two outs (2nd, 21), RISP (T2nd, 18), seventh inning 4/8 at Col. W, 15-3 Quintana Morales 4/9 at Col. L, 4-10 Brothers Downs Chris Sale (65 starts) has recorded 12 double-digit strikeout or later (T2nd, 20) and RISP/two outs (T4th, 8). 5/5 at Cubs W, 3-1 Webb Grimm games in his career, tied with Alex Fernandez (197 starts with NINTH-INNING NUMBERS 5/6 at Cubs W, 5-1 Putnam N. Ramirez the White Sox) for the fourth-most in franchise history. Chicago leads the majors with 41 runs scored in the ninth 5/7 vs. Cubs W, 8-3 Danks Wood The top three White Sox pitchers for double-digit strikeout ef- 5/8 vs. Cubs L, 5-12 Schlitter Carroll inning … Oakland ranks second with 30 ninth-inning runs. forts are Ed Walsh (17; 312 starts), Juan Pizarro (15; 145 starts) 5/9 vs. Arz. W, 9-3 Rienzo McCarthy The Sox rank among the MLB ninth-inning leaders in hits and Javier Vazquez (13; 97 starts). 5/10 vs. Arz. L, 3-4 Miley Quintana (2nd, 49), average (2nd, .274), on-base percentage (2nd, .358), 5/11 vs. Arz. L, 1-5 Anderson Noesi STRONG STARTING POINT slugging percentage (2nd, .453) and home runs (T2nd, 6). 5/30 vs. S.D. L, 1-4 Kennedy Danks 5/31 vs. S.D. L, 2-4 Ross Rienzo White Sox starters own a 2.49 ERA (18 ER/65.0 IP) with 58 By contrast, the White Sox hit .228 (113-495) with 13 homers and 45 runs scored in the ninth last season. 6/1 vs. S.D. 1:10 p.m. CT strikeouts and a .216 opponents average (52-241) over the last 6/2 at LAD 9:10 p.m. CT 11 games … eight of the starts have been quality. QUALITY AND QUANTITY 6/3 at LAD 9:10 p.m. CT The 2.49 ERA is the second-lowest in MLB during that span 6/4 at LAD 9:10 p.m. CT Chicago has made 1,000 quality starts since 2003, tied with … San Francisco ranks fi rst with a 2.12 mark (16 ER/68.0 IP). 6/17 vs. S.F. 7:10 p.m. CT the Mets for the most in the major leagues during that span. Starters have allowed three earned runs or less in each of the 6/18 vs. S.F. 1:10 p.m. CT The White Sox rank sixth in the American League with 30 11 outings, and walked two or less 10 times. 8/12 at S.F. 9:15 p.m. CT quality starts this season … Jose Quintana is tied for fourth in Sox starters owned a 6.90 ERA in the previous 11 contests. 8/13 at S.F. 2:45 p.m. CT the AL with nine QS in 2014. Chris Sale (3rd, 46) and Quintana (8th, 36) rank among the GILLASPIE THE GREAT WHITE SOX ON HOMESTAND (5-4) AL left-handed leaders in quality starts since 2012. Conor Gillaspie has hit safely in 14 of his last 16 games (since vs. NYY/CLE/S.D...... 2-2/3-0/0-2 5/12) and 32 of 36 overall this season … he is hitting .407 (24-59) MISSING IN ACTION Average ...... 243 (72-296) with six doubles, a triple and fi ve RBI since 5/12. Home Runs ...... 4 Jose Abreu was placed on the disabled list on 5/18 with in- Gillaspie’s .407 mark since 5/12 is tied with Seattle’s Robinson Runs Scored/Allowed ...... 27/31 fl ammation in his left ankle … no timetable is set for his return. ERA ...... 2.96 (27 ER/82.0 IP) Cano for the third-highest in the major leagues. Chicago is 7-6 since Abreu went on the disabled list. Quality Starts...... 6 His .351 overall average (47-134) would lead the AL and rank Abreu ranks among AL leaders in AB/HR ratio (2nd, 11.53), second in baseball with the necessary plate appearances. homers (T3rd, 15), slugging percentage (4th, .595), RBI (6th, Gillaspie is hitting .419 (18-43) in the seventh or later, .390 2014 AL AVERAGE LEADERS 42), extra-base hits (7th, 27) and total bases (T14th, 103). (23-59) with runners on base and .382 (28-69) in day games. Player, Club AVG Abreu is the reigning American League Player and Rookie of Victor Martinez, DET .340 RAMIREZ ROLLS ON the Month, winning both honors in his fi rst month in the majors. Miguel Cabrera, DET 332 Alexei Ramirez is hitting .373 (19-51) with two homers and Alexei Ramirez, SOX .329 MILESTONES WITHIN REACH Robinson Cano, SEA .327 nine RBI in his last 14 games (seven multihit efforts). Ronald Belisario: Two games for 300 career. Jose Altuve, HOU .318 He ranks among the American League leaders in multihit John Danks: Eight starts for 200, 18 strikeouts for 900 and games (T1st, 23), singles (2nd, 55), hits (3rd, 72), average (3rd, 22.2 IP for 1,200.0 career. .329) and average with RISP (5th, .373). MLB ERA LEADERS SINCE 2012 Scott Downs: Eight games for 600 career. Ramirez has hit safely in 46 of Chicago’s 57 games and has Player, Club ERA Adam Dunn: One home run to tie Jeff Bagwell and Vladimir gone hitless in consecutive contests just twice. Clayton Kershaw, LAD 2.27 Guerrero (449) for 36th place all-time … 18 walks to tie White Has played in an AL leading 505.0 innings (missed 4.0 IP). Kris Medlen, ATL 2.47 Sox Hall of Famer Luke Appling for 43rd place all-time. Johnny Cueto, CIN 2.51 Hisashi Iwakuma, SEA 2.87 2014 MLB DRAFT Paul Konerko: Two homers to tie Andre Dawson and Jason Giambi (438) for 41st all-time. Chris Sale, SOX 2.95 The 2014 First-Year Player Draft will take place from 6/5-7 with the fi rst two rounds and two competitive balance rounds ON DECK: AT LOS ANGELES DODGERS broadcast live on MLB Network on Thursday (6:00 p.m. CT). WHITE SOX MOST 10+ SO GAMES The White Sox continue interleague play tomorrow night with The White Sox have the third overall pick, their highest draft Player (GS w/SOX) Starts the opener of a three-game series at Dodger Stadium. selection since making Harold Baines (St. Michaels, Md.) the Ed Walsh (312) 17 This series marks the fi fth series between Chicago and Los Juan Pizarro (145) 15 number one overall pick in 1977. Angeles-NL since 2008 (third at Dodger Stadium). Javier Vazquez (97) 13 Rounds 3-10 will take place on 6/6 and rounds 11-40 on 6/7 The Sox lead the all-time series, 12-6, going 7-2 at U.S. Cel- Chris Sale (64) 12 … every pick from rounds 3-40 will be broadcast on MLB.com. lular Field and 5-4 in Los Angeles. Alex Fernandez (197) 12
World Champions: 1906, 1917, 2005 AL Champions: 1901, 1906, 1917, 1919, 1959, 2005 AL West Champions: 1983, 1993 AL Central Champions: 2000, 2005, 2008 #49 WHITE SOX STARTING PITCHER CHRIS SALE LHP
Height: 6-6 Weight: 180 Age: 25 (March 30, 1989) 2014 START-BY-START LOG (6 STARTS) Born: Lakeland, Fla. Resides: Fort Myers, Fla. Signed Through: 2017 Date Opp. W-L IP H R ER HR BB SO #P EXIT ERA 3/31 vs. Min. W 7.1 5 3 3 0 1 8 108 5-2 3.68 4/6 at K.C. W 8.0 4 0 0 0 1 6 111 5-1 1.76 vs. Opp. vs. Opp. vs. Opp. 4/11 vs. Cle. W 5.0 6 3 3 0 2 5 105 5-3 2.66 Pitcher 2014 2013 Career 2014 2013 Career 4/17 vs. Bos. ND 7.0 1 1 1 1 3 10 127 1-1 2.30 5/22 vs. NYY W 6.0 1 0 0 0 0 10 86 2-0 1.89 LHP Chris Sale 4-0, 1.73 11-14, 3.07 36-25, 2.88 — — — 5/27 vs. Cle. ND 3.0 0 0 0 0 1 4 40 1-0 1.73 LHP Eric Stults 2-5, 4.92 11-13, 3.93 29-31, 4.15 — — 1-0, 0.00 2014 Totals 4-0 36.1 17 7 7 1 8 43 — — 1.73 Career Totals 36-25 537.0 435 181 172 51 142 572 — — 2.88 SALE AT A GLANCE Sale Among AL Leaders The 25-year-old is attempting to become the fi rst White Sox left-handed Since 2012 2014 STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN starter to begin a season 5-0 since Mark Buehrle in 2009. Has allowed one run on two hits in 16.0 IP over his last three starts … Category Rank No. Category W-L ERA G-GS IP H R ER HR BB SO has thrown 10.0 consecutive scoreless IP dating back to his start on 4/17 WHIP 1st 1.07 Home 3-0 2.22 5-5 28.1 13 7 7 1 7 37 Road 1-0 0.00 1-1 8.0 4 0 0 0 1 6 vs. Boston. Opponents OPS 2nd .628 ERA 3rd 2.95 Day 2-0 1.76 2-2 15.1 9 3 3 0 2 14 Would rank among the American League leaders in virtually every SO/BB Ratio 3rd 4.39 Night 2-0 1.71 4-4 21.0 8 4 4 1 6 29 category with the minimum IP. SO/9.0 IP 3rd 9.37 March/April 3-0 2.30 4-4 27.1 16 9 9 1 7 29 Was on the disabled list for the fi rst time in his career from 4/18-5/21 Opponents OBP 3rd .280 May 1-0 0.00 2-2 9.0 1 0 0 0 1 14 Hits/9.0 IP 4th 7.38 with a fl exor muscle strain in his left arm … made one rehab start for Class Category AVG AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO GDP OBP SLG Opponents Avg. 4th .225 AAA Charlotte on 5/16-1 at Durham, allowing one hit with 11 strikeouts Total .138 123 17 4 0 1 8 43 2 .197 .195 Complete Games T4th 5 over 4.0 scoreless IP. vs. Left .000 27 0 0 0 0 2 12 0 .069 .000 Strikeouts 6th 461 10 of his 65 career starts have been scoreless. vs. Right .177 96 17 4 0 1 6 31 2 .233 .250 Quality Starts T8th 46 Has six career 12-plus strikeout games, tied with Juan Pizarro and Ed Wins T8th 32 Walsh for the most in franchise history. BB/9.0 IP 10th 2.13 SALE VS. SAN DIEGO LAST START Player AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG Posted a no decision on 5/27 vs. Cleveland … did not allow a hit over Most 10+ SO Games Alexi Amarista 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 3.0 scoreless IP before being removed following a rain delay of 1:58 … In White Sox History Seth Smith 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 walked one and struck out four … left with a 1-0 lead after throwing 40 Pitcher (GS w/SOX) No. pitches (28 strikes) … Sox won , 2-1. Ed Walsh (312) 17 SALE’S 2014 BREAKDOWN Juan Pizarro (145) 15 ONE AND DONE Javier Vazquez (97) 13 W-L GS-QS Pct. RSA #P/GS SB-ATT PCK GIDP SO/9.0 SO/BB Allowed one hit with 10 strikeouts in back-to-back starts on 4/17 vs. Bos- Chris Sale (65) 12 5-1 6-4 66.7 4.71 96.2 1-2 0 2 10.65 5.38 Alex Fernandez (197) 12 ton and 5/22 vs. the Yankees, joining the Mets’ R.A. Dickey (6/13-18/12) as the only pitchers in baseball’s modern era (since 1900) to accomplish SALE’S GAME BESTS AS STARTER that feat (Elias). 2013 Season Career Gave up one hit with 10 strikeouts over 6.0 scoreless IP on 5/22 vs. the Yankees and one hit with 10 SO 10 (2x, last 5/22 vs. NYY, 6.0 IP) 15 (5/28/12 at T.B., 7.1 IP) strikeouts over 7.0 IP (1 ER) in his previous start on 4/17 vs. Boston. Low Hits 4 (4/6 at K.C., 8.0 IP) 1 (5/12/13 vs. LAA, 9.0 IP) Also yielded just one hit over 4.0 scoreless IP in a minor-league rehab start on 5/16-1 at Durham, record- IP 8.0 (4/6 at K.C.) 9.0 (2x, last 5/12/13 vs. LAA) ing 11 of his 12 outs via strikeout. CG None 5 (last 8/12/13 vs. Det.) SHO None 1 (5/12/13 vs. LAA) 2014 QUICK HITS Win Streak 4 games (3/31-) 8 games (5/17-7/15/12) Is limiting the opposition to .138 (17-123) average … left-handers are 0-27 … opponents are hitting .104 (5-48) the fi rst time through the lineup, .156 (7-45) the second time and .172 (5-29) the third time … has ERIC STULTS VS. WHITE SOX given up six hits or less in each of his six starts … is receiving 4.71 runs of support per 9.0 IP (19 R/36.1 IP), Player AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG OBP SLG up from 3.19 in 2013. Adam Eaton 4 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 .250 .571 .250 2014 STARTS OF NOTE Adam Dunn 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 Alexei Ramirez 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 Threw 6.0 scoreless IP on 5/22 vs. the Yankees, allowing one hit with no walks and 10 strikeouts … retired the fi rst 17 batters … struck out 10-plus batters for the 12th time in his career (64 starts), tied with Alex Fernandez (197 starts) for the fourth-highest total in White Sox history … improved to 3-0 with a 0.85 VS. SAN DIEGO PADRES/INTERLEAGUE ERA (3 ER/31.2 IP) and 40 strikeouts lifetime against the Yankees. Makes his fi rst career start against the Padres and fi fth during Posted a ND on 4/17 vs. Boston despite allowing just one run on one hit over 7.0 IP with 10 strikeouts … interleague play. did not allow a hit until Xander Bogaerts’ solo home run with two outs in the sixth inning … threw a career- Is 1-0 with a 2.56 ERA (11 ER/38.2 IP) and 44 strikeouts in 12 career high 127 pitches … threw 8.0 scoreless IP on 4/6 at Kansas City … earned the victory on Opening Day games (four starts) during interleague play. vs. Minnesota, allowing three runs over 7.1 IP … improved to 2-0 with a 1.80 ERA (3 ER/15.0 IP) in two Made one start vs. the National League in 2013, allowing three runs season-opening starts. on four hits with 13 strikeouts over 8.0 IP on 6/25 vs. the Mets. Threw 8.0 scoreless IP with four hits allowed in a no decision on LITTLE RESISTANCE VS. LEFTIES 6/22/12 vs. Milwaukee and in a victory on 6/9/12 vs. Houston. Has limited left-handers to a .177 (65-368) average in two-plus seasons as a starting pitcher (2012-), the second-lowest mark in the major leagues behind Clayton Kershaw (.172) … lefties are 0-27 in 2014. TOMORROW’S STARTER Left-handers are hitting .191 (99-519) with a .248 on-base percentage and three home runs in his career LHP Jose Quintana (3-4, 3.61) makes his 12th start for the White … Brennan Boesch (two) and Travis Hafner (one) are the only left-handed hitters to homer off Sale … Boesch Sox and seventh on the road. (9/2/12 at Comerica Park) is the last lefty to homer off Sale, who has faced 229 lefties since that homer. Earned the win in his last start on 5/26 vs. Cleveland, allowing two Lefties hit just .135 (20-148) with three-extra base hits (no home runs) in 2013, the third-lowest average runs on fi ve hits over 6.0 IP … it was his ninth quality start. in the major leagues behind Boston’s Koji Uehara and Pittsburgh’s Francisco Liriano. Went 9-7 with a 3.51 (78 ER/ 200.0 IP) with 164 strikeouts over 33 starts in 2013, setting a White Sox and American League record with K-ZONE 17 no decisions … led the Sox in starts (33) and winning percentage Sections 154-155 of U.S. Cellular Field have been designated the “K Zone For Sale” in 2014. (.563). Has struck out 460 batters through his fi rst 65 career starts, which according to Elias is the most in White Became the youngest pitcher (age 24) to lead the White Sox in Sox history and third-most among active pitchers behind Yu Darvish (527) and Tim Lincecum (477). starts since Mark Buehrle in 2002 (34 starts at age 23). Has fanned 10 or more batters 12 times in his career, already tied for the fourth-highest total in franchise Is 3-2 with 2.29 ERA (15 ER/59.0 IP) over nine career interleague history, including back-to-back starts on twice … struck out 12-plus batters a franchise-record four times in starts … will make his second career start vs. Los Angeles-NL … 2013, upping his career total to six, tied with Juan Pizarro and Ed Walsh for the most in franchise history. received a no decision in his only start vs. the Dodgers on 6/17/12, His 226 strikeouts in 2013 were the fi fth-highest total in White Sox history and most by a left-hander … tossing 8.0 scoreless IP. set a franchise record by striking out 12 or more batters four times, breaking the mark of three shared by Javier Vazquez (2006) and Ed Walsh (1910). Struck out a career-high 15 batters on 5/28/12 at Tampa Bay, a Tropicana Field record and the second- highest total in White Sox history. HOME FIELD ADVANTAGE Has gone 21-11 with a 2.79 ERA (91 ER/293.1 IP) and 313 strikeouts in 76 career games (35 starts) at home, including a 3-0 record with a 2.22 ERA (7 ER/28.1 IP) and 37 strikeouts in fi ve starts this season … is 19-10 with a 2.62 ERA (71 ER/243.2 IP) and 253 strikeouts in 35 career starts (26 quality) at home. FIRST HALF PHENOM Is 20-10 with a 2.43 ERA (70 ER/259.0 IP) and 272 strikeouts in 39 games (38 starts) in the fi rst half since 2012 … his 2.43 ERA ranks second in the major leagues behind Cincinnati’s Johnny Cueto (2.32). MAY FLOWERS Is 8-1 with a 1.55 ERA (14 ER/81.1 IP) and 91 strikeouts in 22 career games (11 starts) in May … has limited opponents to a .163 (47-289) average during the month. Since becoming a starter in 2012, has gone 8-1 with a 1.18 ERA (9 ER/68.2 IP) and 76 strikeouts … was named AL Pitcher of the Month for May 2012 and went 3-0 with a 0.87 ERA (3 ER/31.0 IP) in May 2013. CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Is a two-time American League All-Star (2012-13) … is the fi rst White Sox starting pitcher to make back- to-back All-Star Games since Mark Buehrle in 2005-06 … was the winning pitcher at the 2013 Midsummer Classic at New York’s Citi Field, throwing 2.0 scoreless IP. Became the fi rst member of the 2010 draft to reach the major leagues when he made his debut in relief on 8/6/10 at Baltimore. WHITE SOX BULLPEN NOTES
TEAM BULLPEN NOTES Last Game: 1 ER/5.2 IP #57 ZACH PUTNAM, RHP Last Game: DNP Series: 3 ER/7.2 IP Homestand: 3-1; SV, 3-6; 14 ER/30.1 IP Homestand: 0-1; HLD; 1 ER/2.2 IP Scoreless Streak: 1 (0.2 IP)
Saves: 11-19 (57.9) IR-IS: 99-29 (29.3) 1st Batter: 24-136 (.176) AL Rankings in 2014 2014 Holds: 5 (last, 5/22 vs. New York-AL) IR-IS: 11-0 (0.0) 1st Batter Faced: 1-13 (.077) Season Highs: IP (8.0; 4/16 vs. Bos.) … SO (6; 3x, 5/8 vs. Cubs) Career High In Relief: IP (2.2; 4/25/14 vs. T.B..) … SO (4; 4/22/14 at Det.) Category Rank No. Bullpen includes six right-handers and one lefty. Last Relief Outing: 5/26 vs. Cleveland (0.2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 SO) Walks 1st 111 AL Relief Leaders: T1st-IRS % (0.0); 3rd-AVG vs. 1st BF (.077) and GB % (65.5); Relievers are 2-0 with a 2.82 ERA (7 ER/22.1 IP) over Wins 1st 12 the last six games and 3-1 with a 3.63 ERA (16 ER/39.2 IP 2nd 189.1 T5th-Opp. GIDP (5); 10th-ERA (1.64) IP) in the last 12 at home. 1st Batter AVG 2nd .176 Tossed 0.2 scoreless IP on 5/26 … owns a 1.02 ERA (2 ER/17.2 IP) over his last 13 The bullpen ranks among the American League leaders Opp. AVG 5th .234 outings (11 have been scoreless). since 4/26 in opponents average (1st, .206), wins (1st, 8), Holds T7th 26 Suffered his fi rst loss of the season on 5/24 vs. New York-AL, allowing a game-winning ERA (3rd, 2.92) and IP (4th, 108.0). ERA 9th 3.90 home run to Jacoby Ellsbury IR Scored Pct. 9th 29.3 Sox relievers threw 23.1 consecutive scoreless IP from Had his career-high 10.1 scoreless IP streak (4/25-5/9) snapped on 5/10. Saves T11th 11 Retired a career-high 15 straight batters from 4/30-5/9. 5/2-8, the longest streak since 7/31-8/12/91 (32.1 IP). Save Pct. 12th 57.9 The Chicago bullpen has surrendered 49 home runs Strikeouts 12th 141 Opponents are 14-74 (.189) this season … righties are hitting .179 (7-39) and lefties since 2013, the fewest in the American League. are at .200 (7-35).
#54 RONALD BELISARIO, RHP Last Game: DNP #40 DANIEL WEBB, RHP Last Game: 0 ER/1.2 IP Homestand: W, 1-0; SV, 2-4; 5 ER/4.0 IP Scoreless Streak: None Homestand: 1-0; HLD; 0 ER/5.0 IP Scoreless Streak: 6 (8.0 IP) 2014 Saves: 3-6 (50.0) IR-IS: 5-2 (40.0) 1st Batter Faced: 4-21 (.190) 2014 Holds: 2 (last, 5/22 vs. New York-AL) IR-IS: 25-8 (32.0) 1st Batter Faced: 3-18 (.167) Career High In Relief: IP (3.0; 7/5/10 vs. Fla.) … SO (5; 2x, last 9/21/12 at Cin.) Career High In Relief: IP (3.0; 4/16/14 vs. Bos.) … SO (3; 2x, last 4/30/14 vs. Det.) Last Relief Outing: 5/28 vs. Cleveland (W, 3-3; BS, 3; 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 SO) Last Relief Outing: 5/31 vs. San Diego (1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 2 SO) AL Relief Leaders: T1st-Wins (4); T8th-Opp. GIDP (4); T10th-IP (29.0). AL Relief Leaders: 5th-GB % (63.0); 7th-IP (30.0). Belisario’s Game Made his sixth consecutive scoreless appearance (8.0 IP) yesterday (four of the six Earned his thrid win of the season on 5/28, suffering Comparisons his third blown save and second in his last four chances have been hitless) … owns a 1.13 ERA (2 ER/16.0 IP) over his last 13 games. Prev. 12 Stat Last 5 … has allowed seven runs over his last fi ve outings. Is the fi rst White Sox reliever to start a season 4-0 since Nate Jones in 2012 (8-0). 0.00 ERA 10.80 Recorded his third save of the season on 5/27, tossing Seventeen of his 21 appearances this season have been scoreless. .105 Opp. Avg. .400 a 1-2-3 ninth inning. 1 Runs Allowed 7 Owns a 0.96 ERA (2 ER/18.2 IP) at U.S. Cellular Field this season (12 games) … Has held lefties to a .212 average (11-52) in 2014. 17.1 IP 5.0 has made seven consecutive scoreless outings at home (9.2 IP) since 4/27. Needs two appearances for 300 and 5.0 IP for 300.0 6 Hits Allowed 10 Left-handers are 7-52 (.135) this season and 13-75 (.173) in his career. in his career. 13 Strikeouts 5 Opponents are 5-43 (.116) with 22 strikeouts with two strikes in 2014. 1 Walks 3 Owns a career 61.7 ground ball percentage, the fourth- best among MLB relievers since 2009. WHITE SOX PITCHERS DURING INTERLEAGUE PLAY Right-handers are hitting just .210 (144-685) with 12 home runs lifetime. 2014 CAREER Pitcher ERA W L S IP ER SO ERA W L S IP ER SO #67 SCOTT CARROLL, RHP Last Game: 1 ER/3.2 IP Belisario 12.46 0 0 0 4.1 6 2 3.38 0 1 0 40.0 15 30 Homestand: W, 1-0; 2 ER/7.2 IP Scoreless Streak: None Carroll 8.22 0 1 0 7.2 7 4 8.22 0 1 0 7.2 7 4 2014 Holds: N/A IR-IS: 2-0 (00.0) 1st Batter Faced: 0-3 (.000) Danks 3.46 1 1 0 13.0 5 12 3.26 8 7 0 138.0 50 113 Career High In Relief: IP (3.2; 5/31/14 vs. S.D.) … SO (2; 2x, last 5/31/14 vs. S.D.) Downs 2.08 0 1 0 4.1 1 5 1.33 8 3 1 87.2 13 70 Last Relief Outing: 5/31 vs. San Diego (3.2 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 2 SO) Guerra 18.00 0 0 0 1.0 2 2 7.71 0 0 0 7.0 6 7 Tossed a career-high 3.2 IP in relief yesterday vs. San Diego ... has posted a 2.08 Noesi 3.27 0 1 0 11.0 4 10 4.63 0 4 0 35.0 18 30 ERA (2 ER/8.2 IP) as a reliever. Snapped a three-game losing streak with his second win of the season on 5/27 … Petricka 2.35 0 0 0 7.2 2 5 3.27 1 0 0 11.0 4 6 it was his fi rst victory since winning his MLB debut on 4/27 vs. Tampa Bay. Putnam 2.08 1 0 0 4.1 1 3 1.93 1 0 0 4.2 1 3 Made his fi rst career relief appearance on 5/25 vs. New York-AL. Quintana 2.70 1 1 0 20.0 6 12 2.29 3 2 0 59.0 15 40 Was moved to the bullpen on on 5/22 as Chris Sale was reinstated from the DL. Rienzo 6.00 1 1 0 9.0 6 7 6.00 1 1 0 9.0 6 7 Made his major-league debut at the age of 29, becoming the oldest White Sox start- Sale 2.56 1 0 2 38.2 11 44 ing pitcher to make his debut since Ernesto Escarrega (32) on 4/26-2/82 vs. Boston. Webb 1.17 1 0 0 7.2 1 6 0.87 1 0 0 10.1 1 9 Went 1-3 with a 6.49 ERA (19 ER/26.1 IP) over fi ve starts this season … posted a TOTALS 4.71 5 7 1 109.0 57 86 0.68 ERA (1 ER/13.1 IP) in his fi rst two starts.
#37 SCOTT DOWNS, LHP Last Game: 0 ER/0.1 IP WHITE SOX PITCHING BREAKDOWN Homestand: SV, 1-1; 3 ER/1.2 IP Scoreless Streak: 1 (0.1 IP) W-L ERA GS-QS Pct. CG SHO SV-OPP IP H R ER BB SO AVG 2014 Holds: 3 (last, 5/19 at Kansas City) IR-IS: 18-3 (16.7) 1st Batter Faced: 8-25 (.320) Starters 16-21 4.81 57-30 52.6 0 0 — 319.2 339 186 171 122 248 .271 Career High In Relief: IP (3.2; 5/4/05 vs. Bos.) … SO (4; 2x, last 4/22/08 at T.B.) Relievers 12-8 3.90 — — — — 11-19 189.1 162 90 82 111 141 .234 Last Relief Outing: 5/31 vs. San Diego (0.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 0 SO) AL Relief Leaders: T3rd-Apps (27); 9th-GB % (62.1). Most Holds Among RELIEVER NOTES DURING INTERLEAGUE PLAY Made his 18th scoreless outing yesterday (0.1 IP). Active Relievers Failed to record an out on 5/27 (sixth time this season) Pitcher HLD Scott Downs is 8-3 with a 1.33 ERA (13 ER/87.2) and 70 strikeouts over 72 … has allowed fi ve runs over 1.2 IP in his last four outings LaTroy Hawkins 179 career appearances. Recorded his fi rst save of the season on 5/26 … entered Matt Thornton 178 the game with the bases loaded in the eighth, striking out Scott Downs 169 David Murphy … the save was his fi rst since 7/23/12. Kyle Farnsworth 168 RELIEVER NOTES VS. SAN DIEGO Needs eight appearances for 600 career. Chad Qualls 160 Scott Downs has made six straight scoreless appearances (4.0 IP). Has limited lefties to a .204 mark (131-641) since 2007, the second-best mark among LHP relievers … lefties are hitting .211 (8-38) in 2014. Javy Guerra is 1-0 with a 1.42 ERA (2 ER/12.2 IP), 12 strikeouts and eight Ranks among active LHP relievers in holds (2nd, 169), strikeouts (3rd, 392), IP (4th, saves in 13 career games. 485.1) and appearances (6th, 542).
#41 JAVY GUERRA, RHP Last Game: DNP INSTANT REPLAY REVIEWS/CHALLENGES (23) Homestand: 3 ER/3.2 IP Scoreless Streak: None Date/Opp. Play Inn. Umpires Ruling Time 2014 Holds: N/A IR-IS: 1-0 (00.0) 1st Batter Faced: 1-2 (.500) 4/2 vs. Min. Eaton catch in CF 7th D. Scott/D. Iassogna Overturned 4:40 Career High In Relief: IP (2.2; 8/1/12 vs. Arz.) … SO (3; 2x, last 5/25/14 vs. NYY) 4/4 at K.C. Abreu safe at 1B 6th T. Barrett/G. Gibson Stands 2:54 Last Relief Outing: 5/30 vs. San Diego (1.0 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 1 HR) 4/6 at K.C. Semien safe at 1B 6th T. Barrett/P. Schrieber Overturned 1:13 Surrendered a two-run home run to Yonder Alonso Friday, ending his 11.2 scoreless 4/6 at K.C. Hosmer safe at 1B 6th T. Barrett/P. Schrieber Stands 2:00 streak against San Diego. 4/12 vs. Cle. Morgan pickoff at 1B 1st G. Davis/P. Cuzzi Overturned 1:02 Tossed 0.2 scoreless IP on 5/28 vs. Cleveland, retiring both batters faced. 4/13 vs. Cle. Viciedo double in CF 2nd G. Davis/B. Knight Stands 1:06 Made his White Sox debut on 5/25 vs. New York-AL … tied a career high with three 4/15 vs. Bos. Abreu out at 1B 2nd J. Joyce/C. Blaser Stands 2:44 strikeouts (also, 8/5/11 at Arizona). 4/20 at Tex. De Aza strikeout 6th J. Hoye/J. Kellogg Stands 1:06 Needs eight strikeouts for 100 in his career. 4/21 at Det. Castellanos safe at 1B 4th H. Gibson/D. Iassogna Stands 2:30 Had his contract purchased from Class AAA Charlotte on 5/20 … went 1-1 with a 4/21 at Det. Abreu double fair 7th H. Gibson/D. Iassogna Stands 1:53 2.33 ERA (5 ER/19.1 IP) over 14 appearances with the Knights. 4/21 at Det. Viciedo out at HP 7th C.B. Bucknor/D. Iassogna Overturned 2:28 Was claimed by the White Sox off waivers from Los Angeles-NL on 3/26. 4/25 vs. T.B. Eaton safe at 1B 9th T. Timmons/T. Welke Confi rmed 2:21 4/28 vs. T.B. Ramirez safe at 2B 7th T. Welke/T. Timmons Stands 3:10 #52 JAKE PETRICKA (puh-TRITCH-kuh), RHP Last Game: DNP 4/30 vs. Det. Eaton safe at 2B 3rd J. Layne/H. Wendelstedt Overturned 0:44 Homestand: BS; 2 HLD; 0 ER/4.2 IP Scoreless Streak: 8 (9.0 IP) 5/3 at Cle. Cabrera HBP 6th C. Guccione/T. Hallion Stands TBA 5/5 at Cubs De Aza safe at 2B 5th J. Meals/P. Emmel Overturned TBA 2014 Holds: 5 (last, 5/27 vs. Cleveland) IR-IS: 18-7 (38.9) 1st Batter Faced: 1-18 (.056) 5/5 at Cubs Castro out at 1B 9th J. Meals/T. Woodring Stands TBA Career High In Relief: IP (3.0; 4/19/14 at Tex.) … SO (3; 4/11/14 vs. Cle.) 5/14 at Oak. Viciedo foulded tip 4th M. Gonzalez/F. Cullbreth Overturned 2:25 Last Relief Outing: 5/27 vs. Cleveland (HLD, 5; 2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 SO) 5/17 at Hou. De Aza out at 2B 6th T. Barrett/W. Little Overturned 2:02 AL Relief Leaders: 1st-AVG vs. 1st BF (.056); T4th-IP (30.2); T6th-ERA (1.47); 5/19 at K.C. Ramirez out at 1B 5th S. Barber/T. Hallion Confi rmed 0:48 7th-GB % (62.8); T8th-Opp. GIDP (4). 5/20 at K.C. Dyson safe at 2B 9th E. Cooper/T. Hallion Stands 2:30 Made his eighth consecutive scoreless appearance on 5/28 (9.0 IP) … owns a 0.45 5/26 vs. Cle. Raburn out at 2B 8th R. Kulpa/L. Barrett Stands 3:03 ERA (1 ER/20.0 IP) and a .131 opponents average (8-61) over his last 15 outings. 5/31 vs. S.D. Cabrera CS at 2B 4th D. Scott/D. Issogna Stands 2:51